May the force be with you..

Science is totally being a bitch lately.

First, we try to do this electromagnetic experiment. We go to our friendly neighborhood hardware store to pick up needed items. Alas, it was not meant to be. We couldn't find one of the needed items. Damn you, single stranded, insulated 18 gauge wire! Damn you to hell!

So we decide (Well, mostly I decided when I said, "Screw this! We're doing the magnet one.") to do the experiment showing magnetic force. I grab a magnet-- it seemed strong enough-- and we took off.

In the book, they show this really girlie butterfly as part of the experiment. I know it was really girlie because The Boy said, "I'm not doing that. It's girlie." I told him that we can switch things up and use a plane or a rocket or a flying saucer. The flying saucer idea was much loved. We set to work. Or rather, I set to work. I had to do some cutting and painting. We needed a partially cut box in which we'd put the hovering flying saucer.

So I cut. And I painted. And I painted some more today. I followed the directions. And I guess I didn't buy a strong enough magnet. The flipping saucer isn't hovering like it should. It has to be right up on that magnet. Which means another trip to our friendly neighborhood hardware store. Tomorrow. I'm done today.