What if?

So I was eating lunch at a Wendy's the other afternoon and I started thinking... what would our country be like if there wasn't a single fast food joint (McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's, etc.)? And this means that they had never been thought of. Just how much would that change the way we live?

Okay... now I know this picture isn't that big but I think you get the idea here. Now call me crazy, but wouldn't you have to be a little messed up in the head... I mean not thinking clearly at all, to be holding a POSSUM!!?? And not just holding it, but this guys walks all over town with it. In fact, prior to this picture being taken, he was walking it in the park across the street. So yeah, just a little curious?

90 Minutes Of WHAT!, HUH!, and BALLL!!

So, where to start? Well, tonight Matt and I had the glorious opportunity to go to a "concert" (If you want to call it that. It was more like a ski lodge with a coffe shop combo package. With an atmosphere of a camp fire except for nobody you knew, nor would want to get to know... plus you COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING BECAUSE THE MUSIC WAS SO LOUD!!)

So like I was saying, we went this "concert" headlining Paul Wright preceded by a bunch of LOUD obnoxious openers. Yeah, we thought they loud, nope!! Paul Wright was quite a bit louder! Not to say so much that he himself was loud but his bassist was loud. Couldn't hear anything over that. (The guy at the mixing board wasn't too sure what to do. I mean, he waas probably thinking to himself, "uhh... I can't mix, I don't know where to start... uhh... MAX THEM ALL!!") So yah, definately LOUD!! Ooh!! Guess what, now I can be part of the "deaf community"... but is it with a capitol "D" or a lower cas "d"... like I even care. (In other news, if Deaf Community was a real band, they would probably sound a whole lot better than Paul Wright Live!) Oh yah, also, I'm MUTE now, no, no, not from singing... YELLING!!

So now we find ourselves standing in a room full of strangers, in the dark, listening to badly played music, and I payed $8 for this? But as Matt put it, "It's like an $8 massage!" Seeing as how the bass was so loud, it was shaking my insides! So we did, what what everyone else WANTED to do, we left... and went to Shari's.

Now this is a whole other story... so if you arn't completely lost and or bored, you can leave a comment asking me about it. I will be more than glad to share it with you!

Deaf or Blind

So this topic arose on Sunday during the pre-game entertainment when Stevie Wonder was singing. Would you rather be blind, or deaf?

Personally, I would rather be blind. One of my reasons for this is because I absolutely LOVE music. I don’t know what I would do if I couldn’t listen to music.

So now I ask you... deaf, or blind?

So... this is exciting.

According to an article in todays newspaper, it is legal to carry a sword in the state of Oregon. Here is the article, it's not very long.

February 1, 2006

Since You Asked:
It’s legal to carry sword(s)

Why is it legal for a person to own and carry a gun with special permits but not a sword? Swords are far less lethal. If someone attacks me I should have the ability to choose what kind of weapon I should be able to protect myself with, shouldn’t I? Are people just more afraid of swords than guns?
— Jesse C., Eagle Point

State lawmakers either agree swords are less lethal or they didn’t think to bother with a weapon so archaic.

Oregonians actually can carry as many swords as they want, according to Jackson County District Attorney Mark Huddleston, who has found no legal reference to the contrary. However, carrying a sword with the intent to use it against another person is a crime, he said.

And while we’re clearing up one misconception, you may as well know that Oregonians can carry guns without special permits as long as the firearm is openly displayed. Carrying a concealed gun without the proper permits is a crime, as is carrying a concealed knife, switchblade or ice pick, Huddleston said. Swords are not referenced among concealed weapons, either.

"... They gotta be hard to conceal," Huddleston said.

And, of course, one must consider swords’ superiority over guns because they never run out of ammunition, the district attorney joked.

How exciting is this!? I guess now I can bust out my sword collection again! Yessssssssss!

And who takes an ice pick with them when they leave the house?! Honestly!!

I am not happy...

So our stereo at work, well, to be blunt, it just SUCKS!! I just happen to put in a brand new CD I purchased on Monday. Well, the stereo has decided not to cooperate when it come to ejecting the cds. It happens to be a 5 disc changer and when I push open, it opens about an inch or so, then closes. This does not make me happy as I see this as the stereo mocking me. Not cool. Needless to say I have gone a few rounds with said stereo, but I have lost each time. Now my brand new cd is stuck in the tray somewhere, and most likely scratched like crazy. Also, not cool.

Next round, I take a hammer to it just to show it who is superior. It won't be pretty.

Answer Me This

How is it that as a barista, I am required, (and do quite well I might add) to remember detailed drink orders such as, tall-soy-split shot-latte-extra hot-no foam... ok you get the idea. Well, why is that I can remember all that, but after finishing every single drink I can't seem to remember if they want whiped cream or not! How is that possible?! (And Bryan, I know you know what I'm talking about)

I'm Back, I'm Back, I'm Back!!! Guess what... I'm Back!!!

You might want to sit down for this one if you havn't already. In fact, you might need some oxygen. That's right... I'm NOT DEAD!!! I'm still here. Surprise!!! I'm back and boy do I have some good stuff!

I will first start by apologizing to all of my biggest fans. (Which is zero because only about six people read this thing... and I'm posotive that each one of you have deleted my link from your blog... probably around Thanksgiving.)

So if any of you even care, I will be posting some very interesting stories. Until then, uhh... well I'm not actually sure.

K bye.

Happy Thanksgiving

As we are all sitting down to eat an AMAZING turkey dinner, or are soon to do so, I will not waste a lot of my time or yours. I will simply wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving.

Let us all take this moment to reflect, and think about what we are most thankful for and also realize that there are those that are less fortunate than us, and as unfortunate as that is we must not take anything forgranted. Cherish the small things in life, because it is when we are without the small things, that we are trully gratful for them.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Enough is enough!

Come on people! I mean, seriously. Stop ordering cold drinks (specifically blended ones)! No more milkshakes, or smoothies, or granitas; just because the sun is showing its face does NOT make it warm outside... it's hardly reaching 60 if that. That does not warrant a blended drink! Plus, I don't want to make them!

Didn't everyone get the memo?! IT'S WINTER!!!

Procrastination Prevails

I find myself once again, sitting at my computer starting a paper that is due less in less than 24hrs. It never fails. I said that I was going to do it over the weekend since I didn't have to work... but no.

So now I sit at my computer, ROCKSTAR in hand... actually it's empty, time to open a new one... and attempt to pull a halfway decent paper out of my... ear.

I THNK I'M GOING DEAF!!!

Well, you heard right. LOL! I crack myself up. So yes, I think I am going deaf. Seeing as how the holidays are upon us, or will be shortly, we are starting to make "holiday drinks" @ work. Well this includes Eggnog Lattes. Uh oh... I think that's throw up in my mouth... oh, there it is again. Come on people!! How nasty is that. I mean Eggnog is nasty to begin with. If you are a fan of it, ok fine, I guess I can agree to disagree with you on that one. But adding a shot of espresso to that, ewwwww!

So I have to make this drink which requires the eggnog to be steamed. CAN YOU SAY LOUD!! I MEAN IT SOUNDS LIKE A JET TAKING OFF IN YOUR RIGHT EAR. IT'S DEAFENING!!

I'm just glad not too many people have bad taste, so I don't have to make too many.

Study Break

So I'm posting this @ 12:30ish in the morning becasue I am taking a much needed break from studying, although it could rightfully be called "cramming", for a history exam that I am not prepared for.

I now find myself though, in the same place that I always am the night before a test, frantically ripping thorugh pages and pages of notes, paying no mind to the text book, after all, what instructer actually pulls questions from the material in the text? That would be crazy!

So now I set out to labour over what I hope are well written notes, and try to recall many class lectures; this is another feble attempt to study for a test I just hope to get a C on.

I wish I had a ROCKSTAR right about now.

I don't know about everyone else...

but I think it is time to start listening to Christmas music!! Yay!! About a week ago I started pulling out the few Christmas albums I have and dusting off the covers. Then it was onto the computer with them (more specifically iTunes, then my iPod). Oh how I do love the music of Christams.

You don't think it's too early do you?

Uhh... I'm uber sorry?

Hey all. I'm totally sorry for taking like a year and a day to write my next post but I got kinda busy and very lazy. So I ended up getting my paycheck in full and never got charged an overdraft fee from the bank because they said when they are the ones pulling the funds, they can't overdraw. Yessssssssssss! Well, now you are all caught up. Laters.

Soooo, I'm not too happy with Merv right now.

So as most of you know, and if not then I will tell you now. I have worked for Mervyn's for a little over a year and about two weeks ago I "quit", although I don't like to think of it as quiting but rather "moving on to bigger and better things". So, the only thing left to do would be to pick up my final paycheck. No big deal right? Pretty self explanetory. I am done with them. WRONG!!!! Stupid me. It's never that easy.

So when it happens to be an employee's last paycheck, instead of handing out the paycheck, they keep the paycheck and do a payed-out, thus giving the correct amount in cash to the former employee and sending him on his/her way. (keep in mind what is bold, it will play a roll in the story that follows)

So I go in on payday to collect my last paycheck. The person handing out the paychecks hands me mine. First mistake. So stupid me, I figure that everything is cool and I go ahead and cash it. (they gave it to me so maybe i didn't need a payed-out)

So later that day Lori, who is in charge of payroll calls me and tells me there was a mistake with the amount I recieved on my check. So yah, they underpayed me. Second mistake. At first I was upset but then I thought, "Hey, I'm getting more money. It's all gravy"

To Be Continued...

Alas I am Back...

and better than ever. Well I'm sure that all of my wonderful fans have been wondering just where I have been (because I have so many letters demanding my whereabouts). LOL! But seriously a lot has happened in the last month... most of which I won't go into detail about and some of which will make for great topics in the days to come. So for now you can just sit back, take a load off and enjoy me, Zachary, talking through my sax.

I Have Come to Grips

So I have come to accept exhaustion. Now this is not to say that it is easy to deal with, no no, at times,well actually it is always difficult to bare. But I have come to the point where exhaustion is just accepted.

I new that working two jobs woulnd't be easy but I figured that since I wasn't getting enough hours with good ole Merv then I would find a nother job. And it did start out as me looking for a new job but quickly turned into a second job which now leaves me with umm... no life! "And there was much rejoince... ... yeah." Anyways, to make things a little more interesting, unreliable Merv has now decided to give me a whole lot of fun with 20 some hours a week to add to the 27 at Mellelo's. Oh joy! So I guess the long and short of it is that 40+ hour weeks are to say the least, exhausting.

Paychecks ROCK though!!

Umm...You Might Want To Pacce Yourself.

I wonder how much your body can take. That is, how much coffee will the body allow before it says, "HOLD THE PHONE! STOP EVERYTHING!"

Example: There is this crazy guy Dennis who comes in to the shop ever day for his short (12 oz. for those who don't know how short short really is) house coffee. Now that seems fine but he come back at least two or three times in the few hours that I am there. So that means in just four hours he has consumed like, 36 to 48 oz. of coffee. Doesn't that seem a bit much. OH! And if that isn't enough, when he gets his card full of punches, he goes all out with a grande (20 oz.). This is some serious coffee addiction or something.

Anyways, just curious how much the body can handle?

Shoe Laces Don't Taste That Great.

Yeah that's right, my shoe laces. The other day I went to see Batman Begins with two of my close friends. Now, leading up to this event I was certain that I wouldn't like the movie. I mean, how could this possibly beat out the original Batman? Doubtfull!

I told my friend that I wasn't going to pay to see a movie that doesn't interest me. He opted to pay for me so I said why not. Well...twentie minutes into the movie, incert foot in mouth...halfway through, contiue until you've reached calf...end of movie, up to the knee!!

Well, needless to say, the movie was great and easily beat out the original Batman. A must see even if you're not into comic book movies.