The End of An Era

With 2007 coming to a close - 5 hours and counting - Jon has decided to finally do his Year-In-Blog-Review. What a year 2007 was. Full of death, brutality, violence and ... ok, so none of those happened. One can only wish. Seriously, I enjoyed every single aspect of the year. My road trip to California with Adam and Dennis was quite the experience. Seeing Teemu Selanne miss a penalty shot and Jean Sebastien Giguere fire the puck across the ice into the other net nearly made my life. Following the trip I ventured to the Croatian Cultural Center to witness Mae, Sherwood, and Relient K. The most fun crammed into 3 hours than I have ever had. 2007 also saw Jon's favorite team of all time win the one and only Stanley Cup. I was left empty because of this. The highlight of 2007 was the beginning of Jon'z guitar career. That was fun. Yeah, til next year my one and only reader!

How 'bout a quickie?

So I hadn't been on facebook or nex for like 7-8 days. I signed on and it was like I'd never left. I was quite proud of myself for going on hiatus for such a time. School's almost done for the year. It's my last Christmas break! I had quite a good week. Hanging with the buddies. Ana, Sean, Dan, Steve and them[at different times]. I am Legend, NOT THAT GOOD. I was disappointed. Fred Claus, surprisingly delightful, could have been better, but I enjoyed it for the most part. Very sappy and childish though, like 99 percent of Christmas movies. Anyhoo that's whats up with me, for any of you who care. Toodaloo.

Top ten reasons I am more female than male...

I don't think I have ever actually written based on a title, certainly aren't stopping there. If you can't figure out ten on your own, we certainly aren't close enough. So today was report card day, I am very disappointed in myself. That's what I shall say for now. Also Jon is very much the same as he has ever been. This week was post-secondary day where universities come in and try to persuade you to come to their school. I would really like to go to Trinity but it's spensive. Also BCIT's Radio Broadcast would be sweet. And possibly something musical as well would make me a very happy camper, like I'm not already right? Seriously though, today in Psychology we did what we call a stress test, I scored a 69. Pretty sure I was the lowest. anyone under 150 is said to be very healthy and have low stress. I was kind of embarassed cause most people had like +200. These "blogs" never contain excitement. I got my grad pics in the mail, they all royally suck. A disgrace to society and all graduates everywhere. Good thing I'm not ordering any. I've gone on too long, until next time I'm Jonathan Zielke. Fox Sports Net. Anaheim.

This is where it gets "Interesting"

March 30th. I am going to have the 3rd best day of my life that day. Yes, 3rd. The other two I figure haven't happened yet. So it will be the best day of my life, thus far. For those of you whom I have not communicated with since yesterday before 6 pm this important, overly exaggerated event, is the first time Jon will ever see his favorite band live in concert! It's been long, hard, and painful, [can I get a That's what she said?]but in the end the wait will be worth it. Maybe those of you that read this regularly, who am I kidding no one does, will have caught on by now that I like to talk about myself in third person. I don't know why I do this, but it has become a habit which I am not yet sure whether or not I will dispose of. In other news, Jon is [there he goes again, and again] getting quite stoked for Christmas. Decoration set up is on hiatus for the time being, and his wishlist is near complete: A million cds and a bunch of guitar stuff, but I ain't getting any of it. Well I have blabbed on and on for long enough, when something exciting in life comes up, I will keep you posted peapselzez.

Jonathan Zielke: Failure

So I just decided that I hate writing blogs. But to keep up with my idols Creed Bratton and the one and only Barnabus Stinson, I continue boring the Interweb with my terribleness. Recently it seems that I have absolutely nothing to write about. And when I do, I don't want to. I just write words to fill up space, like that. I'm quite stoked for next weekend. It's going to be amaaazing. To start off, Battle of the Sexes on Friday. And Sunday = Lions game! I wish I were going, but I cannot. Life update: Jon still does not have one. True story. I still also don't know what to do with my future, not like it's important or anything. On the positive note, I am yet to figure anything out that anyone would care about. Anyhoo I'm bored and out of things to say.

You've stolen my heart, yes You have

2 blogs within 3 days! That may be a record, but probably not. So yesterday was Halloween! Tons of fun it was. School was one of the best days ever, I enjoyed it so much. Dressing up like a girl probably shouldn't excite me that much, but it was the only time I was ever going to do it and I made the most of it. Last night, through all the fun, came a realization. I don't fit in. I know I've told Adam that before, but I'd never felt it more than last night. I love everyone in that group to death, but it just doesn't do anything for me. I can't really relate to any of them. And I feel more out of place there than anywhere. I guess I'm better with the guys my age. I actually enjoy hanging out with them, and they make me feel good about myself and I don't feel like I have to hide anything from them. Anyways, I'm off to get clean and go buy some cheap candy!

Not Worrying About Falling Off the Ladder

Tomorrow marks the 17th Hallows Eve of Jon's career. This one will be his favorite, he hopes, because he is actually excited for once. In all previous years he could have cared less for the day. Anyways to the life and times of Jon Zielke. This past weekend I went with multiple youth from my church to Camp Qwanoes. It was a whole lot of fun, not nearly as good as May Camp (can anything beat May Camp?) but it was amazing and great spiritually. I grew closer in a bunch of relationships and felt drawn towards music more than I ever have in my life. More info will follow on the matter, I don't want to give too much away. At the retreat there was a hockey tournament! It was tons of fun, not to mention painful. I played goal, as always. Our team went 2-1-1. I pitched 2 shutouts, had a Goals Against Average of 2.00, and we lost the last game 0-0 via game of rock paper scissors. It was hearbreaking, but tons of fun. The weekend made me really excited for May Camp, aka THE LAST HOORAH. Anyhoo, I'm off for now, til next time.

It is finished...

So currently I am listening to the new Jimmy Eat World album. It is very good, through 3 songs. I need to go grab myself a copy of it. I think I will go out and get it next week when I go pick up the new Relient K album!! It is a Christmas album and I am quite excited. Christmas is my favorite solely because of Egg Nog. Most music of the season I hate with a deep, deep passion. And usually it's a disappointment because you build up thinking it's gonna be awesome and next thing you know it's over and it was a complete let down. Short blog my apologies for those who care, if any.

The beginning of the end...

Monday October 8th 2007. Thanksgiving, as celebrated in Canada. I decided that it is my least favourite holiday. It's quite pointless. I mean, yes it gets us to think of what we are thankful for. But, honestly I think that it is stupid. Why should we take one day out of our year to say what we are thankful for. If we really were thankful wouldn't we take part of everyday to reflect on that? Besides turkey is more overrated than something really overrated. Terrible analogy, I know. So my song is almost done, and I really like it so far. It's got a chorusish, and 3 verses and an outro, so I am quite stoked. Next step: record and tour. Neither will happen, but at least I've finally written a song. Yes, I know that's not much, but that's what's going on, til next time!

Round 25

NO! Jon is not dead, he's just been busy and lazy. It has been a crazy week, though. Last night was one of the many highlights. Started out with eating an onion... two onions, but they were small. A game of handball which happened to be amazing. Then to the car ride to the ferry, and the onstar button. If I tried to explain it I would fail miserably, you had to be there to understand. I was in tears - yes, in tears - it was so funny. And then Fatburger, which I was disappointed in greatly. The movie, which is so freaking terrible it's not even fair. My only enjoyment was picking it apart and making fun of the awfulness. Hanging out with Adam, Sean, and Dan and everyone else made it one of the most enjoyable nights out I will ever experience. That's about all that's new in life. Still pondering my future, and what I should do with my life. There are honestly way to many things to choose from. It isn't fair. On a sad note, hockey started this morning. Why is it sad, you ask? Because that means, my team is no longer the best. But I truly enjoyed it. People have grown to hate me because of it. But yes, I am alive, and will check in soon.

Awaiting the First.. For the Second Time

So I haven't blogged for a while, well one that's been published. My apologies to those of you that actually waste your time with this. My life is going. Sometimes I feel very insignificant but I somehow find my way out of it, or am shown my way out of it. Today I started writing a song. I honestly think it sounds great. But usually I'm wrong about stuff like that, so I will have to wait and see. This week was long, and I am glad it is over. Grade 12. Wow. I honestly can't believe it. Looking back and seeing how far I've come into maturing into the person I'm gonna be for the rest of my life, it truly is astonishing. Looking back, I don't regret anything, well I try as hard as possible not to, but I think it really is inevitable. Personally I am starting to like who I am becoming, but want to be much better and there is so much more to learn and to do. Well I am all blogged out for the second time.. long story, just ask and maybe I will share the details. Til next time.

Until Forever Ends...

So yesterday was the highlight of my summer. PNE trip. Mainly Playland. It was entirely amazing. I thought my voice would disappear by now, but it has not and for that I am thankful. I realized that I have overcome my fear of heights. Now maybe I can overcome my other fear... or not. The inverter with Justin was pretty amazing. Corkscrew was aightt. RollerCoasterr was the best ever. I was shocked at how good the pirate ship thingy was. And the Hellevator was: WOW. Still not as fun, or as terrifying as Twilight Zone in CalifornIA but it was intense and tons of fun. And yes, overall it was a phenomenally awesome day. I haven't had one that amazing in such a long time. The bummer though, is how much I spent. I am now further away from a guitar than I wish I were. Which totally sucks. Oh well. It was worth the amount of money I ended up spending. Last night it took me til after 2 in the morning to fall asleep. It sucked, my mind just would not turn off. Even while watching The Office, it would not. Anyhoo I'm off to play guitar, til next time.

I can accomplish alot before people notice I'm gone

So that's it. I am no longer 16. It's quite funny how the last day before my birthday I did a lot, and I mean A LOT, of thinking and reflecting on the last year. Holy goodness was it a long year. So much stuff happened. Both of my teams won their league championship, and I didn't care nearly as much as I thought I would. I spent time with people, yes people. I changed that much. CALIFORNIA!!! That was amazing as well. I learned guitar! And you all know the rest, at least I should hope so. But yes my birthday was the most uneventful ever. I had a nap, yes. And that was the highlight, besides kids club. Yes. Kids Club. I helped again, turns out I'm not as terrible a leader as I thought, except I could have done a lot better. Going into the week I was terrified. But I ended up having a blast and I had an awesome group and some amazing assistants. School starts up soon as well, I'm pretty excited. I can't wait, actually. 8 courses off the start is gonna suck though. Well now that I've accomplished my worst entry ever, I'm gonna resign for the day. Til next time.

Monkey

So it's been like 2 weeks since I've done one of these little quips, and I figured that I should enter yet another entry into the blog about the life of Jonathan Zielke. Summer kids club is next week, I'm terrified. I'm not meant to lead groups. Oh well, I hope I get through it. Got to see Sam this week! That was tons of fun. Saturday night he came over we got slurpees and rented a movie, played some NHL. And then there was this big BBQ at our house for him with a bunch of people. That was pretty tripping. I enjoyed it mostly. I also read a book, in 26 hours. About 8 or 9 hours is all it took me to read the whole thing. I picked it up, started reading it and couldn't stop. The great writing skill of Ted Dekker grabbed me from the start, and I absolutely would not put the book down. It's filled with intensity, mystery, action, and surprises. If you haven't read THR3E, I think you should, you won't be disappointed. But anyways, that's mainly how my last couple weeks have gone. I will try to submit more regularly. Til Next Time!

40 Oz

After an 11 day hiatus, Jonathan Zielke returns with a new, less interesting blog entry! Don't all rush to click the back button and escape this page, there is an item of moderate intensity featured in this weeks entry. I recently got a job working on a blueberry picker for the Robinsons. My intent was to work there so I could get some money and be able to purchase my own guitar. Those plans were torn into oblivion when I decided to no longer to continue labouring in this particular area of the world. I went about quitting in the wrong way though. I just up and left without telling anyone of my intents. Apparently a small search party was sent out for a brief period of time, and my parents were informed that I pulled a stunt similar to that of Houdini. Long story short, I no longer work. Time to begin spending the last summer break of my life [in my mind] doing what I love to do. And that is nothing at all, and being lazy almost all day. I'm just gonna finish off the summer relaxing, continue being antisocial with the people I'm no longer interested in being around all the time, and being individualistic while improving my music skills. Also I will attempt coming up with a new sign off phrase for those of you 2 readers....if that....that are getting bored of the current one. Til Next Time!

Let's get this started. . .

So I have experienced the phenomenonof Deja Vu an unhealthy amount of times recently. Multiple times daily, actually. So I looked into it and the only thing that makes sense is that I have anxiety, but I don't think I have anxiety. I don't exactly know what it is or what would cause it but I still don't think I have that. Anywayyys, I'm feeling incredibly awesome. Relient K's Must Have Done Something RIght just came on EXXtreme Praise. Made me smile. IT brings me joy haha. Always does, every single time I listen to it, over 200 now I think. Music is so amazing. I can't put it into words. The fact that I can listen to soo many amazing songs, and then learn to play them on guitar, and I can sing along. Even better, I can try writing my own stuff. The amount of genres and artists are astounding as well. Not to mention CONCERTS!!! Honestly it's tough to find anything better than music. I would love so much to find a career in music. That would be amazing. But it may not be for me, I will throw it into my evergrowing list of possible options. Honestly the amount of careers out there, and the amount of pressure put on us by people and what not is kinda pathetic. I mean you are gonna be working the rest of your life, for the most part, and you are being pressured into making a decision of what you will spend the rest of your life doing before you even try the job. Not to mention the cost of educating so you can have an oppurtunity at getting a job in the field. And the job isn't even guaranteed. That's my words for the day, night, week, since I won't get another oppurtunity to write for a while. Til Next Time!

Roller Coaster....

So today was one of those really messed up days. It was one of those ones where it was totally awesome at one point and amazingly terrible at another. It was one of those days where you have all of that stuff on your mind that you usually unload on someone else, even though it will mean nothing in the long run, but if you don't tell someone about it you will be eaten up inside. Well at the moment this thing inside of me is really starting to get to me. Anyways that is about all I feel comfortable saying on here. I hit up church for the first time since housesitting this past week. The music was a total letdown. You can't have an amazing guitarist like the one we have and get him to play mandolin and acoustic, I was bored. Drumming was great though. Yes, this thing I have to talk about is so horrible that I am talking about the music in church in my blog. I should cut short before I say something really messed up. Til next time.

A simple phone call. A conversation with someone you love. It's amazing how that can change you. It's happened to me twice in the last couple days. Feeling a little down only to receive a phone call from a super sweet family member. I love that. Talking to Dan last night helped that, cept I wasn't that down, I was just bored. Today I was feeling bad about myself and laying on the couch when my uncle Chris phoned from Minnesota. I talked to him for about 10 minutes. It was awesome catching up and even better he comes home in 5 weeks! I can't wait to see him. It's been since like christmas. And he's like one of the coolest people in my life and someone I look up to. That pretty much made my day and made me feel good inside. Talking to him about how God is affecting his life was pretty awesome too. Well that's about all I feel like saying now. Til Next Time!

Busted.

So I think I'm being shown something. You see I like to have everything planned out. Not everything but most things. Anyways, since school ended and summer vacation began most things I plan always seem to fall through. The most recent was plans to get a break from housesitting and spend a night in my own bed. Those fell through and I'm doomed to spend another night alone. At least the Foo Fighters put on the most amazing performance at Live Earth. I haven't slept since it started. They have nothing to do with each other. Lack of sleep and deja vu must be connected somehow because I've had it 3 times since the last time I slept. I also haven't eaten a meal yet today. I had a bowl of fruit loops, but I don't think that counts. My family purchased a new vehicle today, so I am told. Black 2001 ford windstar. I'm quite excited about that. It doesn't have a CD player though. I can't believe how long I've been awake. I don't think I will be able to do that again if I tried. Unless I had someone help keep me awake. Then maybe I could to it again. I say I a whole lot when I write these thingies. Anyways I'm sure you've lost interest by now. So have I. Til next time. hopefully.

It Could Be Time

So I've gotten a lot of alone time this week. And when I get alone time I think quite a bit. I've figured out some stuff about myself. I think I know what I'd generally like to do with my life. I don't know how to accomplish it or if it's what I'm led to do, but I'm quite excited to have an idea. I've played guitar quite a bit this week too. Looking at songs, it's easier for me to just read them and play along now. Most songs I know all the chords for which excites me very much. I've come a long way in 7 months. Walking as well, I've done a lot of that. Wal Mart, Mall, Bookstore, Theatre, Park. I'm loving it. I havent fallen asleep before 1 oclock yet, I freaking hate it. I've gone to bed before 12 twice too. I should get that checked out. And I've only been up before 11 once. Even though I set the alarm every day. Anyways it's Friday and I'm starting to get lonely. Tomorrow will be my first human contact with someone I know since Monday morning. I'm quite excited. And if that falls through I will have to wait til Sunday. But then I will have someone to talk to until this sitting of the house ends. I love making food too. It's awesome when you only have to cook for yourself and not 5 people. I've had some great food so far. Eating by myself is kinda sketch though. I kinda like it, yet kinda don't. I've resorted to MSN to keep me sane. It's worked sometimes. Today's one of those day's where I feel like I should do something. So I'm gonna go do something. Til Next Time.

Looks like home

So today, I'm trapped in Abby. All alone. No one bothering me. Guitar amp can go as loud as I choose. It's gonna be a good week. Anyhoo I started off the day early, 8 oclock. Said bye bye to the family going away, and then I was alone. I'm loving it right now. Youtube works on here! Watching tons of Relient K and Switchfoot. It makes me wish I was going to CreationFest. Also today I emptied my email box. There were a couple emails in there that I said I would never delete, yet I did. Throwing away a few more memories. I've done that a lot lately. It makes me feel surprisingly good. Anyways life in Abby is pretty boring. I think I'm gonna head over to the mall. Til next time.

A Perfect Ten...but not at all

Sunday afternoon. 2:30 on the button. Boredem beginning to set in. 5 days of this and he is ready for it to end. Last night was off the hook though. Energy drinks. There's apparently a reason I don't drink them. Maybe a few reasons. First, I go totally freaking insane when I have them. Take your normal Jon. Times a thousand. I kept talking really really fast. And I had energy. IT was rad. I had fun. Oh oh. I played him a song. Now he wants me to be lead singer in his band. That was the highlight of my night. Pretty much. 400 more songs thrown onto my playlist as well. That was exciting. Matt Costa has to be the best of it all. He's pretty rad. Absolutely. These blogs suck. And I'm bored. I shall go do something. Til next time.

Two in a row?

For the first time in the history of this pointless, boring, unread blog there is a second blog entry in as many days. Not very exciting. This means that I am bored to death yet again, or I have something awesome to write about. It's definately not the second one. So every once in a while you have that conversation with someone where it's completely amazing. And then every once in a while you have those ones where it's hit rock bottome and it totally sucks. Very rarely do both of these happen around the same time. I had one last night. Last night also marked two other significant events. It's 11:07 P.M. I grab the Ipod and put in the earphones. Push the play button and close my eyes in my darkened room. At this moment I see a strand of light move and light up my room. My mom was opening my door. Turns out our van died at 7-11 down the street. DEAD as a freaking doornail. So I was sent in my pjs down to 7-11 alongside my little brother and we pushed the van home. When I got home I put the earphones back in and turned out the lights, again. After a couple minutes of laying there thinking, I got this amazing idea. It was for a story. And it hit me like lightning. I jumped out of bed and turned on the light. I grabbed one of my notepads and pen and began to write. It just started flowing from me. I have never been so proud of a piece of writing like I am of this one, and I only have a page and a half finished. When it is finished I will post it. But yeah that's the life and happenings of Jonathan David Zielke to date. Til next time!

Say Whaaaaaaaaat?!?!?!

So here I sit, yet again. I need something better to do. Not just now, with my life. What am I gonna do? That's for me to figure out. Today marks the first day of summer vacation 'pour moi.' Quite exciting. I woke up. Ate brecky. Watched TV. Showered. Shaved. Brushed my teeth and all that jazz. Played my guitar. Said sup to the grandparents. Went out for lunch. Talked with them and my mom for about an hour. Came home. Played guitar. Went to 7-11 with DanR. Drank a Slurpee. Went to the Hardie's. Sat in Dianna's room playing guitars with Dan. Tried teaching Dianna a chord. Came home. Played guitar. Ate dinner. Sat here working on a blog. So the first day, although uneventful at parts, was pretty awesome. I enjoyed it. Besides the lecture I got about getting a job. I also forgot to include that I found out that I will be housesitting my grandparents' house for 11 days in a week and a bit! Now that's a vacation. Being alone. 220 bucks for watering flowers and mowing the lawn a couple times. Sitting around, playing guitar, and listening to music. Having the time of my life. Alright, so it could be better, but I'm not complaining. It's gonna be awesome. I will definately miss tons of stuff going on here in M.R, though. Felt pressured today. I enjoyed it though. 'Twas radd, and made me feel good about myself. Now that in itself is an accomplshment. How often do I feel good about myself? Not often. At all. Pretty much. Lions start in a week. Now that excites me. I do really miss hockey though. Football is not the same. But it will do 'til October. I need to go find something to entertain me for the evening. So that's my quip for the day. Til next time.

The first of many title-less blogs

Here I sit, 2 days left of school until the last summer vacation I will ever enjoy. I'm being pressured to get off my behind and start working. It's something I can understand, yet can't at the same time. My parents want me to get a job, I figured this much out. But what I don't understand is the reason why. Last year Dan didn't have a job, technically. So why should I have one this year? It's my last summer off. Why can't I relax for the last time in my life before everything starts flying at me? Well that's the way I feel about the matter. Moving right along. What a freaking crazy school year this was. I can say that about everything though. Honestly though, how many people's two favorite sports teams of all time win the championships in the same year? That was pretty exciting, yet also dissappointing at the same time. I thought I would have been more excited for the Lions considering they are printed all over my walls. Not just sports happened this year, I do have a better life than that. I changed favorite bands, and saw my new favorite live. It was amazing. I also picked up a guitar for the first time, and now I can play! It's pretty phenomenal. My metaphorical roller coaster ride got even more intense. Went down and up quite a few times, but I can't wait to see where it goes next. Pending my initiation, blah. Let's see, what else happened in the school year 06/07? Ding Ding! Californiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! WOW! That was pretty amazing. A week with my best friend. 4 days in a car. Ducks Game!! Disneyland! Universal Studios! Dane Cook! Ray Romano! That one definately goes down in the history books. Pretty much my favorite spring break ever ever. My social life got better. Pretty sure it's not as bad as it used to be. But I still lack that one question. I got my L in December, still haven't managed to get on the road, but it will come soon. Lost another youth pastor. That kinda stank. May Camp, pretty much one of the best weekends I will ever have. Starfield wasn't half bad, sure freaking weren't Relient K though. Broke the steak. It sucked, not saying I regret it though. The oppurtunites arose at May Camp arose a few times, but did I take them? NO! Idiot, pretty much. But yes, that is my grade 11 year in review. Without talking about school as much as possible. Terrible english skills: check. Speaking so no one will understand: check. Sign off: check. Til next time.

Here's a little something I wrote last week...

On Top of the World

It’s the hardest trophy in all of professional sports to win. After a hard fought eighty-two game regular season the playoffs begin. To be given the title of Stanley Cup Champion you must win four best-of-seven series’. In better terminology: the first team to sixteen wins becomes champion. Year after year teams compete, giving it everything they have and more to win this coveted trophy. And every year twenty-nine teams fall short of this feat, but at the end of the day one team ends up on top of the world.
On Wednesday June 6th, there was only one team left standing after a hard fought season by all teams. This team was the Anaheim Ducks. During the season the Ducks showed their capability of capturing the cup with a marvelous 48-20-14 record and 110 points overall. This record lead them to their first division championship in team history and also the most points ever received by a Pacific Division team. Of course a team’s regular season stats have no effect when the playoffs roll around.
The Ducks’ first round matchup began on April 11th against the Minnesota Wild. It was clear from the start that this series would be a physical and defensive battle. We weren't proven wrong after predicting this either. The surprise at the start of the series was the use of Ilya Bryzgalov in goal for the Ducks. Jean Sebastian Giguere had some family issues he had to deal with. But he was put into the series at the end of game four and was able to help clinch the series for the Ducks.
Round two: Vancouver Canucks. The goaltending of Roberto Luongo had everyone hinting at the early Conne Smythe contender. One problem: they hadn’t made the finals yet. The Anaheim Ducks were anything but intimidated. Rolling over the Canucks 5-1 in game 1, and shutting down the fierce Sedin line. They also got in Luongo’s face. Players like Rob Niedermayer and Dustin Penner crashed the crease every chance they got. Luongo put up yet another MVP performance round but the lack of offense on the Canucks allowed the Ducks to advance to face the Detroit Red Wings.
Jean Sebastian Giguere put up one of his best playoff series performances against the Canucks and was a major reason why the Ducks got past Luongo and the Canucks. The matchup against Detroit was no different. Giguere made some big saves at crucial moments that allowed the Ducks to eliminate the Red Wings in 6 games; the most of any series the Ducks would play in this season. The checking line for the Ducks featuring Samuel Pahlsson, Rob Niedermayer, and Travis Moen also established themselves; more so than they had before. They shut down the top line of every team they played and deserve credit for helping the Ducks win the Stanley Cup.
The Ducks hadn’t really faced any real tests in the playoffs. Heading into the finals critics were picking Ottawa to win. But once again, the Ducks were not intimidated. Instead they physically dominated the Senators and were able to eliminate them in 5 games. Goaltending was a factor early on, but in the final games there was a scoring outburst. Ray Emery had a couple of his softest games, and Giguere also had soft games but came out with the victory. The Ducks won their sixteenth game of the playoffs on June 6th and with that sixteenth victory, they were Stanley Cup champions!
Many factors contributed to the Ducks’ domination. Ryan Getzlaf’s emergence of becoming a superstar; the play of the PPG line [Penner, Perry, Getzlaf]; goaltending of JS Giguere and also Bryzgalov against Minnesota; the defensive domination of Niedermayer, Pronger, and Beauchemin; the shutting down of every top line by Anaheim’s fierce checking line; and the clutch play of Anaheim’s top line: Selanne and McDonald. With only two key players without contracts for next season, watch for the Ducks to be a contender next year and maybe even get a shot at defending their championship.

The blog that is never read by anyone but still written anyways

So here Jonathan David Zielke sits on June 7th. One day after a day that he will never forget. No, it's not what you are thinking happened, but I like where your head is at. To cap off a great season, his favourite hockey team in the world won the Stanley Cup! His excitement level was at near record levels, and his happiness was pretty much perfect. Post game reaction and celebration came on shortly after the 6-2 victory, and Jon never left the couch. Seeing Dustin Penner, Teemu Selanne, JS Giguere, George Parros! Brad May, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Andy McDonald, and seeing everyone else lift the cup pretty much kept a smile on my face for the longest time. I just decided after my life story attempt up to OCtober of this year and these blog entries that my passion for writing dissipates when I start writing about myself. The way I see it my life is very uneventful and lacks excitement. I don't have any interest in what has happened to me because it is in the past and I can't change it. I can take what I've learned from messing up and try to make the lesson useful to myself in the future. But if I think back I just get upset that I screwed things up so bad and think of things that I could have done differently. It's not like I sleep well as it is. Thinking back just makes things much worse. I have enough trouble with the uncertainty of the future keeping me awake for a few hours each night. Throw the past in there, and I become an insomniac. Anyways that's my quip for the day. Til next time JDZeeeeeeeeee

Devastation and Reform

So the Duckies just won game 2! Halfway there. First period started, all the anticipation I had building up to the game had paid off. Fast moving, physical hockey for the first 10 minutes. Sens dominated the last couple minutes of the period, but that was about it. So the second period went by like a herd of elephants. [Terrible simile, I know, but it's all I got right now]And then second intermission, I'm home alone with money left for me, so I go and get a slurpee. That's about where my interest in the game unintentionally stopped. I get back, and after about 2 minutes, I'm completely out of the game. I couldn't sit still, and my head wasn't all there. About 6 minutes left though, I was able to settle down on the couch and cheer on my ducks. I started screaming at the TV, yes the unemotional one screaming at the TV. No witnesses though. But they put the puck in the net, and i hit my head on the roof, or ceiling fan, I am not sure. But long story short, Ducks up 2-0! And yeah that's my little quip on the game since I haven't blogged in a few days. Rough times. Til the next one!

Initiation

So I haven't blogged for a few days now and I decided it was about time I finally did. I had a couple of nights with little sleep to think about stuff. Things like life, my failures, what I would like to do, but seemingly can't. So after all of this thinking I realized something about myself. I am terrible at initiating. And it's not only in one area either. In so many ways I can't initiate anything. I personally think I lack this skill because I fear what will happen if I do initiate something and it doesn't work out, or embarass myself, but that's about all that I could come up with. I'm sure there are other reasons but I can't think of them, because they are probably subconscious. Oh well though. What can you do? I'm sure there are things I could do, but would I do them, most likely not. I'm kinda hoping this changes for the sake of one thing, but other than that it really doesn't bother me that I am terrible at initiation. Things will all eventually work out in the end. Yes, I know that is the lazy way to think because it requires the least amount of effort, but it works for me at the moment.

Ineffable

So I was watching one of the best TV shows ever the other day, How I Met Your Mother, and I came across a new favorite word. The word: ineffable. Definition? Well you are on your own for that one, but I fell in love with it instantly. HAHA my love for you is ineffable hahaha. Alright that was soo lame. Moving on. Honestly though, how cool are words! There are so many of them, and every once in a while you come across one that you really like, like I did yesterday. I also realized while watching this show that I have a very boring life, but apparently I do have one. Not only did the fact I was watching a TV show by myself on DVD help me realize this, but nothing exciting ever happens. O.K, that's a lie, exciting stuff happens to me all the time, but it is only exciting to me. Very rarely do I do something that is totally awesome and I get to enjoy it with someone at the same time. I am hoping that in the future this changes. Actually I know it will, I'm just gonna have to get up off my behind and do stuff. Well this blog has just about reached the point where interest rates drop rapidly, so I will wrap it up. Two quick points to make before the end. First of all, if you don't watch the show How I Met Your Mother, you should start as soon as possible because you are missing out. And second I know this is only my second blog, but I still have to say that in the future they won't be as terrible as the first two. Jonathan Zielke... OUT!!

Numero Uno

Jonathan Zielke has entered the blog world! It seems pretty exciting to me, but probably not for anyone else. It's a place to ramble off everything that is on my mind, and a little something that very few people, besides Adam, will ever read. This idea came to me, to start my own blog, on the van ride back from May Camp. It actually didn't come to me, I was told to start one. So here I am a day later, now officially a blogger. Today was the first day back at school after the long weekend and it was pretty good. Not my best day ever, but it had it's highlights. Spent the whole lunch hour with just Adam, got some good conversations going. I enjoyed it thoroughly. I was just gonna mention a little number on what I didn't like about the day, but it could put me in a situation that I would not like to be in, so I will leave it at that. Any how, I hate to get rolling and have to stop, but my brothers are watching a movie and I cannot hear my music, so I shall be going now. Thanks for taking your time to read this pointless blog. Until next time I'm Jonathan Zielke.