Concepts in the Paradox » doom http://markballew.com/blog The writing of Mark Ballew Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:53:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 My first kitty died http://markballew.com/blog/2006/11/09/my-first-kitty-died/ http://markballew.com/blog/2006/11/09/my-first-kitty-died/#comments Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:44:31 +0000 MarkBallew http://markballew.com/blog/2006/11/09/my-first-kitty-died/ My first kitty, who lived with my mom in Carson City for the past 18 years, had to be put down today. She wasn’t eating and had gotten really skinny.

I don’t even have a digital picture of her to post. :(

My mom still has 4 cats, but now she is one kitty less. *sigh*.

2h15m until ZG. I’m gonna need to start drinking before I even head out.

]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/markballew.com/blog/p=95 2 Some direction http://markballew.com/blog/2006/10/25/some-direction/ http://markballew.com/blog/2006/10/25/some-direction/#comments Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:29:29 +0000 MarkBallew http://markballew.com/blog/2006/10/25/some-direction/ It looks like my parents are coming up this weekend to check out my new place. I have everything pretty much clean, or at a point where I could quickly clean up any little messes. I’m totally digging having a bed to lay on and a sofa to slack on. It makes coming home much nicer.

Tomorrow is ZG night, er… well, L13 night this time around. My southbay friend Nathan says he likes L13 more (I think his gf likes it more, actually), so we’ll give L13 a shot. It takes me about 2 minutes to get there if Muni Metro is working properly, so it is actually easier for me to get there. Booze anyone? Remember that they don’t serve food there, so no yummy burgers. 8pm.

I’m feeling a much better, thanks for all the positive comments. Sometimes I feel like the world is just doomed, and it doesn’t matter if it is actually doomed or not, but rather it matters that I move forward in some direction. Sometimes at work I sit idle and lost, and that’s when the doom settles back in.

]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/markballew.com/blog/p=91 1 Zombies attack San Francisco!!! http://markballew.com/blog/2006/08/19/zombies-attack-san-francisco/ http://markballew.com/blog/2006/08/19/zombies-attack-san-francisco/#comments Sun, 20 Aug 2006 04:15:47 +0000 MarkBallew http://markballew.com/blog/2006/08/19/zombies-attack-san-francisco/ I was on my way to return some items to CompUSA, when I noticed folks standing about Market Street with duct tape “X” symbols on them. “What could that mean?” I thought. I took a photo just in case it was a new fad.



A couple sporting duct tape

The Powell cable car turn around became very silent, perhaps eerily so. Little did I know that such markings meant that they were the next to be attacked by zombies!



Zombies devowering their brainy prey

It was a sight to be seen. Luckly, I had decided to not wear duct tape that day, so I was simply sniffed for my brains, but not eaten and turned into one of those blood lusting fiends. There were other humans around, mostly tourists, but there was one man who knew that the zombies were there because our sins. God hates zombies, after all.





God hates zombies protester (he was later eaten)

Sensing fresh brains near by, the hord of zombies headed up Powell Street…




The zombies head up Powell in search of fresh brains

From there they crowded on to Union Square, where a band happened to be playing. From there they frenzied into a dance while consuming duct-taped victums. It was chaos, pure chaos, but luckily I survived to bring you this photographic evidence.





The final frenzy and brain eating spree

After this horrific photography of todays events, you must be wondering, How can I prevent zombie attacks? What do I do in the event a zombie horde appears while I’m shopping?

First of all, don’t panic.

Second of all, make sure you’ve memorized the How to Survive a Zombie Attack guide.

Three, have your preparedness kit.

And finally, watch your local news for zombie-related events.



Tune into GETV for late breaking zombie news

Photos (c) Mark Ballew, Meme created by EatBrains. See complete photo set.

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