User blog:Spikewitwicky/My First Journal Entry - March 12, 1980

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Today is March 11th, 1980.

Mom's making me do this.

I don't really know how to do this. I told her I can't have a diary, because only girls have that, but she said a lot of explorurs like Lewis and Clark, and presidents like Aberaham Lincoln and John Kennedy kept journals. So, she wants me to do it too. She also said it would be neat, because I like writing and stuff.

So, I guess I'll just start out.

My name is Spike Witwicky. I'm 9 years old, but I'll be 10 in a few weeks. I live in Portland, Oregon. I have a brother named Buster, and my dad's name is Sparkplug. My mom is a substitute teacher who works part of the time, and takes care of Buster and me the other part. Dad is a mechanic and an oil rig worker. He's gone right now, but mom said he'll be back next week. I miss him. We do a lot of fun stuff together, like fish and work on cars. I have an aunt and uncle. Aunt Judy is nice, and Uncle Ron is cool and funny.

I like to play basketball, and read. My mom and I talk a lot about books. She likes to read too. I also read to Buster if she gets busy. I also like Star Wars and Superfriends.

When I grow up, I want to be a mehanic, just like dad. But I also kind of want to be a writer, maybe for a newspaper. Well, I finally filled out one page, so that's all I had to do. Bye.