Psycho birdcage and other BlogHer visual weirdness

I just finished uploading the last of my BlogHer photos to Flickr, and I can't resist sharing a bit of visual weirdness I encountered at the conference hotel, the Hyatt San Jose.

First of all, this statue stands near the door between the lobby and the pool area, where many BlogHer events were held. Most attendees didn't notice it, but I just thought it was ironic to see a headless, one-handed giant stone woman looming in the shadows of this gathering.

Next on my list of weirdness is the spooky birdcage positioned against the wall in the hallway just inside the glass door shown in the statue photo above. It contains about 20-odd finches and other small songbirds. It's designed to look like a cutesy Victorian house.

...But just look inside the "windows" and a whole new scenario emerges. Within that cute little birdcage, it looks like Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary!

This is, without a doubt, the most dismal and sadistic birdcage I've ever seen. Here's how it looks when you walk up and peer inside: Download psycho_cage.MOV

After I stepped away, that "cute Victorian house" now began to resemble the Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. I swear, it even sounded like some of those finches were chirping "Norman! Norman!"

...shudder...

Comments

[Beth]

I thought it was little weird too .. including the apsara in the pond ...
Nice to meet you finally! Thanks for your great coverage!

[sneadwoman]

Amy -- did you see the GIANT Buddha that hovered catty-cornered over the bellman's door? As in --aren't we near the land of earthquakes and what if I get bopped in the head with this thing?'

just plain.. weird