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<> This message was never completed...started it back at the beginning of March but never really had the energy to finish. And I think it's better left unfinished, so I'll just send what I have of it now:

You may have seen it...you might not have. I sent the link out over a month ago now on the page that I totally made up when I was up until like, 3:30 am with random thoughts. If you haven't seen it yet, go to http://www.cyberpalace.cc/randomthoughts.jpg

And here it goes:

-Chris A. Czaplicki (2 signatures, one with squiggle underneath) I like signing my name. One of those things that I think most of us like to do but really don't like to admit it (I could be wrong, but...). If nothing else you got a facsimile autograph...TWICE Oh yeah, the squiggle I used to use on my written ZA weekly's and the "Chris Czaplicki" analysis pages I wrote back in HS.

-Neil Diamond
My mom likes the music of Neil Diamond, or at least she played it sooo much when I was a child that the name got embedded into my brain at a very early age. Not good, especially when you accidentally get this fallacy that he was killed in the plane crash with Richie Valens, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper.

-PANCAKES IS READY
Just a really funny line from a SNL commercial parody advertising "Uncle Jamima's Mash Liquor". It's actually said by the imitation Aunt Jamima as she slams her spoon and the fryin' pan like a gong in her ebonics tone.
Just hilarious!

-"That's Terrible"
A really worn-out quote introduced to me by Alex, originally used in the animated series "The Critic". The whole line goes..."Rosebud....YES Rosebud frozen peas. Full of country goodness and green pea-ness. Wait, That's Terrible, I QUIT!" It's way overused at ZaFests but still funny.

-You like that?
A sound bite from Unreal Tournament after you kill an enemy...adopted in human form by Alex and beaten into the ground.

-Balex loves Christ, but who does Chris love? ALENA!
Long story. Very long story, but I'll explain it nevertheless...
Back in Junior year when we had this quiz team event someone by the name of Joegags (I hope I'm not falsely accusing ya) got a hold of my backpack and wrote something on my shoulder strap. "Alex Chris" Anyways, I was keeping score at the board and Alex was next to Joe and promptly changed it to Alex Christ and then to eliminate anymore confusion put a B in front of Alex. Well Balex, we didn't eliminate any confusion, sorry to say
:)
...But who does Chris love came up when I wrote a ZA weekly later in Junior year before our weekend in Copley for quiz team. It was "10 things that will happen at regionals" One of them was "Balex loves Christ but who does Chris love? We'll find out Saturday". Well, after everything was over I was still undecided so I blurted out: ALENA -- the princess character from Nintendo's Dragon Warrior IV

-Bloody Nile
A misheard lyric from the end of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. Correct lyric is "A Denial"

-I'm sailing away
Song lyric from Styx's "Come Sail Away". A good song, I like the music and I like the lyrics. I'd sing it all for ya at the next ZaFest but I won't.

-Are you done?
Something you hear me say all the time when I play magic or any other game in which we all take separate turns. I get a little restless and wonder what you are thinking and ask beligerrently...Are you done?

-UNCLE RALPHIE
My boss at the rink. That's what we call him and I have no idea why. 'nuff said there

-AND HIS BAND OF MERRY MEN
Partial subtitle in the Genesis 1972 epic "Supper's Ready". A good song...all 23 minutes of it!

-Sister Haaazel
Ok...for some reason Alex and Joe always say that for some odd reason, and I find myself doing it now too. I hit myself for being such a dolt.

-The really weird face or somethin'
I was NEVER a good artist. In fact, that thing I drew looks exactly like my artwork at age 4. Just shows how some talents never improve over the course of childhood.

-WHAZZAP???
Need I explain? I defer from the traditional "Whassup" spelling to include ZA in it

-BZZZZZZ
Killer bees, coming your way. It's a magic card and I used to like to play with it a LOT, just because I liked saying BZZZZZ! and making silly faces.

-grrr...
Brings out the tiger in you...actually, if there ever was a correct representation of grrr, it's exactly how I wrote it out on paper!

-ACH HANS!
Part of flavor text on the Magic card "Lhurgoyf". Full text: "Ach Hans!
Run! It's the Lhurgoyf!" I used Lhurgoyf a lot in early decks I made...

-SHOE HORN
I found it in a little compartment of the sewing machine in my basement one day. It had a string around it. I handed it out every ZaFest as a complimentary prize. Everyone liked it.

-HAY!
Sounds like Harry Caray saying "Hey" but more punctuated. Used mainly in the hotdog joke but dragged on everywhere else.

-WTF?
An internet abbreviation meaning "What the Fuck?". Probably the most widely used abbreviation since it's much more appropriate and accepted than it's written-out counterpart.

-EAT GRASS
Little Steven Matis as an infant used to pull grass out of his backyard when Bernie and I were playing. Sprinkled it on us and said "Eat Grass"
Actually sounded more like "Eat Das"

-ARRGH
Another "brings out the tiger in you" saying. Used quite a bit especially by Dave. Also a nautical saying.

-SUPER CAMPER
A term we started calling Alex because all he'd do is sit there with a shotgun rifle sniping us in Unreal Tournament.

-ummm....?
Means "i'm puzzled"...can you elaborate? Used frequently in internet chat 'n' e-mail

-AAAHH! The GIANT SQUID!
A quote I made up referring to the Sphere video. That video was totally radical!

-hrmmm...
Another widely used internet saying that means "let me analyze here now..."

-HOLY Testicle Tuseday
Something Alex said one day and it just stuck in my head...I really don't know why I guess I'm just nuts

-8696 Bayshore Road
The address of my old place up in Marblehead where I spent 10 summers of my life...down the street from the ice cream shop there.

-LA LA LA
Dragon Warrior IV material, referring to Marone the wandering poet in Chapter 2: Princess Alena's Adventure. At night he reads, "Blue Skies, Wandering Clouds, La La La"

-MR. ZA
Ok, when I worked downtown my boss called everyone Mr. (enter first name) so I was Mr. Chris, my co-worker was Mr. Joe, etc. So in fact I can be Mr. ZA

-CONFUSION
I'm a confused young man. We're all confused. Any questions???

-ANDARIEL - NOOOO!
Andariel is the now-evil villan of ACT I of the hit computer game Diablo II.
She is very grotesque and smells really bad too. Brian likes to run away from her and the rest of us don't take to kindly to her either. She's just...BAD

-29
An answer I blurted out at a quiz team practice. There was a question about President Harding for some reason I yelled out 29 because he was the 29th US President. Well, I was wrong there too...he was actually the 30th :)

-YO
A greeting widely used on the phone and IM

-Yeller, blau, grun, reeeed, skiiip
UNO language we invented. Actually, blau and grun are valid german colors the others are just a product of ZA-induced heavy dialect

-???
Means I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about on IM

-Monica Lewinski...SHE'S HOT
Ok...this was just a joke. In the first "Chris Czaplicki analysis" (before ZA Weekly) I analyzed Monica Lewinski. No, she ISN'T attractive, I just felt like saying that to perk up some heavy eyelids.

-"I AM the walrus"