"Walking" back into town

Shane couldn't believe what he was hearing, seeing. How could that crazy old man actually keep the filthy walking dead locked in his barn? Didn't he know what a huge danger they were to everyone there?? The walkers, their name for the re-animated bodies of the dead, had no humanity left in them. They no longer carried the memories, personalities of what made them human. Animals. That's all they were now. And dangerous ones too. Shane knew all of that. He had lost everyone to them. Everyone except his best friend Rick and his family, and the rag tag group of survivors that now made up his family.

Now that family was in danger, all because the insane old man who had let them find refuge at his farm didn't have the guts to put down his friends and family when they were infected. Of course that wasn't them, Shane knew, but apparently old Hershel didn't.

Shane decided to end the danger now, before anyone was hurt. He stormed out towards the barn, screaming at Hershel and Rick, this was over. Smashing open the locks to the barn, he backed away and waited for the dead to exit. As they did, Shane used his pistol to pick off each and every one with a clean shot to the head. The others gathered around, and seeing the oncoming danger, had no choice but to open fire as well. There must have been 25 or 30 of them. Finally, the last ones staggered forward and fell almost immediately. Just when all grew quiet, one more stumbled into the bright summer light.

It was a small girl, 6 years old. Blond hair, now dirty, just like the rest of her. Her eyes had turned the white of the infected. A wave of shock hit everyone present as they realized who it was. It was Sophia, Carol's daughter, who had gone missing in the woods a few days earlier after the group had narrowly escaped being attacked by a zombie horde. They had been searching for her every day since then. Now, with a wave of anguish, they realized they had found her.

Shane couldn't move. Paralyzed, he watched at she limped forward, listened to her animal-like growl. He had killed more walkers than he could count, without hesitating. But he'd never known who they were before they'd turned. He'd just seen them as the revolting monsters they were. To be exterminated without question. But now it was different. Before him was the once innocent young daughter of Carol, a member of his new family, whose pain he knew must be unbearable in this moment as she too watched her daughter, or rather what used to be her daughter, move towards them.

All he could do was watch, as if the world had frozen in time, the only movement the slow shuffle of Sophia, and now Rick as he moved forward and placed himself in front of her, only feet away. Shane just watched as he raised his powerful revolver, took aim, and pulled back the trigger.

 

The Walking Dead is back. 

The Final Week

The whole city was deserted.
The freezing air blew eerily across Utah State campus.
Thousands and thousands were gone.
Those that remained wandered lifelessly over the abandoned streets.
Moaning and snarling, they dragged their bodies to the end...

Zombie Apocalypse? I wish.

No, it was the end of FINALS WEEK!!!

Can you believe it?!? It's OVER!!! It's all OVER!!! Muhahaha!!!

And before you say I've gone crazy, you try trudging through a whole week having one final, every day, until Friday, while every day leading up to it more and more people announce to you, "I'm done!" and you must in turn respond, "I have until Friday..." and they will inevitably reply with feigned pity and pretend sadness (they don't care, they're done!) But now, even I can say with pride...

I MADE IT!!!!

Actually to be honest, it wasn't that hard. I did awesome on all my finals. My classes this semester weren't really that challenging and frankly I'm gonna miss most of them. I had great professors and friends in most classes that I won't get to see that often anymore. And things are changing.

I'm getting two new roommates. Clint and Cade have already left. I'm gonna miss Clint, he was an awesome guy. Cade was cool too, but we really didn't see him that often. He was really good about paying his part of the utilities on time though.

Melissa, one of my best friends in the whole wide world, left to go student teach at Layton (It's Layton right Melissa?), that's gonna be weird, not having her around...(Note to Melissa: You're gonna do great! I believe in you!)

Then a bunch of friends I've gotten to know pretty well from my ward are leaving, and new classes are starting, and a new year, with new challenges and trials, adventures and experiences...

Well, you know what they say, the only real constant thing is change (They say that right? Am I making that up?)

Sadly, before all of that happens, and even before this wonderful Christmas holiday, I'm still stuck here a whole week for stinkin' work. Stupid work. I don't know what the heck I'll do with myself while I'm not working.

I guess now is the time to start that new hobby I've been talking about.

Until next time...wanna do something with me?

Geez Cam, enough with the Zombies!

I'm hooked on a new show.

Mike got me hooked on it. 

It's called "The Walking Dead"

And its about Zombies. 

Surprise!

I know, I have a weird obsession. 

I know right?

Yes. I am still alive.

I know right?

I really didn't think I would make it this far.

To Friday.

Beside the fact that I have indeed been working very hard to stay alive during the day on campus, I feel like I don't deserve the congratulations.

I haven't been able to participate in as many night missions as I would like, and that's the games are won or lost. In the night missions you earn advantages for your team.

I could be a better human.

And tomorrow I will be. I'm going to the night mission.

It could be suicide, but I don't care, I have to fight for the human race. Be on offense, instead of defense.

I've also decided that if I get caught, I will not become a zombie. I will consider myself dead, maimed beyond repair. I've just fought as a human for too long, cheered for them, with them, and helped them. I just couldn't do it.

But I won't  be caught, so that won't be problem.

Wish me luck everybody.

Guess what?

I'm still alive.

Yep, I survived another day of the Zombie Apocalypse.

Today was harder. More zombies. Lots of classes.

I lost my best friend and roommate to the Zombie Horde. R.I.P. Mike...

Not sure how long I can keep this up, the human numbers are dwindling.

But tomorrow is a new day.

That means more running.

I'm Baaaack!

I survived Zombie Apocalypse Day 2

Today was way easy

I got dropped off after work right at the building of my next class,

After work there was a campus-wide safe zone (humans are safe, zombies can't touch them) in order for the humans to make it to the Colosseum games at the Quad

I participated in the Games, I almost won too

Then class again at a building right next to the Quad

Then after class another campus-wide safe zone because some club was bringing guns on campus and they didn't want anybody getting confused and shot

So I went home

Easy day to survive

Tomorrow however, is a different story

Just so you know...

I survived day 1

It was no easy task

From the first step I took on campus I was on the run

My strategy was stealth and speed, using the buildings (safe zones) to travel across campus, or as I call it "building hopping"

I had a few scares, but luckily never got tagged

I feel pretty good about surviving day one and all except...

Tomorrow is another day

Wish me luck

They're here....THEY'RE COMING!!!

I'm gonna need lots of ammo...
I wish I could run faster...I should have done more cardio to prepare...
Campus is going to be a crazy mess...
Where's my map? I need to map out my course...
I need to find a posse for protection...
Sweating bullets...white knuckles clutching my Nerf blaster...
Are they around this corner?...Or this corner?...
Why is my next class so far away?!
I hear them.
Running behind me.
I must survive.
THEY'RE COMING

Yes folks, this week is Humans vs. Zombies here at Utah State. If you don't know what it is, its basically a huge game of tag between "Humans" and "Zombies". The game starts out with just a few zombies and hundreds of humans. You go through your normal day with classes and whatnot, only every time you step out of a building on campus...you're free game. The humans can use Nerf guns and sock balls to "stun" the Zombies for 15 minutes. All the Zombie has to do it tag you, and you become a member of the "Zombie Horde", furiously feasting on human flesh in order to not die from starvation. In addition to regular activities on campus, the Humans also participate in special "missions" each night in order to earn prizes valuable to the game. Needless to say, this is the most epic game of tag you've ever seen or heard of. And I'm a part of it. Yes, last week I registered and I'm starting out as a Human. Only problem is I still don't have my arsenal, my darts and weapons, so my roommate Mike and I are going to buy everything tonight after midnight (cause you know, todays Sunday...I know, its not something we should do every week...) After that we're going up to campus to map out our courses between classes. I need to get a map...We have to be ready, because starting at 8 am tomorrow, the war begins...