Smoking SunEverybody’s getting us ready for the Apocalypse: there’s Jack Bauer on 24, Cormac McCarthy on The Road, and Will Smith in I Am Legend. Our contemporary culture reflects our collective concern over our continued existence: if The Terrorists don’t get us, The Big One, Global Warming, or Dick Cheney will.

I’ve been working on my Armageddon game plan for over a year, and now it’s time to assemble my Post-Apocalyptic Survival Squad. Stick with me, and you’ll have a better-than-average chance of surviving the real world Road Warrior lifestyle coming our way.

But there are no free rides on this team: to join, you have to bring something of value to the table. What is it: Martial arts? Leather crafting? Birthing & rearing? Applications accepted below.


4 Comments

  1. york on July 2, 2007 6:44 AM

    Listen, I don’t want to sound egomaniacal (Get ready, soon there won’t be time to waste with such falsely modest platitudes), but my primary asset will be my initial leadership. I’m the Man with the Plan.

    There’ll be no room for democracy when it all goes survival of the fittest (e.g. Iraq 2007.) I’ve got a lot of experience making decisions for others – whether they like it or not – and that, more than learned wisdom or selfless altruism, forms the foundation of all great leaders.

    I foresee and accept that I will be banished or disemboweled once all the irradiated dust settles upon our neo-primitive self-sustaining mountain compound (Et tu, Jule?) It’s that sort of self-sacrifice (or will it be a pagan religious sacrifice?) that will see me rightfully, if however briefly, crowned as York, Most Esteemed and Beneficent Ruler of the Western Highway, He of the Hundred Concubines and Thousand Sons, O Great and Mighty God of the Hellfire Skies.

  2. julie your love on July 3, 2007 8:29 AM

    I think we know at the end of the day that the possibility of me surviving the apocalypse is pretty nil. That being said, should I be so unfortunate as to need to prove my skills to the survival squad, I would bring the following to the table:

    Queen of all Survivors
    Ruler of the Western Lands
    Master Sweater Maker
    Culinator
    Benevolent Mother of a Thousand Sons
    Head Concubine

    Does this save me a place, if I survive after making the colossal mistake of going after the CATS?!?

    Oooh wait - I can wash dishes too.

  3. G Scott Barrett on July 3, 2007 1:07 PM

    I would like to bring Spam and music.
    Thanks to a very disappointing Y2K, I have an entire basement full of this mystery meat. I would also like to bring Bjork. Bjork will marry me and what a treat to be eating fried Spam & Cockroaches while Bjork belts out a liberty song. York, Bjork and Spam. This is my perfect Apocalypse!

  4. MAKO on October 21, 2007 8:52 PM

    what do i have under my belt? well i have knowledge in fighting arts (self studies), i am a survivalist by nature (looking up survivor,& survivor man has taught me alot of basic survival in the wild),am always vigilent, looking for things to use in combat or something to help me in any situation.
    i have knowledge of supernatural occurences as well. i specialize in zombie survival and combat stradegy and technique. i have some knowledge on vampires too, though most of it would be useless anyway (i studied more into zombies than vampires.)

    i have basic first aid skills. does that count? i mean, i read a family medical guide out of boredom. learned alot from it. i know cpr, how to dress wounds, and some other minor details.

    i am currently trying to learn japanese and german. and for a career i plan on getting into the field of robotics and applying it into massive scale. (20ft or taller.)

    oh and i know how to make a fire out of a chocolate bar and a pop can.

    am i valuable yet?

    i know how to make lockpicks.(im undergoing a metals class)and…………….. well thats pretty much what i have under my belt so far. if i had money, (im poor)i would be taking kenpo classes ( a form of martial arts). so i need to get a job.

    AGE:17
    HEIGHT:5′11″
    FITNESS:fit, but not bulky
    EYES:20-20 vision
    ORIENTATION:white
    COUNTRY:usa, michigan
    IQ:when i was 14 my iq was 141(official court ordered test). [havent taken a test since then]{180+ is genius, average is 80. retarded is 60 and under}
    WEAKNESS:the cold. cant stand it, and it dropps my morale stageringly.
    FEAR:porceline dolls. weird fear, but true.
    STREGTHS:love the heat. can take very hot situations better than most people. would not hesitate to kill if the situation requires. cruel, but pragmatic.

    so yea, whatya say? am i valuable?

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