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Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Rotunda

Aslan, layers and layers, the dragon skin. Airsmell is spicy. Thought I'd never be able to roll my r's or sing, justice looking beyond where I began. Italian women's proud bodies won't make of vanity the curvature of time. The same green as the river in late summer.

In Wakayama I was shown a place with several built-into-the-hillside tombs, with small square openings and dark interiors lined with very old, flat stones piled up to make walls. Most of them were about five-hundred years old, but the oldest and biggest was 1400 years old. I also went to a castle, an art museum, and rode a rollercoaster that had spinning seats. Another one of those great inventions. One of the first roller coasters was in St. Petersburg in the late 1700s.

posted by lux at 9:09 PM
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4 Comments:

Blogger kt commented at 1/20/2005~  

the 1700s? that's amazing. how did it start?

Blogger lux commented at 1/20/2005~  

It started with the Russian "ice slides" of the mid-1600s. They were wooden and resembled half-pipe ramps (coated with ice). They used sleds.

Blogger lux commented at 1/20/2005~  

ah but if you mean how did it start as in, how was it powered, um. i'm not sure.

Blogger kt commented at 1/21/2005~  

hmm, sleds make sense i guess...

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