Study Break!!

Need to take a little break from this mindnumbing English homework: the more I learn in math and science, the less I find english appealing. So, I've been contemplating doing a science fair/research project for some time now, and I haven't had much luck with ideas. The problem is that my area of interest is physics, and meaningful research in physics requires ungodly amounts of resources nowadays. I wanted to do proton-electron collisions with a small cyclotron, but it requires a higher energy level (total energies around 900 keV for weird particles to start showing up) than I can reliably get with a small device, plus I can't measure any products. So then I thought that I should do something purely theoretical. Needless to say, that thought ended within about 30 seconds for obvious reasons. Then I thought that maybe I should work on some interesting math proof, but that might also be out of my reach (I'm still considering....). Now I've returned to my fix on particle accelerators. Apparently researchers have been able to use laser bursts to accelerate electrons in gases, but it seems simply too extravagant to be remotely possible for me. Physics is terrible these days. In 16th century it used to be the case that working with a spring, some weights, a quill, and some paper was considered cutting edge (think Hooke). Now you at least need a particle accelerator, some powerful lasers, or degrees in both math and physics. It's depressing.