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January 31st, 2003
TGIF
Had my fourth and final class of the week today. VPA Ideas in the Arts. I really noticed today how empty the campus is on a friday, especially during the time I'm here on fridays (2-4:20). This is a long class but for only one day of the week. And I got off light with buying books this season (just 2), but the cost of various supplies pretty much negates that. It was a busy week in what will be a busy semester. I enjoyed my night off with a spicy chicken sandwich from Wendy's, some beers and some TV.
-Zosie


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January 28th, 2003
Dead Or Alive Xtreme Volley Ball

I thought about buying a PS2 when I get my tax money back, but then I saw this game at work and advertised on TV. Now I might have to consider the XBOX. Looks like more than volleyball is going on here...
-Zosie


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January 27th, 2003
Zosie - The January Man
Well, it's back to school again. I returned to UMBC today for my third semester as I am closing in on my senior year of college. Last nights superbowl featured the 'journeyman quarterbacks' Rich Gannon and Brad Johnson. I am sort of a journeyman quarterback, aging and still striving for excellence, bounced around and not yet recognized as a success story. When you have been viewed as a 'Jack of All Trades but a Master of None' it's harder to reach those upper echelons. But I have experienced a great deal of success and realized a greater sense of motivation and will as I made the second effort to finish my education. I start this year with a positive attitude as I have something(s) to believe in. And the ever evoling question of who I am continues. I'm still an outsider and a loaner, and like my teacher Ms. Smith said, I am a non-conformist. I continue to hold on to my convictions and beliefs, and bask in the glory of free-thinking. Once the January Man, now a non-conventional hero of a new era, Zosie the anti-hero keeps coming back for more.


I came to school today with these things and so much more in mind. I walked across a frozen field to my first class, but with a positive attitude and with an obvious swagger.
I have a good schedule with 20th cen. Art, Graphic Design and Drawing all on Mon/Wed. I saw some friendly faces again today and feel comfortable with what I've done and where I'm at.
Once again I leave you with this (but with a little extra hyperbole this time):


"Please choose a piece of artwork from the slide carousel and write a 2-4 page paper, be sure to place the piece in its social and theological contexts..."


"The art is phenomenally gorgeous, I feel, no, I believe the art is wildly fantastic and wonderfully nominal..."
-Zosie


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January 26th, 2003
The Buccs Stopped Here
21 - 48
No wait, they didn't. They just kept going, and going. And this year I was able to improve the quality of my 'Super Sunday.'


If nothing else, my life has improved steadily over the last couple of years through careful and better planning. Last year, Super Bowl Sunday and the beginning of the school semester were destined to be doomed. I did not start at UMBC in the fall of 2001 like I had wanted to. So I prepared for the Spring 2002 semester the best I could, but I worked more shifts than I should have and that continued until summer. The Super Bowl should have been in January, the day before classes started (like this year), but due to 9/11 the season skipped a week and the bowl got pushed into February.

So I started the school year last year by closing on the sunday night before and coming down with the influenza, only to get up tired and sick for my first day at a University. Then got worse as the week went on, had to work the following Sunday during the game, my store gets robbed, I get sent home hoping to catch the second half, my over-sized girlfriend breaks up with me "Kurt Warner scores the first touch down for the Rams" "I think we should break up." 6 on the board, girl out the door. And basically I think this is where a ref stops the fight...
So I knew there was no way things could end up that bad, and this year things did get better. I didn't have to work, my dad's team was in so he had a party at his place, Craig joined me and my family, it was cool. The game was a rout though. One radio sports personality said it best, "ABC should stand for Another Blow-Out Contest, because they had a lot of 'em." I felt bad for my Dad, it's disappointing when your team loses. I've been there before. At least it was a good time and a better end to my winter break.
-Zosie


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January 21st, 2003
Updates Galore
View the newly added testimonials page:
Testimonials
And some of the other pages I have updated or tweaked on my break:
Site Map
Links
Friends
No Holds Barred
NES Ice Hockey
The Spring of 1995 On Line
-Zosie


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January 19th, 2003
Shiver Me Timbers
The un-thinkable happened, The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Made it to the Super Bowl. When I was a kid, I never would have thought it possible that the franchise from the 70's that started with the worst winless record ever could make it to the super bowl. When I was young, Tampa was one of those teams you looked for on your schedule. If you were facing the guys in orange and white, you were almost assured a victory. But in the last couple of years they've been a strong team. Unfortunately they kept choking in the playoffs, but not this time.
I got home from work in time to catch the AFC championship. Like the NFC championship, it featured the #1 team vs. the #2 team. The Oakland Raiders won, much to the delight of my dad. They almost made it the last two years, but fell short. I felt happy for my Dad, his team has not been since January 1984 when they beat my team, the Redskins. I watched in tears from my Aunt & Uncle's home in Gaithersburg, MD.

So it's a Pirate Superbowl, and a party at my dad's place. I can see it now, The St. Charles Towne Centre Mall in Waldorf Maryland on a Friday night, filled with teenage guys wearing Jerry Rice and Warren Sapp Jerseys.
Speaking of sports, I found this: Stuart Scott Sucks
-Zosie


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January 16th, 2003
"What was your name, little girl, what's your name?"
As many folks know, I am a big fan of celebrity skin. There was this one actress that is just downright adorable, and for years I was unable to recall her name. "Toby, Toby Chew, Toby Wong..."
I would see her on commercials and tv shows/movies and couldn't catch her name. Then I remebered she was on an episode of HBO's Dreams On like almost a decade ago. Like that's really gonna help...but wait. When looking through old VHS tapes to record over and reuse I discovered another long lost treasure, a tape with Dream On episodes. And I was pleasantly suprised when I discovered the tape had the episode she was in. No skin, but I got the name from the credits, Corinne Bohrer. And as it usually does, the internet gave me the info I needed.
I found this site from a search engine: OOps Celebs I am happy knowing that in this day in age, some things are still free.
-Zosie


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January 14th, 2003
"There's A Hole In My Head Where The Rain Comes In"
I got up today and went to Dr. Meyer's office on Oxon Hill Road for my oral surgery. The plaque on the door says "Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery", what the fuck is maxillofacial surgery? Anyway, I needed at least one person present to drive me home and it was nice to have both of my parents there. While waiting for my 'general anesthesia', I talked with my mom. I heard music coming through the speakers in the ceiling of the office. I laughed and smiled when I heard 'To Love Somebody' by The Bee Gees. (see January 13th below)


Getting knocked out is kinda cool, it's like a forced nap. Then I faded out. [Darkness fell over the Dude] 'All the Dude ever wanted was his rug back.' Later on it was noodle soup, more rest, and tv. A new Smallville as a nice treat and a lame Raw 10th annivesary show. Everything was real smooth, the numbness wore off, the bleeding stopped early, and there was little swelling. I noticed after dinner that there was a hole in my gums where the tooth was. I thought the stitches fixed that but apparently I was wrong. The stitches are there to sew up the cuts made for the surgery. The hole just stays the way it is until it closes up. Now I have to keep it clean with constant salt water rinses, the taste reminds me of the beach.


If nothing else, scheduling oral surgery during my college/winter break provided me with a reason to take four days off in a row and actually have some time to chill at home and enjoy my vacation.
-Zosie


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January 13th, 2003
Unlucky Number 13
I actually had a good day today on the unlucky 13th day of the month. There has been a turbulent trend of lucky or unlucky days since Boxing Day, December 26th, 2002. I'm slightly anxious about getting my wisdom tooth removed tomorrow on the 14th. I spotted Steve Martin on the cover of 'Novocaine' at work while moving tapes around.


When talking to my mom, she mentioned that Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees died on Sunday the 12th. I heard on the news that he had been hospitalized, but was not aware he had died. My first thought was that he died on Craig's birthday. Then I remembered my dad had all four of his wisdom teeth removed when he was twenty, when he woke up the nurses kept saying 'he's dead'. They were refering to Elvis. A creepy little coincidence. If I had scheduled myself to have more than one tooth removed, would more than one Bee Gee have died?


Then I looked up all the other people who died on the 12th at Dead-Or-Alive.org Then I looked up my birthday, the 3rd. It turns out that Alfred Heineken died on my birthday. I cringed as I was drinking a Heineken.
Then I remembered lots of weirdness has occured since Sat. the 4th, when I was nearly electricuted due to a mishap by my mom while doing work on a light switch. I thought about this and a commercial for Final Destination 2 came on TV. I cheated death, but for how long...it's really creepy what's gonig on right now. Also, seven years ago I would have labeled all that 'workshop.'
Anyway, I really felt bad about the death of Maurice. So, as sung by Robin Gibb, this one's for you Maurice:



-Zosie


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January 12th, 2003
Happy Birthday Craig!
Yes that's right, happy birthday to Craigerson Craig threw for 311 yards this Sunday and with no interceptions, visit his site and congratulate him.
Since we are aging and out bodies are slowly breaking down, allow me to break down some fresh updates for you:
1)No Holds Barred A re-hashing of my No Holds Barred page from Zosie's Underground Workshop newly added/updated to zosie.com
2)NES Ice Hockey More reading too much into things in a similar fashion as the No Holds Barred page.
3)Friends A slightly updated friends page.
-Zosie


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January 8th, 2003
New Kid In Town


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January 3rd, 2003
Happy Birthday to ME
Yes that's right, Happy Birthday to ME! I do not wish to reveal how old I am out of pointless vanity and out of fear of embarassment. It was 26 years ago in 1977 when yours truly was born in a blizzard in the southern Maryland forest...that surrounded the Prince Georges Hospital, where I was born. This is where I came in.
My best friend Craig also has a birthday coming up on the 12th, he was probably also born in a winter storm, so please keep him in mind.


I enjoyed a great birthday. I woke up and did exactly what I said I would do. I drank some hot cocoa and played Madden Football on my PC. My parents treated me to an awesome seafood dinner and between yesterday and today I have heard many of my favorite songs on the radio, in the restaurant, etc... I had an enjoyable evening out with Craig and Patrick at the Silver Diner and at Patrick's swank apartment. Like Craig mentioned, we saw some of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. But we thought it was itch, huh? It was weird cause I always assumed this and then I can even remember a customer asking for 'Hedwig and the Angry Itch' around Christmas time. It reminds me of Nov. 1st when I turned in my portfolio. I had collected a variety of stickers from the UMBC campus. I thought one of them said 'Kings Fuck Brand'. For the first time that night I noticed it actually read 'Kings Funk Brand'. What do either of those mis-read items mean anyway. What is an Angry Inch or a Kings Funk? This just reminds me to ask, what does it all mean anyway, man?
Regardless I enjoyed my birthday and look forward to another year of decay.
-Zosie


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January 2nd, 2003
Another Annoying Midi
Two days into the month and into the new year and already we may hav ea winner, this may be the most annoying midi of the month, we will see...
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

-Zosie


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January 1st, 2003
Happy New Year/We Won't Get Fooled Again
Ahhh, a sleepy, drunken start to another year. Another year flew by faster than the one before it and another year of the same 'ol shit to look forward to.
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"


I don't make New Years Resolutions. I never have, probably never will. I just chip away at things and remind myself to do things over the course of the year. I think of things to accomplish but don't feel the need to write them down. Alas, One is too lazy to write these things down. Plus I don't like society forcing a dated/time sensitive 'TO DO List' on me.


Anyway, I usually plan some things, keep some tasks and goals in mind, etc...
-I plan to get a normal sleeping pattern in place and get into shape physically.
-I plan to keep up my momentum with school and continue to be successful (I received straight A's this past fall :)
-I hope to resolve the black hole that is my love life.
-I want to add a comments feature to my ejournal. I noticed it first on the sites of Alan and Craig, and then on many other pages as well. I debated over this decision during the tenure of Zosie.com, but put it off this past fall. I hesitated mainly because I am lazy and I am usually not interseted or impressed with the comments/opinions of others. Then I thought it would be cool to just do it with the new year and all, and low and behold, Haloscan is not offering it at this time due to overuse. Oh those tricky folks at Haloscan.com
Sorry, try again...
-Zosie


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The Eagles - New Kid In Town

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