New Vrndavana overrun by zombies!
In Krishna consciousness, dreaming about the Krishna is a very auspicious thing. Also in Krishna consciousness, serving the devotees is often seen as more glorious than serving the Lord. So naturally, one can draw the conclusion that my dream about zombies and Madhava Gosh is pretty much as auspicious as I’m going to get.
The setting of this spectacular display of unconscious storytelling was indeed in Madhava Gosh’s house at New Vrndavana. The background was that the movie 28 Days Later was real and parts of it were filmed at New Vrndavana. Being that it was real meant that zombies were real and they were attacking. But these were somehow the zombies left over from filming 28 Days Later.
In this particular movie, the zombies run after you. In traditional zombie movies, the zombies are slow and lumbering. Since I only dream about traditional zombies, this dream nixed the running zombies in favor of the lumbering variety.
The zombies were attacking and entering Madhava Gosh’s house. But we weren’t really all that freaked out. See, these zombies didn’t seem to be too much of a threat to us, only a mere annoyance.
And that’s the feeling throughout the dream. Annoyance. Gosh was directing people through his house so that they could hide from the zombies, but there wasn’t terror. Just annoyance.
I actually woke up a few times annoyed that I was dreaming this and hoping that I wouldn’t fall back asleep and continue with the nocturnal narration. But that thought was soon met with Zzzz’s and it was back to work avoiding the annoying zombies. Clearly, in my half-sleep delirium, I didn’t realize just how incredibly awesome this dream was.
Nobody died or really much noticed that New Vrndavana was overrun with zombies. Yeah, we were annoyed, but ducking upstairs (Gosh’s dream house has a second floor) did the trick.
The zombies got into the house, but the annoyance factor woke me up again and, being 6am-ish, I stayed awake.
It was weird/fun/annoying to see New Vrindaban’s woods and groves crawling with zombies. That makes it.. New Vrin-ZOMBIE!!
Best. Dhama. EVER!
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12/20/2008 at 5:51 am
Hmmmm… New Vrindavan overrun with annoying zombies, are you sure you were dreaming?
Who’s the guy is saffrom?
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12/20/2008 at 7:17 am
Oh, I assure you, this wasn’t allegorical. Just a dream!
The guy is the Hare Krishna Zombie from Dawn of the Dead.
http://www2.gol.com/users/noman/dead03.htm
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12/20/2008 at 8:31 am
I like how you can dream of zombies and only be annoyed. If zombies attack I want to come to your house!
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12/20/2008 at 8:59 am
I know! I really should have been overjoyed and super thrilled. It’s not everyday that you get to have awesome dreams about zombies!
Our house is fairly zombie-proof. You’re welcome to take shelter here when it happens.
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12/20/2008 at 12:06 pm
I do think it’s pretty realistic. I could see Madhava Gosh being annoyed by zombies, rather than afraid. I can almost envision him just very practically directing people, thinking, “dammit, I’d rather be playing soccer.”
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12/20/2008 at 1:07 pm
I’m pretty sure that Gosh could somehow organize the zombies for a pick-up game or two.
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12/20/2008 at 4:17 pm
Hahahhahahhaa!!!!!!!!!!!
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12/23/2008 at 12:32 pm
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the ghat, ZOMBIES rise from the depths.
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12/23/2008 at 1:14 pm
Hahahaha!!! Now THAT is so funny, on so many levels!
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12/23/2008 at 2:25 pm
When New Vrndavana is full, the dead will walk the earth!
It’s also funny during drought times… cause you just know that some folks get *really* nervous when the water levels drop.
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12/23/2008 at 3:38 pm
The zombies get you close to the lake, uh ghat, by floating burfi on the water and when you move in for the mercy they strike. It’s an old trick but works every time.
And make sure the grihastas don’t wash their nice white dhotis in that water, they could be dyed red.
I have that Day of the Dead zombie. I remember seeing a knitted version once too, was that yours? or on eBay? or somewhere else completely?
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12/23/2008 at 4:00 pm
The knitted one was on Boing Boing, but he made several appearances here.
Also, Hare Krishna Zombie is on Ebay. It’s the guy who actually played the Hare Krishna Zombie. He seems like a pretty cool guy. Nobody really knew where he was and I guess someone found him and told him that he’s a cult icon (no pun intended).
Here.
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