…blend in with the chinese!

  (”Ooh, this is a great costume!”)

This is a funny article about a German art student who is so crazy about the Chinese terra cotta soldiers that he dressed up like one. His original intention was to take a picture with the rest of the army, but, as he was quoted, “I got too excited and just couldn’t stop myself from jumping into the pit.” Even the guards who went after him had a hard time distinguishing him from the real terra cotta soldiers.

I sent this link to a couple of people, and my dad responded saying that when he was in art school, he and his roommate snuck into a Louis XIV exhibit at the DeYoung Museum and took pictures of each other. They weren’t wearing costumes, but that would have been hilarious.

The terra cotta soldiers are pretty amazing, though. Unfortunately, you can’t get really close to see them. When my family went on our China tour a couple of years ago, we collected rocks from every city that we visited. So my dad and I snuck our hands through the railing (seen in the photo above) and grabbed a piece of the dirt on the other side.

The weekend is here. Yippee! Looks like we’ll get a reminder of summer as sun and temperatures in the low 70s are predicted. My sister is visiting, too, so hopefully she will have a pleasant visit. Happy Friday everyone!