I think with my "friend", it comes down to envy. I hope I don't come across as having a big ego, but one thing I've noticed about her is that she can sure talk a big game, but never quite delivers on things she says she can do. I really wish she would, though, because some of the stuff that comes out of her mouth would be really cool to see her accomplish.

You've got me LOLing at the zombie thing. In my house, we give each other a hard time about the zombie apocalypse a lot. My 15 year old loves to drink water. He bags groceries at our commissary here on post, and one night he came home after work with three gallons of water, some stuff to munch on and a deodorant. I gave him a puzzled look and asked if he was preparing for the zombie apocalypse. His response was "Yup. Gotta always be ready for those pesky little things!" and walked off.