I found some various pics on my camera I forgot taking so I thought I'd post em. I haven't gone out to the festivities yet, I'm going to get a little drunk first. :) So I thought while I'm getting myself silly I'd go ahead and post some stuff for everyone.
We haven't had much to do lately so a co-worker and I went to help clean out some Connex boxes for 3 or 4 days. If you didn't know, Connex boxes are those big shipping containers you see on those massive ships that bring everything that's in a Walmart.:) They use a bunch of them as storage all over the place here. Some of the stuff we were throwing away was unopened stuff that's been stuffed away in there since the mid 90's. Seems like a waste but we done use the stuff anymore and it's been sight unseen for a decade and a half, might as well toss it.
Joni and I were dismantling a shit ton of those shelves. Alex in the background pulling out a huge roll of fiber optic cable...
More shit...
A bunch of used antennaes and shit getting tossed...
I had to get myself in the mix...
So there have been several little notices up about classes in the chapel. A couple of them were like "how not to date a jerk" or something like that. This one is a class on how to have incredible sex, being delivered...at...the...chapel. Mind blowing married sex? Now, I've only been close to marriage once but isn't that like an oxymoron...
Went back out to Hut Point twice this week. Panoramic shot. There are a bunch of seals laying near the crack a little ways out. It's pretty impossible to see but way out near the crack are a half dozen or so penguins too...
Notice the foot prints? Some dumb shit thought it would be a good idea
to walk out on the rapidly deteriorating ice. The ice cold water would
be bad enough to fall into but those pieces of ice weigh tons and tons.
If the sea kicked up a tiny bit you'd get squished like a grape.
Jackass...
Sitting at Hut Point. It's probably 25 or 30 feet above the ice...
The ice looks really cool as it melts. It makes some really interesting shapes and just looks really neat...
Preparing for IceStock the other day. They had a lineman come out to hookup power to this building. I didn't realize it was such a big deal...
The stage...
None of this stuff is normally there, except the big blue building of course. P.S. notice the double doors up high? You wouldn't want someone to be chasing you through the building and pick the wrong door to escape through...
Stuff or something...
Alicia thinning out her own hair. She isn't the official hair cutter person here but she went to some ridiculously good hair cutting school so she does a really really good job. She's cut my hair several times already, she's the one that gave me the mohawk...
$100 worth of New Years cheer:) Today is the first time I've had anything to drink in a little over 3 months. Lets party!!!
Is it just me or is this fog moving really quickly?
Nate was standing precariously close to the edge. That would have made a good Youtube video, huh? Ok that isn't funny, but I'm the inappropriate guy:)
I don't know what they were taking where but I felt like recording em, so you have to watch it now.
Alicia cutting her own hair.
Ok, I spent the last hour, yes HOUR, trying to get these videos to upload through blogspot but it wouldn't work. I wised up and 5 minutes later they were uploaded through Youtube. Fuck!
P.S. I'm not sure if those of you who are "subscribers" get an email when I post something or not, I would think probably so. If so I'm sorry if you get multiple emails when I post something, then realized I fucked up and edit it then repost it again. Someone let me know if that happens or not, very curious.
Hey everyone. Only 12 hours until the new year. Another 2 day weekend so I'm pretty good, or as Tony The Tiger would say, gggggreatt!
I found a few pictures from other websites I thought were funny so I thought I'd post them since I don't really have anything to post at the moment. I'll take some pics and videos at IceStock tonight. The festivities start at 6, there are 12 bands playing throughout the night, many many many drunk people will be tripping all over each other and probably having lots of crazy sex in all sorts of random places. Hahaha
On another topic. Several years ago I got into the idea of Amateur(Ham) Radio. I got the books to study for the license exam and even bought a radio that I couldn't legally transmit on, so I just had to listen. The material wasn't that hard but the test was always across town, early on a Saturday morning. So I always opted for the extra sleep and never got the license. :)
Well they have a whole amateur radio setup here but I never thought you could take the test here, I was wrong! Woohooo. Apparently normally you need like 3 examiners present but the FCC made an exception for us. So we had 1 examiner and there were several other examiners on the other end of a Skype call, I guess to keep an eye on us so no one cheated. Haha
I passed the "technician" exam, so I'm all officially licensed now. I checked the FCC's website and I'm already in their registry. Now that's some fast moving for a government operation! My fancy little call sign is KF7TJH in case you wanted to get that tattooed on you. If you're going to I'd appreciate you getting my face right under it, well, or over it. I'll leave the face placement up to you.
Hmmmm, I can't think of anything else to say at the moment so I guess I'll post this bitch.
Hahahahahahahahaha
Choke that little fucker!
Being out of meet can certainly put a damper on your meet selling business. Hahaha
I think I mentioned our Christmas party the other day but I finally got some pictures to put up.
The first couple pics aren't from the party, they're from the Christmas dinner.
Awww man hugs...
Lets eat...
Christmas party
A choir how sweet...
Santa looking for some takers. Come here little boys and little girls and sit on my lap, muahaha...
Nate, Tessa, and Brogan
Baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the whole gang, errrr, wisemen and ladies...
Casa, Dexter, and I don't know the girl in the beanie but lets call her Maria. Actually Dexter isn't homeboys name I don't think but he just looks like him, even more when he isn't smiling...
Santa and, oh wait, who is that handsome man...
Grace and John, John is one of my roomies...
The IT contingent...
Just dancing, boringggg...
That is a santa hat, cut offs, sweater, legging, sock combination for the ages...
I'm a scary bear, grrrrrr, or maybe I'm pajama boy, or something...
No I won't take off my clothes for your stupid pictures, go away...
Now, I'm gonna open my fly and you're gonna swallow what I give you to swallow. And after you swallow mine you gonna swallow Rooster's cause ya done broke his nose and I think he oughta have something to show for it... <---if you don't know that movie reference then never talk to me again!
Baxter showing off her money maker...
Take it easy lady, I just asked if you wanted a cookie...
Baxter stripping John on the dance floor. Let the festivities begin...
Every year there is an art show here called MAAG, McMurdo Alternative Art Gallery. I went for an hour or so and it was cool. Lots of weird art and just weirdness in general. Apparently there was a whole lot of insanity that went down there later that night. If you stick enough men and women on an island far from home, apply booze liberally, and stir the craziness is bound to shows itself.
Tiki Lounge silliness before the show...
MAAG...
On the way in...
A cool view I thought...
What the...
James Monroe Middle School Art Class, apparently...
I don't get art at all...
Thing made out of wood, don't ask me...
Butterfly made of butterflies, get it? That must be ironic, or funny, or, or, I dont know...
Beer Checkers! That's art I understand...
?
Super Jenga...
That's what I'm talkin about! Notice the Second Amendment? Nice...
This must be really good art because I don't get it...
This is a Skua thing. Sky rats who try and knock your tray out of your hand so they get something to eat, damn birds...
Lite Brite with empty beer bottles...
Grrrr ROARRRR....
Grown ups on a teeter totter...
This is actually someone else's picture, I just liked the background. Notice me back there taking a video of the weirdos on the wheel? You can see the person take this pic in the video I'm posting below...
They had all the funny recycle bins in one place. I didn't take pics of the ones I already posted but here are the ones I had never seen before. Funny stuff.
I went back to Hut Point yesterday and took this pic, it doesn't have anything to do with MAAG, but oh well...
This is the video where you can see the person in the background take the picture from above with me in it.
Total potential disaster in the making...
Melted snow making it's way back to the ocean. There are little streams all over town like this.
