Jeremiah Tolbert

5 min­utes. Imagine you will com­pletely lose your mem­ory of 2010 in five min­utes. Set an alarm for five min­utes and cap­ture the things you most want to remem­ber about 2010.

Hello, me.  Very sorry about that lost mem­ory.  You see, there were things you were not meant to know, so Certain People had to take action.  No! Do not appear alarmed at this.  We must not arouse sus­pi­cion.  I under­stand how dis­con­cert­ing it must be to receive a note from one­self that one does not recall writ­ing, but if we are to sur­vive these next few months, you must remain calm.  All out­ward appear­ances must. be. maintained.

Now.  What fol­lows is a list of cru­cial infor­ma­tion we could not let them take away from us.  Memorize this list of facts and delete the list.  In the com­ing  days, your knowl­edge of each one of these items will be tested, and should you fail…  the results will be unpleas­ant for us and for the secu­rity of the very world.  Now, the list.

1. There are oth­ers.  They will reveal them­selves to you with code words like “frell,” “frack”, and “42.”  They will have a vari­ety of cover posi­tions from doc­tor to com­puter pro­gram­mer, but all will be a mem­ber of the SF resis­tance. Do not be alarmed by their strange ways.
2. The resis­tance is inside of you.  It always has been.  You are your great­est enemy, and also your great­est ally.  This is true for every­one.  Be pre­pared for anything.
3. You now like the taste of aspara­gus.  Yes, I know, quite dif­fi­cult to swal­low, but any­thing is edi­ble wrapped in prosciutto.
4. The north­ern loop of Yellowstone is prime wildlife view­ing ter­ri­tory, and often devoid of annoy­ing herds of elderly tourists.
5. The strange slate of glass and brushed metal you will find next to you is called an “iPad.”  It is your most prized tech­no­log­i­cal pos­ses­sion.  Take it with you every­where.  If at any time there is some infor­ma­tion you require, this device can pro­vide it.  If you wish to read for leisure, it does that too.  If you wish to smash annoy­ing lit­tle green pigs with angry red birds, this device can do that as well.  It is mirac­u­lous tech­nol­ogy. Do not let it fall into the wrong hands.  The smudges are hard to clean
6. Check your wal­let for a slip of paper.  You will find your address.  Your cur­rently live at REDACTED FOR YOUR SAFETY.  This loca­tion has con­sid­er­ably more space than your last rental, although it’s loca­tion is less con­ve­nient.  The price is only mildly higher for an extra two rooms.  Do not let your sus­pi­cion of this show.
7. Walk for 30 min­utes every morn­ing in the park. This activ­ity will put your mind into a recep­tive state through which your sub­con­scious will deliver you vital mes­sages which should sub­se­quently be encoded into fic­tional works, edited, and then pub­lished, to dis­sem­i­nate them to fel­low agents fight­ing against the resistance.
8. Do not use the phase “yes, I sup­pose those pants do make you look a bit rounder” in the pres­ence of your wife.  Above all else, remem­ber this for our per­sonal safety.  These words are a psy­chic trig­ger that will acti­vate her embed­ded assas­sin mode.

There is more, but time has run out, and they come for me now with their probes and sur­gi­cal tools.  I have time for one last thing, one last word before they break down the door.  REMEMBER THIS.  REMEMBER–

Share This:

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

Tags: DELETE AFTER READING, reverb10, TOP SECRET