Earth System Log: 23017520.44
Conference Room: 72231.5A
Time Code: 1930-1955
Key Words: School, Secondary, Bayridge, Reunion, 50th
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Conference Room 72231.5A
Present:
[TCS]: Stewart, Terrence Charles, 732629573.AA5
[Erin]: Dickie, Erin, 934456933.AA6
TCS: Erin! Hi! How are you?
[TCS waves to Erin]
Erin: Great! How are you doing?
[Erin waves to TCS]
TCS: Fine. You're the second one here!
Erin: I see. Who else is supposed to come?
TCS: Well, everyone from our grade. Of course, it's not supposed
to start until 2000, but still...
[TCS pouts]
Erin: They'll be here.
TCS: I hope so. I'm the one paying for this conference room.
Erin: Really? Well, I suppose you can afford it. I see you've got an
AA5 rating...
TCS: Just last week, actually. I designed a more efficient mail
transfer system for the Venus/Mercury net.
[Erin is impressed]
Erin: Very nice.
TCS: So, anyway, what have you been up to? I haven't heard from
you since... I can't remember when.
Erin: Guess.
TCS: Um... Pig farming?
[Erin laughs]
Erin: No... Let's see. I finished law school first, then I was in
politics for a while... that was great fun. I ran for the Kingston
riding in the Canadian Regional Anglophone Party, but got
beat out by the Natural Law party. I went back into law and
started working for the International Computer Conglomerate.
[TCS is shocked]
TCS: You worked for the ICC?!? Wow. I guess that explains your
AA6.
Erin: Yep. So what about you?
TCS: Oh... Nothing spectacular. Finished my Engineering degree
at Waterloo, then got a bunch of people together to form a
software company. The ICC hired us to write some of their
peripheral stuff.
Erin: Very nice.
TCS: Yeah. Since then, I've just been doing odd jobs. A program
here, a program there, just whenever I'm in danger of losing
my rating. I was really surprised when they boosted me up
one. You still work for ICC?
Erin: Yes, actually. Mostly in the complaints and warranty area.
You wouldn't believe the foul-ups this system gets.
TCS: Yes I would. It's incredible that it works as well as it does.
The thing is just so big... I don't know how the system can
handle this much data at once.
[Erin is shaking her head]
Erin: I don't know.
TCS: Neither do I.
Erin: I wonder where everyone is?
TCS: They'll be here. there's still 15 minutes before it officially
starts.
Erin: True. They'll probably ask us what we were doing here alone
for all this time.
TCS: You want to start any rumours?
Erin: Maybe.
TCS: We're a little old for those sorts of rumours.
Erin: You're only as old as you feel.
TCS: I've heard that one before.
Erin: By the way, what ever happened to the school? Is it still
open?
TCS: Actually, yes. I even managed to get a video clip of it. You
want a copy?
Erin: Sure.
TCS: 'K, give me a sec and I'll send it.
[File transfer activated: BAYRIDGE.VIDEO from TCS to Erin]
Erin: Thanx. Hold on a sec while I run it.
TCS: 'K.
Erin: Very nice. Looks good. I'm impressed it's still so open. The
data paths run everywhere.
TCS: Yeah, they did a really nice job revamping it.
Erin: You'll have to send that clip to everyone.
TCS: Everyone that shows up.
Erin: True.
TCS: You know, this waiting is killing me. I really want to see
everyone again. It's been a long time.
Erin: It sure has. It won't be long though.
TCS: Well, the thing is, I've been on since 0500. Medical advice
says I shouldn't be on for more than 18 hours a day.
Erin: What? Why?
TCS: I've got a chronic sleep disorder. It comes from being up all
night every night when I was a kid.
Erin: That's too bad. So I guess you need 6 hours, huh?
TCS: Well, I think I'll make an exception tonight. One of the nice
things about the AA class, we can ignore the rules now and
then.
Erin: Some rules.
TCS: That's what I meant.
[Ross: Ross, Jennifer, 748735642.BF2 has joined the conference]
TCS: Jen!
Erin: Jen!
Ross: Hey all! How are you guys?
TCS: Great!
Erin: Not bad. Yourself?
Ross: Doing wonderful. Hey, let me send you two my latest poetry
collection. You'll love it.
[File transfer activated: JENROSS12.POETRY from Ross to TCS,Erin]
[TCS whispers to Erin]: Hey, she's only a BF. What's her problem?
[Erin whispers to TCS]: I don't know. I guess she's just not doing
anything productive.
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