“Some Zombie Contingency Plan”

[2muchexposition]

An article from the newest Jest[1] has me thinking that, except for the fact that fewer hot people want to play them, Zombies may be the new Pirates. For one thing, I’ve started inadvertently bringing them up in conversation:

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[rysmiel]

I can see a number of advantages to zombie kittens, most of which boil down to finding the manic energy of live kittens annoying in almost all its expressions.

On a zombie theme [ played very slowly on a Really Large Organ, no doubt ] have you seen Brains4Zombies ?

[2muchexposition]

I actually kinda like manic energy, but only when I have enough manic energy of my own to keep up with it. But I can see your point: a scourge of live kittens in the same quantities as your average zombie scourge would almost certainly be more frightening.

And, yeah, I had seen Brains4Zombies. But, thanks: one can always stand a reminder of what sort of resources we've got out there.

I mean, "they". "Resources they've got out there."

[2muchexposition]

Indeed I did, and I’m already making use of it (see above). Your plan seems pretty robust, and full of hot women, to boot. I’m somewhat jealous. One of the conceits of Kelly’s story (which you’ll love, once you get a chance to read it) is that everyone needs a Zombie Contingency Plan. And I’m not even close to having one! Do you think maple syrup would be an adequate substitute for jam? I am a-fluster.

[rysmiel]

On the other hand, burying oneself in a team of survivor-types seems likely to mark one as a shreddie, and the odds would seem to be better of making it to the end of the movie if one can surround oneself with people who have even less chance of surviving, according to the appropriate canons. Unless of course you've got stuck in Ironic Zombie Movie or Zombie Movie With Nasty Final Twist mode. Hmm. Maybe the optimal strategy is to be the love interest of one of the top-class survivor-types.

[wellgull]

Always meant to ask... what markup do you use for your footnotes? Is there a crafty way to do it, or are you just inserting a horizontal rule, then fiddling with font sizes below it?

[2muchexposition]

It’s manual, I’m afraid. But if you’re anal enough to footnote your LJ entries, then I suspect you’re anal enough to use raw markup. :)

Incidentally, in case it was at all confusing, the single-F “Jef” wasn’t a typo—I would have said rambleman if I hadn’t temporarily forgotten there were two of you on my flist. Not that you don’t deserve a copy of The Jest too, but you’re significantly more able to pick one up yourself than he is.

[wellgull]

Oh, no confusion -- I figured you were referring to someone else.

Didn't realize that lj would take the tag but I clearly need to try it out!

[rambleman]

i would love a copy if you can find one.
feel free to mail it to me at work:

c/o independent publishers group
814 n franklin st
chicago, il 60610

kelly's right though, the best zombie contingency plan has only one line: improvise madly and creatively. it's actually one of the main reasons why zombies and any post-apocalyptic scenario is so engaging... the breaking down of categories of use. what's the use of a zombie apocalypse if we just continue to do things the way we always have?

and then i was going to geek out about free stuff from my pals at Tachyon, but windows decided to crash and eat all that. suffice to say that you're no longer my sole source for SF connections... :)

[2muchexposition]

I’ll keep an eye out. Wouldn’t want the folks at Tachyon to get ahead of me, swag-wise, now would I? :)

[rambleman]

you're still ahead on the swag, but only because i haven't told our warehouse to send over a copies of their stuff for my personal use. however, i trust the power of TOR to provide far more swag than a small press like Tachyon. however, Tachyon does gain cool points for their very smallness...

[2muchexposition]

That is true. Small presses are darling, and I recognize that out largesse is very much enabled by our largeness.

[moderntime]

liz the real reason you post this is because you actually are a zombie but are secretly pretending to be a human geek girl. but i am on to you.

[2muchexposition]

Nonsense! The rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated.

I mean, it’s not like I’m encouraging this. My pirate wench costume is a whole heck of a lot better than my non-existent zombie costume.

[rysmiel]

my non-existent zombie costume.

Not so much zombie kitten as Cheshire cat ?

[2muchexposition]

Hmm. I wish. That "disappearing parts of oneself" trick is pretty nifty.