#logan kellerman

[venusdear]

what's with gordon and making his characters like 11 and they've already committed thievery, landed in jail, and BROKE IN

[whatsitzface]

My favourite headcannon about Logan Kellerman is that he's a fucking shapeshifter. He has blonde hair and freckles and blue eyes on tuesday, wednesday he walks into school a dark eyed brunette without a freckle in sight, but there is a mole on his cheek that DEFINITELY wasn't there yesterday. His appearance is constantly in motion, ever changing. Back at home he's got a walk in closet the size of a small country with enough hair dye to kill a horse, so much make up, different coloured eye contacts, wigs, and every accesory known to man. That's not to mention the clothes, which he has every fashion style of.

Nobody but his own mother knows what he REALLY looks like, and even she forgets sometimes.

[coffee-n-bagels-comic-universe]

Neutralised (1994) [3/?]: My Version of The Shared Universe

For those of you unfamiliar with 'Chicago Hope', it was actually set in a shared universe. Also, 'Suspiciously Similar' characters will be involved (Due to actors playing multiple roles). This is my take on that:

Shows:

Chicago Hope

Homicide: Life on the Street

Law & Order

Neutralised

Oz

Picket Fences

characters (I'm not listing anyone who was in 20 episodes or less) under the cut. Also technically these are not all the characters as I'm still writing stuff.

Chicago Hope - Characters (& Actors):

Doctor Aaron Shutt (Adam Arkin)

Doctor Phillip Watters (Hector Elizondo)

Doctor William 'Billy' Kronk (Peter Berg)

Doctor Dennis Hancock (Vlondie Curtis-Hall)

Doctor Diane Grad (Jayne Brook)

Doctor Keith Wilkes (Rocky Carroll)

Doctor Jack McNeil (Mark Harmon)

Doctor Daniel Nyland (Thomas Gibson)

Doctor Jeffrey Geiger (Mandy Patinkin)

Nurse Camille Shutt (Roxanne Hart)

Doctor Lisa Catera (Stacy Edwards)

Alan Birch (Peter MacNicol)

Doctor Joseph Cacaci (Bob Bancroft)

Doctor Robert Yeats (Eric Stoltz)

Doctor Gina Simon (Carla Gugino)

Doctor Jeremy Hanlon (Lauren Holly)

Doctor Francesca Alberghetti (Barbara Hershey)

Homicide: Life on the Street - Characters (& Actors)

Detective John Munch (Richard Belzer)

Detective Meldrick Lewis (Clark Johnson)

Lieutenant Alphonse Giardello (Yaphet Kotto)

Detective Tim Bayliss (Kyle Secor)

Detective Frank Pembleton (Andre Braugher)

Detective / Sergeant Kay Howard (Melissa Leo)

Detective Mike Kellerman (Reed Diamond)

Officer/Detective/Lieutenant Stuart Gharty (Peter Gerety)

Detective Paul Falsone (Jon Seda)

Lieutenant/Captain/Detective Megan Russert (Isabella Hofman)

Detective Laura Ballard (Callie Thorne)

Detective Terri Stivers (Toni Lewis)

Captain/Colonel George Barnfather (Clayton LeBouef)

ASA Ed Danvers (Željko Ivanek)

J.H.Brodie (Max Perlich)

Detective Beau Felton (Daniel Baldwin)

Detective Stanley Bolander (Ned Beatty)

Dr Julianna Cox (Michelle Forbes)

FBT Agent/Officer Mike Giardello (Giancario Esposito)

Detective Rene Sheppard (Michael Michele)

Dr. Alyssa Dyer (Harlee McBride)

Detective/Captain Roger Gaffney (Walt MacPherson)

Law & Order - Characters (& Actors)

Sergeant Maxwell Greevey (George Dzundza)

Junior Detective Michael Logan (Chris Noth)

Captain Donald Cragen (Dann Florek)

Exex ADA Benjamin Stone (Michael Moriarty)

ADA Paul Robinette (Richard Brooks)

DA Adam Schiff (Steven Hill)

Sergeant Philip Cerreta (Paul Sorvino)

Dr Elizabeth Olivet (Carolyn McCormic)

Senior Detective Leonard W Briscoe (Jerry Orbach)

Lieutenant Anita Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson)

ADA Claire Kincaid (Jill Hennessy)

Exec ADA/DA John McCoy (Sam Waterston)

Junior Detective Reynaldo Curtis (Benjamin Bratt)

ADA Jamie Ross (Carey Lowell)

ADA Abigail Carmichael (Angie Harmon)

Junior/Senior Detective Edward Green (Jesse L. Martin)

Interim DA Nora Lewin (Dianne Wiest)

ADA Serena Southerlyn (Elisabeth Röhm)

DA Arthur Branch (Fred Thompson)

Neutralised - Characters (& Actors)

Abraham Machado (Alfred Molina)

Andreina Neri (Robin Wright)

Caleb Willow (Cary Elwes)

Dove Lewis (Alfre Woodard)

Esmé Verity (Janaeane Garofalo)

Faustus Sanchez (Hank Azaria)

Grayson Bryant (Harold Perrineau)

Hunter Kingsley (Chris Farley)

Ichabod Mortimer (Danny DeVito)

Jared Foster (Kirk Acevedo)

Kane Carter (Philip Seymour Hoffman)

Lance Carter (John Goodman)

Monday Duke (Patricia Arquette)

Noam Gold (Oliver Platt)

Omega Finch (Willem Dafoe)

Peyton Blythe (Regina King)

Russel Warszawski (Adam Sandler)

Sullivan Landon (Christopher Lloyd)

Tuesday Duke (Reese Witherspoon)

Victor Jamison (Mike Myers)

Winslow Warszawski (Brad Garrett)

Xavier Solomon (David Spade)

Yancy Haggard (Kiefer Sutherland)

Zoey Knight (Geena Davis)

OZ - Characters (& Actors)

Augustus Hill (Harold Perrineau)

Tobias Beecher (Lee Tergesen)

Ryan O'Reily (Dean Winters)

Kareem Saïd / Goodson Truman (Eamonn Walker)

Miguel Alvarez (Kirk Acevedo)

Vernon Schillinger (J.K. Simmons)

Simon Adebisi (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje)

Christopher Keller (Christopher Meloni)

Zahir Arif (Granville Adams)

Hamid Khan (Ernie Hudson Jr.)

Nacim Bismilla (Re Hanna)

Huseni Mershah / James Monroe Madison (Roger Guenvuer Smith)

Leroy Tidd / Salah Udeen (Jacues Smith)

Jefferson Keane (Leon)

Kenny Wangler (J.D. Williams)

Arnold 'Poet' Jackson (muMs the Schemer)

Paul Markstrom (O.L. Duke)

Junior Pierce (Malé-Lexington Alexander)

Malcolm 'Snake' Coyle (Treach)

Johnny Post (Tim McAdams)

James Robson (R.E. Rodgers)

Mark Mack (Leif Riddell)

Jaz Hoyt (Evan Seinfeld)

Scott Ross (Stephen Gevedon)

Andrew Schillinger (Frederick Koehler)

Nino Schibetta (Tony Schibetta)

Peter Schibetta (Eddie Malavarca)

Antonio Nappa (Mark Margolis)

Chucky Pancamo (Chuck Zito)

Dino Ortolani (Jon Seda)

Don Zanghi (John Palumbo)

Joey D'Angelo (Goodfella Mike G)

Mario Seggio (Todd Etelson)

Salvatore DeSanto (Phil Campanella)

Raoul 'El Cid' Hernandez (Luis Guzman)

Carmen 'Chico' Guerra (Otto Sanchez)

Carlos Martinez (Carlos Leon)

Carlo Ricardo (Juan Carlos Hernandez)

Cyril O'Reily (Scott William Winters)

Rev. Jeremiah Cloutier (Luke Perry)

Timmy Kirk (Sean Dugan)

Alonzo Torquemada (Bobby Cannavale)

Richie Hanlon (Jordan Lage)

Shirley Bellinger (Kathryn Erbe)

Bob Rebadow (George Morfogen)

Agamemnin Busmalis (Tom Mardirosian)

Donald Groves (Sean Whitesell)

Jackson Vahue (Rick Fox)

Desmond Mobay / John Basil (Lance Reddick)

Richard L'Italien (Eric Roberts)

Nikolai Stanislofsky (Phillip Casnoff)

William Giles (Austin Pendleton)

Henry Stanton (Thomas G. Waites)

Colonel Edward Galson (John Doman)

Eli Zabitz (David Johansen)

Kipekemie Jara (Zakes Mokae)

Dean Alvah Case (Charles S. Dutton)

Sean Murphy (Robert Clohessy)

Claire Howell (Kristin Rohde)

Diane Wittlesey (Edie Falco)

Clayton Hughes (Seth Gilliam)

Karl Metzger (Bill Fagerbakke)

Eddie Hunt (Murphy Guyer)

Lenny Burrano (Skipp Sudduth)

Father Ray Mukada (B.D Wong)

Doctor Gloria Nathan (Lauren Veldez)

Governor James Devlin (Željko Ivanek)

Martin Querns (Reg E. Cathey)

Doctor Frederick Garvey (Milo O'Shea)

Warden Leo Glynn (Ernie Hudson)

Tim McManus (Terry Kinney)

Sister Peter Marie Reimondo (Rita Moreno)

Picket Fences - Characters (& Actors)

Sheriff James 'Jimmy' Brock (Tom Skerritt)

Doctor Jill Brock (Kathy Baker)

Kimberly Brock (Holly Marie Combs)

Matthew Brock (Justin Shenkarow)

Zachary 'Zach' Brock (Adam Wylie)

Deputy Kenny Lacos (Costas Mandylor)

Deputy Maxine 'Max' Stewart (Lauren Holly)

Carter Pike (Kelly Connell)

Ginny Weedon (Zelda Rubinstein)

Douglas Wambaugh (Fyvush Finkel)

Judge Henry Bone (Ray Walston)

DA John Littleton (Don Cheadle)

DA Barnaby Wood (Peter Frechette)

ADA Petrovic (Jason Beghe)

Father Gary Barrett (Roy Dotrice)

Laurie Bey (Marlee Matlin)

Howard Buss (Robert Cornthwaite)

Doctor Joanna 'Joey' Diamond (Amy Aquino)

Lisa Fenn (Alexandra Lee)

Frank (David Proval)

Rachel Harris (Leigh Taylor-Young)

Ed Lawson (Richard Masur)

Peter Lebeck (Michael Jeter)

Milton Lebeck (Chris Owen)

Reverend Henry Novotny (Dabbs Greer)

Principal Michael Oslo (Roy Brocksmith)

Cynthia Parks (Elisabeth Moss)

Bill Pugen (Michael Keenan)

Lydia Brock (Cristine Rose)

Aiesha Campbell (Bruklin Harris)

Brian Latham (Gregory Vignolle)

Agent Donald Morrell (Sam Anderson)

[kahran042]

A new batch of incorrect JCGTL quotes

Jonas: What do you do when things don't work out? Richard: Drink my worries away. (Source: Amagi Brilliant Park) (Jonas Corbin, Richard Corbin)

Chloe: It might toughen you up if you were to use more…colorful language. Alicia: Ohh, you're gonna teach me how to talk in colors? Teach me, teach me! (Source: Animal Crossing) (Chloe Seaver, Alicia Ramsey)

Jonas: You’re so great! I love you. Kiera: What did you say? Jonas: Nothing! I said “You’re so great”, and then I just stopped talking! (Source: Friends) (Jonas Corbin, Kiera Bernhardt)

Mark: I love it when Chloe's asleep. She looks so peaceful. Mark, getting out a marker: And vulnerable. (Source: Garfield) (Mark Seaver)

Donna: Wake up. Jonas: It's cold. Let me sleep. Donna: Till when? Jonas: Spring. (Source: James Breakwell) (Donna Corbin, Jonas Corbin)

Logan: I hate camping. If I’m ever in the woods for three days it means I’ve been dead for two of them. (Source: Modern Family) (Logan Taggart)

Connor: If any of you need anything at all, too bad. (Source: Parks and Recreation) (Connor Urquhart)

Justin: Someone at school today asked me if I had an older sister who couldn’t swim. “No,” I replied. “I’m an only child.” *Chloe gets mad at that* Justin: Then someone said, “But don’t you have a weird older brother?” “No,” I insisted. “I’m an only child.” *Now Chloe and Mark are both mad* Justin: And so I go, day after day, dodging questions from curious outsiders. Mark: What else did they say? Justin: Some of the guys over at the playground were discussing crabby brothers. Guess what, I won. They all agree that I have the crabbiest brother in the neighborhood. Mark: I’m a celebrity. *Chloe snickers* Mark: You think I’m crabby now? Wait until I’m 40 or 50. Justin: What about when you’re 90? Mark: Then I’ll be real nice. (Source: Peanuts) (Justin Seaver, Mark Seaver)

Mark: Dude… I service society, by ROCKING. (Source: School of Rock) (Mark Seaver)

Donna: Jonas, what did I say about being a smartass? Jonas: Don't be a smartass. (Source: South Park) (Donna Corbin, Jonas Corbin)

Jonas: At times like this I guess all you can do is laugh. Jonas: *sits silently* (Source: The Simpsons) (Jonas Corbin)

Mark, to Chloe: You tried your best and in the end you failed miserably. Mark: The lesson here? Never try. (Source: The Simpsons) (Mark Seaver, Chloe Seaver)

Brad: Jonas, I'm confused. Is this a happy ending or a sad ending? Jonas: It's an ending. That's enough. (Source: The Simpsons) (Brad Thompson, Jonas Corbin)

Jonas (to Dan): We're having the best Spring Break of our lives, and we don't need you around nerding it up. Nate: That job is taken! (Source: The Simpsons) (Jonas Corbin, Nate Kellerman)

Jonas, trying to talk to Kiera: …do you like stuff? (Source: The Simpsons)

(Jonas Corbin)

Jonas: I don’t want to blame all of my problems on my parents but they certainly didn’t help. (Source: Tumblr) (Jonas Corbin)

Brad: You look sad today. Jonas: I'm actually sad every day. I just don't have the strength to hide it. Brad: … (Source: Tumblr) (Brad Thompson, Jonas Corbin)

Alicia, walking around the forest: Aren’t these trees beautiful? They’re the tallest known living beings in the forest. Alicia: *bumps into Malcolm* Alicia: I was wrong. (Source: Tumblr) (Alicia Ramsey)

Kathleen: How was your day? Connor: I think you already know the answer to that. (Source: Tumblr) (Kathleen Urquhart, Connor Urquhart)

Jonas: Believe in myself? The same person who got me into this mess? (Source: Twitter) (Jonas Corbin)

Mia: I really got a good heart. I just got a smart mouth and I'm a little mean. (Source: Twitter) (Mia Thompson)

Jonas: *does nothing all week* Jonas: Today is a 'me'-day. I deserve it, I need to relax a bit. (Source: Twitter) (Jonas Corbin)

Nick: *points to a field of geese* Look at all those chickens! (Source: Vine) (Nick Murphy)

Brad: Don't go in the living room, okay? Mia: What? Why not? Brad: I saw a spider. Mia: Did you kill it? Brad: I have two arms! It has EIGHT! That's not fair! (Source: Vine) (Brad Thompson, Mia Thompson)

Jonas: Now kids, you may be wondering, “Jonas, how’d you get into this situation?” Well, kids, Jonas doesn’t know how he did either! (Source: Vine) (Jonas Corbin)

Mr. Starovski: My wife and I are having a baby. Jonas: That's gre- Mr. Starovski, slamming adoption papers on the table: It's you, sign here. (Source: Incorrect Quotes Generator) (Greg Starovski, Jonas Corbin)

Adrian: Once I put a bug in Kiera's pocket, as a present, and she went berserk. Karin: Adrian? Newsflash here… No one likes bugs in their clothes! (Source: Xenoblade Chronicles) (Adrian Bernhardt, Karin Michaux)

[ferretsarefurryappendagedsnakes]

Have Swindle meme templates cause I’m desperate for content about these books and have seen literally no content anywhere.

[mariocki]

The Mad Death: Part 1 (BBC, 1983)

"Apparently the chap hasn't been abroad for nearly a year, so he can only have been infected here."

"God, that's terrifying!"

[boroughshqs]

(ELIJAH KELLERMAN) is looking for their (LAS VEGAS MARRIAGE). (WC NAME UTP) is (BETWEEN 25-35) and they would like the fc to be (CONOR LESLIE, DEMET ÖZDEMIR, INDYA MOORE, ZOE KRAVITZ, LOGAN BROWNING, ANNA DIOP, ZOEY DEUTCH, CRYSTAL REED, UTP ).  you (DO NOT) need to contact them before applying. This role is currently TAKEN.

(WHEN ELIJAH WAS NECK DEEP IN HIS ADDICTION HE GOT MESSED UP AFTER WINNING A FIGHT IN VEGAS AND ENDED UP MARRYING SOMEONE WHILE THERE. HE CAN’T REMEMBER ANY OF THIS. MAYBE THE PERSON THAT MARRIED HIM HAS COME TO FIND HIM BECAUSE THEY’RE IN TROUBLE, OR THEY’RE GETTING MARRIED AND NEED A DIVORCE, OR MAYBE ON THEIR WEDDING NIGHT THEY GOT PREGNANT AND NOW THEY’RE SHOWING UP WITH A KID, GO WILD!)

[cacchieressa]

I was tagged by @liminal-zone <333

List the first lines of your oldest 10 published stories.

This isn't the first lines of the first ten stories I posted so much as the first lines of ten early stories chosen at random:

She knew he'd come back. - Enough for Now, XMM, Logan/Rogue (9/00) – this is the first story I ever posted!

She was trouble. - The Soiled Dove, XMM, Logan/Rogue (01/01)

This is how it happens. - The Language of Goodbye, XMM, Logan/Rogue (06/02)

When they return to the ship, he can't stop touching her. - Nor Ever Chaste, Firefly, Simon/River (11/02)

Arwen always knows when Aragorn takes a new lover. - Sublimation, LotR, Aragorn/Arwen, Aragorn/Legolas, Aragorn/Boromir (04/03)

Sirius snorted and shifted, flinging an arm over the edge of the bed. - Better Than This, HP, Sirius/Remus (06/03)

Remus doesn't cry when Dumbledore gives him the news. - All the Sinners, Saints, HP, Sirius/Remus (09/03)

You're tired of talking, but you need to say something, or Meldrick will be here all night. - Clean (Live, Acoustic), HLotS, Lewis & Kellerman (05/04)

Rusty is staring at the girls in the booths but he's not seeing them. - A Little Less Conversation, a Little More Action, O11, Danny/Rusty (08/04)

Lily was sure Petunia's fussing had made them late for the train. - Between You and the Giant Squid, HP, James/Lily (11/04)

[hustlefranklins]

Stephen A. & Max React To The Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul Fight Announcement! "His Best Interest Is Minimal Risk, Maximum Reward"

Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman discuss the announcement that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will return to the boxing ring for an exhibition bout against Logan Paul. Posted By Persist

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[venusdear]

TEAM SWINDLE, the show

✶  — EP 1 | EP 2 | EP 3 |

[bbspic]

Max Kellerman on why he's intrigued by Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul #Shorts - ESPN https://bit.ly/3iiRw6V

[mariocki]

The Mad Death: Part 2 (BBC, 1983)

"He never leaves my side, Sergeant."

"Not even when you're out riding, Sir?"

"Don't be bloody impertinent, man."

[cryopisces]

The trials and tribulations of fieldwork: Honest answers to a few questions that I have been asked upon return…

This is a guest blog from University of Bristol PhD Student Sarah Tingey, who was part of the 2017 PISCES winter fieldwork team. For more about Sarah, visit her website here.

This was my first long(ish) glaciology field campaign and apparently “one of the toughest” (Jon Hawkings, 2017). Now I am back, I have a real sense of achievement. I held a talk at the University of Aysen about my diving passions to a packed room with a translator, when only a few days before we were digging a trench to divert flood waters away from Jon’s already waterlogged tent. 

It was a jam packed month!

Most conversations prior to heading off to Steffen Glacier, Patagonia, Chile went like this: 

“Wow! You’re off to Patagonia on fieldwork – isn’t that basically just a months long holiday?”

“Well, errrr… no. We will be working, but I am still pretty excited.”

“It sounds like a holiday to me – a bit like backpacking! I look forward to hearing all about your sneaky month long break when you return… ”

Fieldwork is awesome. The opportunity to undertake scientific research in a remote area of Patagonia has been a fantastic experience that I am very grateful for. However, fieldwork is about as close to being on holiday as mud is to chocolate. When quickly glanced at from far away they could pass as the same, but upon closer inspection they are very, very different. 

One is sweet and tastes amazing, the other is wet, dirty and gritty, maybe a bit smelly but can potentially help grow amazing things once a seed is planted. 

Luckily, I like both chocolate (who doesn’t?!) and mud (for growing the plants in for my research). 

The PISCES winter field campaign was full of challenges; many of which could have posed a risk to the entire project. However, through Jon’s leadership skills and solid teamwork from Anne Kellerman (Our organic matter wizz collaborator from Florida State University), Nico (CIEP) and I, our time in camp proved a success. 

Team members (from left to right), Jon Hawkings, Anne Kellerman, Nico Araneda, testing out some new wet weather gear courtesy of Sarah Tingey

Fieldwork is often portrayed as glamorous. Images of “scientists” marching around the wilderness like Bear Grylls, who then get to stay in a 5* hotel at night has become the norm. Unfortunately for us, there was no 5* hotel. Instead we had our trusty tipi, woodburner and a never ending supply of tinned food. Since returning I have been asked the same questions again and again – so I thought I would put my “honest responses” up so I stop feeling like such a parrot talking about the challenges we faced. Here we go… 

The mighty camp tipi after a nights worth of snow fell.

1. DID YOU HAVE A NICE HOLIDAY?

As I left, friends and family were convinced I was off on an adventurous holiday. Conversations escalated so much that I even slightly started to believe this myself. However, the planning and packing is only the beginning – after the mission journey was complete and I had arrived it was time to set up camp. When camping in the middle of nowhere the work doesn’t end either. There is always something to do! Whether that is cooking, cleaning or digging a latrine – not “looking busy” is basically code for “needs a job”. 

The closest we got to a swimming pool were the epic floods that appeared after many days of rain – “Playa de Steffen”. We joked that the flood defense trenches we dug were the Steffen equivalent of the lazy log flume rapids. 

All the daily maintenance work has to happen alongside the science. We rarely washed, compared smelly socks, ate a lot of porridge and all worked really hard as a team. The phrase ‘fieldwork has ‘work’ on the end of it for a reason’ is pretty spot on! I had an awesome time, but it was certainly not a holiday.

Setting up water quality sensors next to the meltwater river draining Steffen Glacier

2. HOW WAS THE WEATHER? DID IT RAIN?

We spent 18 days at Camp Steffen. The first 3 days we had a blizzard dumping over a foot of snow onto camp and night time temperatures down to -15 degC. Following that the temperatures remained around freezing and the rain did not stop. Patagonian rain is unlike any rain I have ever seen in my entire life! It was cold, wet and could potentially be miserable. Somehow I managed to draw pure joy from the horror of the relentless downpours.

The unpredictable weather made planning for long days outdoors difficult. Our tipi was graced by the presence of the life saving ‘Magnus Svensson’ – our wood burning stove. Thankyou Tentipi – we’d have been shivering drowned mice by the third day (at best) if it wasn’t for you. 

The wet weather is also a nightmare for anything electrical. It made sensor maintenance slightly more tricky. Opening datalogger boxes to download data became a little more precarious in the downpours, forcing Jon to sit underneath a (very smelly) poncho for protection. Many inventive Patagonia weatherproofing solutions were constructed from my two favourite things, duct tape and cable ties.

The other disadvantage to the constant rain meant that we really only took photos or film footage during the few rare moments when we were reminded what the sun actually is. I fear the sunny snaps will now fuel the “holiday not fieldwork” thinking. Fortunately they show just how beautiful Camp Steffen was - a great reminder of the stunning place that we were lucky enough to have as our office for a few weeks. 

Don Rene’s trusty Patagonian horses helped bring our equipment into camp, despite the bad weather

3. DID ANYTHING BREAK AND CAUSE A DISASTER? 

Annoyingly, anything can break and when in the field will inevitably happen at the most unhelpful moment. The most disastrous incident was one morning, we awoke to a foot of snow overnight which had caused our lab tent primary support pole to snap in half – the whole tent had collapsed! Burying our equipment and belongings underneath! However, Renee Junior, a local settler chopped a tree down and made the most perfect ‘rustic’ new central support.

The new rustic lab tent pole, equipped with coat hooks. Definitely an improvement! 

I have been wondering recently how many research projects and the that have involved fieldwork would have failed without duct tape or cable ties. These two things can fix most problems – from constructing lighting solutions and drying racks to Patagonian weatherproofing. Thankyou to Vesta Stoudt (duct tape) and Maurus C. Logan (cable ties) for your great inventions. 

Jon Hawkings and Anne Kellerman go about fixing the Tipi with nothing but a long pole, some duct tape and cable ties. Essential fieldwork science kit!

4. DID YOU JUST END UP COOKING ALL THE TIME AS THE ONLY PHD STUDENT THERE?  

The combination of short days, difficult weather conditions, camping, a small team and lots to do meant that sometimes it felt like there weren’t enough hours in the day to fit in everything we needed to do (ed - there weren’t!). Good science only happens when the work ‘behind the scenes’ at camp runs smoothly. Our leader, Capitan Jon made some tough decisions splitting up the group and rotating us around between leaving camp to sample, conduct river transects or traces and staying in camp to get maintenance and filtering work done. Although it’s not as glamorous it’s still very important. After a day out in the almost freezing rain we could risk getting quite ill without hot meals and a warm stove upon return. Camp responsibilities were shared out and and Jon made sure nobody got cabin (or should I say tipi?) fever. Plus, we successfully managed to get all the samples we planned to achieve.  

The daily routine of downloading data from our sensors

5. DID YOUR STUFF SMELL? 

There is something quite special about the journey home. There is something even more special about opening your bag of clothes and realizing that you really, really smelt. I have had to wash my clothes multiple times. Plus some beer we brought back in my one of my suitcases exploded so my clothes were… “ripe”. 

The Rio Huemules about 10 km downstream of camp.

6. WAS IT HARD WITHOUT FACEBOOK?

Being without internet or a phone for the time we were in the field was glorious – it’s nice to check in upon return but it can also be a bit of a killer to go back to reality where everyone is available at the end of fingertips. I categorically did not miss my phone / facebook / twitter / all the other stuff that I happily went without. 

Rene extracting some of our science equipment on his Zodiak at the end of the field campaign

7. HOW DID YOU POOP?

We dug a big hole far away from water. Everyone knows, you just hope its quick in the pouring rain / freezing cold. Anne also kept us fully loaded on regular doses of prunes. Thanks Anne!

Anne Kellerman sampling the meltwater river

8. WAS IT TRICKY NOT BEING ABLE TO SPEAK SPANISH?

Yes, but it was more frustrating. Nico from CIEP who came into the field with us spoke no English, I speak no Spanish (although I now have a few words…). Anne had some words but Jon had gone away and learnt Spanish for the project. In just 6 months of classes and practice his Spanish was good enough to get us all by. Solid effort. 

One of the local settlers son’s enjoyed playing with our high-tec weather gear

9. WOULD YOU GO BACK AGAIN?

100%. Wouldn’t you go back for three weeks to one of the most beautiful places on the planet whilst being paid despite the above challenges? 

Or maybe I’m just a bit bonkers… 

That’s it folks – huge thank you to my fantastic fieldwork team. I learnt a lot and came back smiling. Now to just start on the analysis of all those samples...

Team PISCES take shelter under the lap tent porch during one of many downpours

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