One of my favorite places in LA is the La Brea Tar Pit. I love the fossils, the pre-historic animals, the bubbling green ponds full of statues of animals slowly sinking to their tar-filled death. Okay, so the last part is a little morbid, but there is something about it I love!
And the Page Museum is right beside it! You can actually see real archeologists and paleontologists putting together real, really old bones! That's way better than the fossil work I was doing during my brief career as an archeologist. I mean really, who doesn't want to see a Columbian Mammoth tusk that is bigger than me? And a trilobite? That is only my favorite kind of bite! Probably because I have several of those in my award winning geology project from 4H. That''s right. You heard me. Award WINNING!
With my nerd flag flying so high you all are probably shocked I date at all... I know I am. It bodes well for me that nerdy is stylish right now. But, I should probably get married tomorrow. We all know how fashion ebbs and flows. It will be 30 more years before nerdy is back in vogue.
On a recent trip to the Page Museum I was with my friends Laura and Joe. Laura grew up in LA and they were out visiting her family, so when she suggested meeting up at the Page Museum I barely put on pants before I was out the door. We spent a good hour or so in the Museum. It isn't that big and I know all the hot spots anyway, so an hour in there is ample time to see everything.
And evidently to be seen, as well.
Walking down the street after our tour through time we decided a coffee was in order. Standing in line in Starbucks, a guy with a saber tooth tiger calf tattoo starts up a conversation with Joe.
"You guys were in the museum earlier, right?"
"Oh... yeah?"
"I just ask because I work there. I saw you guys walking around and so I just wondered what your favorite part of the museum was? You all seemed to really enjoy it."
Okay, now this starts to make sense. I am a very excited museum patron. Even a museum about things I don't normally find interesting, tell me there is a museum about it, and instantly I am planning a trip. Shrunken heads and taxidermied animals in Ecuador? Sign me up! The music box museum in Japan? Yes, please! The Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma? You bet your lucky horse shoe I want to go! A museum all about honey? Sweet! The Spade Museum in Ireland? I can dig it!
"Oh, yeah! We all liked it! My favorite part was the dire wolf wall. It's crazy that there were 400 skulls in the tar pits!" Joe said like a kid in a candy store.
"Oh! Yeah! That was amazing." echoed Laura
"What about you?" Cat-man asked?
"I liked the horse exhibit. But my favorite part is getting to see what is happening in the lab." I said.
"Yeah, I noticed that you spent a lot of time looking in the window. I work in the lab." said Saber-Tooth-Cat-Calf. "Here's my card. If you are here on a Tuesday or Wednesday give me a call and I'll bring you into the lab."
"Umm... How will you know it's me?"
"Just say the pretty red-head in the blue shirt is here. I'll know who you are. I would love to show you around."
I'm sure you would. You clearly are passionate about your work. You have the Page Museum logo tattooed on your arm and a saber-tooth tiger on your leg.
And the Page Museum is right beside it! You can actually see real archeologists and paleontologists putting together real, really old bones! That's way better than the fossil work I was doing during my brief career as an archeologist. I mean really, who doesn't want to see a Columbian Mammoth tusk that is bigger than me? And a trilobite? That is only my favorite kind of bite! Probably because I have several of those in my award winning geology project from 4H. That''s right. You heard me. Award WINNING!
With my nerd flag flying so high you all are probably shocked I date at all... I know I am. It bodes well for me that nerdy is stylish right now. But, I should probably get married tomorrow. We all know how fashion ebbs and flows. It will be 30 more years before nerdy is back in vogue.
On a recent trip to the Page Museum I was with my friends Laura and Joe. Laura grew up in LA and they were out visiting her family, so when she suggested meeting up at the Page Museum I barely put on pants before I was out the door. We spent a good hour or so in the Museum. It isn't that big and I know all the hot spots anyway, so an hour in there is ample time to see everything.
And evidently to be seen, as well.
Walking down the street after our tour through time we decided a coffee was in order. Standing in line in Starbucks, a guy with a saber tooth tiger calf tattoo starts up a conversation with Joe.
"You guys were in the museum earlier, right?"
"Oh... yeah?"
"I just ask because I work there. I saw you guys walking around and so I just wondered what your favorite part of the museum was? You all seemed to really enjoy it."
Okay, now this starts to make sense. I am a very excited museum patron. Even a museum about things I don't normally find interesting, tell me there is a museum about it, and instantly I am planning a trip. Shrunken heads and taxidermied animals in Ecuador? Sign me up! The music box museum in Japan? Yes, please! The Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma? You bet your lucky horse shoe I want to go! A museum all about honey? Sweet! The Spade Museum in Ireland? I can dig it!
"Oh, yeah! We all liked it! My favorite part was the dire wolf wall. It's crazy that there were 400 skulls in the tar pits!" Joe said like a kid in a candy store.
"Oh! Yeah! That was amazing." echoed Laura
"What about you?" Cat-man asked?
"I liked the horse exhibit. But my favorite part is getting to see what is happening in the lab." I said.
"Yeah, I noticed that you spent a lot of time looking in the window. I work in the lab." said Saber-Tooth-Cat-Calf. "Here's my card. If you are here on a Tuesday or Wednesday give me a call and I'll bring you into the lab."
"Umm... How will you know it's me?"
"Just say the pretty red-head in the blue shirt is here. I'll know who you are. I would love to show you around."
I'm sure you would. You clearly are passionate about your work. You have the Page Museum logo tattooed on your arm and a saber-tooth tiger on your leg.
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