"Just back from up north. It was great. There (sic) rec room is more like a guest room! It had 1 atari system 1 computer 1 VCR 1 ghetto 2 TVs 2 beds 3 chairs 1 desk and shelves. We saw a wolf. Lisa has 2 dogs 1 rabbit 10 cats and 2 budgies now. We went snowmobiling.
Kirsten phoned. She couldn't go to the ski resort. There was no snow! Instead she went to the science centre and TOUR OF THE UNIVERSE! She loved it!
Do wolves attack humans?"
Background: I was 11 years old when I wrote this. My family spent every Christmas on a farm in Northern Ontario where my father's family lived. I got a diary that year, and this this was my first entry. Not exactly what you'd expect from a kid who just got presents!
Notes:
'Up north' - When referring to the area my father's family lived in, this is the term we always used. It was about 6 1/2 hours drive from where we lived in Southern Ontario
'rec room' - recreation room. A basement room used for entertainment. A rec room is where you would find toys, a tv, video game system, etc.
'ghetto' - Ghettoblaster. The portable personal stereos of the 80's
Kirsten - my best, and pretty much only friend for most of grade school
Tour of the universe - An attraction at the base of the CN Tower in Toronto that made believe it was far underground. Once you saw some displays about space and some new technology, kids could go through 'customs', complete with laser scanner, then hop on a ride that was meant to launch them right through the tower and into outer space. As an eleven year old with an active imagination, I really really believed it :) The first parts anyway. Not so much the outer space part!
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