(Image credit: NASA image of the day)

Recently, I've rediscovered a love for space and astronomy. Part of that is stumbling upon fytheuniverse and fynebulas on Tumblr, and part of it is because I started taking Astronomy in school about two weeks ago.

I've always been fascinated by astronomy, but never really had the chance to follow up on it. When I was little, I would walk around singing the names of the planets under my breath. My dad used to teach me the constellations at night when I would sit still long enough to listen, and learning about the constellations was also my favorite part of Girl Scout camp the year I did the Night Owl program for a week. I remember us borrowing our neighbors' big-ish telescope to see eclipses and—twice, I think—the Northern Lights. One of the things I miss most about cable television are the space programs on Discovery; if NOVA (a PBS program) ever has anything about space, I want to see it.

I'm not sure if this is at all important, only that I've rediscovered the love for it recently, and I hope to learn much more about it. Who knows? Maybe I have a future in it.