The Time Has Come!

I have finally returned. After an arduous summer of a war with yarde waste, Gregoria's King has returned! I have many glorious tales to share with you, but so many I must condense them into a small blog.

First things first, SUMMER '09 review!!!!!!!

ENTERTAINMENT(10 of 10): The end of network television shows commenced a beautiful caccon of multiplayer video gaming. We actually started with FAble 2 got a little bored and found our good friends Matt and Brittney were playing Halo 3 online. It was sweet. It got Kathy and I a bit nostalgic so we bought Left 4 Dead and Gears of War 2. We then later added Call of Duty 2 and World at War to our collection to play. As an anniversary gift Kathy got me a PS3. Now we play LIttle Big Planet frequently. As for movies we didn't geo out a whole lot, but we saved serious money and saw the major must sees, Star Trek, Wolverine,and Harry Potter. Our netflix blu ray kicks serioun hind end.

Work(5 of 10): I was sunburing all the time on only one arm and have racoon suntan on my face. Work loads were heavy and days were long in the beginning but got comfortably shorter. Kathy was losing it with her unorganized bookstore.

FOOD(8 of 10): We have Papa Johns! We also have pretty much any restaraunt we want within a mile or 2. We have tried so many things and have found great successes. We fell in love with a place called "Hello Yogurt". We live next to Sunflower Market, a natural foods store that sells produce at great prices( and everything else is expensive with a snooty organic label). My only complaint is significant, and that is that we were pigging out a little.

ANNIVERSARY(7 of 10): WE should have gone somewhere. We stayed to save little cash and things felt like a rushed weekend with a lot of activities. Having said that, it was as good as it could pssibly be with the aforementioned parameters. We camped in the backyard, had a big BBQ, saw a movie, hung around the mall, Kat had a shopping spree, I got a PS3, had a homemade Italian dinner, we hiked 2 miles, went out to eat plenty, and checked out some cool art!

FINANCES(10 of 10): SAvings is great, 2 credit cards paid off, and everything else is within sight. What a way to start Kathy's new school year.

Well my reports can be a bit time consuming so must depart, but I will be back with more on our new house and other crazy stuff!

The update

Much has transpired and unfortunatetly, it seems the "Bobs" have won the battle but not the war. We have attemted to move the island. In fact we almost turned into a continent you could call a house. My good friend at work offered us a great deal, but I was a happy loser as he attained a better deal.
It has been unanymously decided we should continue to erase debt and manage the former mentioned problem more effectively. I repeat to the great one "time and patience". The promised land doth await those who are worthy. Besides, I don't trust this market for a minute, I only trusted my friend.
We saw other condos and apartments and to be brief, they were overpriced, too small, or had small issues such as internet connectability.
Well that's the update for now. May the Bobs not be with you.

DISTURBANCE!!!

Okay, Okay. It seems the great one has had a sore spot for a certain intolerable "disturbance" for some time now. In this nice world we created for ourselves and those who care about us, there has been a slight invasion. We'll just call them ..... the alliance or..... the unamericans...or the heck with the name callings, I like the Bobs.
The Bobs are dead set enlightening us occasionally and telling us the world is going to die. The Bobs give us a garden and micromanage the life out of it, literally. The Bobs have produced a literal nutcase of an offspring. The Bobs whisper echoes of discontent where our ears cannot reach.The Bobs voted for Obama in states that they don't live. The Bobs sabotage our laundry. And most unsettingly, the Bobs seem to know all our private doings and speakings.
After great discussion of this calamity, the great one has convinced me it is neccessary to move the island. I shall more on this later.

'09 MARCH REVIEW

The following is a review of the complete month of March 2009 in Gregoria.

ENTERTAINMENT: 9 of 10

Wow did we have fun. First we watched all three seasons of Arrested Development and I must say that was one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. We also become engulfed be the sensation of killing zombies in Resident Evil 5. American Idol started and we love Adam and Danny. We finally embraced Heroes for being on track again. Chuck is just as stellar as it was in the fall. We are also stargazing as we watch the new lost. Only complaint is we need to do stuff not on the t.v., but with our t.v., who cares?

Work/School: 6 of 10


Well I, King Greg, have had a good month. More hours, training, different routes have helped me to earn prestige with superiors and fellow employees and helped our greenbacks too. Unfortunately, the Great One is afflicted with all manner of ills due to the vile workplace and the school has turned out to be quite a bully stealing most of her time.

Food: 4 of 10

We've become nervous as the nasty school bully has stolen most of the Great One's time. Evil pizzas and burgers are plaguing us as we speak, but we've uncovered some progress in eliminating sodas and severely decreasing sweet intakes. not bad since we still are losing a little weight.

Relationship: 10 of 10


Honestly, did you expect any less? if so come know to know your king and the great one.

Finances: 8 of 10


Very solid. Not the high target we had our sights on but we are infinitely better off than we were a month ago showing steady reliable progress.

Well that's it for our review. I want to thank all of the loving citizens who continually keep up with our lovely kingdom. We wish you the best.

Government takeovers

WARNING! BLOG ENTRY MAY CONTAIN DISSATISFACTORY POLITICAL THINKING

We've been hearing a lot lateley about AIG executives and how evil they are. This sort of rant is nothing new as we've been incited to anger concerning oil companies and their profits as well as healthcare being a disaster. The solution is always the same. Let government take it over. HUH?
Okay, first of all let us analyze what exactly did these guys did. They made money. They had bonuses contingent upon their success(underwritten by HR Dodd by the way). This all looks greedy to some and rather than think it seems to be easier to adopt the way of thinking of pick up a sign and whine. Do we really think government is insulated to greed. Seriously, especially politicians.
AIG is just a company. The idea is if you disagree with where you put your money, you can put it elsewhere. FOrcing an organization to produce a good or service while controlling their benefit or incentive can be viewed simarily to slavery. It would be like me telling the great one to cook for me or I'll take everything away from her. Kids, don't try this at home,i don't think i will.
Bottom line there is nothing that keeps government run entities in check. They operate with no boundaries and tell us how we need to think. Don't ever buy this we can run it better stuff.

Give unto Caesar what his Caesar's.

I have received a little feedback verbally and written as well concerning a comment in my article, "Under Pressure". The comment stated that I was attempting to minimize my political writings and commentary concerning healthcare and doctors.
Well, first off I need to clarify that my main intention of this blog is to keep everybody updated a little on the current situation of the Great One and Myself. Seeing we just mostly keep busy and the big changing news is sparse, I like to blog in an entertaining fashion and keep away from topics that may turn away people's attention. I feel it is my duty to help people feel interested and comfortable reading my blog.
So I have now decided it may be necessary to include these political thoughts, under the condition I warn people before they read. That way, those who have a secret fetish of wanting to argue(we know who you are in Gregoria) may not be deprived of the passionate dissonance. And if you per chance agree, you may also like what is written.

Superhero?

Last week on "Heroes", upon finding out the miraculous blood pressure recovery Greg had experienced, Dr. Chipman knew what he had to do. He had to explain to Greg that in the Kingdom of Gregoria there are others just like him, well kind of.
Greg soon discovered he was unique in being able to control his blood pressure and decided it was time to save the world. He soon met up with Claire and upon seeing her ability felt really inferior and decided to slip under the radar and never remember this again.
Unfortunately, Sylar found out about him and was briefly excited until he too realized the healing powers of Claire are far superior to controlling blood pressure.
What was Greg's fate? Well, he didn't catch much attention so he just got forgot like Monique Dawson, Micah Sanders, and that Caitlyn chick Peter was die hard in love with and was left in an alternate future. Peter then went on as normal like it never happened.
Greg instead decided to become a self gloating superhero with a cape.

This is a random parody if you didn't catch on.

Under Pressure

Per request of the great one in the Kingdom of Gregoria, Katherine, I shall open my hand yet once again and let the words of grandness flow free like a falcon.

The newest theme of my life is my blood pressure. It recorded as follows:

03.02.09 - 150/90
03.10.09 - 130/60

You see that change?! All I can say is I was endowed with a mind so superior that it showed my cardiovascular system who it's daddy was. Not really, only true in a way because I shifted my diet, not without the help of the great one, drastically all week. That is, truthfully, superior will power.

Anyway we look at it, I have tendencies to high blood pressure and I can easily conquer this problem. My good doctor attempted to give me meds and send me away, but I looked him in the eye and said, "Doctor, I appreciate this but I want a real solution. What must I do?"

I tell you people, he looked suprised and excited to answer. What does this tell me? There's got to be a scare among doctors about offending their patients and, oh boy, that's a whole other HUGE can of worms that I won't go into because I've commited myself to minimize political writings.

So now being under pressure of the great one, I am under my old blood pressure. Nice, huh?

Oh-bomb-uhhh!

I thought it necessary to focus on one of my earliest entries to attempt to reasonate on the current hot topic of Barack Obama Jr, our current superstar celebrity as President of the United States of America.

First of all, for those of who absolutley need a label for my views before reading, let me save you some time. I lean strongly conservative on the majority of national issues, so if you believe this corrupts or minimizes my words you may exit this site now. If not, understand I attempt deeply to see all the positives and negatives involved as well angles of perception. It's definitely not in my nature to ostracize and eliminate opposition when presented.

Barack Obama is our first African-American President and even though he's only 50% "black", this is a strong testament to the development of our nation. I saw many on t.v. of whom were the older generations of the black community in tears as he was inaugurated. I cannot relate but I felt for them 100%. Economic policy, foreign policy, illegal immigration, and national health care, while still important issues, took a back seat for this one moment as people who've been asked to sit in the back of the bus, drink from different fountains than whites, put in separate schools as if they were a disease and last but not least, lived in fear of all the hatred of groups like the K.K.K. He must have been like an eclipse to their feelings as the moment passed on very quickly but powerful enough to usurp their emotion. I am surmounted with respect when I imagine if that was me seeing what imagine what might have been impossible to see acceptance of the black community go from nearly ground zero to this level.

Now let us ask ourselves, should the color of our President's skin be important. I disagree completely. I find most people who voted for this man to be unaware of most of his policies in detail. It has mostly been emotional connections, racial bias, racial guilt and faith-like obedience
that won people over. One could argue this many ways, but I'd ask what his occupation was before becoming a U.S. senator in 2004. Without looking this up people struggle. It's because who he is or what he's done was never relevant to his triumphant voting block. It's about what he represents to them.

With vague and general phrases like "hope" and "change", everyone can mentally conjure what that means in their own way. Either way those words will appear to people who have neither, which means it isolates angry/jealous crowd who want more. When he says tax breaks for the "middle class", how may people sought to define this within numbers rather than associate themselves as down trodden under something or someone else. Images, symbols, hype, and generalaties are certainly the most effective conduits to misunderstanding.

Last, but not least, I wonder how much people understand civics and separation of powers. Nobody was concerned about all the congressional democrats attempting to force this man through as their nominee in the final stages of his primaries. Hillary, as we know, was well experienced but was arguably sabotaged by her democrat peers as they endorsed Barack Obama and suggested how qualified he was with his minimal experience left for everyone to interperet how they would like. Barack was obviously going to be a way of eliminating executive oppositon to these polarized legislators. In other words, a blank check for liberal lawmakers. Have questions about that? Ask yourself who wrote the latest 800 trillion dollar stimulus bill. House speaker Nancy Pelosi is the correct answer despit Barack getting the credit in the mainstream media.

My point. I really don't care about Barack Obama. I think he's just an empty suit. Probably intellegent and a nice guy, but a symbol to people nonetheless. As far as the country is concerned, I wouldn't waste my time on the guy. It's Congress we need to correct. Barack Obama will be a great distraction for overturning congressional seats in 2010 because the huge voting block behind liberals struggle when they feel in power.

First Blog

Hello. I've wanted to do this for some time now. Seeing that self-importance has devoured much of the industry, I thought I'd tag along on this blogging fad. It's kind of cool actually because I can feel like people like people are listening to me, even if they really aren't. Although, one should never underestimate the power of unprofessional journalism.
People are always curious to know what other voices may think and what other experiences people have had. There are those in those in the frontlines that only care what they think and therefore have no fear of expression who tend to give the rest of us the impression that they are the majority simply because that is what we see in the mainstream. The refreshing good news is that people do care what you and I think, even if we are or seem incompetent, uneducated, inexperienced, or just plain stupid.
In a collective perspective, I would deem the multitudes of opinions as a cacophony of shrieking waste, but one must realize that it is the individuals that sparkle to us. Each person is unique and can share so much to us. Therefore, I say blogs are a good thing.