Sciencing Things All Sciencily, Monday

[whatisclocks]

"We talked 'bout waves last week so I thought we should go out and find some," said Philomena.

While standing in the water just off Selkie Cove, said (very tiny) waves lapping liberally over the edges of her khakis. "Waves happen 'cos of this sci-fi thing with the moon," she said. "It's so sci-fi, they named the process after that thing Jay-Z did with the music streaming, except it costs less 'cos it's nature."

She let that one sink in for a moment.

"Anyway Tidal causes the water to go up half of the time and down the other half of the time. It's like the moon's way of fuckin' with us, like your best friend hidin' your keys all the time. You turn 'round and it's just-- gone."

She paused and looked over her shoulder, narrowing her eyes suspiciously.

"...It might be gone now," she said. "Or it might be here, just layin' in wait, waiting for the right time to go up in smoke to the moon and such." Beat. "So that's our project for today. We'll be watchin' this sneaky fucker and seein' if it goes anywhere, or if it's already gone and it's preparing to get back."

She trodded through the water with big, sloshy steps, turned around as soon as she got to the beach, and just... stood there.

So... ... ... you weren't getting an exam, kids.

Just a beach day.

Enjoy.

Comments

Talk to the TA

[whatisclocks]

She knows loads about water.

Re: Talk to the TA

[good_for_six]

Isabela was doing her bit for science and showing what happened when she went into the water and her clothes got wet.

Surprise! They went clingy and semi-transparent.