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Oct. 25th, 2006 | 03:21 pm

The University Village sent me papers from their Lawyer to my house Wednesday.
Zombie Walk is no longer a surprise to them and I was sure we would have to change our route.....

That's private property and corporate thinking for you......

The thing about zombies is that they never give up! I filled out their "We are not responsible" paperwork and pray Seattle Zombies have common sense.

I met with "Management" on Thurs. They are not thrilled that Zombies will be infesting their Village, and they hope it pours down rain on us.....but they did not say they would ask us to leave or give us trouble.

The head of U Village Security is a "Shaun of the Dead" fan. (Good for us, because we make his job a pain in the arse on Sat.)

The U-Village Manager, "Suzie" has a 8 year old who is afraid of Mickey Mouse. Errr..............
I explained what a Zombie was and described Zombie Walk as theatrical as opposed to violent.
She's definitely not a fan of "scary" but she and her co-workers were good sports nonetheless!

We're an R rated show at a G rated venue.

If we can resist eating the children, don't mess with people who don't want to play, leave no messes & thank the security people for helping out we should be in the clear.

I will be attaching maps soon.....
Let's WALK!!!


* Advice on how to stay more incognito in the future would be greatly appreciated.......
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Graham Macarthur Downing

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from: [info]bonus_features
date: Oct. 25th, 2006 11:49 pm (UTC)
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i was sitting right there as you were talking to Andrew today. I work at the HUT and was all like "OMG was that cleo?! HOORAY!"

im very very excited now. very.

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el dan

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from: [info]eldan
date: Oct. 25th, 2006 11:51 pm (UTC)
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That's terrible. Do they even have any legal standing (not to mention that it makes them look like complete arses, whether they have a legal right or not)?

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Savina

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from: [info]bleach_bacon
date: Oct. 26th, 2006 01:04 am (UTC)
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are there any others? fremont? capitol hill? on halloween?

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cleozombie

Only 1 Zombie Walk this year

from: [info]cleozombie
date: Oct. 26th, 2006 03:22 am (UTC)
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If you want MORE undead action.....gather your friends up un-officially and take public transit to my Halloween party, Oct. 31st at Studio Seven. It's called Cadaver Cadabra and is listed in this LJ.

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cleozombie

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from: [info]cleozombie
date: Oct. 26th, 2006 03:17 am (UTC)
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Yes they do......it's private property. I still believe we can do it there and not disrespect them. I have a meeting at 2:00 tomorrow with the U Village manager........

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buckminster

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from: [info]buckminster
date: Oct. 26th, 2006 07:35 am (UTC)
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if they're able to locate someone to send papers to, you're doing something wrong! that said, i wouldn't announce any of the stops ahead of time. is the route through private property?

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cleozombie

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from: [info]cleozombie
date: Oct. 26th, 2006 04:47 pm (UTC)
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I could conceal my identity more.......To do that entirely and work with the press eludes me. Last year Komo news called me at home and I never give out that #! If anyone has ideas....coach me.

Next year for sure I'll try to be more incognito.
I feel confident that now enough people know about it that I can announce the stops like a week before and still have a good turnout!

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from: anonymous
date: Oct. 26th, 2006 04:59 pm (UTC)
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That sucks majorly, and now it's kind of chilling b/c the 'Man' sees you as the source for this event.

There's got to be some way that you can legally exculpate yourself - I dunno, maybe some kind of message saying that people's participation is completely voluntary and that you cannot and will not accept any liability for the actions of participants. ??

As for being incognito, you could do what Dirty Bunny does and only reveal the venue a couple of days before the event.

tulse

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from: anonymous
date: Oct. 26th, 2006 05:14 pm (UTC)
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Well, I found a 1339 number on the domain registry for your website, and a
0124 number on yelp and again on mesart. It looks like the main prob is that there's been too much crossover between cleozombie and cleowolfus. In the future, any postings made from any "cleo" account should be along the lines of "I hear these crazy people are doing a zombie mob: link to zombiewalk.com page" Start some accounts that aren't linked to your name and have them take over the myspace group, etc. Always refer to yourself as "We" and to Cleo in the third person. And don't announce routes through private property at all. Announce a route nearby, and take a detour.

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from: anonymous
date: Oct. 26th, 2006 05:20 pm (UTC)
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also, if you get to talk to press, milk it for all it's worth. create a false controversy to distract them, like say the MPAA threatened to sue you for infringing on one of their movies.

From the cacophony.org primer:
" You'll also need to lie. Especially lie to the media. They'll be grateful for the more colorful copy. Yes, yes, yes, we all know the media "co-opts" underground culture, but that's hardly a reason to shun it. Make the media your play partner. Chances are your "underground" interests were at some point nurtured by one of those media mongers who makes a living by spilling the underground beans. It would be uncharitable to keep the fun of Cacophony to yourself once you're "inside". Share with the media, lie, contribute your myth-making skills to our culture."

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Lána

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from: [info]gakkunai
date: Oct. 27th, 2006 01:37 pm (UTC)
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I'm so very glad we got it to all work out. Especially since they're so iffy about us.

An R rated show and a G rated venue.

That's prrrrfect. Love love love it, I am SO PUMPED.
THE END IS NIGH!

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Lána

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from: [info]gakkunai
date: Oct. 28th, 2006 01:34 am (UTC)
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QUESTION.

Isn't it Sunday that the clocks roll back an hour? What time is it going to be at, 4.30?
*confusion*

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