Welcome to the first post of Zombie Tripper. I want to take a moment to thank you for taking a moment from your busy porn surfing schedule to actually, you know, read something from some being on the internet who you have probably never met, never read, and probably never will meet.
This is my initial blog, so I want to take a moment to introduce myself. My name is, obviously, Zombie Tripper. Guess what I am a fan of? Go ahead, try. I'll give you three chances.
Damn you're good. You're right!! It's about...what? No, Lloyd, it is NOT about Zardal and bake sales. It's got nothing to do with oatmeal raisin cookies made with pixie dust.
It's about zombies. Now go sit down and stop bothering the other readers.
I'm an old bastard, but I'm happy, usually. Broke as shit and don't care. I have booze and snacks. What else is needed?
Now, take a moment to feel proud of yourself. Why? Because, for once, rather than ogling hot young things that wouldn't give you the time of day, you're reading. Expanding your horizons (however low they might be), and seeing what this is all about.
Well, this is about having fun. We'll explore writing, blogging, zombies (duh.) and other aspects of gaming, reading, and life in general.
Today will be a very short post, but there is really one thing I wanted to cover. Reading.
Look, it doesn't matter if you're reading popcorn fiction (what I call fun books, which I'll detail more later) or the classics, such as Tolkien, Hemingway or London, best sellers by King, Koontz, or whoever else is a top rank writer right now.
Popcorn fiction is the writing by authors that are just, well, fun books to read. They have no ulterior motive, they aren't written to proclaim earth shaking and high falutin ideals. It can be anything from Brian Woods and Dead Roots (the Analyst) to Don Pendleton and the Executioner series. It can be your soft core porn, romance novels, zombie books or Dr. Seuss.
It just has to be something that makes you relax and slip into another world for a bit of time, and feel better about yourself because you had fun.
Nothing to make you realize that you have a pitiful existence, (you don't. No matter how bad your shit is, someone out there has it worse.) or to make you feel superior or safer.
Of course, when you're reading a DragonLance novel, and the army of Takhisis is heading toward the heroes with a bad case of red ass and someone told them Sturm Brightblade has the last tube of hemorrhoid cream in existence, you having to change the cat litter box seems sorta trivial, doesn't it?
So...take a moment, settle down, and unwind. Grab you a book, enjoy something for yourself, a little guilty pleasure, and try not to let others determine your literary collection. Be it a digital book or a paperback, it doesn't matter.
Hide from society and escape to some other realm. I'll figure out something more profound and interesting to discuss next time. Right now, I just wanted to start this damn thing and see how it works. I'll keep it going until I just say to hell with it.
Glad to see you, have fun, and start flipping pages!!
