Cub Scout Shoot 'em Up

When I was a little kid I participated in Cub Scouts. There were several things that I really
enjoyed about being part of the scouts. The first experiences I remember with the pack were had at a
house just down the street from where I lived. There was a young couple who were our leaders and we
had weekly activities at their house. My favorite part of the Cub Scout day was getting to play capture
the flag in the front yard afterwards. I’m glad I learned how to play capture the flag because I played it a
ton during my youth. I’ve played it in the park, the parking lot, the street, the backyard, the front yard, a
field, the dark, the dessert, a canyon, the forest, pretty much anywhere and everywhere.

Other memories of things I did in scouts include: learning to sharpen a pocket knife, visiting the
ASU planetarium, carving a piece of soap into the shape of a car, making a pinewood derby car (that did
terrible because I made a rum runner instead of a sleek racer, but I learned a lot about aerodynamics),
rain gutter regatta, and the space ship rubber band propeller thing (which I applied the aerodynamics
lessons to and got second place). I also remember learning about fire safety. After the lesson on fire
safety the leaders took us to their spare room where they had intentionally set up fire hazards and we
had to point them out and correct them. Then afterword we played doom on their computer. That was
my first experience playing a first person shooter game. I got the highest score of the group that day.
I went home and told my mom about it and that I wanted to get the game for our computer. She said
that she didn’t want me to play those shoot ‘em up games, so I never owned one. I’m glad she didn’t
just go out and buy one or let me buy one because I would have wasted my life away playing those silly
things.