Part I of II

OP Status update 1- Finished read [Zombie Book Survival]. Everyone should go read it

Comments-
Person 1- Hahaha, if zombies start taking over, I’m definitely coming to you first
Person 2- ...you would read that book
Person 3- Pretty soon, you’re going to be asking all of us to read Twilight >.>

[OP] has added “Zombie Book Survival” as a favorite book

Person 1- How did midterms go?

OP- Really well, all A’s and I got the job at Google and QualComm. I can’t decide!
Person 3- Dislike
Person 2- Go with Google, then we can commute together.

Status Update 2- “Mysterious disease in North Korea” - LOL, first sign of the zombie apocalypse right
here guys, better watch out
Person 1 *likes this comment
Comments-
Person 2 - “...In response to the outbreak, Madagascar has closed its ports” - oh damn, this is serious
now
Person 1, 3, 4 like this comment

Person 3 - Those commy bastards deserved it, let’s hope it wipes them out
Person 4- Black-Ops IRL right here guys, get your weapons ready, we’re headed to D.C.

Status Update 3- Have you noticed that a lot of people haven’t been showing up to class lately? My
English class are feeling emptier, and I really hope I didn’t miss some major ditch day thing.
Person 1- Flu season probably really maxed out this year, just dominating. I wonder what new animal
the disease is going to be named after, haha.
Person 2- Good thing I got a flu shot.
Person 3- My brother got one, and he’s mysteriously vanished. My parents and the police say he ran
away, but I don’t believe them.
--Person 2 likes this comment
OP- :O I’m going to start stocking up!
Person 1- Ok, we’re not all going to die, come on people. Your brother probably got sick of your shit
and ran away, he’ll be back soon.

Status Update 4- Alright guys, this is a serious problem here. We need to stock up and make sure that
you’re able to survive for several months self-sustaining. Go for the canned food, MREs, non-
perishables, get a water tank, and a gun or two, and plenty of ammo. I don’t want to sound paranoid
here, but I think we should start boarding up our windows and reinforcing the doors. Start preparing
your children or younger siblings. The mental attrition will be the most harmful in these situations. We
don’t want to be our own worse enemies.
Comments-
Person 1- You sound paranoid. I’m sure this will all blow over. We have the backing of the US
government. The most powerful country in the world!
Person 2- But its not 2012 yet xD Haha, are you sure someone didn’t just like, “plant” that idea into
your mind? Maybe it’s time to wake up, Mr. ______.
OP- Come on guys, just trust me on this. Spread the word before we have too many people gone. We
can’t just wait until we’re the last people here...
Person 1: How do you know, there’s still the neighborhood. Besides I’m going to do this like my history
project, with the adrenaline of knowing it’s due in 9 hours!

Person 1---Wall post- Hey man, did you see all those troops that were walking around UCI? I’m not
sure if it’s zombies, but something is definitely going down. I’m not going to go all out just yet, but
yeah, something tells me it’s going to be alright. Btw, you down to go watch the new Harry Potter
movie with Person 2, Person 3, and Person 4
Comments
OP- No, it’s alright, I got this RIP to work on. Then again, if we’re all dying anyway, I don’t see why I
should be working on this anyway. Haven’t even started this, jfkejkfekjewkjfekljfe, FML.
Person 1- So we’ll all meet at my house to go to the movies at 6PM tonight

Two days later

Status Update- Person 1, you there? Haven’t seen you in like, two days, which is pretty weird actually.
On a side note, finally done with this wretched RIP project so I’m probably gonna be free for like, a few
more minutes before it’s time to study for finals Dx
Person 2- Are you sure? When was the last time you saw him?
Person 3- Did he leave with us from the theater?

Two days later

Status Update- “Person 1 found dead in ally, without clothes”

Person 2- What? Are you sure? Where are you reading this? I saw Person 1 wandering around Aldrich
Park.
Person 3- Maybe we should go hold up in a mall somewhere?
Person 4- Haha, you guys are just all super paranoid and shit. Watch, we’ll see him tomorrow at
school acting all weird and (Person 1)-like.

A week later
Status Update- “The White House has issued a defcon 5 level alert. The doomsday clock in
washington has hit midnight. It is official this is a zombie apocalypse! Instructions on safety
procedures will be posted in a few minutes” HA! I knew it guys!,
Comments
--OP- 5 days later- Haha, no replies, huh? I’m sorry for being all in-your-face, but yeah, gg, your fault
for not listening to me beforehand >.>

3 days later
Status update- Guys? Where is everyone =0? I swear, I’ve never seen Facebook so empty before.
Just an FYI, zombies can’t look at Facebook and see where you guys are hiding so it’s good to keep
connected online...

The next day

Status Update- Ok, I swear, I think I am the last person on Earth. If there’s anyone elseffgbnmkl;.
Comments
*Zombie liked this status

End of Part I

Lenny Small
One month later
Status Update: i am officially the last person on earth. theres been no new twitter or facebook posts for
the last month. either the entire world has stopped using the Internet or zombies have taken over the
world or the final harry potter movie has come out. i cant tell which is more likely. for those who
stumble upon this i will document the travels of my journey. then you too can try to reenact my travel, if
it succeeds, in hopes of reaching a home without the fear of a zombie attack; A home in which we can
be free from the fears of the new wold. A home where we can feel safe. Madagascar. The mythical
land where there have never been a zombie. A land isolated from the rest of the world. If there is
anyone out there...

One week later

Status Update- ive successfully barricaded my dorm and got the highest score on robot unicorn attack,
9567940! I have also been able to finally hit lvll 25 on tetris battle (playing against bots ftw)

One week later- snuck into Brandywine via the underground tunnels and been able to amass enough
food for my journey east for the past few days. i stole dead kyles flight simulator. i knew stealing those
plates and silverware would come to bite him. Karma. There should still be planes at john wayne
airport like that one movie with john cusack. btw happy new year, 2012!

One day later- dead steven tried to kill me today. thank god that i was never close to him, and there
are plenty of fire extinguishers. i wonder if i can sneak into Brandywine to get some ice cream...

Two hours later- guess not...

Lenny Small has joined the Facebook group “I hate it when zombies ambush you on the way to
Brandywine for ice cream.

One week later- i think im ready to attempt to traverse the great american continent. ill just sleep for a
bit first.what could possibly go wrong?

27 hours later- alot apparently. im currently in a trapped in a motel 6. i didnt wake up to my alarm
clock, and the buzzing sound attracted all the zombies for miles. they tore through my made defence
of couches chairs and tables. good thing my mom use to bother me about preparing for trips early. i
bolted out of the dorm as fast as my feet would take me. thank god that i played L4D for hours instead
of studying for my midterms and finals. i was able to avoid what was coming, so take that chem 1a
and your vsepr models, you never taught me to kill zombies. i managed to get out of Ciudad and ran
past the walking zombies onto mesa road. i saw this porche carerra and was like, damn, this is
awesome. I drove towards the 73 which connects to the 10 eventually. I stopped a gas station to fill up
but a small child tried small child attacked me and I was forced to take refuge in in this motel 6.

Lenny likes Porche Carrerras

Lenny dislikes Motel 6

--Comments:
Lenny NO ONE EVER GO HERE, the place looks so dirty and ugly and just plain nasty i will definitely
give them a 2/10 on their satisfaction survey. im sure the hotel across the street from john wayne
airport would be at least two starts better than this good for nothing dump.three blocks for this?! im
about to shoot someone! FFFFFFFF the walls are so thin i can hear the zombie moans. wtf is this shit.
--comment: i stansd corrreccted there alcogol cabiinett isssssssssssssssssssdfavcx
sooooooooooklkm gefksdfdsfa.

Status Update- Well... I got this. I’ve flown to denver, colorado and i think that is just win for the last
survivor in the world. even better than is is the fact that I restocked on food. Iove airplane peanuts.
Also found a new plane to hope a ride to boston, massachusetts. home of the yankees! I HAVE to visit
Yankee Statium! YEEEHAW!!!!

Two days later

Status Update- the most awesome thing ever! I found people living here while i was shopping for
groceries and they seemed so nice! they helped me carry my stuff and im traveling in a group now!
they have a plan to go to this magical place where there’s no zombies and a whole community of
people aaaaanndddddd a McDonalds! jfkejkejkjfekjfekef, so excited! All they needed was my plane.

5 hours later
Status Update- how unlucky can we get? while flying to boston we ran into engine trouble and had to
crash land on the runway. needless to say we attracted ALOT of zombies. We managed to make a
break for it and take refuge in the we somehow go to the old harbor. i guess this was due to the
sacrifices of the toms. they were asleep when we left the plane and no one must have bothered to
wake them up. We heard their screams when we ran out of the runway. there weren’t many zombies
near the coast, and we could easily out run them. things look good.

Two days later

Status Update- we got the boats ready, yeah! i told them we probably wont all fit into the boat since
they were small, but they say its possible. they do have more experience with this, so this will probably
go perfect! its so awesome, too, how theres a one for all rule where we share everything and nothing
belongs to everyone. im forced to share my food and weapons, but i can use their stuff now!!
madagascar, here we come!

Next Morning
Status update- im really worried now! i cant find anyone since i woke up and i think the zombies got
them! i really wish they are alright b/c they were so nice and wish that they can be back here
Comment- WTF, THAT WAS SO MESSED UP. i thoughtttttt they were attacked, but nooooooo, all my
stuff is gone and the boats are missing! i hope they all go and die somewhere, ARGH, why must this
happen
--Comment: ha! i found an extra boat, and its a big ship that was at the port! i called it mary because
thats what it says on the side, but this ship is hugeeee. this is the coolest thing ive ever seen before!
thats right friends whose names i never knew, karma is a bitch and she’s out to get you now!

Three weeks later

Status update- sooo not cool, there’s no wifi in the atlantic ocean, and i had to find out after i was
milessss away from shore. i thought the internet was working then i realized it was just offline
browsing. well, other than that.....IM FINALLY HERE!! THAT’S RIGHT, MADAGASCAR!!! this place
looks soooo coool and there seems to be a lot of people here! i havent left the ship yet before i make
sure these people arent zombies. all i know is their flag looks soo cool with the white background and
the red cross in the middle. they call themselves “swiss” in madagascar so i dont think they’re too
smart, but they look pretty nice for now. Ok, first step right here, i shall go and pray they dont turn
around and rip my head off. wish me luck!

*Lenny has checked in at McDonalds

--Lenny likes this comment

Fin.
Ajmal Haseeb and Jared Leung
Dr. Haas
Writing 39C
December 3, 2010
RIP Memo
In our project, we have created a Facebook page model to demonstrate the point of view of a
person who experiences a zombie apocalypse. The story itself will be split up into two halves, each
from the point of view of a different character. The model is Facebook but the storyline is similar to
that of Zombieland. The audience includes anyone who enjoys comedy, or more specifically, anyone
who enjoys stories and games involving zombie invasions such as: The Walking Dead, I Am Legend,
and Left 4 Dead I&II. The demographic of people who left ratings on Zombieland's IMDb page
included a large majority of males who were between the ages of 18-29, so this would be the main
target that we are trying to go after.
The genre used in our RIP is comedy horror, or horror comedy. The genre conventions of
comedic horror involves bloody yet humorous displays, scary yet sarcastic scenes, and satirical
connections all throughout the story. Incorporating a zombie story adds in the brainless zombies,
survivors that the protagonist happens to find in the middle of nowhere, an undamaged utopia that the
zombies have not found yet, and an ending that is happy. The very attitude of people on Facebook also
adds on to the conventions as people are traditionally not serious and have a more humorous way to
deal with everything. There will be the annoying friends on Facebook, the sarcastic comments, the
Devil's Advocates, and extremely affectionate and sympathetic people that do not exist in real life.S
The purpose is pure entertainment in the form of a survival guide for the average human who
might encounter a zombie takeover sometime in his or her lifetime. Unlike a horror story, the purpose
is not be to scare the audience but more to make them laugh and enjoy the story. The message of the
story that we are trying to send will be that the zombies are, surprisingly, the last thing to be afraid of.
The bigger threat would be the other survivors who are in a “kill-or-be-killed” mode, only to the main
characters' disadvantage. The zombies create a lack of resources and inject fear into the humans, adding
on to the numerous roadblocks for the protagonist. The second message we're sending is that the most
prepared person is not always those that end up surviving at the end of the story. Being a comedy, we
went for a goal to make the ending unpredictable, only ending up enhancing the story as a whole. The
last message is that, in the case of a zombie apocalypse, no one is even close to being prepared and the
entire world is preoccupied with everything else but their own safety. Even for an earthquake, most
families aren't entirely prepared, as well as for other emergencies such as hurricanes, tornadoes, power
outages, and floods.
The context of the story is as recent as possible so that the current generation of teenagers and
young adults will be able to relate to the story. It imitates the format of current Facebook statuses that
are normally seen on a daily basis by the audience, yet it will involve a zombie apocalypse. For
example, the characters might make references to events that were present as recent as 2010 and talk in
such a way, too. With the end of the world scare in 2012, too, the comedy portions of the story are
improved. The story is set at UCI and presenting the story primarily to the 39B class which the student
belongs to as well, the context is quite specific but it doesn't restrict the audience to just students of this
class or to Anteaters.
The ethos of the story is be pretty casual and there won't be an entirely serious or formal kind of
setting as the medium is on Facebook. The main characters will not be much older than the students
who are in class so the posts are more informal than formal for the most part. Specifically, Aticus Finch
(allusion to Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird) will be much more formal and serious compared
to the second character. Mr. Finch is the one that is legitimately prepared for a situation like this, but
unfortunately, fate is not on his side. Lenny Small (allusion to Of Mice and Men) is more informal than
the Aticus and more socially awkward, as well, but however, he manages to survive for a longer time.
The language overall will be simplistic and will include text-language at some parts and emoticons
where necessary to try and represent the heroes and everyone as just average people who the audience
sees on Facebook on a normal basis.
The best place to publish something like this would be as a picture that contains all of the status
updates that was on the Facebook page as well as the posts on the wall. The image would be hosted on
some site, perhaps like 4chan.com, where everyone would be able to publicly view it and send it to
their friends so that they can see it, too. The Facebook page will exist, as well, but most people would
rather see a big picture rather than look up a profile on picture and scroll through the status updates.
Still, the Facebook pages for our characters will be on both Facebook and in image format to reach the
widest audience possible.
The reason we decided to do this project is for three reasons. First of all, we are both avid fans
of Facebook and we realize the mass impact that the social networking site has had on the world.
Whether it is used as a public blog for people to talk about their everyday needs, a tool for politicians to
spread their messages to as many people as possible, or even as a way for adults to find their high
school and college friends from the past, Facebook definitely has changed the users' lives. Even with
the 2008 election, a lot of the support that Obama was able to get was through Facebook and still uses
it on a weekly basis to send messages across about everyday issues such as FDR and his famous fire
side chats with the citizens. Second, we are strong fans of zombies and zombie apocalypses in
particular, whether it be in books or movies or video games and it seemed like a perfect topic to talk
about in our project as we both already know a large number of the conventions and expectations that
are required. Finally, after the RA paper, we felt that we wanted to go with a more informal type of
project that didn't involve such a high level of academic ethos (or 6-7 pages that weren't the most
interesting to read) or a serious note. Comedy is something that is very entertaining to read as well as
write about, which only enhances the project as a whole for both us and the audience. All in all, it
seems like the perfect project for both of us and it won't be too much of a drag for either of us to make
this successful.