GERARD CHRISTIAN ZACHER: OFFICIAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY SITE

"MY MEMOIRS" INTRODUCTION

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FAVORITE QUOTES:
"Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat":
Narrator: "Some Folks Dream
Of The Wonders They'll Do
Before Their Time On This Planet
Is Through
Some Just Don't Have
Anything Planned
They Hide Their Hopes
And Their Heads In The Sand
Now I Don't Say
Who Is Wrong Who Is Right
But If By Chance You Are Here
For The Night
Then All I Need
Is An Hour Or Two
To Tell The Tale
Of A Dreamer Like You
We All Dream A Lot
Some Are Lucky
Some Are Not
But If You Think It
Want It
Dream It
Then It's Real
You Are What You Feel
But All That I Say
Can Be Told Another Way
In The Story Of A Boy
Whose Dream Came True
And He Could Be You"

"MY MEMOIRS"

 

INTRODUCTION

    This began by my having made several pen pals all around the world (I am in the process of making many more) (And, by the way, thank you so much to all those who've offered me places to stay and personal tours throughout many countries! I will probably be taking you up on those offers - soon, I hope!) I began to be asked many probing questions about myself and my life. The number of these questions and those who would ask them soon became very overwhelming! I tried to answer everyone inidividually, but  it got to be more than I could handle! Being very appreciative of ALL my new acquaintences both near and far, I came up with an idea. While NEVER meaning to be the least bit impersonal, I would write out a summary of my life for all to read whenever they wished! However, this project began to have very interesting effects on me! First, I couldn't help but get very sentimental and reminiscent in going over my memories. This project began to get very theraputic for me! Before I knew it, it evolved into something much bigger, much deeper than a mere summary of my life! I now wanted everyone who read this to go back and relive these memories with me as vividly as possible! Well, here is the end result, and it is ever-growing! And, by the way, it really does surprise me that so many of you have taken the time to read this! Thank you for that, AND thank you for all the heart-warming compliments you've written to me! 

This may be VERY detailed and lengthy, but it is meant to answer any questions about my life from any period of time, and address any wonderings any of you may have.

     Also, please forgive me if I seem to get off track a little, and get a bit reminiscent when going over my memories! Its hard not to! In my early years, I went through a very rough time, but I got beyond it. It has long since been nothing to me but a simple fact of my past. On the whole, even though I've felt mostly bored and yearning most of my life, it HAS been quite an interesting adventure!

    This is going to be a continuing project. So, keep checking back, find where you left off, and read on from there. If any of you should not want to read certain chapters feeling they may be boring, or contain memories, and such you would not be interested in, or may get a little too deep or disturbing for you, you can always just skip those sections, and browse ahead to the sections you feel WOULD interest you. I made this a little easier for you by titling each one.

 

Most of this introduction and entire page was written last year - year and a half ago. I am adding this new paragraph here in February, 2004. When you reach the bottom of this page, you will find a reminder that I have just written a new update skipping ahead from just after my mother's death in 1991 to when I joined the Army in 1994. It starts at that time in 1994, and takes you all the way up to the near present - where I began to make preparations to finally settle in Southern California! For Part II, Click on the page titled, "MY MEMOIRS" CONTINUED...However, in the process of transferring Part II to my site here, this system has removed nearly all the punctuation on this new update, and it may take me some time to put it all back as I can only do so little by little at a time. It gets even MORE interesting than this first part. It is also much more fulfilling, as I got a small taste of my dreams finally coming true!

 

As for any and all gaps, I WILL go back and finish filling all of them in! First, however, I will be working on continuing from where the new update leaves off to the present day!

    Well, here goes!

In Part I - Just Below - You Will Find Such Topics As:

My Beginnings

Discoveries Of Talents

My Family And Childhood Friends

The Child Abuse I Survived

The Fun I Had

My Medieval Castle Of A High School

College Highlights

Community Theater Experiences

My Run-Away Trip To Southern California

My Mother's Death And Aftermath

In Part II - The Page Titled "My Memoirs Continued" - You Will Find Such Topics As: 

The Army

The Phoenix Months

The Las Vegas Years: The Births Of My Theater Company, My Radio Show, My Free-Lance Art Business, My Charity Work, and My Social/Support Groups

Return To Chicago: My Sister, J.'s Wedding and Dad's Stroke

My Niece

Dad's Recovery

Permanent Return To Southern California, the Home Of My Dreams

Hollywood

Running New Social/Support Groups

My Two Psychotic Stalkers

The Disneyland Years: From Peter Pan To Jungle Cruise Skipper

DreamWorks and the Universal Studios Lot

My Breakthrough Projects:

Registering With the Writers' Guild Of America,

My First Full Length Script, Romantic Comedy, (Film, Theater, and Novelization Versions), Romantic Comedy and its sequels,

Horror Adult Adaptation of a Certain Famous Childrens Fable

Airplane/Naked Gun- type Spoof Films of Famous Places

The Monty Python-Inspired Comedy Troupe, "Boys Who Wont Grow Up"

Science Fiction Epic

New Upcoming Radio Training and New Shows

More

Thanks For Visiting!

 
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