As far as holidays go, I've always loved Halloween and I get seriously jazzed about pumpkins, haunted hayrides and costume parties. Oh, and Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Lattes - there's no better way to ingest the season. For me, there's something really magical about Halloween. I suppose I've always been fascinated by the supernatural and mythical creatures (in a Harry Potter/Twilight kind of way, not in a Dungeons & Dragons/Lord of the Rings kind of way).
But I'll tell you what I don't find fascinating: ZOMBIES. Those brain-eating bastards ruin my Halloween spirit. Unlike vampires, werewolves, ghosts, goblins & witches, there's no magic, mystery or fun with zombies. They just walk around aimlessly looking for more brains. I find them boring and totally unattractive, and I take issue with the fact that the networks show so many zombie movies during October. Unfortunately, my kid LOVES zombie movies and believes that under the right circumstances, a zombie apocalypse is a perfectly plausible outcome to a "vaccine gone wrong" or a "rogue virus" (I blame X-Box). Debating this issue has proven to be exhausting so I told him that if zombies ever come knocking in our door, I'll tell them that his brain is WAY more tender than mine. FYI, did you know that Ty Burrell (Phil Dunphy from Modern Family) starred in Dawn of the Dead?
"YOU take out the garbage, Claire!"
I'm with you, Mrs. B. Zombies lack the "emotional depth" I have come to require from my characters. Vampires, werewolves, witches...they all have that duality thing working for them. Zombies...they just lack texture (unlike your pork tenderloins, from what I hear)...LOL
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