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Sylvia
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 		UPDATE http://www.anonymousfame.com/iambruce/blog.html
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8/14/06

Jesus Fucking Christ

I think I know where Meaghan went.

I just noticed that my Marzent files had been mixed up, gone through, etc…remember I thought Diana was doing this last week? Well I immediately accused her and she completely denied it. Despite our ability to connect on anything recently, we both reached exactly the same conclusion without saying a word—Meaghan. She's the one who has been going through my papers. I looked through the files again—the map with the symbol is missing.

She's taken the map and she's going to the Pine Barrens alone.


[EDIT] I fixed this so the strange looking characters would go away.

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 		I'm going to tell keith... we have a bunch of things that might happen, in my spec opinion, 1 - soemthing bad happens to meg, and keith happens to be in area {he is coming back} and gets blamed... or 2, this keeps keith from coming back, 3 - keith saves meg, 4 - somehow keith ends of dying {either as an addition to one of the other choices... or not}
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Sylvia
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 		Pixie, also Peter and WalkerOfTheWoods.

We still haven't heard from Peter yet, either.

So they may be involved some how too.

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 		I emailed Keith. Since i have no, nor wished to, be in contact with the others i did not contact them. with any luck, big stuff is about to go down and the game with explode with fun!!!
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 		Going back to the paper with the reference to "Gus" Allen...
[Spec] Could ALL of Aglaura be sitting atop a particle accelerator?
The one at Brookhaven, where Gus did most of his research was a linear accelerator, but more modern designs (I think) are circular. The six dots would be acceleration points within the device. Anybody have a background in this type of physics and care to spec on what isotope would be generated given what we have?
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Sylvia
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 		Rogi, I think I found an answer to your question. Take a look at this.

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 		Bruce's blog was updated.

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8/18/06

Exhaustion, Responsibility, Revulsion

Am I to blame? She's OK now, but what if things hadn't worked out that way? What if she had died? Would it have been my fault? Diana never would have forgiven me.

But you know what? It's not my fault. When I tell myself it is it's the addict talking. My time with Dale, searching for her, that helped me understand how pointless it is to play the blame game—even when it's pointed inwards.

Here is where my logic netted out:

Something is clearly amiss at this company. I'm doing my best to figure it out. I cannot assume that Meaghan is going to behave in such a manner. It's unfortunate, yes, but this is not something I had the power to control or change.

Sometimes things just happen.

I am very grateful for all the help we received over the last few days, but I have to admit, even as I was praying we'd find her, my mind would wander to the answers she might find…part of me wished I had taken the papers myself and gone to the Barrens, so she wouldn't have thought to.

But now she's home and I have a responsibility to her. I'm tired and I want to know more about Marzent, but I also know that Meaghan needs help and guidance. The way things are with Diana and I I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to be around her. Is it dangerous to get too close, now? Will it backfire? I have no way to know. All I can do is what I think is right. Dale helped me reaffirm that belief, too.

Now let's talk for a second about what's "wrong"—Diana, just hours after Meaghan was back home told me that she'd been approached by Marzent to take a Community Liaison position and that she would, in fact, take it.

Is it me or is her timing really shitty? Does she care at all for her daughter? Does anything about Marzent give her pause?

It's increasingly difficult to fall asleep next to her. I can sense the hate under her skin. I don't know what it's projected at, or where it comes from, but she's full of it.

I'm so tired. My eyes are heavy, I haven't been exercising. I went back and read over all my posts on this blog. A few years worth! I don't really remember that guy, the one that lived in The City.

I also want to say I'm sorry about my lack of email contact. Sandra, Britt, everyone else who has written. I just haven't had a spare second. But I'm listening and will be in touch before too long…

And Dale, don't worry about the cow. I'm sure she made for some tasty burgers not too long after…



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Sylvia
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 		Update: http://www.anonymousfame.com/iambruce/blog.html
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8/21/06

Homeless, But Feelin' Groovy

Yeah, chances are, by now, if you're reading my blog, you also, on occasion, swing over and visit my old friend, Dale's.

And if I'm correct, you know that, when I arrived home late a few nights ago (OK, it was beyond late) Diana, who has obviously grown sick of my night owl habits, had thrown all my possessions into the street. Good thing I kept the receipt for that rock I bought her, right?

I mean, it's not like I'm out trolling for Thai hookers.

I guess that means we aren't going to car pool to the office. So instead of going out and getting blitzed, like I wanted to, I set up shop on Dale's couch. Thanks, old buddy. Nice blankets, too! Plus, I swear, I didn't know there were so many different flavors of microwave popcorn--key-lime microwave popcorn? Now I remember why we were so close. I'd be lying if I said it wasn't a little weird, but I think what we're up against is so much bigger than me, Dale or Diana, that we'll get through it. I feel like, to some extent, my friend is back. Maybe he doesn't feel the same way -- if not, that's OK, too.

I've been through quite a bit the last week or two, but the thing that's surprised me the most, I must say, is that my feelings of obsession and addiction are gone. The emotions I feel around this mystery are no longer analogous to my drinking binges.

I feel like my passion here comes from a true and decent place. I want to know exactly why Brad died, I want to know what Don Marzano is up to—just who is this son of a bitch? And I want to know the answers to these questions, not just so I know, or so I can win, but because the answers matter to people I care about. To a town I care about.

Warm up the DVD player, Dale—let's watch The Lady in White. That's as good a small town mystery movie as any—plus it has a musical motif that's relevant to the plot.

That's what our story in Aglaura needs--A musical motif. And I'm not talking about that singin' chick's tune from the vote.

Eh, looks like Dale just wants to turn in. Good night, bro.

And just for fun, my 3 favorite movies with musical motifs (that's one song that appears throughout, often performed differently).

The Innocents
The Long Goodbye
Once Upon a Time in the West


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Sylvia
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 		http://www.anonymousfame.com/iambruce/blog.html#083006
Link to 10/20/04 entry http://www.anonymousfame.com/iambruce/blog2004.html
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8/30/06

Long Board, Short Leash

You know, sometimes, when you're a shepherd, you have no choice but to stand by, idly, while someone massacres your sheep. I mean, what can you do? Shake a stick at them? But it doesn't mean you stop being a shepherd.

While I'm being cryptic, I might as well describe the dream I had last night while slumbering on Dale's couch. As far as couches go, I've done a lot worse. I think he's coming around, too. We've been chatting more and chummier overall, even if a tad off-kilter lately.

Back to the dream.

It reminded me a lot of my botched suicide attempt in the Pacific Ocean a couple years ago (you can read about that in my 10/20/04 post). So, in this dream, I was treading water in the ocean. I could see people getting pummeled by the waves, but I was safe. Any sense of tranquility evaporated as a seventy foot wall of water rushed toward me. I watched surfers fall and bathers crumbles under its weight.

I swam toward the tsunami, like Patrick Swayze at the end of Point Break. I got far enough into the wave that I wasn't hurt. But, before I could experience any true relief, I had to negotiate a series of smaller (but still very large) waves. I was tired and needed to gear up for the challenge.

Then I woke up.

What do you guys make of it?

I'm not sure what to think, but I know what I'm taking from it—that I will not stop until I can expose Marzent. I need to understand. Dale needs to understand. Aglaura needs to understand.

Speaking of my employer (have I mentioned that I've had about nine doctor's appointments in the last three weeks? I want to get everything checked out in case I get caught and lose my insurance), I'm feeling less and less a part of the company. Since Diana has come aboard, I'm politely being pushed aside, or at least it feels that way.

Doesn't this sound strange to you? I'm the head of Public Relations, and yet, today, my fiancée (ex-fiancée?) throws a press conference that I'm not aware of, or invited to, touting a program that I've never heard of?

Yeah, I'll be rolling over my 401K real soon.

In the meantime, I'm trying to bite my tongue and keep out of the limelight. If all of her hard work and late hours gets her tons of attention from the right people (I swear I heard an intern say, "Diana, I have Mr. Marzano on line #1" today), then maybe it will keep their eyeballs off me while Dale and I put the rest of this puzzle together.

I admit, I'm still worried about my former, current, figurative and literal partner in crime, though. You see, I saw that Diana had Meaghan with her at the office while she was working late. When I mentioned this to Dale, he went ballistic.

Smashed a jar of Vlasic pickles against the wall. I fucking love those pickles, but I stole his wife, so, you know, it's cool.

There more evidence of his instability—before I fell asleep last night, he and I were watching the Neil Young documentary, Heart of Gold, and he kept going on about seeing someone watching the house from the outside. I checked three times and saw nobody.

I'm hoping he can keep it together—we have to know what that stuff was doing in the cave and why they sealed it up and I don't think I can put this baby to bed without him.

I'm in the ocean, Dale. The waves are big, but the water's fine and if we drown, well, at least we'll go quietly.


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enaxor
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 		[Update] September 9 - Job & Plans
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9/09/06

Who Didn't See This Coming?

Yesterday I had the Vindaloo in the Marzent cafeteria. In the year I've worked for them, it was my favorite entrée to have for lunch. I'm glad I enjoyed it one last time because when I got back to my desk, there were two security guards, one of whom was thrusting a cardboard box filled with my personal items at my chest. The other had his hand extended and was asking for my employee ID. Rachel, from Human Resources stood behind them, with an awkward smile.

I wanted to punch her teeth down her throat.

Of course I resisted the impulse. I'd entertained fantasies of what I would do when they came for me. I think I knew this would happen. You can only rage against the machine for so long before the gears realize something ain't right. I still have work to do, though. Work with Dale to end this thing, to bring peace to ourselves and Aglaura, so making a scene would not have been the smartest move.

I held my tongue, bit my lip and ate the shit sandwich with a smile. I even asked for mustard.

Then, I drove to Dale's and logged onto this blog. I re-read all my posts from the past year, especially the ones from last year chronicling my transition from New York City to Aglaura. I was so happy, then, to, you know, become a new me, but now I feel like I was lured into that false life with a fake job and phony soon-to-be wife. I feel like I should be wearing donkey ears like those Pleasure Island boys in Pinocchio.

Aglaura's made an ass out of me. So has Diana.

But maybe that's just one way to look at it. I wanted to confront her, scream at her, shake her silly until she realizes there's barely a shred of humanity left inside her. Maybe it's not too late to bring her back, you know?

But frankly, I have bigger fish to fry.

If Dale and I are really cutting through the mirage, then we'll both be free when this is through, right? Me, Dale and maybe even Diana. I'm not drinking, I'm not chasing women. I'm rolling with the punches and fighting the fight. I have to believe this will end and we'll all be better for it.

I've got to get back to work, draw up diagrams and floor plans I've seen…but without that Marzent access, my memory is starting to hiccup. I'll just do the best I can…

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 		[update] Bruce's Blog Sept 19
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9/19/06

Now It's Dark

There's really no sufficient way to describe how I feel. Since I lack metaphor, I'll try and convey my emotional state the best way I know how – by referencing television programs.

Have any of you watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

Yeah, me too.

Well, there were a couple episodes where Buffy, through dream-state or interdimensional/time travel came face-to-face with The First Slayer. A primeval humanoid, essentially a being of pure instinct, determined to preserve her own life and protect humanity from evil beings.

"I have no speech. No name. I live in the action of death, the blood cry, the penetrating wound. I am destruction. Absolute ... alone"

OK, a little dramatic, perhaps, but you get the point. I am singularly focused. I want nothing more but to penetrate every square inch of Those Woods, of Marzent property…of Diana's psyche. I have but one drive now and it is to understand the complete picture; it is something that will bring me peace, allow the dangerous fire inside me to rest dormant. Even extinguish.

The dirt under my fingernails is disgusting. I haven't showered in days. Dale winces when he looks at my bearded face. I've been going into the woods every night, scouting for the Last Run. It is tonight. The facilities are locked down. I can't get as close as I want…I'm not sure what we should do.

We need a better plan. We don't even have a dollar and a dream. Dale hasn't been with me as much as I'd like to help. I need his brain. As you probably know by now, Wes, his friend, is alive. Somehow, it doesn't make sense to me. Maybe it will when I see him. To evoke Whedon again, it reminds me of the time Dawn Summers tried to bring Joyce, her mom, back to life. Unnatural, you know. Maybe it's all in my head. Maybe it's not.

Regardless, Dale is off his game since Wes came back. Joy isn't the emotion that's going to end this mystery.

Thankfully, he's lacing up as we speak. I've been ready for two hours. The stupid PR job, my faux-fiancee…they mean nothing to me now. I have an inkling of an idea that could lead us to the heart of Marzent. The bare, beating unprotected heart. If it works, if I see it, I'm going to rip it out.

Sha me-en-dan.
Gesh-toog me-en-dan.
Zee me-en-den.
Oo-khush-ta me-ool-lee-a ba-ab-tum-mu-do-en.

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 		Blog Updated.


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09/25/06

Raze the Dead

I'll start off by settling all your minds—I'm still sober. I didn't react to her death with a fit of hysteria. No emotional explosions, no pulling my own hair out, no running through the Marzent parking lot with an automatic weapon. No falling off any of the wagons I keep out back.

How do I feel? Broken down. Like I have nothing to live for, except, of course, revenge.

I'm grieving, but I won't split hairs. She'd turned into a vile, poisonous, deceitful person.

But that wasn't the Diana I'd fallen in love with. It wasn't the Diana that Dale had married. It wasn't the Diana that gave birth to Meaghan.

Something had poisoned her mind, stretched through her veins with virulent tendrils choking the blood out of her heart, leaving her a cold, sharp, relentless flesh casing.

If they had created such an efficient agent, such an efficient machine, then why would they kill her?

She must have known something. Something so severe it touched even her heart, dead as it may have been at the end. Maybe she could have come back to me, to us. Maybe the blood would have pumped again. Marzent stole my fiancée from me. Then, they killed her. And they will pay.

Dale and I have been supporting one another pretty well, and, along with Wes, I think we've made a breakthrough. Going through the notes and files I snagged from the office a few weeks back, along with the Turing Principle info we've received, I began to notice certain points of overlap. When asked about Project Restoration, the Turing Principle responded "Phoenix".

That is the name of a hidden directory I found on the Marzent system.

The dials are lining up. The picture's becoming clearer. We're going to end this so i can mourn Diana.


There is a hidden directory on Marzent called phoenix. UN=wiredsoul PW=faceofman, but it doesn't link to anything.
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 		blog update 9/28/06
Bruce wrote:


09/28/06

This is the End (Ugh, I never liked THE DOORS)

The puzzle pieces are matching up nicely now. The purchase orders, the strange equipment hidden deep in the woods, Mr. Marzano--my elusive former boss, the conclusions people are reaching through the Turing Principle, and those files. Those fearsome Phoenix files, so terrifying and dangerous.

But tonight it's going to end. I think we know what we have to do.

But any answers we find, any theories we solidify won't bring Diana back. Hopefully, they'll allow me to close this part of my life. Shut this novel that started out so promising and turned dark as night.

Wish us luck.


Sad

*emphasis mine

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 		The end is nigh
But why tonight when "Survivor", "CSI", "ER", "Shark", "Smallville" are all on? AGH!
Oh, and on a personal note, I have a professional association meeting from 6-8p PST. I hope I don't miss too much (but I'll bet things will start happening around 9p EST).
Good luck to all!
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 		I'll be stuck at work....

I do have a question though, IF everything goes back to "normal" - how are we going to know? None of them will remember talking to any of us. The blogs won't exist, right? LOL
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