Advance apologies to any first time readers.
If you run away screaming and never come back, I get it, I understand ….
That being said?
If you decide to do so, please do not expect me to include you when the zombie apocalypse unfolds and my #zombiesurvivalcrew is headed for a pre-planned safe harbor.
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As my regular readers know AMC’s new show The Walking Dead has already caused me some consternation following a truly disturbing reenactment of a recurring nightmare I have.
Now that we’re headed to the back end of a painfully short season, I find the show is forcing me to reevaluate the composition of my Zombie Survival Crew.
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The Background:
I am not crazy. Odd? Maybe. Crazy? No.
I am a former foreign war correspondent with SAS-run combat training, writer of both fiction and nonfiction, and an avid monster freak from birth. Zombies may not attack tomorrow, but it never hurts to be prepared for an emergency, so yes, *puts hands on hips and glares* I DO have a zombie survival plan.
I am also a great believer in the power each one of us has individually to act humanely towards one another regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation or otherwise – and have repeatedly endorsed cooperation and self-sufficiency as keys to surviving a zombie apocalypse (or massive natural disaster or man-made attack).
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The Roster:
- Me (hey, it’s my crew, so yeah, I get listed first)
- A former Army medic
- A colleague who is survivalist that can build a log cabin or grow food in any climate
- A fellow writer who is quite well trained on using knives and swords
- A pilot (a cashier at my local Blockbuster who initially, but politely, ran away from me when I told him my plan)
- An engineer
- Another writer who excels in double fudge brownie making, who would likely become trip-her-to-escape nominee number one for my third writer friend on the crew
That was until The Walking Dead came into play …
Lesson 1: Ya need a redneck, y’all
Now I know I saw an interview somewhere with Norman Reedus – who plays the squirrel tossing Daryl Dixon — where he joked he would likely curl up in a ball and cry if the zombie hordes began shambling down the street.
So, that means I have to go with Michael Rooker – who plays Merle, Daryl’s tough-as-nails brother – as my resident redneck tough guy. Ummm, yeah, Rooker is playing a character, of course, but the man was born in Alabama, has known hardship and has that look in his eyes – so I’m going to run with it.
Now that’s not to say I wouldn’t save a space for Norman on the bus – especially if he brings his crossbow. (Hey all the Boondock Saints weapons work has got to mean something, right?)
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NORMAN IS IN!!!!
He even begged a little, tho he DEFinitely didn’t have to!! or wait, maybe that was the other way round … (see the comment section for his actual post but here it is!!)
From Norman: im in let me in . i got skills . i eat just about anything . ha . oh yeah and im tuff.
Thanks man!!!
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