Thursday, April 19, 2012

Josteled from Youtube

I was at my desk watching Youtube when it first happened, surrounded by grey cubical walls, and Monday laden coworkers.  I wasn't supposed to be watching Youtube, but I guess those rules are a little meaningless now.  I've tried to think of what movie I was watching, but I honestly can't remember.  Maybe something with a Sesame Street character... or babies.  I've tried at night while falling to sleep in an attempt to remember what life was like before... well before my attention was commanded away from Youtube.

My workspace was two cubicals and a wide walkway from the window.  The thud against that window was loud enough that I could hear it through my headphones.  I still remember thinking that Mike must have bumped his chair against it again, but then I heard another thud.  Taking off my headphones, I cocked my head around the grey wall to see what the noise was.

I'd always joked about it happening.  We talked about it like it was an inevitability.  We made movie parodies, sang songs, and even read books on how to prepare for it, but it was really more a joke than an actual fear.  Yet, there, at the window, stood what the jokes had all been about.  It had come, and it didn't matter then, just like it doesn't matter now, how it started, or how it's possible.  What mattered, and what still matters, is running, surviving, saving loved ones, and letting go of who you can't save.  There at the thick paned window was a rotting rendition of what was a human.  I ran.  We all ran.  And we haven't been able to stop since.

10 comments:

  1. I am so excited to see what comes from this! I love me some zombie!

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    1. I don't think I'll keep running with this one, but I thought up a new zombie thing I wanna do. I'll have to tell you about it sometime.

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    1. Aren't they though? That's what makes them so great.

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  3. The inevitable Zombie Apocalypse...

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    1. Yep. It's coming, we might as well be ready.

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  4. I agree with Sherilin.. creepy.. but well written.

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    1. Thanks. I've never done anything with zombies, but have always been fascinated by them.

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  5. I was expecting a joke but I was surprised.

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    1. Haha. After some of my other stuff, I can see how that might happen. I haven't thought of anything funny in a while...

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