Movie Night and More Fun...

Post written by Charlie:

Hey everyone, I'm really sorry to keep repeating myself so I'll somewhat spare you by giving a heads up. The HPLC is still down and will be until Friday. Until then I will still be filtering sea water for phytoplankton in the krill growth experiments so we can tell what the krill have been eating. I'm using the time I have to kill by working on my presentation at the end of my REU internship in August. The food is still wonderful and I have no complaints, although the regulars throw theirs around freely. I still can't understand why and I probably won't. Whatever, their loss.

We have movie night every night, during which one of the coasties brings in a movie to watch and so far he's had remarkably good taste in a wide variety of genres. Kudos to Hans. I am also using the time to read a series of books recommended to me by a friend back in Maryland. These are the Dune books, and supposedly well known in the following of science fiction enthusiasts. I've finished the first book and it was very satisfying. I can't wait to start the second. The weather is very calm this morning with the usual thick bank of fog which causes that accursed fog horn to sound. The fog is common, or at least we've experienced its presence nearly every morning we've been out here. The winds usually die down at night, resulting in a calm covering of gray water which is then tumbled about upon the return of the winds in the afternoon. The temperature has been very favorable, letting me strut about on the deck without a jacket, clad only in jeans and a t-shirt. Very beautiful, although the sun has decided to hide itself, peeking through every once and again, seemingly to tease us with a few far off rays before retreating behind its screen of clouds which seem a good match with the water. I hate to give you weather reports and food reviews as the main portion of the blog, but until our equipment is up an running again, I'm afraid it will all be the same old, same old. You never know though, something really interesting could happen in the space of the remainder of the week and if it does, I'll relay it to all of you. I would recommend keeping checked in until friday, just to see if something cool happens. Til then and take it easy blog readers.