i kill myself sometimes...

[acroyear]

on a discussion of "Elaborate Mediocrity", someone mentioned the Mormon Temple, to which i clarified:

Re: The Mormon temple in Bethesda, MD - for those who don't travel the DC beltway on a daily/weekly basis, think the "Emerald City of Oz" peaking up 200 feet above the trees, with a golden Jesus at the top of the spire holding a golf club out and yelling "fore!" to the east, and you'll have it.

The traffic reporters still refer to one of the bridges over the beltway as the "Surrender Dorothy Bridge" (thanks to some now painted out letters a graffiti artist put there years ago).

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[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

yeah, on the californian vacation (for a wedding up at disney) we saw it while driving down I-5 heading for the inner harbor and Anthony's Fish Grotto (I wanted a place where I could get a decent view of the carriers, since being 36 rather than 10, I can't use my dad as an excuse to go on base ;-) ).

i used to live in SD as a kid while dad was on the Connie.

i took faireraven down I-5 to the harbor, then down to chula vista where i grew up (and so i could show her where i lived and a few landmarks of personal nostalgia), then up to a quick drive-by balboa photo tour, then up I-15 to Stone Brewery on our way to San Bernadino. quite the whirlwind.