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Zack was always Cobra Kai!

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

A little bit about me. First off, I'm real. I don't try and pretend to be something I'm not. Just hanging out with my friends is a good time. I stay clean but I don't dress to impress. I have a car. I have a real job so I am making some money. I wanna go places and see the world. I keep an open mind and I have a great sense of humor.

I'm on a quest of self-discovery and I spent alot of time trying to find the right words to describe myself. Words that ring true and speak volumes about my personality. But they're just words. Experiencing is knowing. You want to know me? Talk to me...but if it's words you need....I'm a son, a brother, a student, a child of God, a free-thinker, a good listener, an old soul, a hopeless romantic, a nice guy, a kareoke officianado,a designer, a martial artist, a philosopher, a genius [self-proclaimed], a poet, a writer, a movie buff, a book worm, a geek, a nerd, a pc enthusiast, a wealth of useless trivia!, a dreamer, a black man, a caring shoulder, a fool, and so much more but I can only share so much. If you want to be friends by all means, but if not, thanks for stopping by.I have to give a shout out to my friends from Jersey since Alan wants to be a little girl. Every tuesday you'll catch us at the bowling alley tearing it up! Our crew is "the" crew!My favorite quotes:Jesus once said 'if you are ashamed of me I will be ashamed of you before my Father.'"When the lion leaves the mountain the rabbits pretend to be lions. When the lion returns they are still just rabbits." ~ DojuNim Ji, Han Jae"Chivalry isn't dead as long as there are some of us still practicing it." ~ Myself [I'm so much of a nerd I quoted myself]"We are the music makers...and the dreamers of dreams"~ Willy Wonka"But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."~ Yeats"Truth is subjective and even facts can be disputed."~Myself"Give me a scoop of each and no sprinkles! God help you if I find any sprinkles...for every sprinkle I find I shall kill you..." ~ Stewie"It's important the boy learn to weasel out of things. It's what seperates us from the animals...except the weasel."~Homer Simpson

"I wait to talk...but I'm trying reeeal hard to listen..."~Vincent Vega"Severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer." ~Mitch Hedburg [RIP]
Cause everyone else is doin it...
Don't take all the answers seriously. I only did this out of boredom!
This is about me, now you tell me about youself
Name Zack Gates '07 Edition
Birthday 02-06-1981
Place of Birth Woodbury, NJ
Where you live "The Dale"
Eye Color Brown
Hair Color Black
Height 6'3
Right Handed or Left Handed Where my "lefties" at??
Heritage Mostly black I guess.
Favorite Shoes Whatever's comfortable.
What Animal are you most afraid off Still the candiru fish!!
Biggest Fear in Life Not accomplishing all my goals.
Your Weakness A pretty smile.
A Goal That You Would Like To Achieve This Year Move out on my own. I think it's time.
Your First Thought When You Waking Up "That was a weird dream..."
Your Best Physical Feature My "come-hither" stare lol.
Pepsi or Coke Both
Single or Group Dates Single
Do you Smoke No
Have you Been in Love If you want to call it that.
Have you ever been hurt Yes, of course.
Do you want to get Married Someday.
Do you belive in yourself More and more.
Ever been Drunk Moi?
What country would you most like to Visit Still Japan. I want to do it even more now for Ray. :-(
Do you believe in Romance Sure why not.
Ever felt like no one seems to understand you All the time, still.
Do you do Drugs or have tried them once Something like that.
Do you like Thunderstorms They're alright.
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My Interests

My interests include: people with substance, getting into arguments about religion, world politics and ethics, fooling with computers, playing video games, graphic design, getting lost in books, writing short stories and poetry, practicing the martial arts [ITF TaeKwonDo and Sin Moo Hapkido], going bowling with good friends, going to the movies and just watching them in general, eating out, bar hopping, going to the occasional club, listening to all kinds of music and making my friends happy.
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I'd like to meet:

Anyone with some substance.
You can aim me at thmindzeye

Music:

Deathcab for Cutie, Sufjan Stevens, H&MC, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Billy Joel, James Taylor, Jim Croce, Gilbert O' Sullivan, Journey, almost ANYTHING 80s, Queen, All American Rejects, Da Vinci's Notebook, DVDA, The Killers, Johnny Cash, Sergio Mendez, Stan Goetz, Cold Play, John Mayer, The Fray, Norah Jones, Duran Duran, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, some rap, most R&B...

Movies:

The Last Dragon, Battle Royale, Kill Bill Vol. 1, the first Matrix, Pulp Fiction, Dodgeball, Super Troopers, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Underworld, Sin City, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, Donnie Darko, Galaxy Quest, The 13th Warrior, Office Space, American Beauty, all Mel Brooks, Wedding Crashers, Old School, Dazed and Confused, Team America, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Back to the Future 1 thru 3, The Never Ending Story, Princess Bride, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy, Grandma's Boy, Desperado, all Adam Sandler movies, Reservoir Dogs, anything by Hayao Miyazaki, Star Wars, all Trek movies, all Kubrick Movies, The Fifth Element, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Highlander, Primer, Borat, Reno 911: The Movie, Tombstone, V for Vendetta, Sling Blade, The Butterfly Effect, Memento, Spiderman 1 & 2, X-men 1 thru 3, Dune, A Time To Kill, Blade, Batman Begins, The Goonies, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Prestige...so many many more

Television:

"TV! Friend! Mother! Secret lover..." ~ Homer Simpson
HEROES, Rome, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Arrested Development, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Red Dwarf, Family Guy, Simspons, ATHF, Futurama, Boondocks, CARNIVALE, South Park, Scrubs, Smallville, The Black Donnellys, Reno 911, Spongebob, Avatar: TLAB, Star Trek: TNG, AOTS, Discovery Channel, History Channel, Farscape, The Lost Room Miniseries, SEINFELD, ashamed to say most MTV reality shows, can't think of anymore right now...

Books:

I read. I read alot. I have more books than I have...anything. Rather than name my favorite books I'll just name my favorite authors. Robert Jordan, Stephen King, RA Salvatore, George RR Martin, James Clavells, Orson Scott Card, Frank Herbert, Brandon Sanderson, JRR Tolkein, Chuck Palahniuk, Neil Gaiman, Adam Fawer, Ann Rice and Alexander Dumas.

Heroes:

Aquaman...[come on he could talk to fish!] No, but seriously, my mom for putting up with me and loving me no matter what.

My Blog

R.I.P. Jhamal

I still can't believe he's gone.  Jhamal was so loyal and he loved his friends hard.  He was a very passionate guy and alot smarter than he liked to let on.  I'm gonna miss our random c...
Posted by Zack was always Cobra Kai! on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:39:00 PST

New Policy for 2007

This year, new policy.  I'm not going to read into anything for either good or bad.  I'm taking certain things at face value from now on. Z
Posted by Zack was always Cobra Kai! on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:24:00 PST

New Year Rezz

Well, I've done some thinking about it.  As I've said before, my New Year's Resolution was to get a new job but that mission was accomplished before Jan 01, 2007 so I've decided on a new one. Com...
Posted by Zack was always Cobra Kai! on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:55:00 PST

Job Details

Okay, so here's the skinny.  I just got a new job.  Hired the same day I interviewed.  I'm really happy [and relieved!]  I fulfilled my New Year's Resolution before New Years! ...
Posted by Zack was always Cobra Kai! on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 02:41:00 PST

RIP Ray

Dear Ray I just found out today that you're gone.  It's strange you know wanting to write something to someone who's moved on but we do it because we want to tell you how we feel and we want to s...
Posted by Zack was always Cobra Kai! on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:34:00 PST

The Rest of My Life

Okay so...HOLY CRAP!  It's finally starting to hit me.  This is going to be the rest of my life!  By this friday I will be a college graduate!  To those of you who know me this has...
Posted by Zack was always Cobra Kai! on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 10:57:00 PST

Frustrations of a "Nice Guy"

I have alot to be grateful for. My friends, my family and I'm about to be a college graduate! I have dreams and aspirations and I have my health, I'm active and I'm not too bad to look at. So why d...
Posted by Zack was always Cobra Kai! on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:35:00 PST

Chasing...

    It feels like I've been chasing after something.  I'm not sure exactly what just yet. Despite a full time internship I've been going out almost 3 or 4 times a week.  I wan...
Posted by Zack was always Cobra Kai! on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:04:00 PST

Internship

    So I just acquired this internship like right after going onto my break from school.  It's unpaid but it's alot of fun.  The people there are awesome and they really seem ...
Posted by Zack was always Cobra Kai! on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:58:00 PST

What Matters

 It was the morning after a really bad storm when a married couple found themselves walking along a stretch of beach.  They were aghast for the storm had washed up thousands of starfish onto...
Posted by Zack was always Cobra Kai! on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 02:39:00 PST