Zombie Tip #Important - Surviving Survivors

I tend to scan the internet for survival tips on the end of days. I’m really not weird. I go on dates, albeit the never end up progressing farther than, “Hey I had a lot of fun tonight. We really should get together again." When a girl says that, it’s their code for “I’m looking for someone with a little more muscle, sorry. But hey, you have a good personality.” Besides that, I am normal.

More recently I saw a post saying to search for survivors once you have established your own surviving conditions. The person said drive to the edge of town and honk your car horn and see what comes running to you. If its zombies, you can just turn the other way. Yeah? Really? They won’t follow you since zombies NEVER tire and can run till their bodies just stop? That makes no sense, although the basic premise seems to be beneficial. I decided to break down a pros and cons list of this idea, the idea of looking for survivors.

PROS:

• Adding more people to your band of toughies.
• Other survivors may have extra supplies, and even more supplies, which would help you stay strong.
• Extra ammunition and, along those lines, more hands to harvest the dead.
• Many hands make light work.
• If you are going around the smaller towns, it could be fun just to go hunting. This allows for you to perfect your aim, or your swing. But always, ALWAYS, conserve ammo.

Cons:

• Chance of a survivor hiding a bite. A bad day just got a lot worse.
• If you have been holding out for a while, you maybe have established some “guidelines” and bringing an outsider into the mix may cause for some unrest.
• If you are a nomadic bunch on the road and you find another set of people, they may just want to kill you and steal all your stuff. Be wary of the road frequently traveled.
• Anyone you find may have something hunting them. Do zombies hunt? Think about it.
• This isn’t a con, but please, never honk your horn unless you have some elaborate plan. How many times must we watch a movie where someone goes around saying “hey! Is anyone there?” Inevitably, they are always the first ones to die. 

I was a little short on time and lost my paper with more. Got any more tips?

Zombie Tip #...who cares. Find Some Shelter!

Whether its the initial contamination or months into the end of the world and the 4 Horsemen have already come and gone, if you're still alive, you need shelter. Having an established "HQ" can be an essential tool in survival! That being said, I almost think that some people might be better off on the move, but then again, location is everything in this situation.

I have a cabin that is the middle of nowhere. There are dairy cows all over the place. I know exactly what I am doing. I am picking my family up, getting all our food storage in the cars and headed to the cabin. During the good months, we could grow our own food. If there are any outbreaks up there, it's really going to be a few scattered incidents here and there since that area is mostly a farming community. We wouldn't be bothered at all. Middle of the forest is a little creepy, but it beats the crap out of fighting them off my doorstep every night, which can happen if you live in a big city.

Let's face it, it's probably more beneficial for you to establish some stronghold. But if you are running low on supplies, get on the move. Its dangerous, but its surviving. Bigger cities = more chances of zombie encounters. So what do you do?

Thoughts?

Zombie Tip of the Day: Can Your Heart Take It?

Before we talk about this tip, I would like to bring up that from the last tip, someone pointed out something that was not a clash of agreements but a very substantial point. It's true that melee weapons bring the combat up close and could cause easier sources of contamination. Now, I forgot about this, but what about a bow? I forgot that in the book I'm "writing" that one of the characters uses a compound bow since he was an avid hunter of more prolific game. Learn to use one of those. Easier to make ammo.

Now, moving on to the next tip. One thing I have learned in the years of contemplating and scrutinizing every zombie story out there is this: Become calloused. That's easy enough for me. I recently happened on a girl who I thought was "the one." I thought things were going really well and we could end up together. Come to find out it was not meant to be. Maybe I am bitter, but its taught me that people will eventually break your heart or go away from you. When you are stuck in the zombie apocalypse, you have to be able to kill anyone!

My family, and close friends, have asked if I would kill them if they got bit. I don't care if you got bit and are still a "human," you are going to turn and you have to be put down. Like a dog you've had for years but can no longer move on their own, you're doing them a favor. Family, friends, spouses, kids. . .it doesn't matter. You get bit, you gotta go!

Zombie Tip of the Day

As some of you know, the closer of my crew anyway, I am an avid zombie fanatic. I love the idea of an apocalypse of undead running through the streets and surviving it till the last one falls over from complete decay. And yes, they will decay if not nourished. They are still human and have the human genome and physiological makeup that if they don't eat, they will die. It's science. My science.

I figure, what I can do for you, my awesome fans, is present you with a few tips to make your end of days an easier, and slightly more enjoyable, route to take. Because let's face it, without guidance you can run into a few snags along the way. There's more to survival than trying to kill a zombie. What do you do when you run into humans who have lost the will to live? What if you run into those same set of survivors but they don't trust anyone but themselves, then you are in trouble. Ammo isn't always best. So, starting now, I will let you into my magnificant mind of zombie skills and a couple times a week present you with a tip. And these are in no particular order. I had these tips way before Zombieland.

Tip #1: Guns aren't always the best tool

Yes, it's true, a quick shot to the head and a zombie will drop. That has been proven in every movie possible and it just makes sense. But if you are months into your survival and are in a populated area, chances are you would be running low on ammo. That being said, you need to find other ways to keep yourself safe. Hopefully you can stomach what will happen because your combat is about to become close quarters. Find yourself a sturdy Louisville Slugger. That will rattle any brain. An axe would also be a great tool. Anything your two hands can wield. Or if you are a ninja, maybe there are other tools you find useful. If you are held up in a good shelter with enough supplies to make it for a while, save that ammo for any wandering LIVING humans who want to steal from you. Chances are that you will find it easier to get them to run away with a gun to their head than you would a zombie.

And. . .comment. Thoughts?

Z-Day

March 21, 2012

It's Z-day plus, well it's has been over a year at least. Guess the Mayans were kinda close. I am trying to look back into my journal entries to see how many days have gone by but I just don't care. I am tired, worn out, almost ready to give up. Positive thing though, at least I haven't heard one of those ambitious bastards pounding on our doors for a few days now. You hear the pounding at first and it scares you, then it turns into ambient noise, then you get so damn annoyed by them you just go out and put a few bullets in as many as you can, which in turn draws more towards you. I've become an excellent marksman to say the least.

I fear that these might be the last few days for me. Z-day came and continues to trudge forwards, eating up (literally) everyone in its path. There were more of us but, they were a lot more stupid than I was. There are four of us held up in this isolated cabin we now call home. I was hypothetically prepared for this day. My friends and I had played every game, went over every scenario in our heads, and read too many books to count on zombies. It was just for fun but who knew it would turn into something like this, something real. Damn zombies.

I kept journal entries over the past year or so of the people I have met, tried to save, tried to kill me, who I tried to kill, and who I successfully killed. Wow, that was a mouthful wasn't it? I figured zombie killing was easy. Not even close. One thing I have found out though; bullets will fade away, but machetes, swords, or really big knives last a lifetime. You just gotta sharpen them on some bones once in a while. They do the job. A nice 9-iron will do the trick if you wanna gain some space, too. Be careful of your slice though.

Humor is all we have at this point, and food. We stocked up to the brim on our stops on the way up to the cabin. I wasn't dumb. Others, I can't say the same for them. We're cozy for now. More of them keep appearing, which is weird considering how isolated we are. It has to be a smell issue. That's all we've been able to figure out. All I know is that the days are getting longer but life expectancy is growing shorter. Just a few more weeks and we should be home free.

Man, these things are annoying.