Comments on: Who wants to live forever? https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/04/who-wants-to-live-forever/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:50:14 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/04/who-wants-to-live-forever/#comment-3460 TB Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:03:02 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2248#comment-3460 Yeah, I know, but it's sort of a requirement. After looking at the Louvre, <a href="http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html" rel="nofollow">this museum </a>was amazing. I'd never even heard of it before we visited Paris. It looks like it used to be a factory, and actually used to be a train station. Lots of great stuff, including an amazing scale model cutaway of the Paris Opera House. I liked this statue because it was one of the very few sculptures of a person who looked like they were having fun. The hair and face were a perfect evocation of dawn, the sunrise peeping out of the morning clouds. She could have been wearing a muu muu and she still would have been one of my favorites. Yeah, I know, but it’s sort of a requirement.

After looking at the Louvre, this museum was amazing. I’d never even heard of it before we visited Paris. It looks like it used to be a factory, and actually used to be a train station. Lots of great stuff, including an amazing scale model cutaway of the Paris Opera House.

I liked this statue because it was one of the very few sculptures of a person who looked like they were having fun. The hair and face were a perfect evocation of dawn, the sunrise peeping out of the morning clouds. She could have been wearing a muu muu and she still would have been one of my favorites.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/04/who-wants-to-live-forever/#comment-3455 ER Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:01:34 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2248#comment-3455 Young girls who tragically attempt to starve themselves into bony supermodel figures might profit by contemplating the young woman portrayed in that sculpture. I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I find her simply breathtaking. Young girls who tragically attempt to starve themselves into bony supermodel figures might profit by contemplating the young woman portrayed in that sculpture. I don’t know about the rest of you guys, but I find her simply breathtaking.

]]> By: VelociraptorBlade https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/04/who-wants-to-live-forever/#comment-3452 VelociraptorBlade Thu, 07 Jul 2011 06:55:26 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2248#comment-3452 Pretty much ANY greek or roman statue can be classified NSFW. Pretty much ANY greek or roman statue can be classified NSFW.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/04/who-wants-to-live-forever/#comment-3435 TB Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:06:33 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2248#comment-3435 In the Museum d' Ornay was a statue by Denys Puech of the dawn goddess (Aurora in the Roman pantheon). One of my favorites. You think Mona Lisa has a<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-01plGdpZt_c/TWfZM5MqcOI/AAAAAAAAA00/h2Bb-01Uvdw/s1600/5.+Orsay+-+Aurore+-+Denys+Puech+1900.JPG" rel="nofollow"> great smile</a>? (NSFW) In the Museum d’ Ornay was a statue by Denys Puech of the dawn goddess (Aurora in the Roman pantheon). One of my favorites. You think Mona Lisa has a great smile?

(NSFW)

]]> By: VelociraptorBlade https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/04/who-wants-to-live-forever/#comment-3432 VelociraptorBlade Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:43:35 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2248#comment-3432 This reminds me of a myth I once read. There was a titan named Eos who wanted Tithonius, a royal mortal, to be her eternal lover. She went to Zeus to ask for him to bless Tithonius with eternal life, but forgot to ask for eternal youth. To this day, the shrunken rag of skin and bones that is Tithonius still lives, begging for death. This myth was made over 2000 years ago. I think you all know what I'm ghetting at here. This reminds me of a myth I once read.

There was a titan named Eos who wanted Tithonius, a royal mortal, to be her eternal lover. She went to Zeus to ask for him to bless Tithonius with eternal life, but forgot to ask for eternal youth. To this day, the shrunken rag of skin and bones that is Tithonius still lives, begging for death.

This myth was made over 2000 years ago. I think you all know what I’m ghetting at here.

]]> By: Eri https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/04/who-wants-to-live-forever/#comment-3421 Eri Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:50:19 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2248#comment-3421 That's if you want to live on a shelf. That’s if you want to live on a shelf.

]]> By: Eri https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/04/who-wants-to-live-forever/#comment-3420 Eri Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:49:22 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2248#comment-3420 From Republicanism. From Republicanism.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/04/who-wants-to-live-forever/#comment-3417 Jody Wed, 06 Jul 2011 04:46:20 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2248#comment-3417 I have thought of that Eri. I have thought of that Eri.

]]> By: Eri https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/04/who-wants-to-live-forever/#comment-3409 Eri Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:51:36 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2248#comment-3409 God help you all. ... .... ..... ...... to become Democrats! God help you all.
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to become Democrats!

]]> By: Eri https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/04/who-wants-to-live-forever/#comment-3408 Eri Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:50:04 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2248#comment-3408 Maybe if you were Albatross free, you would understand it. Maybe if you were Albatross free, you would understand it.

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