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Ain't blackberries useful? I can blog from the middle of nowhere, as long as it's within range of a cell tour.

Our household is all safe. A... racket outside at about 4AM woke us up, and, upon realizing the extent of the chaos on the internet, we decided it was better to risk overreacting and took an impromptu camping trip.

I just worry that tent walls won't provide much protection against those... things.

I've never thought much of zombies. It seemed a terribly improbable End Of The World As We Know It probability. But the idea of baby zombies creeps me the hell out.

I hope I don't have to see that.

If any of you all want to join us, email me at my LJ address. All things considered, I think we have a decent defensible spot.

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Beeb is chewing on my leg. Just teething, but it's freaking me out. I wish she'd stop.

The highway is upwind from us, so while we see the occasional... thing... shamble by, they aren't noticing us.

I can't get ahold of my family. The San Diego Zoo main number seems to be busy. I wonder why? My mom left for Europe the other day, so perhaps she is ok. hideousallusion - are you ok? Have you heard anything?

It's damn hot, and Leif is whiny and miserable. So are all the rest of us, to be fair.

I just hope this blows over and they have a world to go back to. I wonder if my mom felt this way, living with small kids at a probable Ground Zero during the Cold War?

I wonder if aikido is effective against zombies? We grabbed my new bokken, which koyote just finished the other day. It's gorgeous. If I have to go out, it may as well be while fighting off the undead with a really pretty big stick.

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A zombie attacked.

Beeb apparently decided her tooth hurt just as one was passing by on the highway, and her screams drew its attention.

Aikido works surprisingly well against zombies. They're the perfect uke - pure momentum, with no resistance or fear of injury. I threw one down the hill, which didn't stop it of course, but gave koyote enough chance to get off a shot in the head.

Perfect uke, except for the whole business with the necrotizing skin sloughing off. Now I have zombie goop on my hands. Yuck. I washed it off as best I could in the creek.

Is that enough to give me whatever it is? I didn't get bitten, but I'm not feeling quite right. Maybe that's just from participating in in killing (re-killing? Disanimating?) a guy, even if it was self defense and he was dead anyways.

I think we're heading further off road. If it weren't for Beeb, or if she were a little older, I'd tell them to leave me. But I don't know if they'll be able to find formula or anything else appropriate to feed her and I know koyote wouldn't leave her with me.

If I do have it, can she catch it from me by eating?

I wish he'd take them. Leif at least. I cat stand the idea of his last experience being me turning on him.

He says he'll take me off and shoot me before it gets to that. I hope it doesn't. I hope I'm just being a hypochondriac as usual.

In any case, my reception is at one bar as it is, and I expect we'll be out of range entirely shortly. I'll get word out when I can. I hope you all are alright.

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Ok, no more zombie deal. We're all safe or I ate the family for dinner, whichever you prefer.

Teething baby in a heat wave is a special kind of hell. We finally stuck her in the car and that put her to sleep. She's still in her car seat until she wakes up, at which point hopefully I'll be able to put her back to sleep again, as opposed to the nurse for 30 seconds, pop off the boob and scream, repeat infinitely stuff she was doing earlier.

I really do feel a little zombieish.