Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in Greg's LiveJournal:

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Friday, August 14th, 2009
5:27 pm	Ah c'mon http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090814/ap_en_ot/us_people_bob_dylan Yeah, I know the 60's was a long time ago, but come on, this is Bob Fucking Dylan. (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
12:44 pm	My Life, According To The Cure (Stole from Mikey) Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to 15 people you like and include me. You can't use the band I used. Try not to repeat a song title. It's a lot harder than you think! Re-post as "my life according to (band name)"   Pick Your Artist: The Cure Are you a male or female: Boys Don’t Cry Describe Yourself: A Short Term Effect How do you feel: Homesick Describe where you currently live: The Same Deep Water as You If you could go anywhere where would you go? The Edge of the Deep Green Sea Your Favorite Form of Transportation? The Walk Jumping Someone Else’s Train Your Best Friend is: Close To Me You and your best friends are: Open What's the weather like: Hot Hot Hot!!! Prayers for Rain Favorite Time of Day: 10:15 On A Saturday Night If your life was a tv show, what would it be called: Untitled What is life to you: Never Enough Your last relationship: To Wish Impossible Things Your Current Relationship: The Perfect Girl All I want Your fear: Sinking The End What is the best advice you have to give: Fight To Wish Impossible Things Thought for the day: How Beautiful You Are How I would like to die: 6 Different Ways My soul's present condition: The Caterpillar My motto: Just Say Yes (Comment on this)
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
8:46 am	Newses http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32100589/ns/us_news-life/?GT1=43001 (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
3:02 pm	http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/01/BU2618GKE7.DTL&nopu=1 Yeah kid?  It'll be interesting to see your face in 30 years when some 13 year-old smartass gives you the same line about your iPod.  But enjoy your superiority for now. (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 21st, 2009
11:03 pm	So yesterday I decided to get in touch with my Dad's family to see about getting his current phone number.  I haven't spoken to him in a couple years, but I figured I should call him, what with it being father's day. My uncle's number was disconnected.  As was my grandfather's.  The internet didn't help much either. It isn't like I'm mad at any of these people.  It's just that none of us are very good at staying in touch. Father's day is almost over.  I wonder how my Dad is doing. (Comment on this)
Friday, June 19th, 2009
8:35 am	PETA replies http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/06/obama_and_the_f.php http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/06/obama_and_the_f2.php This mitigates my opinion of PETA significantly.  Although I still think it's funny that they consider swatting a fly a character flaw.  It's also funny that they "forgive" the President partly because his swatting of the fly was reflexive.  In other words, if he had swatted the fly with malice and forethought they'd have thought much worse of him. Interesting how humans "reflexively" swat at flies without thinking.  Almost like it's a natural, normal thing, and not the animal cruelty it obviously is. (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
4:39 pm	For fuck's sake people! (and a sruvey) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31422688/ns/us_news-weird_news/?GT1=43001 Some people consider PETA a ridiculous group of extremists.  Until this article, I was inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt. In other news... A SURVEY! Did you accept or deny your last friends request? ***Golly It has been a long time since I added an LJ friend.  I did accept the last Facebook request I received. Was the last person you hugged a male or female? ***Female.  My girlfriend Do you have a pet fish? ***Nopers Have you ever had an abortion? ***No If you could travel back in time, how far would you go? ***the 60's.  I'd go see Hendrix and the Who.  I'd bring ecstasy. Are you wearing rings? ***No What did you last go see at the cinemas? ***Watchmen Are you doing well at school? ***No.  School is a distant memory for me. Do you like guessing? ***No Have you ever seen the film Aristocats? ***Yeah Believe in God? ***I grok that thou art God, water brother Do you read books often? ***whenever I can Did your night suck? ***I slept through it Are you starting to realize anything? ***every day Do you have empty alcohol bottles hidden anywhere? ***Does the recycle bin count? How late did you stay up last night and why? ***Midnight.  Because I didn't go to sleep before that (duh) Did you go out or stay in last night? ***stayed in Where were you at 10pm last nite? ***I don't answer questions with cute misspellings.  I'm too old to spend the "nite" anywhere. When was the last time something bothered you? ***Something bothers me every day Are diamonds a girls best friend? ***I wouldn't know Do you straighten your hair? ***No Do you wear clothes/ shoes/ jewelry that are uncomfortable? ***No Do you text message a lot? ***Not really Do you freak out if you miss your favourite show? ***I am irritated by people that have never been to England or Australia, but effect their spelling habits as a way to seem cute or sophisticated. Last person you talked on the phone with? ***Jenny, from the corporate office. What was the first thing you did when you woke up today? ***Opened my eyes Do you get along with your parents? ***pretty much. Do you believe that what comes around goes around? ***Yes What are your plans for tonight? ***No plans as yet Do you miss anyone? ***Yes Do you give out second chances too easily? ***Second chances: yes.  Third chances: no. What did you do yesterday? ***worked. Laundry. When was the last time you talked to your number 2 on your top? ***Great, I'm halfway through this damn thing and you want me to page back and see who my number 2 is?  Or wait, do they even have that for Livejournal? Are you happy at the moment? ***Relatively Why do you feel like that? ***because I'm in love and things could be a lot worse What are your plans for tomorrow? ***work Do you know if anyone likes you? ***yes Are you open with your feelings to people? ***people I care about, yeah Have your parents ever smoked pot? ***I don't think so Who did you text last? ***Clare Do you think you can last in a relationship for 3 months? ***I know for a fact that I can Are you an alcoholic? ***No What would you say if you found out your friend who was your age still slept with a blanket? ***Um, don't most people sleep with blankets?  It does get cold at night sometimes. What was the last email you deleted without opening? ***Something from FLIXTER What was the last thing you complained about? ***Being broke What was the last list you made a list of? ***Wha...?  I don't make lists out of lists.  I make lists of things other than lists. What was the last interesting thing you wondered about? ***animal "handedness".  Well it was interesting to me. Explain something that frustrates you often? *** What is the first movie you remember seeing in theaters with a friend? ***chicken run What term do people use that you hate? ***anything with the words “dude” or “man” but mostly “dude” Do you have emotional ties to the town you are currently in? ***Fuck that What was the last thing that truly made your heart smile? ***a message from an old loved one Which bills do you have to pay? ***the bills Have you ever just washed your hair over the tub? ***many times Is there anything you're trying to do more often? ***calm the fuck down like I used too Do you know anyone whose initials spell something? ***little brothers name spells SAM What is your favorite line from your favorite movie? ***humm currently?….Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed- interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing sprit- crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing you last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life: I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who need reasons when you've got heroin? Approximately how long do two people have to date before you'd say they're in a long term relationship? ***I don’t say How many open houses did you go to last summer? ***bwah? What would you do if one of your best friends was trying to meet a guy they met online? ***never tried to stop her before… Do you have any photos on your camera you should upload? ***no, they are all shite (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
8:52 am	I know I'm living in California when there's rain and lightning in June and everyone's freaking out about it.  In my neighborhood, people stood outside watching it, taking pictures of it, wondering aloud about the End of Days. This is typical Summer weather in my homeland of South Dakota.  Except crank it up about 10 notches and multiply the occurrences to about a dozen times before the end of summer. Of course, weather like this is very unusual here in these parts.  Global Warming, perchance? (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, May 15th, 2009
8:43 am	I'm Crushing Your Head We now own the entire Kids in the Hall series on DVD.  That's five seasons of KITH goodness. Also we got Brain Candy on VHS for 99 cents, plus shipping. All we need now is the rare and elusive pilot episode, which for some reason is not included (mebbe it never aired or something). (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, April 13th, 2009
8:56 am	I'm not even gonna try to explain this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_QAPjtO2cA (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, February 27th, 2009
2:06 pm	Thanks, Amanda http://www.homestarrunner.com/4gregs.html nuff said (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
3:46 pm	A pointless rant The new Star Trek movie is coming, with an all-new cast playing the beloved characters I watched in syndication as a child.  Here's an age breakdown of both casts actors: Old Kirk (35)               New Kirk (29) Old Spock (35)           New Spock (32) Old McCoy (46)          New McCoy (37) Old Scotty (46)            New Scotty (38) Old Uhuru (34)           New Uhuru (31) Old Sulu (29)              New Sulu (37) Old Chekov (30)       New Checkov (20) So we have a significantly younger Kirk, McCoy, Scotty, and Chekov.  Uhuru and Spock are about right.  And the new Sulu is actually older than old one. I know it shouldn't bother me, but it does.  Kirk is a Starship Captain - roughly the equivalent to a Navy Captain - a Captain of a Capital Ship at that.  In the show it is mentioned that he is one of the youngest men to command a Constitution-Class Starship.  He mentions in the "Deadly Years" that he is 35 years old, thus the character's age matches the actor's. McCoy and Scotty are both experienced heads of their respective departments.  While I don't doubt that younger men have similar positions on other ships, I'm not in agreement with casting actors nearly a decade younger than the originals for these rolls. I disgusts me that Hollywood has done almost everything it can to eliminate character actors.  In the 70's you couldn't watch a movie or television show without seeing Ernest Borgnine or some other ugly-ass old guy playing some role. Now every male has to be pretty, or at least ruggedly handsome, unless he's playing a serial killer or a comedian. I'm sure Karl Urban is a great actor, but  like my Doctor McCoys old and crotchety, damnit. P.S.  I made a quip on Mikey's blogg referring to "Baby Spock" - my bad - it turns out Spock is one of the few characters cast at the correct age.   (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
4:41 pm	Update Survived Christmas and New Years.  If I haven't wished you a merry former and a happy latter, please don't feel snubbed.  I fucking hate the holidays. In other news, the company I'm working for is cutting everyone's pay by around 7%. Last night I got nauseated and threw up a bunch.  This morning my throat is raw, my ribs and stomach are sore, and I feel empty inside.  I hope it was just something I ate, and not cancer or AIDS. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, December 5th, 2008
9:03 am	If we let them get married they'll steal our babies http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3530723/Gay-penguins-steal-eggs-from-straight-couples.html (stoled from dwarfstarzero) (Comment on this)
Friday, November 21st, 2008
8:33 am	Writer's Block: Crepuscular Drama The Twilight movie comes out today. A lot of people are really excited about seeing Bella and Edward on the big screen. Others couldn't care less. Where do you fall on the issue? View 500 Answers Couldn't care less. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, November 10th, 2008
8:37 am	There was a protest in front of the Mormon Temple in San Diego.  Some church bigwig there commented on it.  I can't be troubled to find the link to the article, so I'll paraphrase what the Mormon Grand Poobah said. "We're being unfairly singled out and discriminated against" Yes, I can see that.  The Mormons have been persecuted since the religion's inception.  It isn't like they were the ONLY organization that supported Prop 8.  Still, it seems rather funny to me that they would play the discrimination card in this situation. "Normally our church does not get involved in politics, but in this case there was a clear morality issue." As soon as we start making laws based upon the morality as proscribed by any religion, we start down the path that so many of the countries in the Middle East have trod.  You know, where our enemies, the terrorists come from? "Please accept the will of the voters." This law passed by what, about 55%?  Barely a majority.  So perhaps he should have said, "Please accept the will of a little over half the voters."  Of course, it is easy for the victor to ask the loser to accept the outcome.  But I don't imagine he'd "accept the will of the voters" in regards to a law that made it illegal for Mormons to get married. I have a feeling Jesus isn't too happy with his Latter Day Saints right now.  I seem to recall him saying something to the effect of "Woe to the hypocrites." (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, November 6th, 2008
8:51 am	Pass it on I got this from my lj friend Hildeaux, who got it from from sftallguy, via leolz.  I'm pretty much posting it verbatim: If you're angry that a church can meddle with another state's political statutes, here's something that you can do. To report the LDS Church to the IRS, simply take 5 minutes to print these articles out and any others you can find: http://www.sltrib.com/ci_10839546 http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10842051 Then print and fill out http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f3949a.pdf List the taxpayer as: Thomas S. Monson, et al 50 East North Temple Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 List his occupation as President and the business as the ridiculously full name of the church (same address). Check the boxes for False Exemption and Public/Political Corruption. Then in the Comments section demand that the LDS Church be fined and their tax-exempt status revoked for repeated and blatant violations of the IRS's separate of church and state rules, and for conspiring to interfere with a state's political process. Check Yes under "Are books/records available?" and write in "campaign finance records." You don't have to provide any of your own personal info. Mail the form and the printed articles to: Internal Revenue Service Fresno, CA 93888 So I have seen many different interpretations on what a 501(c)3 organization can do regarding elections and politics. It is a very fine line. The IRS produced publication # 1828 specifically for churches about their tax status, with several call outs about how they could put their tax status in jeopardy, see the following: Substantial Lobbying Activity In general, no organization, including a church, may qualify for IRC section 501(c)(3) status if a substantial part of its activities is attempting to influence legislation (commonly known as lobbying). An IRC section 501(c)(3) organization may engage in some lobbying, but too much lobbying activity risks loss of tax-exempt status.Legislation includes action by Congress, any state legislature, any local council, or similar governing body, with respect to acts, bills, resolutions, or similar items (such as legislative confirmation of appointive offices), or by the public in a referendum, ballot initiative, constitutional amendment, or similar procedure. It does not include actions by executive, judicial, or administrative bodies. A church or religious organization will be regarded as attempting to influence legislation if it contacts, or urges the public to contact, members or employees of a legislative body for the purpose of proposing, supporting, or opposing legislation, or if the organization advocates the adoption or rejection of legislation. This is what has gotten other churches into problems in the past. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
2:31 pm	The obligatory post Overall the election results have left me optimistic.  The right man won the Presidency.  The guy with the bad grammar did NOT win the School Board position. And yeah, I'm disappointed about Prop 8.  Very disappointed.  But I'm not gonna let it get me down right now.  And this issue is not settled.  Believe that. (Comment on this)
Monday, October 27th, 2008
9:01 am	So there's this guy running for school board in my district.  His campaign slogan is "Expect more, I do" Okay, this may sound petty, but if you wanna get MY vote for school board, you have to know better than to link two independent clauses with a comma. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
12:08 pm	So apparently Disney has acquired the movie rights to the Barsoom stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs. That's just fucking great. (for those of you who are unfamiliar with Barsoom, John Carter, or Edgar Rice Burroughs, google it.  I'm too filled with grief to explain) (Comment on this)