So after we did the Genecon lab this week, I finally figured out that this pig flashlight is not just a normal flashlight...It's a generator too! I always used to wonder why it had this weird handle-thing that occasionally popped out of its side. Thanks to the lab we did this week, I now know that the handle probably makes a magnet spin past coils of wire (or vice versa) that are connected to the lightbulbs in its nose. The change in the magnetic field induces a current that allows the bulbs to light up. This is an example of a generator and a motor (I think).

This is obviously a picture of my ticket stub from the Cartel concert I went to this weekend. I only posted this lame picture because I didn't want to take my camera into the mosh pit and get it trampled and ground into tiny pieces. Being in the mosh pit is pretty fun except for the fact that there are random people bumping into you with their sweaty bodies. And there is the potential hazard of getting kicked in the head by people who are trying to crowd surf. The crowd surfers actually became human projectiles. They were launched by people in the back and caught by the security guards in the front. It actually looked pretty fun...With people pushing me from all sides, I kind of felt like an electron in a wire with too much current :) Corny analogy, I know...Anyways, all the momentum from the people in back of me also propelled me into the person in front of me, creating this big chain reaction of forward motion. My friend actually fell down twice because she had too much momentum carrying her forward but no one in front of her to pass it on to...

This weekend I went hiking up to Makapuu Lighthouse. We saw a lot of whales...well, their spouts at least, and a few of them even breached! Although I couldn't get any good pictures of the whales we saw, I did get a photo of the lighthouse from the very top. It looked like there was one huge bulb inside...If there is just one bulb, it must have a really thick filament to allow for all the current that produces that much power. My cousin Suger also had a birthday party this weekend (Hannah Montana theme by the way), and my brother was balancing his can of soda on the table and I all I could think was...hey! Center of mass!