Hello once more my friends. Another week has gone by, so now we only have about 2 weeks of school days left. Jeez, time does indeed go by fast. As such, this week has been rather busy for me. I kept working on my Fallout symbol, as pictured above. As you can tell the rust is coming along nicely. It isn't as dispersed on the other side, nor is it to where I want, but it is coming along. Since the process takes extended periods to work, I decided to occupy the rest of my time by making some more metal art. I'm doing another Eagle, Globe, and Anchor piece, but I am going to turn it into something creative. I learned you can buy a small set at Home Depot, Lowes, etc that can be used to make a custom clock. I was pretty joyed about this, as it means I can make a homecoming present for my dad when he comes back from the hospital.
Anyway, moving on to the essential question. It's a big one this week, which I don't look forward to typing about since I have a headache a mile long. As it is, the question is: "what is the housing market like in California?"
As it stands currently, it costs about $440,000 to buy a home in California. I doubt many people, as most are low-to-mid class, can afford such steep prices. Home prices have gone up about 6% in the last year and are expected to go up about another 3-4% in the next year alone. This seems really worrisome, and it is. However, unemployment rate has gone down to about 6.6% from last year's 7.5%. That's .9%. Doesn't seem like much compared to the housing cost, but more people working and more jobs opening means more money going into the economy. And since other sources seem to calculate home prices to drop about 2%, against the rising 4%, that means home prices will be a slight more affordable.
Regardless, though, these are all very small changes and it will likely take many more years for things to get better, if at all. So that means I probably won't get a house unless it is BAH or some shite since I'm going in the military.
Meh. Oh well. Have a nice weekend, friendos. Stay safe.
Hello again my friends. Dr Nebula here with another update for the troops. Kidding. Week sixteen is now behind us, with only about 28 days or so until another year passes. So, while we wait, why not recap on last week's events? This week I worked on my fallout symbol. Monday was scraping off the rest of the rust with steel wool. Tuesday was a lethargic day for me, so I mostly researched the essential question on that day. Wednesday was spraying one side with some black-ish grey primer to keep out rust and keep the final paint on. Thursday was spraying the other side, which is above. Gonna have to tilt your head to the side because the phone is a bad medium to upload photos with.
The essential question of this week was: "how do you get electricity from rotating shaft? How is this movement so important?"
The most basic and efficient way to make electricity in the modern day is to use fossil fuels or coal power. The coal is used to evaporate liquid water to steam. The steam then goes through to a generator. There are rotating blades in this generator in which the steam spins the blades. The blades then spin a shaft, which creates power for a turbine. The turbine moves a magnet inside a coil of copper, in which electric power is produced on a massive scale. This electricity then goes out to power lines, transformers, etc.
It is now the end of week number seven. This week I continued work on the present for my dad. Monday there was no school as it was President's Day. On Tuesday, I continued to grind off the little metal boogers on my art. It took a little while to get it how I wanted. On Wednesday, I put my art in the eighty ton press to flatten it out and make it straight. Beforehand I had to heat it up with a small, propane-fueled blow torch. That was quite fun. After I was done there, I started rubbing off rust with some steel wool. On Thursday, February 19th (my birthday), I continued to use steel wool and re-press the piece. The first time did not do so. Next, I went over one last time with the wool and then sprayed primer on it, pictured above.
The essential question for the week is "Are you well rounded? Should this be a goal?"
About 3 years ago, I wouldn't have been able to answer this question, really. I was not that well rounded. A know-it-all, yes, but not well rounded. Today, I am a much more developed individual. I can do a lot more, fix a lot more, reason a lot better, and so on. I've gotten smarter and a little wiser. I can act, I can draw, I can write, I have mechanical aptitude, I can do math at my level, I'm active, I can read much higher than the designated area, and a few other things of less notable mention. Do I think I am well rounded? No. There is still a lot more I have to learn, much more I have to do, and infinitely more I have to see. I need to keep pressing and keep developing. I must get better. That IS a worthy goal for not just me, but everyone. I will continue.
Side note: I apologise for the sideways image. I could not rectify it.
