Flame the Loop

It is rather evident that this is my first Microbilogy class. Infact, it's my first Biology class since Highschool, which was over 10 years ago. In highschool Biology we touched apon amebas and looked at yeast eating sugar. We never did petri dishes and innoculations. Needless to say this is all Greek to me. Most of the genis names are Greek come to think of it. For example Staphalococcus means bunch of grapes in Greek.
The picture on the left was my artistict interpritation of the Sterile Innoculation process as outlined in my lab manual.
For those of you already in Micro or Lab Techs looking for a laugh, you will see that my ideas are a bit laughable.
I was thinking old school as to what the "loop" should look like.