andrewc03′s Blog

       Last winter, a lot of my friends and I went to Diamond Lake for the weekend. One of the things we did was going tubing. We had to pair up on the tubes, and it was really fun.

       As my friend and I were going down the hill for the first time, he said “Uh oh.” I soon realized what he meant.

       He started sliding off. He grabbed hold of me to keep himself from falling off, but he only pulled me off, too. Pretty soon I was on top of him. After that I can’t recall what happened to him, but I continued to roll down the hill like a rag doll.

       I finally stopped unfazed. The lady at the top of the hill was yelling at us to get off the track like she didn’t even stop to see if we were ok. That was one of my best snow adventures ever.

This last summer, I went to Florida with my aunt and uncle. It was really fun, but the thing I remember the most was going to the Kennedy Space Center. This was a big deal for me because I love space travel and astronomy, ever since I was a little kid.

When we arrived and were going through security, I found out that now electronics were allowed at all, even if the battery was dead. So I had to go back to the car and put my stuff away. However, when i got back to security, the little pass slip that you swipe through a scanner wouldn’t let me in since I had already been through once. So I had to sneak in, but it worked out.

For the first half-hour or so, we just walked around and looked at some life-size rockets from the days of Gemini and Mercury. Then we went on a 2-hour tour over the whole complex, from where they assemble the space shuttle to where it lands. We also got to see the space shuttle Endeavour getting assembled for its mission in November.

At the end of the tour, we stopped at the Apollo/Saturn V exhibit. This was my favorite part because the Saturn V is my favorite rocket. They reenacted the launch of Apollo 8, which was the first time man went to the moon. The rocket they there was an actual Saturn V that was supposed to fly, but didn’t do to the early cancelletion of the Apollo program. That thing is a monster. It’s as tall as a 34-story building, and is the most complicated, most powerful machine man has ever made, even today.

That trip was the greatest moment in my life. Those memories will always stick with me.

My Family has never been the type for technology. My parents, aunts, and uncles all grew up on farms so they’re not in to it. However, I’m very tech dependent. My whole life I’ve been helping them with technology, even before I was ten. The reason, I think, that I got to were I am is because i’ve always been able to figure things out without having to use instructions. When I get a new piece of technology I can figure out how to use it in about ten minutes.

       My phone is my main source of communication. I don’t go anywhere without it. It’s very easy for me to find out about new things on the market. One of my favorite shows, called Attack of the Show, talks a lot about new gadgets. They talk about what it can do, the price, basicaly anything you want to know about it.

       I’m always on the lookout for new technology. As it advances, so do I. I can’t wait top see what it’ll become in future.

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