I used to be like, no zombies. The very idea of zombies freaked me out.
Vampires are people who attack people, drinking their blood is weird but it's not horrifying, no more than just being attacked and murdered. And you can talk to a vampire like a person. They are practically human.
Ghosts are freaky, I guess, because they mess with your head, what you see, what you hear. And the idea of a ghost, a spirit that lives after the death of the body, that's something I think about, it's interesting.
A zombie is the opposite of a ghost, right? All body, no spirit. No identity, no sense. Just a rotting corpse wandering around with no purpose, just the memory of being and a deep, unending hunger. Not crazy about that. Don't really want to think about it.
Except, now, for the metaphor. That society has broken down, due to a virus, a plague, God forbid, fungus. Our kid has us all watching The Last of Us together. It's not really about "the infected" is it? It's about the last of us, and we have been infected with something else.
There is no utopian future. All the good things science fiction promised us will never happen. It is all about disintegration, and what we do to each other as it happens.
So, anyway, that's why the Zombies, Run app. I'm into zombies now, because I think I am one.
Information Exchange 0117
Distance: 3.25 miles
Duration: 28:46
Pace: 8:51
Missed a day, could not be helped. Next week, we need to be out of the house by 6:00 AM. Can I get fifteen runs in September?
Fall '25 Workout
Thunderstruck - AC/DC
Tesla - Mau P
Is Everybody Having Fun? - John Summit ft. Gorgon City & rhys from the sticks
Tambourine - The Dare
Stop Playing With Me - Tyler, The Creator
dashstar* - VIP - Knock2
Notorious - Malaa
Bangarang - Skrillex ft. Sirah
So Pretty - Reyanna Maria
Kyoto - Skrillex ft. Sirah
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 73°
Climate: sunny & warm
Mood: all right
Stretches: yes -- not enough, though
Water: yes
Weight: 160 lbs.
I have been this weight, more or less, since February. I often gain weight during the September rehearsal period. Consistency. Mindfulness. I'm never hungry. Often, I am bored.
Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes
Sit-Ups: TBA
Update (later that same day): For the first time, one of my posts has been flagged for sensitive content warning:
"This post was put behind a warning for readers because it contains sensitive content as outlined in Blogger’s Community Guidelines." I have not edited the original post. Can you figure out what the
content advisory regards? Because I am flummoxed.
Update 9/21/2025: No longer flagged, no explanation. Weird.
