from  Artichoked Press reports

After a four-month lull in activity considered typically “interesting,” a local girl finally has something to exciting to report.

Allison Batdorff, of Bloomfield, Michigan, received news this week that she received a position that will put her to work in Antarctica. And while the job itself isn’t typically considered “interesting,” Antarctica certainly is, she said.

“Antarctica – by it’s nature – is a very interesting place,” said Batdorff. “Cold, perhaps, but interesting.”

Batdorff admitted that she still had to clear the requisite medical and dental hurdles, but, if all goes well, she will leave for the icy continent this August and return in February.

An upswing in self-indulgent blog entries is planned, as people are more likely to read about penguins and leopard seals rather than hummingbird sightings at her parent’s bird feeder, Batdorff said.

“I can finally blog about myself again,” said Batdorff, whose blog of late has consisted of snarky opinions on world news and fairly humdrum accounts of her mundane life. “It’s a relief.”

Batdorff plans on buying a camera and flooding the World Wide Web with droll accounts of her life in Antarctica.

“Even if I’m writing about scraping dishes, it’s scraping dishes in Antarctica, which makes it interesting,” Batdorff said.  She will first, however, have to learn to spell the Antarctica without the aid of spell check, as there may be no spell check at the bottom of the world, she said.

“I always forget that first ‘c’,” Batdorff said.

Batdorff has spent the last four months at home with her parents working several food service and bookkeeping jobs. And while she termed the situation “wonderful” and “relaxing,” it certainly isn’t that interesting, she said.