General :: Dzen2 Toolbar / Statusbar Script (Simplified)

I have simplified (i.e., got rid of the stuff I don't want) dzen2 script:

Code:
#!/bin/sh
# Dzen2 toolbar/statusbar execution file.
# Options:
# -xs = which Xinerama screen
# -l = number of lines in slave (dropdown) window
# -u update continually
# -p <n> timed termination; w/o n seconds, persist forever.
# retval: 0 = EOF; 1 = error; or exit:n where n=user-defined retval.
# -e event... -e 'event1=action1:option1:...option<n>,...,action<m>;...;event<l>'
# event... -e 'button1=exec:xterm:firefox;entertitle=uncollapse,unhide;button3=exit'
# Supported events: (see latest README or online docs) .....

There are just 2 little problems that I can't solve.
1. It's not exactly at the top of the screen.
2. As you can see in the attachment, the text in time/date/memory/disk_usage is not vertically centered.