I
was born on April 12th, 1988 in Richmond Virginia. I do
not know the time in which I was born but, it doesn't really
matter that much. I was born in Richmond about a month early;
Richmond was where I was born because the hospital in Fredericksburg
didn't have adequate care for children born early. My mom
gave me the name Austin, and I was the first-born child.
As a small child I never cried, I never complained, I never
made any loud noise really. On long car rides I wouldn't
fall asleep but sit and stare out the windows in silence.
I am still this way today; I cannot fall asleep in cars.
I was always tall and thin and had really curly hair.
I always had a fascination with learning, school, and science.
When I was a child I would play with legos and play with
the VCR trying to figure out how it works. When I was six
I received a Super Nintendo for Christmas and I was instantly
addicted to video games. My dad would try to get me to like
sports but I liked Mario much more. I always loved to have
fun and play games so, my family got a computer; Although
I didn't understand much about the computer I would continue
to use it, learning by myself. Spelling was always a trouble
for me while science was always very easy.
When I was nine my family had already moved about twelve
times and my parents told my sister and I that we were going
to move. We were moving to Wisconsin after the New Year.
We said goodbye to friends and began our trip to Menasha
Wisconsin. It was a long trip; our van was full of belongings
and our four cats. The cats were really loud and noisy at
first but they eventually settled down. We stopped in Michigan
for a week to stay with my aunt, and then continued to Wisconsin.
I fell asleep in a traffic jam in Chicago and when I awoke,
we had just pulled into the driveway of my new home. This
house was smaller than the one I used to live in; it was
only a block away from the school. The first day I started
to make friends with people and everyone was really friendly.
One of the friends I made was Scott; Scott was a fun friend
and he had a computer, his computer was a lot better than
mine and I instantly got addicted to the games on it. This
made me beg my parents for a computer until eventually they
gave me one. I spent endless hours on that computer, playing
games and teaching myself how to use it, until eventually
I built my own.
When I was in fifth grade I started to play the trumpet
and I still do today. I have become quite good at it and
the band went to France and DC in high school. I still have
four cat although they are different one's then before;
I also have a dog and a hamster. I spend all my time on
the computer and I own a car. I have been taking Japanese
for eight years and I am at the same level as people who
have been taking it for twelve years.