So much for routine. I think I've locked the doors of the video store for the last time. I spent close to 14 hours there, and no one came in. No one has rented a video in over 5 days. There are thousands of over due movies and I don't think they are coming back. I guess the days of video rental are officially over, but most importantly, I don't think I'm getting a paycheck tomorrow.

At least I can sleep in tomorrow.

Alls Quiet on the Front

I realize it's been awhile since I've last posted any news, but that's because there seems to be little news to post. As I'm sure you know, the first day or two after last weeks announcement, there was some panic and several news reports of the illness. But now all seems very quiet. Eerily quiet in fact.

There seem to be less people out on the streets. Hardly anyone has come into the video store over the past week, and the few who have have said and done little. The TV and radio all seem to be running fine, but everything is a rerun. Including live shows. Yesterday I went into the grocery store and I ended up walking out without paying for anything, because I couldn't find a single soul working there.

I know it seems odd that I'm roaming the world as the human race seems to be disappearing from it. It's just nothing seems all that threatening. It's all just really quiet. I'm going to head over to the video store now. I seem to be the only one around willing to open it up these days. And none of the managers are returning my calls. Why I'm even bothering to open it? I don't really know. Routine is a funny thing.

The Actual End of the World

So here it is. I suppose I should be happy that I was right, but somehow it's not all that comforting. And if I could take back the blog for the sake of the world's health I'd probably do it.

What I'm referring to, of course, is tonight's press conference that was held at the white house. If you've been living under a rock and missed this, I've got some news for you. It ain't good. Apparently the the flu has broken loose and is rapidly spreading across the country and presumably around the world. They claim there is a vaccine, but they just can't produce it fast enough. Although, if you ask me, it sounds like crowd control "don't panic" statement. I wouldn't expect seeing a vaccine anytime soon.

Now if this doesn't sound bad enough, it gets worse. There have been about half dozen reports that patients have "after an apparent heart stoppage revived consciousness with violent outbreaks and irrational behaviour." Perhaps I've been watching too many horror films, but it sounds to me like people are coming back from the dead, and they are really pissed off about something.

In the final moments of the address the surgeon general has encouraged us to stay in doors when possible and take all precautions to stay as healthy as possible. And most important to report and isolate incidents of the flu.

Now I don't really think this is the end, mostly because I don't think I can really conceive of such a thing, but it certainly doesn't look good. And if officials have decided to tell us about it, you know they've been dealing with it secretly for months now and to no avail. If it all didn't seem so unrealistic, I might even be a little scared of the whole.

At least there's one good thing that's coming out of all this. I've finally got something to write about.