07.30.02 i hope someday you'll understand
hello. im half asleep. these past two days i havent had much rest. monday morning i woke up at 5:30 and left the house by 6 for ohio university..i couldnt sleep sunday night..i finally drifted off around 4 and about 30 seconds later my alarm clock went off...i was able to get some sleep on the trip up but as you may already know, car sleep isnt the same...anyways i arrived on campus, registered, and headed to a room with complete strangers to meet with our advisors...odd...my student advisor was really nice and made me alot more comfortable...the day was really long...mostly consisted of meet and greets ("Hi, my name is zach, im from steubenville") and looking at different classes available...the scheduling part sucked...i like it alot more when someone tells me "okay, you have to take this class, this class" -and so on....after a long time in a class room and after a brief tour of the campus, it was finally dinner time and we went over to a damons...yum...i decided i didnt really need to go to any of the night discussions and lectures because thats boring stuff...so we went to the hotel and i got me some shut eye...only problem was i went to sleep around 7pm...and i woke up at 9pm....so then of course around 1 or so when im trying to get to sleep, i cant..i ended up staying awake until about 3:30 and waking up at 7:30...i went back into the classroom of strangers, completed my schedule, then went over to a computer lab to register for the classes only to find there's a line along the side of the building...so i waited and actually talked to a couple people..one person was pretty funny...picture a nerdy, skinny, tall guy complete with glasses..he's an astronomy major...and some how he says he was looking at the classes and saw they had an ultimate frisbee class and he said "YES!!!" (mind you, he screamed this very loudly) so i says to him "you're a big ultimate frisbee fan then?" he says yes and continues to tell me about him and his friends playing in an uneven backyard...im making friends already....anyways, i registered for classes and was on my way to a tech center to get my student id card and email...after that i was finally on my way home...i feel more comfortable about going to school now..so when i got home i went to dairy queen...we had a little party thing for a girl who is leaving us...it was nice....tomorrow im going to see jimmy eat world in cleveland..that's gonna be fun...we have to turn our computer back into the school tomorrow...you see the band bought the computer that we've been using for the past three years....now that my dad isnt the band director any more, its time to give it back..not that i want to...it sucks...the scanner is also the schools...we might hook nicks scanner up so if we do i'll be just fine....we're putting our cable modem in an older and much slower computer..but i'll still be able to get online so thats good...i think im going to buy myself a computer sometime this week for college...even though our dorm supplies us with some pretty good computers, i'd like to have my own...once i get settled in college i think im still going to try and continue with the updates, probably wont be every night, depending on how busy i am...no scanner though so say goodbye to pictures and random scans...i'm sure i'll think of something, but i'll worry about that when i get there....thats pretty much all i have to talk about... Zach's 50th Random Scan of the Day! happy wednesdays. i'll be back with an update thursday. take care, goodnight
07.28.02 it must hurt to get hit with a tear
stupid computer! stupid, stupid computer...hello. as my special notice said, my explorer froze and my update was lost...so i have alot of catching up to do...lets see....friday was my day off and i sat around all day...which wasnt really bad..it was relaxing...saturday i went back to work, 3-close..such a long day...i cant wait to leave dairy queen...as ive said many times before, that job would be great if it wasnt for the customers...and now here is my zach vs. annoying customer story...so i waited on this middle aged guy who was an obvious coach of some sport (be it football, basketball, baseball, all coaches are the same) anyways, i handed him his blizzard and he says in a loud voice "yeah baby!...you're the man!" ....what??....first off its a blizzard, you know ice cream and candy, settle down a bit...second, i didnt make you the blizzard because i wanted to, i made it because its my job..dont talk to me like one of your fourth grade athletes, someone who would get excited about a comment like that...so back off you ass slapping, gum chewing, mesh short wearing, kid in a mans body! ..wheres the asprin....im trying to remember what i had typed in the lost update from last night..i was watching the rescue of those miners last night..its about time to see something that has a happy ending..but they had geraldo rivera there commenting on every thing that happened...hey geraldo, you should stop trying to be a serious reporter and go back to being a day time talk show host..isnt it embarassing that the most well known event in your career was when you got a broken nose? shouldnt you be on your tour of terror anyway? give it up geraldo, give it up....that man has a mean mustasche...i think thats all from last night....so today i worked 1:30-8:30..that makes for one long day..but i guess it wasnt too bad...tonight i went to see austin powers at the drive in with a group of friends...
Official Review of Austin Powers in Goldmember
How do you review a movie like this? The first movie in the trilogy, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, was original and funny. The characters were new and the premise was intriguing. A spy from the 60s is frozen and then thawed in the 90s. The second movie, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, introduced a two new characters, an overweight scottish pig named Fat Bastard, who is more disgusting than funny and the loveable Mini Me. The movie reused alot of the old gags from Man of Mystery making it seem not like a sequel, but the fourth act of the first movie. The Spy Who Shagged Me was a step down from the original but still had alot of very funny bits. If Spy Who Shagged Me was a step down from the original, Goldmember took a hard fall down the stairs. The jokes are now reused not only from the original but from the second movie as well. We've seen the whole misunderstood shadow joke before, we've seen the item on the radar screen that closely resembles part of the human anatomy. It's old. Sure the movie had funny parts. I enjoyed the section of the movie where there are subtitles while talking to a Japanese man where white objects hide some of the words leaving the remaining text look obscene. "Please eat some shitake mushrooms". The movie once again follows Austin Powers as he tries to find his kipnapped father, Nigel Powers. He travels to the 70s to a nightclub where he meets up with Foxy Cleopatra (Beyonce Knowles of Destiny's Child fame.) She was a surprisingly good although she wasnt given much to work with as far as the character goes. In the same club we are introduced to Goldmember (played by Mike Myers, of course.) Nate said it best when he said "Too much Mike Myers for me." I didnt like the Goldmember character. He doesnt have the lasting power like Dr. Evil does. Speaking of Dr. Evil, he is taken more of of character just for the sake of joke. He is in another singing sequence (again, another re-used bit.) There is a showdown at the end between all of our heroes and the villians which didnt do much for me. I especially didnt like the easy out they took with Dr. Evil. I'm not going to ruin it for anyone but I was disappointed. All in all it was everything you can expect from an Austin Powers movie. There are some surprising big name cameos in the opening sequence that surprised me but other than that, nothing in the movie took me by surprise. In fact I was almost waiting for them to happen. If you are a fan of the previous Austin Powers movie you will no doubt enjoy this one, if you are not a big fan and are sick of the jokes that you saw in the first and second outings, you wont enjoy Goldmember at all. The movie had it's moments, but not enough to warrant a good review. I am hoping this is the end of Austin. Mike Myers, it's time to move on. How about a Wayne's World 3? Why not? You do not seem to be worried re-using the same old thing. Zach rated this flick 2½ stars out of 5
wow, i think that was way too long, sorry...well im going to o.u. for orientation tomorrow so no update, i'll be back tuesday night. Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
take care, goodnight.
special notice i had my update almost finished when my explorer froze and lost everything.. im not in the mood to retype everything so im going to leave it all for tomorrow..tune in tomorrow for --the official review of Austin Powers in Goldmember!
--annoying customer vs. zach at dairy queen story!
--geraldo rivera? give it up! all that and more tomorrow only at inmyownwrite!
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07.25.02 there is where i say ive had enough
hello. posted a question last night on the board. do the movie reviews bore you? should i keep my dim-witted opinions to myself? you can answer these questions and more on my board. look at that, two plugs for the board in less than five sentences...so today i woke up around 12:30, ate some food...played some more of my new ncaa game (i love getting new toys)..then i went in to work at 3...i actually enjoyed myself..laughed alot....i cant remember one rude or annoying customer..thats a first...and on top of all that, im off tomorrow..hello sweet rewards...what? what is that suppposed to mean? so i have a sti in my right eye. where do you get one of those anyway? they just seem to appear. are they contagious like that pink eye deal? im falling apart in my old age...i have zero plans for my day off besides cleaning my room..that could turn out to be an all day process... Random Thoughts--my eye hurts - i like chicken fingers - i wish i had super healing powers like Wolverine - batman is the least "super" out of all the superheros - im a big fan of jeans - i could be one hell of a game show host - i want to go to the roller rink - i miss hockey season - if a chicken layed an egg and out hatched a baby pig, i bet that chicken would have some explaining to do - i want to start my own boy band - life aint nothing but money and honeys--Thank you
that was fun...did you know there's a batman vs superman movie coming out? wonder who's gonna win that fight..superman is an alien for christ sake, batman is just some guy with alot of issues and a black suit with muscles on it...my money is on superman..im gonna end tonight with another installment of Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
taken from my trip to pittsburgh to see smackdown! fun times...weird people....thats all..take care, goodnight
07.23.02 meet me at the drive-in
hello. nothing to talk about last night so i didnt waste your time with an update. worked, came home, slept...that was my entire day yesterday...today i was off. i ran over to the mall and picked up ncaa football 2003. i havent played it too much but it seems to be fun...tonight i went to the drivein with some friends to see crocodile hunter and halloween: ressurection. i'll have a complete review later on in the update..i didnt really watch too much of crocodile hunter, not enough to give a full review but i'll give you a mini one based on what i watched. the parts of the crocodile hunter i enjoyed were the ones that were actual documentary shots or steve doing what he does best, fighting crocs and other animals. the rest of it i didnt care for. the plot is laughable and at times confusing, although that might have been because i didnt pay much attention to it. if i wanted to see steve showing off snakes, spiders, and crocodiles, i'll tune in to the discovery channel for free and not put down my 6 bucks for it...i had a good time tonight, talked with some friends i havent seen since school let out...onto my review..
Official Review of Halloween: Ressurection
Being a fan of the Halloween series (minus the terrible H20), i was looking forward to seeing what the people over at Dimension had come up with for Michael Myers in this, his seventh picture. (He did not make an appearance in Halloween III: Season of the Witch) What they came up with was somewhat dissapointing. Within the first ten minutes of the movie, it tries to explain what really happened at the end of H2O and how they can justify bringing Mike back. I found this very unbelievable. Jaimie Lee Curtis reprises her role as Laurie Strode from Halloween, Halloween 2, and H20. I wish they had more of her in the flick, I enjoyed her brief appearance. Once they explain how Michael Myers is still alive, the movie continues on quite quickly. The story centers around a reality show on the web which involves a group of college students, packed with their own webcams, and the house of Michael Myers, which is also packed with webcams. The kids are exploring the house and soon realize that Michael has come home. A friend of a participant, who goes by the screen name 'Decker', is tuning into the webcast along with a few other people at a halloween party. Of course they dont believe any of the killings that they are watching and continue to take it as entertainment until the friend signals out Decker and asks for help. Decker tries to call 911 and i assume the folks at 911 did not believe him. He then continues to help his friend avoid Michael and eventually there is a showdown between the remaining "good guys" and Michael. The end leads us to believe they will carry on the Halloween franchise. I hope the response isnt very good to this movie and Dimension decides to finally stick a fork in Michael Myers, he is done. The movie did not scare me at all. I was annoyed by Busta Rhymes. I thought LL Cool J was bad in H20, Busta is much worse. I did not care about any one of the students involved with the reality show and I found myself wishing the deaths were more graphic so I could at least enjoy that. The slasher horror genre is dead for me. Scarier films have been made that show little to no blood (Blair Witch Project, Sixth Sense) Halloween die-hards may enjoy this movie just because it is another movie with Michael Myers killing people, but I found this movie as a poor excuse to try and milk an already dead franchise. Give it up, Dimension, give it up. Zach rated this film 1 star out of 5
by the way, the only reason this film got one star is because i still like seeing that freaky white mask...so tomorrow im working 3:30 to close...money money money....and now... Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
wind up robot toys...weird...thanks to all who left a message on my board the other day, it feels good to know that people still read...well kids im done for tonight. take care, byebye
07.21.02 this is where those movies make their money
hello. if anyone is out there..my message board has been lonely lately...so yesterday i forced myself to wake up at 10 (after only five hours of sleep) and i worked 11-4..it was okay, dayshift is fantastic..after work i ate some wendy's and later that night watched braveheart..thats one of the few movies that i dont mind taking three hours of the day to watch....good flick...so today i woke up at nine! hence the no update...but i was able to get some mcdonalds breakfast, so that made everything worth it....two egg mcmuffins=yum. we had a very pointless store meeting then i worked 12-4..actually i left at 3:30....i went to see eight legged freaks tonight. it was surprisingly good..not great, but not bad at all...so for those wondering if you should spend your hard earned cash on this movie...this next segment is for you!
Official Review of Eight Legged Freaks Eight Legged Freaks is a movie about a small town which is taken over by huge, radioactive spiders. It carries on the "comedy/horror" genre perfected by such classics as Ghostbusters and Tremors. While Eight Legged Freaks doesnt measure up to those films, it is still an enjoyable movie to watch. The movie takes place in a small, desert town (of course) in Arizona. A barrel of toxic waste is accidently dumped into a creek and infects the local cricket population. The owner of a "spider ranch" then feeds the crickets to all of his spiders thus infecting the spiders and mutating them into super spiders. Soon the spiders escape their glass containers and attack the people of the small town. David Arquette plays a man who has returned to this town after he left 10 years ago. A small love story is in there as a subplot but never really takes off. The movie has a very fun scene where a cat is attacked by a spider inside of an unfinished dry wall and the spider slams the cat into the wall so hard, the cats face makes a inprint on the other side of the wall. All in all, Eight Legged Freaks never takes itself too seriously which allows you to enjoy the movie for what it is, a silly, fun, "horror" movie without those stupid Wayan's Brothers (Scary Movie 1&2). Zach rated this flick a 3½ out of 5 stars
wow..how bout that? im sure most of you are now bored to death but that was my crappy little attempt at being a film critic..it's not very in depth, but i'll get better as i write more..i could definately see myself getting paid for doing those...i should submit that to herald star and see if they're interested...haha..well tomorrow im working my usual four to close...which is good because i dont have to wake up early...hopefully i'll be getting to the cinemas more...i'd like to see the new austin powers movie (even though the jokes got stale way before "the spy who shagged me" re-used them all) ... Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
look kids, its Sniff-Sniff! the star of the song 'my dog peed on the carpet'. well thats all i have for tonight. take care, goodnight
special notice early mornings are killing my late nights. i'll be back tomorrow with a full update. getting up at nine is not any fun..from the looks of things i dont get much traffic around here anyways..but for those of you who still visit me, thank you and see you tomorrow.
07.18.02 your hips are like seashells
i had it in my head that i wasnt going to update tonight but then i decided that there are some things i wanted to share with you... today was a good day off...went to my grandmas house for dinner at four then hung out with ryan...two hours of playstation2 later i came home...all in all, a nice relaxing day..tomorrow i return to work at three..its going to be a long day...now onto the things i wanted to share..i came across this site yesterday and for some reason i couldnt stop laughing. its not really that funny but i enjoyed it...its called The T'inator. what you do is you type in any web address and it will have mr. t "pity" it...i really enjoyed looking at my life. thats what i couldnt stop laughing at. its so stupid though...and i didnt see one "1-800-call-att" ad anywhere....the other thing i wanted to share was this nice picture i found of jonah. this picture really shows how much emotion he has when he performs... Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
thats right kids, the pittsburgh penguins own radio color man bob errey. jenn had him sign this for me when she met him...he spelled my name wrong though...well i know this is short but i wasnt going to do anything tonight so get off my back! take care. goodnight
07.17.02 i cant read your rolling eyes
i like looking through photo albums..memories in a book...hello. no update last night...i know, thats two days with no updates this week. i guess im slipping in my old age...im thinking about a whole new site soon..i may do away with the poems portion of the site..seeing as i never update it...maybe i can just keep them somewhere on the site just to have...i want to try something drastically different. people say you shouldnt make changes that are too drastic..but i think thats referring to hairstyles, and not webpage designs...so yesterday work kind of sucked...im not really sure why, i just didnt want to be there at all..which made the time go slow..after work i didnt do much of anything...today work was better...im not really sure why...i had a good time...i think its because i know that i dont have to go in tomorrow. i finally get a day off..of course after tomorrow i work friday, saturday, sunday, monday..good thing i dont go out partying or anything, cause my weekend would be shot...i wish i had something fun planned for my day off...as it stands i have nothing....i've been watching kevin smith movies alot lately...last night it was mallrats, night before last chasing amy, the night before that dogma...its amazing that, even though ive seem them all many times, i still laugh out loud when i watch them...or should i say i "lol" at them. (stupid internet lingo) .. "lol" is probably the worst and most annoying of the internet chat language...its worse than roflmao, ctc, asl, np, etc... Random Thoughts--if you really want to be on the real world, just tell them that you are gay - why do they call the show the "real world" when they live in an apartment/house that no one in the really real world can afford - im sleepy - i bet the rabbit who's walking around on 3 feet doesnt think a 'rabbits foot' is lucky - pizza is good - i want to be in a small underground band, make it big, then be accused of selling out - i need some new tennis shoes - im broke - i like it when dogs chase their tails - dogs are stupid - if a cat and a dog had a boxing match, my money is on the cat, i like the underdogs--thank you Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
well i think im done for tonight. i'll be back tomorrow. until then enjoy this random picture. take care, goodnight
07.15.02 people always telling me how happy i could be hello. today was fantastic. and no, this time i am not exaggerating..i woke up and watched some tv for a while...nothing good is ever on...theres a show on mtv called 'i bet you will'..its stupid.. i cant believe they actually made a show like that..you see, these people get paid to do dumb things like eat worms out of their diaper..then of course they have some witty line they say after they complete whatever task they were given...'i bet you will' .. they should change the name to 'i bet you will....change the channel' (thank you) ..so after i watched that it was finally time to head up to wilkinsburg,pa to see onelinedrawing. we didnt have much trouble finding the place..thanks to some directions...the place was called mr. roboto project..it has a really nice webpage so i was expecting a nice place, when we got there we found out it is nothing more than a old building with a small stage in the back..the place itself was pretty tiny but it was the perfect place to see jonah. as soon as we walked in he was standing by his table of merch, so we walked up, said a few nice words, and i bought two of nick's tshirts..my brother gave him a shirt a while back and he liked it so much he starting selling it (you can find it on his site) ..we waited while a crappy hard rock band played then it was finally jonah's turn. the set was amazing. it was nice to hear all of the songs i listen to all the time live...the whole concert had a nice personal feel..he would constantly talk with the audience even asking questions about the canada/us boarder patrol..after his set, me and nick bought some stickers, said our goodbyes and took off..it was nice to meet him, he's a nice guy.. hopefully i will get to many more onelinedrawing shows..i really enjoyed myself....getting out of wilkinsburg wasnt too tough, it was getting out of pittsburgh that was rough, the detour signs took us a different way that i was used to going. but after many orange signs and a few "right, no left!"s we were on our way home...one concert left for this summer..jimmy eat world in cleveland..that'll be fun....so tomorrow i go back to work after my one day of freedom...i always complain about working but on payday im allsmiles. Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
my dog, snickers, got ahold of the ivarest..i bet her tongue didnt itch at all...well thats all i can think of. i wonder what i can put my stickers on..happy tuesdays. goodnight, take care
07.13.02 say you'll never go away
hi kids. today was a good day..i woke up at two and went to my cousin shannon's birthday family gettogether type deal..that was nice...give me chicken wings and you'll give me a good time...i had to leave early to go to work (damn you dairy queen) .. work was okay. very boring...im hating the customers more and more each day....one lady asked me "how big is the footlong hotdog?" hey lady...its pretty self explainatory isnt it? ..after work i went over julie's. she got back from hawaii tonight..ive never heard so much information on what place in my life..they are definately on a hawaii high...but i guess i would be to if i just came home from there...so tomorrow im going to the airport in the morning to drop off my parents...they're taking a trip to chicago...this will be my dad's first time flying...i have never flown...i think if i did, i would poop in my pants...i work at 4 tomorrow...then i finally have a day off monday..im going to make the most of that day...so ive been searching for a new computer and i cant seem to find what i want at the price im willing to spend...dude, you're getting a cheap, bottom of the line, p.o.s. ...not really, i should be able to buy something respectable...i'll keep you updated... Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
i found this picture in a big pile of photos used in past yearbooks for shs....i guess barney came to the school at one point...and i guess it was during spanish class...my questions are: no.1-does barney speak spanish and no.2-is that nate's brother? .. cutting it short tonight..take care of yourselves, goodnight
07.12.02 baby lets cruise away from here
hello. today i forced myself to get up at 1 and i saw my housing assignment for ou on the table....im on the area of the college where i wanted...my roommate? michael simmons....its going to be weird sharing a room with somebody....as long as when i meet him he doesnt say "mi casa, su casa" i'll be fine....im going to have to give him a call sometime to decide who will bring what....i cant believe im about go to college...scary....i was thinking briefly that while im in college im going to change the name of the site to 'inmyownwrite: the college years' but then i figured if it didnt work for saved by the bell..who am i to think it'll work for me? speaking of the site i really really need a new server...so after reading all about my housing i took off for work ....work was slow, just how i like it...is it wrong for me to hate some of the customers? mainly the ones who act like im their best friend....that job would be great if it wasnt for the customers...(clerks.. good movie, check it out) after work i went to bo's lighthouse with brad and michelle for karaoke..im not one for singing in front of drunk people but i watched others and had a good time commenting on the people there...that'll probably be the last time i do that...bars arent exactly my scene..especially since im only 18 and dont drink...but it was still entertaining seeing brad sing and dance....so tomorrow im working [whatelseisnew] 4-close.. Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
thats right, an original star wars jedi arena game for the atari 2600...in case you were wondering what the actual game looks like, here's the back of the box...man have video games come a long way....if i were a jedi knight, i would use my jedi mind trick to get free wendy's....well thats all. take care, goodnight
07.11.02 i dont expect to be treated like a fool no more
the obvious child is a really good tune...paul simon is fun..and short.....so today was a good day...last night i slept a total of five and a half hours..that was probably not a good idea...i woke up around 11:08 (my alarm was set for eleven but somehow i slept through eight minutes of beeping) and i worked 12-4...work was alright...busy lunch then slow the rest of the way...after work me and nick got some food at pizza hut then headed to blockbuster...rented the royal tenenbaums...i watched about the first half hour tonight...so far so good..i like the style and how they tell the story...its got a surprisingly big cast...gene hackman, ben stiller, gwyneth paltrow, danny glover, bill murray..i was surprised...im going to see onelinedrawing monday..im excited...i've listened to his music for years but never had the chance to see him until now...check out his music....so i was eating some pez tonight (the best candy ever) and i was taking a look at the little insert thing they have in it. i guess its for kids ...take a look . it looks like a fun time right? thats what i thought. those folks at pez should include some crayons or at least one..its not like i carry around a crayon in my back pocket in case something like this comes along and i feel the need to color peter pez's balloons...im going to write pez a letter and suggest that....tomorrow im working at 4..tomorrow will be day number three of working five days straight...what am i going to do when i get a real job? i cant see myself in a ninetofive... Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
a 1988 Hill's team mvp andy van slyke card...i found this in one of my baseball card books and enjoyed it....i wonder what ever happened to andy van slyke...he's probably sitting in his home right now watching reruns of all in the family....wow thats two days in a row where ive mentioned baseball in some sort..there must be something wrong with me..maybe its the weather....thats it for me. goodnight kids, take care
07.10.02 relive the good times, cling to the past
what a tired day. i woke up way too late...i need to start going to bed earlier...i went to my grandmas house at 3 to eat "dinner" ...then i worked at 4...work wasnt bad..i hate thinking that im going to be there everyday until at least monday (the schedule isnt up for the rest of the week) man that sucks...but think of the money....i have zero interesting stories tonight...i think the best children song ever made is 'there was an old lady'...we all know and love it..about that crazy old lady who swallowed a fly, followed by many other animals like a bird, cat, spider, dog, goat, and a horse...(what a hog, to swallow a dog) ...so tomorrow im working 12-4 ..good to be on dayshift..after work i have no plans ...this is such a bad update.... Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
so im going to keep the link to the archive up top since nobody responded about it.. bunch of savages..hopefully i'll have more to talk about tomorrow....so how about that all star game yesterday? they called the game in the 11th tied at seven (i think it was seven)..the crowd was chanting "let them play!" it was like something out of bad new bears...you know i have nothing to talk about when i bring baseball into things...i have a headache....i was looking through my links section today...you know, i go to those sites everyday...i decided i'll put up a short list of my daily websites i go to: bobborden.com letsgopens.com viewaskew.com newsaskew.com moviepoopshoot.com
all of those sites are good..check them out..alright, thats that....it makes it seem like i wrote alot more than i did...thats all for me, goodnight, take care
07.09.02 i seem to recognize your face
hello. notice anything? i took out the main journal page so you wouldnt have to go through two pages to read my lifes...i put a little link above for the archived journals...do you like it there or would it be better at the bottom of the page? let me know on the board..i didnt like removing my beautiful image map of the controllers but i think this will be easier..i hope you enjoy...today was good...woke up late and met my friend at ponderosa..one of the other kids i used to work with was there also so it was nice to talk to him...when i came home i took a trip over to the mall and came away empty handed..a wasted trip. i was hoping to at least come home with a dvd...i had shallow hal in my hand then put it down because i became cheap...me and nick got some chinese for dinner...good stuff...and the rest of the night i basically sat in my chair and watched the real world marathon..im such a dork...tomorrow i have to go back to work after my two day break. im ready to be lazy. im ready to sit back and enjoy summer without having to worry about going to work or getting a paycheck....so when i was in ponderosa today i realized how much i down right loathe that place...the smell, the managers, the bad memories of hate eaten steaks and smelly bus pans that still haunt me at night....dairy queen is like heaven compared to that place...sometimes i forget what its like to work at an actual business and not the extremely laid back dq.... Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
for those of you who have never tried aol...dont....its like the fisher-price of internet...i used it once when at&t was down...im thinking about completely redoing my site again...but this time i want to try and expand my site and do away with the image maps and have a completely new design..maybe something a little more professional...who knows....well kids im going to cut it short tonight, not much to talk about....happy wednesdays, goodnight.
07.08.02 she stole my heart and my cat
hello. no update last night. is zach slipping in his old age? no. i just didnt feel like it, so back off. i'd like to start out todays life by giving my sincerest apologies to nate. it seems he thought i ripped him off of two of his ideas...in no way did nate inspire me to write my made up story a couple lifes ago or inspire the repeats decision to put together a short cd.. its funny that you said that because i hate it when i see someone doing something that i did first...well sorry..if you dont accept, what do i care, you're a loser with eleven toes...so yesterday i was supposed to work 12-4..i ended up staying until 6 because the new girl called off...thats alright...around 7 me and nick went to aaron's church to see some traveling religious group filled with teenagers...they did skits and sang songs...it was alright, not what i expected...i wonder how out of place we looked? today i had a day off. so what did i do with my day off? well i cut grass, what else would i do? after i was finished, i went to my ba's house for some dinner, then came home...it was a fun day off..tomorrow im off again. but after tomorrow im working wednesday through sunday. damn my slightly above minimum wage part time job... Random Thoughts--rubbing alcohol burns - rosie odonnell is what satan would be like if he were a lesbian - my head hurts - sue johanson is my favorite television personality - if you scratch the same spot on your arm for a long time, it'll turn red - why dont cats like water - my eyes are tired - seven plus one does not equal ten - the random thoughts bit sucks - when i go to the beach, the ladies sit around me in a semi-circle while i sing them songs on my guitar--thank you oh boy. tomorrow im meeting with a friend who i used to work with at ponderosa...oddly enough we're meeting at ponderosa..he's leaving for the navy soon so it'll be nice to hang out for a while...tomorrow will be the first time back to ponderosa since i quit, what a shitty job.... Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
random scan #37....in a row??? thats all for me. goodnight, take care
07.06.02 no date, no place, no time, no rsvp
today was fantastic...okay, maybe im exaggerating a bit, but today was good...woke up around 1 and sat around until i had to work..work was nice and slow...it was so slow that i was able to leave a hour early...so what did i do with an extra of non-dq time? well i ate some wendy's....fried chicken is good...me and nick recorded our first song today...tomorrow we're going to upload it onto the computer and add the vocals....its a soulcracker cover called two little boys..good tune, our only real "rock" song...and its going to be our only song recorded with an electric guitar...because nick's amp is broken and we used aaron's amp that he had here because my parents are taking it to my cousin zach. (got all that) the rest of the songs will be recorded with an acoustic...i think our goal is to come up with about 8 songs for our first "cd"..so the folks are going to kentucky tomorrow, i cant go...im a working man you know....i got a package in the mail today from ohio u...it has all the information for band camp and the marching season....the band's taking a trip to florida to march in a disney land parade, go to the o.u./central florida football game and perform the pregame and halftime at the jacksonville jaguars vs. steelers game.. so that got me pretty excited...but then i saw all the music...oh boy...after looking through everything its a little over whelming...im nervous about the auditions but i know this is something i want to do, so im pretty much forcing myself to suck it up for the auditions because if by some miracle i actually make the line i'll be doing all the things that i've always wanted to be a part of...alright, enough mushy crap...so tomorrow im working dayshift, thats exciting....i have a full day planned tomorrow.. Random Lake Eire Picture a nice little ice cream stand. it always seemed to be closed when we passed it so im thinking this was also out of business... Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
im done..take care, goodnight
07.05.02 i dont need a raise, i dont need a paycheck
hello. i hope everybody had a nice fourth..mine wasnt anything special. woke up at 1..the little picnic deal was nice but because of the rain we had to cook inside...luckily we have the george foreman indoor/outdoor grill...sweet....later we sat in my drive way and watched the wintersville fireworks..complete with the "oohhs" and "aaahhhs"..today i slept too long so my entire day was getting up and going to work..which sucks..work was busy....and it was hot outside..but thankfully nobody mentioned it to me...i got paid today...it wasnt much but its more than i have in my wallet right now... i wish i had something more to talk about, but as i said, my day was nothing but work..tomorrow is another day of work...im getting sick of working for money, maybe someone should pay me for doing this website, that'd be nice....i've decided to add a new feature to this site, and since i have nothing to talk about, now seems like a good time to put it in here its called Zach's Amazing Made-up Story! --so i was working tonight and you wouldnt believe what happened. i was standing at the counter and noticed an older lady walking to her car...out of nowhere three men in black ski masked jumped out and closed in on her. without thinking i jumped over the counter, took off my apron and ran towards the poor old lady...i faced the attackers...one leaped towards me, i quickly grabed his arm and threw him into a telephone pole! before i could turn around one of the men jumped on my back while the other tried to steal the old ladies purse...while i was struggling to break the mans hold i managed to grab my shoe and pull it off my foot. holding my shoe in my hand i threw my arm back and knocked the man out cold! out of the corner of my eye i saw the final attacker push the lady down and run off with her purse! so i took off running, and thanks to my lightning speed i was able to catch up to the robber and i punched him down to the ground where i continued to beat him until he finally was down for good and i was able to take the purse away from him..after i rounded up the three attackers and locked them in the walk in freezer, i slowly walked to the old lady and handed her purse back to her. she reached in her purse, gave me a stick of double mint gum and said "thank you kind sir, thank you so much". i'll never forget the day i saved an old lady from certain doom. --the end This has been another exciting episode of Zach's Amazing Made-up Story! i have reached a new low...oh well, at least it made it seem like my day was interesting... Random Lake Erie Picture this is a out of business mini golf course. Zach's Random Scan of the Day! hot rods...this will come in handy when The Repeats use an acoustic guitar to make our recordings...well kids thats all i have for now. take care. goodnight
07.03.02 wake up and tell me you love me
hello. i didnt update yesterday because yesterday was such a waste of a day that i didnt have one good thing to talk about. you can thank me later...but today was funfilled..today started off with a nice shower .. work was bad..i hate it when im working when its hot outside..not because we're busy, i can deal with that, but when its hot, people seem to want to talk about it all the time....hot enough for you? - how bout this heat? or my favorite from today, "can i help you", says zach. you can turn on the air conditioning outside, its hot out there .. what?? i think the guy took my hint when i didnt respond...going back to work wasnt hard, kissing the customers asses was...no, it's not hot enough for me..no, im not your pal just because im working in a public place..no, i dont give a shit if this cup of ice cream is for your dog, i have to make it the same way regardless..so back off you b.o. smelling, tank top wearing, white out sniffing, ugly children with no shoes savage! ... alright so after work i went to the drive in to see lilo and stitch....i met a couple people there...you can imagine how strange i felt driving up to guy and saying "one for lilo and stich"....but the movie wasnt so bad, as far as disney goes....so tomorrow we're having a family picnic type deal....that'll be nice...then im sure we're going to watch wintersville's fireworks from our front lawn.....i got some pictures developed from my party and some from the lake erie trip....maybe i'll put some up tomorrow... Random Lake Erie Picture.
me and nick went to this nice goodwill store..alot nicer than ours...i bought myself a nice tshirt.... Zach's Random Scan of the Day!.
ol roy. im going to cut it short tonight. have a nice holiday, be safe. goodnight.
07.01.02 always new july
its almost 4 a.m. what am i doing awake? i should be sleeping now..but i can't....i didnt wake up today until 2 oclock..i shouldnt do that...we all went to the 4 oclock showing of minority report and let me tell you it is one fine flick. go see it with your friends, your family, then once by yourself so you can pay even more attention to it...it has everything that i enjoy in a good movie..action, science fiction, good acting (i never really liked tom cruise, but i think i may start), fancy camera work, and a good story.....after the movie we got some chinese food and went to blockbuster...rented a beautiful mind and the mothman prophecies. rent one get one free rules...so now i have about seven dollars until friday where i'll get about 25...sweet....so its day two of the bug bite on the top of my ear...it itches like crazy and there is no good way of scratching it..how the hell does a bug bite my ear anyway...that savage...tomorrow i have nothing planned except for cleaning my room..maybe i'll go for a nice bike ride....im in such a movie mood tonight...maybe a could be a movie critic..do they have a school for that?? i wonder if i could major in film critiquing...i'll just stick to undecided for now, thats pretty broad...speaking of college, june is over and now only 2 months seperate me from ohio u....scary....i think the night before i leave for ou im going to shit in my pants....i was doing some thinking over my nudist colony comment in the random thoughts from yesterday....i could never live in a nudist colony..its probably mostly old retired men and their wives anyway...and i couldnt picture myself walking around in front of grandmas and grandpas naked...in fact, that kind of disturbs me...i was wondering around what time do you usually read my journal...is it in the morning? the afternoon? before bed? please let me know on the board. Random Lake Erie Picture. i thought that was a really good name for a street...i need to clean my scanner...
Zach's Random Scan of the Day!.
yum, instant oatmeal..i was really proud of myself when i knew the answer to the wacky trivia question...if you cant read it, it says 'What is the numerical ID of the road from Chicago to Los Angeles that sparked a hit song and a TV series?' the answer, of course, is Route 66..you idiot.....thats all for tonight, im tired...have a good day. take care of yourself, goodnight
07.30.02 to smile again, it feels so good
im updating tonight not really wanting to..i think its because my days are boring right now so i dont have much material....oh well, here it goes...i woke up today at 11:30..watched some of the world cup final then ate wendy's...i could eat wendy's everyday and still want more...i watched radio flyer tonight..my favorite movie while i was growing up...its great...its about two brothers growing up in the 60s (i think its the 60s) and one of the brothers is constantly being beat by his step father who the boys call The King, because "thats what he liked to be called" if you're ever out and see radio flyer somewhere, i highly recommend picking it up...so i didnt get to see minority report today, everybody had too much to do so we're all planning on going tomorrow....i have a bug bite on the top of my ear...what the hell? i've never had a bite there before, i feel really odd itching the top of my ear..i bet its all red too....so me and nick are talking about starting up our very own cover band..thats right kids, our very own cover band...it'll be fun...nick will sing and play guitar and i'll play drums and sing if i have to...our bandname is the repeat...that'll be something fun to entertain myself with.... Random Thoughts--pez is my favorite candy - the smell of fish doesnt exactly make me want to jump in the lake - im hungry - i dont want to go back to work - i want to build my dream house out of legos - how the hell do you get a bug bite on the top of your ear - the cosby show sucks - i've never been one for beef jerky - i need money - if i lived in a nudist colony, i'd get all the chicks --thank you
i bought two dvds at circuit city today...american history x and national lampoon's vacation...good flicks...on to the randoms Random Lake Erie Picture. i walked past this stop sign everyday, i like it... Zach's Random Scan of the Day!.
pez. definately my favorite candy..and eating pez out of boba fett's neck, well that makes it taste eleven times sweeter....well thats all i have. goodnight. take care
07.29.02 things are as bad as they seem
hello. im home now. i had a good week at the lake. fun times...the drive up there saturday was actually very fast. considering i slept almost the entire way..we didnt really do anything special while we were there..no cedar point, no soak city, no put-in-bay, but its okay...i like it relaxed...going out to eat every night kinda sucks..im not one for going out to eat, especially at places like crabby joe's...let me tell you, this was the worst place we ate all week...crabby joe's is a no air conditioning, 10 tables, smoking every where - fish smelling hole near a harbor.....but i have to admit, the grilled chicken sandwich was top notch..its just that i dont like eating with flies buzzing near my head....we did the normal vacation things..like visiting a light house, and playing put-put...unfortunately we waited until frday night to play and all of these gross mayfly bugs flew in that morning and they were landing all over us and we were stuck dodging them....but i did finish second only by 1 stroke out of everybody that played (about 8 people) ...i wish i could remember all of the stories..im sure i will remember some things as they come so i'll just have a bunch of "when i was up at the lake.." stories....i got my film developed today...most of the pictures are random lake erie pictures so i'll be having bunches of those...the best part of today was the mcdonalds breakfast...i could eat a egg mcmuffin for hours...i have good news. i may finally get to see jonah of onelinedrawing live..that would be a fun show...very personal....in my pictures i developed were the pictures from the flat tire incident....if you remember from a couple updates ago i drew you a picture to hold you over...now here's the real thing. enjoy. what a sad day...i think my drawing is a pretty good representation of what the real thing was like.... Random Lake Erie Picture prehistoric forest..the mother of all tourist traps...mix that in with mystery hill and you have a fun family adventure through jurassic times...so tomorrow im going to go see minority report, im excited, i've heard/read nothing but good reviews...so thats about it... Zach's Random Scan of the Day! this thing saved me on the 4 hour car ride...nice and cheap, just how i like my ladies....well, thats all...happy sundays...goodnight, take care
07.21.02 with the lights out, its less dangerous
stupid scanner..my scanner was acting up last night when i was trying to update and it upset me so instead of updating, i went to pout...so lets talk about yesterday...work was terrible..i was feeling like shit all day and i couldnt find anyone to come in for me....each day i grow to dislike that place more and more...i didnt get home until 11 last night...so i just stayed here.....so today i woke up and i still wasnt feeling quite up to par (cheesy golf metaphor) so i reported off work and spent the day preparing for my vacation...im going to lake erie tomorrow for a week of fun in the sun...its going to be nice to get away from everything steubenville related and relax....hopefully i'll get to buy some nice things there....i just got paid today....today i watched two movies..i watched office space...what a funny movie..i wish mike judge would make another live action film...and who knew jennifer aniston could be funny?? the other movie i watched was fight club...now that movie is great...it has a mix of everything in there...it has action, lots of fight scenes, comedy, artsy camera work....brad pitt and edward norton are really good in it....i still havent packed for the lake yet..oops... Odd Saying of the Day--I dont care if she's my cousin or not, I'm going to knock them boots again tonight--thank you clerks is a great movie..check it out if you can.... Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
what a nice ice cream cone..but what you guys dont know is that this is no ordinary ice cream cone thats waving at you...oh no, this is a cell phone...dont believe me? i have proof! well kids thats all...i'll be back next saturday, take care of yourselves, have a good week..byebye
07.19.02 sad songs and waltzes
hello. i woke up today around 10, went down to the high school around 10:30...i talked to wolodokin about possibly coming to camp, that was sort of disappointing, but hey, shit happens...so then i stayed and listened to the drummers a little bit...that will be the last time i do that, unless i go to camp..i felt really out of place..like the graduated senior who cant move on...and i can move on so get off my back! after that i came home and watched remember the titans...thats a pretty good movie..it has all the same disney sports team overcomes adversity to win the championship. but thats what makes it good....a little bit later i took the car out to snyder tires to get a new tire...while i was there, i saw doug from the commercials was there...what a funny guy...he was talking to someguy about preaching....im still waiting to see the deathmatch between him and kenny from leaky BA..my money's on kenny, he could beat doug's ass, and chrissy's too...after that i took a nice nap..that felt good...when i woke up i stopped down dq then watched i am sam with julie..good flick...a little long but good...if you happen to watch it try to notice the camera work...the camera is made to make it seem like you're seeing things through the eyes of sam...that was the best part of the movie..that and the music ....i came home, watched some of the sunday night sex show and now im here...tomorrow i have to wake up before 12 to return i am sam to blockbuster...then iwork at 4...so saturday i leave for vacation..going to lake erie again, i like it up there..peaceful... Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
you never know how much cheap peroxide you need...thats it. take care. goodnight
07.18.02 MPAA Rating: Rated PG for language and some sexual content
hi. what an interesting day....i woke up today around 11 or so to go up to robinson with nick....well we're driving up there all nice and right after imperial i hear a big bang and i loud scraping sound. flat tire. son of a bitch... we couldnt pull off the road right away because it was in the middle of construction and there was a barrier on both sides..so we finally found a little grass spot to pull off...we got to see the damage..the tire torn to shreds...so being the idiot i am, i told nick we didnt have the donut in the trunk because my dad had all his stuff from his office in it...so we stood there for a little bit until a nice construction guy pulled over and let us use his cell phone...we called my dad and told him to come up there and call AAA....so we waited longer...a highway trooper stopped by and gave us some flares, that was pretty sweet....i wanted to take some for the fourth of july...im intimated by big men with guns so i didnt ask...my dad finally drove by after a long wait but he didnt stop, he kept going! he couldnt pull over because of the traffic behind him so he parked somewhere and walked to talk to us...he then tried again to pull in behind us, and once again traffic wouldnt let him....so he tired one more time and got in there...by that time we decided to actually look to see if there was a spare in the trunk and of course, there's a secret little place where it goes....so we changed it and we were on our way...we were there for about two hours..on the side of the road....i did have my 5 dollar camera so i took some nice pictures, but i wont have them until i use all the film up so until then, here's a little drawing i did to help you out (nick's on the left, im on the right)...thats pretty much how it went...after all of that we didnt even get to go to the mall....well we came home, got some wendy's (#7 with a coke) then me and nick ran over to curcuit city and blockbuster....rented i am sam and small time crooks, havent watched either of them yet....after that brad calls and me and him played some put-put at foggy bottom...playing mini golf makes me feel like im on vacation...because lets face it, mini-golf is a must for any vacation..doesnt matter if you go to the beach, vegas, or your aunt ellen's house in montana, put-put makes the vacation.....and now im home, doing nothing...tomorrow i have to go to the high school and after that, im free...me and nick might give robinson another go...this time we'll take the jeep and bring the cell phone.... Zach's Random Scan of the Day! saltines are great..what other food is there that tastes great in soup but also with peanut butter on them? well i think thats all i have tonight. take care of yourselves. goodnight
07.17.02 foam is safe for carpets
today was another good day...i woke up at 12..ran over to the mall around 1 to return a game a bought from eb previously played...well i hated the game so i decided to see if they'd still take it back even though there's nothing wrong with it..the clerk there was obviously new and not very bright (beach blonde lady with too much cleavage for her age)..so anyways i handed her the game and the xbox dvd kit and i told her i wanted to return the game and get the dvd kit...well the kit and the game had about a 10 dollar price difference...she ended up just handing me the dvd kit and not charging me anything...so she just saved me 10 bucks..i dont know if she was stupid or she was hot for me...im hoping for the latter....so after that i came home and went to the bank with mom to open up my account...i felt like an old man sitting there being handed a check book and a atm card..sweet....easy money....when i got homefrom the bank i went to big lots to look for more thank you cards...i bought three packs of 8....i was going to buy these really nice white ones, until i turned over the package and it said "Thank you for the wonderful gift for our wedding"...that wouldnt work well...when i was finished, i started filling out my thank yous at home...i got more than half way through and i ran out of little envelopes...so i had to stop and i'll do some more tomorrow...i was sitting at home bored when brad called and asked if i wanted to come out to the river bank with him and kurt...that was a good time....sitting by the river talking with friends...what could be better...well, girls in bikinis smiling at me would be a good start... Random Scan of the Day
this stuff is great...so tomorrow i have to run down to the highschool and then me and nick are going up to robinson for some shopping...i like to spend money....so i watched good will hunting the other night..thats a good flick...kevin smith producing it makes me like it even more...i enjoy matt damon in that movie....thats probably one of his best..alot better than that talented mr. ripley piece of crap.... Random Thoughts--im tired - i wish i could do a backflip - the roof of my mouth still hurts - if it wasnt for all the oil and other pollution, i would love to swim in the river - bug bites suck - i think that when a bug bites you, you should be able to bite it back - i want a pet koala bear - remember that show on nickelodeon with the two koala bears? - if i were an eskimo, i'd move out of my igloo and build myself a nice log cabin--thank you alright, im done now. take care....goodnight
07.16.02 it took all the strength i had just not to fall apart
today was a good day. woke up around 11:30 and went to my cousin rich's house for a family bar-b-que..i finally got my bbq...good hamburgers, better hotdogs, and some fantastic mini-carrots...i like being with family...there is always some good story telling going on...so after that we went to my grandmas house for a little while to visit...but i had to leave early for work...ugh...work was long...boring...and long...im getting so tired of that place, i cant wait until i go to athens just to get a break from dq...a new girl started today, she seemed nice..and she's a drummer and she watches the sunday night sex show so we already have two things in common...so while i was at work i burned the roof of my mouth on a chicken finger..i hate that feeling...its weird when a food burns your mouth..its like the food is paying you back..."take that, you savage" ....now i have all this skin hanging down in my mouth...so after that i came home and watched some of bob nelson's one man show..that stuff is amazing..he's a comedian i used to watch all the time as a kid at my cousin's house...funny stuff....so i was looking through the classified and came across this amazing ad....i've been looking for a place to buy telephone poles from..and at 50bucks a piece, its a steal...i wonder where this guy gets the telephone poles to sell? ...well tomorrow i have to go to the mall...i wanted to go today but i couldnt make it...i have some thing i need to return....i have bug bites all over me...Odd Saying of the Day--Armpit juice doesnt taste as good as it sounds--thank you Zach's Random Scan of the Day!.
well kids..thats all i have ...take care, goodnight
07.15.02 come home, i miss you
i slept so long and i'm still tired.. i slept until 3 oclock today..i worked at 4..so today was basically a waste...work was long and boring...a little busy at times but not bad...after work i watched se7en...what a good movie...david fincher, who also directed fight club is sweet...unfortunately i've only seen those two movies of his..i'd like to see some other stuff....i still think my favorite director is kevin smith...but that could change when his new movie, jersey girl, comes out..mainly because he picked jennifer lopez to be the lead female role...hey j-lo, why dont you stick to fleeing the scene of a crime with puff diddy daddy and leave the acting to someone who actually wants to be an actor not some butt wiggling pop star....so i got a graduation party picture thing developed...my card box. this was my favorite part of my display stuff....you can see the place for the cards where the mouth is..maybe not the classiest thing to have at a graduation party, but im not really a classy guy...in the same role of film that had the picture of the card box i found this picture. harding...i wonder when they begin tearing it down..im not going to miss that school at all...i hated my years at harding....well now im going to do something new to the site..once i use up all of my pictures from my 5 dollar camera, i'll be able to do more of this...but until then this is the only one i have...Random Steubenville Picture
i hope you enjoyed that...thats a really nice sign....so tomorrow i have to work again...but before work i have to run over to the mall and return a game i bought from EB...because it sucks...hope they take it back.... Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
pez is yummy...thats all for now..goodnight. take care
07.14.02 leave your shoes at the door
what a busy day....early today i woke up and went to lunch at naples..then to the rose to set up....when it was finally time to get the party started, time moved really fast..i enjoyed every part of my party..good times..good music, good food (thanks mary), good people....there was a really nice turn out too...i had fun....so i went to the dollar store yesterday and bought this camera for 5 dollars...i really dont know what i want to do with it, or why i even bothered...hmm, i know this is an over-used joke but why do they name the store the dollar store, or dollar general in my case, when not everything in the store is a dollar..they should change the name to something more appropriate like 'cheaper than big bear'...i was walking through my house and came across a baggy of big red band cars..you know, those little cards that give you like 10% off things....or a free large pizza...i wonder if i lay these on the counter, they'd give me like 8 times whatever the discount is...that'd be sweet..im going to try that one day... Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
scotch tape is an amazing product....its damn near invisible! amazing... Random Thoughts--boxer briefs are stupid - im not a good dancer - popcorn and dill pickles dont mix - if carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be messed up - when i stand on my head for more than 7 seconds, my face gets red - i shaved - i need new tennis shoes - why does old dog poop turn white - if the zoo animals decided to play hide and seek, the giraffe would be screwed--thank you
another short one tonight...i'll have longer more interesting ones next week, maybe..time go sleep..goodnight, byebye
07.13.02 nickles and dimes will pay the rent
wow. im a busy boy...having a graduation party takes alot of work...so yesterday before work i went and had myself a haircut...nice and short...i hate the feeling after you get a haircut. it sucks...itchy necks bother me...work was easy..surprisingly....after work i went over to the drivein with a group of people and saw the last half hour of bad company and spiderman...again....and it was alright..again....it was more fun being social...then today i woke up, went to the mall...got a nice new shirt for the big day tomorrow..then i basically spent today making stuff for the party...poster boards, video, albums...im ready to get it over with ..but im excited about it....
im going to keep things short tonight, i still have stuff to do for tomorrow... Odd Saying of the Day--If it wasnt for my mother, i would never wear underwear--thank you
whats that supposed to mean?...so tomorrow i have to go to the rose at 12 to set stuff up, then come back here, finish anything that i dont have done and go back to the rose around 6:30...busy days... Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
one of these days im going to break my scanner because of stupid stuff like scanning rubber cement....its worth it..its all for the kids, you know....well kids, thats all i got..short and sweet.. busy day tomorrow....take care of yourself. goodnight.
07.11.02 dont push me until i hate you
i hate you mister dentist..i have the start of a cavity on one of my wisdom teeth...he says he cant fill it so i just need to get them removed...bunch of savages...actually i like my dentist...i just dont like the bad news he brings...in fact i decided to give him a free advertisment on the #1 rated site on the internet. so here is his business card. tell him zach sent you..he'll respond: "who?" ... so after the dentist i went over to the mall with my cousin... our mall is pretty pitiful..i cant wait for walmart to open though, i enjoy that store...so after that i went over ashleys and talked with friends..i have nice friends... so im still busy getting things ready for my graduation party on friday...i found some more pictures today and we made my card box....for your enjoyment, i scanned another picture as a preview to what you will see friday. enjoy. thats right ladies..you'll get all that and more at the party friday....man, im huge...sad part is, i dont think ive grown any more muscles since then...so as you may have guessed i havent scanned any pictures from the lemieux invitational...hey im a busy kid so get off my back pal! Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
i wonder how long i can leave the light on before the battery goes dead...that sounds like a middle school science project..."which brand of soap is the best" ..i always cheated on my projects and just did exactly what one of my older siblings did...i hated those things..they didnt prove anything, only that the people who always won first place had nice moms who did their projects for them..... Random Thoughts--my sunburn is better - but my ear is pealing (gross) - my teeth are extra clean - i dont floss daily - i need to shave - fish dont make very good pets - neither do man-eating tigers - im tired - when i sneeze, i get a headache - if a cat and a fish had their brains switched, the fish would want to eat the cat--thank you its official, the luau is cancelled...talked to brad tonight, he says he might have it in july...he has alot of stuff going on at his house and simply doesnt have time for everything...shit happens....so i took down the flyer from the main page...
i need sleep now. take care. goodnight
07.10.02 let me take you for a walk outside
today was a short day. probably because i didnt wake up until 2:30....i need to stop that...i went to sleep last night with the birds singing in my ear.....so today i went over to circuit city, then to blockbuster..rented two games....one is fifa-road to the world cup..im so addicted to this world cup stuff i went out and rented a game about it...its really fun too...ive never watched a soccer match before in my life and im finding myself watching two per night...so after that i went night swimming with a group of people....problem was that i went in full clothes...jeans and a tshirt..probably wasnt too smart, jeans are really heavy when they are wet...that was fun..i dont have too much to talk about tonight, mostly because i missed half of today sleeping...tomorrow i have to go to the dentist at 12:30 then i have nothing planned....i'll take the day as it comes...im hearing that brad cancelled the luau, too much stuff to do and not enough time to do it in i guess...it might be rescheduled...but as far as i know, its off...thats not official because i havent heard it from brad himself....i'llkeep you updated....so as i said last night i picked out a bunch of pictures for my posters and such at my graduation party, i wanted to share this one with you...this picture cracked me up..it makes no sense at all....thats at prehistoric forest at lake erie..what a great place..that picture was taken two years ago i think....i have some other good ones but you'll have to come to my party to see them...i like looking through old pictures...fun times... Random Scan of the Day yum, fruit snacks....i still havent scanned all of my lemieux pictures, i swear i will though...well kids, i told you i didnt have alot for you tonight..time to eat some fruit snacks...take care, byebye
07.09.02 can i make it up to you
no time for an update yesterday, things happen.....
so lets see, yesterday i worked 11-4 (piece of cake) ..my cousins from kentucky came in around 5 or so...nice to have somebody to talk to here, it gets kind of boring being the only child while my siblings are at school....i went to mary's graduation party last night....good conversations with good friends...and yes, mary is good people....so today i went to the buccos game which was at 1:30...it was a great day and a good game, they won 5-4 thanks to a 2 out, 2 run homerun in the 8th....the bad part about the game is we were baking in the sun for 4 hours, which doesnt go well for my already burnt skin....so i was applying sunscreen lotion every ten minutes....tonight i went to bunch of parties...first was betsy's graduation party..her dad and his band were playing there and that was a nice touch...i enjoyd that alot..betsy as you may have guessed, is good people....from there i went to amanda greenbergs party...that was different from the others i have been to because it was a bit more formal...i was underdressed, but im not one for fashion anyways...that was a good time, good food....then i went to rays party..ray's a good guy, and iwas glad i got the chance to stop by and talk some hockey with the boys...then i went by cherrie's party...unfortunately it was pretty much over and most people were leaving but better late than never right? and now im home..all of these parties makes me look forward to mine even more....which is friday at the rose, incase you forget....i picked out a bunch of pictures that im going to use...i have decided a couple of things about my childhood.. 1) i had really bad hair during my harding days. 2) i always had cool birthday cakes (batman, ghostbusters, semi trucks, etc.) 3) i was a skinny little shit in middle school....i developed my pictures from the lemieux invitational, but i dont feel like scanning them all tonight so until i get up the page of all the pictures...here is a teaser. i love that picture...believe it or not, thats my favorite from the roll i took there...that was from the long car ride home (stupid rush hour traffic)..tomorrow i have nothing planned which feels good, for a change...tuesday i have to go to the dentist! the dentist! my teeth feel fine, why do i need to go visit satan? not that i dont like our dentist as a person, he's a nice guy....i just hate going there.....next up, your favorite part of the site Zach's Random Scan of the Day
thanks to those who left the kind comments on the board about the scans...ive decided to keep them up...thanks for the support, im glad you guys enjoy the site, its all for the kids, you know.... Annoying Small Talk of the Day--So, glad you graduated?--thank you well boys and girls, thats all i can come up with for tonight..i'll be back tomorrow...maybe i'll have the photo page from the lemieux tournament up....until then take care of yourselves, goodnight
06.07.02 so why dont you go on and shine Random Joke of the Day--I've never been good at golf, i never hit a hole-in-one..but i did hit a guy, and thats way more satisfying...In golf you're supposed to yell "FORE!" but i was too busy mumbling "there's no way thats going to hit him"--thank you-- now thats a way to start off a journal...so i went to the Mario Lemieux celebrity invitational today...it was a great time...the course was huge so there was no way i was going to see anybody, but the list of people i did see is jordan (i was standing right next to the guy), dan marino, john elway, steve spurrier, chris kirpatrick from n'sync (thats right ladies),robert lang, charles barkley, marcus allen, bill cowher (asked him 'hows it going coach' he responded with the simple 'whats up), grant fuhr, and mark madden.....it was tough to get autographs because they werent supposed to sign until they finished at the 18th hole..but there were hundreds of people gathered around so it was pretty much impossible to get autographs, but i did take alot of pictures and i'll have them for you tomorrow maybe..amazingly one of the highlights of the day was getting a free sandwich...it was one of the best sandwiches i've ever had, and i've had some good ones in my time....i got sunburned really bad. i hate that feeling. it sucks....when i gothome i went to chelsea's graduation party. that was a good time..chelsea is good people....so tomorrow i have to work at 11....i've been off since monday, im spoiled now... Random Thoughts--im sleepy - golf is a boring sport to watch - mullets and golf dont mix - apparently to be a golfer you have to buy goofy pants - had i known the golfcourse had a lake, i wouldve brought my swimming trunks - the smell of suntan lotion gives me false hopes of the beach - green aloe feels nice - i hate jay leno - i like the drive-in - if i had to choose between a sun burn, terrible acne, or a bottle of mountain dew, i'd go with the dew--thank you ...and now... Zach's 20th Anniversary of the Random Scan of the Day!
i cant believe its been 20 random scans ago that i started this feature on this site....(the picture name is random19 but the first random scan was just simply called random so i think im pretty good)...i have a bad feeling this part of the site is getting a little stale...so i might end it soon, give me your opinion on the board. well children, i cant do anything more tonight...happy saturday..goodnight
06.06.02 who cares about golden apples?
so tonight, i graduated high school..it had to be in the gym because of rain so that sucked...but oh well...i didnt really feel like a graduate..i felt more like a little kid pretending...the cap and gown didnt bother me at all...but the stupid tassel was very annoying. it kept rubbing against my face and going in my mouth...stupid thing....so i didnt like my speaker much...but shit happens right? even if i had liked the speaker, i still wouldnt remember one thing that she said....i have a short attention span you see...so after graduation we had a family gettogether at the house..i was under the impression that it was a bbq...but to my surprise it was not..no burgers, no mac and cheese, no slightly overcooked hotdogs...oh well, it was still a good time...i like talking with family members....but i had the taste of hotdogs in my mouth...talk about a let down.....so tomorrow im going to go gawk at celebrities and then run home to tell all my friends who i saw and how they gave me bad looks when i told them they suck...i wouldnt do that...well maybe i'll get on charles barkley..but he might beat me up..then i could sue and be rich beyond my wildest dreams (daffy duck moment)...is it wrong for an 18 year old who just graduated high school to still watch cartoons?? im in the prime of my life and i'll only be young once! so back off you rickie lake watching, trailor park living, wet shoe smelling, catholic priest suing guy!....that was me telling someone off...impressive huh? Zach's Random Scan of the Day
damatically different moisturizing lotion. i dont know whats so dramatically different about it. but if i have some dry elbows, it'll clear it right up...i should be getting to bed now, early morning tomorrow..take care, be careful...goodnight
06.05.02 relieves itch and dries rash
no update last night..i wasnt really feeling up to par (cheesy golf metaphor) ..so what did i do yesterday....i went to walmart with the folks...my mom bought the harry potter dvd and my dad got the mash season 1 dvd as part of his birthday gifts....i didnt get anything! i must be slipping in my old age! ..i graduate tomorrow..afterwards we're having a little bar-b-que at the house..that should be fun...and im getting a cookie cake! all white icing...yum....so earlier today i was looking at a site that happened to have one of those banner ads at the top of the page and i noticed something weird about it..see for yourself. doesnt the guy in the picture look just like tracy morgan from snl? for those of you who dont watch snl or dont remember what tracy morgan looks like ..here's his picture. .the resemblance is amazing..i think that might just be a pre-snl tracy morgan..i wish there was a way of researching this..speaking of research, angelfire never got back to me about finding out when i registered with them...bunch of savages...so my family lost the channel remote to the tv a couple weeks ago and since then we've been watching tv through the vcr..which isnt bad except if you want to change the volume...anyways im really proud of myself because i found it!. all i had to do was lift the couch and bingo...now i can adjust the volume in the comfort of my chair instead of getting up and doing it myself...thats why my generation is so out of shape...we are the remote control generation...that has to be good exercise to get up and change the channel each time you want to watch something else..damn you technology! ...i got two coupons for my blockbuster rewards program. hell yes...i love free stuff.....and now... Random Scan of the Day!
cats love this stuff....give the box a quick shake and the cats come running..its really amazing..in fact right after i scanned it, i shook it and baby came running then a couple seconds later grace came running in....i think my other cat kitty is sleeping...she missed out...well kids, thats all i have for you tonight..i'll be back tomorrow night as a high school graduate..sweet..take care, goodnight
06.03.02 a junkie addicted to you
easy days make for easy nights...i slept until 1 today...then i worked at 4...it was so boring..we were absolutely dead....when i got home it was already 10:30 and most of my friends have school tomorrow so i didnt do anything...im starting to wonder why i do updates when i have nothing of interest to talk about..but if i only updated when something interesting happens, i wouldnt have a site....i've been trying to figure out how long i've had this site up..unfortunately angelfire doesnt seem to have any record of when i signed up with them...i emailed them to see if they do or not though, so we'll see...it has to be 3 or 4 years now....thats a pretty long time.. i remember my first ever layout for the site....it was one page with all of my poems in one big list that you could scroll down...pretty ghetto....now this site is more about this journal page instead of my poems...but at least its still ghetto...i wish i had taken a screenshot of each one of my layouts..that wouldve been nice to have.......so its storming right now, i hope the power doesnt go out, that would suck...i'd probably have to go to bed....so i was doing some more thinking about having a pet ewok today..just look at one. doesnt he look like he'd make a good pet? you'd have to take the spear away of course but you get the idea...so im paranoid about going bald now...i was looking at myself in the mirror and i swear to you, i have a receding hair line...its happening, i can feel it! its those stupid hats i always wear....i have nothing to do tomorrow..its going to be great... Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
now thats what i call a portable radio...Annoying Small Talk of the Day--So, how are the kids?--thank you.....well im going to go to bed before the power goes out..take care, goodnight
06.02.02 amazing sweetness
sunday night tv sucks....i took the day off yesterday...it was a pretty good day...i went to the drive in to see spiderman but i wasnt feeling too hot so i didnt stay for the second show...maybe next time...today i worked 4-close...surprisingly we werent busy at all so it was good.....brad asked me to promote the upcoming luau..here is the flyer. im going to put a link to this page on the main section of the site from now up until the 13th..its going to be a good time..good people, good music, good dancing.....so i had my entire update finished and my explorer froze....that is so upsetting because i was taking a long time to write the update and now i forget most of what i wrote....stupid computers.....so the past couple of nights i came across this show called 'the sunday night sex show'..its this old lady taking sex calls, kind of like love line...i recommend you tuning in for it..its entertainment in its highest form.....so graduation is coming up next week..thats some crazy nuts....i cant believe im going to be in the cap and gown...and im proud to say this will be the first time i'll be wearing a gown...seriously.... Random Scan of the Day! mcfarlane makes some bad ass toys....so i was looking through my dvds for something to watch earlier and i realized i have a ton of movies...so being the nerd i am, i decided to count them all...81! 81 dvds! i amazed myself with that.... Random Thoughts-- im bored - bored.com sucks - i wish i had a pet ewok - if i had it my way, every girl would love me - its hot outside - why cant cats do tricks like dogs can - if dogs could talk i bet they would tell us how stupid we are - the movie 'cats & dogs' sucked - i hate watered down mountain dew - if cats could talk i bet they would tell us how stupid dogs are--thank you i added two links to the links page..heather and sam..so go enjoy their sites...
well thats all i have for you tonight. take care.
05.31.02 please keep your hands off my shoes
today was fantastic..i woke up at 11 and went into school around 1 for my final exam...piece of cake...im finally finished...i dont know if i should be happy or afraid. im leaving the security of big red and moving into a situation i havent been in before..its going to be weird being around all new people next year, im going to miss everyone but im excited about meeting new people...so anyways we went to benihana's today for nick's birthday..that was fun...there was a group of girls at the table next to us who looked like they belonged on a girls gone wild tape...they were in their late 20s, early 30s, hair dyed white, big brown roots, skimpy shirts, annoying voices, and they thought they looked good...girls gone wild: 90's haircuts and annoying cell phones!....people like those people are the reasdon i hate cell phones....they had to get at least 5 calls in less than an hour....nobody is that important, especially not these material girls...give it up ladies, men stopped caring about you after kid number two....anyways, remember the update before last, in my random thoughts where i said i hope i dont go bald when i get older....well i found this picture from nick's graduation ...poor guy...if that happens to me im just going to shave it all off...i like watching the first season of snl on the E! channel.....Zach's Annoying Small Talk of the Day -"Hot enough for you?"- thank you ...next up- Zach's Random Scan of the Day! thats kind of scary....thats my kitty, Kitty. thats all i have for tonight..happy saturday
05.30.02 i needed you, you left
one more day left..actually 45 minutes left then im finished....school today went fast, mostly because i came home at 11:30....and then i slept until 2..it was nice....i had to work too and it was busy and it sucked and we have a new blizzard and it sucks and i hate little kids who like to play with the bell on the door...little bastards....i was on my way home from work and a car coming the opposite direction flashed his brights at me..first i was a bit confused...i checked my brights to make sure they werent on...then i passed a cop car..he was in the m&m hardware lot...so it turns out the guy who flashed his brights at me was simply warning me to slow down....and who says americans dont take care of each other any more? ....i wish i had more to talk about but since exams are going on and i havent really been out because of exams and waiting for school to be out i dont have any interesting stories.....
Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
37? in a row??? i added 2 new poems in the your words section...my cousin zach's work..nice stuff...well take care of yourself, goodnight
05.29.02 she's built like a brick shit house
i hate exams..i hate the scarlet letter..damn you hester prynne...i dont have much time tonight because i really should get some studying in so i'll make this short...today was a waste of a day...we did nothing in school...i did nothing at home....i did take a nap which made me feel worse...i've been sick for about a week now..watery eyes, stuffy nose, scratchy throat...i feel like just going to bed but because we didnt find out what was going to be on my literature exam until today and my exam is tomorrow i have to spend the night studying...i dont even care anymore, i just want to be out.... random thoughts--i hate smelly dogs - my butt hurts - whats the deal with weird teachers - if i had eleven fingers, would you still like me? - i hate sour stuff - when i get older, i really hope i dont go bald - radio sucks - i like playing the price is right on gamesville.com - i think i would like to own my very own monkey --thank you alright i cant think of anything else so... Zach's Random Scan of the Day word to your mother's uncle. goodnight
05.28.02 is that a banana in your pocket
what a nice break...so where to begin, friday night was a normal night..i got some chinese food, chicken fried rice...sounds good but when i got it, there was absolutely no chicken in it! maybe they should rename the chicken fried rice to something more suitable..like rice....i had my fortune from my fortune cookie saved but i lost it somewhere...it said something like 'the mood is right for a friendly chat to lead to romance' ..nice....so saturday night was a stay home and do nothing night....good time.....nothing to talk about.....sunday we had a family get together for nick because he graduated college last week....that was fun, i played basketball with the kids and aaron and i realized why i stopped playing basketball after 5th grade...but i was pretty good at playing in those halftime games back then for all the scrubs....sunday night i went to robinson with brad to watch star wars...again....this theater was great, the picture quality was near digital...fantastic way to see star wars, and im happy to report the very nice ticket stub. its about damn time! well because i have been so hyped up on star wars i bought the trilogy monday because i only own the special edition ...i was watching it and realized it IS the special edition..i was upset....i took it back to kmart today and they said they dont usually give someone their money back when something is opened but i guess they liked me....i was planning on scanning the trilogy but since i took it back, here's a scan of the thiry-one dollars and ninety-some odd cents sweet....three more days of highschool.....i have a fun day coming up soon....the mario lemieux celebrity invitational. that there is my pass..its gonna be awesome, lemiuex, jordan, marino, kovalev, lang, bettis, cowher, stewart, elway, i could go on and on....it should be a good time.... Zach's Random Scan of the Day in closing i'd like to thank jenn for being the only person to visit my site..thank you..im gonna go eat the banana...good night
05.22.02 oops i crapped my pants
what a day...school sucked as usual..so after school i went to visit my sick brother in the hospital..on the way out i took the elevator and when i stepped in i was surprised to see a police officer and a man in handcuffs, leg chains, and a nice orange jump suit..what a scary sight...i had to ride the elevator with them. just me, the police officer, and an unknown criminal...my brother is on the 5th floor but the elevator went all the way up to floor 8 and then down to 7, stopped again at 6, again at 5 (where i started) the elevator then went to floor 3, stopped at 2, before finally getting to the 1st floor..that was a scary elevator ride.. i recreated it for you here..see, told you it was scary... i thought you might need some visual aid for the story...thank me later...
work was a little more busy today but not too bad..im tired of working, i wish i could just go home and sit on my ass watching stupid shows like real world and hey arnold...but i need money...how come i cant get money for seating around watching tv? that would be great....i still need to shave..... Random Scan of the Day.
yikes....i thought this was a good picture to use since i was talking about how my brother was sick...this is after his wisdom teeth were pulled....what a big head....well thats it for tonight. have fun
05.21.02 "i grew up a big star wars fan, i had all of the swords and things"
yes, thats a true quote...i was watching some mtv show about movies and they interviewed a rapper (they all look the same to me) about star wars and he actually said he was a big star wars fan...he used to have all the swords and things...ah boy....first of all they're not 'swords' they're lightsabers, and second you dont have to lie about being a star wars fan...theres nothing wrong with growing up watching mr. rogers and care bears movies.....well anyways, i had a full day..school and work...the story of my life...but work was nice and slow, cold days do have their up-side....so i was looking through the photo album where i got yesterday's random scan from and i found this picture. this was taken during our family vacation to mexico....alright so it's disney world, sue me...hmm, am i touching myself in that picture? (im the little guy with the red tank top)...i dont know if i am or not, but i have nice socks.... Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
this is my hulla dancer. she sits atop my tv...there's a little buttom on the bottom you press to make her dance how you want...i think she's cute, although she's not a natural blonde....(the eyebrows, you sicko) ..tomorrow i have to work again, time is money though...i've decided my site looks like absolute shit on anything other than 1024x768 resolution so if my site looks like crap to you, change your resolution and see how it is meant to look... Random Thoughts--i need to shave - i hate buying gas - excedrin migraine makes my head feel good - if humans had tails, do you think we would be allowed to show them on television? - i really liked the show "You Can't Do That On Television!" - if i had a choice of eating an earth worm or eating a gummy worm, i'd have to go with the gummy worm--thank you thats all for today, goodnight
05.20.02 we called the dog indiana
what an intersting day..school was okay, pretty much a waste of time actually. then after school i went over to wal-mart and bought the others dvd and i broke down and bought the indiana jones trilogy on vhs...yes, vhs...this is the first vhs i have bought in a long long time..but its indiana jones, one of the greatest trilogies (is that how you would spell it?) of all time..next to star wars and back to the future....well anyways when i got home i was looking at the others and opened up the box and one of the dvds was missing (disc 2). so i had to run all the way back to wal-mart and exchange it..surprisingly they didnt ask any questions..hmm, i think im going to count the number of dvds i have then brag about how much money i spent on movies...earlier i was watching the biography of george lucas on a&e...that was really interesting, i want to be a director now, haha....for now, i'll stick to working at blockbuster as my dream.... Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
this picture is a little hard to see...if you look closely, the little guy in that field is me, and the field i am standing in is Ohio University's campus...which is where im going to school next year...i remember always wanting to go to OU and no where else...in fact OU is the only school i applied to...which was probably stupid but hey it all worked out in the end so get off my back, man! well kids, have a nice day and be good to yourself. goodnight
05.19.02 those eyes never looked so good
i havent had a good weekend in a long time...yesterday was a good day..worked 4-close but it was so easy..andi worked with barbra so it was nice getting caught up with her...then i went to the drive in to see star wars....remember back on thursday wheni was complaining about the ticket stubs from the theater? that was nothing compared to the crap i got at the drive-in...look. what are they, doing a 50/50 raffle? its star wars for crying out loud, you need something to remember your time spent seeing it in a theater, or in this case, the drive-in....we arrived about a half hour late so we stayed and watched what we missed during the second showing of it....then today i was honored at mass for being an alter server...it was nice, they gave me a medal and a certificate and a hefty sum of money...i've been serving since 3rd grade..thats a really long time...wow....so then i had to go to the academic awards banquet....it was terrible...it went from 5 oclock till 8:30....i got two awards...the band parent scholarship and the simmons scholarship....so i went home a happy boy....
and now everyone's favorite part of the site Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
thats right kids, the very first draft of dirty little girl. all hand writen...this could go for big bucks on ebay..maybe i'll sell it when i need some cash...thats all i have for today..have a happy monday...goodnight
05.17.02 keep away from children
im in a good mood tonight. and to be honest, i dont know why....work was so easy. i love the rain....i hate bad stand up comics...if i were a stand up comic, and i saw mitch hedberg's act...i would just quit because there's no beating him... "i went to the store to buy some candle holders, they didnt have any so i bought a cake" yes, mitch hedberg is a funny man....so its finally friday..im really looking forward to sleeping in tomrrow..i slept 4 hours wednesday night, 6 hours thursday night...i really need to just sleep until 3 tomorrow...how many days left of school? 10 more days..thats alot... im ready for summer.....i have nothing at all to talk about tonight..i know, i say that every night but this night, i mean it...so im going to go straight to the Random Scan of the Day
i love caller-i.d...even my very old 1995 version...as you can see in the picture dairy queen called me, probably to ask me to come into work..i hate that....well since i'm rambling on, im going to go...have a nice night
05.16.02 begun this clone war has
at 3am last night i was finally getting into bed. four hours of sleep then school. it was worth it though. star wars was amazing...it lived up to all the hype i built for it...i have one complaint about the night..the ticket stub. star attack? that sounds like a bad tim allen movie....so today was kind of boring....getting up for school sucked...but i came home at 12 and slept till 3 so i feel better...work wasnt bad tonight..but it was busy......i dont have anything very fun to say...the banquet was nice, they announced the new band director and had some nice moments...the food was pretty crappy, but what would a banquet be without nasty food? so im in such a star wars mood...im going again saturday to see it, this time in robinson, since i have some gift cirtificates...i want to buy out the entire theater and just invite a bunch of friends and have a party that would conclude with episode 2..that would be a great birthday party..maybe i should put that together some day...well im going to end tonight's life with the Zach's Random Scan of the Day
who the hell is that guy?? look how skinny...look at that terrible hair! this is freshman year....and this was taken earlier this year..(sorry its so big..i didnt feel like loadind photoshop) what a difference...well thats all i have, goodnight
05.14.02 feed a tree before you feed yourself
a love working when it rains. nice and slow.....but, it cant rain all the time..and i doubt it will rain all weekend..i have to work thursday, friday, saturday, and sunday..man that sucks....oh well, i really like money...so i was eating some of those ritz crackers and i was enjoying them until i came across this. what the hell? this completely ruined my cracker eating experience! here i am, minding my own business enjoying crackers and i have to see one with this black shit all over it. i put the crackers away after that....i dont have anything very interesting tonight...stars wars is tomorrow. hopefully we will get tickets and it wont be sold out...that would suck....im so pumped up on star wars right now, i feel like obi-wan himself....or yoda...except im not green...and im tall...and i dont talk in mixed up sentences...and im not 900 years old....well folks, right here in my right hand i hold today's Random Scan of the Day!
if you cant tell, its a coaster..but this one has a story behind it..two years ago my dad was cooking something and i guess he had a bit of a grease fire...to fix the problem he decided to run water over it. that didnt work out too well.....a flame shot up and caught the kitchen curtain's on fire as well as some other stuff by the sink....luckily he bravely fought the flames and saved our house...i was sitting in the family room when it happened and i remember the red glow that lit up the entire house when the flame shot up...that was a scary experience...this coaster was sitting by the window..im sure you can see the burn marks...im not sure why we kept it..i wish i could say something spiritual like we kept it as a constant reminder of what could have been...but sadly i have no reason...well thats it for today...i'll update tomorrow sometime after the band banquet and before episode 2...goodnight
05.13.02 where's your brain?
well i had my entire update finished and of course, it couldnt find the page to save it so i lost everything..i'll do my best to remember what i said...
has anyone noticed that the past three updates have the year as 2001? im living in the past..oops....so have i mentioned i hate school? speaking of school i was walking down the hall and a flyer caught my eye. maybe it was the poor handwriting..i found this flyer really weird..here, see for yourself. i really like the obvious 2 for $1.00 or that the cents sign was originally put before the number 50 (its hard to see in the scan)...i feel bad making fun of it, cause i dont know who made it..but come on, thats pretty terrible...i guess it shows you the state of my school...i was originally going to use that picture as my scan of the day but i have something else for later....i hate the rain.....i also hate doctor's offices..i took my brother to the doctor's today and while we were in the waiting room there were 2 old couples and one old guy who were talking...that didnt bother me, its what they were talking about that bothered me...i had to sit there and listen to them name at least 4 different caffeterias that they enjoy. but one of them has bad steak so dont order the steak! then they talked about the terrible weather we've been having. a typical old person topic...so i have to work tomorrow. i dont want to. there's trouble brewing in dq land....i know i had more in my update before it was deleted but oh well, i'm sure i'll remember for another time..until then i leave you with another installment of the popular Zach's Random Scan of the Day!
goodnight and speedy delivery to you all
05.12.01 meanwhile, on the other side of town...
im home...i had a pretty good, but fast weekend...friday we traveled and ate at damons. dinner sucked! i was so disappointed in damons. my steak was over cooked and dry.. and we didnt even get seated in the room with all the big tvs...saturday we went to nick's graduation and out to olive garden for lunch..oh boy..my parents were very upset because we had a party of 12 and they said they couldnt seat us because they needed to put together 3 tables and didnt have any at that point, so they (the people at olive garden) sat parties of 8, and two parties of 10 instead...then when we finally get seated, we see that its only two tables and we would be really uncomfortable and tight...so my parents went to complain and the manager eventually brought us a nice little fold out table, and about 4 different plates of appetizers for free....the meal itself was very good..and one thing i've learned about eating out, if you can complain about something, do it...chances are you'll get something free out of it...then saturday night we played a trivia game called in pursuit and i won. im a good guesser.....and today, we ate brunch and came home. all in all a good weekend...so im going to see the midnight show of star wars with brad on wednesday. its going to be amazing...its a shame i'll have to wait another two years for episode 3..shit happens i guess.... random thoughts - -i need to shower - steve martin is hilarious - im not a big fan of cowboy hats - band banquet is wednesday - it's hot in here - i need to buy some cd-rs - i dont have anything to scan today - i'd like to see a celebrity death match between Kenny from Leaky BA and the guy from Snyder tires - im not big on smelly dogs - - thank you
thats all i have, goodnight
05.09.01 i've got a bad feeling about this
episode 2 is a week away. im getting excited. i want to go to the midnight show on wednesday. unfortunately thats the night of the band banquet and tickets go on sale at 6 that day. thats the same time the banquet starts so im going to have to find someone to buy tickets for me...if i do go, i have to go to school thursday. thats going to be rough....so anyways this is my last update until sunday night. like i said before im going to kent for my brother's graduation...im going to take requests for a scan of the day, what would you like to see me scan? remember, this version on inmyownwrite is the fan appreciation version....so what would you like to see scanned? as long as its not a body part, im pretty much open to anything...what you want, i deliver..thats what makes in my own write the #1 site on the internet! .. i need to buy one of those disposable polaroid cameras..my old one is broke for some reason...sucks....everything of mine is either completely broke or has something wrong with it..i was going to have a polaroid for you tonight but since i cant i guess i'll find something to scan... Zach's Random Scan of the Day! as you can tell, im running out of ideas....if you look really close at my middle and ring finger you can see the scars (looks like a slight discoloration) on the tips of them where they were chopped off in 1st grade. the big closet door at mckinley got the best of me, i dont want to relive it..alright fine i will...it was early morning and i always was there earlier than the other kids because my mom is a teacher..megan rembold and trey gillison were also there early for the same reason. so anyways we were being kids and playing around in the closets and for some reason i decided to rest my hand in the hinge of the door, megan then slammed the same door shut.. of course she didnt mean to...so i run down to the office, crying, blood dripping from my fingers that are now hanging on by only one thread of skin....they decide it'd be smart to run water on them FULL BLAST!...after they tried that the principal ran me over to ohio valley hospital and called my parents and i ended up having surgery that night and missing a football game ( i was upset about that) so anways, megan ended up buying me a nice teenage mutant ninja turtles cartoon tape because she felt bad, what a nice lady...okay, that was my sob story, im gone now, see you sunday...byebye
05.08.01 when you sleep, where do your fingers go?
tonight was the band concert. im glad its over. i get to come home at 1:45 every day now. sweet...am i old fashioned?....i have to work tomorrow then im going to kent this weekend for my brother's graduation. so no updates this weekend. you'll have to find some other site to go to. sorry....im trying to figure out if i want to do a random scan, joke, or thought tonight...hmm....so i cant think of anything interesting to talk about tonight..i listened to cake today for the first time since last summer. what a good group....im going to do a scan Zach's Random Scan of the Day
that there is my phone, obviously. if you ever talk to me on the phone, chances are im talking on this one. i hate talking on the phone about nothing....sometimes i wonder how many people actually visit this site..maybe i should set up a counter or something.....nah, that would probably just depress me..well, im done.byebye
05.07.02 just paint your
face in shattered dreams what a day. long day at school followed up by a long night at work. every day at school is like spending the day in a dentist's chair. im thinknig about faking sick the rest of the school year, i know it sounds childish. but then , so is highschool (have to love ferris bueller)...i came across something at work today and prepared a little something for you all. Enjoy
that was fun to do. even if i am doing it all for myself..i hope you looked through everything and i hope you had fun while doing so..well tomorrow is the band concert then im done coming to band for the rest of the year, that'll be nice getting home early..well thats all i have for tonight..talk about the cake pictures on the message board with the other zach fans. goodbye
05.06.01 almost normal
im so tired of school. the magic number is now 18. 18 more days of highschool...to me, thats about 17 too many....man, that was cliche....i have a couple pictures from the wwf smackdown i went to last week,
i'll scan them tomorrow because im feeling lazy tonight..tomorrow im working then wednesday is the band concert....and thursday i work....then im going to kent over the weekend for nick's graduation..busy week... Zach's Random Joke of the Day: I was in a band called Aftertaste, later on we changed our name to accapella, as we were walking out of the pawn shop ...that joke sucked....made me laugh at first, alright im outta here, take care
05.05.01 i dont know much about cinco de mayo today was a crappy day to end a good weekend. woke up around 11:30 then i had to go to work at 4. i hate working in nice weather....oh well...i dont really have much for you today....sorry about that...i do have an interesting story...im still all hyped up on spider-man so i decided i'll see if they have it for download yet..so i searched for it on kazaa and found it and began to download it..about halfway through the first half i decided to preview to see how the quality was..well lets just say it wasnt spiderman..at least i dont remember a scene with a girl on a chair holding something that made a vibrating noise...i wont go any further, not in front of the kids...that was kind of disappointing...oh well Random Scan of the Day pink bismuth liquid, cant live without it....and yes, it is maximum strength...i have stomach problems, you see..school tomorrow, so byebye
05.04.01 when cameron was in egypts land
new layout is up, i hope you like it...add any comments, suggestions, or complaints on my message board...so yesterday was prom. i dont think i mentioned that before. probably because i wasnt really looking forward to it, like many of the other dances i've went to. but all in all it was pretty fun...dinner was really good...the dance part sucked, but it went really quickly so that was good...after glow was pretty much a waste so we left that early and just went back to julie's and relaxed...im so tired of rap music..thats all they played..its alright if there are some rap songs but not when you play nothing but rap...today we went to tessas house and just relaxed and talked, then tonight we went to the drive in to see spider-man. i was really looking forward to seeing this..spider-man was always my favorite of the superheros growing up..the movie was great..there were a couple of things i can complain about so here it goes: 1. They could have done a little more character development on the green goblin character. 2. where did he get the costume from?
3.speaking of costumes, the green goblin costume was terrible
and thats that...andrea offered me a port14 account so i might end up doing that..who knows....random thoughs-i hate the "new" no doubt, what the hell happened to them? - i may go see jimmy eat world in cleveland in july - i hate getting my picture taken - im not one for stuffed mushrooms - i hate tightie whities - i really like chicken sandwiches -thank you...byebye
05.02.01 i have no title
work sucks. money is good. you can see my dilemma...so prom is tomorrow. i picked up my tux today, i feel like james bond...now all i need is a golden gun and a bmw and im set...nothing interesting happened to me today. nothing at all. so really this is a waste of an update. but its my website, not yours, so back off pal! im almost done with the new layout. looks okay i guess. better than nothing....busy weekend coming up...i wont update tomorrow but i should saturday. so please dont email me with your complaints...i like writing these like i have a huge fanbase that just cant get enough of me...try not to ruin my fantasy... The Zach Nocera "Check Out This Good Site" of the Day ....Oh yes, the Stash...buy something for me..well, have fun.
05.01.01 I dont have a girlfriend, but i do have a girl that would be very upset if she heard me say that early update today..good time at smackdown last night...watching wrestling made me feel like a little kid..it has changed alot since i've seen it last back in 95..im actualy going to another show in wheeling tonight..see we bought the wheeling tickets before we knew smackdown was coming, but it should be another good time..i bought a tshirt yesterday..a 28 dollar tshirt. what the hell is wrong with me? the moment i get paid i spend it on stupid stuff like a 28 dollar tshirt..but i dont really regret it..its amazing that a tshirt costs 28 bucks though....i hit a chipmunk on the way to school today...the little thing was halfway across the road and turned back right into my wheel...i wonder if he's still on the road?..hmm... Random Scan of the Day
gotta love it...alright, thats all i got..be good
04.29.01 Please watch your step
i hate the first day back to school. i hate being all sleepy in the mornings. two days isnt a long enough weekend. "sounds like someone has a case of the mondays"....i woke up today, went to school...cashed my check...bought a new dvd...and played some xbox...other than that my day sucked....i got Batman: The Movie...with adam west..its amazing...i have a fun filled night on tv watching to do...two hockey games on, the batman marathon started on tv land, and you have to watch wrestling... i dont really have anything good for you tonight..sorry about that, there's always tomorrow right? i doubt i'm going to update tomorrow night, depending on what time i get home i suppose...i know you'll miss it.i havent ate dinner...my stomach is mad at me for it...ever watch the cartoon The Critic? his stomach always yells at him and tells him what to do....i think im alot like him "It Stinks!"..
alright ...im missing my television..goodbye
04.28.01
if i was a pirate, i'd probably wear an eye patch
today was a boring day. i worked on the layout and i have the idea of what all the pages are going to look like in my head...same old idea though, image maps....i wish i knew how to do more...oh well...so i was trying to find a redirect site like i had with the old inmyownwrite.com ... i used one that was like inmyownwrite.tsx.org or something..its terrible..it had so many pop-ups....and on top of that, they were porn pop ups...so i dont think im going to use that one...damn domainzero..i liked my inmyownwrite.com..you people reading this should put together a domain fund for me...that'd be nice...
Zach's Random Thought of the Day: "I think Pringles initial intention was to make tennis balls." -this has been Zach's Random Though of the Day. --Thank you
..i dont know where that came from..alright im done, byebye
04.27.01
if carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be messed up
what a day. i wish every day could be saturdays...i watched terminator 2 and batman..good movies...its a shame the batman series was ruined after batman returns...so i had some pizza for lunch.. this little personal pan-like jobbers from market day...i was reading the wrapping to see how long to cook it and noticed something. check it out. like my little red arrow? do they really need to put cook before eating on it? are there people out there that are so stupid that they would chomp down on a frozen pizza eat-zzas? besides, why would there be cooking instructions if you wouldnt have to cook it before eating it? i also like where it says on the instructions to remove pizza from bag.... so anyways i went out with brad nate and justin today. ate some eggs at paddy's diner..got a free rental at blockbuster. sweet...i love the guaranteed in stock promotion...im still waiting for any ideas for the site...what do you want to see? this next version of in my own write will be a fan appreciation version..whatever you, the fan of me, want, you will get..probably......so a batman marathon will be on every week next week on tv land. the original series.. its gonna be sweet. i love that show..i used to watch it all the time on the family channel..BAM! POW!
my dog is farting...thats all i got for tonight. goodbye
04.26.01 this is my life
a while back i started doing this site as a way to share my poems and vent my frustrations. its gone through many different looks and layouts. sometime last year it became a burden. it was like i was forcing myself to update it when i really didnt want to..thats why i stopped...im going to try and get back into the swing of things and i'll see how it goes..i want to have a new layout for you soon. now, lets get you up to speed.
-as you know i am accepted to ohio university -
however i was put on an alternate list for the school of music and i have pretty much come to terms with me probably not getting in -
i still plan on auditioning for the marching band this summer -
only 20 some days of high school remaining -
still working at dq -
my dvd collection has grown to over 60 (im a sad man) -
since we've talked last i've had some of my friendships dwindle away and some new friendships build -
my hair needs cut -
bobborden.com mach 2 is up and running, check it out -
penguins missed the playoffs for the first time in 11 years -
i am sad -
this whole dash thing is getting old -
sorry about that -
im going to wwf tuesday and wednesday -
im going to prom on friday
and that pretty much takes you up to today. if you have any ideas on new stuff for this site or any comments in general, please i beg you share them with me on the board....i need all the help i can get. see you soon. byebye
12.23.01 thanks for the wings.
i need something to keep me busy before i force myself to overhaul the new site. i need somewhere to vent. and to you, i turn. look at the date below this entry. 10.12. thats a long time ago. since then alot has happened. so here we go.....varsity show has come and gone and so have my days in the big red band. its kinda sad i guess, but im ready to move on to that next step...which brings me to this: i was accepted into ohio university..i was pretty excited about that. everyone around me was setting me up for disappointment so it felt good to read the first word; congratulations..im trying to think of a new layout for the front page...i made this up one day. it might be what i put up....any feedback would be hot...i want to make my site more like this. www.bobborden.com.this site has no real meaning, nothing of much interest, yet i cant stay away. he has a pretty big fan-base too..something i sadly do not have. which is why i think doing this update is more for me, than for you...i wish i had something to talk about.. i havent updated in over two months, you think i would have something. but no...so i went into the mall the other day and i saw alot of patriotic clothes..that makes my stomach turn. how quickly we turn and try to make a profit off of what has happened. a tshirt with a flag on it goes for 10 bucks...one with the twin towers and a flag goes for 15 and an i love ny shirt for about 20. gross..this just goes to show you, no matter what happens, no matter how big or little something is. we, as americans, will always try to make some money off of it...unless of course it goes 100% to a charity...and dont give me that a portion of the proceeds horseshit.... thats all, goodnight. have a nice christmas
10.12.01 i've always wanted to dance in vegas
im tired. tomorrow i have to get up early to set up for the varsity show then i work at 11:15. so that will suck. but one good thing is that my birthday is sunday. sweet. eighteen. thats old. i could say "now i can buy cigarettes! or porn! or enter some adult clubs!" but the only thing i really care about is now i can have my own blockbuster card. thats sad....so anyways we had an away game tonight, it was alright. lots of cowboy hats...there's only 2 games left in the season. my last season. weird... im getting more nervous about having to try out for o.u. too much pressure. but if i cant handle the pressure i might as well not even try. i'll be fine once i get that over with.....so i dont have much to talk about tonight. did i mention my birthday was sunday? (buy me something nice)....i need sleep. goodnight.
10.06.01 numberless clouds
you know what pisses me off? people who think that their life is terrible and feel sorry for themselves all the time. people who write things so people will say nice things about them. people who's webpage is an attempt to make them look cooler or more deep than the really are....anyways....i still havent started on my project but im hoping to get around to it anyday now. i need to....oh yeah i have a new idea for a layout type change in my head. i should get going on that soon too..whenever i find the time.....for those who dont know, the pens started their season wednesday. im so glad hockey season is here. it makes the year seem to go much faster because instead of thinking about school and how many days are left, im thinking about when the next game is. i have a game tonight, actually....i need a haircut.....my mom is giving me money to buy a new jersey tonight for my birthday gift. sweet..speaking of which, my birthday is coming up on the 14th. so buy me something good...like a dvd or a hat or some wendys...nice...well thats all i have for today...oh yeah, i added a few new movies to the me section and i updated sams link.. take care
10.05.01 doesnt that suck
well, my domain zero stopped working for some reason so if anyone could change their links...any help would hot. thats all i got...i have a new project in the works so keep in touch..
09.30.01 imagine that
so i dont have much to talk about. but...i did add some things. like remember me going to soulcracker some saturdays back. and here are a couple pictures from that...i also scanned a little drawing that nick did for me for christmas..dlg.. so i'll update with some more details about whats going on later. so..later.
09.22.01 just another saturday.
the big red game last night was terrible. not because we got destroyed...i didnt really mind that too much, but the fact that it was raining. im all sick now. being sick sucks....so anyways im going to pick out two solos tomorrow for auditions.(o.u) i cant believe im preparing for this. just thinking about standing in front of a group of people and trying to prove that i should be in their music program makes me want to throw up. scary.....so anyways i worked today 2-9. that, is a long day. but it wasnt too bad i guess...i never understand why cable always wants to air movies that have a whole lot of swearing in it. like american history x. that is an awesome movie, but its weird when they yell "freakin" all the time instead of the obvious. messes with my head...so i need to get to sleep now, im sick. and tired. goodnight.
09.20.01 can't i just hide under this here rock?
what a crazy last couple of weeks. first school starts. it didnt take me long to get back into the swing of things. this is my last year of highschool so im not really minding it too much. its already flying by...then jay and silent bob strike back finally came to theaters and it ruled.. i've seen it about 4 times so far. its sad to see kevin smith move on from jay and bob, but it will also be interesting to see what he thinks up while not having to worry about a place to fit in the jay and silent bob characters....oh yeah, i saw the Others with it ...that was a good flick...then of course, tuesday mornings happenings. it was rough the first couple of days because there was no escaping it. it was on every television channel, every radio station, in everyone's conversations, and the thousands of american flags around town serve as a constant reminder. its a little easier now that normal programming has returned to almost everything. but its still on my mind. im not sure i know how i feel about everything. and im not going to go into a big spiel about it because im simply sick of talking/hearing about it. so i'll just say this. it sucks that we were attacked and many people were killed, and it sucks that we now have to retaliate. so thats that....saturday i went up to cleveland to see soulcracker with nick and alison. that really helped take everyone's mind off what was happening. it was an awesome show. the opening bands were terrible, but that just made soulcracker seem that much better. good times... so thats pretty much all that has happened since band camp ended...im trying to think of a new layout so stay tuned....goodnight
08.11.01 quicky
i dont have alot of time tonight so im just leaving this little note. im leaving for camp tomorrow morning and i have to finish packing. so there will be no updates until saturday. enjoy your week. becareful. byebye
08.10.01 frank sinatra sings stormy weather
the storm kept me from updating last night. its not like anyone noticed....so i went and saw american pie 2 tonight at the drive-in. it was surprising good. not too many sequels can live up to the hype of the original. not to say that it was better, but it did it justice...so band camp starts sunday. shouldnt be bad..my last camp as a student. wow. thats weird. the one thing im looking forward to as a senior is the cake we get on fresh/senior night. yum.. im gonna have to do my packing tomorrow, which will suck because i hate packing. so tomorrow i'll do one last update and then head to camp sunday morning...i cant believe its already time for this stuff. [summerisover] ...got my schedule in the mail the other day...all cake classes except for like two of them. nice....im not ready for school to start....thats all i got. time to watch american beauty. good flick. goodbye.
08.08.01 better than suffering
today was busy. band 10-1 again. then work 4:30-cl. we were so busy. it sucked....i had the absolute worst sleep ever last night. my dog cinnamon (notice the tongue sticking out?) would not stop barking. everytime i would start to doze off she would start up again. she barked all through-out the night. i think she may have thought i wasnt in the room and she doesnt like to be alone. but even when i put her up on the bed with me she still barked. so i figured maybe she just wanted out of the room, so i let her out. (by this time its around 3:30) but she continued to bark. so i let her back in and decided maybe if i threatened her....so at 4 in the morning im screaming "cinnamon if you dont shutup, im going to throw you on you're head!" which i know isnt very nice but come on, i need my sleep. she was actually quiet for like a minute or two but then she started up again. so i kicked her out of my room (not literally) and shut the door. and finally got some sleep..not much though....so thats about all i have tonight. pleasantthursdays
08.07.01 im like a magnet
no update yesterday because i didnt feel like it...so band started yesterday. 9clock mornings. thats the only part that sucks. i enjoy playing again. i think we're going to have a pretty good section....so anyways i cant find much to talk about. finally got the shirt orders ready. nick is going to do them for me. so thats nice...maybe i'll post a sketch of what they will look like tomorrow or something...thats all i got for tonight. byebye
08.05.01 who lives in a pineapple under the sea
today was a short day. i didnt wake up until 2. then i helped load a bedroom set in the van for nicks new apartment..after that i went over my cousin's new place to help with some computer stuff. as it turns out i ended up helping him set up a computer desk and run cable through his ceiling to his tv. while doing that i got a rash from the insulation. so that sucks. it itches like crazy. after that i went over julie's and had a long, uncomfortable talk about something i'd rather not discuss here...so now im home and getting ready for bed because band starts tomorrow. i guess it'll be fun..hopefully at least....so im addicted to wendy's. number 7, plain, with a coke. yum. ..i need to get to bed. goodnight
08.04.01 i dont know much about cinco de mayo
so lets start late last night. its 1:00 and my parents go to sleep. it then turns 2:00am and me, nick, courtney, and alison are all outside putting together a table/chairs outdoor set thing in my drive-way. for those of you who dont know, my drive-way is a steep hill which was tough to work on. so its foggy and its muggy. feels like we were sitting in a sauna for a hour. alison and i work on the chairs and umbrella while nick and courtney put the table together (the hard part). so around 3 we finally get it all together and move it onto my back deck as quietly as possible and we all sneak back into the house. so 9:00 rolls around and im slightly awake but my eyes are shut and i hear my parents talking in the family room with my brother, sister, and alison. so around 9:30 i hear them finally open the back door and see our surprise. so i get up to see their reaction and they loved it. there's nothing like working on something and hoping so much they enjoy it and seeing the true surprise and happiness on their faces. then i had to get mcdonalds breakfast. thats my one joy of waking up early.. but i ended up taking a nap anyways...so around 2 everyone came over and we had a nice time. lots of food...nick gave my parents his book he made for them. very nice. he printed a bunch of pictures onto paper and made some sweet almost tracing paper ontop of the pictures with the words to thier wedding song on it. its alot better than i can explain it....so anyways after that me and ryan hung out at my house and went over blockbuster..all together a fun yet slightly tiring day. even with my nap :) so thats about all i have today. one more day off tomorrow then summer band starts as well as i finally get back to work. enjoy your day.
08.03.01 my moon on jupiter
sorry about the no update yesterday. but trust me, my day wasnt anything special so you didnt miss much. today we bought a puppy. unfortunately it wasnt for us to keep, it was for my grandma. you see, her current dog is reaching the end of her life and we wanted her to have another puppy before her current dog dies. i wish we could have kept it. its 6 weeks old. black lab/golden retriever mix. my grandma and grandpa both seemed to like it. which is good. my little cousin's definately enjoyed it....so my parents 25th anniversary picnic thing is tomorrow. it'll be a nice family gathering. many of the family members from both sides will be here. it'll be fun. we bought them a new outdoor set of a table and chairs with an umbrella. nice. also my brother made a little book of pictures taken during the various years of marriage. i havent had a chance to see it yet so i cant say if its nice. but i know it is, everything he makes is awesome...well thats all i have time for, i have to go help set up the table set. happysaturday. byebye
08.01.01 snoogans
today was a beautiful, lazy day. i woke up around 1:30 and went swimming around 2. ryan [miller] invited me to go to his aunts pool for a while. fun times. i've only swam in a pool twice this summer. its fun while your actually swimming but when you get out and your eyes are all tired and your throat is all gross..that sucks.....so i was sitting around the house bored and i decided to watch saving private ryan on the dvd. excellent movie. nice and gory too...after i was done watching i was bored yet again and decided it was time to make my daily run to circuit city. i bought yet another dvd. this time adding further to my kevin smith collection. i picked up chasing amy. its a little movie that i saw a while back but didnt really appreciate it. so i wanted to see it again. its a great movie with an actually good message. check it out. jason lee has become my favorite actor (the one with the beard, smiling) he has great comic timing and fits to every role.....so thats about all i have today. kissyourself. byebye
07.31.01 i'd like to lay the world at your feet, but i only brought flowers
today was a working day. i got up at 11 because i thought i was going to help my cousin move in, but as it turns out he didnt get in town until around 3 so i couldnt help him. i worked at 4. 4-9:30. it wasnt bad. pretty boring actually....so i think my next dvd purchase will be completing my viewaskew set. i already have mallrats and dogma, so now i need clerks and chasing amy and my kevin smith collection will be complete...maybe i can find them cheap at rogers. which is where im going friday. should be fun, never been there before....so anyways my dog, cinnamon, decides in the middle of last night that she would like to sleep on my head. so i kept trying to move her but she would go right back on my head. weird. she cant see where she's going too well, maybe she thought i was a comfy pillow......anyways i think my dream would be to one day purchase a theater for my own personal use. i love seeing movies, but i hate watching it with other people in the theater. someone always either talks or chomps their popcorn real loud. so im just gonna buy my own when i get rich. and invite my friends over. that would rule...so thats all i have. begood. night.
07.30.01 attention kmart shoppers
earlier today kmart pissed me off. i wanted to get my money back for the patriot dvd (which didnt read my player as a region 1 player for some reason) so i went in and asked. turns out they cant do that because i opened it. how the hell else was i supposed to find that it didnt work in my player? so i left in a furious rage. when i was sitting at home i decided to return to kmart to see if i could get that money back. ($15.98 to be exact) so i went in and said i just wanted to exchange it for another copy of the patriot and if it didnt work, i'd take it back again. so i went back to find there was only 1 copy left, so i simply moved it behind a kids movie and said i couldnt find one back there. little white lies never hurt anyone. so they were forced to either give me my money or give me store credit. i ended up getting my fifteen dollars and ninety-eight cents. excellent. so i used that money towards dogma-special edition dvd. and its awesome. im watching the deleted scenes right now, all 100 minutes of them. i wish all dvds would be made how kevin smith makes dvds....so anyways after my kmart journey i went over julies and watched mr. holland's opus. good movie....so tomorrow im going to help my cousin move his furniture into his new house then i work at 4. should be a pretty good day. after work i plan on watching the first nightmare on elm street. i've never seen that. now seems like a good time.....okay, thats all i have for tonight. i need to sleep. byebye
07.29.01 my friends will all be famous
so today i served mass. so i had to force myself out of bed. that was hard. but once i got there i was fine. so i was sitting there, actually enjoying the mass, when i heard a comment in the homily that i didnt like. it was something along the lines of "we dont speak to God one-on-one, we speak to Him as all of us in the church". so does this mean anytime someone prays alone, God doesnt pay attention? there are somethings about the catholic church that i just dont understand. i dunno, maybe im not mature enough. but as it looks to me, the church is so worried about money and gaining members that they forgot about faith. or maybe im the one not thinking straight....so anyways i bought the patriot on dvd only to find out that my dvd wont read it for some reason. saying the disk is not a region1 disk....oh well, thats going back to kmart...so please help me decide how to use my new camera. im bored with it...im addiced to jonah. his music calms me. makes my day better. check him out, good stuff...well, thats all i have for tonight. happysunday
07.28.01 that bastard's faster than walt flanagan's dog.
so today was tiring. i worked 3-10. thats a long time. then i went over to ali's house where there was a gathering. fun to be social again... so i dont have much to talk about besides im sick of the computer and want to get off....i need to find something to do with my polaroid, any ideas?...okay well, im sick of sitting here. goodbye.
07.27.01 let me write you a smile
today seemed productive for some reason. i didnt do anything different. at least i dont think i did....so i bought some film today for my camera. now i just have to think of a way to use it. i want to add it into my life somehow. we'll see...im addicted to dvds. it seems everyday i look to see if there are any movies i want to purchase. alot of my paycheck goes towards dvds. its like a bad habbit. i get deals though. im into the whole previously viewed thing because you can get a film that is usually $24 for $10. cant beat that, with a stick. spending money sucks...so i wrote last night. i posted it tonight. enjoy it. i think i like it. its different than anything else i've wrote before. so maybe thats why i like it. its a little strange and doesnt have much flow but i dont care...so tomorrow i work basically all day. which will suck but who cares. [moneyisgood] thats all i have, enjoy your day. goodbyefornow
07.26.01 one more heart attack
im feeling in the mood to write. write alot. i feel like i have so many ideas in my head that i just have to get them on paper before i forget. so anyways today was good, i finally got a polaroid. now all i need to do is buy some film and i'll be in business. i didnt do much today. went to visit julie and watched tough enough. what a great show.....so we got a thing in the mail from the penguins and its time to pick what games we want to attend next year. man i cant wait for the season to begin. at least i'll have something to do....so i dont want to talk much because nick is trying to sleep so i'll just leave it at that, goodbye.
07.25.01 say man, can i turn on the radio?
let me ask you a question. when you type, do you hear yourself saying the words in your head? or am i the only one? i know some people that say the words aloud as they are typing. that is annoying....so anyways nick and my parents came home today. nick came home because he has to get his wisdom teeth out tomorrow. [ew]. my parents have been away for a week. nice to see them home again. finally the house will be clean...once again i'm addicted to movies. i watch at least one movie everyday. most of the time i watch two. i cant get enough of them. is there something wrong with me?....so i hate the way i look right now. i need to get myself motivated to change. [nowisbetterthantomorrow]
i wanna start going for walks. i'll bring my cd player to keep me company....i bought sphere on the dvd for 10 bucks today. not a bad deal. excellent movie...well thats all i have for you tonight. have a pleasant tomorrow.byebye
07.24.01 who's that girl standing by the dryer?
i almost forgot to update tonight. oops. so today was another easy day. worked 530-930. it was pretty easy. when i got home i had nothing to do. so i called ryan and we just watched a movie down his house. relaxing....i hate it when people say im lazy. isn't that the point of summer? to relax and be lazy? maybe im missing something. oh well...i dont have much to talk about tonight. im not addicted to anything....im going to see if courtney will just let me use/have her polaroid so i wont be out of alot of money. i'll just need to buy film. that would be sweet. thats all. byebye
07.24.01 you cant do that on television
so today was good. i got to see julie today for the first time in about two weeks. so that was nice. we just hung around...i slept until about 12:30 and that was also nice. tomorrow i work at 5:30. i dont know if it will be fun working with everyone since i haven't worked for a while, or if its going to suck for the same reason. we'll see...[notmuchtotalkabout]..im addicted to theme songs. i went searching for alot of the old themes from tv shows i watched growing up. david the gnome, pee wee's playhouse, tom and jerry, hey dude, garfield and friends, heathcliff, salute your shorts, you cant do that on television, to name some of them. the sounds of childhood. they need to bring back some of those good shows. i dont really like many of the cartoons on nick now besides sponge bob square pants. i dont really know why i like that show either. its pretty stupid. i hate the shows like wild thornberrys and that one show with the kids that rollerblade all the time. i like watching cartoon network for all the old shows, like thundercats. that was an excellent show. name some of your favorite show's growing up on the board so we can share. and dont lie, you know all of us watched clarissa explains it all....so thats about all i have. have a pleasant day. goodbye
07.23.01 wish in one hand - shit in the other
my weekend trip. going up there is childhood. for those of you who don't know, i went for a little weekend escape to geneva-on-the-lake. i used to go there every summer until i was about 10 growing up. i love walking into the old arcades where i can remember spending my days at. the smells bring back memories. oh, the little link above is a postcard that i bought at this little shop. i just thought it was pretty sweet. i bought another postcard of the pool at the place we stay. in the picture is my mom, my cousin, my aunt, and a couple friends that stay up there. i told you we were regulars.....so anyways its good to be home. a weekend is a long enough visit there. its not that i hate being there, just the place never changes. i enjoyed visiting with family more than the actual place. so i got up there friday and just kind of sat around. then the guys got this idea that we were going to sleep in a tent across the street. so we set that all up and crammed 4 guys into this thing and i barely slept at all. it was awful. it was fun being in there and just messing with each other, but i wish i had gotten more sleep. onto saturday, went to the pool and hung out there. then i went to all my childhood places. the woody's world arcade, the carnival, the lake, the shaved ice stand. brings back smiles. so saturday night we all slept inside the room and got up bright and early to come home today. i am exhausted. i enjoy coming home and talking to all the people that i usually talk to on here. its nice to hear how everyone's weekend was and i like that they are curious about mine too...so tomorrow should be a good day. i'll get to sleep in and it will be nice....oh yeah i got my proofs back so if you want to see them just remind if im going to see you to bring them. they came out alright i guess. as far as senior pictures go. i've never been very camera friendly. either that or im ugly. who knows? well i need sleep. enjoy the night. goodbye
07.19.01 so, what did you order?
tonight is my last update until sunday. going up to geneva-on-the-lake for the weekend. it should be fun to get away again and hang out with my brother and cousins and grandparents and stuff. i havent been up there for about 3-4 years. im sure nothing has changed, nothing has changed for about 30 years....so i didnt do much today. worked 2-5:30. andrea and allie stopped in so that was nice to talk to them.....so i watched the first jurassic park tonight. what a good movie. much better than any of the sequels...so im all packed and ready to go. i hope i dont forget anything. and i hope you guys dont miss me too much, i know it will be hard, just read an archived life everyday and pretend that its new...well thats all i got. have a nice weekend, be good. byebye
07.18.01 is that velvet?
so today i saw jurassic park 3. it was alright. not as good as the first, but not as shitty as the second. i dont know if i would recommend spending $6.50 on it. but some people liked it, some didnt. i was in the middle. there was this one part in the movie that was absolutely stupid. im not going to give it away. but im sure you'll be able to tell....so anyways i've had a headache all day today. it sucks. and the movie just made it worse because it was in the surround sound/digital sound theater. and everything was unnecessarily loud...so i want a job at the movie theater. that would kick ass. i'd get to see all the new movies after everybody left and get movie posters. yeah, thats one of my dreamjobs..that, a movie critic, and a blockbuster employee. sweet....so thats all i have, talk to you tomorrow. goodnight
07.17.01 i want a girl with a short skirt and a long jacket
today i did nothing. the highlight of my day was hearing the new cake song. oh and i bought jurrassic park 1 on the dvd. im going to see jurrassic park 3 tomorrow. should be a good time. hopefully it will be as good as the first....so did anybody see the new jay leno set? its horrible. it looks like a cartoon. his show is bad to begin with now the put this extremely distracting set on it. gross.....so i was watching a brick breaking/karate thing on espn2 today. and the winner was interviewed..the first thing he said was how he prayed to god before he broke the bricks and how he was thankful that god broke the bricks....what?..i dont think god should be involved in brick breaking...im sure he has bigger things to worry about than a karate contest, or any sporting event, or any kind of hollywood award..god has his hands full and we're asking him for help with sports...amazing....so anyways im addicted to cake. [the band not the food] ever since i heard their new songs i pulled out my old cds and have been listening to them alot. they are a great group. i'd like to see them live somewhere, although i doubt they will tour...well folks thats it for tonight. stop by tomorrow night to see how the movie was...goodnight byebye
07.16.01 no doubt about it
today was fun. woke up around 1. then went to the pirates game at 4:30. we had awesome seats. front row, right field. beautiful. the park is amazing, much better than the team itself. of course they lost. but at least they made a game of it. it was fun actually doing something different. i heard i was on television, so thats exciting...so thats about all my day was...im going to go up to geneva-on-the-lake over the weekend. it'll be nice to get away again. maybe i'll buy my camera then. that'll be nice....so i dont really have anything to talk about tonight. sorry about that. i know you guys love reading my boring stuff but im just out of things to talk about. i like spaceballs. good movie.thats all, i'll be back tomorrow with more to talk about. goodnight
07.15.01 its okay. i'll love you anyway
so today was lazy. i woke up at one then went over to my little cousin's birthday party. its nice to visit with family. after that i came home and cleaned my room. its amazing. i forgot i had a floor there. around 8 or so i headed over nicole's house to hang out with her and bridget. thats always fun. we just kinda relaxed and watched tv. bands on the run had what i think was the season finale tonight. it was fun seeing how the show has changed their lives. soulcracker is still the best....so anyways tomorrow should be good. going up to the pirates game will be fun. go bucs... so i like old pictures. i enjoy looking through old albums and seeing pictures of my mom and dad before any of us kids were around. its strange. they were silly. its weird thinking of my parents of anything else then my parents. they're not a couple. they're mom and dad. i dunno...maybe that sounds weird....im addicted to jazz. its so calming. louis armstrong, king oliver, duke ellington, glenn miller, billie holiday. thats my relaxing music. my late night music....so i dont know what else to talk about so thats all. enjoy yourselves. byebye
07.14.01 yesterday i was a savior, now i cant even save myself
today was a good day. woke up semi-early (for me at least). went to work at 1-4. had a good time there. then i got home, relaxed for a nice long time. then around 9 or so went to the drive-in with leanne, andrea, brad, betsy, and some kid named billy or something. good times. saw scary movie 2. it wasnt very good at all. what was i expecting though? oh well, at least i had a good time....so i wanna go see jurassic park 3 sometime this week. i think it comes out monday. its gonna be good....so i played drums for the first time in a couple days today. it felt good. i actually played some nice stuff, everything was flowin. fun stuff....so i havent been to church in a while. i was thinking of this because everybody was mentioning how they were going to church tomorrow. i dont know if its because i havent been to it in a while, or im just thinking differently now but i find it hard to believe alot of what the catholic religion says you have to believe. i want to believe it, but its hard. im not saying i dont believe there's a god, or i dont believe there was a jesus, im just saying its tuff. i look back on ancient religions and we all laugh at them now and i can see people laughing at us in a couple hundred years. its just the catholic religion has so many rules and it's impossible for anyone to live by them all. i heard somewhere that religion is like a glass. when you're young the glass is small and easy to fill, but when you get older the glass gets bigger and is harder to fill. maybe i think too scientifically. who knows. i know i believe in god. but i cant say i believe 100 percent in the catholic religion. i dont know what i believe...so anyways i dont know what im gonna do tomorrow. oh well....thats all i can think of tonight. get some sleep. goodnight
07.13.01 black cats, ladders, and mirrors...grr
this is a first. im updating earlier in the day so if your reading this before midnight, i'll most likely add to it later, so check back tomorrow. anyways i woke up too late today. it makes the day go so fast.. hopefully i can find something to do tonight. maybe play some night hockey. that'd be nice....i have to work in about 2½ hours. i think the thing i like most about working is all the new friends i have made. i know, thats loaded with cheese but its true. i dont mind going in to work because i almost always have a good time.....anyways today is friday the 13th. doesnt bother me too much. i used to have a black cat. her name was sunshine. nice cat. just avoid breaking any mirrors or anything like that...so nothing horrible happened to me today. just another day.....so im addicted to dancing. which is bad news for everybody else because i am a horrible, horrible dancer. its amazing, i can play almost any rhythm with my hands and/or feet but i cant move worth crap. but as long as i have fun, right? and the only way i can have fun is by looking like an ass, so back off ... im going to get a polaroid soon so i can take pictures..pictures are fun...anyways im gonna go see a pirates game with brad on monday. should be a good time, i havent been to a buccos game in years....im ready for hockey to start back up again. why do they need an off-season? they should just start right back up in july. lazy bastards. thats all i got, i have to get up and work tomorrow so i need sleep. enjoy your night. goodbye
07.12.01 i smell hotdogs
so today was nothing exciting. somehow i managed to sleep in until 3:00 then i had to work at 4. after work i went to the drive-in with brad, michelle, and leanne. good times...so im think of buying a polaroid. that'd be fun. i dont know exactly what i wanna do with it, but im sure i could find something.... i'm gonna give the "addicted to" stuff a rest today, maybe i'll start it again soon. today has gone by really fast....so tomorrow i work 530-cl. that'll be fun....i have nothing to say right now, so i'll just say goodbye. goodbye
07.11.01 stop! dont cut the pizza until dad comes home
so you must be confused, let me explain..i update early morning. so when i do it on here, i try to say things like im going to do something "today" where in fact to me, it is really tomorrow. get it? so im just fixing it now so dont mind the double dates...anyways i took my senior pictures earlier today. they should actually turn out well. did some interesting poses. i mean, how could they not turn out well when the person taking the pictures had me modeling to some sweet dance remixes...so anyways i didnt really do too much today. [days off rule] ...i rented the original superman -the movie at blockbuster. i forgot how much that movie kicked ass....so i'm addicted to iglooreport.com which ties into the next subject... jagr is gone and zach is sad. i knew he was going to be moved and i had it in my head he's outta here. but man, i grew up watching this guy play and he's always been my favorite, even above mario. and now he's gone just like that...hopefully it will work out well for the pens but i'll miss jagr ......on a brighter note, i didnt get sick this morning. sweet...thats all i got. im zach nocera and thats news to me. byebye
07.11.01 the postman is the devil in disguise
so i have a confession to make. i do updates early in the morning like..around 2:30 am or so..so even though the day on the clock says the 11th, to me it is still tuesday. so im going to have to fix that one day. but anyways. i take my senior pictures later today. i know what im wearing now and i know that im taking one with my set (even though its over a century old). thats about all i know though. oh well, we'll wing it....i have a headache. headaches suck.....so anyways im addicted to sidekicks. the un-sung heroes. their entire job is to be there and compliment the star. take robin for example. why did they make robin look like a man confused? batman looked all cool and there was robin. all he did was watch batman's back and he never got the credit when gotham city was saved. or what about andy ricter (sp)? nobody realized how important he was until he left conan. he made the show so much better....i wish i had a sidekick that would just follow me around and laugh at my jokes. like ed mcmahan did with johnny carson. that would be awesome..im going to be a talkshow host one day, you'll see....thats all i have. enjoy your day. byebye
07.10.01 come back here you fat bearded bitch
i have nothing at all to talk about today. im bored. after my day off,i work again today 3:30 - cl. it shouldnt be too bad....so pictures are coming up fast and i still dont know what to wear. i know im going to take a few with my set but other than that, im lost. oh well, it will all fall together....so today i've been addicted to soulcracker. yeah yeah, they lost but i dont care, i enjoy their music..fun stuff.....i want to have another feature on this site, but i dont know what to do. i tried a message board but that got boring...maybe i'll start doing little drawings. even though i cant draw well at all, it'll be something to do when im bored....thats all i can think of. enjoy your night, dont marry a pig. byebye
07.09.01 "i dont need drugs to make my life tragic"
so my band lost. poor guys. they deserved it. they might not have a bigger following but they worked their asses off. when flickerstick was sleeping and drinking, they were out promoting and playing. its a shame. oh well, they'll keep playing.... so yesterday i bought another movie. this time it's mystery, alaska. awesome flick, especially if you like the hockey.. im off today which is nice.. so right now im addicted to playing drums. that is the ultimate stress reliever. if im having a bad day, i can go in the garage and bang the shit out of them and still have it sound like im actually doing something besides beating it to hell (most of the time)....so thats all i have. join in next time, same zach time, same zach channel. byebye
07.08.01 "oh why did i just say that?"
my stomach hurts. for some reason i've been waking up sick and throwing up. it sucks. so anyways, yesterday i went to andrea/allie's birthday party. it was fun seeing all my friends again. most of which i havent seen since school has been out. so that was nice. i wanna buy some more movies. im addicted to movies. i like everything about them. i like the fact that alot of the things in action movies would never really happen in real life. i like how the people in scary movies are the dumbest people ever. i like how the nerd "heroe" character always gets the hot girl in the end. its just fun. i like sitting in a dark room for 2 hours. my dream job would be either a movie critic or an employee at blockbuster. sweet. well thats it for now. tune in tomorrow to find out what how my day was, what im feeling, and what im addicted to. until then, goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow.
07.07.01 east coast girls are hip, i really dig those styles they wear
im bored. im tired. i have to dye my hair back tomorrow so i can take senior pictures without looking silly. i have no idea what im going to wear for those or what im going to take. it doesnt matter what i do, they'll still be cheesy. but cheesy is good, right? so..bands on the run season finale is on sunday night at 10:30 so watch and enjoy. im gonna be taping it. soulcracker's going to win,i can feel it...im addicted to frozen hot chocolates. yum...tomorrow i work until 6. i dont know what im going to do after that. im sure i'll find something to do. maybe i'll catch up on my sleep. i need to go to bed earlier.... im looking forward to going to the movie theater in the next couple weeks to see all the good new movies. like a.i. and jurassic park 3. i wish i could just rent out what ever movie i wanna see, so i wouldnt have to deal with anybody else in the theater. i hate it when people talk in a movie theater. if im paying 7 bucks to see a movie, im going to shut up and pay damn close attention to it. kids these days....alright so thats all i got. everyone go to sam's site and tell him how much flickerstick sucks.
until next time, be good to yourself, and each other. byebye.
07.06.01 dont even act like i didnt buy that donut
good lord, jay leno is stupid. david letterman is the best followed by conan o'brien. conan was better with andy...now that i got that out of the way, lets continue. nothing to talk about tonight. im bored. i fell asleep last night with the sun rising and the birds chirping in my ear. i have to stop doing that. so i bought the space balls dvd the other day. excellent movie. i love the dvd. everything about it. as many of you know im a big fan of movies and the dvd is a movie lovers dream. commentary tracks, behind the scenes, making-of, trailers, and anything else they can cram into the disk. i also recently got cast away dvd, another good flick with good dvd treament..a whole cd all of special features, gotta love it. dvds have the best sound and picture of all the ways to view movies. so go buy a player now......man i'd be a good salesman.....so anyways im addicted to bands on the run and tuff enough. i love those reality shows. im also addicted to chinese food. yum. well, i'll be sure to have more for you next time. until then. have a good day.
07.04.01 stars and stripes forever... right?
4th of july. which means what? our country's birthday? or an excuse to set off explosives? or is it the day that those damn aliens attack all of our major cities? who cares [fireworks are cool]. today will be nothing special for me. i'll probably just watch the wintersville fireworks from my house and maybe put a hotdog on the grill, just so i feel special. so thinking about my country, let me ask you a question..would you ever go to war, and die for your country? im not trying to offend anyone that has fought for our country because im sure at one time, they have saved us in some way....but how many would actually die for our country? i love this country and i love how its supposed to be "our" country, but i wouldnt die for it. my ass would be the first one on the plan for canada...[the hockey capital of the world] anyways..maybe i'll just play some drums for the holiday..sounds like a plan. well, i hope you all enjoy your independence day and please, dont lose any body parts. enjoy.
07.02.01 just another saturday
alright, so the clock on my computer says 12:06 am, so i guess technically its the third and not the second but who cares? if you have noticed a growing trend of me not having anything to say, its simply because im not pissed at anything. im always more creative when im pissed or depressed. i have a couple writings i've been thinking up and i wanna put them on paper soon before i forget them. i've been addicted to goodwill lately. i guess thats okay. i plan on going by again tomorrow. i love that store. i enjoy finding the strangest things ever, then buying them for less than 2 dollars. i bought a couple tshirts the other day and hopefully i find some more tomorrow. tshirts are my favorite peice of clothing. i could wear a tshirt everyday. nevermind, i do....so i have a doctors appointment tomorrow and a hair cut. i really need a hair cut, im starting to get a little bushy. so thats all i have for you today. tune in tomorrow for more of the zach that you all have grown to love. goodbye.
07.01.01 it's a five o'clock world
im at home, and im bored. my brother's cat grace is sleeping on my printer, my dog tawnie is sleeping on the couch beside me, and my other dog cinnamon is sleeping on the floor right next to the couch. makes me feel like i should be sleeping too. but, i have to work at 5:30 and i know if i fall asleep i wont be able to function at all. so i went to a couple friend's sites earlier and realized a few things. 1) i really need to get better at html. 2) why is everybody's site dark and depressing? it seems like they're all moody and gothic-like. which is not a bad thing, all of the sites have their own unique touches, but i hit back to go back to my site and see a silly guy in a orange sweater being the tour guide to my site. its hard to be depressed by that. i guess my site reflects my personality. i like things that make me happy. so if i cant make some sweet ass site with html. i might as well put a silly character to take your mind off of my idiocy. well leave me a note on the message board. byebye.
06.30.01 smells good to be home
steubenville is one of the most boring towns i've been to, but for some reason, when im gone...i miss it. i think its the people i miss more the town itself. i missed my house, and my computer, and my tv. i didnt really miss work, but i missed the people. anyways i had a fun time. went into the lake alot, and out to eat all the time. went to a nice water park and over to the islands. finally i'll be able to sleep in and wake up on my own. we went up with my aunt&uncle and their two kids....so both jensine and shannon would come into my room everybody and lay on my head to wake me up...i cant say i got mad, cause they're too cute to get upset at. im just ready to sleep. unfortunately julie was only able to come up half the week, but at least she was there for some of the time. so that was nice. i have all of july to do nothing, so that will be nice. im getting my hair cut tuesday and then im getting my senior pictures on the 11th. thats gonna suck. i hate getting pictures taken. i never take good ones. but oh well, i have to do the senior stuff...thats all i got for now, byebye
06.20.01 Quiet...Do you smell something?
once again the topic has nothing to do with what im about to write, but its not like anyone actually reads this ,so what the hell, right? so freshman band has been going on since monday of last week and it's going pretty good. its fun being in charge. the freshman caught on pretty quickly. im ready to sleep in though...so i dyed my hair red the other day..its not bad, its nice to have something different. i love it when people see me and go "zach, your hair's red"...as if i didnt already know...saturday im off to lake erie for a week, so i would tell you that there will be no updates, but i doubt i would update if i was home so it shouldnt be much of a change. i know all you zach-aholics out there will experience a little withdrawl but with a little help and alot of coffee, im sure you'll be just fine.. i have to be honest with you. i really have nothing to talk about. i'll try and update everyday until vacation..i'll add a poem i wrote for british lit and you will be happy. thats all i got. goodnight
06.11.01 My studies show that you dont know shit
i happened to be sitting in the family room with my dad while he was watching some stupid foxnews report on tv. it was on teen smoking. they had some bigtime "scientist" come on and tell us all how his studies show that kids are influenced to smoke by television and magazine ads by tobacco companies. this guy had to be in his late 40s/early 50s and he's gonna come on here and say how kids are feeling. the only people who know what kids are influenced by are kids themselves. it made me so mad to listen to what this guy and his studies had to say. even us nonsmoking kids know where the influences are. there's always a temptation around to smoke. at work, at school, just being out with friends, its always there. the reason why teens smoke is because of the people they hang around with. if everyone of your friends are smokers, the chances are, you will be to. i dont know about you but none of my friends that are smokers say they smoke because some cartoon camel does. but i forgot, these adults all know whats going on inside a kid's head. some kids are stronger than others when it comes to peer pressure and im sure most of the ones who arent strong, will tell you that they arent. i think teens deserve a bit more respect than thinking a stupid ad campaign will change the way we think. everyone has their mind made up by now as to if they are going to smoke or do anything else for that matter or if they're not. and i know, this guy was a teen once too, but im sure alot has changed since then. i dunno, maybe you guys feel different than i do, but a good looking girl or a cool cowboy or a cartoon is not going to make me become a smoker. so try again.
06.07.01 it doesnt feel like summer this is a weird feeling, i know we're done with school, but it still hasnt set in yet...its not very hot outside and i havent been swimming yet so i dont know if i could call this summer yet.but im glad im done with school.i dont really have too much to talk about tonight...i cant wait to sleep in tomorrow...i feel like i havent slept for days. i've been listening to mitch hedberg alot, anyone that has never heard him go out, buy his cd, download it if you can find it. he's a great comedian and totally original. funny stuff..well, i guess thats all i got. goodnight.
06.04.01 i gotta have that cowbell
alright, so the topic has absolutely nothing to do with this entree here. but i enjoy saying that, so its just fine. i havent updated in a while so here it goes. i talked to a freshman's mom today at work and she was telling me to abuse her child. which is nice, cause that will be fun. it made me realize that i will actually be a senior next year. amazing. it seems like i just got out of harding. its a scary thought to think that this time, next year, i'll be getting ready for college and buying supplies for my future home. it has both good sides and bad. i'll finally get away from steubenville and get away from my parents clutches (which i dont mind being in so much), but i also will be leaving all of my friends and trying to make new ones. thats the part that scares me. ive never been good at making new friends. i dont know why. i guess im just a shy person. im afraid that my roommate will end up being some drunk who goes out and parties every night, comes in at 6 a.m. and smells of beer. that would suck. but i guess i'll be okay. its just so weird to think that i only have 1 more year of high school. i feel so much pressure to decide what i want to do with my life. i think i know what i want to do, but its so hard to say, at age 17, this is what i want to do with the rest of my life. i guess im scared that im gonna get to school and realize this is not what i want to do. right now im just looking at what i think i do best, and trying to work from there. i know i will enter a school of music and see just how bad i really am. hopefully i'll be somewhere in the middle of the group. i know that i wont be the best, far from it, but i dont really think that i'll be the worst either. well thats enough of that talk. i went to andrea's site today and noticed she had started off her new installment by saying my site was finally up and even adding a 'yay'. little things like that make me smile. just to know someone notices is a good feeling. so thank you. thats about all i got. bedtime.
--------- 05.30.01 she wants to sell my monkey
played hockey on memorial monday. its wednesday and im still hurting. thats what i get for sitting on my butt then being active all of a sudden. hopefully i can keep playing hockey through the summer. fun times. i went to the dentist today. it sucked. i think the dentist is the human incarnation of satan. my left side of my face was numb for hours. what a weird feeling. anyways, im still counting down the days until school is out. six. nice
05.28.01 small updates
i added a small little message board for fun. hopefully it will make this site a little bit more interactive where you all can talk to me and i can respond. that is if people actually use it. i dont know how i should change around my lifes but i know i want to change them so if anyone has any ideas, i'd love to hear them..on a side note, there's only 8 more days of school left before summer. this year went by so fast.before i know it, i'll be in my cap and gown. amazing.
05.27.01 new layout
ok, i have the new layout up and will most likely change this page around and maybe get a guestbook..if only i was good at html like some of my friends in the links section this site may look good. but i'll put up a couple of my new poems later and i'll update the life often and hopefully you'll be able to look past my lack of html knowledge and just enjoy my page.
05.26.01 dont call it a comeback
this is obviously just something i threw up in about 10 seconds. i plan on doing more work tomorrow to put together a layout of some sort. with summer on the way i figured i'll go ahead and continue working with imow. check back some other day and i should have something going.
--------- September 18, 2000 It cant rain all the time
im feeling weird about things. about me. feelings of doubt are everywhere. [insecurity] sometimes i wish i could skip this year and the next to get away from high school. to get away from steubenville, to take a break from these people. and meet some new friends. my weeks are one big u-turn. enough of this poor me shit. its time to redecorate. im tired of this layout. although i like the pictures, its getting old. so time to look for material. and new sections maybe too. hopefully i'll get some of my regulars back once i start updating daily. this site is lonely. well. updates are coming. later.
One year together
i'm gonna do my best not to get too mushy with you guys and go about this by just telling you this...
julie and i celebrated our one year anniversary today..our actual anniversary was last saturday, but she had family in so this was our first chance to get together for it..we gave each other gifts tonight..she gave me a very nice photo board type thing..you know the kind...its a big board, with whole cut out for different size pictures and you put your own pictures in the wholes...she filled it with pictures of us in different places, its great. she also wrote me a letter, telling me her feelings because she says she's too shy to just tell me and she does better writing them down..she makes me smile...i got her two videos (that thing you do and dirty dancing) and i wrote her a song and sang it to her..thats the first time that i've ever done that for anybody so my heart was racing..i decided to put the song up in the new poems section for you all to see..i wasnt going to at first, but what the hell...well, thats about it, later.
--------- August 21, 2000 This one time, at Band Camp...
got home from band camp yesterday..tiring days..its always funny how after you spend a week with a group of people, you find annoying little things about them that you just cant stand..so im taking advantage of the 3 day break from seeing the band..i think we're gonna do ok this year..we have a fun bunch of people..of course some of them i like more than others..i dont really have much to talk about..camp is the same is it is every year..same old freshman/senior crap that i've seen for 16 years..hopefully my senior class will be a bit more original..im tired of the same old stuff..well, anyways..im in the mood to write some more poems and stuff so maybe i'll have some others up by the end of this week so keep checking by, later dudes
Roses are Red
A while back i was encouraged to enter this poetry contest with poetry.com .. i ended up entering one of my poems and forgetting about it..today i get a letter in the mail telling me im a semi-finalist which puts me in the running for the prizes and stuff and that they are publishing a book of poetry and want my poem in it..i was surprised to see that..im not sure if its one of those things were everybody is a semi-finalist..i dont think so though..this is the first time i received any kind of recognition for my poems from anyone else but my friends, so it felt pretty good..if you want to know what poem i submitted, ask me..or just go to poetry.com and look me up..im not sure what to do with all of this yet, should i allow them to put my poem in their book? should i buy their book (which is really expensive) or should i just ignore all of this..
August 09, 2000 So be it boring
I was thinking about my life today..sure the same things happen almost everyday..and sometimes i can be very predictable..but i have fun being me..i dont want to sound big headed but i do..always try to make the stupidest things fun..so be it boring..im sure we all get bored of living our lives, but im sure that everyone can find at least 2 people whose lives that would never want to have..i know i can.
August 04, 2000 If you cant beat us, Eat us
well, band started tuesday so i've been getting up around 9 now..its not too bad, it makes the day seem so much longer..its good to play drums again, and its good to be around the section again..im not too sure about some of these freshman coming in..but i think the drum section will be pretty good, probably the best we've had for years..im not ready for summer to be over, it seems like we just got out of school a week ago..summer is always enjoyable for me..just hanging out being dudes, swimming, sleeping, eating, and sleeping. i love watching the sun rise, but i hate sleeping with the sun awake..i can't believe that i'll be in school in a little bit..crazy balls man.
--------- July 29, 2000 "Elvis will I ever be a King?"
today i dont really have much to talk about. the topic of this journal means this: im tired of being a nobody, im tired of not sticking out, i want something about me, that noone else can claim to. i blend in too much. everything i do turns out to be so average. im tired of it. everyone around me has a quality about them, that makes them pop out from a crowd. i want a quality like that. maybe i'll find one someday. maybe people will notice me when i walk down the street, and maybe they'll look at me as i walk past .. maybe
July 23, 2000 All Apologies
hey, so sorry for the long time with no update but i couldnt think of anything to put up..well, i went and saw the production of Wizard of Oz that was put on by highschool kids throughout the area at big red. i must say it was very good, i think i liked this more than any of the other high school plays i've seen. i'm working on a poem right now, its kinda getting alot of emotions out and just letting all the stress come out of me through my pencil..so that should be up soon and also i promise i'll try to update my lifes more often :) so i'll be back, when the day is new...and i'll have more ideas for you....and you'll have things you'll want to talk about...i...will...too
July 14, 2000 Layout
Well, i changed my site again...i like it, i used a bunch of old pictures from a 1970's coloring book...hopefully you guys like it too...unfortunately i messed up and somehow managed to delete two months of journals...which really sucks..but i'll get over it, so i dont have may or june..sorry, i know your upset, i'll write more later...
--------- April 24, 2000 One day left
i can't believe we only have one more day left for easter break, it went so fast..well, for easter i gotta a bunch of good stuff and a bunch of candy..but most of the candy i got is gone..(i eat alot)..today i think im gonna be stuck home because my parents took my sister back to college with leaves me with a broken truck that stalls out alot..yesterday my grandparents came to my house and we had a huge dinner, then i went over julie's house and we exchanged easter gifts...it was fun, well..since i havent had too much to complain about in here, the last couple of writings have been pretty boring, but i promise something will piss me off and i'll have to go on some sort of rant about it soon, just just stick with me
April 22, 2000 Easter
Easter break started, we got thurs, fri, and monday off..so its been nice, its gone way to fast. tomorrow most will wake up and see what the easter bunny has left them. i havent been doing much of anything lately..last night i went over julie's house where she had a bunch of friends over..it was fun, nice to just relax and laugh..i have no clue what im gonna do today, probably just sit around and do nothing..in case you didnt notice i put up a new layout, im not really sure how long this will last..its pretty different than the previous layouts which is probably why im not sure about it..i really wanna get back to updating..its hard when i have nothing good to talk about..we'll see how it goes, if you have any ideas on how to make this site better and more interactive please feel free to tell me, i can always use the help..cya dudes
--------- March 25, 2000 I'm Back
Well, its been a while, but i'm gonna try and get back on track with my page..i've been getting sick of it lately, no new ideas and im tried of the old ideas.. anywho, tonight i'm gonna go play ice hockey in pittsburgh with a bunch of friends..this will be my very first time actually playing ice hockey, i usually stick to rollerhockey so it should be interesting..last night i went over julie's house and we watched the movie stigmata..for those of you who havent see it i suggest you go rent it and watch it, but you really have to pay attention to it to get the full effect..this movie is one of the freakiest movies ive seen..just weird shit....lately miller has been coming up my house on nights where i also go out with julie..so miller comes up, we hang out for like 3 hrs or so, then i head over julies...its been a nice mix... well, hopefully im gonna get my ass moving to make some new additions to my site, update my life more often and add some new poems that ive been working with...talk to ya soon.
--------- February 21, 2000 Key Club Dance
Well, another dance came, and another dance past. This dance wasn't too bad...It was alot more relaxed than the steuben..The d.j. at this dance was horrible...playing just shitty song after shitty song..well, at least they're shitty songs to me...we're talking about dmx and stuff..im just not too found of all that...julie looked pretty sweet though..with her blue two piece dress..i was a little less nervous this dance..fast dancing and all...i even threw in a move of my own and the good old "running man". They played better music towards the end of the night..which i guess is typical..after the dance i went over julie's for about a hour or so then dropped her off at her friend, ashley's house...well thats all, the dance was good..and the stuff that goes along with the dance was good too...lots of pictures..
February 19, 2000 Those stupid folks at Hollywood and their stupid chick flicks.
Ok...here it goes...first of all pretty much the entire population of hollywood are either wanna-be's, pretty boys, gays, and/or stuck up women with big fake boobs. Now that i got that out of the way, its time to talk about the worst excuse of a movie..We all know them as "chick flicks". just one question. what genious in hollywood thought of this idea. about an hour and a half of crying, kissing, and people dying..thats no movie..what a sorry excuse for a movie...its just another thing for girls to drag their boyfriends to. And these guys in these movies..Where do they come up with these characters? But the actors arent even bad actors..i've seen some big mega superstars in chick movies....like bruce willis and tom hanks. Its funny going into a theater during a woman movie...every girl in the whole place is balling..everyone..because some dude died or is getting married..i just dont get it at all...probably never will..i'll just stick to some extreme action flicks or a good old horror one.
February 09, 2000 How can I feel happy, on a day like today?
My life is pretty dull right now...Nothing really going on. I'm sick, i feel pretty crappy...i've been sneezing like crazy..There's just nothing going on...i'm sick of people..i dont get people sometimes, God gives us this amazing power to think for ourselves...and what do we do with it? well, for the most part nothing...some of us waste our time talking about people..behind their back no less...i dont get people...then there are those people who feel the need to cry every 10 seconds, simply to draw attention to him or herself...that also bugs me...ug..people.... i got a little off track there, so back to the point of this entree, if there is one....im just so bored with my life right now..nothing to talk about in here, because nothing is going on... well, im going to the key club valentine's day dance...and i'm hard at work trying to think of a valentine's day gift for julie, what am i supposed to get?..i want to surprise her...but damn, why is it so hard? i'll let you know how it goes
ebruary 03, 2000 Life beyond High School
Today in band I was asked to help out a friend of mine on the drum set. When she sat down, i can honestly tell you she knew nothing about playing it. When i was teaching her, hearing her progress, i felt extremely good about myself. I felt proud of myself for taking a girl who knew nothing about playing, giving her the basic beats, and having her put them together. I'm still not sure about what i want to do with my life, but i know that i would like to teach other people how to play, and get my little tips and pointers in. And put in my opinion on the best way to do it. I felt like i was actually effecting someone's life. With the glow that surronded her when she finally put it all together. I felt special, i felt talented. And for the first time in my short life...i felt like i truley helped someone out. maybe i can become a music educator..or something along those lines. i still feel very young, and like i have loads of time... but the truth is i dont. i am forced to decide now if i want to do it or not.....if i do want to do it, i have to continue on with my weekly drum and piano lessons to prepare for majoring in music. Am i really ready to decide what i want to do for the rest of my life? i hope so...
February 02, 2000 "You gotta get a new life"
Hello again. I havent really done much of anything with this site ever since the new layout so im gonna try to get back on track. Hopefully having at least 2 new "lifes" a week and maybe even a new poem a week, the original purpose of this website. That'd be fun. Oh...i was asked about my Cousin Walter the other day. And if you didnt know, the past three quotes on my page have been about one of the excited escapades of my great cousin walter. Well he is a weird dude and if you wanna hear about one of his adventures i'll be happy to let you in. Some of you may not believe me that actually have a cousin Walter but just think..everybody has a crazy counsin walter in their family, you just don't claim em.
--------- January 14, 2000 New layout
Well, this is it, the new layout. I was just simply sick of the old one. Too colorful. I'm not sure how long this layout will stay up, and im almost positive i'll be getting a new logo shortly. I have that excited feeling, like i just got a new toy and i can't wait to get home to play with it. I hope you like it, if you have any kind of suggestions on how to make the site better, feel free to give me any kind of advice. Oh by the way, for the guestbook, i cut it down to one page, so if you wanna sign it, you can by scrolling all the way to the bottom of the guestbook page, and clicking sign guestbook, thanks.
anuary 01, 2000 Can you believe it's the year 2000?
So this is it, year 2000. Why is it that i always imagined it being so much more advanced. Flying cars and interactive tv. I looked at the year 2000 like i would never live to see it. It's so weird to see January 1, 2000. 2000! wow. i know, i know, its just another date, but you gotta admit, it sounds cool. Like a low-tech, cheesy, old, sci-fi film. But back to my point, if you really try to think about it, we are very advanced. Not to the point of flying cars, but pretty damn close. the internet is a prime example. a brand new form of communication and a source of practically any information you can ever need. Just think back to 1995. Just 5 years ago. Nobody ever heard of the internet then. it was old fashioned letter writings and telephone calls. Sure, i still use the telephone, but not nearly as much. The first people who had the internet were looked at as being rich or lucky. Now its strange to hear of someone who doesnt have it. Seeing how far advanced we are now, i would love to be around in the year 3000 to see how much we know then.
--------- Decmeber 29, 1999 Why does Santa leave so quickly?
Well, Christmas has already come and gone. How does it go by so fast? It feels like just yesterday we got out of school. It sucks. Well, anyway, my christmas was very good. Same old christmas with the same old traditions. But it was still good. I got alot of cool things which i'm not going to list because, well, maybe i dont want you to know what i got :) Someone pointed out to me that christmas isn't as fun when you get older. The magic isn't there anymore. I want to wake up to half-eaten cookies and a half-full milk glass. Going to bed early because "Santa might pass up our house if we're still awake". And laying in bed knowing that i heard sleigh bells...not being able to sleep...i miss the old christmas. Well, onto another subject, julie's been away for 3 days now. And it's not too bad, but i really miss her. She's called me everynight, so that's keeping me going. I can't wait till she comes home. I think this will enhance our relationship very much. And i'm excited about that.
December 22, 1999 You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.
Alright, i'm not gonna be one of those people who complain about christmas..and as nick said there's pretty much nothing to complain about during christmas. But i did find something to complain about..those stupid christmas carols. And don't get me wrong, i really do enjoy the christmas carols. But not when they are severely over-played. On stupid radio stations like B94 or WOMP. Those stations suck anyway and now they have to play christmas carols all the time? and they dont even play the good ones! all these stupid remixes with that special added touch of soul. i mean seriosuly, do i really need to hear celine dion singing christmas songs? she sucks bad enough, and she should've retired after that goddamn titanic song. I'm sick of all these remixes..but was there ever an original version of any of those songs? I'm just sick of that added soul. It's queer. And whats with ricky martin's christmas song? did he come out yet? i like some of his music, but come on, he has to be gay, and the christmas song just proves it. And what the hell is up with Run DMC's christmas song...Yes, run dmc..the same creative masters that came up with the amazing mixture between rock and rap with Walk This Way have sunk to doing a christmas song. I'm just sick of it...I just wanna sing rudolf the red nose reindeer with an unknown clay figure with funny arms.
