Frozen Dishes : life after the ice
Friday, August 26, 2005
Saw the sun today while I working at the runway. Luckily I was prepared with my shades. Had to look at a few times and yes it is still birght. A welcome sight indeed. 93 people flew north and 102 came off the same plane. Almost an even trade. That's it for passenger flights. The Scheduled flight for tomorrow is carrying a lot of cargo. Once that one is off deck the flights will be done for about 6 weeks.
Saturday, August 20, 2005
The first plane made it safely here today. I've already eaten a banana, my first in around five months, and am planning to have a peanut butter & banana sandwich for dinner with an orange chaser. Heavenly tasting treats. Also today while I was out in a vehicle around the runway I was honored with a viewing of an orange glow on the horizon that lasted for about 15 minutes. A lovely sight. My roommate flys in on Monday, so only one more weekend of the bachelor pad. He's a good friend, so I'm anxious to see him even if it means giving up my single room. I had a friend spike up my mohawk last night and it came out awesome with three big spikes. She used gelatin again and it's rock hard. It's a good style to greet the new people with.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Cut some of my hair off last night. I was getting sick of the back of my mohawk and it was time to change it up anyway. Now I look like the comic character Zippy. Well, my head isn't as pointy and I don't have a bow in my hair. Basically I've got a plume of hair on the top of my head that I tie up so that it stands up, in case you don't know what Zippy looks like. There is currently a mini bowling tournament going on and my team is still alive. We've played three games thus far and won two of them. Tonight will be our toughest match, so it could be the last game of the winter for us. Two nights of bowling in a row will be rough on my liver, but what can you do? The first plane is scheduled to land this Saturday. There are many folks flying out on the plane coming in and they are getting quite anxious to leave. The rest of us staying until Ocotber are excited to see the new people and possibly more so the fresh food coming in. I've got some good friends flying in and am really looking forward to hanging out with them before I leave. But, I too can't wait to have a banana, a kiwi and an orange again. Today it's very light outside and the sun is threatening to peek over the horizon more and more each day. Nice to see the frozen water and mountains again.
Friday, August 05, 2005
The film festival is tonight and I'm happy to report I did indeed finish my movie. It came out good, albeit completely ridiculous. I filmed it all Tuesday night and editied it on Wednesday. I froze my butt off filiming it as the wind was blowing fiercely that night. But, having the wind howling in the background made the film a bit better. The main character, a courageous sock puppet, is an antarctic explorer trying to find science. After braving the storm and falling into a crevasse he eventually finds the science he seeks. But, then an evil guardian of science kills him. Many explorers have died down here, so it's authentic in that sense. I think there are six movie projects being shown tonight, so it should be a grand night. As an added bonus this weekend is a two day weekend, the last of the season. Everyone is excited about getting some extra rest. Yesterday I saw Erebus, the active volcano we share this island with, for the first time in many months. It's good to have the sun coming back. The crew setting up the runway turned on the landing lights the other day. A great sight and that makes it official that the winter is ending and planes are on the way. Very exciting times and in a few months I'll be on a beach relaxing and thawing out.
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Today is the birthday of a friend of mine down here. He plays poker with us on Mondays. One of the other poker players thought it would be fun if the rest of dressed up as clowns last night in honor of his birthday. I wasn't expecting that. But, can't let the kids down, not even the old ones. So, Boozy came out to play some poker. Unlike the last time Boozy played cards (last winter at the south pole) he actually won some bread this time around. $25 to be exact. Not too shabby for a drunk clown. The birthday boy came out ahead too, which is only fitting. The film admission deadline looms near. Tomorrow is the due date. Not sure if my flick will make it in the can or not.
