Tuesday's haircut is starting to grow out. Thank goodness. This is how it looks tonight. Just one little piece over my left ear that won't sit right.
As you can tell from the silly picture, I went to the Omni Theater at the Museum of Science this afternoon/evening. With a day off from the nieces, did I call Roberta and tell her I could do the Purrfect Companions photo shoot after all? No. I had a leisurely phone conversation with Joan-west at a time when we were both awake (not an easy trick although the time difference is only 3 hours, the schedule difference is nearly insurmountable). It felt good to just catch up on everything at a reasonable pace without one of us yawning. Then I browsed through the film listings looking for some mindless flick I could see for cheap in the afternoon. It occurred to me to check the Omni Theater to see if they were still showing the Antarctica film. Bingo. Next show at 6:00 PM. I changed, zoomed to Cambridge in a thunderstorm, and made it to the ticket desk at 5:29:26. 34 seconds 'til show time. It was worth it.
Underwater shots of penguins swimming. Dizzying shots of ice breaking up. Guys falling into crevasses. Scott dying (well, an actor portraying Scott writing his last journal entry and then closing his eyes). A camera pointed at the sun from the south pole with the action speeded up so it felt like the earth was spinning like a top under your seat. The best though was film of the inside of a moving glacier. Yes the inside. Scientists have recently discovered that the glaciers are not all solid ice. Divers entered through what looked like a shallow pool on the glacier and descended to an eerie ice world. Diving inside a moving glacier as it makes its way to the sea. Cool. Wonder how I get a job doing that?
Seals, penguins and more penguins. Ice and more ice. Plus the dry valleys. The only thing missing was footage of the inside of Mt. Erebus. That would've been way cool. Or hot. As the case may be.
I grabbed some pizza in the food court and browsed the book section in the gift shop before I headed home.
The elevator was hot and smelled of bananas.
The traffic getting out of the parking garage was lighter than it was going in.
John Valentin and Troy O'Leary just hit back to back home runs for the Red Sox in their first inter league game - with the Mets - yes the Mets. The announcers say they keep showing footage from the 1986 World Series on the scoreboard.
The air is clearing now that the rain is over. I might be able to sleep without the air conditioner tonight.
The basketball kids are playing football in the parking lot.
Wilbur has left his post in the window for the hallway. Go figure.
The spell checker says inter league is two words. Oddly it didn't flag Erebus, but it did flag Mt. Go figure.
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