"Don't Open, Dead Inside"

“DON’T OPEN,” read a sign on a barricaded double-door back at the hospital. “DEAD INSIDE.” That statement does double-duty as a truth-in-advertising proclamation and as an allusion to the series’ real agenda. As the pandemic goes on, things will only get worse, and people will only act worse, and eventually it’ll get to the point where there won’t be any discernible difference between zombies and non-zombies other than the temperature of their bodies and their preference in nourishment (and maybe not even that). “DEAD INSIDE” is what Rick and his family and any other survivors will be, and “DON’T OPEN” will be the watchword for protecting what’s left of your feelings, the imperative to look out for No. 1 and not get too attached to anything or anybody for fear of being exploited, manipulated, robbed or killed. “Walking Dead,” indeed.

http://www.salon.com/2010/11/01/walking_dead/

As I was reading the article “Walking Dead”: Zombies for a recession-age America by Matt Zoller Seitz these words of his really stood out to me.  The fact that Matt found this connection is very intriguing and shows that the characters in the “Walking Dead” are kind of the zombies themselves. I really love reading the articles on the zombie topic, just because there is so many different scenarios for different meanings.

Now, I kind of want to stray into a topic a little far from just the show…. I personally feel like a zombie at times, especially with the quotes “DON’T OPEN, DEAD INSIDE”. I am diagnosed with depression and have to even be on medical watch at sometimes. I think that this part in the article by Seitz stands out to me so much because, sometimes, I feel like a walking dead character… holding on to whatever can keep me going, but struggling and wishing to just be “put out of my misery”. Im sorry for making a sad situation out of this. I just found it interesting that these words have a huge connection to the show as a whole.

Since I made this post kind of lame with my sadness here is a video of a panda playing in the snow for your enjoyment!!! I hope you guys are having a good weekend!

Panda Playing in the snow