This is the third part of a satirical serial diary by Emerald blogger Amber Cole. It was lost to the Emerald for weeks, but has appeared due to some investigation.
Day 65
Life is without meaning now. I never leave bed. I never go to classes. Housing is kicking me out next week because I’ve dropped out of college pretty much. The government wants all of their FAFSA money back because I broke the terms and conditions of the loan contract (apparently I had to be a full time student!). I tried preventing another relapse by blindfolding my eyes during class to prevent myself from seeing the PowerPoints teachers have made. Who knew how hard it is to write a straight line of notes when you can’t see? Anyways, when blindfolding stopped working, I felt like the dogs in Pavlov’s study in learned helplessness.
There is no light at the end of this tunnel. It will be a downward spiral to brooding gloom, doom, destruction, and the early years of My Chemical Romance. I’m pretty sure I’ve lost some weight do to the fact that I’ve stopped eating (my friend told me scanning my card to use my meal points is using electric technology. I was so disgusted at my cheating, I cut the card up). The only thing keeping my parents from shipping me off to in-state schooling (*shudders*) is my ability to hide in my covers and look like the bed is empty.
The more I remind myself that I have made progress in my experiment, and that progress means I can soon go back to the life I know and love and miss, the more I feel suppressed. The Man is trying to win me over. He will come after me, I know. While on a trip to the bathroom, there was a phone sitting on edge of the sink, watching me, waiting for me to touch it so it can unfold its cords and wire, strangle me and prevent me from fulfilling my civic duties to my people. It knows of the revolution I am planning. It knows and will stop at nothing to silence me! I will not be silenced though. That phone will never get me.
Day 69
Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me!
Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! Technology is going to eat me! I must eat technology before it eats me!