Sure, there were those clever save-the-date wedding trailers inspired by blockbuster movies or, more specifically, Rushmore, but now the Internet is falling in love with a California couple, Ben and Juliana, for their romantic engagement photo shoot...complete with a marauding zombie. We spoke to photographer Amanda Rynda who says, "We're all so excited and overwhelmed in a good way with the positive response the photos have been getting online." Like this reddit comment, "(seething) DAMN them and their happiness...I hope their future together is LONG and full of JOY! ...how...DARE THEY come up with such an awesome theme for their engagement photos!!!" Oh, and there's debate about whether the couple was really using the most effective zombie-fighting weaponry.
Charming Zombie Engagement Portrait Photographer "Excited, Overwhelmed" By Internet Love
Congestion Pricing Resurrected As "Traffic Pricing"
With the MTA budget crisis still looming large over the city and commuters, it seems that many politicians are scrambling for solutions behind the scenes. So to try to avert another fare increase and to restore some of last year's MTA service cuts, pols have quietly resurrected our old friend, congestion pricing. Except this time, the used car feels more like a pre-owned one: it's being called "traffic pricing." "The MTA needs a sustainable funding source. This has to be on the table," said state Sen. Daniel Squadron.
Undead Strut At Zombie Fashion Show
Did you think that the zombie stuff would go away now that Halloween is over? If so, then you clearly don't know how popular donning fake blood and walking with a limp has become with the 18-25 crowd. As a part of their "First Fridays" series, The Loom (a collective of independent stores selling everything from handmade clothing to refurbished mopeds) hosted a Zombie Fashion Show to showcase fashions from Better Than Jam. The designs even caught the attention of some young Jewish kids, who managed to sneak out from their Shabbat dinner at the Chabad House of Bushwick in the Loom to check out the show.
Zombie Simms Pleads Not Guilty To Pot Charges
Chris Simms is gaining quite the reputation: the currently out-of-work quarterback is on trial after he was caught earlier this summer allegedly driving while stoned. PO Francisco Acosta, the arresting officer who pulled him over after he made a "wild turn" on Houston St., testified in the pre-trial hearing: "It was coming from his breath. I had a headache. Even my tongue got numb...He was like a zombie, like a slow motion type of person."
'Possessed' Teen Stabs 3 Siblings With A Butcher Knife
A teenager in The Bronx yesterday was arrested after stabbing his three younger siblings because he was "seeing demons" and was "zombielike." 17-year-old Nelson Santos was at home in his family's Claremont apartment when he picked up a butcher knife and attacked his two brothers Miguel and James, ages 13 and 6, and his 9-year-old sister Ashley. Santos's mother and a neighbor fetched by one of the brothers eventually wrestled the teenager down and took the knife from him before cops arrested him and took him into psychiatric care. Neighbors told the Daily News that Santos practiced black magic and John Flores, the 19-year-old man who intervened, told reporters, "He said the world was going to end so he had to kill his brothers and sister." Ashley Santos only suffered superficial wounds and 13-year-old Miguel is in stable condition after being stabbed in the chest five times. The youngest brother, James, is in critical condition at Columbia-Pres after being stabbed in the back.
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