Blast from the Past: July 12, 2000

July 12, 2000

"I haven't really written much, but today we went to the Science Museum, oh by the way, did I mention Dad got our phone? Anyways, the science museum was pretty nice. We saw the practical torture that in the olden days, they put astronauts through. One, there was a man in a suit writing and the people, they took away some of his oxygen, he started to shake and twitch horribly, it was like something from Harry Potter. A curse or something. Then we moved onward, and saw some old, old, things. Like from Grandpa's childhood! We saw some dentist tools, and Joe said, "Good ness! Now I can see why people were afraid to go to the dentist!" He was right to me.  There were some more old interesting things, then we moved into a huge blue area. There was a place called the Pattern Pod. It had a "hands on" experience, which meant you could do everything there. twas pretty cool. Then we went to the Imax theater. It was about the sun. It was pretty creepy. In fact, I thought it could scare little kids! Talking about how the sun, every second, shoots out as much energy and electricity than the Earth uses in a million years! Also, how the Sun could shoot off solar flares, straight towards the earth with enough energy to wipe out 1/2 the earth. (Including the atmosphere around the Earth) But since we do have that magnetic shield, we are pretty well off. We also saw some pretty cool, new, and amazing pics of the sun! They were pretty close up but they were neat. It also showed a small sample of what the Northern Lights look like. It seriously looked like a cartoon. It looked so unreal and smooth. It was pretty amazing. After the show Dad asked me what I had learned. I told him, "That from the sun, we're all gonna die." He laughed and replied, "We all will die someday, but who is watching over us, and who does the sun obey?" I looked at him blankly then said, "Our Heavenly Father,"
"Right," he said and chorkled again. I smiled, "When He wants us gone, he'll do something about that, but as long as he wants us here, he'll protect us."
Then, after the movie we ate at the Deep Blue Cafe. It was exceptional, but not great. We did a lot of other things too, but I was looking forward to the Virtual Voyage, where the seats move around and all, but then we got there they said it was broken down, so we had to come back someday later. That disappointed me. After that, nothing was very fun.
So far, we've done one big thing in the morning, come back in the afternoon, and just veg out until bed time. That's what we did today. I still can't find my Gameboy! :( Also, the bells here, right across from us, right every hour! I don't mind it much though, it's nice to know what hour it is if you have no watch!"


I remember that Imax movie about the sun. It absolutely terrified me. I was positive that the next day the Earth was going to explode in massive amounts of heat due to the sun. I distinctly remember that conversation with my dad. It calmed me down a little bit, but I was still petrified to walk outside.

Those bells. The bells bells bells bells bells. They really did toll every single hour. They stopped after 10pm, I think, but all day long we always knew what time I was because of those bells.