One should always be prepared for any kind of apocalypse

Sep 06, 2009 18:00

I had a dream last night in which there was a zombie apocalypse and we only had two board games in the house so I had to go to Tesco for a massive shop. And this got me thinking about how unprepared I am for any kind of apocalypse. So, the plan is, when I eventually get a house of my own - a proper house with a mortgage and a basement - I'm going to make sure I'm prepared.

I have such an urge to draw this. Here's what I have planned: a cold room/larder type thing with my food stores - shelves full of tins, organised by sell-by-date. Then there'll be another room that'll mostly be empty - the plan for this room is to use it to grow plants for food and also to store things like weapons and medicine. Until the apocalypse actually comes, the food-growing areas will be empty, but there will be soil, seeds and a sprinkler system set up in preparation. Likewise, there will be secure storage lockers for medicine and weapons, so that I can buy these things when the warning signs of an apocalypse start to appear. Also in this room, I'll have some kind of generator set up so that I can generate my own electrity, and a water purification and recycling system (linked to the outside for rain collection if the apocalypse is not nuclear).

Then there will be the main room. This is the one that will actually be used while the world remains apocalypse-free. There will be a sofa bed (to be used mostly as a sofa until I need to move into the basement) and an entertainment system so that I can sit in my basement, playing Playstation and giggling at the anti-zombie posters I have stuck up everywhere. There will be a work-bench where I'll collect bits and pieces that I can turn into things like radio transmitters/receivers for when I need to contact others who may have survived the apocalypse. I'll need things like a bookcase full of useful information, for when the internet goes down and I can't just Google "how to make a molotov cocktail".

The main room will be decorated, like I said, with anti-zombie posters, nuclear warning signs, alien conspiracy information and stuff like that. I'll spend my time making contingency plans for various apocalyptal situations that may arise - aliens, zombies, nuclear explosions, natural disasters caused by the Earth finally rebelling against the presence of mankind. That way I'll be prepared for any situation. For example, when a virus that kills people and then animates their corpses turns up, I plan to buy a well-trained, obedient and fully vaccinated German Shepherd or similar type of dog to provide companionship and protection against zombies.

And as I've blatantly just referenced I Am Legend, I might as well stock up on as many apocalpyse movies I can get my paws on, no matter how ridiculous the plot, to help me prepare.

Also, I plan to grow marajuana in the generator room until I actually need the space for growing food. Just because I don't like to waste the space. The room's gonna be well protected and secured anyway, because you don't build a room with all your weapons in it and not put in some security measures.

Additional note: poo can be used as a fertiliser, so I won't have to worry about what to do with toilet waste. That's useful.

rumination

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