"Seriously, Gordon?"
More like a recap, actually...
Here I am again talking about leadership, based from my experience just a few hours ago.
First of all, I was happy that I was chosen to lead the mission. It's one of those things I've ever dreamed of doing. Scott said it can help with my decision making. So I went, it's time to be serious, but my brother Gordon was, basically being Gordon. He had to be with me, since Thunderbird 4 is needed for the mission. And also, he's on casual fanboy mode. He only just introduced us to Buddy and Ellie Pendergast, two popular scientists who host the show, Into the Unknown. Well, I don't know what to say at first, it's not my type. I'll find out once Gordon and I rescue them. While taking a long trip, Gordon ruined my focus on the checklist when he started binge watching the show.
When we arrived, the Pendergasts weren't on the surface. We entered into the deep with Thunderbird 4. Brains said he made some modifications. I gave commands, which is quite easy on the first part. When we found the Pendergasts, it's quite difficult to get them to Thunderbird 4 quickly and without the risk of being hit again, like what happened to our heat cone. At least the rescue was a success.
We were planning to get back but Buddy started tracking on a particular life form they were looking for. It was a no for me, but the three wanted to see it. "Do you want to spend the rest of your life wondering what you've missed?" Gordon asked me. "You're not Scott. This is your decision, Alan."
"Okay," I said. "Let's go see what's out there."
I hope I don't regret this...
Because, you know, we're about more than ten miles away from the surface of Europa, we lost our heat cone, and it's too difficult to get back.
After being amazed by the life forms of Europa, we headed back, but our way out was blocked. We were too late.
"We would have done the same thing, Alan," Gordon said to me.
I was able to come up an idea to get to the surface, and then to Thunderbird 3.
To become a leader, you have to make your decisions wisely, in which I succeeded at about 60 percent, because of stopping by to see the alien life form. And also, I thought of some crazy ideas. It's like I got it from Scott's. Most of our ideas are crazy enough to work. Well that's just the beginning, and it's only me and Gordon. It'll probably be harder if I'm with my big brothers who are smarter at making decisions than I do. I'm still proud of myself.
Well, that's all I can say. If I would be the boss in the next mission, I'll keep track of my learning progress by getting back to this entry and also thinking of an idea twice. It may lead to Gordon saying "are you nuts", like what happened earlier.
Okay, here we are again in this segment that we call, "Seriously, Gordon?"
We just finished watching the thirteenth season of Into the Unknown and Gordon planned to watch the show again from the very beginning so I could catch up.
He was still spraying cheese around the cockpit and now it's a bit of a mess. It got even worse when he brought another box of celery crunch bars, which I didn't know. "Good thing," he said. "First of all, I thought that this travel is gonna take us a long time, so I brought an extra box. Don't tell Brains."
Oh, I'm so gonna tell Brains.
Gordon and Brains were picked by Grandma for the supply run. Gordon bought three boxes of his favorite snack. Supposedly two, but you know him. And Brains wanted to leave the extra box.
I want to get away from this slob, but we're in quarantine for a month. How the hell am I gonna have the time for myself?
I slouched on my seat, covering my face with the folder I was holding, so as not to be splattered by cheese again.
"Come on, Al, let's watch another season!"
"Fine, but please stop spraying, this is my ship! And don't spoil me! That ruins my expectations for the show."
"Okay, I'll be quiet, and no more cheese."
That's better.
During the binge watch, I suddenly felt that I want to have a few bars. Gordon smiled when I grabbed the snacks from the box. I mean, those are the only ones that we can eat for now. Oh, and also the ration bars in the cargo bay. He has never seen me nibbling on his favorite snacks.
After another season, we wanted to visit John but we couldn't, so we just fell asleep. An hour later, Gordon ruined my sleep by turning up the music loud.
"Hey Al, you got TXT on your playlist? That's so cool!"
Ugh...