Science!

One of my favorite classes that I have taken at Lawrence was Weird Science, which I originally took to knock out a graduation requirement, but actually turned out to be an amazing class.

We didn't really learn all that much chemistry, which is what the class was supposed to be, but we did learn some good things about science in general, and about ourselves as people. We all came pretty close to death at least a few times, I'm sure, using fire, tools, and dangerous chemicals without the proper safety equipment or procedure, and I saw more beakers broken in that class than I ever knew was possible.

The most underrated part of the class, however, and the most weirdly underused, was the chalkboard lab tables. I left lovely drawings on there quite often, although no one got to use the room and enjoy them besides our class.

This one is my favorite.





It turns out that drawing in white on a black surface is really difficult, at least for people who are more used to sketchy line art and are suddenly crippled with a complete inability to sketch at all, instead relying on picking up highlights with gentle washes of white.

Difficult, but fun.

Now, if I could only get better font for handwriting...