The Future

Pre-SOTHB.


Thursday, June 5th, 1969.

Dear log,

Sorry I haven't written in a while. Mother has this thing called cancer. Will express my theories privately to you later. Dad's watching me like a hawk (we're in the hospital). Ta~!!

~ ∙ ~ ♠ ~ ∙ ~

Jon Schmidt

Pre-SOTHB.


Thursday, May 22nd, 1969.

Dear log,

I had the most wonderful dream last night... Or at least I *thought* it was dream... I'm not sure if it is or isn't... But it doesn't matter. Anyway, I dreamt that the aliens weren't evil. I dreamt that 3 of them took me to the top of a very large hill it was gloriously cold and refreshing and it made me feel so free... Like I could do anything. It was a feeling I had never experienced in my life... In all my 9 years of living (okay, there's still 14 more days to my birthday, but who's counting?!) I have never felt so liberated, exhilarated, euphoric, calm, and... everything all at once!!! At that moment, I wanted to jump off the top because I would fly. I know people can't fly, but in the dream... I just knew. I could fly. I. COULD. FLY. And I was the happiest I've ever been in my life because of it.

Then the aliens told me to look down. And then right there I knew all those people who ever said you shouldn't look down were complete morons, because I saw the most breathtakingly beautiful sight i had ever laid my eyes on. Because it was night, the midnight blue of the sky was reflected on the ocean's deep watery surface and the city below was sparkling so brightly, so vividly, so full of life that it looked like a diamond had erupted on this place. There were so many lights!!! So many sights, so many tall buildings reaching for the heavens, so many little vehicles moving about at such a frighteningly quick pace leaving a trail of light behind them. Every beam of light, each tiny ray, trying to compete with the stars and moon up challenging and mocking in the sky. I had never seen anything like this before.

And I felt so thrilled because the aliens told me that this was my future!! This was the place I would live in. I would contribute to this spectacular view. Me!!! I was so elated, I had to sit down. So I sat and looked down. And I saw this man at the foot of the hill staring directly into my eyes and smiling like he knew me from the inside out. The aliens said he would be my husband and he would love me dearly no matter what. That he'd always protect me and shower me with unending love. So I tried to take a closer look at him by peering over the edge. I couldn't see him clearly. And so I kept leaning forward, kept trying to catch whatever small glimpse of his face I could. Until I tipped over and fell off the hill.

But I wasn't scared. Because I knew I was safe. And as I was free falling down the side of the hill, not only did I see the swirl of the night sky, but I did it. I caught a tiny and incredibly quick look at his face. And his eyes were filled with worry and love. And as quickly as I saw his face, his face disappeared from sight and I awoke with a thud on my bedroom floor. Just before my eyelids popped open, I remembered looking into the aliens' eyes and it didn't seem like the 3 were very different or different at all. It looked more like they were all the same person...


I hope I meet this man of my dreams...
He was remarkably handsome!! Even at 9, I know that.


(don't you like all my big and fancy words?! Son gave me a Thesaurus as an early birthday present. aliens won't be able to capture smart people! HAH!!!)

The United Kingdom

Pre-SOTHB.


Sunday, May 18th, 1969.

Dear log,

Father has been scolding me a lot. He tells me if I could put as much effort into my school work as I do in taking measures to prevent any possible alien abductions, he would be the happiest man on Earth. Well, I'll tell you this:

He wouldn't be that happy if aliens take him away!!
He wouldn't even be on Earth!!!

But I couldn't tell that to him. It would be rude. He *is* my father... So I just nodded and went up to my room and here I am now; writing in you. *sigh* It isn't really his fault, dearest log. I mean, Son is the top in her school AND she's already got scholarship offers from 2 different colleges!!! But, as much as I would love to be like her, I'd much rather make sure we all don't end up in a million pieces floating aimlessly in space.

Ooh!!! Nade wrote back from her boarding school a couple of days ago. In the large envelope for the whole family was a slightly smaller envelope sealed [with wax!] for me. She's drawn me another one of her hilarious comics including aliens, smarty-mouthed humans and people with potatoes for brains. This one is 10 pages long! She's such a hoot!! She really should consider the offer she got to work at that advertising agency in New York after high school. She's so brilliant, it's a shocker she didn't think of art as her career ages ago. Nade's perfect for it. At least now she won't have to study as hard as Son. I miss her loads though... I do wish mother and father hadn't sent her so far away.

I wonder what *I* will do my future. Probably be adopted by some organization who believe in aliens too. Maybe we could build our own anti-alien shack together! =D

I still remember when mother took Mr. Snuggles for a spin in the wash. So ridiculously stupid of me to think aliens would have taken him. Aliens only take humans, after all. Still... if I'm abducted, I hope I still get to sleep with Mr. Snuggles every night... He's the only man I will ever need and love.

.........

I just had a thought.
Do you think aliens could fall in love with a human?
Do you think aliens would reproduce with a human?
Do you think aliens have genders?
How do you think an alien would reproduce with a human?


Hmmm... I shall ponder this over dinner. Mother is calling.

Dust Bunnies!

Pre-Soundtrack of The Human Brain (SOTHB).


Thursday, August 15th, 1968.

Dear log,

I CAN'T FIND HIM ANYWHERE!!!! MR. SNUGGLES IS GONE!!! Nadine says he's been taken away by aliens and that they're operating on him right now to see his innards and figure out how he works!!! Sonya says not to believe Nadine because Mr. Snuggles is filled with fluff only so the aliens wouldn't take him. She also said that Nadine's just being a bad elder sister. Nadine says Sonya's just trying to protect my puny little brain from the truth and that the aliens will come to get me too!!!

I'M SO SCARED!!!!

What if they cut me open and think I'm not good enough so they don't sew me back and they throw me out AND I DIE!?!?!?!?!?

I... I...

~ ∙ ~ ♠ ~ ∙ ~

Sorry about that. Sonya peeked over my shoulder and read you. I got yelled at for being such a stupid 8 year-old to believe Nadine's crazy made up stories. Of course she's right. Son's older and she knows what's right. She's knows more than Nade knows. Besides, Nade's afraid of the dark. Son isn't!! So there. Son isn't afraid of anything. Mr. Snuggles is safe. I'm sure he'll turn up somewhere!!

Maybe I just haven't looked hard enough...!
I'm going to ask Son to help me find him.




And then maybe I'll sleep with her tonight...