bodyworlds 3

wow.. once again, it's been a long time since i've posted, and now i have a lot of things to post. two mondays ago, j & i joined a couple of friends to check out the bodyworlds exhibit at OMSI. it's the display of bodies preserved with the new technique of plastination. most people we talked to whom had seen the exhibit recommended it highly. i'm not quite as enthusiastic. while for awhile it was interesting seeing what the different organs really look like, i eventually lost interest in the anatomy 101, & everything started looking like freeze dried muscle. the most interesting part of it, for me, was the display of fetuses at each week of development. my sister in law is pregnant, and recently had her first ultrasound, & declared that she was pregnant with a gummy bear. well, at 10 or so weeks old in the exhibit, the fetus looked quite like a gummy bear indeed!
after finishing the tour, we went out for dinner at montage for their famed spicy mac. they've raised their prices since i was last there, but it was still one of the cheapest dinners i've eaten out in a while. you can see my leftovers wrapped up in an aluminum foil sculpture of a rose in the picture, along with j & c in the background.