there’s a monster growth cycle, which is different from monster spread patterns
Warning!: Know Your Xenomorph
(via hardcore-vanilla)
the real estate market is a scary place
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![book on Amazon:
The Monster Hunter in Modern Popular Culture [Paperback]
Heather L. Duda
Book Description
Publication Date: September 9, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0786434066 | ISBN-13: 978-0786434060
As monsters in popular media have evolved and grown more complex, so have those who take on the job of stalking and staking them. This book examines the evolution of the contemporary monster hunter from Bram Stoker’s Abraham Van Helsing to today’s non-traditional monster hunters such as Blade, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Watchmen.Critically surveying a diverse range of books, films, television shows, and graphic novels, this study reveals how the monster hunter began as a white, upper-class, educated male and became everything from a vampire to a teenage girl with supernatural powers. Now often resembling the monsters they’ve vowed to conquer, modern characters occupy a gray area where the battle is often with their own inner natures as much as with the “evil” they fight.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4qysx0Aha1rs53zoo1_500.jpg)
book on Amazon:
The Monster Hunter in Modern Popular Culture [Paperback]
Book Description
As monsters in popular media have evolved and grown more complex, so have those who take on the job of stalking and staking them. This book examines the evolution of the contemporary monster hunter from Bram Stoker’s Abraham Van Helsing to today’s non-traditional monster hunters such as Blade, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Watchmen.
Critically surveying a diverse range of books, films, television shows, and graphic novels, this study reveals how the monster hunter began as a white, upper-class, educated male and became everything from a vampire to a teenage girl with supernatural powers. Now often resembling the monsters they’ve vowed to conquer, modern characters occupy a gray area where the battle is often with their own inner natures as much as with the “evil” they fight.
Critically surveying a diverse range of books, films, television shows, and graphic novels, this study reveals how the monster hunter began as a white, upper-class, educated male and became everything from a vampire to a teenage girl with supernatural powers. Now often resembling the monsters they’ve vowed to conquer, modern characters occupy a gray area where the battle is often with their own inner natures as much as with the “evil” they fight.
April 2, 2012
glossary
Arizona Sun Corridor:
depreciation: (1) decrease in value to real property improvements caused by deterioration or obsolescence (2) a loss in value as an accounting procedure to use as a deduction for income tax purposes_Talamo 56
developer: (1) a builder (2) one who prepares the raw land for construction and then sells lots to a builder_Talamo 57
development: a planned construction project, rather than simply the building of unrelated buildings_Talamo 57
development loan: a loan for the purchase of land or off-site improvements, rather than building costs. The land involved is used to secure the loan_Talamo 57
excess entitlements:
intermountain west: one of two areas in the U.S. where zombie developments are prevalent (Nevada, Utah, Idaho south of the Salmon River, Arizona north of the Mogollon Rim, Western Colorado, and northwestern New Mexico west of the Rocky Mountains)
plat: a plan for subdivision detailing easements, size and boundaries of each lot, locations of utilities and streets, and restrictive covenants (plats then go through various stages of approval by local government)_Barron’s Real Estate Dictionary
post-bust detritus:
rapidly growing mega-region:
rural amenity community: a non-urban community that has settings or improvements to property which increase the desirability or enjoyment rather than the necessities of the residents (i.e. a pool, a view, etc.)_Talamo 11 & 156
stakeholders:
subdivision: commonly, a division of a single parcel of land into smaller parcels (lots) by filing a map describing the division, and obtaining approval by a governmental commission (city or county). The exception is a condominium, which is sometimes called a “one lot subdivision”_Talamo 169
distressed subdivision: a distress sale is a sale of a property when the seller is under extreme pressure to sell, and generally the property is sold for less than market value_Talamo 59
premature subdivision:
zombie subdivision: a relatively new subdivision that has been platted and approved, but remains largely vacant without much hope of development_Luther Probst “Dancing with Zombies” Sonoran Institute (see link)
undeveloped lot:
John Talamo J.D., The Real Estate Dictionary, 2nd ed (Financial Publishing Company: 1979)
Sonoran Institute, www.sonoraninstitute.org
April 2, 2012
is vampire subdivision a more appropriate term?
vampire : vacant subdivision ::
burial : movement of dirt
hiding underground : buried infrastructure, utilities
draining life source : draining city funds (b/c no taxable occupants)
pale lifeless skin : vacant lifeless asphalt
April 2, 2012
revenant
a person who has returned, esp. supposedly from the dead
April 2, 2012
vampire
a human who has died but has entered a state of undead after burial and typically emerges from a coffin
survives by feeding on the life essence, typically blood, of living creatures
characterized by pale lifeless skin and sharp incisors
retains intelligence, experiences heightened senses and increased strength, and has issues with self-control esp. when hungry or aroused
undead against will OR undead by will
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