Cristina (and others)
I now have an “ask” section. It’s the “Oh word?” button. You can ask me whatever and I will try to answer as honestly as possible. But I can’t promise you anything.
Have fun,
Zach
February 2011
42 posts
January 2011
14 posts
One Day
I’m gonna stop aspiring and just be.
I’m not gonna wish anymore, I just will.
I’ll no longer dream, I’ll have what I want.
I’ll turn this world on it’s face,
Look into the eyes of those who said I couldn’t,
And say “This is the stuff dreams are made of,
and I achieved cause I knew I could.
Now, instead of putting you down as you did to me,
I’ll help lift you up to succeed as I did.”
Without criticism, without hate,
I’ll do what I can do to help you.
Cause without hope, there would be no me.
Not my best, the more I read it the less I like it. But oh well, enjoy.
Zach
I'm going to Phx.
Katherine Ann I’ll be back soon. You won’t be far from my mind. I love you more than you know.
See ya’ soon,
Zach
Error & Correction
Sorry for some bad info on one of my previous post’s, but Queen Valiant let me know Heath Ledger’s birthday isn’t the 22nd it’s April 4th. Jan. 22nd is the day he died. Sorry for the error.
Thanks for the correct info though Queen.
Take care,
Zach
To those who will notice :
I’ve changed the title and info section of my blog. I felt after a while that the different pices of me theme was kind of weird. Yes they were all pieces of me, but they were interpreted as ”categories” or “moods” or whatever. Not anymore. I’m still all here, just one person (with a few personas) as I’ve always been.
The name of the blog comes from titles of my 2 favorite songs right now. I chose them because they both mean worlds to me. They’re both hardcore songs with meaningful, positive lyrics. The energy and raw emotion of hardcore has always been the big draw for me, but powerful lyrics with a positive message also resonates with me strongly. I’ll explain the songs and their respective bands in the following posts (yes, they deserve their own).
Stay tuned.
Zach
Just watched The Dark Knight and...
Damn.
Heath Ledger played an amazing Joker. Can you imagine if he were still alive? Not only would we get other amazing films from him, but can you imagine the ongoing Batman movies with him as the main villain? Would’ve been incredible.
His birthday was 4 or 5 days ago (depending on time zones), Jan. 22nd. I didn’t know him personally, but his talent will be missed.
Blessings,
Zach
Atheist Professor vs. Christian Student
- Professor: You are a Christian, aren’t you, son?
- Student: Yes, sir.
- Professor: So, you believe in God?
- Student: Absolutely, sir.
- Professor: Is God good?
- Student: Sure.
- Professor: My brother died of cancer, even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn’t. How is God good, then? Hmm?
- (Student was silent)
- Professor: You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, young fella. Is God good?
- Student: Yes.
- Professor: Is Satan good?
- Student: No.
- Professor: Where does Satan come from?
- Student: From.. God.
- Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
- Student: Yes.
- Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And God did make everything. Correct?
- Student: Yes.
- Professor: So who created evil?
- (Student didn’t answer)
- Professor: Is there sickness? Immortality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
- Student: Yes, sir.
- Professor: So, who created them?
- (Student had no answer)
- Professor: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son.. have you ever seen God?
- Student: No, sir.
- Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your God.
- Student: No, sir.
- Professor: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God, for that matter?
- Student: No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
- Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
- Student: Yes.
- Professor: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, Science says your God doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
- Student: Nothing. I only have my Faith.
- Professor: Yes, Faith. And that is the problem Science has.
- Student: Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
- Professor: Yes.
- Student: And is there such a thing as Cold?
- Professor: Yes.
- Student: No, sir, there isn’t.
- (The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events)
- Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of Heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
- (There was a pin-drop silence in the Lecture Theatre)
- Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
- Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
- Student: You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light… But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and it’s called Darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, You would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
- Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man?
- Student: Sir, my point is, your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
- Professor: Flawed? Can you explain how?
- Student: Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
- Professor: If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes of course, I do.
- Student: Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?
- (The professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going)
- Student: Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?
- (The class was in uproar)
- Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
- (The class broke out into laughter)
- Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? .. No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable and Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures?
- (The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable)
- Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on Faith, son.
- Student: That is it, sir.. exactly! The link between man and God is Faith. That is all that keeps things alive and moving!
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- That student was Albert Einstein.
- Brilliant.
- Beautifully done.
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- So stoked on this. If Einstein knew, then why can't Hawking? Oh well, to each their own. But this is beautiful.
2010 EOTY Lists
Zachary//Zack
So everyone makes EOTY lists about movies, music and all that so I figured I’d drop mine for anyone who cares. Check ‘em out..
Music - Music was big for me this year. I discovered a lot, re-discovered some, and had a blast listening to it. Hip Hop and Hardcore were mainly being played from my iPod but Electronica snuck in there towards the end. Here’s my 10 favorites from this year.
10. Dessa
9. Stick To Your guns
8. Four Years Strong
7. The Ghost Inside
6. Cecil Otter
5. Close Your Eyes
4. Daft Punk
3. Linkin Park
2. P.O.S
1. The Devil Wears Prada/ A Day To Remember
Movies - I go to the movies a lot when I can, and this year had some pretty big ones. But this isn’t just big screen for me, these are also from my DVDs at home so here’s my favorite movies of 2010.
5. Fight Club
4. Art Documentaries (Beautiful Losers, Basquiat: Radiant Child, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Pollock, Bomb It, Next, and more)
3. TMNT (The original trilogy)
2. Star Wars (any of them)
1. Tron Legacy
Video Games - I love video games. I have an Xbox 360 and there were some awesome games to play this year.
5. Limbo
4. Transformers War for Cybertron/ Tron Evolution
3. COD (MW2 or Black Ops)
2. Batman Arkham Asylum
1. Star Wars Force Unleashed 2
Clothing Brands - I love fashion. As you may have read before I’m working on starting a clothing company with a good friend of mine. So here’s my favorite brands who were worn most throughout 2010.
5. Levi
4. Rebel8
3. Random Band Merch tees
2. Nike (basketball shorts, workout stuff)
1. The Hundreds (they’re huge, inc.)
Sneakers - Lastly, I couldn’t leave off my favorite sneakers of 2010. Gotta love my kicks!
5. Anything Mike Shinoda did with DC
4. 2010 retro of Infrared 90s
3. Swoosh Life Blazers (Nike SB)
2. Vans Chukka boots
1. Omar Salazar’s Nike SB pro model
Those are some of the things that made my 2010 awesome, hope you enjoy. Have a good 2011, let’s make something happen!
Blessings,
Zach
I know I'm late, sorry. But.. Happy New Year!
Zachary//Zack
So I know I still haven’t come through on pics from some events of this past year, but I figure I’ll give you guys a recap to let ya’ know how my 2010 was. Enjoy..
Bad times..
You may remember back to a post about my friend CJ Walk passing away, well that was definitely a low point of my 2010. I’m glad he’s in a better place, and I’m blessed to have been able to call him a friend but I miss him dearly.
Family issues were rampant over the past year or so. My dad and his wife had frequent disputes (some verbal, some physical), my brother and I left home for a couple days, and now we may be moving out for good. I love the man my dad used to be but I don’t know what has happened to him.
I didn’t get into the Air Force because of an issue with my credit score. Funny story about that is that I’ve never had a credit card or started credit. My mom took a student loan out in my name and failed to pay it back. Gotta’ love this family.
My friend Robert had an incident that I’m not at liberty to explain on here, but it was pretty crazy. Although in a way I’m glad it happened cause it brought us closer and now he’s a brother to me.
So as far as I can remember that was the worst parts of my 2010, now on to the good stuff that helped me get over the bad times..
My gf Katie pretty muched worked her ass off this year to be the most amazing gf ever. After (and during) all the above mentioned stuff I went through, she was rock solid and maintained a loving and caring demeanor for me to hold on to. We went to Vegas for her 21st b-day, her family took me to Disneyland, and she was just all around amazing. I love her, and can’t even begin to think about my life without her.
Art played a big part in my 2010 as well. I was featured in my first gallery show, and sold something! I was incredibly stoked on that (although I still haven’t received the money for my painting, haha). Got into photography a bit more with the aid of my friend Robert, and pretty much was drawing and/or paiting for I’d say about 50% of 2010. Most of the time with Robert, or our friends Stephen, Rios, and James.
As funny as it may sound Tron capped off 2010 for me pretty well. I love the old movie, and the sequel lived up to the hype and then some for me. I know it got crappy reviews, and the 3D wasn’t the best but I loved it. It had action, had emotion, had Jeff Bridges, and of course.. it had Daft Punk (who also was played heavily in 2010).
Lastly, but definitely not least(ly)..
IV The Taking. The clothing brand founded by Robert and myself is making some pretty steady progress. We had some setbacks (and will continue to have them) but for 2 guys with no money and weird schedules, I’d say we’ve done pretty well. I can’t wait to see where this goes, and hope that it takes us well into our future.
So I hope 2010 was a good year for you guys. It was up and down for me but with the help of friends, music, and some blessings from the Lord I made it through. Hope 2011 brings you everything you want and you achieve your dreams. I’m working on mine. Take care, and God bless.
- Zachary Allen Norris / 22yrs
P.S. I’ll give my EOTY lists in the next post, enjoy.
