tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post9180893845940253831..comments2024-03-27T23:42:36.619-05:00Comments on Mock Ramblings: Apocalypse PreparednessMichael Mockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-9508539962868322862011-08-12T09:24:36.456-05:002011-08-12T09:24:36.456-05:00I think you may have just written the first act of...I think you may have just written the first act of a Stephen King novel.<br /><br />It particulary reminds me of the Mist. By the way, if you haven't seen the movie version of the Mist that seems like precisely the sort of thing you would love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-5607147310108477792010-11-29T16:47:12.921-06:002010-11-29T16:47:12.921-06:00Thanks to everyone who answered this. I promise no...Thanks to everyone who answered this. I promise not to use the information for Eeeeevil... muwahaha.... er, ahem. Pardon that.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-62244347527558637832010-11-29T16:22:36.915-06:002010-11-29T16:22:36.915-06:00I'd be double- and triple-checking to see if m...I'd be double- and triple-checking to see if my perception of reality was correct or if grad school had suddenly made me slip round the bend- then if I seemed to still be living in the real world which had suddenly gotten more surreal, I'd do the stock-car-with-gas-and-food-and-weapons thing and try to get over to my husband ASAP. Depending on the variety of Apocalypse, one might be able to survive- but I'm sure as hell not looking at it without him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-74027127284497714662010-11-23T20:02:54.136-06:002010-11-23T20:02:54.136-06:00I'd be inventorying: counting out how much foo...I'd be inventorying: counting out how much food I had, making sure I had my passport handy, running the wash to make sure I had enough clean underwear. I like to think I'm better than those people who mob the grocery stores to stock up on canned food before the storm hits, so pride would prevent me from joining them. Meanwhile, obsessively checking facebook and twitter.Laurenhttp://www.twitter.com/gryphonatmidway/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-32579780672007922682010-11-23T16:18:46.054-06:002010-11-23T16:18:46.054-06:00I think my instinct would be to try to stay in my ...I think my instinct would be to try to stay in my normal routine for as long as I could, because if something seriously weird (the end times, merging with another cosmic brane, whatever...) was happening, I'd feel happier trying to deal with it in familiar surroundings as far as possible.chris yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556240635442613879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-86917469140091126122010-11-23T14:19:52.036-06:002010-11-23T14:19:52.036-06:00I'd probably be freaking out and trying to fig...I'd probably be freaking out and trying to figure out how to get out of the major metropolitan area in which I live. I don't know why, but it seems like whatever's going on in the woods is slightly less scary than whatever's going to be going on here with bad things in the woods and lots and lots and lots of people, some of them armed. But maybe that's just because I've read SM Stirling's Change series too many times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-22803582881453671052010-11-22T23:34:40.373-06:002010-11-22T23:34:40.373-06:00I would probably be somewhat panicking in my head ...I would probably be somewhat panicking in my head and packing to go somewhere, but where I don't know. Calling my family to see if they are ok or possessed by whatever is going on. This is very interesting. I'm interested to see how people answer.theagnosticswifehttp://theagnosticswife.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-19626328786878976012010-11-22T22:13:56.994-06:002010-11-22T22:13:56.994-06:00{g} That's a unique perspective, all right. Th...{g} That's a unique perspective, all right. Thanks for adding it.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-14695061696730254342010-11-22T16:51:43.187-06:002010-11-22T16:51:43.187-06:00I'd probably think nothing of it, putting it d...I'd probably think nothing of it, putting it down to my meds not working. Bizarre stuff like that doesn't seem to phase me; I'd say to myself, "I know it's a hallucination, because something this wacked out ain't real" and then just kick back and enjoy the weirdness.<br /><br />I like to brag that people spend good money on drugs to see crap my brain naturally produces for free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-71214383718579960832010-11-22T12:11:31.147-06:002010-11-22T12:11:31.147-06:00No Mechas. At least, not that you've seen so f...No Mechas. At least, not that you've seen so far.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-22011386972298797942010-11-22T10:50:23.306-06:002010-11-22T10:50:23.306-06:00Not attending any funerals, for one thing. Probabl...Not attending any funerals, for one thing. Probably go to the grocery store and max out a credit card on non-perishables and fresh water. If there's time, also a trip to the hardware store for boards, nails, a chainsaw, and a lot of duct tape.<br /><br />Are there giant mechas walking around shooting at cars?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.com