coolmonkey’s blog led me to your post on females and zombie apocolypses…i just had to repost my rebuttal to stand up for many of the underestimated chicks out there.

“lol…at first i wanted to be offended, but overall…this post was hilarious.

funny you had to blog about this, i’ve started having zombie dreams in the last year…just this morning, i dreamt about picking off zombies with rifle shots to their head.  I agree with Insomnia Pickles…tampons would be the way to go during a zombie apocolypse. (plus, there’s that urban legend of using tampons to pack wounds…i’ve known some people who carry them for that purpose…bottom line, tampons would be key.)  I know I can hold my own for distance and a weight on my back…i’m little, and i’ve beaten guys on 12 mile routes with a ruck on my back (people get silly and don’t realize how taking care of your feet and preventing hot spots is ultimately going to determine how long your feet can hold up.)  Even if you’re physically fit, if you don’t prep your feet, you won’t go far.  I’m not a physical stud according to fitness standards, but I don’t give up.  obstacles: been there, done that.  carrying people larger than me: been there, done that, but obviously not for long distances.  broken rib for two days with no treatment and other times having legs and arms pulverized until they’re purple and black: been there done that, you have to know how to wrap your body parts afterwards to minimize subsequent impact; those kinds of injuries obviously can’t be fixed with plain old pain meds.  the discussion of pain tolerance between men and women is in my opinion moot.  if you’re trying to escape a zombie horde, if you want to live, you’re going to get your ass out of there as best you can, regardless if you’re in pain.  if you give up, but still technically have the ability to move, it’s not weakness of the body but weakness of the mind.  people underestimate adrenaline, you’d be surprised at what your body can physically do and handle when put under significant stressors: been there and done that, too.  Cheesy, but it’s seriously all in the mind.  I would have never pictured myself as being able to handle such rigors since I know I’m small and not as strong as the guy who can bench 250; but I’ve learned that if you put your body to the test and don’t give up, you’d be surprised at what the average body can do. 

Weapons? pshh…what’s with guys always thinking that they’re hotsh*t with guns and weapons.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen people post pictures of themselves firing at the local gun range and thinking they’re so awesome because they hit a target at 25 feet or less.  Lame-O.  To be proficient and able to handle any type of weapon system takes experience.  I’ve had Special Forces guys try to pull me off a reflexive fire range because they thought I was too little to handle the rigors of a weapon for 4 hrs straight, I shut them up as soon as they realized I was tearing a hole in the same spot consistently, despite my bad form.  Did I know I could do that? Nope, but, I would never have found out if I had never tried. If you can’t shoot, then adrenaline will determine how hard you’re able to take a shovel to a zombie noggin.

 all in all, i think i could hold my own during an attack, although i’ve already figured out that i’d probably be one of the unlucky ones who almost make it to the end, but in some misfortunate mishap get eaten at the last second by a zombie who pops out of nowhere…just my luck. 

but whatever…see you in the apocolypse.”