31 Days of Ghosts: Zombies Revisited

Two days left in October, with tomorrow being the day of haunting, and I’ll end it off with two, yes two movies!

 

The title of this post speaks all about it.  The movies focus on Zombies.  And those Zombie movies are Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland.

I liked both.  Both were awesome movies and I can’t pick one over the other.  If you have to watch just one of those two movies, buck the system and say “I’ll watch both!”.  Both movies are funny, both have a lot of action, both have really interesting characters, and, of course, both have zombies.

In Zombieland, we’re introduced to Columbus, who is the narrator of the piece.  He begins with his Rules of Zombieland.  Of which there’s a lot.  Seriously.  There’s a list.  Columbus eventually meets up with Tallahassee.  Tallahassee, as we learn is in the zombie killing business, and “business is good”.  Following the hapless pairs adventures for a while until we meet up with Wichita and Little Rock.  The latter which happen to be a couple of successful con artists.

Eventually, the four join forces to fight the zombie apocalypse, and become fast friends.  Yeah, the movie’s not terrifying, but it’s good fun.  End of story.

Also good fun is Shaun of the Dead.  Believe it or not, it’s also a romantic comedy.  As the zombie apocalypse becomes worse, Shaun and his friends have to come to grips with several truths as they attempt to hole up and wait out the apocalypse inside their (at least Shaun’s) favourite watering hole.

Both movies have a great deal of zombie kills, though Zombieland scores big in that area.  Both have lots of laughs, though that tip goes more to Shaun of the Dead.  If you have to watch one or the other, say screw it and watch both.  The only question left is which to start with.

 

Autumn sights

It rained yesterday, and it didn’t feel like a mid October rain, it felt more like a late spring or early summer rain.  Especially the smell after it finished.  But something else I noticed was how clean it seemed.  When I got home, I had to snap a few pictures.  Here’s what I saw in the late afternoon yesterday.

 

31 Days of Ghosts: Quotes for Halloween

Changing up the quotes a bit to be more in tune with the time of year, especially since we are drawing nearer and nearer to Halloween.  That spooky time of year.  So here we go.

I’ll bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.  ~Author Unknown

As spirits roam the neighborhoods at night,
Let loose upon the Earth till it be light… ~Nicholas Gordon, poemsforfree.com

Eat, drink and be scary.  ~Author Unknown

Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite,
All are on their rounds tonight;
In the wan moon’s silver ray,
Thrives their helter-skelter play. ~Joel Benton

A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.  ~Erma Bombeck

Witch and ghost make merry on this last of dear October’s days.  ~Author Unknown

Halloween wraps fear in innocence,
As though it were a slightly sour sweet.
Let terror, then, be turned into a treat… ~Nicholas Gordon, poemsforfree.com

Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night.  ~Steve Almond

 

It’s October!

It's a cat! On a pumpkin! Dressed like a pilgrim! ...or a witch, your pick.

It’s October which means two things.

Well technically more than two things, but still, two things in the immediate future.  And one of those things does not involve cats.  Not exactly anyway.

October, for Canadians, is the month when Thanksgiving Day rolls around.  It’s Canada’s time to be thankful.

It’s also Halloween!  That time of year when spooky stories, ghosts and goblins, and all manner of frighteningly freaky things happen.  Plus candy, from what I remember.

Image via Wikipedia

Two years ago, I, along with Zodi, did 31 days of Ghosts.  Seeing how day one of October has passed, that won’t be happening this year.  But, I will share a ghost story from time to time.  Also, as I’ve posted already, there is a story in the works with a completely new world.  I’m working on the world building, and writing it up at the same time.  Eventually, I’ll also do a few character designs.  It’ll be different because it’s science fiction, and all the characters are anthropomorphous creations.  Actually, they are aliens on different planets whereby if foxes, wolves, jackals, lions, panthers, tigers and even dinosaurs had evolved and become the primary dominant species like humans on Earth.  Each of those species has their own name, which is derived from the genus and species of the creature, such as Vulpine or Lupine.  It will be serialized and there will be a pdf download of each part of the serial.  Below you can find handy links which lead to the world building so far.

Alright, so that was technically three things to tell you about.  Thanksgiving, Halloween, and writing.  With no mention of cats save for the picture at the top of the blog post.

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