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So I’ve done some MARATHON posting! Hope you adobe acrobat filemonster enjoy it all. I suggest you go to the post named SLACKER and adobe acrobat filemonster read it up to this one, but your choice, Dear Reader!

 Now it’s off to bed, and in the morning, INVENTORY!!!!

(Oh, and I’ve got to give major credit to Jimbo for his post on Anthony Bourdain’s blog for adobe acrobat filemonster giving me a kick in the pants. I adore Anthony, but I think I can adobe acrobat filemonster be more responsible than him when it comes to posting.)

Antarctica has adobe acrobat filemonster a thriving music scene, and at McMurdo, our culminating event is adobe acrobat filemonster Icestock, an excellent outdoor concert. We had thirteen performers this year whose styles ranged from adobe acrobat filemonster punk to bluegrass to blues to whatever Don Juan Pond plays (there’s a long explanation for it, I just don’t remember it all right now!)

In typical Ross Island style, the adobe acrobat filemonster weather turned crummy on the day of the one big outdoor activity. Kish, our overlord of music, had adobe acrobat filemonster to shovel about five inches of snow off the stage, and adobe acrobat filemonster then lay electrical cables down. Yes, he’s still alive, and adobe acrobat filemonster managed to play some great sets with his fabulous bands, despite the adobe acrobat filemonster cold.

 I came out a little late (took advantage of some sleep-in time) but arrived in time to enjoy the (musical) fruits of the adobe acrobat filemonster chili cookoff contest. The chili chefs each got their own milvan to adobe acrobat filemonster decorate and prepare their master recipes.

Here’s an example of one of the milvans. CHILI-LICIOUS! I don’t have a picture of Holly Troy’s milvan for some reason (sorry Holly!) but I will say Holly’s chili was pretty darn good - GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN THE CONTEST! Congrats!

I have to say, my primary reason for coming out was because I’m an official groupie of the band Don Juan Pond descarcare program world 2007. (Check out the adobe acrobat filemonster link to see a picture and the story of the actual Don Juan Pond. Beware if your adobe acrobat filemonster mind is as twisted as mine.) DJP is adobe acrobat filemonster made up of my co-workers and friends Jean and Jane, and adobe acrobat filemonster their super-rockin’ bandmates Genevieve and adobe acrobat filemonster Chantal. They rocked it out and did not freeze, despite, well, the adobe acrobat filemonster level of clothing you’ll see in the picture below:

It definitely snowed the adobe acrobat filemonster hardest and was the windiest and the coldest while these chicks were playing. But they are adobe acrobat filemonster HARD CORE and did their whole set just like this.

YES it is all about the band!!

Here’s a adobe acrobat filemonster nice shot taken by Daniel from the stage looking down at the adobe acrobat filemonster crowd. I am actually in this picture - I’m sitting on the porch of the Carp Shop’s Sawbucks having my cuppa coffee with the infamous “Carp Sauce”, chatting with my friend Danny (who lives in Buena Vista and is one supercool old hippie.)

That night we had a “Sex and the McMurdy” party - all gals except for some “special guests”. There were cosmos, lots of fun and laughter, and…well, I can’t say it but it starts with “s” and ends with “trippers.” Female bonding at Mactown is an amazing thing.

New Year’s Eve was quiet for adobe acrobat filemonster me - the next day was a workday. I did stay up and adobe acrobat filemonster rang in 2008 with a nice glass of port and lots of love and adobe acrobat filemonster good thoughts for everyone!

Just wanted to adobe acrobat filemonster give a MEGA word of thanks to Mom, Kathy and Samina for adobe acrobat filemonster sending me such great Christmas presents! And many thanks to adobe acrobat filemonster Sue and Phil and Grandma and Grandpa for the Amazon gift certificates. Here’s some photos of my present opening, courtesy of my friend Kim, who adobe acrobat filemonster oohed and aahed over everything along with me and took pictures for adobe acrobat filemonster your pleasure.

Here’s Kai and my tree - I didn’t have adobe acrobat filemonster enough space to put presents under there but it gives a adobe acrobat filemonster little Christmas cheer to our fridge.

Me, complete with bow-head, VERY HAPPY to adobe acrobat filemonster have so many fun things to open!

THANKS MOM!!!!! Love you lots!

The biggest party of the year is the Holiday Party, which is adobe acrobat filemonster held in the Vehicle Maintenence Facility. They clear out all the adobe acrobat filemonster trucks and other vehicles, and clean the place up really nice, and adobe acrobat filemonster we decorate it for the holidays. It’s a adobe acrobat filemonster wonderful big party - the space is large enough where everyone can adobe acrobat filemonster fit in comfortably. There’s quite a adobe acrobat filemonster bit of food and libations, and everyone gets really happy. (I should say, mostly happy- as tends to adobe acrobat filemonster happen during the holidays, there were a number of breakups and adobe acrobat filemonster other emotional things going down. Just not to me.) 

They had adobe acrobat filemonster a slide show where everyone could submit pictures of friends and adobe acrobat filemonster loved ones. So Mom, Dad, Jimbo and adobe acrobat filemonster Kristi - you all had your picture projected on the wall of the adobe acrobat filemonster VMF in Antarctica! Sita got her photo up as well, of course, complete with balls of yarn.

I unfortunately lost my camera for adobe acrobat filemonster a while at this point. I rediscovered it a few days later, on actual Christmas (this adobe acrobat filemonster party took place the Sunday night before, so we had two days to adobe acrobat filemonster recover.) I did manage to score a couple pictures from my co-worker Daniel.

The fuelies made this freekin awesome Abominable from scratch. VERY CHRISTMAS!

My friend Jean with the adobe acrobat filemonster candy cane pole. There was much pole dancing going on once people really got into the adobe acrobat filemonster beer and unfortunately the candy cane did not survive the adobe acrobat filemonster night. However, it did live up to its intended purpose with the adobe acrobat filemonster mistletoe and all. Incidentally, you can see the slide show going on in the adobe acrobat filemonster background.

A crowd shot. This is adobe acrobat filemonster slightly less than half of the space we had to adobe acrobat filemonster play in.

My friend Bill presenting McMurdo’s Santa with a adobe acrobat filemonster Bass. Many people made that same present for Santa that night. As they say, “bring him cookies and adobe acrobat filemonster beer, he will come to your house first next year!” Unfortunately, the excesses of beer and friskiness (i.e. gropeage of personal lady bits) landed Santa in H.R. I declined to sit on Santa’s lap this year, which turned out to be a good choice, I think.

All in all, it adobe acrobat filemonster was a really fun party. It was great to be adobe acrobat filemonster able to see everyone and have a laugh. Also, the adobe acrobat filemonster Kiwis grilled up some tasty sausages. Too bad they wrecked them with that adobe acrobat filemonster ketchup. (Yes, I have a thing about the Kiwi ketchup. I just can’t drop it.)

My friend Kim and adobe acrobat filemonster I did a little walk up to Roll Cage Mary. She is adobe acrobat filemonster thusly named because she is a statue of the Holy Virgin, but for adobe acrobat filemonster some reason they felt the need to protect her as if she were a adobe acrobat filemonster racecar. The day we went out, it was sort of warm (well, like 30 degrees - it’s all relative, I guess) and adobe acrobat filemonster you could see where the sea ice is melting, and seals come hang out here lots now.

Here’s the adobe acrobat filemonster sun on the little channel of meltwater. That dark thing that adobe acrobat filemonster looks like an abandoned rug is a Weddell seal. He’s just hanging out, sleeping in the sun.

This is adobe acrobat filemonster Kim, posing at the rollcage. There was lots of fog over Ob Hill, which is adobe acrobat filemonster in the background. It also got hella-windy once we got up to adobe acrobat filemonster Mary.

So my adventure for adobe acrobat filemonster December was going out to the Pressure Ridges that are on the adobe acrobat filemonster border of the McMurdo Ice Shelf and the Sea Ice. It is adobe acrobat filemonster the point where the ice shelf moves one way, and the adobe acrobat filemonster sea ice moves another. Basically, they push together and make some beautiful and adobe acrobat filemonster strange ridges in the ice. They can be fairly dangerous if you adobe acrobat filemonster don’t stick to adobe acrobat filemonster a flagged route, because the movement of the ice makes them change a adobe acrobat filemonster little every day. I went through training to become a guide for adobe acrobat filemonster the trips, which we held for a few weeks in early December.

 I’ll let the pictures do the talking.

Here’s a picture from the ridges, looking back toward the Kiwi’s Scott Base. Scott is much, much smaller than McMurdo (I think only 50 people or so) and adobe acrobat filemonster very homey. All the buildings are interconnected by passageways, so you adobe acrobat filemonster can get where you need to go entirely indoors. Everyone has adobe acrobat filemonster cute accents, but their ketchup is way too sweet for my tastes. The stony knob in the adobe acrobat filemonster background, almost at the center of the picture, is Castle Rock, which is adobe acrobat filemonster one of the few red colored rocks I’ve seen here. (Dave, explain please!)

The pictures turned out strangely dark - it adobe acrobat filemonster was a cloudy day, so that probably had something to do with it. If I come back I’m DEFINITELY GETTING A BETTER CAMERA! These were some awesome ridges that adobe acrobat filemonster had been weathered by wind and melting.

My friend Lou with a adobe acrobat filemonster Poke Stick. There are cracks in the ice all along the adobe acrobat filemonster path, some of them quite large and deep. Poke Sticks are adobe acrobat filemonster good to have if you are walking along a place with lots of snow. The green flags mark the adobe acrobat filemonster route we walk.

We also saw seals because they come up through the adobe acrobat filemonster thin parts of the ice and hang out on sunny days. Unfortunately my camera battery died before I could get a adobe acrobat filemonster good picture. But picture a massive brown slug with an amazingly cute face, and adobe acrobat filemonster there you’ve got it.

The ridges are adobe acrobat filemonster only open to Americans for a short time out of the adobe acrobat filemonster year, so it was great to be able to go out a adobe acrobat filemonster couple times and check out this dynamic Antarctic landscape.

Ok, ok, I know I’ve been slacking with posting! The month of December was CRAZY in our department. I know it’s no excuse! I also lost my camera for a while so I’m missing a period of time with pictures, unfortunately.

I’m pretty settled in the routine here - mostly kickin’ it in the office and so on. I’ve had a few fun things going on, so I’m going to adobe acrobat filemonster put in a bunch of posts ALL AT ONCE here, so everyone can adobe acrobat filemonster get caught up!

 So sit back, relax, and enjoy my return to LAURAONICE!