About Me
PERSONAL
Hello, my full name is Chad James Zahara or Chad is fine.
Born in Kelowna BC Canada on January 21 1989.
I aspire to be an expatriate writer of prose and poetry – published or not.
I can get by on very little money.
I’m quite sure where happiness is.
I adore originality.
I like the sun.
I like the desert.
I like the tropics.
I like the mountains.
I like the sea.
I do not like dreary weather and dreary surroundings.
I like colours of life and colours of warmth.
I like clothing void of brands and writing.
I like pocket watches, flasks, lighters and other old fashion type things.
I love the smell of books, the heat, rain, warm food, the ocean, well I could go on forever.
My writing style is my own and any similarities to others is coincidence, though I do admire Ernest Hemingway, Joseph Conrad and Kurt Vonnegut and imagine that they do influence me some.
I like my camera – Pentax ME Super SLR 1979 film.
I dislike digital cameras, phones, video cameras and instant messaging.
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DRINKS
I love Dr. Pepper, Coke, root beer, milk, juice and some alcoholic drinks:
- Good whisky like Canadian Club and Schenley Golden Wedding.
- Good beers like Stella Artois, Kilkenny, Alexander Keith’s India Pale Ale, Heineken and Okanagan Spring: 1516.
- Good rum like Captain Morgan’s, Bacardi and Canadian Five Star.
- Some random drinks like pina coladas, Kahlua, Bailey’s and some wine.
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FOODS
I can be really picky about food, but I like things that are healthy, taste good and make me feel good afterward. I do like things like nachos, hamburgers and things like that, but I only want to eat them occasionally to avoid being weighed down by heavy food.
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LITERATURE
Some of my favourite pieces:
- A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
- The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Some pieces that I want to read or want to finish reading:
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (currently reading)
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
- Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- Ulysses by James Joyce
- Anything by Ernest Hemingway, Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Conrad.
There are many pieces that I want to read. These are only a few.
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MUSIC
I, in no way, can play music, but I do love listening to it and talking about it. During times of disposable income I have bought many albums and other times have downloaded many. I have a good grasp of most genres and below is a list of some of my favourite albums.
- Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
- Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf
- Elephant by The White Stripes
- High Voltage by AC/DC
- XO by Elliott Smith
- Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars by David Bowie
- A Night at the Opera by Queen
- The Wall by Pink Floyd
- Wowee Zowee by Pavement
- The Life Pursuit by Belle & Sebastian
