Zombie walk madness!
Tonight was my long-anticipated zombie walk. Well, luck was not as much on my side as I was hoping it would be. The weather was hovering around 1 degree, with high wind and wet snow and rain. This deterred a lot of people and the previously expected horde of about 30 or so zombies was reduced to...7. Also, looking forward to getting lots of photos, I put aside my measly 16Mb memory card and got a 512Mg for my camera. My poor little camera wasn't built to withstand cold and dampness, though, and I only got 2 shots before it refused to save any more to the card. Then, when I plugged it in later to upload the pics, it told me the data was damaged. Dammit!! Luckily, one of the zombies brought a sturdier camera and got some great shots. As soon as she emails them to me I will post them. Lucky for me I thought of getting some pics of myself with my webcam before heading out. I decided to spend a little more this year and get good quality theatrical makeup, which I'm glad I did, as it held up awesomely even in the shitty weather. And it dodn't come off on my clothes! I got a little creative with the fake skin and made a big gash on my cheek, which I filled with stage blood. It looked really real! The webcam doesn't capture it that well, but in natural light it looked quite disgusting.
Hungering for brains.
Puttin' on my smooooth zombie moves.
I had such a "splitting" headache tonight! Ahahahaha!
So I grabbed my fake severed arm and headed out for the meeting place shortly before 9pm. I became a little worried as I walked there, as the weather sucked and I saw nobody else in sight. But as I neared the spot, I saw a small group of people huddled there. One of them saw me coming and yelled, "Are you here for brains?"
I told them I was and they gave a whoop. There were 5 there, all girls. 3 of them I'd never met, and 2 were regular customers in my store who I knew to see, but didn't know them personally. We made introductions (and I've now forgotten their names, as I'm crappy at remembering names...sorry girls!)and I was really glad to see they'd gone all out with their makeup - two of them were zombie teachers, complete with broken crayons "impaled" in their faces. It looked awesome!
We waited a few minutes for anyone else to show, and then began our lurch to a nearby coffee shop. With the nasty conditions outside, the sidewalks were woefully bare of pedestrians, but were passed by a couple people who we cried "Brains!" to, while they gave us a look of confusion and nervous laughter. A couple cars passed by and the occupants recognized what we were, and were greeted with shouts of "ZOMBIE WALK!! WOOOOOO!!!" I waved my severed arm at them in appreciation.
When we got to the plaza where the coffee shop was, it was busier. There are a few restaurants along the strip which were all fairly full. As we passed each window, we made sure to spend a few moments clawing at the glass, moaning and crying for brains. We managed to scare the living shit out of a couple people in East Side Mario's, who then laughed once they realized we weren't really going to disembowel them. Most people gave a big grin and a laugh. There were a few dumbasses who just stared at us disapprovingly. We passed one guy who was dressed as Jack Sparrow (how original!) who glared at us like we were a bunch of losers. Too bad for him the only kind of pirate he could ever hope to be is a butt pirate.
We entered the coffee shop, which was pretty packed, moaning loudly and dragging our legs. A couple of the zombies lurched up to the fancy glassed counter where they display the cakes and moaned, "Caaaaaaaake...." while the others mumbled incoherently to themselves. It was a pretty cool moment - the staff started laughing and almost everyone in the place began to laugh as well. I approached the counter and slowly asked for a hot chocolate. The poor cashier was trying to act like this was a completely normal occurence and diligently took my order. But when she asked if I wanted anything else and I moaned imploringly, "Do you have any braaaaains?" She couldn't help but laugh.
We were lucky enough to find an unoccupied booth and the girl who brought over our orders was really cool and totally played along with us. "Here's your brains!" She said as she set our food and drinks down. Then before she left, she said, "If you eat any of the patrons, we will have to ask you to leave, you know!" We responded simultaneously with a dismayed moan that set a few nearby people laughing again.
A couple other zombies showed up unexpectedly! That was pretty cool. I didn't even see them come in the door; I just suddenly looked up to see another girl and one guy in bloody shirts shuffling in our direction, and they joined us. As we ate and drank, one of the teacher zombies' fake skin started to fall off in hunks and plop onto her plate. She played right along with her makeup malfunction and picked up a piece of the skin, smelled it, and then pretended to eat it. Following suit, another zombie took a piece of skin and played with it. Then one of the crayons slowly slid off the teacher zombie's forehead, and she pulled it off and doodled on her napkin with it. It all looked so gross that a couple that was sitting across from us and watching us looked like they had truly lost their appetite, and it wasn't long before they moved to another table. Hahahahaha!
When we were done we said goodbye to each other and went on our seperate ways. Although it wasn't a smashing success, I still consider tonight a success. I'll definitely do it again next year - I only hope the weather will be more cooperative then!
Stupid camera. I so can't wait to get those other pics.
Hungering for brains.
Puttin' on my smooooth zombie moves.
I had such a "splitting" headache tonight! Ahahahaha!
So I grabbed my fake severed arm and headed out for the meeting place shortly before 9pm. I became a little worried as I walked there, as the weather sucked and I saw nobody else in sight. But as I neared the spot, I saw a small group of people huddled there. One of them saw me coming and yelled, "Are you here for brains?"
I told them I was and they gave a whoop. There were 5 there, all girls. 3 of them I'd never met, and 2 were regular customers in my store who I knew to see, but didn't know them personally. We made introductions (and I've now forgotten their names, as I'm crappy at remembering names...sorry girls!)and I was really glad to see they'd gone all out with their makeup - two of them were zombie teachers, complete with broken crayons "impaled" in their faces. It looked awesome!
We waited a few minutes for anyone else to show, and then began our lurch to a nearby coffee shop. With the nasty conditions outside, the sidewalks were woefully bare of pedestrians, but were passed by a couple people who we cried "Brains!" to, while they gave us a look of confusion and nervous laughter. A couple cars passed by and the occupants recognized what we were, and were greeted with shouts of "ZOMBIE WALK!! WOOOOOO!!!" I waved my severed arm at them in appreciation.
When we got to the plaza where the coffee shop was, it was busier. There are a few restaurants along the strip which were all fairly full. As we passed each window, we made sure to spend a few moments clawing at the glass, moaning and crying for brains. We managed to scare the living shit out of a couple people in East Side Mario's, who then laughed once they realized we weren't really going to disembowel them. Most people gave a big grin and a laugh. There were a few dumbasses who just stared at us disapprovingly. We passed one guy who was dressed as Jack Sparrow (how original!) who glared at us like we were a bunch of losers. Too bad for him the only kind of pirate he could ever hope to be is a butt pirate.
We entered the coffee shop, which was pretty packed, moaning loudly and dragging our legs. A couple of the zombies lurched up to the fancy glassed counter where they display the cakes and moaned, "Caaaaaaaake...." while the others mumbled incoherently to themselves. It was a pretty cool moment - the staff started laughing and almost everyone in the place began to laugh as well. I approached the counter and slowly asked for a hot chocolate. The poor cashier was trying to act like this was a completely normal occurence and diligently took my order. But when she asked if I wanted anything else and I moaned imploringly, "Do you have any braaaaains?" She couldn't help but laugh.
We were lucky enough to find an unoccupied booth and the girl who brought over our orders was really cool and totally played along with us. "Here's your brains!" She said as she set our food and drinks down. Then before she left, she said, "If you eat any of the patrons, we will have to ask you to leave, you know!" We responded simultaneously with a dismayed moan that set a few nearby people laughing again.
A couple other zombies showed up unexpectedly! That was pretty cool. I didn't even see them come in the door; I just suddenly looked up to see another girl and one guy in bloody shirts shuffling in our direction, and they joined us. As we ate and drank, one of the teacher zombies' fake skin started to fall off in hunks and plop onto her plate. She played right along with her makeup malfunction and picked up a piece of the skin, smelled it, and then pretended to eat it. Following suit, another zombie took a piece of skin and played with it. Then one of the crayons slowly slid off the teacher zombie's forehead, and she pulled it off and doodled on her napkin with it. It all looked so gross that a couple that was sitting across from us and watching us looked like they had truly lost their appetite, and it wasn't long before they moved to another table. Hahahahaha!
When we were done we said goodbye to each other and went on our seperate ways. Although it wasn't a smashing success, I still consider tonight a success. I'll definitely do it again next year - I only hope the weather will be more cooperative then!
Stupid camera. I so can't wait to get those other pics.