Twitter Zombie Theatre
This is a little twitterfiction that I started last Sept. for fun. Cmar was awesome with the medical side of things. This was tweeted over the course of three hours. I apologize for the odd formatting: it’s twitter, after all.1 For the curious, I was at the Starbucks on W6th, staring out at the intersection of W6th and St. Clair.
codeshaman: Watching a guy who doesn’t look too well shamble across the parking lot. Would think he was homeless except for the business suit.
codeshaman: Damn…the guys suit look like he was rolling a gutter or something.
sambearpoet: @codeshaman: there are a lot of well-dressed homeless people downtown atlanta
codeshaman: @sambearpoet Yeah, Sam…but this guy is kinda pale…and I think he is chasing a pigeon. It’s just weird.
sambearpoet: @codeshaman: wild
codeshaman: @sambearpoet Holy, shit…dude just bit a pedestrian. This cannot be good.
sambearpoet: @codeshaman: 911?
codeshaman: @sambearpoet Other peds are handling it, it looks like. Man who got bitten looks unhappy. No surprise there.
sambearpoet: @codeshaman: yeah, I would guess so!
Raeski: @Codeshaman. How did he get close enough to bite? Weird!
Cmaaarrr: @codeshaman @sambearpoet Rabies is awesome, too.
codeshaman: @Raeski Hard to say…I think he was distracted by his Blackberry or something. Two guys are holding the homeless dude now.
codeshaman: Dude who got bit just walked into the Starbucks. Heading for the bathroom.
sambearpoet: @codeshaman: you’re the Edward R. Murrow of tweetdom 
Raeski: @Codeshaman. I bet the homeless guy is scottish. . .
codeshaman: @sambearpoet Sorry…it’s just not something you see every day.
sambearpoet: @codeshaman: no worries, it is kind of cool
sambearpoet: @codeshaman: it’s like “Police Blotter Live” or “News of the Weird”
Cmaaarrr: Just got a strange email from the CDC.
codeshaman: Cops have shown up. Taking homeless guy into the car. Homeless guy is not really resisting, Ambulence just flew by.
codeshaman: Bitten guy just walked out. Hand wrapped in paper towel…still bleeding, looks like. Ordering a coffee. barista looks disgusted.
Raeski: @Codeshaman. The rest of your day is going to be so dull in comparison to this soap opera.
codeshaman: @raeski Tell me
codeshaman: Traffic is starting to get snarled. Ambulance stopped at intersection. Paramedic is arguing with cop. 44 minutes ago from web
codeshaman: Guy who was bitten is standing outside, just holding his coffee. Staring at the traffic. Looks like he’s sweating. “Bandage” is soaked. 42 minutes ago from web
KJToo: @codeshaman When’s the next full moon? That guy is screwed. 38 minutes ago from web in reply to codeshaman
codeshaman: @cmarrr How fast can rabies set in? This guy with the bite look awful. Pale and sweaty. 37 minutes ago from twitterrific
sambearpoet: @codeshaman: human bites are the worst 36 minutes ago from im in reply to codeshaman
Cmaaarrr: @codeshaman Not that fast. But this CDC note describes a new Lyssavirus, related to rabies, reportedly very fast acting. Like, minutes. 34 minutes ago from web in reply to codeshaman
codeshaman: @sambearpoet Looks that way. Bitten dude just dropped his coffee. Looks dazed. 34 minutes ago from twitterrific in reply to sambearpoet
PGHolyfield: probably buying one of two laptops tonight… $1,000 range. My inner geek still wants the $2,300 Dell… sigh 33 minutes ago from web
Cmaaarrr: @codeshaman Wait. Sir, aren’t you IN Cleveland? What area? 33 minutes ago from web in reply to codeshaman
sambearpoet: Robot warriors have arrived to take me to my orbiting throne-station. This may be my last transmission. 33 minutes ago from im
codeshaman: @cmaarrr What’s a Lyssavirus? — Bitten Dude just collapsed. One of the cops is coming over. Other is moving homeless guy to the ambulance. 32 minutes ago from web
codeshaman: @cmaarrr I’m down in the Warehouse district right now. W6th and St. Clair. Not far frm the Stadium. Why? 31 minutes ago from web
evo terra: @codeshaman Dude. You’ve seen Resi Evil & Dawn of the Dead. Get. The. Fuck. Out! 30 minutes ago from web in reply to codeshaman
KJToo: @sambearpoet Nooooo! Dammit, that’s my throne! Those are my robots! 30 minutes ago from web in reply to sambearpoet
codeshaman: @evo_terra Heh. Funny guy. This is creepy enough to watch. 29 minutes ago from web in reply to evo_terra
Cmaaarrr: @codeshaman Only that St. Vincent’s and Cleveland State’s med office were the reporting sites for the virus. Are they close? 29 minutes ago from web in reply to codeshaman
codeshaman: @cmaarrr Not too far…East
evo_terra: @codeshaman I’m only parially kidding. Me thinks the good doctor is suggestion you abandon your current position. 25 minutes ago from web in reply to codeshaman
codeshaman: Another ambulance just pulled up. Crowd is surrounding the guy the ground. Thinking
evo_terra: Cannot lose my lead developer to some zombie-rabies thing! Oh, or a good friend. 23 minutes ago from web
: codeshaman Uh oh. Second ambulance has people in those hazmat type suits getting out. More cops are showing up. Cannto see guy on the ground. 21 minutes ago from web
Cmaaarrr: @codeshaman Uh… the cases were in that area. Started after altercation with a guy from the Glenn NASA center. Biting was involved… 20 minutes ago from web in reply to codeshaman
codeshaman: @Cmaaarrr Oh great. Okay. Going to pack up in a sec. 19 minutes ago from twitterrific in reply to Cmaaarrr
Cmaaarrr: @codeshaman CDC alert said dude working with retrieved satellite with biologic experiments from Ames, then went nuts. 17 minutes ago from web in reply to codeshaman
codeshaman: Woman outside just fell and is screaming. Corwd is starting to run. passed out guy..he…oh shit. 16 minutes ago from twitterrific
RayS: “And Invisible Man sayz, i can has light, and teh light wuz.” http://tinyurl.com/2ygwwb 15 minutes ago from twitterrific
codeshaman: He just bit her ankle. 15 minutes ago from twitterrific
Cmaaarrr: @codeshaman I know this isn’t what Twitter is for, but I don’t have your # – you okay? I’d get moving. 15 minutes ago from web in reply to codeshaman
Raeski: @Codeshaman. Can you club anyone to death with your laptop if need be? And oh yeah. . .RUN! 14 minutes ago from txt in reply to codeshaman
codeshaman: Cops. cordoning off street. Need to get moving if I’m going to get out of here. Sorry. guys. Back later. 14 minutes ago from twitterrific
RayS: @codeshaman someone bar the door! 14 minutes ago from twitterrific in reply to codeshaman
codeshaman: Thank you for joining us for Zombie Twitter theatre. Remember, kids, eat your BRRAAAIINNZZZZZ. 11 minutes ago from twitterrific
RayS: @codeshaman and I was just
Cmaaarrr: Hey – the CDC did bring you “nepth-charging”… 9 minutes ago from web
evo_terra: @codeshaman & @cmar are cocksuckers. Funny, talented guys, but cocksuckers none the less. 8 minutes ago from web in reply to codeshaman
KJToo: @codeshaman Dammit, I wanted werewolves! 7 minutes ago from web in reply to codeshaman
codeshaman: @evo_terra *bows* Thank you, sir. 6 minutes ago from twitterrific in reply to evo_terra
strangerthings: Ooh, reminds me: look to an upcoming season of Stranger Things, I have an awesome zombie story that turns the whole genre on its head. 6 minutes ago from web
RayS: @codeshaman please save that somewhere… 2 minutes ago from twitterrific in reply to codeshaman
KJToo: I’m off to infect @codeshaman with the superplague. This may be my final transmission. 2 minutes ago from web
: strangerthings @cmar @codeshaman: Well played. This is like Reality TV. It’s Reality Tweeting less than a minute ago from web
- Note: I would have kept going, but when I reaized it was Sept. 11, I thought that I should probably cut it off.[back]
March 6th, 2008 at 10:59 am
This was so completely awesome. It really shows the potential of social networking tools like Twitter to create new outlets for creative expression.
And it gives the opportunity to play some really fun pranks on your friends.
March 6th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
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