Zombies!

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What is the deal with zombies lately?

I admit, I have always had a thing for zombies, but I have kept that a secret for decades. In my teens, I didn’t admit to my girlfriends when I’d see movies like Return of the Living Dead (tag line: “The dead are back from the grave and ready to party!”) My sweet grandmother, in her uniquely southern dialect, would say “I am walking around like a zombius today”. You say zombie, I say zombius; both are fun words. Mama Ollie, would two be called zombii? And then, of course, there was Thriller.

Lately, I have noticed a national obsession with all things zombie. Except for a scarily named term about foreclosures that haven’t really gone away, called Zombie Foreclosures, I’ve never connected the dots between zombies and a real estate blog. That was true until yesterday, when I ran across a wonderfully fun zombie piece in the biggest real estate blog of all, realtor.com, Eight Zombie-Proof Homes for Living in the Land of The Walking Dead.

The zombie craze has not escaped central Alabama. Zombie fans are anxiously awaiting the date announcement of this year’s Zombie Chase 5K, a fundraiser where the runners are chased through the woods by zombies, all for a good cause. That’s about the only thing that might get me sprinting through the woods these days. In a unique fundraiser, Birmingham’s oldest and most historic cemetery holds Oak Hill Zombie Walk, complete with contests for best make-up, best screams, and best zombie shamble. You don’t have to exercise to enjoy zombies; a zombie movie, Warm Bodies, is at the top of the box office list, and close to the top of the TV list is Walking Dead.

(Author grimaces, holds breath, and types out the words MUST. NOT. MENTION. POLITICS. Sighs.)

Just what is a zombie? The first definition from World English Dictionary is “a person who is or appears to be lifeless, apathetic, or totally lacking in independent judgment; automaton.”

Don’t we all know some of them? And don’t we all feel that way some days? If you are looking for help in finding or selling a home, you won’t get very far with lifeless and apathetic. Maybe we’ll adopt a new tagline, “Arcara Residential: The unzombiest realtors in town”. Or about the market: “Back from the grave and ready to party!”

In honor of this crazy blog entry, we have added to the site a game called Zombie Realtor; you will find it under the “Kids” tab.

In closing, we are passing along a useful chart for anyone wanting to Zombie-proof your home. Arm yourself with Max Brooks’ valuable Zombie Survival Guide and hunker down until summer, when that awful-looking Brad Pitt zombie movie comes out.

Zombie Image credit: antonbrand / 123RF Stock Photo


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