Fun

This past school week was pretty tiring, and I think its going to be like that until the rest of the school year. Out of the five weeknights, I pulled off three near-overnighters in a row (Tuesday-Thursday). I had to wonder what my electric bill would be (since I do homework with the lights on and most times my computer, too). I looked at my electric bill from 12/17 to 1/17 and it said my current reading was 20,134 kWh. This made me pay $192.79. However, this next bill and probably the bills after until school is over will be monsters since my lights have been on all night doing homework. I expect to pay at least $200. All that wasted money could have bought me food. The picture is of the lights I normally use to do homework.

Charge

This past week we've been talking about charges and stuff. This made me remember this past summer when I went to Washington to look at colleges. Although it was summer, it was still a little cold. This meant that if the humidity was lower, it would have been a great place to get shocked from static electricity. Charges seem to build up better when its cold and dry like Las Vegas. I don't remember if I ever got shocked during that trip but I remember riding the plane on the way back home. Planes have lightning rods on the wings so that the charge that gets built up by friction (since the plane is in constant contact with the sky), can escape to keep the plane safe. This happens because charges like to build up at sharper points and they'll eventually fall off back into the atmosphere so the plane won't attract something like a lightning strike.