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Greg

Tick Tock

About Me

I am a pretty normal guy at times. I have a great wife, and 2 awesome daughters. I spend my time working, running, and hanging out with the family. I love to run. I have been in many races including a triathlon and a marathon. I love music. Especially progressive metal.

My Interests

Music, Running, Computers, Guitar, Boating

I'd like to meet:

Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci

Music:

Dream Theater, Pain Of Salvation, Opeth, Nevermore, Savatage, Nightwish, Metallica, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Bon Jovi, U2, Shinedown, Pink Floyd, POD, Linkin Park, NIN, OSI, Queensryche, Pantera, Dragon Force, After Forever, Epica, Into Eternity, Spread Eagle, Symphony X, Raintime, Communic

Movies:

Night of the Living Dead, Contact, Dawn of the Dead, Star Trek, Superman, Star Wars, 2001, 2010, 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead, Evil Dead, Army of Darkness, Hellraiser, Nightbreed, PiI love horror and sci-fi.

Television:

The Office, My Name is Earl, X-Files, Simpsons, The Daily Show, Cops, Mythbusters

Books:

Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clark, 2001 - Arthur C. Clark, World War Z - Max Brooks

My Blog

Amazing luck with Ticketmaster

I normally complain about Ticketmaster because of their monopolizing the ticket industry, and chargin $12 "Service" charges to print up a small paper ticket.  However, I am loving them right now....
Posted by Greg on Fri, 25 May 2007 08:16:00 PST

These guys are sick

The guys in Dream Theater are total machines.  Here is a video of The Dark Eternal Night from the studio. J.M. fingers are all over the fretboard. M.P. is a mad man on the drums. I love it. I am ...
Posted by Greg on Thu, 17 May 2007 06:16:00 PST

ProgPower USA 2007

Glenn (the main organizer of ProgPower USA) just put this press release on his site.  I am totally pumpped to go. All I need is my ticket and air reservations.ProgPower USA VIII ticket informatio...
Posted by Greg on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:28:00 PST

Systematic Chaos

Mike Portnoy, from Dream Theater, just announced the track listing for the next album, Systematic Chaos. I always get excited for their albums, but I also get worried. The problem that I see is that, ...
Posted by Greg on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:16:00 PST

ProgPower VIII

I am planning on going to Prog Power VIII this year.  I've never been, but it sounds like it would be something that I would love.  They bands in the past have been impressive, and I am real...
Posted by Greg on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:42:00 PST

Nightwish and Chocolate Covered Pretzels

I love chocolate covered pretzels.  I get them almost every year as a gift on Christmas.  They are awesome. I love the sweet, smooth, chocolate over the hard, salty, pretzel.  It is lik...
Posted by Greg on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 06:36:00 PST

Dream Theater - Score

I just received the DVD and CD of Dream Theater's 20th Anniversary concert, Score. The show was recorded on April 1st, 2006. I missed that show, but I had the pleasure of seeing them at the Tower thea...
Posted by Greg on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:17:00 PST