Evolution of Rome Za

My blog has been down due to some technical difficulties for the past few months.. Not such a bad thing because I finally got to live life like a normal American coach potato at this time. I watched all 6 seasons of Weeds, started watching Californication, Boardwalk empire, and most importantly the walking dead.

My whole life I have loved zombie flicks, not because of the zombies… But because of the fact that they are all staged in post apocalyptic America, and everyone is trying to survive. I feel I can totally relate to the survivors that are fending off from the zombies, vulture-ing whatever belongings from their past lives they can find and picking up new stuff on the way. Mostly only necessities to keep their lives going. They don’t have many comforts and they usually appreciate every little thing that they can find that reminds them of their past lives.  There is no been there, done that for these survivors…

I feel I can relate to them mainly because I feel as if I am one of those survivors, or at least I was. When me and my family came to this country 19 years ago, we had nothing from our past lives. We came here with 50 dollars all together and just our family. We didn’t know anyone in this country, and had no idea what the language even sounded like. But coming here, was a better option than staying in Chechnya. Genocide began, a few months before we left, and nobody was safe. Our neighbors were being  chopped up and thrown into dumpsters, women were being raped, children and grandparents killed. It was a very scary place to hear about, but to be there was a lot worse.

I feel like when we came to the United States, that was our Post Apocalyptic world, and my parents started rebuilding it from the moment they landed in this world full of strange zombies, that didn’t speak our language. We ate scraps, and had no money but we enjoyed the little things.  I had an Ace of Base tape that somebody gave me and I used to listen to it every night so I can fall asleep and stay asleep. It used to calm my nerves because even though I was a child, I understood that these were rough times. I loved to ride on my dads bikes handlebars, take walks with my parents, get togethers with my parents new friends, and every other little thing that could have happened, made me excited.

Maybe this is why I am always looking for a change of scenery, because I am chasing MY  innocence, the innocence that I not only owned but the innocence that I was. This was the Post Apocalyptic time of zombies, looking for food, shelter, trying to survive,and my parents working odd jobs. Because this time period in my life was filled with an abundance of love and excitement, because everyday was a NEW day filled with possibilities. There was no been there, done that… There was only I am here, I am doing this, and I am loving it.

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