{"id":6095,"date":"2002-02-02T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2002-02-02T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sch1auh0s7.site.nfoservers.com\/wp_lew1slau\/?p=6095"},"modified":"2022-05-02T16:49:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T16:49:57","slug":"a-day-at-the-met-new-york-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/2002\/02\/02\/a-day-at-the-met-new-york-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day At The Met. New York, New York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City – this is the second time I have been there – first time was about 7-8 years ago while I lived in Rochester, NY… Thanks to Lou for inviting me on this trip with his family…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the way to the Met. A strange van in front of us has an encrypted web site…
http:\/\/www.oyoaeuy.com? Hmmm…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We picked the perfect day to go across town – people were protesting while the World Trade Organization was holding a meeting in NYC… stuck in traffic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stop Capitalism! Stop the exploitation of third world countries! Okay then who will make the Nike running shoes, REI backpack, and Patagonia sweatshirt\u00a0you\u00a0<\/em>are wearing to the protest…?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lauren checking out all the cops maintaining peace – or stopping traffic – around us.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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You looking at me?\u00a0Are\u00a0you<\/strong>\u00a0looking at\u00a0me<\/strong>?<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Who’s right…?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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… And who’s wrong?

All I know is that if there is supply, there is demand. Capitalism is here to stay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Police in riot gear, just in case.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Seems like all the policemen were in Manhattan that morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Where are the Segways to replace all these motorcycles…?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Finally arrived at the Met<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We started the tour around the Egyptian display<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Picture of a monkey whipping a pig… maybe PETA should step in and protest against the involuntary submission of these poor pigs by these evil monkeys!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Walking around, looking at paintings of Egyptians… and I noticed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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a nipple here…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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a nippple there…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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nipples, nipples, showing everywhere? What is odd is they seem to only want to show\u00a0ONE<\/em><\/strong>nipple. Perhaps it is a fashion statement back then…?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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If you read this out loud at night, you will be transported back in time, where the evil monkey will torture you like the pigs that they think you are…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lauren and Anthony obviously ignoring my speculation that some black hole will soon open and bring us back in time to scrub Cleopatra’s back, and Caesar’s behinds…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Woooo – comfy bed!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Until you realize they will pull your brains out through your nose while you sleep in it!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Does this mean the person inside was mummified standing up? That would be the world record for standing upright for the longest time… 800 years!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Slavery good… Freedom bad.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Keep making running shoes…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Smaller version of the Sphynx, sitting in New York City.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Speculation – they place the internal organs into these containers once the body is cleaned up, ready for mummification.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Huge sculptures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Anthony Pangione, Prince of Egypt, 150 B.C.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The human scale… I think the meatball on my left hand is slightly larger than the one on my right…<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The statue was molded after Anthony!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Where should we go next…? Lauren wanted to check out the jewelry displays…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Welcome to Tiffany’s. Would you like to try on our gold-plated toe covers…?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of these bricks will move aside, and show us a starway that decends into darkness…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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No cupping allowed!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The power of money. Someone actually\u00a0bought<\/em><\/strong>this temple from some island and\u00a0shipped<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0it to New York…? Unbelievable. Maybe we can get those protesters to come in and hand carry these stones back to where they came from…?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The original site of the temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Moving on… Jesus came, and then left, The Roman empire crumpled, and now we move towards the Renaissance period…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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