Sacramento, CA Zombie Lurch Nov 4th

[lizardbreath]

Scientists warn the public that there will be a zombie infestation at 2pm on Sunday November 4th.

Biochemical conditions in the Sacramento River have created a perfect environment for the spread of "moldychlorians" - resulting in an outbreak of zombies. Perfectly normal people (that's you) will turn into blood-covered, brain-sucking fiends at exactly 2pm, November 4th in the green field at the southeast corner of Front St and I St in Old Town Sacramento. Zombie Control spe******ts will broadcast a special radio frequency to confuse their prey-seeking senses, but tests have proven that duct tape placed in an X on a person's torso can deflect these waves and cause a zombie attack. The zombies are predicted to follow a path from Old Town Sacramento, through the Downtown Mall and down the K Street Mall to the Crest Theater.

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What the heck is a Zombie Lurch?

Click here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_walk

Interested?

More information to follow. This event is open to anyone of any age. If you are interested in helping with make-up, please make a post to this message.

[lizardbreath]

This just in: Reliable sources from the Zombie Control Board have released the exact location of the initial and terminal zombie migration points.

At 2pm on November 4th, 2007, zombies can be expected to congeal on the lawn at the south east corner of Front Street & I Street in Old Town Sacramento.

Click here for satellite image
http://maps.yahoo.com/broadband#mvt=h&tp=undefined&tt=NWC&q1=Front%20St%20At%20I%20St,%20Sacramento,%20CA%20 95814&trf=0&lon=-121.502459&lat=38.582367&mag=2

The migrating mob will turn about at the Crest theater on 1013 K St and return to Old Town.

Click here for satellite image:
http://maps.yahoo.com/broadband#mvt=h&tp=undefined&tt=NWC&gid1=21765169&q1=1013%20K%20st,%20sacramento,%20ca&trf=0&lon=-121.493554&lat=38.57928&mag=2

Please monitor this forum vigilantly for more developing information regarding exact migration path and important zombie announcements!

Thank you,
Lizardbreath

[Pilgrymm]

You can expect IZTAD to be there!

http://www.iztad.net

I posted your info in the blog.

[lizardbreath]

1. Zombies don't run. You know how stiff you are when you get up in the morning? Try getting up when you're dead! Running and rigor mortis just don't mix, despite what some movies have depicted. Slow and lurchy wins the brains.

2. Zombies don't climb. Zombies have a kitten-like curiosity and will claw after anything interesting- even if completely out of reach. That is where the similarity between kittens and zombies begins and ends, however. Well, except they both eat dead things... and have weird eyes... Hmm...

3. Zombies are good citizens. Zombies don't like to litter or harm the property of the living. Oh sure, sometimes they drop an appendage or two, but they'll generally pick up after themselves and save it for later.
Vandalism attracts unwanted hostile attention and scares off the food... er, people. Zombies are very careful not to leave blood red, gangrene green and/or bloodclot black marks on their environment or the living.

4. Zombies are hungry, but confused. Scientists have discovered a radio frequency that short-circuits the senses zombies rely on for feeding and broadcast it secretly in public areas across the country. Zombies will not attack a living person, with one exception- Duct tape applied in a cross across the torso of a living being seems to disrupt the waves and allow supernature to take its course.

Zombies do not chase people otherwise. They do not frighten children or walk toward people who are trying to stay away. They also do not block doorways and always obey traffic signals.

5. Authority figures are secret zombie leaders. We listen to them. If they tell us to disperse, we disperse and unlive to lurk another day.

[lizardbreath]

The undead of Sacramento shall rise... RISE and WALK!!! Mwah-ha-ha-ha!!!

And then they'll DANCE!

9pm on Sunday, November 4th, just hours after zombies have flooded the sidewalks and pathways of Downtown, they will descend upon the dark heart of Sacramento known as THE ASYLUM (1890 Arden Wy, Sacramento).

http://www.asylumnetwork.com

There, greeted by thumping goth/industrial melodies of despair and angst tortured into existance by the twisted DJ Bryan Hawk, we'll all get to know our fellow undead a little better.

Show up dressed to kill... and eat.
-Brains, that is.

-Lizardbreath

[lizardbreath]

A zombie-culture spe******t in northern Europe reveals the secret sequence of movements involved in the zombie's territorial dance.

Mistress Tess explains the step-by-step movements involved in the often seen, but rarely understood phenomenon: Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video.

See and learn
http://www.tess-impersonates-mj.com/school.htm

Use your new zombie moves at the Official Zombie Lurch After-Party at the Asylum, inside the Bar Code on 1890 Arden Way, Sacramento!

http://www.asylumnetwork.com/

See you there!
-Lizardbreath
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[lizardbreath]

Last night, the twisted minds who bring you the Sacramento Trash Film Orgy caused midtown to erupt into a zomie breakout! Zombies lurched a figure-8 path from Sub Q on 17th and I St to the Torch Club on 15th and I, moaning and staggering as they passed galleries, bands and restaurant-goers.

It was great!

Trash Film Orgy site: http://trashfilmorgy.com/

Some zombies found it hard to express themselves beyond lurching and looking gorey, though. Maybe their jaws were rotting off, maybe they just didn't know what to say, so I thought I'd post a Zombie Service Announcement on suggested zombie vocalizations.

ZOMBIE CALLS:

(caller) “What we want? (zombies) Brains! (caller) When we want? (zombies) Now!!”

(caller) “Gimme a AAAUUGH! (zombies) AAAUUGH! (caller) Gimme a (insert various moans here, etc.)! (zombies) (you get the idea)!”

(to the tune of left, left, left-right-left) Aaaagh, aaaagh, aaaagh-BRAINS!-aaaagh!

GOOD ZOMBIE ONE-LINERS:

(Zombie points at person and identifies type of brain) “Young fresh brains!” “Dehydrated brains!” “Hot brains!” “hairy brains” “man brains” “woman brains” etc.

Give brains! Brains for poor zombie...

You out of college, not need brains anymore

Death hurt! Need brains! Brains good...

If zombie say you have tasty brain, you hold it against zombie?

October 20th will be another Zombie Walk downtown. Check it out at: http://www.zombiewalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1036

And keep checking back for more info on this Zombie Lurch on October 4th, 2pm on the lawn in Old Town. Come zombie-ized!

-Lizardbreath

[RockstarZombie]

I am so excited for this!! This will be my first ever Zombie walk and Im totally stoked.

[lizardbreath]

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Doctors of zombie dermatology can now fully explain the evolution of a human's appearance as they undergo the transformation from living being to UNLIVING being.

1. The "moldychlorians" infect the living person, causing the major skin surfaces to suddenly lose blood flow. The person quickly loses all skin color.

2. Once the blood ceases to flow to the surface of the dermis, gangrene soon develops in areas where blood tends to collect and the flesh turns green here.

3. The muscles around soft organs like the eyes, so close to the skin surface, are overwhelmed by rigor mortis, forming dark circles around the entire eye socket area.

4. Sphincter muscles like the lips lose circulation and turn blue, and later black with rigor mortis. An immense appetite for BRAINS develops and overwhelms all impulses to abide common table ettiquette.

[lizardbreath]

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This is it! Tomorrow is the big day! Zombies will lurch through Old Town and Downtown Sacramento starting at 2pm.

Please remember the Daylight Savings time change tomorrow. Everything will happen at what would seem to be 1 hour late. If you don't change your clocks tonight, 2pm will show as 3pm tomorrow.

See you there!
-Lizardbreath

Please feel free to PM me if you have any questions about this event.

[lizardbreath]

Good times! That was a blast!

Click here for the news coverage by local news channel 10:
http://www.news10.net/video/player_news10.aspx?aid=47723&bw=

Here are some pointers on organizing a Zombie Walk gathered from my limited experience:

1. Good weather is everything. It's no fun to walk in inclement weather and it's no fun to be the only one out on the streets because of inclement weather.

2. Establish the rules early on to make sure everyone plays safe and nobody gets sued. Have fliers. Read the rules aloud before the walk.

3. Pick a walk with lots of restaurants and foot-traffic. Restaurants with patio dining are particularly fun.

4. Promote early, promote often, but get confirmations from at least 8 people who swear to be there. That way at least 4 will show up. Most folks won't heckle 4 or more zombies. When you get stragglers, that's when some of the uppity onlookers will get the cajones to give your zombies guff. That can be scary. Some folks feed on it, I don't prefer it personally.

5. Pick a grassy starting place. There will be blood, lots of blood as people are gore-ing up. You don't want to be responsible for red stains on some retailer's parking lot (really, they notice these things).

6. Have at least one other Zombie Marshal to control the mob at street crossings and obstacles, should they arise.

7. Walk your walk before you commit to what path you will take. Don't plan on holding folks for longer than an hour and a half. People appreciate when the walk is a loop that ends near where they parked.

8. Commit to your walk. Even if it's just 4 of you, do it. I had 5 people join mid-walk and I imagine that's not an unusual thing.

9. Having a cause can't hurt. Folks who don't immediately get why you would want to do a Zombie Walk will probably be easier persuaded if there is a cause attached- like a canned food drive or fund raiser or something. That way, when their co-workers look at them weird for participating in a Zombie Walk, they can say "Hey, it's for a good cause!"

Feel free to PM me with questions and comments,
-Lizardbreath