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My name is James. I like grilling, the outdoors, and video games. I'm also a member of the Texas National Guard and a massive Runescape fan.
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Posted: August 8, 2003 – 11:03 PM
I just got home from work. I'm exhausted.
I work at Home Depot in the lumber area. I'll tell ya—dealing with Charles, who worked in construction for 47 years and eats nails for breakfast, doesn't exactly make for the most pleasant work experience.
Doesn't matter now. I decided to treat myself and got some BBQ Chicken Pizza and Root Beer.
Plus, me and a couple of buddies are gonna play some Morrowind this weekend.
Only thing bringing down my mood a bit is the fact I got drill next weekend. We got this new lieutenant straight out of ROTC who thinks he’s the next MacArthur. I don’t personally care for him, but it is what it is.
One last thing I just remembered. There was this guy outside screaming about how the end times are near and all of that hoopla. I thought he was just another crackhead, but then he walked up to me and stated my full name and said "They’re coming. Ready yourself for the Final Crusade James, He is Watching." or something like that. Then he ran into the highway. Didn’t get hit though.
I swear this city is getting weirder by the day.
That's it for now. Hope y’all enjoyed some stories about my life.
Posted: August 9, 2003 – 12:11 AM
Finally got 93 magic in Runescape. YAY!
Posted: August 19, 2003 – 3:16 PM
I went out to lunch with my mother after class. David's Barbeque is the best.
Posted: August 26, 2003 - 8:37 AM
I had this weird dream last night. I don’t mean the going back to high school ones, though I have had my fair share of those. No, like the ones where you’re in a place that feels familiar, but you swear you’ve never been there before. Ones where you remember too much, like it wasn’t a dream.
Its hard for me to put it into words but I’ll try to explain the dream I had.
I woke up on the couch in my living room, everything around my apartment looked normal. I checked the clock on my side table, it read 2:30AM.
A couple minutes later, I got a call on my landline. I answered expecting it to be my buddy Conner or some scam caller.
Instead, this soft voice came over the phone, the voice was the weird part like it wasn’t male or female just soft and calming, like hearing your mom call you in for dinner or something.
My memory is a bit foggy in terms of what the voice said but I’ll try to fill in the gaps.
“James, come to the door. I have something to show you.”
I did as instructed, went to the door and opened it.
The hall that’s usually outside my apartment was gone and in its place was a bright, warm, and glowing light . When I stepped out the door to get a better look, I found myself in a huge field of green grass on a bright sunny day.
The voice spoke to me once more, except this time it was almost like it was right next to me. It told me to walk forward. I did just that and walked thought the field for what felt like hours.
In that entire time, I never saw any animals or anyone for that matter. There was no wind, and the sun never changed positions. It was like the field was stuck in time.
It was calming, nostalgic even. Like I was a kid exploring the big fields on my uncle’s ranch again.
Finally, after reaching the top of this one hill, I saw something in the distance, and after a couple more hours of walking I found myself in an oasis of sorts. There was a pond, with a pristine wooden bench and lamp post next to it, and little further ahead was a tree with what appeared to be some kind of figure in front of it.
As I made way up to the figure, I felt the tenseness I was holding the entire time melt away, I felt safe, like I knew the person or thing ahead wasn’t going to hurt me.
I can’t remember what the figure looked like or most of what they said, but I do remember the last thing they said.
“35 Days.”
After that I woke up back in my apartment. I checked everything again and even opened my front door to the hall. Everything was normal.
I got the day off from school and work, so I’m going to try to do some stuff around my apartment and maybe go to my friend’s house later. I still have the feeling that this wasn’t a dream though.
Posted: September 1, 2003 - 4:37 PM
Watched the lastest episode of Reno 911 last night, one of the best luaghs ive had in a while.
Posted: September 6, 2003 - 5:45 PM
I tried to followed the advice on the forums, but here we are 2 hours in and I still havent unlocked Luigi. What a waste of a saturday man.
Posted: September 11, 2003 - 5:13 PM
Jesus Fucking Christ, I just got home. Im freaking the fuck out man.
I had just started my shift,same boring shit as usual.
I think it was around 4 when it started, I cant rememmber.
I was walking back from the bathroom when I heard a commotion in the door isle.
When I got their I saw all my coworkers and a bunch customers standing in a circle as well as my manager and a cop where trying to talk to someone.
It was the new guy Angel,His arm was fucking gone.I dont mean like an accident.I mean like it never existed in the first place.
They must have been trying to get Angel to go with them to the front, I think they called the paramedics.That doesnt matter though.
Well it must have been almsot 7 minutes or so before he finally snapped out of it.He was looking around, and was panicking.
He kept saying his feet were stuck and he couldnt move
Manager and cop tried to help carry him , but thats when he bagan to move backwards slowly.It was like it his feet were gliding.
whole time he was screaming for help, when he got the wall, he fucking sinked into it.
I can still remmeber hearing his bone crunch and soft squishing noises like bags of jelly popping.
The screaming continued until their was nothing left but a blood spatter on the wall and angels name tag on the floor.
Police and paramedics didnt belive me, and neither did the cop or my manager.It was like they didnt just see a guy get fucking absorbed into the wall.
I dont what to do, this feels like some devil shit. Im going to take a nap and try to forget what I saw.God fucking help me, and help Angel. wherever he is.
Posted: September 15, 2003 - 9:46 PM
I finally feel somewhat normal again. I think my mind was playing tricks on me or somethin, havent getting too much sleep lately.
Posted: September 25, 2003 - 7:56 PM
Where is everyone? I’ve spent the entire day looking around town, but I can’t find anyone.
The powers on, cars are on the street, hell even the internet is working.
So why can’t I find a single god damn person.
I even went to the police station because I thought I was being crazy. There was no one there. I sat their for 3 hours, and I didn’t even hear a car engine in the motor pool.
My moms house is empty and when I went to my friend’s house no one answered.
Did everyone evacuate?
was their another terror atack?
I don’t know. I’m scared out of my mind man.Where's my mom?Where's my friends?Where is everyone?
I don’t know what else to do but the sun is starting to set.I got my door adn windows locked up tight.
I’ve got my 12 gauge beside me, cleaned and loaded.
I can see the sunset out my window hit the surronding town, and its just so erie.This feels like a dream but,I can't wake up.
If your out their please I’m begging you. Contact me.
My email is THEGREG@Hotmail.com
Please, just please.I need to know if this is real.
Posted: September 26, 2003 – 2:01 AM
I’ve been watching tv for six hours straight. Every channel is broadcasting normally, even the news.
Im debating if I want to go back to the police station or not, see if any one is there.
Ill write again if something new happens
Posted: Septemeber 26, 2003 - 2:57 AM
A minute after I made my previous post I got a knock on my door.
it sounded like a women and child, they were both crying and begging to be let in.
Something about their voices didn't sound right. Like they were trying to act panicked but weren’t and there were small delays in the midlle of words and sentences.
When I looked through the peephole , I saw them.
there was only one person instead of two, but it was shouting in both voices at the same time while pounding at the door
I don't know how to describe what I saw, but I know whatever it was wasn't human.
it must have known I was looking at it or something because it began to bang even harder. Like it was trying to burst the door open.
after 30 minutes the pounding stopped, and I looked through the peephole again.
it stood still for a second and then slowly began to slide to the left. I couldn’t see its feet well, but it never moved its legs just glided. Just like Angel.
Its been standing in the parking lot since . just watching me. it knows I’m in here.
I’m going to barricaded myself in my bedroom and hide in the closet.
I got my gun if it tries to brake in.
ill write again if I make it out of this, but if I don’t it got me.
Posted: Septemeber 26, 2003 - 8:23 AM
Its gone. I don’t know when it left ,buts its not outside anymore.
I’ve put every piece of furniture I have against the door and most of the windows as well. Except for the one I got as a choke point so this fucker gets blasted if he steps foot in here
So far the TV is the same as always. No new reports or anything. Just regular show marathons and news reports about the weather and traffic on I20.
I can see I20 from my apartment. Theres not a single car on it, nor has one passed by in the past 24 hours.
I Don’t know what I should do, I don’t wanna leave my apartment and get ambushed by that thing but it knows where I’m at so If it comes back with friends and decides it wants to come in, Im fucked.
I think I’m going to sit and wait, I got my shotgun, but I don’t even know if it will hurt the damn thing
What the Fuck is going on?
Posted: Septemeber 26, 2003 - 2:31 PM
I’ve tried calling and emailing anyone I can for the past 6 six hours. No luck.
Every call is just this weird corporate music, like the one they play when they put you on hold, and every email I send either bounces back or just gets deleted.
Still no sign of that thing but it could be watching me from a different location, its hard to tell.
I've been filling up any container I could find with water from the tap. I have some bottles of water, but I don’t know if or when the water will shut off.
I’ve heard noises next to me, Its could be my neighbors or one of those things, either way I’m not opening this door for anyone or anything.
I’ll report back when I have an update.
Posted: Septemeber 26, 2003 - 10:16 PM
Shit ,shit ,shit .I here knocking again at the front door.
Posted: Septemeber 26, 2003 - 10:27 PM
It was my neighbors; I’ve only seen them twice but it’s them.
It was the mom and the son; they were banging on the door asking to be let in. I wasn’t sure if it was them or not, so I didn’t answer, just watched them to see if they were one of those things or not.
After a minute or two I heard whistling outside and the mom turned to her left, picked up the son and ran to the parking lot.
Posted: Septemeber 26, 2003 - 10:41 PM
Holy fucking shit they took them. They took the neighbors. I saw the mom fumbling with the keys to her car, when sixteen of those things showed up out of nowhere and surrounded them.
They fucking picked up the mom and son and glided away. Just like that thing from last night. I can still here their screams a block away.
I tried to see where were they were taking them, but three of them spotted me and I had to duck. Now more of those things know where I’m at. God damn it.
Posted: Septemeber 26, 2003 - 10:47 PM
FUCK. The knocking. the voices their back.
Posted: September 27, 2003 - 7:10 AM
They’re gone they’re fucking gone.
I’m still trying to get my bearings after what happened last night, but I think I’ve figured it out.
I timed last night and went back over some of the time stamps on my blog posts. Those things seem to only ever really come out at night, at least that’s what I’ve seen so far.
I’ve managed to put their sudden appearances in a time window of 10:15PM to 7:00AM, this is in Central Standard Time so It might vary across time zones but not important right now.
I ate the last of my food. I was supposed to go grocery shopping on Thursday, but I got so caught up with everything that I forgot. Lll have to make a run to the store, there’s a Walmart about three blocks from my apartment.
Considering the fact that all utilities even internet are still functional, it’s likely that the store will at least have some kind of food left, but there’s still the possibly we may be at war. So far, the news hasn’t reported anything on supply lines breaking down, looting, or if were at war or not, but considering the mismatch with other events it may be compromised. Still, I have try.
A year ago they made us do urban combat drills down in Fort Hood, I guess now’s the time to put it to test. I’m loading my shotgun as we speak and gearing up with what little supplies, I have, mainly a flashlight, camping bag, a knife I use for camping, and a first aid kit. I got the routes, plans, and points of interest marked out along the way.
Todays the day I find out whatever I can. Are we at war or is this something else? Why hasn’t infrastructure collapsed, and whose maintaining it? Why is the news reporting on stuff that isn’t happening? What are those things and where do they go? Too many questions and not enough answers.
I don’t know a lot right now, but I do know this. No ones coming to help me ,I’m in this for the long haul now.
I’ll write some more when I get back home. The planned time is 7:30 PM CST, I don’t write then assume I’m dead or taken.
Posted: September 27, 2003 - 7:30 PM
I’m back and I have a lot to report so ill briefly summarize my points.
Stuff I’ve learned today
1)The armed forces complex hasn’t mobilized. My apartment isn’t too far from it, so I can get a somewhat decent view of it if I climb to the roof. No signs of military personnel or civilians. Furthermore, all tanks and helicopters are grounded, if were at war or evacuating then the base should be packed, I’m talking troops rolling out on to the streets and Blackhawks in the skies. Even if they evacuated the base would have some signs of it, but it just looks abounded, like no one was there in the first place.
2)The Walmart was fully stocked; I was bit unsettled at first but more in the fact that the automatic doors and lights were still functioning. There nobody was there just me walking the empty aisles of the stores. The further I got into the store the more unsettled I became. It just kept going and going, like it was infinite and the air had this smell too it, I don’t know how to explain it, kinda of smelled like my bedroom when I was a kid, like nostalgic.
3) During my entire run today, I didn’t see a single bird or animal either.it was like the world was frozen. I was walking by this café near my apartment, No one was inside but there was music playing and mugs of coffee that were still steaming. I didn’t linger for too long, incase those things were around.
4)I was browsing the camping section, looking for some ammunition, and hunting gear. Anyway, I was looking at the boxes of ammo when I saw something out the corner of my eye. It was some kind of makeshift barricade , it was walled off by various shelves and carts like someone was trying to keep someone or something out. I was suspicious and decided to investigate. After climbing for a bit I was put in front of a makeshift campsite. There were two tents, a portable camping stove, some lawn chairs, and a Glock 17 sitting on a side table. I pocketed the Glock and went into the tents. I found sleeping bags and backpacks in one of them, and in the other the same thing except this one had a bright yellow stuffed bear In the corner and a SpongeBob sleeping bag. I zipped them back up and made my way back to the front.
As I was walking out I saw the have a good day sign covered in a dark crimson substance and Three words. “Why can’t I leave? “I still don’t know what it meant but I don’t want to.
I loaded up a grocery cart with as much stuff as I could. Quieter than a car and more hauling capabilities than my bag. Here’s a short list of some of the things I got.
5) I had some time left before sundown so I looked around my apartment complex a bit. The spot where the mom and son got abducted was empty, except for a pair of keys I took for later. most of the surrounding area looked clear. I didn’t check the apartments but I don’t have the time or energy to room clear the entire building today.
That’s all I’ve learned and done so far. I got a lot to do tomorrow, but for now I need to get as much sleep as possible, these things are goanna probably come back tonight and I need to be ready.