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Carnaval Brasilerio 2005One of the many things I love about Austin is the annual Carnaval Brasilerio festival that goes on every February. It’s a huge Samba party thats been going on for about 30 years now, and it’s pretty much the wildest, craziest and most flamboyant party I’ve ever been to. Begun in the early [...]
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A very productive JanuaryJanuary has been great so far. I started out in Austin for New Years, spent about two days there, and then flew up to Denver for an overnight trip to have my brain certified defect free. Every winterover candidate has to pass a psychological screening, and to do that they fly us up to Denver [...]
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Just can’t sit stillSo the traveling continues…this time I just got back from a Christmas visit to see some family in the DC area. It was nice, but the highlight of the whole trip was an opportunity to spend time with an amazing person who I met in Tuscany. She and I got a chance to catch up, [...]
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Guess who’s home!So my brother who’s been in Iraq for the past year is home on his two week leave. While he wasn’t able to be here for either Christmas or Thanksgiving, at least he’s here for a bit in between the two holidays. I hadn’t seen him for over two years, so it was great to [...]
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Visiting old friendsIt’s been a busy past couple of weeks. I’ve been out and about in Houston, catching up with all sorts of old friends. I’ve also ben treating myself fairly well, with christmas presents to myself of a new laptop, digital camera, and GPS. I figured with the upcoming season at the pole again, it’ll be [...]
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I’ve really missed Austin!I’ve now been in Austin for three days, and every one has been fantastic. The first night I got here, a bunch of my old friends met me at a new bar, and then we went out country dancing. I can’t even tell you when we got home..I was just very glad I didn’t have [...]
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Fire schoolBefore we head down to the South Pole, the winterover crew attends a week of fire training in Denver. This was a blast! It was a hugely physical class where we learned how to do just about everything that would need to be done in a real emergency. One of my favorite highlights was going [...]
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Halloween 2000Another Halloween has come and gone, which of course meant drunken debauchery in Austin! This year I went as a perverted priest. Lots of fun to be had with a costume as naughty as that one! We went out at least three times during Halloween week. Once to Leslie’s party, once [...]
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Mardi Gras 2000Mardi Gras is always an amazing street party in Austin. This year there were a few police issues where the local force decided that they were going to demonstrate who was really in charge. Despite the cancellation of the street parade with floats it was still a great time. Our gang decided to dress up [...]
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Carnaval Brasileiro 2000Every February Austin has its own version of the Carnaval festival in Brazil. It’s usually a two night party with samba bands, costumes, cheap beer, and just a great hedonistic time. This year two of my scuba club buddies and I went dressed as trees. We got green body paint and cheap [...]
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