I Love My Ducks

The University of Oregon Ducks football team are playing in one of the biggest bowl games in the history of the program on New Year’s Day. They go against the Buckeyes of Ohio State. A month or two back, when people started see that Oregon had a shot at the Rose Bowl, a group of college students from the university created a video to show the appreciation and support for the Ducks.

It has become a big hit and is the unofficial hit song of the season for the football team. Chip Kelly, the Oregon head coach even showed to it to his players because he liked it so much. Whether or not it gave the team an inspiration boost is still unknown, but the video ended up proving to come true. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s worth a look. It’s an added bonus that the song’s got a catchy beat.

Oregon student group “Supwithugirl”.

A Touch of Fire

One of the classes that I am taking this year at Astoria High School is a class called Chemistry and Cellular Biology. The class is taught by Mr. R., and he does a great job of making it interesting.

He recently did some demonstrations to show reactions that can happen with chemical compounds. The mixture of methane gas with water creates methane bubbles. Mr. R. would than show us his pyrotechnic skills and throw the bubbles into the air, followed by lighting them with a lighter. The end effect can be seen in the picture below.

The class is the second I have taken from this particular teacher. Highlights of the class for me have been making root beer, ice cream, and holiday suckers. I’ve also enjoyed experiments that have involved fire.

Chill Hits Astoria

The chill that hit the Western states back in the first week of December hit us as well. Although we weren’t able to acquire precipitation like some of the places, it still got really cold for here. Because we didn’t get any snow, we decided to spray a few things to make it look like a winter wonderland. Hopefully the snow will come soon. Another white Christmas would be a great surprise.

Happy Holidays to everyone! Enjoy the snow if you have it!