User blog:Spikewitwicky/January 28th, 2015 - Spike's Journal Entry



January 28th. The anniversary of the Shuttle Challenger explosion. I was 15, and remember someone telling me the shuttle blew up. The kid who told me was a serial liar, so I think I may have said "no way, cool!" - or something to that extent. Only to see the horrific discovery a few moments later when I went into my next class. That was the first "real" breaking news story I saw the Autobots actively engaged in. Sure, there was the Cold War, but that was ongoing. This was something that most of them saw unfolding through the day - and I think it shaped how they saw us as a species - how we grieved, and the limitations to our technology.

Still no word from A3. I'm hoping he didn't slip into one of those absent-minded moments and just forgot about dad and I. I know we're running out our welcome here at Uncle Ron's and Aunt Judy's. They don't say it, of course, but for extra people in a household - that's gotta get tiring. I'm hoping someone calls my cell soon. I may just say 'heck with it' and go back to Autobot City. But at the same time, I know the importance of what A3 entrusted to me, and I know he wanted me to be as far away and 'under the radar' as possible. Here's hoping Bee, Prime, or Crosscut eventually fire off a call today.

Spikewitwicky (talk) 19:38, January 28, 2015 (UTC)