A Couple Good Things Coming Your Way
Perhaps not now, as I’m tired and it’s 2:00 in the a.m., but Sam and I got to talking tonight about a subject that is near and dear to my heart. I know that some of you may be thinking, “oh, Andy, what is it that you speak of?” and I will tell you that whatever you may be thinking of, you are more than likely wrong. Yes, my two readers outside of Tumblr, I do bring entertainment on a slightly interesting level. Are you ready, my friends?
Zombies!
As you may or may not know, I have a particularly odd fascination with zombies. Sure, they’re not as cool as vampires because they turn you into a hungry vegetable thirsting for the blood of whomever is near. And yeah, they’re not as physiologically neat as werewolves because the only rampage you go on is one that will certainly land you with a bullet in your head due to your utter lack of mobility and the only fur involved is from the animals that you’ll attempt to capture. But zombies possess that particular charm that makes them so much more loveable than vampires and werewolves. “What is that charm?” you ask. Ah, but the simple fact that you can slaughter so many of them without remorse and little worry to your own personal being makes zombies the best killable “monster” out there. Another bonus (Kyle, I’m talking to you on this one, and I think you know where I’m going) it’s like killing communists. Yes, let the red scare happen all over again, but this time you’ll know who the enemy is by his (or her) slow and monotonous moan. See, zombies and commies all share the same mentality that all must be one in order to function and much like the communist machine, they will throw themselves upon a problem by tackling it slowly, ineffectively, and with great casualties.
I must confess, I often think of what it would be like if zombies were to appear and wreak havoc across the land. You can say that I kind of fantasize about it. But several things that come across my mind are, if forced to stay in one place with a commune of people that I know (family, friends, etc.), who would be in my party that goes out searching for food, safe land, other people, etc.? What weapons (if given a slightly unrealistic option of weapons to choose from) would be best in a fight for survival against the mindless foe? What would be the best mode of transportation to search for goods? And the same questions, but with a nomadic society where a group of family and/or friends must travel in order to reach safe harbor rather than bunkering in a stronghold. What would be the escape methods? When would travel occur? Who would be the straggler of the group that you regretfully use as a decoy to buy the group some time to escape the clutches of death? Yes, you’d be surprised how often I think of these things, but now, my thoughts are being put to paper (electronic paper, but paper nonetheless) and very soon Sam and I will bring you each of our respective lists of the aforementioned questions. But that’s not all, I’d like those of you who are interested, or think that something like this would be fun to partake in, shoot me an email, comment, telephone, message, what have you with your own thoughts and/or additions to this little thing we’ve got coming to you ever so soon. Later today we’ll have specific rules to this little thing, so look out for it, because it’s going to be fun.
Also, a write up on another musical inspiration of mine in the near future.
Until later, my friends.