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Pantheon, Courthouse Plus Ultra, plans.
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North Direction in Drawing
2008.12.24 13:06
It was like a week after New Years 1987, and we just finished dinner in a restaurant on one of the more secluded beaches of Manly, Australia. There were five of us, my cousin who moved to Australia from post-war Germany, a sister and brother born in Australia, a young Tasmanian woman and me, the only northern hemisphere resident. There was a crescent moon overhead a little over the ocean. It struck me as odd, and I said so.
"what do you mean?!?"
"well, it's like up-side-down or something. I've never seen it like that before."
"how do you usually see it then?"
"wait. let me try something."
I turned around and looked up bent over backwards.
"there. this is how I usually see it."
then the rest of them did the same thing, bobbing their heads around taking it all in.
I watched them and then cracked up laughing.
"you guys now look as drunk as you actually are!"
we all just started laughing, and then it hit me.
"wait, where's the Southern Cross?"
the brother, "I'll find it. there it is!"
"Ah."
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