Complex Numbers

Let Us Dance in Style, Let Us Dance for a While

Hey look, a midnight posting. Helps that it's only 9pm here.

One oddity (of many) about the L.A. area is the prevalence of astronomy observatories here. By my count, there are at least three: Mount Wilson (from yesterday's blog), Palomar (which I understand is currently closed) and Griffith, which is kinda sorta near some place called Hollywood.

That's where we went yesterday. Griffith, that is, not Hollywood.

As an aside, y'all know I love movies. So, probably, you'd think I'd be interested in seeing the movie part of L.A. But I'm not. I mean, I wouldn't turn it down or anything, but it's way too touristy and kitschy for me. I'm happy to watch the movies back on the other coast and then do other stuff in L.A., which is, after all, a really large area with lots of other stuff to do, including the reason I travel in the first place (breweries).

Still, I couldn't resist getting lots of pictures of the famous HOLLYWOOD sign from various points in Griffith Park.

But the cool thing, to me, was the observatory itself. I don't think they do actual science there anymore, but the history is impressive, as is the building itself. They've converted it into a museum.

One thing that struck me was seeing just how goddamned busy it was. Crowded, even. This usually annoys me; crowds just get in my way, even disregarding the whole germ-spreading thing. But then I thought about it for half a second (I hadn't started drinking yet, or it would have taken two or three seconds), and realized: here are people jamming into a monument to SCIENCE on a Sunday afternoon. Some of them might even learn some shit. Some of them might even decide to learn more shit later. If there is a later...

After Griffith, then we went to breweries, which were of varying quality but overall had delicious beer.

Consequently, I'm just drunk enough to post this, after finally receiving yesterday's damage report upon returning to my hotel room.

Let us dance in style, let us dance for a while
Heaven can wait, we're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are they gonna drop the bomb or not?

Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The music's for the sad men

Can you imagine when this race is won
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders, we're getting in tune
The music's played by the, the mad men

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever?
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever? Forever young

Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Sooner or later, they all will be gone
Why don't we stay young?

It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Youth's like diamonds in the sun
And diamonds are forever

So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
If we let them come true

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever?
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever?

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?