ENGI 120

This class is quite a bit of work. My group--called team Koolookamba--is working with the Houston Zoo to design a new giraffe hay feeder. The old one does not work. Problems:

• the poor little giraffey-waffeys can get their ossicones (horns) tangled up in the netting
• the giraffes eat the feeder (yes, eat the feeder (not from the feeder))
• the giraffes eat all of the food out of the feeder really fast which causes stress because their natural feeding time is 12 or more hours in the wild so then the giraffes start compulsively licking the fence of their enclosure and pacing and it's a form of psychosis and WE HAVE TO SAVE THE GIRAFFES

Ahem. So my team is working to fix these problems. We begin prototyping this week, and tonight was our Fabrication Workshop (= learning to use a saw and a drill. I am simply swimming in knowledge) in the OEDK. The idea was that we would build a launcher for a Hot Wheels car. Fortunately Unfortunately, the laser cutter was broken, so all we did was cut 4-inch pieces of wood and screw screws into the side of them and we got out an hour early because we couldn't finish the project without the laser cutter. Not going to lie, I was happy to get out early since I WILL NEVER USE A HOT WHEELS LAUNCHER ANYWAY. I was very disappointed that we did not get to finish the project, because I spend a lot of time playing with my Hot Wheels and if I had a launcher I would defeat everyone in the Hot Wheels Club.*

* The preceding sentence is positively dripping with sarcasm.