A to Z Quizzes: Z

This year for the challenge I wanted to do something different and fun and yet, something that everyone does from time to time... Quizzes.

What kind of quizzes you ask? Facebook Quizzes of course. We have done at least one so I went on a quiz rampage and took several.




Here are my Z's:

 

 

Even though I seem quite prepared for a zombie outbreak, I'm apparently gonna fail in many epic ways.

 

Hope everyone had a blast the year!!

Grab Your Pistol and Your Knapsack

Hey Blogging Friends! Express Yourself is a weekly meme. It's goal is to help our fellow bloggers get to know one another better, to help motivate one another, laugh (or cry) together, in other words – stalk.

Oct. 12-16: Zombies are busting through your hideout, you only have one exit, with little time to spare, what 3 items do you grab?

I love this question btw, Jackie!

Besides making sure my family is safe...

1.) My survivalist book (a gift from Jackie for my birthday.)

2.) My pistol & ammo (I'm mean, duh right?)

3.) Lighter

But lets face it, if you know me, then you know I only really need to grab two things... my pistol & bug-out-bag cause in reality the bag should have the ammo, lighter, survivalist book, a pamphlet on crops, a big-ol-knife, this cool fork/spoon/knife combo tool, clothing items, peanut butter, honey, & chocolate (cause those items last the longest without going bad), Lifestraw, compass, map, flashlight, etc. The bag shouldn't be too heavy and able to run with.

What 3 items would you make sure to grab?


And don't forget to sign-up HERE...

 

 

Zombie Survival Kit & Crew Blogfest

Our joyous excitement for The Walking Dead premiere on October 12^th has reanimated another blogfest idea for the vivacious trio:

Jackie @Bouquet of Books

Dani @Entertaining Interests

Mina @Some Dark Romantic

Zombie Apocalypse: Survival kit & Crew

Post date: Friday, October 10^th (cause no one wants to post on show day!)

To help build your zombie apocalypse dream team and survival kit, you will need to pick ONE person and/or ONE item for each of the topics listed in the below categories.

(Items you already have on your person: undergarments, shirt, bottoms, socks, tennis shoes & a backpack. If you want special shoes and/or boots, jackets, belt, etc.; those are extra and will need to be listed for one of your items below.)

And since this bloghop is all about having fun, if you have kiddos, we can assume they are safely tucked away in a safe haven somewhere while we’re out in the world fighting off zombies so do not worry.

*The Walking Dead character is the only one that needs to be from a zombie themed entertainment outlet, but please feel free to choose characters from your other favorite books/movies/tv. They may or may not be zombie related. It's all up to you. Just let your imagination flow!

With the characters below, please include the book, movie & TV show your characters are from.

Crew:

1 TWD character

1 book character

1 movie character

1 TV character (other than TWD)

1 loved one

1 friend

1 freebie

Backpack:

1 comfort item

1 weapon

1 luxury item

1 food item

1 medicine/first aid item

1 hygiene item

1 freebie

Background:

Outpost

Outbreak

Cause of it

Cure (if applicable)

1 item you NEED to find

1 item you WANT to find

Method of travel

Please display the badge on your blog and join us on Friday, October 10^th to build your zombie apocalypse dream team and kit.

And most of all HAVE FUN and BE CREATIVE as you want!

Top Ten Zombie Books and Zero Sight

Today I am home sick dealing with a bout of vertigo which my meds couldn't touch. Hope the rest of you are feeling wonderful!!

This year I am posting two themes: 26 Top Ten's and 26 Novel's (mostly published from 2014)

My Top Ten for Letter Z:

Zombie Books (no particular order)

1. The Reapers are the Angel by Alden Bell

2. Newsflash Trilogy by Mira Grant

3. The Hallowed One series by Laura Bickle

4. This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers

5. Day by Day Armageddon series by J.L. Bourne
6. The Forest of Hands and Teeth series by Carrie Ryan

7. World War Z by Max Brooks

8. Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

9. The Hollows by Amanda Hocking

10. The White Rabbit Chronicles by Gena Showalter

I've had a blast during this years A to Z!! Sorry I couldn't visit more and tried to reply via email to most of your comments.

A few bloggers I want to thank for stopping by almost/if not daily and not getting discouraged cause I couldn't always return the favor...

Suzi

Sheena-Kay

S.L. Hennessey

Kimberly

Melanie

You guys know who you are... I really enjoy and appreciate your support! Muah, xoxo

And Jackie for your support, encouragement, and teamwork for our AtoZ Challenge over at Cover Girls!

Celebrate the Weekend

TGIF, TGIF! I could ask for anything more than it being a Friday! Too excited beyond words!! Thanks to VikLit for giving us this outlet to express our celebrations!

This weekend we have lots planned.

Zombie themed party tomorrow. The boys in the house are going as the classic zombie. The girls are going as Day of the Dead Spanish zombie heads.

Sunday Jackie and some other family members are coming over to make wreaths and then later that day my mother-in-law is taking the kids to some military families Halloween Haunted park.

I was not able to blog yesterday so I'm posting 4 things for my Thirty-One Loves of October.
Caramel Apple Suckers - YUM, these suckers are the best this time of year!
Orange - my second favorite color!
Hay rides - I love taking spooky hay rides through the woods or down a chilling road. Especially with a bunch of friends!
The Walking Dead - We have been waiting, what seems like FOREVER!, for this show to come back into our homes. My whole family gets all excited. We have watched all the trailers, the webisodes, the behind the scenes, etc. I have read the comics and the novel. We are huge fans!! Cannot wait for Sunday.

Hope everyone has a great Friday and weekend!

Spooktoberfest and Zombies

Today I'm hoping to bring two of my favorite subjects together: Halloween, or blog-friendly, Spooktoberfest and Zombies.

Let's start with the one that involves less cardio, shall we.

With the oncoming of the spookiest holiday of the year, Jackie @ Bouquet of Books and myself are bringing sexy back – er – SPOOKTOBERFEST back this October. We had a great turnout last year and gave away some amazing prizes!

To find all of the gory details click here!

Now on to the more adrenaline related topic. Zombies  have been giving us humans a run for our money lately. And I mean that in the most punly way possible. The reanimated have made a comeback in the recent years and they seem to be going nowhere anytime soon. From comics, TV series and movies, to Zombie Walks and 5k's.

Let's talk about one of those 5k's in a little more detail. A summer ago I participated in Run For Your Lives zombie 5k which literally took my 5k experience to another level. Not only did I have to concentrate on my breathing and timing (cause I have asthma) but I also had to sprint in bursts and climb, crawl, jump, turn, scream, climb some more, be electrocuted, scream a couple of more times - you get my drift. Time flew and I had a blast while being chased by swarms of faux-brain-starved-undead.

Run For You Lives hosts all over the country and even in some other countries as well. I promise, they will be coming to a town near you! If you are interested visit their website here!

Plus zombies would be a great topic for Spooktoberfest! IMO anyways.

Have a great Thursday! And make sure you are keeping your cardio up. BTW, I bought World War Z (I watched it in the theaters) and I'm excited to have added to my zombie collection! Woot!

Whats Up Wednesday - I Got Mail & IWSG

What's Up Wednesday is a weekly meme geared toward readers and writers, allowing us to touch base with blog friends and let them know what's up. It's hosted by the lovely Erin and Jaime.

This is also what I'm using for my IWSG post created by Alex ... two birds, one stone.

What I'm reading
Email - Last Thursday I FINALLY received an email I've been waiting on. Well technically I totally forgot I was waiting on it, it has been that long. A few months ago my hubby suggested I send my blog link to Run For Your Lives (RFYL) because they were looking for a few bloggers. Well a few emails passed between myself and RFYL and they have chosen me as one of their bloggers!! Woot Woot! So be looking for frequent Zombie posts, running posts, book post, etc. I will be applying what I learn from movies and novels and incorporating those towards the RFYL race.

What I'm Writing
Still working on my poems but now writing more for the above mentioned posts.

What Else I've Been Up To
Well I finished my bike race and now I'm working towards a 5k I will be running/walking with Jackie and our husbands August 24th. Color Me Rad is going to be, well, RAD!

What Inspires Me Right Now
Zombies!!

What's Up on your Wednesday? *Mike, Mike, Mike, what day is it? ... Huuummmp Daaaaay!* Having a good one? I hope so!!

May Monster Madness - Day 6

Today is Day 6 of the 2nd Annual May Monster Madness! Hosted by Annie Walls and her blogger buddies, Emma @ Little Gothic Horrors, and Ked @ Something Wicked this Way Comes.

How does May Monster Madness work? Well, it's a blog hop featuring posts about monsters! Anything you can think of as long as it has something to do with monsters... crafts, lists, movies, funnies... anything!

Yesterday vamps stopped by to suck. My. Blood. Or more likely rip my guts out through my mouth. Today my guests only want me for my brains - pity.

Zombies. Started out as a voodoo legend, now they have taken over pop culture by the masses, as mindless, killing machines. Zombies are meant to swarm, and swarm they have. From comics, to movies, and now primtime television. Ever since I watched Dawn of the Dead (2004) I am obsessed. I have watched all the original Romaro movies, and LOVE all the remakes, new films, comics, novels, and TV. 28 Days/Weeks Later, Dawn of the Dead, This is Not a Test, The Reapers are the Angels, World War Z, The Walking Dead, etc.



(Dawn of the Dead) Nobody ever said being a zombie was an attractive job.



(28 Days Later) These SOB's could haul ass. Let's hope if a zombie apocalypse does happen, we get the shambling version. 

(The Walking Dead) Ah, an attractive group and much slower than the ones above.

Just a few of the Zombie novels I have read. Most of these are only one part of a series which I was not going to paste them all. My zombie "READ" list is forever long and ranges from horrible to drop dead awesome!

Which zombie flick is your favorite? Have you read any good zombie books?

Tomorrow - Last day of May Monster Madness with a few posters and Best/Worst Movie Blogfest.

Resurrection Blogfest - Zombie Tips for an Apocalypse

If you are here for IWSG - that post is here

Mina is celebrating her first year of blogging by hosting Resurrection Blogfest! Details here! This blogfest is for you to post something from your first year of blogging that you believe deserves a little TLC or something you are proud of, or maybe it holds sentimental value to you.

The piece I picked has been viewed 669 times and was originally posted 1/6/12. I began blogging in August of 2011. I was a nobody when I first started out and no one viewed this post until The Walking Dead came back from it's break during season two and talk of 12/21/12 was all the rage. I'm pretty proud of all the info that went into this. Hope you enjoy.

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Since the oncoming of December 21^st, 2012 is approaching and the end of the world talk (most likely a joke) one can only rely on what one knows on survival. The Mayan Calendar has repeated itself hundreds of time over the centuries, so one should assume that, again, life will continue to thrive come December 22^nd, 2012. You can only fit so much on a piece of wood.

But just in case…



Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse

There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for. Take a zombie apocalypse for example. That’s right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e. You may laugh now, but when it happens you’ll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe you’ll even learn a thing or two about how to prepare for a real emergency.

A Brief History of Zombies
We’ve all seen at least one movie about flesh-eating zombies taking over (my personal favorite is Resident Evil), but where do zombies come from and why do they love eating brains so much? The word zombie comes from Haitian and New Orleans voodoo origins. Although its meaning has changed slightly over the years, it refers to a human corpse mysteriously reanimated to serve the undead. Through ancient voodoo and folk-lore traditions, shows like the Walking Dead were born.

In movies, shows, and literature, zombies are often depicted as being created by an infectious virus, which is passed on via bites and contact with bodily fluids. Harvard psychiatrist Steven Scholzman wrote a (fictional) medical paper on the zombies presented in Night of the Living Dead and refers to the condition as Ataxic Neurodegenerative Satiety Deficiency Syndrome caused by an infectious agent. The Zombie Survival Guide identifies the cause of zombies as a virus called solanum. Other zombie origins shown in films include radiation from a destroyed NASA Venus probe (as in Night of the Living Dead), as well as mutations of existing conditions such as prions, mad-cow disease, measles and rabies.

The rise of zombies in pop culture has given credence to the idea that a zombie apocalypse could happen. In such a scenario zombies would take over entire countries, roaming city streets eating anything living that got in their way. The proliferation of this idea has led many people to wonder “How do I prepare for a zombie apocalypse?”

Well, we’re here to answer that question for you, and hopefully share a few tips about preparing for real emergencies too!

Better Safe than Sorry

 

     Some of the supplies for your emergency kit.

So what do you need to do before zombies…or hurricanes or pandemics for example, actually happen? First of all, you should have an emergency kit in your house. This includes things like water, food, and other supplies to get you through the first couple of days before you can locate a zombie-free refugee camp (or in the event of a natural disaster, it will buy you some time until you are able to make your way to an evacuation shelter or utility lines are restored). Below are a few items you should include in your kit, for a full list visit the CDC Emergency page.

• Water (1 gallon per person per day)
• Food (stock up on non-perishable items that you eat regularly)
• Medications (this includes prescription and non-prescription meds)
• Tools and Supplies (utility knife, duct tape, battery powered radio, etc.)
• Sanitation and Hygiene (household bleach, soap, towels, etc.)
• Clothing and Bedding (a change of clothes for each family member and blankets)
• Important documents (copies of your driver’s license, passport, and birth certificate to name a few)
• First Aid supplies (although you’re a goner if a zombie bites you, you can use these supplies to treat basic cuts and lacerations that you might get during a tornado or hurricane)

Once you’ve made your emergency kit, you should sit down with your family and come up with an emergency plan. This includes where you would go and who you would call if zombies started appearing outside your door step. You can also implement this plan if there is a flood, earthquake, or other emergency.

1. Identify the types of emergencies that are possible in your area. Besides a zombie apocalypse, this may include floods, tornadoes, or earthquakes. If you are unsure contact your local Red Cross chapter for more information.
2. Pick a meeting place for your family to regroup in case zombies invade your home…or your town evacuates because of a hurricane. Pick one place right outside your home for sudden emergencies and one place outside of your neighborhood in case you are unable to return home right away.
3. Identify your emergency contacts. Make a list of local contacts like the police, fire department, and your local zombie response team. Also identify an out-of-state contact that you can call during an emergency to let the rest of your family know you are ok.
4. Plan your evacuation route. When zombies are hungry they won’t stop until they get food (i.e., brains), which means you need to get out of town fast! Plan where you would go and multiple routes you would take ahead of time so that the flesh eaters don’t have a chance! This is also helpful when natural disasters strike and you have to take shelter fast.

Never Fear – CDC is Ready

If zombies did start roaming the streets, CDC would conduct an investigation much like any other disease outbreak. CDC would provide technical assistance to cities, states, or international partners dealing with a zombie infestation. This assistance might include consultation, lab testing and analysis, patient management and care, tracking of contacts, and infection control (including isolation and quarantine). It’s likely that an investigation of this scenario would seek to accomplish several goals: determine the cause of the illness, the source of the infection/virus/toxin, learn how it is transmitted and how readily it is spread, how to break the cycle of transmission and thus prevent further cases, and how patients can best be treated. Not only would scientists be working to identify the cause and cure of the zombie outbreak, but CDC and other federal agencies would send medical teams and first responders to help those in affected areas (I will be volunteering the young nameless disease detectives for the field work).

To learn more about what CDC does to prepare for and respond to emergencies of all kinds, click here.

To learn more about how you can prepare for and stay safe during an emergency, click here.

To find this original information, click here.

What Kind of Zombie Blogger Would You Be

‘The blogging community divided into its current branches within a few years of the Rising, reacting to swelling ranks and a changing society. You’ve got Newsies, who report fact as untainted by opinion as we can manage, and our cousins, the Stewarts, who report opinion informed by fact. The Irwins go out and harass danger to give the relatively housebound general populace a little thrill, while their sedate counterparts, the Aunties, share stories of their lives, recipes, and other snippets to keep people happy and relaxed. And, of course, the Fictionals, who fill the outline world with poetry, stories, and fantasy. They have a thousand branches, all with their own names a customs, none of them meaning a damn thing to anyone who isn’t a Fictional. We’re the all-purpose opiate of the new millennium: We report the news, we make the news, and we give you a way to escape when the news becomes too much to handle.

--  From Images May Disturb You,

the blog of Georgia Mason, August 6, 2039’

A little passage from Feed by Mira Grant. Chapter 3 ending blog.

I’m only half way through the 571 pages in the first installment of The Newsflesh Trilogy

Can you guess what kind of book this is…. Zombie!

“Alive or Dead, the truth won’t rest. My name is Georgia Mason, and I am begging you. Rise up while you can.”

The year was 2014. We had cured cancer. We had beaten the common cold. But in doing so we had created something new, something terrible that no one could stop. The infection spread, virus blocks taking over bodies and minds with one, unstoppable command: FEED.

Now twenty years after the Rising, Georgia and Shaun Mason are on the trail of the biggest story of their lives – the dark conspiracy behind the infected. The truth will out, even if it kills them.

So… after reading that passage… what kind of blogger are you? We have the main protag, Georgia Mason who is a Newsie. She reports hard facts. Then there is her brother Shaun who is an Irwin. He goes out and literally pokes zombies with sticks, all while recording and posting it for the adrenaline junkies. And then we have Buffy, named after the one and only, she is our Fictional. She posts poetry, stories, and fantasy.

Almost everyone blogs in this novel… the future world is consumed by the blogging world and staying connected in society that has the fabric of life literally torn apart.

My question to you, scratch the blog you have now, if this zombie world was to actually happen, which blogger would you most likely be?

Newsies – Hard facts reporter

Stewarts – Conspiracy theorists

Irwins – Danger/thrill seekers

Aunties – Memoir, everyday life

Fictionals – Poetry, stories, fantasy

It’s hard for me to pick because I would probably want to entertain all of these ideas but I’d have to go with… uhhhh… Stewart. I’d probably be a Stewart though I’d also poke a few zombies every now and again.

Come back Friday to see what NEW Spooky blogfest lurks around the corner!

Undead Stuff

Don't deny it because I'll be the one on the car.

Just skimming the Internet the other day and BAM...

If you haven't read about this... maybe you should. Go to Z World Detroit to learn more. Maybe you can help fund this new project in the works!

Also...

Merle and his hand replacement! If you haven't watched The Walking Dead's first two seasons then you're missing out!

Nightmares, Night Mares, and Desires

I haven’t blogged since Monday! What the heck!

Good explanation... NIGHTMARES + WRITING = more NIGHTMARES!

Since I’ve signed up for that stupid awesome zombie 5k, I have had nothing but absurd dreams. First it was me falling and hurting myself. Then it was the stunt zombies turning into real zombies. Follow by just plain mass hysteria and getting attempted ankle chops. Uuuggghhh!

Lately my dreams have turned into just weird but writable. It went for NIGHTMARES to NIGHT MARES. These damned demon horses! They are dangerous – of course! But there is something so profound and beautiful.

To see a horse in your dream symbolizes strength, power, endurance, virility and sexual prowess. It also represents a strong, physical energy. You need to tame the wild forces within. The dream may also be a pun that you are "horsing around". Alternatively, to see a horse in your dream indicates that you need to be less arrogant and "get off your high horse". If the horse has two heads (one on each end), then it implies that you are being pulled into two different directions. Perhaps your strength or power is being divided. Or you are confused about some sexual matter. 

To see a black or dark horse in your dream signifies mystery, wildness, and the unknown. You are taking a chance or a gamble at some unknown situation. It may even refer to occult forces. If the horse is white, then it signifies purity, prosperity and good fortunes. To dream that you are being chased by a white horse, may be a pun on chaste. Perhaps you are having difficulties dealing with issues of intimacy and sexuality. 

To see a dead horse in your dream indicates that something in your life that initially offered you strength is now gone. This may refer to a relationship or situation. Consider the phrase "beating a dead horse" to indicate that you may have maximized the usefulness of a certain circumstance. 

To see a herd of wild horses in your dream signifies a sense of freedom and lack of responsibilities and duties. Perhaps it may also indicate your uncontrolled emotions. If you are riding a wild horse, then it represents unrestrained sexual desires. 

To dream that you are riding a horse suggests that you are in a high position or position of power. Alternatively, it indicates that you will achieve success through underhanded means. You lack integrity. If you are riding a horse that is out of control, then it means that you are being carried away by your passions.

To see an armored or medieval horse in your dream refers to your fierceness, aggression, power and/or rigidity. You may be too confrontational. Alternatively, you may be trying to protect yourself from unconscious material or sexual desires that are emerging. 

To dream that you are bathing a horse represents a renewal of strength and vigor. You are experiencing a burst of energy in some aspect of your life.

http://www.dreammoods.com/dreamthemes/animals.htm

Okay… So from the highlighted parts above I am experiencing mystery, wildness, and the unknown. à Duh! I’m going to be chased by zombie wannabe’s.

I feel freedom from doing the race but at the same time I’m experiencing a sexual desire. à Hmmmm, the last part is a common feeling.

Confrontational à Of course! Zombies don’t go away by shooting them dirty looks. And again with sexual desires!

So while you – my lovely followers and blogging community – are wondering why I’m not blogging as much lately – it’s because I’m preparing for my stupid awesome 5k, writing about my uncalming but wonderful dreams, and apparently trying to get into my husband’s pants.

What has been keeping you up lately?!

Necropocalypse & Ammo

So you are planning to survive the necropocalypse, huh? Do you have enough ammo? Are you tough enough to carry it? If you want to keep your thoughts from being food for zombies, here is some food for thought:

Ultimately, the game plan for anyone in the zombie apocalypse is pretty simple: Keep from joining the undead. So when it comes to planning the ammo in your field pack, there are a few main considerations that must be weighed when loading up your zombie backpack…

1. Weight - you need to make sure that you are not wearing yourself out carrying huge loads of ammo that may wear you out faster than you can shoot it- making your cadaver a looter’s ammo cache. (Cause we know the only use a zombie has for a bullet is through its frontal lobe, and that can’t happen if you’re too heavy to run away to safety.

2. Quantity - On the other hand, you want to make sure that you have enough ammunition so that you don’t make the classic ‘last man standing’ move that is so popular in Hollywood zombie movies.

3. Quality - Lastly, you want to make sure that you have the firepower to stop any large game or cleanly remove the medulla oblongata of any walking dead that may be thinking of inviting you for dinner.

I have compiled a small list of ammunition that you are most likely to use and encounter in your struggle for survival, so here is a simple table of rounds per weight ranging from lightest to heaviest with a few observations to help you on your way to better packing:

138rds/lb 22LR – lightest
38.25 rd/lb .223
38.25 rd/lb 9mm
28rds/lb 7.62×39
28 rds/lb .40 S&W
21rds/lb 45ACP
21 rds/lb .308
11 rd/lb 12 Ga OO –heaviest

Here are some interesting observations: You may have noticed that each rifle cartridge generally had a corresponding weight in a pistol cartridge. So according to this, .223 and 9mm may be the best value in what is considered combat loads for weight/round count.

As you will also notice, the larger shells are not taking you as far, with 12 Ga buckshot being your least weight-effective round with lethal ability. More on that later. So here is where the hard questions start coming in. How much weight can you realistically carry, or should carry in your time of need?

To answer for that, keep in mind that most soldiers in field operations in Iraq carry 6 loaded mags into combat. That is 180rds of 5.56, and approximately 4.5lbs. Less than you thought? Well, you also need to keep in mind that they are carrying at minimum 40lbs of other gear with them including food and water, and that you likely will be too- so while carrying more than 10lbs of ammo with you at any given time is not impossible, it may reduce your ability to outrun a horde of hungry brain-eaters.

Make sure that you choose wisely in your decisions on how much of what ammo to carry, and hopefully we will see you on the other side of the Necropocalypse. Maybe? Maybe not?

The First Zombie-Proof House

Safe house - Fortress - Shelter. Whatever you want to call it. I would move here in a minute.

Somehow, ritual drunk-conversation concerning team captains for the apocalypse has become a major part of the lives of 20-somethings, 30-somethings, younger, and older. Having been matured in the Grandaddy-crowned masterpiece film (put “A.M. 180” on and forget that you have a job) Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later and the best-selling Zombie Survival Guide, and don't forget Max Brook's other book, now a movie in the works, World War Z. We’re all a little too ready to deal with the 2012 of our dreams.

You think you have an overly active mind...

Yes it has a pool!

“The Safe House,” designed by KWK Promes, resembles the pictures that swirl in my head of the perfect place I'd like to call "home" during ANY type of apocalyse. 

Can I live here anyways?

Who wouldn’t feel safe in a concrete rectangle that folds in upon itself to become completely sealed? Even the windows are covered with a slab of concrete when the structure is on nap time.