Zombie Walk results….good for the soul!

6. June 2009 by Bex.

It turns out that attending a Zombie Walk was extremely therapeutic.  I needed a good laugh and I also needed to force myself out of my comfort zone.

I posted on the Kansas City group on Flickr about this and met up with a few of the wonderful people who frequent that group.  By watching them, I felt more comfortable to walk up to strangers and take their photos.  I have a really hard time doing that.  I also knew a couple of the zombies, who were absolutely hilarious.  There were zombies of all kinds: Santa Claus, nurses, Shaun of the Dead replete with cricket bat, a Smoker and Hunter from Left 4 Dead and even a guy with an Evil Dead lunch box.  A man after my own heart….err, brain.

The best part of the whole walk was that not only did we walk through the First Fridays fancy art crowd, but we also hit a Gay Pride street party.  Zombies + gays + techno music + snobs = a freakin’ blast.  A very kick ass street DJ kicked some Thriller for us as we went past.  There were cheers, laughter, sneers, looks of disgust and a few shrieks from the crowd.  If you ever have a chance to watch or participate in something like this, I highly recommend it.

Since I over think everything and tend to live inside my Emo brain, I learned something from this whole event.  I’ve been sitting around my house, waiting for people to want to hang out with me, wanting to do something different.  I got tired of waiting for last minute invitations.  I was so geeked yesterday because of the Imagekind thing and I was surprised that the people I really counted on as friends, couldn’t have cared less.  I guess it’s a schadenfreunde situation; when something goes really well for me, I can’t find many people to celebrate with.  Maybe when my health is bad and I’m miserable, I make people feel better about themselves.  Hahahaaa, anyways.  It’s my fault for not being more outgoing and trying to branch out with people of similar interests.  I can’t change people into the friends I’m looking for.  That would be….stupid!

Here are some photos from the night.  For more, see www.flickr.com/photos/ndbex.  The first one is of the KC mayor, who just faced a recount petition.  He and his wife are not very well liked in the city with some people although I think he’s a pretty good mayor.  He and the City Council just need to quit bickering like children and get onto real business.  GO FUNKHOUSER!   Have a good weekend everyone!  I’m off to a cookout.  Tschus!

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