Hoooooot

Time to tell you what has happened in my life recently. But I shall use several posts. It is too much for just one.

Research!: We tried making gold nanoparticles, this time around iron(II). Iron(II) is even easier to oxidize than cobalt, although oddly enough it's fairly stable as actual metallic iron. So we id our usual procedure, and when we added the gold, the solution went from dissolved-iron-yellow to . . . orange. Bright orange. Tang! It's a kick in a glass! orange. And it stayed this color even when we opened it up to oxygen, which caused the iron to oxidize into iron(III) and then go attach itself to the stir bar. Orange is even better than green, as it is closer to red, an eventually infrared. I thinks it is uttercool, although my teacher rightfully pointed out that it is no good at all if we cannot do it reproducibly.

Family!: Leaves for California on Tuesday. They will take the massive Bluesmobile with them, leaving me with only the small, petite, zippy Taurus. Internets! This Taurus needs a name! Suggestions welcome.

ZOMGS my brother graduates high school on Monday!!!

That is all for now.