This post brought to you by the letter Z

So those of you who know me are well aware that I do quite a few different activities on Campus (at the University of Tennessee Knoxville). Some of these activites include but are not limited to working at the Student Aquatic Center (I'm a lifeguard), Student Government Association, Dance Marathon, I also work at the campus radio station as a DJ, and I've done a few other things here and there in my tenure here at the university.

So can anyone guess what comes along with all such activites? Anyone? Bueller? No? Ah, well of course with all activies and such comes everyone's favorite activity.....ICEBREAKERS. Now I've been playing icebreakers for 10 years literally. I'm well versed in them and generally don't mind them at all; in fact I'm probably one of the few people in exsistance who enjoys them. EXCEPT for one icebreaks/name bame in particular.

This Icebreaker would be the "Animal Name Game", yes I know its a crowd favorite, but for me its just a cruel game and has been for quite awhile. My name being Zac my options are quiet limited when playing this game. I mean I could obviously go with "Zac the Zebu" or "Zac the Zebra-Fish" but its all just going to come back to "Zac the Zebra". Same goes for when, if ever the game is played with food. "Zac the Zucchini" is again my one and only option that comes to mind.

Often regarded as just "that letter at the end of the ABCs," the Z is often shunned and pushed aside for cooler letters like R, E, and C (who by the way is an arrogant prick not like R and E who are real class acts). The Z is a proud letter being home to some real bad ass words which just wouldn't be the same without the leading letter of Z. Zone what would zone be without the z? How much would it suck to not have the phrase "I'm in the zone"? And what about Zues, the mythological God of Gods also shares the Z as the leading letter in his name. And of course the Zebra and Zucchini while my only options for name games concerning animals and food are both equally hardass. And there's also the Zepplin ever heard of Led Epplin? Hell Nah, the Z made that band (not really it just fits with the rant I don't want any Led Zepplin are the gods of rock replys). And how could anyone forget Zigs and Zags and Zeniths and Zacchius the wee little man Zippers and Zoos? Who doesn't like the Zoo? And who would want to deal with Button Fly's ALL the time? Answer: not me. And what if you wanted to say you were going to have a quick nap or go to bed, but you wanted to do it with style, well my friends your options would be quite limited without the Z and the phrase "I'm going to catch some Z's" And seriously lets get down to it it takes some balls to be the last letter in the alphabet, anyone can lead it off (although our brother the A does a great job) and (anyone can be in the middle much love b-y) but it takes a special character, namely the Z to be able to hold down the end so well and with such grace and dignity.

So I guess the whole point of this was to show you how important the Z is and ask that you show it some love and respect and say "Hey Z just because you got the short end of the stick with animal and food names, doesn't mean we don't love you just the same. Thanks for all you do Z, we love and appreciate you." I'm thinking about lobbying for a holiday to specifically show appreciation for the letter Z. Anyway I just wanted to bring some light to a very seroius topic that needs some attention the appreciate and respect of the letter Z.
And with that I will leave you as I have successfully wasted enough time to now go shower and eat.
Zac