I've been fascinated lately with this new zombie fascination. It seems like it's been in the works for quite some time. There are a ton of zombie movies to choose from. Video games, books (anyone heard of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies?), TV shows(Walking Dead...anyone? anyone?). What I love most is that now companies are putting zombies into their commercials. I love the Starburst's sarcastic, cynical, bus riding zombie(a little bit of trivia for you in case you didn't already know, that zombie is Zach Woods, otherwise known as Gabe, from the Office). Honda Civic has jumped onto the zombie bandwagon. There are zombie flash mobs. It's just the funniest universal obsession I've seen in awhile.
However, the kicker for me though, is that the CDC, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention have released a zombie apocalypse emergency preparedness plan. It's a cover for preparing you for actual emergencies with the pretense of a zombie invasion. But how great is it that an organization outside of the entertainment and advertising industry has reached out to a zombie loving focus group!?
Zombies. I mean, come on. I'd love to know how realistic a zombie apocalypse actually is because as much as I'm starting to see them in the media, I'm really starting to believe that I may just run into one one day.
Here's the link to the CDC's blog. It includes a little history about zombies.
Have you seen Zombieland? You probably need to. Lots of useful tips in that movie too. It's streaming on Netflix. Whose idea was that to fill a dummy with cherry pie filling, dress up as zombies and eat that in a public place? We should probably do that soon.
ReplyDeleteIt was Casey Fish who came up with that idea. I think it would be awesome if we did that. Kayla would probably be super jealous though :)
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