Diary entries
This week was to writing something in they style of diary entries. I thought rather than going to the past like most people may think, lets try a future one. I may have watched James Cameron’s Avatar recently before writing this which reading it back shows a little far too heavily
25/10/4065
It’s been 10 years since I started this journey; it really doesn’t feel like it. I’ve been waiting for this damn ship to land since I started and there’s been absolutely no problems at all. I really should’ve picked a different job but, too late now eh! “A new frontier” they said, “A new stance for humanity!” So far it’s all just been in and out of cryo just to eat and honestly even the food is crap. At least cryo keeps you lean and mean ready to splat whatever bugs decide to come our way. Anyway, it’ll be a little while before I’m able to write again, gotta get back into cryo but this at least keeps my mind alive. Just glad the damn nerds haven’t made us do travel logs on their systems for them to ‘analyze’; I’d give them bugger all, science ain’t gonna do much where we’re going.
12/01/4066
It’s been a while; everything’s sore and stiff. Just glad to be out and about again. They did their usual observation checks, and of course, everything is fine; this technology was checked and tested, and checked and tested so many damn times that they know it’s safe. Kept Bezos alive and that’s why we’re stuck here now. Why couldn’t the damn prick just accept he was gonna die without being in space and live like the rest of us.
Anyway, I’ve asked them to let me out for a bit longer, “see the sights” for what little there is, it’s all just a white blur. Next time I’m awake we should be there and hopefully we’ll see some action before or at then but I’m honestly starting to lose hope.
15/02/4066
Finally we’ve slowed down and on the screens we can see where we’re landing. “Bezebos 56” they call it; self arrogant prick. Didn’t even bother to come with us, just sent us here to colonize so he can come and make another Amazon but probably with higher margins, not like he’s left any resources back on earth to use. Anyway I joined here to shoot something and we’ve made it all the way here without so much as a bump in the road. Talk about boring. But at least now we are starting to land. Might finally be able to get some action but those brainiacs are saying they’ve seen “No signs of intelligent life on the surface”. Sounds like bloody Buzz Lightyear, at least his excuse was that he was made to be lifeless; what’s theirs?
16/02/4066
I mean, at this point why even bother bringing us along. 10 years in a metal box flying through space at a speed that is absolutely unheard of on earth. They’ve fed us, clothed us, kept us alive and trained us to stop our muscles from atrophying and for what? Day 1 here and we’ve been standing guard over a rock they think is interesting. A damned rock! I’ve half a mind to take some dynamite out there tomorrow and just blow the damn thing up! Hey if we’re lucky it might rouse the locals here also, let them know humanity is here and coming kicking. Of course command is saying we do as we’re told or else and frankly this far from home I don’t really see what else I’m supposed to do; maybe play some cards with the other grunts here I guess. Nah, they probably wouldn’t be interested, they’ve been too distracted at the glowing plants; won’t do them any good when the enemy attacks.
16/03/4066
It’s quiet. Too quiet. Hell not even a scary looking alien like Shrek in sight since we got here. Rumour has it that soon the military arm of this unit will be stood down. They’ll have us lugging boxes and all sorts for the nerds who sit at machines, looking at “data” all day. Honestly, this really has been the least valuable trip in my life. Going to Tenerife was more of an adventure than this; at least there I almost had the damn hotel fall down on me. Sod it, time for a pint methinks.
16/03/4076
Great news everybody! Our lord and saviour is on his way! Darth Bezos himself is due to land tomorrow so he can begin ordering the strip mining of this planet too; honestly like he didn’t do enough damage on earth. Well we all know what Forrest Gump used to say; “Life is like a box of chocolates” - you get worse quality each year.