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La vida es difícil, pero la comida siempre me da ánimos

Día 2

Hace una año, a mediado de marzo, estuve con un grupo de refugiados por un periodo de 4 meses. Había guerrillas y ataques en todas partes. Hacíamos expediciones donde corríamos por provisiones en periodos no mayor a media hora a buscar comida cada tres o  cuatro días. 

Siempre he sido especial con la comida, pero aprendía a hacer de granos secos el 60% de mis alimentación . Agarré el gusto a tomar alcohol y cerveza por falta de agua y cuando no había otra opción a hervir agua y ponerle café con la esperanza de quitarle el sabor de salitre. Le encontré el amor al olor a café a medio día.

Fueron las peores y las mejores semanas. Nunca me divertí tanto, era ver películas y disfrutar de recabar información de reptilianos y otras razas, sentir que hacíamos la diferencia. Hacer arroz con cubos de tomate y caldo de pollo seco. Le poníamos cebolla y nopales a todo lo que podíamos para hacer más abundante la comida.

Me sentía parte de algo. Cuando nos separábamos o había fuego cruzado... no creo volver a llorar igual. Los gritos, los llamados de auxilio, los abrazos sabían más dulces al regreso.

A mediados de julio volví a reunirme con mi familia y ellos con las suyas. Quisimos mantenernos en contacto, pero no eres la misma persona con tu familia que en el campo. A veces sigo esperando que llamen y todo sea como antes.

¿Por qué se los comento? Fui a que me quitaran unos puntos y me revisaran una herida, nada importante. De regreso decidí premiarme con un pan. Al pasar por los granos vi los cubos de tomate y los recuerdo estallaron en mi. Le tomé una foto a la cerveza enlatada que terminé comprando y la envié con el mensaje “¿Recabamos información en la noche?” . 

Les escribo a ustedes porque se que no habrá respuesta del otro lado, me cansé de esperar. 

Freddy T is @cosmicawesome ‘s OC. A driver, mechanic and a restless traveler from Detroit, with a certain mystery to figure out,

BOOM RATATATA

Review: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Rating: 9.0 of 10

First and foremost, I might be the only person in the world who were torn between Pitch Perfect 2 and Mad Max: Fury Road. You see, I loved Pitch Perfect. I had been waiting for the sequel for a while and Anna Kendrick is kind of my spirit animal. I have never even seen any of the Mad Max movies and know practically nothing about it except the broadest overview (I know, I'm a bad geek) and the trailers for Mad Max: Fury Road didn't quite move me. BUT then everyone and their grandfather started raving about Fury Road up to the point where I can't ignore it. As you might have guessed, after a brief moment of soul searching, I decided on Fury Road.

And really, I basically dropped my jaw to floor for the whole 2 hours, it was insane. In a world where action movies (or even non action movies) are frequently big and loud, Fury Road was BIG and LOUD. Fury Road was non-stop—it was basically 2 hours of Max's (Tom Hardy) life, and that life ain't quiet. But most importantly, it was also beautiful. A lot of movies are beautifully shot (heck, if nothing else, even the Transformers movies are beautifully shot) but Fury Road brought everything to the next level. Every scene is like a painting. The movie didn't even have proper script for its shooting, it had a mountain of storyboards instead, and it shows. Basically, Fury Road was an artwork. It wasn't just pretty, it was poetry—if poetry can be made of gasoline, greased wheels, and dirt, that can only brought upon by George Miller, the original creator of Mad Max.

In Mad Max's world, the world had ended and the ones left were living under tyrant named Immortan Joe. I honestly don't know if he were supposed to have backstory in the previous movies or not, but I know jackshit about him and the War Boys, and I loved it. Fury Road has this enormous, enormously rich world where everything is crazy and nothing is explained, and actually I love that about the movie. It made me feel like we literally have only seen one second worth of glimpse at its madness—and looking at the amount of creativity in it, we definitely only have seen so little of its world. Every inch of its character designs told a story, and there were plenty of story to tell: Citadel, War Boys and War Pups, Breeders, Gas Town, Bullet Farm, Many Mothers, we really are just scratching the surface.

But the main spectacle were definitely the fights and chases, and boy, what a spectacle it was. Almost everything were done with practical effects instead of CGI and you just can see the effort and detail that went into it. The cars were rigged with spikes, poles, and grenades, and you have never seen anything more beautiful than them. The chases were batshit crazy and complicated, that it made Fast & Furious 7's scenes looked like they were made with your niece's toy LEGO cars. But honestly, as R-rated and artful as it is, we can't really deny that Fury Road is basically a 13 year old's wet dream in which cars explode randomly on contact, and rock music during battle is the pinnacle of coolness. In short, it was nothing but full-on gloriousness.

One thing, though: Charlize Theron was a capital-B, bold letter Badass. With a buzzcut and a warpaint, Charlizes Theron's Imperator Furiosa was a heroine worthy of Sigourney Weavers's Ripley status. Tom Hardy, who played the titular character, has always had enormous presence and he was perfect as the wild-but-strangely-rarely-speaking Max. But it was Imperator Furiosa who moved the story forward. Trapped within action sequence after sequences, Theron was able to bring depth to her character, just enough to make we love her and want her to succeed. I also need to have a little shoutout for Nicholas Hoult who played Nux. Being a fan from his Skins days, I was always delighted to see him taking on a new, interesting character and he did a marvellous job. We witness you, Nicholas Hoult, and we welcome you.

It was really hard for me to remind myself that the original Mad Max, a cult favorite, is a 36-year-old property. TL;DR Somehow, Mad Max: Fury Road felt so fresh, so breathtaking, and had eased itself to the cracks of today's filmmaking so completely that you know it wasn't a miracle, it wasn't luck; it was the work of a seasoned filmmaker who knew exactly what he's doing, doing what he does best.

Lately have been obsessed with zombie survival

Survival tactics for the Apocalypse I just happen to know. Keep in mind, these apply for zombies and just a good old social collapse.

Wear denim and leather, or some types of strong military fabrics. Strong, alive human teeth can’t bite through those materials, so I doubt a zombie with rotting, dead teeth can.

Gas.Goes.Bad. I don’t understand how people are using cars like 10 years into the apocalypse, when gas will go bad after about 3-6 months, and diesel will last roughly a year.

Medicine expires! It doesn’t last for all eternity. It does remain usable, but gets weaker the longer it expires.

BRACES. If you have them, I’m sorry, but unless you find someone, somehow, to get them off, You’re pretty much screwed.

You won’t always be able to brush your teeth, sorry :,)

Your clothes will stink. You will stink. Everything will stink. Even if there aren’t zombies, there will be dead animals and people everywhere.

If you need insulin or any other type of refrigerated medicines, I’m sorry, but you’re out of luck.

Asthmatic people, including myself, will have to be super careful when it comes to losing our breath, literally.

If you need any type of blood pressure pills, or heart medicines, you’re also out of luck.

PERIODS! Blood attracts the zombies, so you’re screwed while you have pads and tampons, and even more screwed when you run out.

Guns jam and misfire, especially when not cared for properly.

Swinging a bat or a sword takes a lot of energy and stamina, and you won’t always get a one hit kill.

Canned food expires.

You want to hunt? Each time you’ll have to go out further due to exhausting the game in your area.

Never use a knife with a serrated edge on a zombie. It’ll get stuck in the bone.

Never use a knife with a serrated edge for a rib cut, cause it’ll get lodged between the bones.

Don’t pull your gun on someone who’s ready. You won’t be able to ready, aim, fire before the person shoots you first.

If you can’t hit the head, aim for the neck as well, especially if using a shotgun or high power rifle. You might be able to take off the head that way.

Human kills don’t always have to be headshots. Center mass works well.

If you’re dealing with 28 days later zombies, or The Last of Us infected, multiple body shots will take them down, as they are still alive, but a headshot will work best, and wastes less ammo.

If you’re dealing with The Walking Dead’s walkers, a headshot is the only way to put them down.

For all living things: Kill the head, the body will die.

You will not get a headshot every time. You’ll miss a lot, especially when you first start learning to shoot.

Your femoral artery is located in your upper thigh, near the groin. Try not to nick it, you’ll bleed out before anyone can even think of the proper medical response.

Remember when using knives, get one with a grip. When blood pours down the handle, the knife will become slippery and you will drop it or be unable to retrieve it.

Not all handguns use the same ammo! If you want an easily accessible gun, go for a Ruger SR22. You should be able to find them at Walmart, and their ammo is also sold at Walmart.

Keep in mind, ammo, canned foods, medicines, gas and guns are gonna be the first things to go, ergo the hardest to find.

If you have zip ties around your wrists, try to move your arms up, then jerk down and out. Repeat a couple times and they should snap.

Cold weather should stop zombies quickly, as they have no pumping/flowing blood to keep them moving.

Libraries will have books and manuals about agriculture, carpentry, mechanics, fishing, hunting, butchering and other survival things. USE THEM!

If you’re going to loot, don’t only check the obvious places. Check everywhere. A sales executive’s office may reward you with a bottle of Tylenol. A soccer mom’s van can wield granola and water bottles. A gym rat’s locker can give you protein.

Peanut butter. That’s all.

Don’t use them same knife you use to kill zombies to open your canned food. That’s gross as hell man :/

Some household cleaning products have explosive reactions when mixed together.

If you melt styrofoam it becomes homemade napalm.

High schools and colleges will not only have fully stocked pantries and nurse’s offices, but check their chemistry labs. You might find chemicals that can be made into explosives. If not, you can look at textbooks and find out which chemicals react in which ways.

If you find a school that has fences, use it! Football fields can be turned into gardens and livestock areas. The roof becomes a watchtower. The classrooms all lock, and there should be keys to all of them in the principals office or janitors closet. personal apartments, safety for the group. And no one really ever thinks to go to a school.

First place people think to go when a virus breaks out? the hospital, grocery stores, or highways to get the hell out of dodge. Avoid these places like the plague, literally. Wait for a few months until the elements and time have taken a toll on the corpses that most likely infest these places. Then try to scope them out. Never go alone, and never go in blind.

Museums should have seeds and such, especially if they have a horticultural division. Find these seeds, and use them.

A crossbow is not a good weapon. While it helps with the stealth option, it takes far too long to reload your bolts. That, along with the fact that a crossbow is so powerful, the bolt will most likely go straight through a rotted skull and lodge in the wall behind, or just get lodged in a fresh enough skull.

Farms. If the owners are dead? Oh no, its sad, yes, but now you have a farm to your advantage. Most farmers will have home canned goods, backup generators, gas stored in the barn, animals like cows (milk and beef are two different types, keep that in mind) Chickens (Try only eating designated meat chickens, as they will have more meat on them and you need layers for eggs) goats (again, meat and milk are two different types, and make sure to keep bucks and does separate or the milk will come out tasting like male goats, yuck.) Pigs, and more. They will also have crops and other things you may find helpful, especially their tractors when it comes time to plant new crops.

Corn can be used to make Ethanol.

Farms also have the luxury of being fenced in. Reinforce these fences if you can.

Dig pits for zombies to fall into, and go out regularly to dispose of them so they don’t stink up the place.

The Amish will most likely have no idea whats going on until its too late, due to their lack of technology. This is horribly sad, as most Amish families consist of the parents, their elderly parents, and anywhere from 1-15 kids. While sad, this also means these house will be stocked with food and medical supplies. And while you wont have the luxury of using a generator for electricity, All Amish homes have access to kerosene for lamps, along with access to a Well and Outhouses.

While you may have access to a generator, only use it sparingly and only if you’re isolated. Noise attracts zombies and worse, other people.

Don’t use your gun on group of zombies less than 5. They’re slow, and clumsy, and the sound of a gun will only attract more. Again, sound=bad. Wrap duct tape around your ankles, so no crawlers can get you.

Wrap duct tape around your arms. Nothing can bite you as you hold it off.

BE careful at night. Most zoos will let all of their animals free if something like this happens so they have a fair chance of survival. Lions, bears, hyenas, cheetahs, and more just got added to your ever growing list of enemies.

Stay away from Military sites unless you scope them out. Most will shoot on sight, as they do not want the infection to spread.

If the Site is abandoned, check it out before sending people in. I know the idea of seemingly endless MRE’s, Medications, Guns, and ammo seems like a dream come true, but these places will most likely be infested.

If it’s too good to be true, it probably is.

Sneak around. Don’t attack zombies or people unless you absolutely have to.

Try going to Military academies. Most times, the cadets will be called to become a line of defense for the nearest city, town, etc. They should still have plenty of guns, ammo, food, and gear that can aid you, along with the bonus of most of them having tall walls.

Try not to use riot gear. I’m not saying don’t, but limit your usage of it, especially if where you’re located is hot. The gear, while extremely beneficial on terms of safety, makes you slower, less articulate, and you will overheat fast.

Black clothing attracts the sun, white reflects it.

This isnt a movie. You aren’t going to waltz around in booty shorts and tank tops and look all sexy while you survive. The first time you stick your arm out first as your turn a corner a zombie will grab you and take a bite out of your uncovered arm. Same goes for you, guys. Wear a belt, don’t sag your jeans. You’ll trip. Don’t wear anything that leaves you revealed to snappy jaws or wandering hands.

Cut your hair short, dont wear loose clothing, and dont wear jewelry. You will get snagged or grabbed, then boom, game over.

If you find a multitude of supplies, don’t take it all. Someone else may need something too.

Don’t trust little kids right off the bat, they could be being used as bait.

You aren’t gonna have a curvy, model body, sorry to disappoint women out there. You’re mostly likely gonna look like an anorexic person, due to your lack of constant food supply.

You can go 3 days without water, and 3 weeks without food.

Stay away from carbs, they only give short busts of energy.

After roughly 72 hours without sleep, you will begin to hallucinate. Try to catch a few hours whenever you can.

Stay away from densely populated areas, including the suburbs, sixties, large towns, and highways. Smaller towns and isolated shops/gas stations should be on the safer side.

Your car will need work, and will probably need its oil changed. While it’s still working, that is.

Crotch shots work for women just as much as they do for men.

If hitting a deer or raccoon messes up your car, imagine the damage hitting a full grown zombie or human will do.

belt yourself into a tree. It’s not comfortable, but you won’t be zombie bait. On that note, try to conceal yourself in branches so wandering zombies or people dont group around your tree for a surprise party when you wake up.

!!!A HUMAN BITE IS JUST AS DEADLY AS A ZOMBIE BITE!!!

Head wounds bleed more than any other small wounds.

Don’t let your wounds get infected. It will mostly likely kill you.

People are worse than the undead. They can think, and plan ahead. They can do coordinated attacks, and they can trick you if you let your guard down. Remember, Trust no one, suspect everyone.

Sincerely, a 19 year old girl who is obsessed with zombie movies/shows and survival.

Just a post apocalyptic cat.

Aftermath.

©Robin Fifield 2023.

The trash armor 🔥😤💯💪

The sticks on the sides are my crutches

Also yes there are knee braces buried under there

I spend a lot of time just smoking and drinking wine in this window, and It is not even mine.

There is a small private library in this apartment, with many books printed at the begining of the 20th century

THE HISTORY THESE RUINS MUST HOLD

I want to know it

second home

Nihilism in the graveyard

2022-06-25

A landscape with two kelpies

Ketut kanalassa

2019