Powers of Perception... Some Excerpts

Operative_Report: 5:10 pm EST. In the offices of L----- B--------

I am in my office, on the Hudson of Jersey City, NJ over-looking New York City and Lower Manhattan / Brooklyn / Statue of liberty. As I sit here and take a break from Conference calls and Emails, my mind wonders outside my windows to the Water Taxi ferrying workers across the Hudson back to Staten Island, and other numerous ports of call in the NY/NJ territory. I gaze at empty hole in the skyline left by the destruction of the World Trade Center and several building in the vicinity, and I wonder how these people I work with everyday made it out of the building in time, and I understand why they relocated across the river in Jersey… only a short jaunt on the Subway or Ferry away.

-- Time to hit the pavement and walk-back to my temporary residence.. the Lovel Candlewood Suites on the banks of the Hudson... Oooo La la... --

7:35 – Hudson Riverwalk – enroute to Candlewood Suites – my ‘home’

Walking with my workmate I'll call *Jane*, I had to stop and stare at the most mesmerizing building in my Jersey City neighborhood. An old factory, overlooking the Hudson and Manhattan skyline... smack in the middle of all the Jersey Shore rebirth and nice buildings, neighborhoods, $800,000 1 bedroom town homes, etc… There is this old factory, that belongs in a book, or movie… it begs to be remembered, rediscovered, and breathed life into again. Although it’s structurally unsound, and a bit of an eye-soar in the depths of Glass and Contemporary architecture of 12 – 20 story high-rises… I find myself strangely saddened and drawn to this structure… I want to touch it, crawl inside its broken windows of eyes and sleep there… just for the night to see what it tells me. Listen to its story, before it’s too late and it’s just another Office High-Rise with Condo’s and little shops overlooking the Hudson. Thinking of my Factories ‘fate’ in the coming months is the ‘Out of the Ordinary’ part of my evening…

As I enter che "Candlewood" and take the stairs 5 stories up to my 1 bedroom ‘apartment’ suite… I can’t help but peak thru the stairwell windows and stare at her… that beautiful forgotten specimen of America’s great industrial age… I enter my room and boot up my laptop and open the windows to let the evening spring breezes in, and raise the blinds so I can look at my new found ‘friend’ across the way as the sun sets on New Jersey......

(To Be Continued?)

The Big Day, final Application Test to be completed and processed.

Where did I leave off... I finally got an email from Neurocam's Operational Devision on Tuesday Night, April 13th... Issuing myself a "Test Mission of Perception" before acceptance as a recruit... Simular to the first mission I botched up with scheduling... but strangly different and tailored to my location and situation now...

[SIDENOTE]Those Recruitment Operatives sure do their background research on the many neurocam applicants. It's pretty hard to know that I would be flying into Newark, NJ on an aisle seat over the wing, in the perfect spot to see the manhattan skyline and the pink/green/white light display of the Empire State Building, as mentioned I would in my debriefing.... *amazed here*[/SIDENOTE]

So I spent the weekend thinking about my Assessment of my Perception and Agent abilities. Trying to decide "should I create an interesting situation to react to and percive? or... shall I just go with the flow and see what out of the ordinary events happen all on their own?"

Now It is Monday April 18th, my Mission of Perception begins this evening at 4:00 pm... This is my second chance in becoming a REAL Neurocam Recruit, future field Operative, and one step closer to going behind that velvet curtain. - I better not 'F' this up.

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My Agent Life thus far...

I applied for the Neurocam Process about 1 week after another agent confirmed to me he was 'in the club'. I received my first confirm email about 2 weeks after the application, with a mission of perception set for 1 month later, or March 14th. My agent friend had already received a similar Perception mission, with his date being February 14th... I guess the minds of Neurocam like the 2nd Monday of the Month. ;-)

I was unable to complete my March 14th mission, due to an unexpected work move from Chicago, IL USA to New York City, NY USA... I emailed Neurocam and promptly informed them of my absence for the location of choice in the Chicagoland area on March 14th. I heard no response.. that is until 8:38 pm EST April 13th.

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My Eyes have been opened... Horizons expanded...

I was brought into the Neurocam light Jan 17th, 2005...finding a bizarre posting on a message board about "Losing Yourself in a Game"... a real life game. So I went to a website, learned everything neurocam was NOT, and emailed them my agent application... and that's when my life changed in the most fascinating and unexpected way! All Hail to the mighty Neurocam! Servants of God, Technology, and Life.