Surviving A Horror Movie...

Halloween is in a few short days and I don't know about you but I've been binging on horror movies. And to be honest, they've got me thinking (With the help of the people over at Man Crates, who FYI have some pretty awesome manly gifts for your guy or yourself if you're like me and want a Zombie Survival Crate) about how I would fare if I was stuck in a straight out of a horror movie situation and what my own survival strategy would be -- This is kind of a lie, I'm always thinking about what I'd do during a zombie apocalypse.

So, if we were going by Scream (1996) rules I'd be screwed. Don't remember the Scream (1996) rules of surviving a horror movie? Well here is a refresher...

1. You may not survive the movie if you have sex. 
2. You may not survive the movie if you drink or do drugs.
3. You may not survive the movie if you say "I'll be right back", "Hello?" or "Who's there?"

Yeah, one and two (Not the drug part. Crack is wack) would probably do me in. Three not so much so because I'm not the kind of person to call out "Hello?" or "Who's there?!" when I should be alone. If I hear a weird sound or foot steps and I'm supposed to be home alone I'm getting the hell out of there and if I can't, I'm grabbing a big ass knife and hiding in a closet. And I'm not handling myself like Laurie Strode in Halloween (1978) when she stabs Michael Myers once and just sits in the closet for a hot second before taking her sweet ass time to get the hell out of that room. I'm stabbed whoever is after me to DEATH.

If we're talking about Zombieland (2009) rules or at least rule number one, which is cardio. I'd die (Unless I had someone to trip) because I literately cannot run to save my life.

But yeah, if there were no actual rules and it was a horror free-for-all I'd hope to have the following to aid in my survival:

• Machete (I actually would like to own one in real life in case of zombies and such but Justin won't let me have one or a gun because he is afraid I would threaten to kill people on the regular, so I hope during this horror business I was at my parents' house because my dad has one) because you can kill people, zombies, certain vampires and so on with one, plus there is no running out of ammunition.
• A reliable vehicle (Not my own car) that is full of fuel plus some & a spare tire, preferably a hard top Jeep Wrangler Unlimited with the snorkel on it so I can drive in water.
• A person ("Julia") to trip and leave behind to slow down whatever is coming after us.
• Food and first aid supplies, if it's a zombie thing.
• Fully charged cell phone plus a backup battery, to call for help.
• Access to one of my uncles' gun cabinets (My uncles all hunt), if it's a zombie thing.
• A group of friends, so we can help protect one another.
• Maps, GPS or knowledge of whatever area I am in because I don't want any Wrong Turn (2003) or House Of 1000 Corpses (2003) stuff happening.
• A crowbar because you never know when you'll need to pry something open or beat someone with one -- Hey Man Crates, send me over one of your crates for my husband (The MLB Mets Barware Crate or Retro Gamer Crate) so I can have at least a crowbar handy while I'm stuck in this horror scenario.

So yeah, those are the things I'd want if I could have a horror movie survival kit. What do you think of my list? What are your horror movie survival essentials? Lemme know!

August Blogging Challenge: Day 1...

Since I'm a member of the North East Bloggers Network and they are hosting an August Blogging Challenge I thought I'd join in and attempt to blog everyday for the next thirty-one days based off of their prompts.

Today's prompt is...

Run For Your Lives...

Last night "Favorite Page #2" was telling me about a 5K obstacle course zombie race called Run For Your Lives. It sounds like it could be so much fun!

Is it terrible that I think doing this is great motivation for me to actual go back to the gym?

I love the idea of this so I'm gonna mention it to Lenni, Erin and a handful of others and see if they wanna do the September 1st one in Butler, Pennsylvania (Even though it's forever away).

Trick Or Treat...

Since I love Halloween so much I made sure that I had the day off from work because it honestly would have killed me to be stuck at work all day on one of my favorite holidays.

I spent almost two and a half hours working on my zombie makeup. There was some trial and error using liquid latex for the first time but I eventually figured out what would work best for me with the makeup that I had on hand -- Next year I'm definitely gonna try to for a bigger and better zombie look.

Once I was done putting my make up on I headed over to my friend's house to go with her, her daughter and Erin trick or treating. I helped them get ready, we made some boozy hot chocolate and then we headed out. We went out for about an hour and a half -- My friend's daughter had a mini melt down at one point and was done.

When we were done with them Erin and I headed to my house so my parents could see my make up and then we headed by her house to grab her dog, dress it up as a cat and take her for a walk as an excuse to go visit Nicole at work.

After visiting Nicole we dropped the dog off at the house and went out for dinner. Before we left Erin took her costume off, so I was dressed like a zombie at the diner we went to. I actually got a lot of complements from people at the diner about my costume. I had a lot of questions about how I did my makeup and what I used.

Erin dropped me off after dinner and I ended up hanging out with my mom watching various television shows waiting to see if anymore trick or treaters would show up at the house. No one did. I stayed in my zombie makeup until my sister got home from her boyfriend's house so I could jump out at her and scare her. I did and I got her, I actually bit her face -- She was not happy with me for that one.

Yup, that was my Halloween and I enjoyed it. I hope everyone else enjoyed their day!

Products Used To Create My Zombie Look

• White professional cream makeup
• L'Oréal Cream Shadow Paint (909 Steely)*
  
• Black eyeshadow
• White eyeshadow
• Burgundy eyeshadow
• NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil (Cherry)
• NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil (Purple)
• Liquid latex
• Fake blood
• Fake blood gel
  

* = This product is discontinued

The Living Dead & Libraries...

While I was working with "Pamela" today she introduced me to Library of the Living Dead which is this awesome graphic novel guide to libraries that the librarians at the McPherson College came up with to teach its students how to use the library. It is just one of the coolest things I've seen in a while. I loved it because it combines two of my favorite things, libraries and zombies. If you love zombies and libraries you should check it out.

Zombies Attacking "Julia"...

I drew this like two weeks ago and I still love it enough to share with you.

Zombie Librarian...

I drew this last month & I found it fitting to post seeing as I've been talking about zombies a lot recently. Zombie Misfit Librarian!!!!!

I Hate "Julia"...

After hanging out with Phil last night and telling him about the whole "Julia" thing I really wanna tell this woman where to shove it. I mean, I'm not going to because I promised my Department Head that I would try to not rip her head off every time she opened her mouth. But I really just hate her more and more as each day passes. I swear I'm gonna throw her to the zombies whenever they attack.

I Hope That One Day "Julia" Is Eaten By Zombies...

My day went as follows... I was woken up before 8:00am by my sister and my father on a day where I didn't have to be at work until 1:00pm. They woke me up to tell me that my sister's tire was flat and that she needed to borrow my car so that she could get to work. Being half asleep I told them to go to town and take the car. It was later on that I realized that I would too at some point need to get to work -- This is when I texted Phil and asked him to drive me to work, being an awesome bestest friend he did so.

Once at work I witnessed a potential replacement for my newly retired coworker being shown around the room by my Department Head. Seeing as he is the only interviewee that I saw I dubbed him "Victim #1" -- I honestly have no idea what is going on interview wise aside from the fact that they have interviewed four people and it is time to debate their fates, I will keep you posted on the matter.

While she was walking "Victim #1" around my Department Head told me not to disappear because she needed to talk to me. Dun dun dun... Eventually we were alone in the office and she expressed to me that "Julia" had come up to her to complain about my behavior during the preparation for the retirement party. Basically she bitched that I didn't order her lunch (See Retirement Party for the full back story). Thankfully my Department Head stood up for me and pointed out to "Julia" that if she didn't tell me what she wanted nor gave me money that she obviously wasn't getting anything. When one of my other coworkers ("Emily") heard what had happened she pointed out to the Department Head that I was no way at fault, so "Julia" can suck it. I'm totally ripping her a new one tomorrow.

After that excitement the rest of the day was quite slow until a mother called demanding to know why her child was kicked out of the library. We had no clue what this woman was talking about because we didn't kick out or yell at anyone today. It was a weird phone call.

The rest of the evening was spent talking to "Favorite Page #2" about zombies and horror movies. We talked about what we'd do and where we would go if zombies attack, it was an awesome conversation that confused "Emily" very much so.