Modern Day Cain

2096

Clear skies this morning... Best to stay outside the city and look for more things to fix up the hut.

I left my self-made house and went looking for things I could add to tidy it up and make it look cooler. I love the way it looks but sometimes I feel like I could always add some more stuff and make it look even better. I always tell people I made it all by myself even though I had some help from my friend Gray. He lives in the city, I think. I've never been to his house but I always go to his workshop. He's the coolest guy I know. He's a whole 10 years older than me but I definitely wanna be like him when I'm 19, too. But I just don't want his gray hair then. I thought only old people have gray hair. Maybe that's why his name is Gray. When I told him that my name is Adam, he just said that people call him Gray. He gave me a lot of things and ideas to add to my house. It's awesome. I wish he could see it though. He said he can't come outside of the city gates and visit me. I'm not sure why, but at least I can visit him inside. He always lets me watch him work on something new. I can't even get inside the city whenever I want which sucks. I wish I could but for some reason, I'm not allowed and they chase me. I almost got caught by an officer once. I have to wait for a rainy day so I'm harder to see.

The last time I went to see Gray, he was starting work on an invention he called a "television" or something. He's always reading old things people created over a hundred years ago. I think it's useless to read about things dead people have made. We have better things now so why does he even bother to learn that stuff? He also said he wanted to watch vhs tapes on the television or something. I have no idea how he plans to watch tape but maybe it's something only big men know. I saw a picture in the book he was looking through for it and it had something on it that looks like the holo-advertisements inside the city walls. I guess it was an old screen. I'm glad I was born in the new generation. Being from the olden ages looks like it'd be terrible even though I don't have a holo-set in my house myself. I do live all alone anyway. I sometimes hear kids like me whining outside to their parents about wanting to stay up when they get home but not being allowed to. I'm glad that I don't have to listen to anyone's rules. I feel like they'd think I'm an adult if they saw me and how I live. I think I'm pretty grown up but I just don't get how they talk. Like when I asked Gray why he smokes cigarettes if he read that it'll make him die, he said he wanted to speed that up before they get him. Who makes a joke like that?! Why would you say you want to die sooner and before who gets you anyway? I just don't get it. But I really better head out and be the first one to the treasure hill. My area isn't empty but nobody bothers me from the different huts. They always look at me like they wish I had something more but they're just the jealous ones.

I ran out after having some water from my rain bucket and fastly made my way to the hill. It's great that the city always dumps out some free stuff for us to take. A lot of it is always smelly and some bags are wet but the cool treasure is always worth it. Everybody misses the cool stuff I get and they just take boring things like empty bottles or blankets or apple cores. Maybe they want to plant their own trees for their kids but they can just take apples from the trees already growing like I do. I saw some cigarettes. The same ones that Gray smokes. There's always one lit up and hanging out of the corner of his mouth so he can talk to me while he's working. But I don't want to die so I'll leave them here. Maybe Gray would want them. Too bad though, he'll just have to pay for some inside the city. I'm glad I'll never have to work like everyone else while I'm living out here. I think I must be really lucky even though I can hear older people saying that I'm not since I live by myself. It's the best- I have no rules or anything! ...Ooh, a nice robo-dog. Score!

I'm sad that I didn't find anything else today but I'm still happy that I found this robo-dog.

I pressed its "on" button. Nothing. Dang it. Maybe I'll take it to Gray to fix tomorrow if it rains. I returned home. The sun is still out though and I don't know what else to do now. I do wish I had a phone of my own at home so I could call Gray or something and ask him what he's doing or what I could do. I'll just play with the toy cars I found last week at the hill. One of them only had three wheels but I took one from a different car and put it there to fix it. I'm glad I came up with that idea myself. I don't even need school like a city kid!