Cooking the Books

13 August 2002

The witchdoctors at the Spy School suggest complete immersion for up to a month in the cocoon of one’s mind. They debate the thought-police’s influence on commercializing meaning, amongst themselves. The hold conferences, and open up think-tanks of disinformation and sociosexual walls of propaganda.

“Deny everything, up until the very last moment. Make them prove their allegations, and back it up with factual truth, rather than just political speculation. Help them define the balance of power. If you are asked, become an informant. In fact, to find yourself to be a double agent of Truth can come in handy. All of this disinformation can be found in your copy of the Lying Owner’s Manual.”

“You all are making my life into a publicity stunt. I can’t go outside without feeling someone is watching me. I cannot remain inside without them coming to find me.”

She invents a persona, a fake name, turns on the camera, and goes into business for herself, making home videos of ‘my body, my battlefield.’ All the voyeurs tell her that she is beautiful, pretty, sexy, and then demand to see more of her nakedness.

“Do you think that you are an exhibitionist, put up on a pedestal of sexual politics, or just another lost angel in the city of light?”

“It is all about the eyes that you can’t see that are watching you. Each one of you will be assigned to a Watcher, and we expect that you abide by all of the rules set forth in the manual.”

“I want to be the Queen of the Sex Camera Evil Eye, when I grow up.”