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13 August 2007 09:39![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wyntir_knightAlex Boese of the Museum of Hoaxes just posted an article about the San Diego's first ever Zombie Walk. The walk occurred when a flash mob descended on Balboa Park. They were all dressed in dirt, rags, and (I hope fake) blood, and they amused themselves by staggering through the public park, and allegedly, through a wedding. The organizers of the flash mob and the police state that no weddings were disrupted. However, Glenda Wiederkehr wrote an angry letter to the San Diego Union-Tribune claiming that her wedding was, in fact, disrupted.
"The zombie enthusiasts who invaded Balboa Park last month need to have their “unheads” examined. The soulless walkers dragged themselves through our friend's wedding reception. Not a “meandering” pass by, but a deliberate, harassing parade over and over through the gathered guests. The bridesmaids and others were left to police them, direct them and loudly encourage them to disperse. A San Diego police detective needs to know they were not “just people having fun.” The zombie makeup artist who stated, “It seems to me that everyone in the world right now is so stressed” and that “we grow up so fast” has made her point. And, believe me, it is not well taken."
I can see where she's coming from, but I figure that's what you get for getting married in a public park. You get zombies ... okay, maybe not.
And, yes, I do have to wonder is this letter of complaint is, in fact, a publicity stunt. It's just too tongue-in-cheek to be really angry.
"The zombie enthusiasts who invaded Balboa Park last month need to have their “unheads” examined. The soulless walkers dragged themselves through our friend's wedding reception. Not a “meandering” pass by, but a deliberate, harassing parade over and over through the gathered guests. The bridesmaids and others were left to police them, direct them and loudly encourage them to disperse. A San Diego police detective needs to know they were not “just people having fun.” The zombie makeup artist who stated, “It seems to me that everyone in the world right now is so stressed” and that “we grow up so fast” has made her point. And, believe me, it is not well taken."
I can see where she's coming from, but I figure that's what you get for getting married in a public park. You get zombies ... okay, maybe not.
And, yes, I do have to wonder is this letter of complaint is, in fact, a publicity stunt. It's just too tongue-in-cheek to be really angry.