Last Show of the Year!

So, this Thursday we had our very last SPICE show of the year, which fortunately was in the Chemistry building, so we didn't have to go anywhere. Unfortunately, I was kind of an idiot that day. Everything was going pretty well up until I started to do a couple of demos with liquid nitrogen. For anyone that doesn't know, liquid N2 is extremely cold, and could easily give you frost bite in a second or two. I was trying to pour some into a flask, and I forgot to warn the kids in the front row not to touch it if it spilled on the floor, which of course some kids tried to do. Luckily, no one got hurt doing that. Unfortunately, that wasn't the end of my stupidity. We do another demo with N2 where we freeze a raquetball and then smash it. I kind of did it quickly and without much warning, sending shards of extremely cold rubber into the crowd. Again, I got very lucky in that no one was hit in the eye, but a few kids tried to touch the rubber too quickly, and we heard a few "Ow's" before we were able to get them to stop trying until they thawed out a little bit. I finished the show without any more major issues, but it still made me a little nervous the whole time.

What a way to end the year on a good note...