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this is a parody of "The Night Before Christmas"

The Night Before Christmas At The Zoo

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the zoo,
Not a creature was stirring, not even a gnu.

The food dishes were set by the cage with the bear,
In hopes that the zookeeper soon would be there.

The monkeys were nestled, all snug in their beds,
While visions of bananas danced in their heads.

And Mama Gorilla in her fur, and I in my mane,
Had just settled down to go to sleep again.

When over near the tiger's cage there arose such a shout,
I jumped from my bed to see what the noise was all about.

Away to my cage entrance I ran like a rocket,
To find out what shouted, and then to sock it.

For I was mad at whoever disturbed my sleep,
I'd bop it on the head and say, "Don't make a peep!"

Then I saw something in the sky and called out, "Hey!"
And I looked dcloser and saw a big guy in a sleigh.

He was being pulled by reindeer, I counted eight,
And I called out to them, "Keep quiet, it's late!"

They came closer and closer, with ringing sleigh bells,
And the guy in the sleigh started to yell,

"Now, Dasher! Now Dancer! Now Prancer and Blitzen!"
Then I thought, "He's not only loud, but he also won't listen!"

Then to the top of my cage they flew like bees,
Then I called out, "Go away, please!

I was asleep, in a very nice dream,
Then you came along being as loud as a scream!

Now all I want is to go back to sleep!"
Then the gib guy entered my cage with a leap.

He was dressed in red fur, with a big white beard,
He looked really happy, but he looked kind of weird.

He had a bundle of toys, and his eyes sparkled blue,
Then I asked the guy, "What kind of animal are you?"

He payed no attention, he was an arrogant lad,
He totally ignored me, and it made me mad!

He had a rosy red face and a big round belly,
Then he said to me, "Whew, your cage sure is smelly!"

He winked his eye at me, and then I said,
"You woke me up, so I'll bop you on your head!"

I am a really mean lion, with big, black claws,
and razor-sharp teeth, and powerful jaws!"

Then he picked up his bag, and gave me a sharp glance,
Then out he ran, like he had ants in his pants.

He ran to the reindeer, jumped in the sleigh,
And the last words he said before he flew away,

were, "on Prancer! On Vixen! On all of you reindeer!
Fly away fast, I gotta get outta here!"


Chad's sense of humor  
In high school, Chad was a staff member of the school newspaper.  The staff was all asked to write a brief "bio" on themselves.  What follows is Chad's bio:

My name is Chad Randall Miller.  I'm sixteen, a senior, and a first-year member of the OPS.  After high school, I plan to go to a recording arts school so that I can eventually become a studio engineer or producer.  I will hopefully also become a rockstar, a janitor, a woman, the pope, a sumo wrestler, a cowboy, a ninja, a robot, and a member of PETA.  Just watch me!
Interest Survey Essay by Chad Miller (in high school)  

What Career Do You Think Might Be Suitable For You?

     Throughout my life, I have thought about many different careers.  There were so many careers that I had interest in, and it's a hard choice to make.  I think I have finally found the right career for me.
     When I was 4 years old, I decided that I wanted to be an actor.  I was in every play I could be in, for the acting experience.  This went on until i was 12.  By then I had played a jester, a punk rocker, a teacher's pet, a really mean bully, and other parts.
     When I was 12, I decided that acting wasn't really what I wanted to do.  I started becoming very interested in science, and decided that I wanted to be a micro-biologist.  I wanted to create diseases to be used in chemical/biological warfare.
     A few months later, I decided not to be a micro-biologist.  For a while I had no idea what I wanted to be.
     Then one day I sat down at my computer and discovered a program that allows you to create your own music on the computer.  You just use samples, set the pitch, length, speed, etc. and you can make professional-quality music.  You can create songs with drums, piano, guitars, synthesizers, and more without buying the actual instruments.

     At first I thought it was a great program, but it was too complicated for me.  I decided to give it a try anyway, just to see if I liked it.  I messed with it for a couple of days until I completed my first song ever.

     The song was called "Anarchy", a primitive song with excessively loud guitars and a weird heavy drum beat.  It wasn't that great, but it was good enough to make me want to try making more music.

     I went on making amateur songs until I made my first complex, professional-sounding song.  It was called "No Escape", and it had spooky piano, bass guitar, distorted guitar, and drums.  It sounded great, and it was through that song that i realized that I had musical talent.

     I kept creating great songs, until a popular industrial artist discovered me and told me that I should join mp3.com, a place that publishes independent artists' songs.  That day I knew I wanted to be a musician.

     Now I'm a popular artist on mp3.com, and my debut album, "Analgesia", will be released in a few days.  On the album there are 12 great industrial/gothic songs, all of which I am proud to say I created.    I plan to release many more albums in the future.

NOTE:  Chad released 14 albums in his short life.


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