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Monday, August 4th, 2008
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11:35 pm - Anthony Bourdain
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I want Anthony Bourdain's job. Yes I do. I can't think of a better job than traveling around the world, seeing the sights, making fun of people, and eating great food. His show "No Reservations" might be my favorite on TV (now that "The Wire" has ran its course). Dexter is a good show too, but I really want Anthony Bourdain's job. I would be really good at it. Just watch the show, you'll agree. You're favorite sarcastic asshole (me) would be a great travel show guy. You'd watch it. I know you would.
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| Sunday, July 6th, 2008
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3:39 pm - Whole Foods Market
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Got bored with studying and went to Whole Foods Market today, and must I say, it is heaven on Earth. When I die, I am pretty sure that if God has the good grace to let me in, it will be a lot like Whole Foods Market. Well half of heaven... the other half will be my giant kitchen with every tool, utensil, appliance, and supply I could ever need to cook with. I will just run over to one side of heaven and say, "Hey, Michael the Archangel butcher, please carve me up some of that organic grain fed beef please." and Michael will say, "No problem, would you like that thick cut or thin cut." I'll reply, "C'mon Michael, you know the divine kitchen of Z only goes for thick cut." To which he will say, "How could I have forgotten.."
Anyways, I went up there cause I had to restock a bit. I had a BBQ last night at my place, and if you have ever been to my place you know its small, but somehow we managed to shoehorn 25 people inside (I think they all heard that I was cooking... word gets around). Now when I BBQ, I don't do the normal burgers and dogs thing... no way. I have to go over the top. So I made my famous Tri Tip Roast, a beautiful whole chicken (BBQ'ed beer can style), and a few racks of dry rub ribs. It was awesome. In addition, I made a cous cous dish with fresh cilantro, red onion, black beans, olive oil, cumin, and chili pepper. I also made grilled squash and zuccini. And I made a roasted red pepper butter spread to go with the fresh baguttes I picked up at the bakery. Luckilly, I made enough food. We all ate, had some drinks at my place (I made pitchers of mojitos) and then we went to the j6bar downtown. All and all it was a pretty good night.
So now, I should probably study. Even though I am vehemently opposed to it. I have my Aircraft Commander board at the end of the month, and I need to brush up a lot before the big board. Later
JZ
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| Saturday, June 14th, 2008
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11:32 am - Deployment Pics
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| Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
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8:20 pm - Macbook is back
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well i finally got my macbook back. It broke on deployment. I blame it on the ship. Power on a ship is inconsistent, and I think it took a surge and fried the motherboard. I took it to the Apple Store when we pulled into port in Hawaii on the way back, and they sent it off to the depot, and now I have it back.
So when I have time, I will restore the laptop from Time Machine, and there will be more deployment stuff to come. I have been so busy getting back into the swing of things and getting all my stuff in order, but I still have managed to rock out a bit in SD. Being away from here makes me remember how much I love it here. As I type, there is a baseball game going on right off of my balcony. I love this place.
JZ
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| Friday, June 6th, 2008
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2:46 pm - BACK IN SD
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Finally back to San Diego after a long crappy deployment. Its so good to be back. More to follow. Oh yeah, Red Wings kick ass.
JZ
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| Sunday, October 28th, 2007
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12:31 pm - halloween
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I had a great time on halloween.... I was a coked out 80s rocker. i put cornstarch on my nose and shirt for effect. it was awesome. check out the rest of the photos from the evening by clicking on the pic.... jz
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| Monday, October 22nd, 2007
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7:10 pm
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| Sunday, October 21st, 2007
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11:12 pm
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AHHHHHHHHHHH FIREEEE FIRE FIRE FIRE !!!!!!
oh well downtown won't burn down
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| Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
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7:36 pm - Mountain Hike
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Yesterday Naomi and I went hiking in the mountains. It was pretty awesome.
All and all a pretty good day.... Later JZ
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| Tuesday, March 6th, 2007
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8:38 pm
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i went to the dropkick murphys show last night.... and in case you were wondering, yes it was awesome.
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| Friday, December 15th, 2006
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3:25 pm
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This is why I don't eat at chain restaurants....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061215/bs_nm/olivegarden_illness_dc_3
Well one of the reasons. I mean not only do chain restaurants make you shit your brains out, but the cooking is uninspired, the menus are usually awful, and they dot the american landscape and turn every town into a mirror image of another, thereby reducing a specific locales character and contributing to what i refer to as "the vanillafication of America"
Holy run on sentence batman.
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| Tuesday, September 5th, 2006
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12:00 am - Movie Quote fun
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| Monday, August 21st, 2006
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11:01 am - Air Show
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Lots has happened since i last posted... i went to an airshow in Canada.... it was fun. I had a good time. It took forever to fly there in a helicopter, but it was well worth it..
I took a ferry boat over to Vancouver Island, and it was a beautiful place. Lots of mountains and pine trees and stuff. I enjoyed it. Plus there was a bit of a chill to the air, which was nice compared to the SoCal heat I have been experiencing. Here's the boat we took....
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| Sunday, August 6th, 2006
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10:43 am - Street Scene
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I went to Street Scene yesterday, which is this huge cool ass concert. I saw a lot of groups I have been wanting to see for a while.
I saw.....
Donovan Frankenreiter (who was wearing an Ann Arbor Hash Bash shirt)
G Love and Special Sauce (who were absolutely fucking amazing)
The Shins
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Bloc Party
Tool
It was awesome.
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| Sunday, July 23rd, 2006
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10:42 pm
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flying tomorrow.... its been a while. i have been doing classroom and sim stuff for a long time. Hope I remember how.
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| Tuesday, July 4th, 2006
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10:03 pm - I almost cried yesterday
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Bad day for Detroit sports yesterday... stevie Y retires, and Big Ben signs with the Bulls.
Great column by Mitch in the Freep. Here's a piece
"So he pulls off the sweater and they take the name off his locker and they retire his number and anything else they can think of. Yzerman has never been into that stuff. Outsiders may not understand why Detroit had such an infatuation with this guy, but it's because he symbolizes the way we feel, the way we approach things, and the way we dream. He was a hockey player, not the biggest of sports, and he was 5-feet-11, not the biggest of guys, and he played in Detroit, not the biggest of cities.
But he dreamed big. And he never stopped trying. And he never lost his humility. And finally, 14 years after he joined his company, at an age when other guys already have given it up, he saw his big dream come true.
And that's what we want for ourselves. That's what working class people fantasize when they drop their heads on the pillow: a chance for it all to come true. It is the reason why there have been and will be many athletes in Detroit who will be called "Captain." But only one will get a "The" in front.
And that's the difference."
In other news great weekend. I need to workout a lot this week to burn off all of the beer that was consumed. Happy Birthday America.
Later
Z
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| Sunday, July 2nd, 2006
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1:33 pm - I like SD
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| Monday, June 26th, 2006
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11:18 pm - If you work in the cable television industry take offense to this
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If you work in cable, be it known that your company is a bunch of money grubbing whores. And thats a fact.
I love TV. A lot. I enjoy the entertainment that it brings me on a daily basis. And I am more than willing to pay a reasonable amount of money for that entertainment. But lets get serious here. You are sucking the fun right out of TV. Now when I sit down to watch, all I can think of is how much this programming is costing me. I don't even have any premium services and you still try to wring me dry.
Fees. That is the biggest thing I hate about cable. No one came to my house and turned my cable on. They flipped a switch at the distribution center. But obviously, it was a pretty big switch cause it cost 15 dollars to turn on the analog signal, and 12 more dollars to turn on the digital signal. Also, no one came to my house to help me hook up my high speed internet, configure my modem, or troubleshoot when it wouldn't work. But their "HIGH SPEED INTERNET INSTALLATION" fee was 15 dollars. What the hell did you install? Nothing. And even if you did, its in your best interest to install things for free because you are going to suck the money out of me with your monthly charges.
Not only that, half of the channels that you gave me have more commercials on them for your company trying to get me to buy more services. I want HBO. A lot. I love the excellent television that it produces. But I don't wanna get it cause I don't want you getting any more of my money.
Fuck you cable. I hate you. I despize your grip you have on the American consumer. I can understand satellite costing lots of money, they use rocket ships and shit to get that stuff up there. But you laid a wire from one place to another a while ago, and have been milking the proverbial teet ever since.
The industry claims that they aren't making any money. How? You take over 50 dollars a month from damn near every household in America. You should be able to turn a healthy profit with that. But because you have awful managers running your companies, you squander those profits, and then claim that you had to increase prices due to "rising programming and operating costs". Next to the Airline industry and sadly the American auto industry, you are one of the most poorly run businesses in America.
But I will still pay your fees and charges. Cause I am addicted to your product. You're like a shitty crack dealer. And I can't kick the habit.
Z
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| Thursday, June 15th, 2006
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2:26 pm
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i am beyond embarrasment. i drank way too much last night and probably caused a scene. and woke up my neighbors.
never again.
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| Saturday, June 10th, 2006
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9:52 am - Post Survival
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