Under a Steel Sky
the online journal of
Mildred Montag
by Forgotten Loss
07/03/50
What I love the most about the internet is the fact that it can't be censored. The government can't limit us, can't hold us back. With satellite technology they can't just shut down the networks. They can make internet satellites in the US illegal, but they can't outlaw computers themselves. Through a few minor changes, a bit of code hacking, and some money being quietly transferred to corporations outside the country, computers can easily access the internet through foreign networks.
I may appear to be your average woman on the outside, but it can be easily assumed that I am a good actor. I didn't just do good in Stage Performance at my school, I excelled in it. The teachers always said my act was flawless. Not too phony, not too overdone, and very believable. I may not have any really radical thoughts, such as actually hording books or anything equally as stupid as that, but I'm not going to buy into what the phony government officials say.
I grew up in a normal home, you know? I had a working father and a caring mother. Caring to a point, that is. She always made sure I went to school, got good grades, and made sure I had enough food and enough things to do. I don't believe she loved me, though, because she was incapable of loving a child. She never left the high school mentality. I was more of a child she babysat, some kid that was nice and all, but not special in any particular way.
I'm married to a fireman, which is quite interesting considering my position on politics. It just makes my act all the more believable. He's nice, I guess, but he's honestly not my type of guy. I'm more into the kind of person that thinks for himself. My husband just does what he does, and doesn't question anything. I bet if he did start to really think, he'd still end up doing something stupid… like collect books. Ha, the idiot!
Well, I'm off to watch the parlor. My husband will be home soon.
>Millie
