Yup....Pretty Much

I have nothing for you today...read this instead. Oh and I got this from Verb.


~THE BASICS~

Name- greg

Birthplace- harrisburg, pa

Current Location- near harrisburg, pa

Eye Color- blue/green

Hair Color- brown

Glasses or contacts- none - 20/20 vision

Piercing or tattoos- none...used to have ears pierced

Single or taken- taken

Right Handed or Left Handed- Right Handed

Any pets- 2 dogs, 2 cats


~FAVORITES~

Favorite color- blue

Favorite flower- whatever kind the wife likes

Favorite college basketball team- Villanova

Favorite holiday- Thanksgiving

Your favorite pizza toppings- pepperoni

Favorite alcoholic drink of choice- don't drink often enough to have one

Your favorite lunch meat- bologna

Favorite non-sexual thing to do with a girl/guy- there is anything else?

Favorite place to eat a romantic dinner- don't really have one

Favorite season- Fall

Your favorite food- pizza

Favorite Ice cream flavor- cookie dough

Favorite subject(s) in school- math & history

Favorite candy- snickers

Favorite breakfast cereal- frosted flakes/fruity pebbles/honey nut cheerios/oh's

Favorite person in your life- wifey and kiddo

Your favorite park- Disney World, Epcot to be more specific

Favorite place to be- home

Your favorite sport to watch on TV- football

Favorite TV show (Still running or ended)- how i met your mother, the big bang theory

Your Favorite number- 27

Your favorite letter(s) of the alphabet- M

Favorite names for a son- gavin

What about favorite names for a daughter- arianna



~WHICH DO YOU PREFER~

Chocolate or Vanilla- chocolate

Alcoholic or non- Non

Long relationships or one night stand- Long

Scary movies or comedies- comedies

Short or long hair- long

Croutons or bacon bits- croutons

Beach or lake- beach

Single or Group Dates- group

McDonalds or Burger King- Wendy's but mcdonald's if I have to choose 1

Pepsi or Coke- coke

Starbucks or elsewhere- NO COFFEE

Dogs or cats- dogs



~DO YOU'S~

Do you smoke- Never

Do you sing- always

Do you want to get married- already am

Do you believe in yourself- always

Do you get along with your parents- yes

Do you go to church- Nope

Do you want children- already have and I want more

Do you drink- very rarely...almost never

Do you like to travel by plane- sure

Do you still watch cartoons on Saturday morning- nope

Do you have a teddy bear- Nope

Do you like thunderstorms- Yup

Do you play an instrument- nope, want to though (guitar/drums)



~HAVE YOU EVER~

Have you ever fired a gun- nope and I never plan to

Have you ever loved someone- yup

Have you ever been caught doing something you weren't supposed to- yup

Have you ever cried for no reason- nope, I feel like there is always a reason

Have you ever cut your own hair- nope

Have you ever skipped school- yup, all the time in college and once or twice in high school

Have you ever bungee jumped- Nope, seems a little like suicide to me

Have you ever punched someone- yup

Have you ever been arrested- nope

Have you ever broken into someone's house- nope

Have you ever participated in a crime without getting caught- petty stuff as a kid



~SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE MATURE~

List your top fear - losing family

What bill do you hate paying the most- the wife pays em

What did you want to be when you were growing up- my own boss

What errand/chore do you despise- cleaning the garage

What do you get every time you go into a Wal-Mart- i avoid walmart at ALL COSTS

What are your views on marriage- a beautiful thing that many people take for granted and others give up on to easily

If you could get away with it, who would you kill- no one...I wouldn't be able to forgive myself

What famous person (dead 0r alive) would you like to have dinner with- jeremy roenick, donovan mcnabb, mike huckabee

How do you want to die- in my sleep before I get so old that I don't know who anyone is

At this point in life, Would you rather start a new career or relationship- career

Number of drugs you have taken- few and nothing illegal

Your most missed memory- the house I grew up in or trips to the beach with family

What are your first thoughts upon waking up- ugh, do I have to

What goal would you like to achieve this year- start a new career in real estate

Who would you like to see right now- no one that isn't around

Are you still friends with your ex's- nope

What books are you reading (if any)- books by nicholas sparks, just finished A Perfect Day by Richard Paul Evans, Everyman by Philip Roth

What are your regrets- my business, not yours



~SOME RANDOM QUESTIONS~

What do you want when you are sick- nothing

What radio station is your car radio tuned to right now- 105.7 the x (listen here)

Strangest place you have ever brushed your teeth- huh?

What country would you most like to visit- USA, I have only seen a few places

How many pillows do you sleep with- 2

Let Me Clarify

I have realized over the past couple days that my definition for regret is probably different from others.

Some people may think of regret and think that it means something you would change if you could. Or something that you wish you had done or would do differently.

To me regret is partially that.

Like I said in the post, I have many regrets but I WOULDN'T change anything that happened in my life because I like where my life is.

And there are some serious things that happened in my life and in my relationships.

But while I would love to have NEVER done some things I would never change them because I wouldn't want to risk losing what I have now.

And some people consider regret to only be big things. Like I regret killing that guy or I regret robbing that bank.

Which is good. You should regret those things.

But to me regret is everything you....well....regret.

There have been things in the past few years that I have regretted buying. Mainly cause I would LOVE to have that money now. I regret getting into credit card debt on MULTIPLE occasions.

But I still wouldn't change most of it. Sure if I would go back and not buy something and have that 100 bucks or so I would but only if it wasn't going to affect my life now.

I just wanted to clear that up.

I understand that everyone looks at words or ideas and sees different things.

I did not mean that everyone has something in their life they would change or take back. Because I don't have that.

And trust me....I have done or not done things that have DRASTICALLY changed my life.

But I like where my life is and wouldn't change a minute of it.....but I still have regrets.

Some that I think about everyday.

Regret

There are many people out there that claim they have no regrets in their lives.

To those people I say this....

I don't believe you.

Now maybe you don't regret the big things in your life but EVERYONE has a regret or two. Even if it is as simple as a grade you got in high school cause you didn't do what you were supposed to.

How can you not have 1 regret?

Sure you can accept what happened and not think about it. But that doesn't mean you don't regret it.

There are many things in my life that I would say I regret.

From things that have happened in relationships to things I did growing up. There are lots of things that I regret doing or regret not doing.

But the real question is would I change anything if I could?

Probably not. Because, like Verb, I believe that you are a sum of your experiences. The things you have done or not done in life have shaped and molded you into who you are today.

So changing one thing in your past could in theory change everything that happened after that.

So I would not change anything because I am happy with my life and would not like to risk it by changing something in the past.

But that doesn't mean I don't have any regrets!

all about ME

A - Age: 27

B - Band listening to right now: Today it was Aerosmith, yesterday Staind, Last week it was Lincoln Park, Breaking Benjamin, and Stage.

C - Career future: Hopefully I will be a Real Estate agent next year.

D - Dad’s name: if you really want to know...email me.

E - Easiest person to talk to: wifey

F - Favorite type of shoe: sandals

G – Grapes or Grapefruit: Grapes

H – Hometown: suburbs of Harrisburg, PA

I – Instrumental talent: I wish. I would love to play the drums or guitar but don't have the patience to learn.

J – Juice of choice: Apple rasberry or orange juice

K – Koala Bear or Panda Bear: HERSHEY BEARS!! ahl hockey team

L - Longest car ride ever: probably South Bend, Indiana. It was like 10-11 hours or something to see my cousins soccer game.

M – Middle name: it starts with an A....wanna know?....email me

N - Number of jobs you’ve had: 12

O- OCD traits: alphabetized cds and dvds

P - Phobia[s]: snakes, spiders, heights (falling)

Q - Quote:

Scotty
It's very rare that you can jump right into what you are passionate about. More often than not you take steps to get there. Take some steps, just remember that sometimes you have to take a step to the left or right to move in the direction thats right for you.

R - Reason to smile: family, friends, football, hockey, sports in general, movies, music

S - Song you sang last: I sing all the time....I am terrible at it (so they say) but I sing anyway. Probably this morning...Dream On by Aerosmith

T - Time you wake up: M-F ~~~ 6:00 am.....Sat/Sun ~~~ no later than 8:00 am.

U - Unknown fact about me: my favorite color is blue

V - Vegetable you hate: most of em.... I only eat corn, broccoli, and potatoes (questionable veggie)

W - Worst habit: Lazyness and eating late at night. I love to snack and do so at night even though i shouldn't. I am rarely motivated to do work when i am home...or at work for that matter.

X - X-rays you’ve had: foot, ankle, hand, back

Y - Yummiest food my belly likes: pizza

Z - Zodiac sign: taurus

Company Killer

If you don't like your company and you want it to begin to struggle or worse fail, just get me a job there.

Seriously, any company I work for seems to fall on hard times at some point in the near future.

Let's recap my work history and you will understand why.

First example:

My third job (first two were paper boy and something else small) was at a sporting goods store called Shenk & Tittle. I started in October and everything was fine....except that the mall we were located was damn near useless. The only people that came into the mall were old people so that they could walk around and get their exercise.

By May of the following year that store was closed.

I started and within 7 months the store was empty and I was looking for a new job.
Second example:

The next real full time job I had was at Rite Aid. If you haven't heard of it Rite Aid is a national drug store chain. Before I started the stock had been pretty high, like 50 or something. And while part of that was because of the executives cooking the books they were still getting away with it when I started.

Within a few weeks of starting at my store the companies stock price fell down to like 1 dollar or something like that.

Third example:

Another sporting goods store called Kelly's which specialized in shoes and sports clothing. I worked there from November to February one year. A nice store in a good mall that seemed to be doing okay.

With a couple months of me leaving the store was closed and everyone was out of a job.

Fourth example:

After that I went to work for my fathers construction company. I actually worked there for 4 years and while I technically didn't do any real harm to his company, it isn't around anymore. We were building around 25 houses a year, which is a lot for a small company like his, and everything was good. Except that his partner wanted out.

After 4 years of working there my dad and his partner sold the land they still owned and ended their company.

Fifth example:

After that my dad and I became partners in a new construction company. I thought it was the beginning of my future. I had seen how much money he had made and was fine with doing that for a living. We managed to build a few houses and even got a couple sold. And then.....

The housing market completely fell apart. Within 8 months of us starting the business the market was pretty much dead and didn't seem to be coming back. We managed to sell a couple more houses but I have since left and moved on.

Sixth example:

I am currently at this place of employment so it isn't all bad for them. But it isn't all peaches either. I work for the biggest employer in my local area and they usually hire numerous people each year.

Not anymore. Within 6 months of me starting here......there is a hiring freeze for the foreseeable future.


See what I am saying. That is 6 different occasions of me showing up and the business going downhill.

I guess I better put this on my resume so that future employers know what they are in for!

Lucky Dog

I must say that I am a lucky man.

Why you ask.

I will tell you obviously.

I watch football every weekend. And I don't mean that I only watch my favorite teams and don't really care about anything else.

That is what most people would do.

Or a lot of people watch only college on Saturday OR pro on Sunday.

But that isn't me either.

I watch about 25 hours of football EVERY weekend. Some weeks it is even more than that.

I watch games from Thursday through Monday and will watch games if they are on Tuesday and Wednesday as well.

This past weekend I watched about 24 hours worth of football.

And I LOVE IT!!! I watch every game I can no matter what teams are playing.

But why am I lucky?

Because my beautiful wife tolerates it and me all weekend.

She doesn't HATE football but she doesn't enjoy watching it much.

And by the end of the second weekend of the season she is tired of it and doesn't care if another football game comes on the tv ever.

But she doesn't complain or bitch or holler at me for watching it.

She doesn't give me a list of stuff to do each weekend so that I can't watch what I want.

She doesn't take over the tv or bitch until I change the channel.

And I appreciate it greatly.

I don't golf, I don't hunt, I don't fish, I don't go to bars and get drunk with friends. I watch sports.....mainly football.

And she handles it wonderfully.

Not only that but she is beautiful and tolerates all of my other short comings (and believe me I have many).

She is pretty much perfect in my eyes.

Thank you honey,

I love you

more about ME!

I got this from simply, me. So here it goes, my second meme (with more to come cause I am lazy and these are easy).

What were you doing five years ago?

1. I would have been working construction (probably pouring concrete to be exact)
2. Trying to start my own business (it didn't work out)
3. Looking for a new job
4. Playing NCAA Football 2004
5. As little as possible really

What are/were five things on your to-do list for today?

1. Finish prepping a project for work
2. Play NCAA Football 2009
3. Work on an audio file at home
4. Purchase a new domain name for a new blog (more info coming soon)
5. Work out - I did this this morning, I got up at 5AM to do it!!

What are five snacks you enjoy?

1. Cheez Its
2. Ritz crackers
3. Pringles or Lay's Stacks
4. olives - yes I eat (green) olives as a snack
5. popcorn

the first three are NOT kept in my house or I will eat them ALL in one sitting!


What five things would you do if you were a billionaire?

1. Retire from any real job
2. Donate money to different charities
3. Give the wife some money to open an animal rescue
4. Start a couple dream businesses
5. Pay off my house and buy a couple new cars

What are five of your bad habits?

1. Eating/Snacking (it is one of my favorite things that I have begun to control)
2. Being lazy and un-motivated to do much of anything as far as pursuing my goals
3. Surfing the Internet at work instead of working
4. Forgetting to call people that I intend to call
5. Putting off housework

What are five places you have lived?

1. Lemoyne, PA. I lived here for the first 5 years of my life.
2. New Cumberland, PA. I lived here until I was 19
3. Enola, PA. I only lived here for one year but it was my first time living on my own
4. Mechanicsburg, PA. We lived here until last year and bought our first home in town
5. Etters, PA. We built our new house here last year and moved in in April and plan on staying here for many many years.

Yeah, I have never moved outside of the Harrisburg, PA region. All of these places basically border each other. But I love it here!!

What are five jobs you've had?

1. Retail.....I worked retail at a number of different stores from the time I was 16 until about 21 when I finally left vowing never to return!
2. Delivery....for six months I got up at 2 or 3 in the morning and delivered newspapers around Hershey, Camp Hill, Mechanicsburg, and Harrisburg. Some weekends I was putting 250 miles on my car. Luckily I had this job before gas prices went up. And actually this was probably my favorite job until I wrecked my car because I was sleeping at the wheel. Oops!
3. Construction worker......or grunt laborer. I did all the crap jobs and poured/finished concrete everyday for 4 years. It was a decent job though, as I got plenty of exercise and made decent money. (actually I made more money doing that than I make NOW)
4. Self employed.....for a year and a half I was partners in a construction company. I was still doing the grunt work but at least I was in charge (kinda). But then the housing market FELL APART and I had to leave to make any money.
5. Auditor......I now work (aka. show up and surf the web) for a large organization that treats its employees VERY well. But it is boring and I am already looking towards the next thing.


and that's that. I am not going to tag anyone but if you do it just let me know.

My first MEME

I have not done a meme on here yet. So let's do one today. I got this from The Black Lounge. His blog is really good, go check it out.


Anger
1. Who did you last get angry with? My friend Monkey
2. What is your weapon of choice? Talking
3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex? Depends on the situation
4. How about of the same sex? Absolutely if I needed to
5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you? Probably Monkey as well, no one has told me, so thats a guess
6. What is your pet peeve? Lots of them, #1 would probably be people who don't do what they say the are going to do
7. Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily? Let go TOO easily; it usually comes back later on

Sloth
1. What is one thing you’re supposed to do daily that you haven’t done in a long time? take vitamins; nothing really necessary
2. What is the latest you’ve ever woken up? probably noon
3. Who have you been meaning to contact, but haven’t? a friend in vegas
4. What is the last lame excuse you made? Not sure, it has been awhile
5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through (one of the long ones…)? No
6. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today? I have never hit a snooze button; I just turn it off, which causes more problems than hitting the snooze!

Gluttony
1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice? not really sure what falls into this category so I will say nothing cause I drink water most of the time
2. Meat eaters are…: Awesome
3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you’ve had in one sitting/outing/event? 2 beers; I don't drink much if ever
4. Have you ever used a professional diet company? yes, it didn't work
5. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods or spicy foods? salty

Lust
1. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice during a normal conversation? yes, hopefully it wasn't too obvious
2. What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice? butt
3. Have you ever been made a proposition by a prostitute? no
4. Have you ever had to get tested for an STD or pregnancy? no
5. Is love at first sight really lust? no; I believe in it

Greed
1. How many credit cards do you own? 1; 2 if you count my corporate card (business travel only)
2. What’s your guilty pleasure store? fast food restaurants, I love em and hate em
3. If you had $1 million, what would you do with it? pay off house and invest
4. Would you rather be rich or famous? rich
5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks? yes for a while
6. Have you ever stolen anything? yes; we were all kids once
7. How many mp3s are on your hard drive? 500ish

Pride
1. What is one thing you have done that you’re most proud of? raising my daughter (she is 7 now)
2. What’s one thing you’ve done that your parents are most proud of? finished college
3. What thing would you like to accomplish in your life? make a living doing something I actually enjoy ---- write a novel
4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place? more than people know
5. Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors? yes; but the question is, did I win?
6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score? yes; like you haven't!!
7. What did you do today that you’re proud of? I purchased 2 half priced gift cards; they sold out in under 3 minutes! But I got 2!

Envy
1. What item (or person) of your friends would you most want to have for yourself? I would like to have a job I love like my sister and Patty do (they are both teachers and love it)
2. Who would you want to go on Trading Spaces with? No One; I don't trust anyone enough to do it right
3. If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be? No One; I am perfectly happy in my life!
4. Have you ever been cheated on? not sure, no one ever told me
5. Have you ever cheated? unfortunately, yes (Sorry)



I have more meme's that I need to do, so you will probably be seeing more of them. If you do this one, just let me know so I can check it out!

I Have Heard Better

I need some opinions on this.

I was changing to go out and cut the grass when the wife said THIS to me:

"I think your stomach has definitely gotten bigger."

And then she added this a little later:

"I didn't say you were getting FATTER, I said bigger. You can take that any way you want to."

Okay, fair enough. I take it as a fat joke/comment, which I am getting used to (mainly cause I make them about myself).

But that's different than your significant other telling you that you are getting bigger!

Now don't get me wrong, I am not a little guy like my good friend verb or James Van Der Beek, but I am not John Goodman either.

How would you take it? I take it as meaning, honey you are beginning to look like a pig. Do something about it.

But that's me, anyone else have an opinion?

A little out of line? Maybe.

Ok, so maybe I was a little out of line yesterday. But I think it was more just out of character.

To be honest I debated all morning about whether I should write that post or not. And I obviously decided to write it.

I know of 3 people that read this blog, that friend (rarely but I think he checks it), this friend, and the wife. And those 2 said that they couldn't believe I wrote it.

They both agreed though that I am right in my opinion.

And don't think that this was the only thing that made me think about not being friend's with said friend anymore. Cause it most definitely is NOT.

There have numerous times where we stopped talking because of some stupid thing he did. So I feel justified in my decision, but there is still more to it.

When I met said friend, 8 years ago as a freshman in college, we had similar interests and were obviously at a similar point in our lives.

But now things are different (which is what happens when you get older). I have a family, a good job with a great future (even though I am not a fan of working), a house and other interests that I give my time and effort towards.

And said friend has no family, no real job, no house and much different interests than me.

So when he tells me something I give him advice based on where I am in my life and what my life has taught me. But his life is nowhere near mine and he doesn't not feel like the advice fits.

But that is what our friendship has been based on in the past few years. His life and stories and my advice and opinions.

There have been times when the roles were reversed but usually he would call and tell me something and ask for my opinion. I would give it and he would do the opposite.

And that's how it went. Until a few months ago.

I told him that I didn't want to know about his life anymore. I didn't want him calling and bitching or telling me about his conflicts. And he didn't and it worked for a while.

But now I realize that there really is no friendship outside of those parameters and I don't want to go back there.

Mainly because I get frustrated in dealing with him and I don't need the aggravation. Maybe that is my problem, that I can't just let things go, but it is my problem so I have to do something about it.

So I am.

The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread

Have you ever felt that you were just the best thing in the world?

Have you ever felt that people should feel privileged to even know you?

Have you ever felt that you just can't be wrong? ever?

Have you ever felt that people just move for you when you are walking or driving?

Have you ever felt that the sun rises and sets on you?

Have you ever felt that the world revolves around you?

Well you shouldn't because the world revolves around me!!

I feel this way everyday because I am the greatest thing since sliced bread!!

And don't any of you forget it!!!

And to all of you playing poker against me tonight (monkey, verb, young buck, sparky, lazy white guy, wifey, or even marky), why don't you all just save yourselves some time and energy and just give my your money.

It will be much easier and less trouble than if you actually sit at the same table as me!!

Oh yeah!! Absolutely the greatest thing since sliced bread!!