{"id":3508,"date":"2014-04-30T01:11:29","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T05:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dsavannah.com\/blog\/?p=3508"},"modified":"2014-04-30T01:46:39","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T05:46:39","slug":"2014-z-is-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsavannah.com\/blog\/index.php\/2014-z-is-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Z is for…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Z is for Zee End<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\"Z\"The letter Z<\/b><\/span> is for many things, but in my world (at least today), it stands for three things in particular.<\/p>\n

Of course, it doesn’t really <\/em>stand for “Zee End”… just the end of this blogging challenge, the end of April, the end of cheering on my challenge partner, Chad Clark<\/a>, who in addition to his usual writing, did this challenge with me and wrote stories about 26 monsters, most of which (whom?) I’d never even heard of. So I learned a lot.<\/p>\n

(I’ll save my ramblings on the challenge for the “Reflections” post, which is to be published on May 5. And in a couple days, I’ll publish Chad’s answers to The Questions<\/a>, so you can learn more about my partner in crime.)<\/p>\n

So anywho, Z #1:<\/p>\n

Z is for Zoolander<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Those of you know me well may have noticed that I left a movie off my list of favorites, which I wrote about for the letter “M”<\/a>. That movie is Zoolander<\/em><\/a>, one of the stupidest, funniest movies ever written. Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson play competing male models, with Christine Taylor (Ben’s wife in real life), playing a dumpy reporter trying to get at the bottom of a conspiracy regarding male models. (David Duchovny has a hilarious cameo.) I just love love love <\/em>this movie. Again, if you watch it, and find it hideously dumb, it is indeed that. But it makes me laugh, and, like with Nacho Libre<\/em>, I often quote lines from the movie.<\/p>\n

Like these:<\/p>\n

\"zoolander-ridiculously<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Upon being presented with a model of the Derek Zoolander School for Kids Who Can’t Read Good and Want to Do Other Stuff Good Too:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"65405-zoolander-ants-gif-XoWe\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

This occurs after giving up modeling and working for all of one day in the mines with his dad and brothers (note a resemblance to any famous actors?)…<\/p>\n

\"zoolander-black<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Zoolander falls prey to the dastardly machinations of acclaimed fashion designer, Mugatu<\/span> (Will Ferrell), who says, backstage at a fashion show:<\/p>\n

\"65402-zoolander-crazy-pills-gif-6laR\"<\/p>\n

(Tho granted, I would probably say that anyway.)<\/p>\n

I’m giggling just looking for and at these gifs!<\/p>\n

Z #2:<\/p>\n

Z is for Zevon, Warren
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Such a shame that the amazing musician and songwriter Warren Zevon<\/a> is no longer with us. I really wish I could ask him if he ever did get to the Louvre Museum and throw himself at the wall…<\/p>\n

and the final, and #3 Z:<\/p>\n

Z is for Zanzibar
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Zanzibar is a beautiful place in East Africa, part of Tanzania, and most importantly (well, really, least importantly), one of those words that sounds like a curse word, if spoken with enough venom and vehemence (gack! two more “V”<\/a> words!), but isn’t.<\/p>\n

\n

So that’s it for me for the challenge. Thanks for rambling along with me, and supporting me, and commenting on my words (I’m looking at everyone, but specifically Elaine, Brandi, and Betsy).<\/p>\n

Never fear, I shall endeavor to keep writing, and I shan’t wait six months again to do so.<\/p>\n

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