Zombies!

Today marked the day of Hi-Ex at Eden Court, and so too the day of the Zombie March organised by Jamie and Myself. The morning was spent at Jamie's, getting up at 7am to start on our makeup and gore effects; all of which turned out pretty well. We strolled around town beforehand, buying last minute supplies and Pokemon Heart Gold, before heading to the meeting place; the cemetary on the riverfront near Ironworks. As we approached, a group of about 5 were also approaching, followed by another group of 3. We were already quite chuffed with this, when we entered the cemetary to find that another 10 people had already arrived. As preparations were being made, more and more people kept turning up until the final figure was, according to Jamie, 38 zombies! We left the cemetary, proceeding up Union Street, through Eastgate and down the High Street. This was fantastic to see people's reactions, and it was genuinely amazing to think that we had organised this ourselves. One highlight was the whole group pressing up against the windows at MacDonalds, with the staff looking nervously at us, prompting customers to look behind them, and literally screaming at seeing us scratching at the windows. On arrival at Eden Court, we were greeted by the group of Stormtroopers, starting off a literal battle between the undead and Star Wars characters. At this point, I stopped and looked back at the mass of Zombies leaping around, literally pouncing at Stormtroopers who were retaliating by shooting blasters and so on; it was an amazing sight and it was definitely worthwhile. Thanks to everyone who turned up; every single person there made it that much more amazing. This slightly rejuvenates my faith in the human race; there is still a minority of awesome people out there.

After this success, we went to Pizza Hut for dinner before going to the Cinema to see Kick Ass. It was here that Danny was instructed to remove his ninja veil as it was "intimidating". He obliged, but we found it very strange that a cinema was the only place to have a complaint. Also there is the argument of other ethnicities wearing similar veils who would never be asked to remove them lest there be an uprising in the Tabloids about "human rights" etc. Slightly petty, but it took us off guard, especially when the others amongst us with flesh hanging off and such were not deemed unacceptable. It just goes towards my hatred for Vue cinemas.

Kick Ass was fantastic. Genuinely the best of the last few films I have seen at the cinema. As I have only slept a few hours in the last two days and have been busy all this time I am knackered, so shall write a fuller review tomorrow.

This has been a day that would best be described as being made of 100% pure win. I have a day off tomorrow, in which I may return to Hi-Ex to find some last-minute bargains at Forbidden Planet. Scavenger.