Mother Nature is giving us another warning sign of imminent Zombie Apocalypse.

While surfing the internet for awesome stuff that’s relevant to this blog, for some reason was reminded of a nature video I had seen a few months ago.  Back then it didn’t hit home because I was still very zombie ignorant, but since I’ve become learned in the threat of the undead everything I see can be used for getting an advantage in the war.

This video is of a zombie snail. Lemme break down why it’s called a zombie snail…

1. Like a real zombie, the snail is infected with a parasite that turns him into a zombie.  This pretty much goes straight for the head and turns him into this alien-looking pulsating slimy thing.
2. Once infected, the snail is gone for good.  the only way to help it now is to kill.
3. If you cut off limbs (or tentacles or whatever you call snail parts), it still keeps going.  Not only does he keep going, he regenerates a new part.
4. Unlike the zombie, the zombie snail gets eaten by birds in order for the parasite to be spread.  Like the zombie though, he pretty much runs (or crawls) to his death.

Here is the video, but now a disclaimer: this video is not suitable for people that are squeamish to crawly things, afraid of insects and/or the undead, or bird shit.  All I can tell ya is it’s hella cool!

If you could be any font, what would you be?

When I found this video on youtube, all I could think of was how much I’d love it if it talked about chemistry instead of english. Then I realized that geeks come in all colors. That is when I realized that I know more english geeks than any other kind! First of all, I’ve changed the names to protect the geeky, but if I didn’t name you, you know who you are! While watching this clip, I was thinking how Mr. Galapagos and Kelly the MasterDebator would be geeking out to this kinda stuff.

Because I’m more of a science afficionado than an english connoseur, I can only imagine the reaction an english dork might have. They’re gonna be all:

“My Word, such folly and whimsy in the satire of this allegorical interpretation of the minutiae of grammatica. I must expose my fellow academians to this nugget of ambrosia only Thalia could have gently placed in my ears and eyes, oh sweet goddess of all that is funny!”

Then they will light their pipes and sip on their 100yr old scotch. Trust me, that’s how english dorks behave behind closed doors.

Getting back to the question at hand, if I had to pick right now the font that I’d be, it would have to be

This font is bold enough to get your attention (just like me), but not too bold that it gets annoying. There’s structure and rigidity in the letters, especially the all-caps, but at the same time there’s a sense of softness and emotion in the lower caps and numbers. That pretty much describes me in a nutshell. I wish I could write my blog using that font, but I haven’t figured out how to change the font on this blog thing to a cool font like Modern No. 20. I also dig the name, since I’m a Neo-Future Modernist.

To the 10 people that read this blog, if you could be any font, which one would it be? And don’t say Helvetica, that is sooo clichey!