Ahhh Welcome Back February. Welcome back cold days, colder nights, fear of snow storms and black ice. At least we only have 28 days of you until we can start dreaming of Spring again. Welcome back The Walking Dead, I have missed you more than you know. Brazilian Carnival will make its yearly appearance from Feb. 8th to 12th followed by the amazing Mardi Gras. For you sports fan, two words…SUPER BOWL. All the lovers who follow us, enjoy Valentines Day and for our religious friends, remember it’s time for Lent. February birthed the likes of Babe Ruth, Charles Dickens, Good Ole Abe Lincoln, GALILEO and yours truly. Mercury will peek out from the glare of the Sun this month with its best viewing day on the 16th. On the 15th, asteroid 2012DA14 will wiz by Earth it an uneasy distance of only 21,200 miles away. And my all time favorite thing in the whole world returns to awe and amaze me this month, SATURN. Dear February, I wish you weren’t so cold but I’ll take it since you seem to pack a punch this year.
– Astronaut Bellini
For real.
This is hilarious.
I don’t care if you don’t like football or don’t know a thing about football. This will make you like football for the next 2 minutes and 49 seconds.
While we’re on the subject of football…stay tuned for our Super Bowl Sunday recipes coming soon!
xoxo Mimosa
Um…excuse me, what did you just say?! According to space.com “The Netherlands-based nonprofit Mars One, which hopes to put the first boots on the Red Planet in 2023, released its basic astronaut requirements today (Jan. 8), setting the stage for a televised global selection process that will begin later this year”
I just read those requirements. I got this.
For example:
Are your thought processes persistent? Why yes, I’m always thinking.
Do you have a “Can do!” attitude? Duh, I ooze “Can do!” attitude all over the place.
Are you flexible in how an issue / problem / situation is approached? Please, no one is quite as flexible to all life throws in their way quite like this girl.
Like I said, I got this.
The 1st Steps:
1. Apply Online
2. Write a motivational letter
3. Provide a Resume
4. Make a One Minute Video answering some questions about why I should be one of the first people to set foot on Mars.
5. Wait to move on to Round two…and Round 2, 3 and 4 are awesome, brutal and most importantly, exciting.
At least Mars One doesn’t have that stupid height restriction for astronauts like NASA, a.k.a The Dream Crushers, do.
I’m on the mailer to be informed when the applications are available online. Be ready FMT, you’re coming along for this ride. You can go ahead and start calling me Astronaut Bellini from here on out, this is a done deal.
P.S. Lucky Little Chef, you’re in charge of the one minute video set design. Start Pinning away. I wonder if they would appreciate me wearing these in it the video…hmm
– Astronaut Bellini
2012 was a great year for Astronomy. Not only did we get the chance to view one of the rarest celestial events, The Transit of Venus but that hot guy Felix Baumgartner jumped from the stratosphere (talk about a nerve racking three hours for me). And of course my favorite little rover Curiosity landed safely on the surface of Mars due to the amazing people at JPL(and more importantly that other hot guy Bobak Ferdowsi). Thanks Space for being kind of awesome in 2012. Enjoy!
–Bellini
A Year in Astronomy
I received my telescope on March 10, 2012. I remember the enormous box being carried into the house when the kind UPS man realized the box was larger than I am. I remember the moment of pure panic when opening the box and realizing maybe I purchased something far to big for me to handle. But then I took it out, aimed to the night sky and saw the Moon. It took my breath away, made me teary eyed and changed everything. Nothing has ever been the same since, all it took was one hit and I was in hooked. Here is a list of my personal adventures and observations in 2012 as an astronomy junkie.
The Telescope
Saturn
The Moon
Andromeda (our nearest neighbor galaxy, not personal picture)
Globular Cluster, beyond stunning (not personal picture)
Jupiter
The Carbon Star (not personal picture)
The Double Star (not personal picture)
The Milky Way Arm Bands (not personal picture)
The Astronaut
Shooting Stars (not personal picture)
The ISS Flyby, with The Astronaut in it:) (not personal picture)
Venus (clearly not a personal picture)
Mars (clearly not a personal picture)
Thank you George with your 20,000 dollar scope and endless patience at Cherry Springs State Park who was willing to show me about 50% of the items on the above list. You took what would have been a night of fumbling in 30 degree weather in August to a night of discovery and renewed desire. Thank you Jason for driving me all over Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia in hopes of catching just a glimpse of Saturn. Thank you to the Ladies of FMT who have to listen to me ramble about space, point out the Planets in the night sky and who love me despite my overall nerdiness. Just wait to the astronomy camera comes in. I can not wait to see what 2013 has in store for my wide eyed curiosity!
– Bellini
– Bellini
* courtesy of I F*cking Love Science
– Bellini
I spend so much time in astronomy peering through tiny lenses to look far away planets, distant galaxies and scanning the night sky for what star I would visit if I could. My head is always in the clouds, itching to see Jupiter and dreaming of living of Mars. I often forget about Earth and how incredibly stunning it is. I’m to quick to answer that Saturn is our Solar System’s prize possession when in reality it’s the ground we stand on. Sometimes you have to take one big step away (<–Video!) to see all the beauty that surrounds you.
– Bellini
09-12-12 is European for 12-09-12
– Bellini
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