Telescope

For the longest time, maybe since June, I've wanted to buy one thing and one thing only with my fishing pay. But my fishing pay was abnormally quickly spent, so I've been waiting for my PFD (Permanent Fund Dividend. Free money for Alaskans. Kindof) to get it. And I've been waiting a long time.

A telescope.

One moonlit night on the boat when I was fishing with my uncle John in Pilot Point overseas, I woke up and went outside to the deck to grab something to drink. Then I noticed when I was on the flying bridge (top of the boat.) that the moon was literally the only thing in the sky. No clouds. No stars. (at least i didn't think so.. I was tired. Fishing is not for the weak :D) And it lit up the whole world it seemed like. I thought one thing. I want a telescope. I remember trying one out at one point in my life, but that memory is a little to vague for me to explain. And I didn't have one on the boat that night. And using binoculars just wasn't the same. I don't even think it was good for my eyes...

But yes. A telescope. I want to look at the moon which seems like its been teasing me with its awesomeness at night. I swear its never shown itself like it has during the past week in so long. In Port Heiden anyways. And when I look up at the moon, I think of the movie Apollo 18. Mainly because (IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE AND WANT TO, DON'T READ THE REST OF THIS PARAGRAPH FOR THIS IS ABOUT TO BECOME A SPOILER MARATHON! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!) In Apollo 18, which is supposed to be actual footage from when Lance Armstrong or some other Armstrong went to the moon, they all are left for dead on the moon. And the bodies are still there, if the aliens (the rocks on the moon are aliens...) never dragged the bodies into the craters. I don't want to stare at dead bodies. Gross. I want to see if I can spot a moving rock or something. And to do this, I'd need a freakin' awesome telescope.

I also want to look at the stars and stuff. Peter says he'll stare at the sun...... (sigh)

And my journey in searching for the perfect telescope begins...

Tonight.