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