zombies and bloody ice cream!

It all began at 7 AM with Bill and Toony making a zombie movie.

Of course, I didn't see any of that until 3 hours later.

That scene is near the end of "Toon In With Me", when they're screening their film to adoring fans and Bash Hashtag.

Just what was the premise for their masterpiece?

 

Well, it was something I think many of us could relate to: "Office Zombies".

That's right, the undead were taking care of all those red-tape jobs that slow us down from getting on with our lives!

Hahahaha!

Boy do I know that frustration, having spent 7 hours on the phone with UHC last week about the unwanted change to my Medicare Advantage plan.

Fortunately, my last call was directly to Medicare.

One call, one person (Alfredo Cruze), and the problem was resolved.

I'm so glad this continued government shutdown didn't keep that person from doing his job!

 

I had another zombie film - amazingly, set in an office, partly - after WNS.

This was Wednesday, after all, so a trip to Asbury Memorial set up for dinner.

So good to spend time with Sherry G and Lowell, getting to know these transplants from Thomasville, a town I've been through often!

Then, I finished my peach cobbler talking with Pam and Walt again! 

Chicken Marsala was the entree, though I let someone else have my mushrooms.

After all the news from my ex about life in the fungi, I just don't find them appealing.

How could I eat music-lovers like me?

(smile!)

Back at home again, I launched into the first movie of the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, having specifically saved it for this zombie movie day...

bwah hah hah!!!

The Cornetto trilogy were three films written by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg, all directed by Wright and starring Pegg with a varying cast, but always having Nick Frost in a buddy role. 

Titled "Shaun Of The Dead", it came out in 2004.

The two men were in their early 30's then. 

Simon was a bit of a slacker, but not nearly so much as Nick was.

In fact, they are both such slackers that they don't even realize that the zombie apocalypse has arrived until it comes in their front door... which they'd left unlocked, despite numerous warnings from their flatmate.

Then it's up to them to save a handful of folks, including Nick's ex-girlfriend and his mom. 

Pretty funny stuff!

The next Cornetto film was "Hot Fuzz" in 2007.

This time, Simon is a gung-ho city cop sent to chill out in a small country town and Nick, the slacker son of the police chief, becomes his partner.

Nick has seen every buddy cop movie out there and sets about catching up Simon to how that vibe works, especially with "Bad Boys II".

I really loved that Pegg-Frost comedy!

I saw it yesterday evening.

The last film of the Cornetto trilogy was "The World's End", from 2013.

I'm certain I saw that one during the pandemic.

It was about a group of folks trying to make it to a bar with that moniker, all while the world was falling apart at the seams from an alien invasion.

So, what's different about that non-trilogy movie, "Paul"? 

"Paul" is the one that started my run on Pegg-Frost buddy flicks.

I watched it on Monday, as there was naught else on TV... and loved it!!!

I chose it because I thought I remembered the scifi spoof playing out in Pooler a couple of years ago, but I'd missed it.

Well, it came out in 2011, so it certainly wouldn't have been that recent.

However, it takes two geeks from England, in America for a nerd convention and then a road trip to hit scifi hotspots, like Area 51.

Their trip gets derailed when they come across an actual alien!

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost wrote that screenplay, and had Greg Mottola direct.

Truly hilarious!!!

That's when I noticed Peacock currently has two movies of the "Blood and Ice Cream" trilogy in their line-up, so I've added these to the "My Stuff" bin there.

Oh, yes, I feel sure I'll be seeing them again!

It's football season and I'm quite disappointed how many nights that sport is taking up space on television.

Good to have viewing options! 

That said, I'm off to watch the World Series!

The Toronto Blue Jays are up against the Los Angeles Dodgers - so it's truly a WORLD series of baseball games, not just a United States series.

Go, Blue Jays!

shotgun on a Wednesday afternoon

Woohoo!
I got my car back and still had some off-time before the start of classes on Monday! So, my zombie-killing, huggable Hai went with me southward to slay the undead. Oh, yeah!
That's me, holding my pump-action shotgun, got my gun at the ready, gonna fire at will, 'cause I shoot to thrill and I'm ready to kill, and I can't get enough and I can't get my fill - oops! You caught me jammin to AC/DC! Hey, it seems appropriate and the music ROCKS!

And here's Hai, blasting away at those oozing, rotting, bloody, brain-seeking creatures. That THAT!, foul creatures, and THAT! Bwah ha ha!!!

Yeah, it was a really fun day! We ate buffalo bites and philly cheeseburgers! We drank beer and raced fast cars! We rode throbbing motocycles in the snow and grabbed 1000 tickets from the pirate treasure chest!
And we killed zombies in the II, III, and 4 Houses of the Dead!
Oh, Yeah!
Then we made it back to town in time for the PFS Wednesday Night Flick at The 'Bean! The title immediately lets you know what lies ahead: "Live Like A Cop, Die Like A Man".
Wow! It was a good one, too, a 1976 action movie, shot in Italy, starring lots of foreigners, and dubbed in English. What a schlockfest! I kept thinking about the Ambiguously Gay Duo every time the two male leads hopped on the motorcycle - very funny! It didn't help that they were too pretty to be cops and had perfectly coiffed hair the whole time. Like I said, very funny and great fun!
Thanks, Hai, for an awesome day!

hopeful 4 a cure

This film resonated with me. I'm not usually a fan of horror movies, or zombie flicks, or scenes featuring repeated close-ups of decaying flesh. I don't mind shooting at zombies - oh, no, THAT is rather enjoyable and a great release of energy! I just don't want to watch them, on a large screen, for more than about 15 minutes.
That is decidely not the case here. I have seen "Warm Bodies" for my third time today. Yes, you read that correctly: my THIRD time. Thrice, I have paid good money to sit in a cinema and watch a movie about zombies. Odd, right? None the less, it IS a really good movie and it DOES have a lot to say about longing and loneliness and love.
Trust me, I tried to resist it, but the taglines kept tugging at my subconscious. "Cold body. Warm heart." "He's still dead, but he's getting warmer." "There's nothing hotter than a girl with brains." (Actually, I don't recall seeing that last one, but it's listed and sounded cool, so I reprinted it here.)
"Cold body. Warm Heart." Oh, really? Just how does THAT work in the land of zombies? Sounds like he might be a bit conflicted about his status. And who says he has a warm heart?
"He's still dead, but he's getting warmer." So, he's coming back to life, is that what is happening here? Apparently so. It's a surprise to the character, too, to realize while walking in the rain that the rain feels cold - but how could that be? He's dead, right? Right?
Apparently, he's just a little unwell, waiting for a change, waiting for a cure that he didn't even know existed.
I can totally relate.
He uses music - actual albums and a turntable from who knows where - to link him to the world he can't quite recall. He doesn't even remember his name, just the shadow of it. He doesn't recall how he ended up roaming the airport with all the other zombies, all the others in the same - or even worse - condition in this sad, new world. But he's set up camp in one of the airplanes, nesting there with all the items that have caught his eye during his rounds. He listens to Dylan and Springsteen and Waite and Orbison, songs of longing and loneliness and love.
He's even managed to find a zombie to call a friend. Someone to grunt at and have almost-conversations. Someone to look at and see himself reflected in their eyes. Someone to remind him that he was once human.
He knows he's in limbo, waiting, waiting.
I totally get that.
Limbo is a difficult place, neither here nor there, just... in between.
I miss touch. I miss kisses. I miss cuddling up with someone special.
Limbo.
For a while last summer, I was definitely getting warmer.
Then the holidays came and the warmth left and the cold returned.
R reminded me that the warmth is still inside me, waiting to be released.
I just hope I will get warm again soon.
I just hope that I will.
I just hope.