[Zope] I want to script in Python and not Zope-Python

Hi all, I'm a big fan of python AND zope, but I'm a little unclear about how the two really sit together. Is there any way to let python scripts to have access to all the bits and bobs I've got going with python, like MySQL (or Tk even) rather than have to deal with python-in-zope. I basically just want to .. import urllib ...And don't want to muck about with external methods. I want FULL python power within zope. Cheers tom