The Zombieslayer

I’ll never buy anything with a corporate logo.  I never understood why someone pays to be a walking ad for a shoe company.  It’s a stupid shoe! Why pay to advertise for a stinky shoe?

Yes, I have clothes with corporate ads on them and I wear them.  I got them free however.  I’ll wear anything that’s free, as long as it doesn’t say something like “the guy wearing this shirt is a moron.”

When I was in high school, I was always trying to make people laugh when they were drinking.  Nothing funnier than milk or soda coming out of someone’s nose.

My friend Mike made a kid pee in his pants he laughed so hard.  After that, he always said “don’t make me laugh!” when we tried to do it again.

One of the best compliments I ever got was when my friend Dan said I was his favorite martial artist to work out with, because I didn’t try to prove anything. Instead, I was always trying to learn.

I never climbed Mt. Everest.  However, I’ve been to the top of Pike’s Peak.  (I took the tram.  Don’t tell anyone).

I prefer to hang with people who aren’t so bloody hypersensitive.  Yet another reason I can’t stand political correctness.

For breakfast, I drink milk.  During the day, I drink at least forty ounces of water.  At night, I have one or two beers or a mixed drink.  I take a glass of water to bed every night and Mrs. Z and I share it.

I’ve been working Junior’s arm since an early age.  By the time he’s 20, he should be able to throw a football farther than I can.  He doesn’t seem to like football though.  Oh well.  I tried.

I Dungeon Mastered a cave I designed over the summer.  I killed off three characters.  I took their character sheets and wrote DEAD really big on them.  They were first level though, so you can’t expect everyone to make it out of the cave alive when they’re all first level.

I get to see both Nightwish and H.I.M next month in San Francisco, my 2nd and 3rd favorite bands, respectively.

After all these years, Rolling Stone magazine still sucks.

Ron Paul has

- Never voted to raise taxes
- Never voted for an unbalanced budget
- Never voted for Federal restriction on gun ownership
- Never taken a government paid junket
- Never voted to increase the power of the Executive Branch

- Voted AGAINST the Patriot Act. How many politicians could say that?

- Voted AGAINST regulating the internet

- Voted AGAINST the Iraq War. Yes, you read this correctly. He was against the war from the beginning. How many politicians can say that with a straight face?

- Does not participate in the Congressional Pension program. If you don’t know what this is, PLEASE say so and I’ll write a whole new post on it.

- Returns a portion of his annual Congressional office budget to the U.S. Treasury every year

Plus, he’s against the National ID card, against government use of torture, for protecting our borders and enforcing the laws on the books when it comes to illegal aliens, he’s against the Draft, and for ending the War on Drugs.

Those of you who are Pro-Choice, I’ve heard complaints about Ron Paul but he is against the Feds making a decision on abortion and said it should be a state-by-state issue, which I fully believe. The Feds have no business making a decision on abortion whatsoever.

Industrial hemp should be a state-by-state decision according to Paul and he’s for states deciding whether or not they want Medical Marijuana.

As for our War on Drugs, he says “prohibition doesn’t work. Prohibition causes crime.” He said it’s a medical issue.

He gets an A+ from the Gun Owners of America (the ONLY gun group I belong to. The NRA are a bunch of sell-outs).

For Gay Marriage, he believes it should be a state-by-state issue, which is 100% what I believe. The Federal government does NOT belong in issues like these.

Earlier this week, the United States passed a resolution condemning the Armenian Genocide done by the Ottoman Empire. In response, Turkey recalled its ambassador to the U.S.

Even though the Ottoman Empire is no more (what remains of it is Turkey), Turkey still is in denial about what happened. “Our government regrets and condemns this decision. It is unacceptable that the Turkish nation has been accused of something that never happened in history,” was the official response from Turkey to our resolution.

I want to make one thing clear. I realize America isn’t always doing the right thing when it comes to foreign policy, but this time, we got it right. Back in the 1910s, when the Ottoman Empire rounded up and either starved or killed outright 1.5 million Armenians, the U.S. condemned their actions and wanted to move to save the Armenians. The British Foreign Office estimated 600,000 Armenians “died or were massacred during deportation” in 1915-1916 alone.

This genocide partly inspired Adolph Hitler, who said in several speeches “Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?” Now, can you imagine Germany denying their Holocaust? Imagine the international outrage. What amazes me is there is very little outrage for Turkey denying the Armenian Genocide.

For more info, Wikipedia has a great page on what happened. Just don’t see at while you’re eating because pictures are included.

Reviews

I watched Stardust and was disappointed. Yes, it was enjoyable. No, it wasn’t memorable. Highlights - Michelle Pfeiffer is one hot witch and Robert De Niro added a humorous element to the movie. However, Hollywood once again failed to make a memorable fantasy film. You can read my full review here.

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I bought Venus Doom by H.I.M the first weekend of its release. If you like H.I.M, you can read my full review here.

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Badman, Kate, and a few other friends went to see The Birthday Massacre last month. The three of us bloggers wrote a review here.

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A Plane Crash 10. You survive a plane crash in some remote area. They’re looking for you, and they’ll find you within a few months. In the meantime, you only have 10 CDs to listen to. What are those 10 CDs?

Now keep in mind, these aren’t necessarily your top 10 of all-time, but rather 10 that you’d want to hear for the next month or 10. This is different from a Desert Island 10, where you have to pick 10 CDs you’ll listen to for the rest of your life. In other words, pick 10 favorites you can’t live without right now, not all-time.

01. Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
02. HIM - Venus Doom
03. Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution
04. HIM - Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights
05. The Birthday Massacre - Nothing & Nowhere
06. Beautiful Creatures - Deuce
07. Cradle of Filth - Cruelty & the Beast
08. Nightwish - Once
09. Nightwish - Century Child
10. Leaves’ Eyes - Vinland Sega

Yes, I know. Ten out of ten are Metal. I’ll make no pretense about being musically open minded. I see it more as knowing what I like.

I tagged 7 people in my last tag, so I’ll let you decide or not if you want to do this tag.

I got a 7 things tag. I guess I have to say 7 things about me and flesh it out a little.

1. One of my biggest regrets is I never served. I passed the Navy Officer test with flying colors, but at the time, they didn’t want a guy with a History degree. I thought that was stupid, because I would have been an excellent Officer. Looking back at it, I should have argued with them until they took me. Now I’m too old.

2. I work as a Software Engineer. I dropped out of Grad School, going for a Master’s in Computer Science. I simply ran out of money. Grandpa died and left me $8000, which I used to go to school. It ended up taking longer than I thought it would because I’m so bad at Math.

3. I like my job. I actually enjoy waking up in the morning. Well, it’s not because of my job. It’s because the first thing I see when I wake up is my wife. But I do really like my job. It’s by far the most mellow software engineering job I’ve ever worked at. I know I could make more money elsewhere, but I’d rather spend those extra hours with my family.

4. Since Beach Bum gave his 2 cents on our President, I’ll give mine. I think he’s horrible. He’s run up a huge debt, we owe billions to China, and our borders are like swiss cheese. He doesn’t understand simple economics, and I can’t see how anyone can call themselves a conservative with a straight face and like Bush. He spends and spends and spends and will leave us paying off his debt for decades. Plus, so much of the crap he does is Unconstitutional. This War on Terror is a joke, and it’s not making any friends anywhere. Whether you like it or not, we need friends. It’s realpolitik. I don’t think Bush gets that.

5. Politics frustrates me. I’m aware of what’s going on and probably send over a dozen emails/cards/letters to each of my Reps every year. But I can’t talk about it all the time or else I’ll put my fist through the wall. The thing is, I’m very patriotic and very much for Freedom and maintaining our Bill of Rights and maintaining the Republic. We’re moving away from all that into globalism, an apathetic state which will eventually lead to a police state, and becoming a Third World nation. That’s exactly what I don’t want.

6. We’re doing fine financially. Most of my friends aren’t though, and they have my full condolences. I fully understand the Middle Class Squeeze. The reason we’re doing well is we’re willing to relocate. We simply move to where the jobs are. You can’t expect most people to do that though. I grew up with it, so I’m used to it. Since 2000, we’ve lived in three states, well, four if you count Northern California and Southern California as two different states. A joke between Californians.

7. I’m a hard-core Packer fan. I rarely miss a game. I refuse to work when the Packers are on. If I have to, I’ll lie and say it’s for religious reasons (it’s usually a Sunday anyways). I’m sure God understands.

Ok, I have to tag 7 people now.

Tshsmom - I’ve probably tagged you three or four times already, but you always have something interesting to say.

Tweety - Because I like reading about your family. You’re so brutally honest about life.

Kate - Just because.

Scott Bob - You need a blog update badly.

Neal - Since I steal so much from you, I might as well tag you too.

Yonder in Carp - You know more trivia than I do. And you’re younger than I am. You never cease to amaze me with what you know.

Ben - And last but not least, Ben goes back to the very beginning. He and I have been making fun of political correctness since May ‘05.