Update

This Saturday, I will run against zombies in a edition of Run for your lives that will occur here in Quebec City, I will make a quick video about it, as well as a review of the event, see if it's worth it, and how to prepare yourself for this kind of race.

Subject in case

What is a zombie !

Based on different movies, games and books, as well as one super-well known TV show, zombies posess some common characteristics. Since I don’t want to create a big freaking war between zombie types (walkers vs. runners), I will explain the basics of almost every zombie.

1-    They are undead

This could be seen by some signs that are pretty common :

-       Their flesh is rotten

-       Their eyes are white, red, or at least, looks dead.

-       Their clothes are ripped

-       They still move after being shot a couple of times, elsewhere than their brains

-       They don’t seem to feel any pain

-       They still live under extreme conditions (fire, water, extreme pressure,…)

-       They don’t look like they smell so good

                                                    Come on ! Just give me a little kiss.

2-    They are agressive

Exceptions made for some zombies that have been trained, like Bob in the George Romero franchise, zombies are usually pretty agressive, with some preferences for specifics sadist assaults :

-       Bites

-       Scratch

-       Rip flesh apart

-       Eaten alive

On the plus side, they don’t tend to do those things :

-       Strangulation

-       Use of contondants objects

-       Torture

-       Poison

At least…

3-    They are contagious

Usually they use the same pattern of contagion as rage, which includes bites or scratches. It can also includes other way of contagion such as : contact with mucous membrane, exchange of blood, exchange of saliva, exchange of other kind of body fluids (I didn’t specifically said sperm, that’s just sick !), contagion because it’s in the air somehow, born from a zombie mother and born during a zombie apocalypse (mostly unexplained, but many science-fiction and horror movies seems to have a weird fascination for monstrous pregnancies).

That’s pretty much it, in the next article, I will focus on the differences between zombies (see trope : Our zombies are different).

And my conclusion :

Arrrgh Grawwl Rrrrrrrr Brrrrrrrr Sploush Brawwwww

Classic welcoming message

Hello fellow friends,

                                               I’ll explain you the mindset behind this site in a few lines.

Last summer, I’ve read the Zombie Survival Guide, a very nice book that made me paranoid about a future zombie invasion. And because of my terrible tangeant that drives me to get nuts about certains topics, I’ve become, at least for a few weeks (maybe 8) a full-on zombie survivalist. I’ve even learn to shoot arrows for Christ’s sake.

It didn’t help that most of my friends decide to start watching the Walking dead series at the exact same time. So, after a couple of days basically spent watching gory things and soapy dialogues, I was totally obsessed. I spent some times explaining to people why the characters of Walking Dead wouldn’t survive that long (and yes, even Daryl, that guy uses the same arrows for hunting and killing). Although you probably understand the very deep importance of that subject, this was not normal behaviour[1].

But why people get so hooked on zombies ? After my obsession slowly start to fade away, I want to understand the craze, and why is it so popular now ?

At first, I’ve wanted to write a book about it. But a book comes with certains restrictions :

1-    It has to touch to a unique subject or a unique way to talk about a subject

Before I could knew what I will write about, I had to read (almost) every book and see every documentaries about zombies.

2-    A book needs to be kind-of perfect before thinking about publishing it

This blog allow me to make mistakes while making sure things gets done. And since, breaking news, I’m not a native English speaker, tons a little mistakes will filled those pages.

3-    Publishing a book takes time

I want to talk about the zombie craze. And especially BECAUSE it’s a craze. I have to write quiclky if I don’t want to miss the boat.

4-    Publising takes a publisher

And finding one takes time, see point number three. Also, I’m deadly scared of calling a publisher. Scares me more than zombies.

5-    You can’t put videos in a book

Duh !

So, for all those reasons, here I am, writing this blog, and here you are, reading it, because you probably are obsessed with zombies too. Or you just happens to be on this site. I don’t know what kind of weird porn you were looking for.

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[1] Normalcy : (noun) a cloud of dots on a graphic