August 7, 2077

80 days Until the End of the World.

What the hell is wrong with you people? I have no intention of trying to take over Mr. House's operation in Vegas. My objective isn't world conquest or power, I'm not looking to save the world or take it over, I don't want to die in a nuclear fire. It's just basic survival. That's all.

I need practical makes sense ideas to end up staring in the Sarah Connor dream sequence from Terminator 2. Getting money from a loan shark is a good idea. If I have to I'll try it, but not right now.

Getting the chip is simply unrealistic. First, I don't have the skills needed to break in and get out, and considering how deeply tied the US Military is to Robco it would be suicidal to even consider it aloud.

The transistor stuff is also pointless. While they evolved in a different direction, their technology is actually very advanced and while not as compact as ours, is capable of incredible feats. Their "vacuum tubes" are actually holographic processors. They just need a vacuum to function and when they're active they glow. Hence they look like vacuum tubes. Like I said before, I'd like to see you run a VI or Limited AI on any computer on Earth. The reason they use brains in some of their robot designs is because the more compact limited AI can't handle intuitive the kind of decision making needed for a more flexible thought processes. You either need an organic co-processor, a brain, or an AI super computer the size of a shipping container.

In other words, it doesn't work that way!

What I've been doing is more job hunting. Right now I've gotten a temporary job washing dishes at a local diner, which earns about 5 dollars a day. Enough to live on but not much more. I am doing my proper research for survival supplies. I'm looking into getting a gun, which is easy considering the kind of people I live around. Pistols will be easy, long arms a bit more difficult. I've looked into buying the kind you use to do your own bottling, and they seem to go for about $1 for 100 caps. Survival supplies are another easy thing. Most chems can be bought in normal corner drug stores, and while they're not cheap, most of them are sold in multiple dose packages.

Really, some of the stuff I can buy (if I can get the money) would be the stuff of super science and government black projects back home. It's hard to outline just how oddly alien this world really is.

Right now my plan is to get as many loans as possible, get or steal a winnebago or at least an old school bus, drive my ass into the middle of nowhere and park it in a deep cave. Maybe I can manage a nice trip to Yellowstone or Yosemite...

Really, I need suggestions for basic survival tricks. I think it'll be best though to avoid civilization during the bombs. Even areas that don't get hit hard will still break down into social chaos.