I actually learned something interesting at school today! In chemistry we watched a video about these neat little things called Bloom Boxes. Basically, they're these smallish boxes that you can put in your backyard that have fuel cells made out of sand (wtf?!). They're wireless but can power your whole house for thirty years. Plus they're cheap and energy efficient. No one has them yet except some big corporations (Google was the first to get them because Google owns the world), but supposedly everyone will have them in the next ten years ago. I don't know about you, but I can't wait to get one of these babies. I love the future.
Hm, what else... I've been driving a lot, including the highway. I've also been driving to school all week, and although I ran into the curb and went really slow on Monday, I've been doing really well. Let me tell you, there's something strangely satisfying about driving yourself to Dunkin' Donuts and buying a donut.
Also, I was invited to join our school's JV JETS team, which is a team that goes to a math science-y competition. We take tests and compete in an egg-drop contest, meaning we design something to put an egg in and then drop it thirty feet onto a target, hoping the egg doesn't break. We're working on two designs; one should work, and we're testing it tomorrow. The other we're purposefully making a disaster so we can get the Messiest award, which isn't generally considered a good thing, but hell, we're not going to get an award otherwise, so we're going for it. I'm not saying much, since I'll be posting a video of the actual contest next Wednesday, which is when it happens, but it involves a watermelon. Oh, and we're dressing up, possibly as Na'vi. Be jealous.
That's it for this week. Tune in tomorrow for Basia.
-Olivia
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