Stephen's Secure Blog #288
These stories about Stephen began was when he was 10 years old, and
moving to a new part of the country to attend a special school for
gifted students, in the 1950's. This was from a time before computers
would fit on a desk, and when people communicated with friends in other
countries by actual letters sent through the postal service. He wrote
225 of them to a friend. He stopped writing to his penpal, but found he
still wanted to record his life, in case he lost his memory again, and
wrote 30 entries in his first logbook. Then he wrote to an artificial
intelligence called Geenee, in the master computer in his school for
gifted students, which he started attending in 2016. Now it's after
2018, and he's continuing to save his memories in a secure blog.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
The stories may not be posted in chronological order.
Stephen is 17 in this story, in spring of year 7 of his special school.
Stephen's Secure Blog #288 "Plans for Announcement"
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At the Tibet policy meeting, Hawk said to me, "Your hugs really have
become stronger. I watched Don. He took a while to recover, and he's
not the same person now." I said "Well, is he better or worse?" He said
"I can only say that from my perspective, he's better. I don't know if
his bosses will agree." Rose said "It won't matter much, soon.
Stephen's going to be giving that to a LOT of people. When there is a
critical mass, it will be the new normal." I said to her, "I'm
impressed. Good thinking!" We all looked at her in admiration, and she
was embarrassed. I grinned, and she laughed. We kissed and hugged.
Chad said "The Russian business is still up in the air. My friend is
shopping the recordings around. St. Petersburg has expressed some
interest, and so has the Bolshoi." I said "When there is anything firm,
and I don't mean that, let me know." He laughed. He said "Both the
Cleveland and Boston Pops want you this summer. So does Tanglewood." I
said "I like the Pops, but no to the Wood. I'm not teaching music. Too
much time commitment." He nodded. He said "Up for another gallery
event?" I said "Sure. Let me know how you want it, and when. I've got
some new ideas in art for it." He said "Would you do something I ask
for?" I said "Depends." He said "Promotions for your performances. As
art, with you in them." I said "I have to admit, paintings of my dances
could be good subjects." He said "And they would sell for a
ridiculously high price." I said "And to people who worship money more
than they will do that to me. I'll do it!" We laughed, and kissed and
hugged all around.
I sent a projection to the President of China, and said, "Greettings.
If you are not available, I can do something sexual instead." He said,
with a chuckle, "Who am I to keep you from that, but please join me." I
ported in, and we bowed and sat. I said "All is prepared for the
announcement, if it happens." He said "We are ready. I think you know
that. Your blue corrections have become rare." I grinned, and he
laughed. I said, "Still, there could be consequences, just for fun." He
said "Don't tempt me." We laughed. I said "You appear to be happy about
this." He said "I am, and who I was before I met you, would have sought
therapy for that." I said, brightly, "I'm a therapist." He laughed, and
said, "You would have been my last choice then, but now, my first." I
said "Times sure are a changin!" He said "They are, and I expect there
to be more changes, and more significant, in the years to come." I said
"So I've been told."
I said "CNN is going to be with me in Tibet, soon. It would be nice
if the announcement could be scheduled for during that visit." He said
"Have you hugged those reporters?" I said "I know what you mean. Yes I
have. And the producer. I can go up the chain if I need to." He said
"Then they will do what you wish. We can do that. Do you have a date?"
I said "There are some significant days of the calendar which are
celebrated for national independence. We have just missed the fifth of
May, for Mexico, and there is nothing I would consider major, until the
fourth of July, celebrated in America. What do you think of declaring
Tibet an independent part of China on that date?" He said "I think, if
you need to tie it to a particular date, that would be a good choice
for America, and us. It would give us some needed good will, and will
motivate Americans to think very favorably of Tibet. A lot of American
tourists go there. Or want to, and will, after we lift the
restrictions." I said "You know I was thinking about all that." He
laughed. I said "Why don't we split it. Announce it earlier, with the
effective date of July fourth. Less disturbances that way." He said "Or
more, but more restrained." I said "Difficult to predict, but
possibly." He said "I agree to the plan." I said "You announce it, with
me, the Exile PM, and the Dalai Lama, with you, at a news conference
set up in the new blue square?" He said "Yes. I know you will guard us.
You knew there was somebody there with a gun at the Great Hall. You let
that happen for effect." I said "Oh, I'm SO exposed!" He laughed.
I said "Yes. More than one, actually. I did use him, but I also
wanted to make him a better man. He did benefit from my use." He said
"Absolutely! He has a better position with us now. Any man you improve,
we know we can trust." I said "Wow!" He said "Your modesty is one of
the things we like about you." I said "Did you have to make that
worse?" He laughed some more. He said "I agree with your plan. It also
allows for a gradual transition, so your new government can be in place
and operating on the effective date." I said "That was part of it, yes.
Thank you. Which announcement date would be convenient for you, after
one week from now?" He said "Friday, May 24, 2024?" I said "So you want
us to be cursed by the number four?" He said "I didn't think of that. I
don't believe in such things." I said "Some do, so maybe the 23rd?" He
said "Accepted. I have an idea. I propose we do the news conference on
a platform overlooking the square. After that announcement, you make it
over, on camera." I said "I don't like it, personally, but for the
people of China, I'll overcome that. Noon?" He said "Thank you. Good
lighting. I agree. If it rains, I suspect you can do something about
that." I said, with fake innocence, "Get wet?" He laughed. He gave me
the stack of papers. We bowed and I ported to the the Exile PM's
office, with just a few seconds warning.
I said "Ready for some REAL news?" He said "I'll have to ask my
doctor." We grinned at each other. I said "Announcement May 23.
Effective date, July 4. Here are the documents. Here is a crystal of
them, for easier learning. They didn't argue with my corrections. They
actually liked them. I expect you will, too. A week before, you can
start passing the word that there is going to be an important
announcement on that day, from Beijing, regarding Tibet, but don't tell
them what kind. I will have a crew from CNN in Tibet then, finishing a
tour of the country. I have a request. Would you like that tour to
start here?" He said "Wow!" I grinned. He said "Yes. Starting the tour
here, giving us an opportunity to show the world, and Tibet, how ready
we are for it to be free, would be a good thing." I said "I thought you
would see that." He nodded. I said "For the announcement, I will be
there in Beijing. And so will you, representing the provisional
government of Tibet, and the Dalai Lama, representing the spirit of the
people of Tibet. Well, after I tell him. Unless YOU would like that
honor." He said "I would. But us together." I said "Well done!" He was
embarrassed, and proud.
We made an appointment with the Dalai Lama for an hour later. We
discussed things until then. I ported us to his home. We did the usual
polite things. Then I told him about my meeting with the Chinese
President. He said "You have been very busy!" I said "Absolutely. Still
had time for sex, though." They laughed. He said "July fourth. A bad
number in China. Good!" We laughed. He said "Me in Beijing. Some
changes are difficult to imagine happening. I see I won't have to
imagine it for long. I assume you will provide transportation." I said
"You assume correctly, if that is your wish." The PM said, "I assure
you, it is the best way to travel. You feel nothing, but being in one
place, and instantly in another, seeing some surprised faces." I had to
grin at that. We talked some more, and then I ported with the PM, back
to his office. I said to him, "Please don't pass the word until after
you meet with CNN, and we are in Tibet for a few days. I want them to
see the country before the celebration might start, for greater
understanding of everyday life." He said "You are wise. You plan so
carefully. We all should respect that." I said "Well, after that
motivation, I'm sure." We grinned at each other.
I requested to see the CNN producer alone, and ported to that
meeting. I said "There is some news. If I ask you not to reveal it
without my authorization, will you agree to that?" He said "You won't
tell me if I don't. So, yes." I told him about the dates. I said "It's
critical that there be no premature announcement of what's going to
happen, or it might not." He said "I agree. But why the fourth?" I told
him about the incident with the Declaration of Independence. He had
tears in his eyes. He said "Yes, they should have the Fourth, like we
do." I said "You will be in Tibet then, after we start the tour in
Dharamsala India, to meet with the Government in Exile." He said "Good
idea, that." I said "Is Don going to make trouble when it turns out
that I will be creating most of the report?" He smiled and said, "I
expected you would. He doesn't know that yet, but I think he will come
to realize it in the course of events, and accept it. It sure won't
hurt his career!" I said "I suppose not, with being on the ground while
a new country is being created. Now the question. Who should be in
Beijing?" He said "My crew should stay in Tibet. We'll send a major
anchor to cover that." I said "I'll tell the Chinese president about
that, so proper arrangements can be made in advance. I'll be redoing
the square then, which should make the coverage a little more
interesting." He said "Absolutely!"
I said "Then my really hard work begins." He said "Oh, what will that
be?" I said "I'll be helping the provisional government ease into
position, and start a better economy, and at the same time I'll be
helping China with the regional mass exodus which might happen. Inner
Mongolia is expected to want the same thing Tibet has. So might the
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It is only fair that I help minimize
the damage I am causing China, in making an independent Tibet. That was
one of the motivations for them doing what I asked. To make me a friend
to them, instead of an enemy." He said "I understand. Tell me, were you
Abraham?" I said "No. He did exist, but the Zionist writer of that
part, in Babylon, was really confused about the place names and
societies, having not known that part of history. He got all that
wrong. And his name was Avrom. I see you want to know how I know this.
I knew him when he was old. Alright, I'll tell you. I was Ishmael. I
was thrown out of his household when I was fourteen, for screwing too
many of his slaves. I tell you, they did NOT object in the least." He
was in awe, but still had to laugh. I said "I was a BIG boy." He
laughed some more. I said "They said I fathered a nation. Well, I sure
did try all my life, the biological way!" He laughed again.
I said "I won't be publishing that life. Not much to hang a good
story on, and it would cause too much trouble, where there already is
too much trouble. I was a full older brother to Isaac. My mother bore
him, not old and dried up Sarah, who didn't know old Avrom was stepping
out then, when I was born. My paternity was in question, but not
Isaac's, so he was the favorite. I loved him, and didn't really care
about that. I ended up having a good life." He said "That's amazing. To
me, you make the Torah more real, by disagreeing with it in it's
detail, because it was real to life you." I said "I'm not responsible
for anything but my memories. Good for a laugh or two, anyway. I should
be going back to work. You know when to be ready to travel. If you need
me before then, let me know." We did our farewells, including the hug
with love, and I ported away.
In my living room, Hawk asked me, "Were you there when he was going
to sacrifice Isaac, and did that whole scene really happen?" I said "I
was kicked out for more than just screwing around. I caught him in that
act, and stopped him. He said God told him to do it, and I told him
that God told me to stop him. He wouldn't believe me, so I told him it
was just a test, and that he passed, and that he would never do that
again. The old drunken fool believed me, but kicked me out so I
wouldn't tell his household about it. Isaac was terrified, and I had to
comfort him, and bring him to Sarah, before I left. I found out later,
my brother never did trust his father after that. Neither did anybody
else." Hawk and Rose said, "Wow!" Rose said, "I see why you won't
publish that. But, it does make it history, and much more real." I said
"The reality is here." We hugged with love, to prove it.
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