I AM STILL CHRISTOPHER ROBIN

I've been doing a little more thinking during the past 2-3 minutes, and have
come up with a few weird and interesting thoughts. Deep thoughts...not ones
that wither away after the day goes by. I mean...REALLY memorable things
that I remember from when was only a little boy. NO -- I AM STILL
Christopher Robin. Just a little taller, that's all.

Enuff mish-mosh. In this E-ZA I look back 10 years and take a little mental
snapshot of myself back then, and now. Then I have done a virtual
compare/contrast on the right side of my cerebrum, and have felt the
strength and courage to put it into words with the left side of my cerebrum.
Happy now? Allright -- Let's get started!!!

Things that ZA did at 10 that he DOESN'T do NOW:
-Sorry, I no longer like the Washington Redskins (Super Bowl XXVI Champs)
-And I don't religiously watch the Simpsons and tape every episode
-I am no longer the 5th Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
-I don't make tents in my basement and create little "flip-books" inside
them
-Neither do I have ninja-star fights with my older cousin Jenny
-Whoops! I don't wear glasses anymore! Thank God!
-I don't feel left out because I'm the only kid in the class without a copy
of Super Mario Bros. 3
-I no longer feel that playing Oregon Trail on the Apple IIe is the one
thing I think is most exciting in life.
-Sorry. I don't make tape recordings of 'talk shows' and schtuff.
-And I don't watch Wizard of Oz, Charlottes Web and TMNT the Movie twice per
week.
-I no longer waste 3/4 of my life in the summertime down in 'nowhereville'
out in Marblehead. Yeah, going to Cedar Point almost every day *was* fun
but I'd much rather be doing what "normal kids" did.
-I no longer get my $2/wk allowance. BOO!
-No more fights for me...I learned early on I guess - no more hostility to
anyone!
-I don't spend my free time writing out binary numbers from 1 to 1024
-I dont' spend my free time building 6-story cardhouses :)
-I don't spend my free time watching The Weather Channel
-I don't wake up to a bowl of Frosted Flakes and Mr. Wizard on Nickelodeon
-I don't spend my afternoons watching a smorgesboard of 'You can't do that
on television', 'Hey Dude', 'Salute your shorts', 'Wild and crazy kids' (and
i mean craaaazy)
-I don't spend my evenings watching 'Rescue 911', 'Unsolved Mysteries', and
'COPS'
-I no longer believe that I will be the next All-Star NFL Quarterback
-I no longer have friends that were very bad influences to me
-I no longer have a crush on Jessica Margocs (or do I? - just kidding)
-I no longer play polkas and old victorian waltzes on the organ
-I don't have 15 Bart Simpson shirts anymore. Oh no how sad :(
-I had absolutely no interest in any popular music (ever since Kyrie came
out when I was 4, until 'The Sign' was released when I was 12)
-I no longer cause trouble during Friday Night Open Skate (well, yeah -- but
I'm on the other side of the spectrum now)
-I'm not exactly the biggest daredevil or 'show-off' as I used to be
-I'm definitely not nearly as perverted as I was when I was 10 (sounds
weird, but true)
-I am no longer a discipline problem in the classroom
-I no longer want everything
-I don't run around funeral homes creating mischief w/Ryan Kelber anymore
-I don't play school as "Mr. Garbel" in my attic classroom
-I didn't have the bulging Herculean muscles I have now :)
-And I didn't eat nearly as much ZA as I do now!

What qualities to I still SHARE from when I was 10? Let's see here
-I still feel left out because I never got a Super NES
-The best movie ever made was Yellow Submarine
-And I still like the Beatles, even though Genesis has surpassed them as my
favorite band
-The best book I ever read was the Voyage of Doctor Dolittle
-I am still very musically talented, and have always had that 'creative,
artistic' side
-I still LOVE computers, even though they are no longer the Apple IIe's :)
-I still got that intelligent, creative mind that's not afraid to do, write
or say anything at all
-I still hang out at the rink -- Good God what happened to me?
-I still have all my little creations all stashed up and archived somewhere
in the attic...so I can just pull 'em out when necessary (i.e. ZaFest)
-I still got that little "mischevious" side of myself...you've seen it if
you have ever attended a ZaFest!
-ZA is still tops on the food chain (if that makes any sense to you)
-I still enjoy writing really weird 'short stories' and stuff...I guess you
never met 'Helabob' - You will in the next ZaFest!
-I truly feel I'm just as intelligent as I was at 10 -- yeah, the schooling
did help - BUT I feel that I could've studied the same subjects and been
just as successful as if I would have taken them 10 years ago
-I still want everyone to like me -- just I go about different ways of doing
it!
-I'm still probably one of the shyest people around strangers, but once I
get to know ppl I'm totally different
-I still have a dog named Stink (even though it's a different dog)
-I still have a very good friend who lives across the street from me --
Thanks Bernie for being there all these years!!! I know you've had to put
up with a lot of my shinanigans!!! I know if anyone could attest to this
list it would be him :)

OK -- good enough for me so far...any thoughts? Write Back!!!
-Chris