bubble trouble

You might get the impression that I'll be writing about either bubbles or witchcraft. Wrong. Then again chemistry might go along the lines of those two things, since it's all about mixing the chemicals right and some reactions are bound to release fumes or bubbles. But I'm getting off track.

I'm going to write about my science fair project, which is due in about 6 weeks and I still haven't the time/motivation to do anything about it. Whoops. Anyways, I'll be doing an experiment on the intelligence of fish, or if goldfish can actually learn to memorize things. It's kind of like B.F. Skinner's on the concept of "reinforcement", except the fish are going to have to discern which colored cup has the food after a week of repeated exercises. I'm using this experiment because biology's a science that I find really interesting, though I think chemistry is just as interesting. But anyhow, I picked biology this year because for the past two years all my projects were chemistry-related so I thought it'd be good to change it up a little bit in my senior year.

So here is where you can read about how my experiment works and I'll most probably write about it when the time comes.

The Tale of Olaudah Equiano

So in our American Literature class, we've been reading a short excerpt about a former slave: Olaudah Equiano. Interestingly, the excerpt is actually an autobiography of his. You can read more about him on this site, but for the most part, Oluadah was a normal 11 year-old kid growing up in West Africa when one unfortunate incident led to his kidnapping into slavery. He had a good life as a slave in his continent, but that all came to an abrupt end when he was sent onboard a slave ship (where he experienced and saw many unspeakable things). 

From then on Oluadah worked in a ship, a barber shop, and then went on to become a free man with all the money he saved in those 3 years! He also learned how to read and write along the way, and spent 20 years travelling the world. Oluadah was also a prominent figure in the movement to abolish slavery, which influenced later African-American movements. He published his autobiography, 'The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano' in 1789 and had a family before passing away in 1797.

food + Italian is love

Hello fellow bloggers! I'm Arielle and today I'm going to write about one thing that I absolutely like to look at: blogs featuring food and anything Italian. Italy is probably one of my top countries to visit and it's mostly because of the Lizzie McGuire movie I saw when I was 6. One blog I really like is Parla Food. The posts on that site are so lovely to look at and read. 

I've always found Rome (aka the City of Love) so interesting because of their historic background and the fact that most of their buildings date way back into the times of Caesar Augustus and the gladiators. And their food is just so appealing to look at, even more when one tastes it. Sadly, I have yet to visit the city and taste what the "originals" are like but hopefully that'll change this summer.