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I posted it here, where regular readers said nice things about it and then I carried on writing silly Sweet Valley High posts, sort of forgetting about it. A few months later it went viral after being posted on Reddit, as is the way with things these days, which led to a lesson in watermarking, after seeing my uncredited work reblogged all over Tumblr and pinned all over Pinterest and popping up on Imgur, most of the time with \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thelandofmaps.tumblr.com\/post\/51250080721\/zombie-survival-map-for-dungarvan-co-waterford\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ecredit\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/r\/mapporn\/oKTrMQD\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eto\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/themaefive.tumblr.com\/post\/52965952765\/mapsontheweb-zombie-survival-map-for-dungarvan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emindhaxx\u003C\/a\u003E, whoever the fuck that is.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnyway. There's been a third Brief Exchange show and the results have been scattered around Cork city in outdoor advertising spaces since the start of the month, to coincide with Design Week.The posters are all on the Brief Exchange \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.briefexchange.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewebsite\u003C\/a\u003E too and well worth a look, as there's some really bloody great design work going on over there.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo the brief I received for this incarnation of Brief Exchange was:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\"Design a poster for something that you’d like to see on your daily route.\"\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhich I must admit, left me stumped for quite some time. Eventually one night while lying in bed, I started mentally listing things I liked, in an effort to come up with an idea for the poster and ended up enjoying my list so much that I decided to make an A-Z of my favourite stuff.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo this is what I came up with (now with my blog name in place, not because I expect it to get anything like the reaction that the Surviving Dungarvan one did, just because I learned the hard way that posting your work online means it can go for quite a wander with no name tag):\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z76Z5TFtLao\/UoTj4393LXI\/AAAAAAAAEBM\/Pl_2P1RIdo0\/s1600\/Poster.jpg\"\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z76Z5TFtLao\/UoTj4393LXI\/AAAAAAAAEBM\/Pl_2P1RIdo0\/s1600\/Poster.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 265px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003EClickedy-click to enlarge\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor a while there it looked like it was going to be a list of awesome female characters, which might actually be a fun project for another time, but for this particular alphabet I wanted a mix of things, plus I really wanted Z to be for Zombies BECAUSE I CAN'T HELP MYSELF. In fact, all three posters I've done for Brief Exchange so far have involved zombies. I might have a problem.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo these are a few of the cool lady characters that did make the cut:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Y370JwwYvIE\/UoPWWE60V2I\/AAAAAAAAEAM\/3detCSZFyFw\/s1600\/ladies.jpg\"\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Y370JwwYvIE\/UoPWWE60V2I\/AAAAAAAAEAM\/3detCSZFyFw\/s1600\/ladies.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 705px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI also managed to sneak another favourite lady in, via my love of a certain SNES game.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-u46xAtorzf0\/UoTYjV_Y0iI\/AAAAAAAAEA0\/2SLV9j8Zj7M\/s1600\/streetfighter.jpg\"\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-u46xAtorzf0\/UoTYjV_Y0iI\/AAAAAAAAEA0\/2SLV9j8Zj7M\/s1600\/streetfighter.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 378px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAaand these are just two of the letter graphics that I particularly liked: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZczGd2BcJN0\/UoPXDze4eSI\/AAAAAAAAEAc\/gNvffWtU2hs\/s1600\/ix.jpg\"\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZczGd2BcJN0\/UoPXDze4eSI\/AAAAAAAAEAc\/gNvffWtU2hs\/s1600\/ix.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 202px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo it turns out that my favourite things are, by and large, fictional characters and specific types of food that are really bad for me. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI'm fine with that.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlso, can anyone name all the things in my list?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E(Edit: Yes. Because Aislinn is deadly.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fredlemonade.blogspot.com%2F2013%2F11%2Fa-to-z-of-me.html\" style=\"height: 26px; width: 100%;\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1990699973526477584\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/a-to-z-of-me.html#comment-form","title":"5 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/1990699973526477584"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/1990699973526477584"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/a-to-z-of-me.html","title":"A to Z of Me"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kitty Catastrophe"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08783550352881766193"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-y1G0SXlwykI\/U-DwTouCmwI\/AAAAAAAAEN4\/M3NH_VZo0T4\/s1600\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z76Z5TFtLao\/UoTj4393LXI\/AAAAAAAAEBM\/Pl_2P1RIdo0\/s72-c\/Poster.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"5"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970712784003281497.post-2123794333466796787"},"published":{"$t":"2013-07-04T13:30:00.000+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-07-05T10:14:40.003+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Films"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Zombies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"World War Z, Or Something Not Quite Like It"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I finally got around to seeing World War Z. After loving the utter bejaysus out of the book and being quite concerned about the trailer and the fast hooring zombies (\u003Cspan class=\"st\"\u003E©\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chanelfreak\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EDawn\u003C\/a\u003E) \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.redlemonade.blogspot.ie\/2012\/11\/night-of-running-dead.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eback in December\u003C\/a\u003E, I pretty much expected to hate it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-IvADJ0v9lGQ\/UdVo_r10ndI\/AAAAAAAADuI\/MKUHYv8FuCM\/s630\/world-war-z-poster-banner.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-IvADJ0v9lGQ\/UdVo_r10ndI\/AAAAAAAADuI\/MKUHYv8FuCM\/s630\/world-war-z-poster-banner.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHowever, it was actually grand. Well, when I say that, I mean that it's a reasonably good zombie film with some enjoyable jumpy bits, but it's not World War Z. Not even a little bit. Although I did enjoy the collective \"oh!\" of recognition in the cinema when Ruth Negga popped up.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnyway, I'm not sure why Brad Pitt bothered buying the rights to it really, because they essentially took all the things that made World War Z such a compelling and scary and fascinating read in the first place and just fucked it all in the bin, so Brad could run around saying \"my family!\", all of whom I hated within seconds.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThose discarded things included elderly Japanese blind monk Tomonaga, who takes on zombies with nothing more than a shovel and the patience to listen to everything very fucking carefully, and Tatsumi, his nerdy apprentice who becomes an awesome zombie killing warrior in his own right. I would have happily watched Gerry's family being eaten in the opening credits, even if it only meant a few minutes of those guys, or mercenary anti-hero T. Sean Collins or Colonel Christina Eliopolis, who crash lands in the middle of zombie-infested territory and manages to single-handedly fight her way to safety, while being guided by a mysterious sky watcher like a badass motherfucker.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-DGN1CHRQvvU\/UdVpVdIfEXI\/AAAAAAAADuQ\/IgftjMzOCyk\/s1600\/world-war-z04.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-DGN1CHRQvvU\/UdVpVdIfEXI\/AAAAAAAADuQ\/IgftjMzOCyk\/s1600\/world-war-z04.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EOh, just get eaten already.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003EIt was always going to be difficult, if not downright impossible to make World War Z, a book that's made up of survivor interviews from all over the world, into a film. Which is why it never should have been squished and mangled into a two hour summer blockbuster in the first place.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf you're going to do any justice to a book as deadly and special as World War Z, it needs to be a documentary-style affair, or a dramatic mini series with interviews scattered along the way, like Band of Brothers, but with less making the viewer bawl crying and more zombie decapitation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat really annoys me though, is \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/showbiz\/406573\/Brad-Pitt-has-no-killer-connection-with-zombies\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethis quote\u003C\/a\u003E from Brad:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E“I was never a huge horror fan to be honest,” insists Brad, 49, who says the £250million flick is more about the plot anyway.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E“As for why zombies are so popular, I really have no idea.\"\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHE DOESN'T EVEN LIKE ZOMBIES. SO WHY THE JAYSUS FUCK DID YOU GET INTO A BIDDING WAR WITH LEO DICAPRIO OVER THE RIGHTS?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/25.media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_lzlp9wZJbX1r236yno1_500.gif\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/25.media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_lzlp9wZJbX1r236yno1_500.gif\" style=\"display: block; height: 230px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOh I see. Thanks for nothing, Brad.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fredlemonade.blogspot.com%2F2013%2F07%2Fworld-war-z-or-something-not-quite-like.html\" style=\"height: 26px; width: 100%;\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2123794333466796787\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/world-war-z-or-something-not-quite-like.html#comment-form","title":"12 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/2123794333466796787"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/2123794333466796787"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/world-war-z-or-something-not-quite-like.html","title":"World War Z, Or Something Not Quite Like It"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kitty Catastrophe"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08783550352881766193"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-y1G0SXlwykI\/U-DwTouCmwI\/AAAAAAAAEN4\/M3NH_VZo0T4\/s1600\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-IvADJ0v9lGQ\/UdVo_r10ndI\/AAAAAAAADuI\/MKUHYv8FuCM\/s72-c\/world-war-z-poster-banner.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"12"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970712784003281497.post-5258798213080310853"},"published":{"$t":"2013-01-31T16:19:00.001+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-08-06T11:51:22.539+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Brief Exchange"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Graphic design"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Zombies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Down in Dungarvan"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Towards the end of last year, I took part in an exhibition organised by my good friend Noeleen called Brief Exchange. Well, it's back! The second show is an online only affair and the results have all been added to the Brief Exchange website for all to peruse.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis time around, I was given the following brief:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EOn his album 'Born in the USA' Bruce Springsteen sings about 'My Hometown'. Love it or hate it we all have one. Design \/ illustrate or photograph a poster inspired by your hometown.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI have to admit, I was pretty stumped on this one for quite some time, but finally thought of an angle I was happy with when there was a week to go until the deadline, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.ie\/2012\/09\/brief-exchange-no-put-your-pants-back-on.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ejust like the last time around\u003C\/a\u003E. Because I'll never learn.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnyway. The angle was zombies, because, yes, I know, I never shut up about them. So I decided to put my knowledge of my hometown to good use and came up with a survival guide to Dungarvan in the case of a zombie attack.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-qroxIoZiJNM\/UQqMc-_hhZI\/AAAAAAAADbg\/TBPy5UX7aPQ\/s1600\/MyHometown.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-qroxIoZiJNM\/UQqMc-_hhZI\/AAAAAAAADbg\/TBPy5UX7aPQ\/s1600\/MyHometown.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 566px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EClickedy click to enlarge\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDungarvan is one of those places that has a ridiculous number of chemists for the size of town it is. There are nine, to be exact and eight of them are all within spitting distance of each other, so I worked that into the poster by simply marking out where they were on a map of the town centre, along with other places to scavenge supplies from during the zombie apocalypse. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-hPJNnKkcdb8\/UQqSToBvDfI\/AAAAAAAADcw\/yFCUCHu5aiA\/s1600\/key.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-hPJNnKkcdb8\/UQqSToBvDfI\/AAAAAAAADcw\/yFCUCHu5aiA\/s1600\/key.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 694px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere's a 12th century shell keep called King John's Castle down by the quay in Dungarvan, so I figured it'd be an ideal place to hole up in reasonable safety from the undead, what with the big ass stone walls enclosing an 18th century barracks and all.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-3rCrjKOWM3Y\/UQqXr0RIFEI\/AAAAAAAADeA\/i2CkaKMYnZ4\/s1600\/castle.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-3rCrjKOWM3Y\/UQqXr0RIFEI\/AAAAAAAADeA\/i2CkaKMYnZ4\/s1600\/castle.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vFY8JQziBqM\/UQqRU0WGdTI\/AAAAAAAADcY\/KicGwevTCfg\/s1600\/defence.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vFY8JQziBqM\/UQqRU0WGdTI\/AAAAAAAADcY\/KicGwevTCfg\/s1600\/defence.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 392px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFinally, seeing as it's wise to have an escape plan in case everything goes to shit, the nearby Cunnigar seemed like a good route to the nearby and less populated countryside. Also this way I could include a zombie warning sign in Irish for the craic.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-RLLzbRKwF6A\/UQqRqpoS7CI\/AAAAAAAADck\/640iTK92aAc\/s1600\/escape.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-RLLzbRKwF6A\/UQqRqpoS7CI\/AAAAAAAADck\/640iTK92aAc\/s1600\/escape.jpg\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" style=\"display: block; height: 618px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo that was my submission for the second Brief Exchange show. The other posters and the briefs that they're based on are all on the website \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.briefexchange.net\/category\/exhibitions\/show-2-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E(click here to view them)\u003C\/a\u003E and there's some truly excellent design going on over there.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELook out for the poster that came out of the brief I submitted, where I asked the designer to create a page of a helpful guide book for time travelling tourists. It's awesome. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fredlemonade.blogspot.com%2F2013%2F01%2Fdown-in-dungarvan.html\" style=\"height: 26px; width: 100%;\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5258798213080310853\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2013\/01\/down-in-dungarvan.html#comment-form","title":"10 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/5258798213080310853"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/5258798213080310853"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2013\/01\/down-in-dungarvan.html","title":"Down in Dungarvan"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kitty Catastrophe"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08783550352881766193"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-y1G0SXlwykI\/U-DwTouCmwI\/AAAAAAAAEN4\/M3NH_VZo0T4\/s1600\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-qroxIoZiJNM\/UQqMc-_hhZI\/AAAAAAAADbg\/TBPy5UX7aPQ\/s72-c\/MyHometown.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"10"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970712784003281497.post-4135891546900536904"},"published":{"$t":"2012-11-10T22:05:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-11-10T22:09:10.335+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Films"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Telly"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Zombies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Night of the Running Dead"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"So the trailer for World War Z has landed and is making its way around the internet at a pace almost as fast as the fucking RUNNING zombies in the forthcoming film.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-OLDK7gJ35ow\/UJ7NKr4ycPI\/AAAAAAAADDY\/Ugubj33LUUE\/s1600\/bus.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-OLDK7gJ35ow\/UJ7NKr4ycPI\/AAAAAAAADDY\/Ugubj33LUUE\/s1600\/bus.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 236px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI love World War Z. I was properly scared while reading it and the Bear had to put up with me whimpering and gasping \"oh nooooo!\" while I read, as did a train carriage full of people who probably thought I was mental. It's one of my favourite books and when you know that one of your favourite books is being made into a film, you kind of have to lower your expectations and will pretty much always end up being one of those dickheads that moans about the book being better. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HcwTxRuq-uk\" width=\"400\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI get that a book like World War Z would be impossible to film without making huge changes and that's fine, but my problem is with the fast zombies in the trailer. The book manages to pull off this growing sense of dread as the world starts to get overrun by the undead, and it's that build-up of terror that proper zombies are all about. Zombies are scary because, yes, they're rotting, moving dead people and that alone is horrible enough, but it's the slow, creeping relentlessness that really scares the pants off me.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFast zombies like the ones in 28 Days Later and the Dawn of the Dead remake aren't really zombies at all. They're rabid people infected with a virus, which is fine (although not for them, I suppose) but it does make them a different class of monster. The whole point of zombies is that they're dead. Simon Pegg pretty much nailed what I'm trying to say in a brilliant \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/media\/2008\/nov\/04\/television-simon-pegg-dead-set\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EGuardian piece from a few years ago that he recently tweeted\u003C\/a\u003E in response to people asking what he thought of the WWZ trailer:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\"The speedy zombie seems implausible to me, even within the fantastic  realm it inhabits. A biological agent, I'll buy. Some sort of  super-virus? Sure, why not. But death? Death is a disability, not a  superpower. It's hard to run with a cold, let alone the most  debilitating malady of them all.\"\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-lbWHTqK7_88\/UJ7HZjhs2aI\/AAAAAAAADCk\/3SK7CjiSVsU\/s1600\/FastZombies.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-lbWHTqK7_88\/UJ7HZjhs2aI\/AAAAAAAADCk\/3SK7CjiSVsU\/s1600\/FastZombies.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 204px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EHEY ASSHOLES, THIS IS NOT THE ZOMBIE OLYMPICS. SLOW THE FUCK DOWN.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe TV version of The Walking Dead has done a great job of screen zombies, although I did get mad at them in one episode where they seemed to have the dexterity to climb over fences, which was total bullshit. As is the fact that Danny Trejo isn't playing the Governer, but that's besides the point. Aside from the fact that the fast zombie is a pretty big deviation from what the classic zombie is all about, my chances of survival would drop dramatically if I had to outrun the fuckers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt'll be a shame if the film leaves out the worldwide character plotlines from the book and just shows Brad Pitt running around and saving his family, as that was what made it so enjoyable in the first place. Seeing the ways in which each country dealt with the outbreak, the Battle of Yonkers, Israel's self-quarantine plan, North Korea's population disappearing underground, so we don't know if there's a functioning human city beneath the country or if there's a fuck-ton of shambling Korean zombies down there are all things that added extra layers of delicious detail to the usual people vs. zombies story. Also, seeing as I'm not sold on the film having FAST HOORING ZOMBIES (to quote the lovely \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chanelfreak\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EDawn\u003C\/a\u003E) in the first place, I'm not entirely convinced on the swarming tsunami of CGI zombies climbing up a huge wall and toppling a bus like a wriggly herd of dead bastards either.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI'll still go to see it when it comes out and I'm looking forward to seeing how they tackle the story, but basically what I'm getting at is that fast zombies can go fuck themselves. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fredlemonade.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F11%2Fnight-of-running-dead.html\" style=\"height: 26px; width: 100%;\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4135891546900536904\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2012\/11\/night-of-running-dead.html#comment-form","title":"8 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/4135891546900536904"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/4135891546900536904"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2012\/11\/night-of-running-dead.html","title":"Night of the Running Dead"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kitty Catastrophe"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08783550352881766193"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-y1G0SXlwykI\/U-DwTouCmwI\/AAAAAAAAEN4\/M3NH_VZo0T4\/s1600\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-OLDK7gJ35ow\/UJ7NKr4ycPI\/AAAAAAAADDY\/Ugubj33LUUE\/s72-c\/bus.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"8"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970712784003281497.post-3045235162177178287"},"published":{"$t":"2012-04-30T14:30:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-07-24T17:34:34.008+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Angry Kitty"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Telly"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Zombies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Walking Women"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E*** \u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAOOGA! SPOILER ALERT!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EIf you haven't already seen series one and two of The Walking Dead and don't want it ruined for you then I suggest you skip this post. There's other ones there in the circles on the sidebar a bit further down that are about girls jumping out of cakes and Catwoman and fashion in Star Trek and all kinds of other stuff. Try some of those instead! \u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E*** \u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs you probably know by now, I quite enjoy a zombie tale or two, even though they scare the actual pants off me. I've been voraciously tearing my way through \u003Ci\u003EThe Walking Dead\u003C\/i\u003E comic series, whispering \"Oh noooo!\" to myself and quietly whimpering in fear as I turn the next page. If it was a pop-up book I'd probably have a heart attack. So naturally, the Bear and I watched the first two seasons of the TV show. Which I also enjoyed quite a lot, and yet there was something bothering me. Something other than Carl aka The Dumbest Child in the World aka \"For Fuck's SAKE Carl!\", who, incidentally is actually kind of cool and not the least bit annoying in the comic. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zSfV7F8-Jac\/T5x_82N_GqI\/AAAAAAAACS0\/5iBXC-7a6WE\/s1600\/cast.jpg\"\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zSfV7F8-Jac\/T5x_82N_GqI\/AAAAAAAACS0\/5iBXC-7a6WE\/s1600\/cast.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 255px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EThe something in question here is the bloody rampant sexism in the show. It's something that creeps into the comics too, which I have to say I didn't really notice while reading, but looking back on it there are quite a few instances of patriarchal bullshit. Such as Glenn remarking that there's \"not that many women to go around\". What the hell, Glenn? Women to go around? The women you speak of are participants in surviving the goddamn zombie apocalypse, just like you, not inanimate supplies or tins of beans to be distributed amongst the menfolk, you fuck. And I actually like Glenn. Most of the time. Although in the TV show, he did ask Dale if all the (understandably frazzled - what with the impending threat of zombies wanting to eat their faces) women were on their period at the same time, because, y'know, bitches be crazy and all.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-zMZul32jC48\/T5gc42Ew1dI\/AAAAAAAACSI\/IdsnWRztXOA\/s1600\/twd15.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 274px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EShut up Glenn.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-zMZul32jC48\/T5gc42Ew1dI\/AAAAAAAACSI\/IdsnWRztXOA\/s1600\/twd15.jpg\"\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EAmong those women survivors is Lori Grimes, wife of group leader Rick and mother to \"For Fuck's SAKE Carl!\". Comic book Lori undergoes something of a transformation, as at first she looks to be decidedly Native American but eventually morphs into a more Caucasian version of herself. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-hm4uB7UqxNc\/T5x6p256jtI\/AAAAAAAACSY\/hiwQIjpJhGo\/s1600\/lori.jpg\"\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-hm4uB7UqxNc\/T5x6p256jtI\/AAAAAAAACSY\/hiwQIjpJhGo\/s1600\/lori.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 417px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EShe's Rick's voice of reason and while she's not a particularly stand out character, she's not even half as awful as TV show Lori. TV show Lori is nagging, self righteous and generally an allstar pain in the hole. She gets up in everyone else's business and berates Andrea for having the cheek to not do all the washing up, childminding and laundry with all the other wimmin and wanting to guard the camp and shoot zombies in the face. Because it's not like EVERY DAMN PERSON in the camp should be learning to defend themselves and evenly dividing the group's duties between them. Oh no, according to Lori \u003Ci\u003E\"the men can handle it anyway, they don’t need you\"\u003C\/i\u003E. Go fuck yourself, Lori.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-BSAYftYQ7es\/T5x83FbQHlI\/AAAAAAAACSk\/hr4tYI9DItk\/s1600\/andrea.jpg\"\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-BSAYftYQ7es\/T5x83FbQHlI\/AAAAAAAACSk\/hr4tYI9DItk\/s1600\/andrea.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 327px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EAndrea's a total badass in the comic books. She becomes the best shot in the group and keeps them all safe in her role as a superhero sniper. However, in the TV show, she has Dale confiscate her gun because he's decided she can't be trusted not to top herself, while For Fuck's Sake Carl!, a ten year old idiot, is allowed to carry a gun. She has angry sex with Shane, who is the kind of person who tried to rape Lori earlier on in the first series and then she shoots Darryl after mistaking him for a zombie. OH THAT SILLY WOMAN.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFurther instances of the TV show females being lame include Carol clinging to her abusive husband and once he's killed off, clinging onto Darryl like a barnacle with very short grey hair and opts out of making any sort of decision when the group is trying to vote on what to do with their prisoner. Maggie entered the show swinging a baseball bat at the undead while galloping along on horseback, like a zombie-slaying superstar and now she's a hysterical mess, flinging Lori's morning after pills at her in in a rage shouting \"Here's your abortion pills!\" as part of a grim little pro-life slant. I mean, yes, she and Glenn got jumped by an undead bastard while on their run to the chemist, but that outburst and subsequent storyline (Rick being super angry at Lori for even considering the abortion attempt) rang pro-life to me. And if a zombie apocalypse isn't reason enough not to go through with a pregnancy then I'm fucked if I know what is.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere IS a ray of hope though. A katana-wielding, bandana-wearing, stone cold ass-kicking ray of hope. When Andrea was scrambling through the woods in the finale of the second series, she was saved from being an imminent zombie snack (zombie bag of Tayto, perhaps) by a mysterious hooded figure leading two armless, jawless walkers with chains around their necks. The hooded figure in question here is Michonne, and her entrance is super exciting, as she and Andrea are easily the strongest female characters in the comic series.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-gwWFW9Chw6A\/T5yMSTjLuAI\/AAAAAAAACTE\/SYBruLSTY3c\/s1600\/michonne2.jpg\"\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-gwWFW9Chw6A\/T5yMSTjLuAI\/AAAAAAAACTE\/SYBruLSTY3c\/s1600\/michonne2.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 520px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EDanai Gurira has been cast in the role, so hopefully she'll be able to pull off Michonne's immesurably cool and devastating approach to zombie chopping and generally taking care of business. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-X9LEc-s9Fvo\/T5yNc4H9tuI\/AAAAAAAACTQ\/W3fdkVLg-ac\/s1600\/michonne1.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 293px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EBecause this here on the left is how awesome Michonne is.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-X9LEc-s9Fvo\/T5yNc4H9tuI\/AAAAAAAACTQ\/W3fdkVLg-ac\/s1600\/michonne1.jpg\"\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003ESomehow I don't see Lori lecturing Michonne on how she's supposed to be washing socks with her and Carol instead being amazing at decaptitating walkers. All that being said, I really do enjoy the show, the zombies are brilliantly done and spectacularly scary and I do like the fact that the storyline veers away from the comics from time to time, otherwise there'd be no surprises for the readers. I just wish the writers would cop the fuck on when it comes to the female characters and with Michonne and her giant can of whoop-ass, hopefully that's what will happen. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fredlemonade.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F04%2Fwalking-women.html\" style=\"height: 26px; width: 100%;\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3045235162177178287\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/walking-women.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/3045235162177178287"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/3045235162177178287"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/walking-women.html","title":"The Walking Women"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kitty Catastrophe"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08783550352881766193"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-y1G0SXlwykI\/U-DwTouCmwI\/AAAAAAAAEN4\/M3NH_VZo0T4\/s1600\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zSfV7F8-Jac\/T5x_82N_GqI\/AAAAAAAACS0\/5iBXC-7a6WE\/s72-c\/cast.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970712784003281497.post-8236609424618127050"},"published":{"$t":"2011-10-28T16:26:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-02-27T17:02:42.960+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Fancy Dress"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"fashion"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Zombies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Day Of The Deadly"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"At this spooky time of year, when pumpkins are the decoration du jour and dressing as a sexy {insert random profession\/ fictional character here} is the default option for far too many, the people of Mexico are gearing up for Día de los Muertos. On the 1st and 2nd of November, family and friends gather to honour those who have died, with sugar skulls and flowers playing a large part in the tradition. \u003Ci\u003ELa Cavalera Catrina\u003C\/i\u003E (The Elegant Skull), an etching from 1913 which portrays an upper class woman as a skeleton has since become a staple of Day of the Dead imagery and is one of the most popular figures associated with the traditional holiday. She's also a fantastic character to take on for our own autumnal celebration, Halloween. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-XWvVylufTr4\/TqrBtOY3oeI\/AAAAAAAAByw\/I9JbB7I7cOw\/s1600\/catrinas.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-XWvVylufTr4\/TqrBtOY3oeI\/AAAAAAAAByw\/I9JbB7I7cOw\/s1600\/catrinas.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 185px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThe original 1913 etching and Catrina figurines. Eat your heart out, Tim Burton. What an odd and Halloween appropriate phrase that is.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere are some really beautiful takes on the Cavalera Catrina look, with the illusion of sewn lips and a painted skeletal face executed in a very elegant and decorative manner. It's almost like an intricately floral voodoo zombie look, with a bit of New Orleans Mardi Gras and gypsy fortune teller thrown in for good measure. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ijnfG3aWdwg\/TqrFyVkkZtI\/AAAAAAAABy8\/Wh51g-kPdo0\/s1600\/catrina1.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ijnfG3aWdwg\/TqrFyVkkZtI\/AAAAAAAABy8\/Wh51g-kPdo0\/s1600\/catrina1.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 246px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E  \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-g2my7Zn4c44\/TqrF9SUqUtI\/AAAAAAAABzI\/v6MaM4h-LUU\/s1600\/catrina2.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-g2my7Zn4c44\/TqrF9SUqUtI\/AAAAAAAABzI\/v6MaM4h-LUU\/s1600\/catrina2.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 227px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E  \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-46iInKoIsbc\/TqrGHfEYHsI\/AAAAAAAABzU\/EGoTUr7wnzo\/s1600\/catrina4.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-46iInKoIsbc\/TqrGHfEYHsI\/AAAAAAAABzU\/EGoTUr7wnzo\/s1600\/catrina4.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 394px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E  \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rJB93dep4SU\/TqrGSra1orI\/AAAAAAAABzg\/WrVxfFebK8A\/s1600\/catrina3.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rJB93dep4SU\/TqrGSra1orI\/AAAAAAAABzg\/WrVxfFebK8A\/s1600\/catrina3.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 272px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EIn terms of a Halloween costume, I'm determined to take it on some day, as it makes for a gorgeous and creative look and just going back to the unnecessarily sexy costumes, anything's got to be better than this, right? \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6P9DypWzeMA\/TqrHszITVcI\/AAAAAAAABzs\/aDOTCDVtGlI\/s1600\/brian.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641564410206788610\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6P9DypWzeMA\/TqrHszITVcI\/AAAAAAAABzs\/aDOTCDVtGlI\/s1600\/brian.jpg\" style=\"display: block; height: 561px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EI'm sorry to say that your eyes are not in fact deceiving you. That is indeed a \"sexy\" Brian from Family Guy costume. A SEXY VERSION OF A CARTOON DOG. STOP IT.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fredlemonade.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F10%2Fday-of-deadly.html\" style=\"height: 30px; width: 100%;\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8236609424618127050\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/day-of-deadly.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/8236609424618127050"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7970712784003281497\/posts\/default\/8236609424618127050"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/redlemonade.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/day-of-deadly.html","title":"Day Of The Deadly"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kitty Catastrophe"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08783550352881766193"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-y1G0SXlwykI\/U-DwTouCmwI\/AAAAAAAAEN4\/M3NH_VZo0T4\/s1600\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-XWvVylufTr4\/TqrBtOY3oeI\/AAAAAAAAByw\/I9JbB7I7cOw\/s72-c\/catrinas.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}}]}});