Zombie Meme

I saw this on my internet travels (here to be exact)  and decided to share:

You are in a mall when zombies attack. You have:

1.) One weapon.

2.) One song blasting on the speakers.

3.) One famous person to fight along side you (Historical or Fictional).

What are your choices?

 

1. A Baseball Bat.  I'll go with Rich from the above link. More free range of movement, less chance of it getting stuck in someone, less chance of hurting yourself. But I'd make it a steel bat. Steel bats don't splinter and break as easily.

2. Something by Evanescence. I'd say "Bring Me To Life" but that would be a bit to self-referential to the situation at hand. Maybe "Sweet Sacrifice" or "Tourniquet"

3. Wow. Like Rich, I can't just choose one. Here are my top three:

Bruce Campbell as Ash:

 

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Which really is a no-brainer.

John Wayne as he was in pretty much all of his movies:

 

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I mean, let's face it. He always played a mean, onery S.O.B. He was good with guns and if he had your back, you back is had. Who wouldn't want the Duke by their side as the face down the zombie hordes.

Obi-Wan Kenobi, sometime between "Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones":

 

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To start, he's a Jedi, which is nice to have on your side when you're fighting zombies. The zombies get too close? A wave of the hand flicks them away. Heck, he could send a display rack flying into a group of zombies from across the mall. On top of that, he has a sword that could cut through anything. ANYTHING.

And this was a tough choice. Anakin/Vader you can't trust. Luke, Mace Windu? Not really sure how good they are. Yoda? I could fight zombies with Yoda. But I wan't this particular version of Obi-Wan. One not that far removed from the guy who was jumping up and down waiting for his shot at Darth Maul but schooled enough to kick some major ass.

Honorable Mentions: Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Dirty Harry, Wolverine, The Incredible Hulk, The Bride from Kill Bill 

Looking at this post, this might be the geekiest blog entry I ever written. And, good lord, have I written a lot of geeky blog posts.  

Happy 30th Star Wars!!!!

Star wars movie poster

30 years ago today (as I am writing this on early Friday morning), Star Wars first opened. Yes, the movie that helped to define my childhood is 30. God, I'm old.

A picture of my wife.

My wife is notoriously paranoid about having her identity stolen. So much so that she doen't really like even her picture to be on the internet. But, finally, because I'm sure many of you who aren't Rich and Jeff would like to see her, I finally got her to agree to a picture I can use. So, without any further ado, my wife, Jennifer:

 

Jen as Stormtrooper

Ain't she a beut?

The United States has the coolest postal service EVER!

So, the BBC reports that, to honor the Star Wars franchise on its 30th Anniversary and to offer some publicity to an announcement of a "surprise stamp" (Ooh! Surprise Stamp!) coming on March 28th, it will be repainting about 400 of its mailboxes to look like the character R2-D2:

 

R2d2 mailbox

 Oh Joy! Remember, all you die-hard Star Wars fans out there: stealing mailboxes is a Federal offense! Yes, the mailbox will look cool in your Star Wars room, but are you willing to risk time in Levenworth for it?

I, for one, am planning to track as many of these bad boys as I can, dress up as Princess Leia and put a piece of mail in each one--being sure to say "Help me, Obi-Wan! You're my only hope!" while I'm doing it!