Last night, hordes of zombies descended on downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, and I was right in the thick of it. As were many other people, some of whom had no idea what was going on, but were entirely unfazed by the whole thing. Like the dude whom I overheard mutter the title to this post.
All of you who thought about coming and then didn't because of the rain and the tired and the inertia? You are so bummed, because it was, like, 70 degrees, not rainy, and AWESOME.
Fortunately, my friend
Brainssss...Purelllllll...face maskssssss....
I just might have done a fair amount of jumping up and down and clapping my hands. Which, come to think of it, may have wrecked more than a few of J's son's shots.
I took a lot of photos. I wasn't the only one though. There was a virtual swarm of paparazzi.
But never fear! There were zombie hunters too.
Some of the zombie costumes were good, some were a little weak, all were good-intentioned, but this was the very damn cutest of them all:
I hit Lebanese Taverna for dinner (and the bookstore) before the walk and caught sight of my first zombies while I was eating.

They said they were vegetarian. Pffft.
I spent a substantial portion of my meal trying to surreptitiously take photos of zombie dinner without being noticed. I don't think I succeeded. Not to mention that you can't even tell that they're dressed as zombies because of my shoddy photography.
I really enjoyed the dedication to the role that some of the zombies showed at the walk. Especially this guy:
I leave you with these tips:
(1) To kill a zombie, you must destroy his brain.
(2) In case of an undead uprising, hope for shambling zombies instead of the newfangled running kind.
(3) Zombies can't swim, but they also can't drown.
(4) Head north. The zombies will freeze, but you will not. Probably.
(5) Remain vigilant.
(6) In no case should you take an actual shotgun to a casual zombie walk.
Yeah, I like the guy shaking down the cars. What a hoot!
ReplyDeleteremain vigilant! lol, I love this post, so much fun
ReplyDeleteHow awesome is this?
ReplyDeleteI LOVE THIS!!
ReplyDeleteMy friend just went to one a zombie walk somewhere else as well. Why have I never seen anything like this around me?! This saddens me.
Damn, I totally would have gone with you! Did you dress up?
ReplyDeleteYou are right. I am bummed. Sorry I wussed out on ya! Looks like so much fun.
ReplyDeleteBoo. I missed it. Love me some zombies!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzUUCte9p6M
ReplyDeleteZombie cake, Zombie prom or something. CakeBoss episode. Although the zombie king and queen were a bit disappointing.
Great pics and thanks for the zombie tips! Making mental note to head north to freeze out shambling zombies rather than bringing a shotgun to destroy their brains.
ReplyDeleteNext year for sure!
ReplyDeletelooks like fun!!
ReplyDeleteBraaaaaaains!
ReplyDeleteVampires are so passe.
AWESOME!!! I love the ones with maps and purell, that's hysterical!!! Wouldn't want to get Undead Hamthrax!!!!
ReplyDeleteDid you read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies????? SO FUNNY.
No photos of you?
ReplyDeleteawesome!!
ReplyDeleteWe had such a fun time Zombie-watching with you! I cannot thank you enough for hipping us to it. "A" got lots of great footage for his movie. I think we can come to some understanding regarding film credit and proceeds percentages. I'll have my people contact your people.
ReplyDeleteI love the zombie hunters - cool idea. And even more cool - that is a *cricket* bat that guy is wielding! Yes, I know there are cricket games on the Mall quite regularly, but I'm still thrilled to think someone would have a cricket bat at a zombie walk in the US. :-)
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