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2023-12-01T19:08:14Z

Jmcpolin: Created page with " March 19th 2150 Dear Diary, I just finished school today and it was so boring. I couldn’t really understand what Ms. Traboni was saying because my VR set kept chipping in and out. I told mom last week that it hasn’t been working and she said that she would call and have people come and fix it but no one has come yet. Honestly I don't even think she called them. She’s been really busy lately and hasn’t been home often. I don't think I have even talked to my da..."

March 19th 2150
Dear Diary,

I just finished school today and it was so boring. I couldn’t really understand what Ms. Traboni was saying because my VR set kept chipping in and out. I told mom last week that it hasn’t been working and she said that she would call and have people come and fix it but no one has come yet. Honestly I don't even think she called them. She’s been really busy lately and hasn’t been home often. I don't think I have even talked to my dad in a week. It feels like he’s been working 24/7. He literally comes home, sleeps for a couple hours and heads back out to work. This leaves me to take care of my younger sister and brother. They’re not too much younger than me, but I just feel responsible for them, especially because my older brother does not seem to care for me or them at all. I took them for a walk earlier today… well I can’t even call it a walk because we stood outside our door for about 2 minutes before coming back inside, but it was refreshing. They’re not of age to go in person for school yet, so they don’t really see the real world. Speaking of school, I get to go in person on Monday and I am so excited. This doesn’t really happen often because even when I can go in person, I normally have to stay home to watch my siblings so mom and dad can work. But this time they said that I can actually go! I finally get to see all my friends and be outside for more than 3 minutes… exciting right!?! I’ll let you know how it goes.

April 26th 2150
Dear Diary,

Wow, it's been a long time… I know… I’m sorry. But life has been crazy lately. So mom last night at dinner announced that she’s pregnant… bummer… I mean yay! I don’t know how to feel. It’s exciting that I’m getting another younger sibling but where will she or he stay? I don’t mean to be rude or anything but there’s enough people in my family as is. On the other hand, this explains why both mom and dad have been working so much. But they did say they had a surprise for us tomorrow, so I wonder what it is. Mom said that she’ll be coming home on maternity leave so now I can go to school every week! Well once everyone like the government says. But as long as I get to go, I’m happy. I was able to talk to my aunt and cousins last night when my mom told them that she was pregnant. I call her my aunt but I’m not entirely sure what she is to me. I just know that way down the line my mom and her are related. Probably our great-great-great-great-great-great- grandparents. They live in another dome but they seem to be living their best life. They seemed a bit disappointed that they won’t get to meet this baby but in my opinion they should be used to it. They never got to meet me either! But it is kind of comforting to know that we do have some family somewhere out there.

April 27th 2150
Dear Diary,

OMGGGG this is the best day of my 14 years of life. So you know how I said mom and dad said they have a surprise for me yesterday. Well guess what! This surprise was even more than I thought it would be. Not only did they tell me that they bought me my own VR system, but we are MOVING!!!! So here’s how this went down. You know how I said dad and mom have been working 24/7 lately. Well I didn’t know that dad worked for a tech company.. You know the ones that build this entire place… yea them. And so they decided to reward dad with a space on the new floor of our building. This means, I finally get my own room and I don't have to share with my brother anymore. He even hugged me and smiled. Then, because of the amount of hours both mom and dad have been working they were able to fix the old VR set for my brother (he has all his games on that one) and they bought me a new VR set. It doesn’t have a bunch of games or anything like that on it, but that doesn’t matter to me. I don't think I have ever been this happy. Today, tomorrow and the next day will be the best days of my life!!!

Julia M.

2023-12-01T19:07:10Z

Jmcpolin: Created page with "Thursday August 10, 2152 The morning started off silent again. No buzzing, no lights, no notifications awaiting on the announcement board. If the sun didn't come up, there would have been no way to know that the day had ever started. We've only been offline for a day but time is passing so slow it might as well be eternity. There's nothing to do but stare at the four walls of the cramped room I share with Peter and Liz. And Peter keeps kicking at my bed from his bottom..."

Thursday August 10, 2152

The morning started off silent again. No buzzing, no lights, no notifications awaiting on the announcement board. If the sun didn't come up, there would have been no way to know that the day had ever started.

We've only been offline for a day but time is passing so slow it might as well be eternity. There's nothing to do but stare at the four walls of the cramped room I share with Peter and Liz. And Peter keeps kicking at my bed from his bottom bunk just to annoy me. Every five minutes Mom is checking if it's come back on, though we all know that there would be an announcement if it had. But it's hard to just sit here and do nothing.

This morning there was a formal noticed posted to the door on paper. I showed Liz because she'd never seen paper before. It's only used in cases like these when we can't get online. She tried to touch the edges but I stopped her before she cut herself- I made that mistake the first time. I showed her how you could crumple it and rip it, and then Mom yelled at us for making a mess as we sat surrounded in little paper pieces. I hope that they fix the internet soon, but a small part of me wishes they don't so that Liz can play with more paper.

My friends from other domes say that they've never had a day offline before. In my dome, it feels like every time there is a either a decision passed by our representatives, and then we go hours or days without online access until it is restored. I don't understand what it accomplishes. Mom says they just are trying to prove that they are powerful. They call it cyberwarfare in the notice, an attack on our community.

To even receive a notice is scary because it means that they don't have a plan to fix it yet. The notice said that school was cancelled until further notice, and informed us of our half hour time slot where we would be allowed to walk outside. It would be nice to get more outside time, but I know I'm just going to spend the rest of the day dreaming about all the things I would do once I could use 5 Sense again.

Peter wants to go skydiving for his birthday and Liz said she wants to pet a shark. Mom said that it might be too expensive and she doesn't know if she will have enough time saved for us all to try. I feel guilty because I had a few years being an only child and I got to try a lot of cool experiences, but now we have to split Mom's time amongst the three of us. But in a few years I'll be able to earn my own time, and then it will just be Peter and Liz that Mom has to worry about.

But none of that is helpful right now. We could have all the online time in the world saved up and I'd still be stuck here writing on the tablet. Maybe one day I can show this to my children and they will think it is insane that I lived a day without the internet. I hope by then they've figured out these cyber attackers.

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2023-11-26T23:03:12Z

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