Zombies Are Awesome

I went to the Melbourne Zombie Shuffle last Saturday. It's where people dress up as zombies and congregate at a spot to scare the shit out of everyone else passing by. Sounds fun? You bet it is. (I took some photos)

I'm not a huge fan of zombie flicks. The last zombie film I watched was 28 Weeks Later, and before that, Dawn of the Dead. I am, however, utterly and completely terrified by zombie movies. If you want to scare the crap out of me, show up in my doorstep at 6 in the morning, bang on the door, wear some zombie prosthetics and make-up, and wail loudly. I will certainly piss in my pants if that ever happens.

Here's why I'm afraid of zombies.

Two words: Society collapsing when the zombies overrun the military and turning everyone else into zombies and destroying power plants and shit and there wouldn't be any electricity left and so I can't watch porn anymore and that would suckAARGH.

Oh wait, that's like.. 20 something words. My point was, I'm not afraid of just zombies. I'm terrified at the prospect of society collapsing.

On a more realistic note, how about the rise of oil price? I was talking about this with Bryan the other day, and we were both freaked out, because we realised that this world may not be ready for a future without (cheap, easily accesible) oil. Imagine the worst parts of a riot. Think of any civil disorder you've witnessed in the last few decades, and you multiply that by a factor of a couple hundred.

Oooh scary. Sure, zombies don't exist. But during a riot, people can look like those zombies from 28 Days Later. Seen those clips of the 1998 riots in Jakarta? Well, imagine these same guys, but hungrier and way more pissed off. I'd say, 5 to 10 years? Zombies in our doorstep, people. Bring out the shotgun.