WorldOfIllusion

So. Humans vs Zombies @ ANU is over - for this semester. So you can now safely expect some more ‘normal’ content… rather than my mad ramblings about zombies and then being a zombie (did I mention I was a zombie?). Back to the point, uni life is back to normal.

In other news I really can’t be bothered writing a full post now. Maybe later.

Brains…

I find less and less reason to continue this report. After all - why am I doing this? As a human it made sense but now… well now it is pointless. I think it is time for me to move on. Leave this part of the horde and spread it to new places.

I have decided that tomorrow I will make the journey to NSW.

It is time to spread this plague.

Despite the recent setback of my death I find myself strangely… well - the same really. I may be dead, an abomination to nature. Yet I feel just like I did before. Except for one thing. A hunger. Not a physical hunger like many of my brethren seem to experience. This hunger I speak of is more a hunger to kill.

I need to propagate the zombie plague.

Some have said that being a zombie is a dead end (for a species, for evolution) - that we cannot reproduce. That is not true. We can reproduce… in a way. It is just that we reproduce, we continue our species - by killing and converting humans.

I should get back to the point. Another day has passed. There are more stories. A good starting point is the treaty between Humanity and the zombie populace. My fellow zombies and I rallied behind Sullivan and met Captain Joe and the humans. A treaty was discussed and ultimately signed - despite the fact that only one of the original conditions was passed (and that condition was of little importance).

After that the next event of note was the opening of the shop. The horde managed to prevent humans from reaching the store. We actually did it. The horde now has the benefit of some new items - which I won’t discuss here for the sake of secrecy.

Finally the conclusion of the day was to do with the treaty - a friendly competition between us Zombie’s and the remaining Humans (as dictated by the afore mentioned treaty). To be honest it wasn’t terribly important in the grand scale of things.

Until tomorrow I will bid you all farewell. To my zombie brethren may the hunt be successful.

And to any ‘Humans’ who might be reading this - good luck.

You will need it.

Sorry for the slow update - unforeseeable circumstances arose… but I will get onto that later.

Day two of the zombie invasion was interesting. The zombies were getting organised. They were waiting and hiding. There were multiple instances where I found myself having to make a mad run to try and get to my next destination. Add onto that the growing tension that the mysterious human leader ‘the Captain’ was causing… well we all knew something was going to happen.

We received word that there were going to be three item drops at various locations - we wanted these items. As the time for the drop came we all went to where we were needed. For me that was waiting as a reserve like most of PiP. Eventually we got the notification to move to the grass area behind the Chifley library… that is where the items needed to be taken.

As the group made its way slowly to the destination we noticed a growing zombie presence. It didn’t matter - we were organised and they couldn’t break our line. At least not immediately. When the zombies finally charged we scattered to a point and before I knew it one of them was on me. Stunned I fell to the ground… afterwards I managed to stumble home.

I am now one of them.

I have been turned.

Its strange to see how quickly our alliances can change…

Roughly 24 hours ago various reports started being received. As far as we can tell there seems to be an outbreak of what appears to be a ‘zombie virus’ on the campus of the Australian National University. At this point in time it is unknown what the cause is (if it is a virus or not is a topic of high debate).

Our source claims the number of ‘zombies’ to be under 40 at this point in time. From this point forward we will let our source - a current student at the ANU keep you updated on this breaking story.

‘WorldOfIllusion News’

At first it was just another Monday. I made the short walk to my first lecture - and by the time it was finished there were already four zombies or so. Word spread fast. Apparently the initial outbreak was triggered by a zombie who simply appeared to be a normal everyday human - like you or I.

As soon as the outbreak occurred people started getting organised. Guns, socks, standards - they were everywhere. I managed to join a ’squad’ called PiP for short. I figure an organised effort is much better than everybody working for themselves. Especially when we can pool resources for the advantage of all.

That said it has been a long day - I should really get some rest.

After all, who knows what tomorrow will bring?

James Clay.

So a week long game of HvZ (Humans vs Zombies) starts at ANU tomorrow - so don’t be too surprised if you see some posts regarding the game.

That is all (what a useless post was this?).

So. It seems that time has once again progressed and my previous post became hideously out of date. Well maybe not hideously out of date but it sure wasn’t up to date. Back to the point. Due to the quasi out of date-ness of my last post I am writing this new one (which you are subsequently reading).

Recently I have read all of the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” books by Douglas Adams. It seems to have infected me with the desire to write in a rather ‘preposterous’ (and possibly funny) style. For now I am resisting - to a point.

In other news.

Did I mention that I have now started University?

So it seems I have been back in Australia for a couple of weeks now and I have somehow neglected to update this blog. Yes ladies and gentlemen (and also welcoming those of you who are ‘confused’). I am very much, well and truly… back in Australia.

How sad is that?

A quick summary of my trip - I went places, had fun, met people, did stuff and all in all had the best two months of my life. The downside is my trip has put my life in Australia into stark contrast. Not saying life in Australia isn’t good, its just different. In some ways better in many ways worse. That said some of these differences are surely because I live in Australia whilst Europe was all travel… but still.

In other news I will be starting university shortly and because of that will be moving to Canberra. Should be good.

Until next time.

So I am currently in Barcelona - it’s great. A truly beautiful and fun city to be in - and compared to other parts of Europe the weather is amazing. That said tonight I should be making my way towards Paris and from there on to Amsterdam. I was meant to have been doing this a day ago but I missed the train to Cerbere which was the first stage of my trip to Amsterdam.

Life moves on though, due to missing my train I got another day in Barcelona which has been good so far. Saw the Sagrada Familia, beautiful despite being incomplete. I also managed to get some nice fresh fruit which will be my dinner. This is all thanks to the food markets which are very close to my hostel and quite cheap assuming you don’t get ripped off. For my half kilo of grapes and one apple it cost me all of 70 euro cents. I’m happy with that.

In other news I have essentially reached the half way point of my trip. It has gone so quickly - now I want to try and plan out what I will do with my last month or so before it is finished. That said I don’t even have a full month as my family will be coming to Europe for new years and I would like to catch up with them. That leaves me essentially three more weeks of free travel. Over which time there is Christmas.

Ah well, it will all work out in the end - I hope.

So I am currently in Europe - and sick. Have finished my contiki tour which was great apart from the contiki cough it gave me (the afore mentioned sickness).

In other news. I turn 19 very shortly - this is a bad thing. I do not want to be 19, it reminds me that I’m getting old (relatively of course).

Until next time. As you  can tell this isn’t a long post… more of a small filler really.