What Am I Listening to?!?!?

Good question! You can now track what I listen to! I downloaded a free program called Audioscrobbler. You just choose the music player you use and then download and install audioscrobbler. It then tracks all the music you listen to and puts them in a neat little package with charts and also recommends bands you may like. Wicked cool!

See what I'm listening to!

P.S. In the future just click on "Listening" under links to continue to see what I'm listening too. You love music!

Gregg

Zdenek's Xbox Envy (Voicemail)

My best friend Zdenek back in Massachusetts well actually I could probably go as far as saying my best friend in the United States of America..anyways as you all know I recently bought a Xbox 360. Well I waited out for 17 hours and was really tired so when I got home that day I shut my phone off and took a nap. Well when I woke up my friend Zdenek left some crazy ass voicemails!

Download Here!


Love your best internet friend,

Gregg

Weekend Update (Audio) - Thanksgiving, UTC Mall, Condemned, Ben & Jerry's & More!

Lots of things happened this weekend! We had Thanksgiving, Mall Rats, Xbox 360 & More!
You don't want to be left out in the cold!

1 Year Anniversary in San Diego

I arrived in San Diego on November 21, 2004 after a 6 day car trip across the United States of America. The first thing I encountered in California was the sand dunes and people riding their 4-wheelers on them. I quickly encountered driving in between, up and down these huge mountains, well huge for me because Massachusetts is basically pretty flat with very little mountain area. I was so freaking scared of these mountains and they seemed to go on forever I was so happy once we got past them. When we finally got to our final destination The Vagabond Inn in Hotel Circle it was raining and kind of cold. I was surprised because everything I heard about San Diego was that it never rains and its always warm. We lived in the Vagabond Inn for 4 days with me, Dave, Erica & the 2 dogs in a 2 bed room. We found the apartment we live in now in the newspaper and it was one of the only places that allowed dogs, near the beach and relatively cheap.

Pros of San Diego:
*Consistent weather with very little rain (it didn't rain once from like February 2005-October 2005)
*Areas near the beach are very pretty with cliffs, greenage & awesome beaches
*Tons of family activities to do (i.e. Sea World, San Diego Zoo, Padres, Chargers)
*The girls per capita here are the prettiest I've ever seen. (it's hard to go somewhere and not see pretty girls)
*2 hours from anything (the beach, the mountains, desert, snow, etc...)
*Everyone here is from somewhere else (I've met more people that weren't born here compared to being born here - its cool you get different accents and traditions)

Cons of San Diego:
*Anything not close to the beach is burnt/desert looking and extremely hot!
*Houses/Apartments are small and no one has a backyard and if they do its tiny!
*People here per capita are the flakiest I've ever met.
*Anyone where you go its always packed and busy. (you can go to Target on a Monday at 2pm and the parking lot is filled!)
*It doesn't rain enough and the weather is consistent. (for me its a double edged sword)
*You need to take a written test to change your drivers license over to California. (this is such bullshit)
*California taxes everything including clothes and at the incredibly high rate of 7.75%!!!

There are a lot of pros and cons to living in San Diego just like any other place. My one year here has been great and bad. It's been fun and boring, I've longed for Massachusetts and been glad I'm far away. I've met some really cool people like Lissa (Panamasian Princess), Michelle (Complicated Lahhover), Brandon (Big Texas), Bill (Pittsburgh Sucks), Kim (Folk Girrrl), Stephanie (God's Girl), Joy (PinkbeltRAGE)...

If you'd like to watch our photo slide show with music for our trip across the country, you can download it here (it's an exe file so after it downloads just open it and it'll automatically play)

Thanks to everyone who has been super cool and interesting in San Diego!

Gregg

P.S. Happy 30th Birthday to Darlisha!

XBOX 360 Launch Party Marathon

My Xbox 360 journey began yesterday morning @ 9:00 am when I called EBGames.com to confirm that my pre-order that I ordered on September 5, 2005 would be shipping on November 21 and that I'd be receiving it November 22. When I got on the phone with a representative he told me "You missed the deadline for first shipment by 5 days and yours order will be shipping second shipment" ok well when is 2nd shipment? "we don't know". I was like FUCK that sucks so I went onto Plan B: Camp out at Best Buy in Mission Valley and get a damn XBOX 360! I picked up my friend Stephen from his work @ 3:00 pm and we got to Best Buy @ 3:15 pm. When we arrived at Best Buy we noticed there were already 25 people in line. Fuckin' crazy huh?!?! The first person was in line at 12:00 pm. Immediately upon waiting in line we struck up conversations with about a small group. We met this one couple Nicole and hmm I can't remember her boyfriends name, anyway Nicole just got breast implants like 4 days ago so she was icing down her boobs - I Love Ice Cold Boobs! Another guy was from Belgium but now goes to school in San Diego and another guy did his Accounting homework for literally 9 hours! My friend Bill from work and his roommate Herzog came down to hangout with us - Bill actually was nice enough to bring me a 6-inch Turkey & Cheese sub from Subway. At about 10pm the line was filled with about 90 people and these 90 were guaranteed Xbox's. At around 12:30am Best Buy came around handed us tickets with #'s on it guaranteeing us an Xbox and said we can leave for the night but to make sure we are back by 8:00 am or else we don't get an Xbox. 75% of the line went home to go to bed after that but guess who stayed like a stupid ass - ME! I live like 7 minutes away from this place but I was like I'll stick this out and try to sleep. I couldn't fall asleep outside because it was FREEZING so I went in my car turned on the heat but I don't think Honda Civics are made to be slept in. Civics are so small, so I literally slept 20 minutes the whole night. At around 6:30 am the people in line the previous night began to come back to the store and reform the line. After 17 HOURS of waiting it was 8:00 am which signified Best Buy was opening! I got into the store and I picked up an extra wireless controller, a play and charge kit, an extra rechargeable battery, Perfect Dark 0 (game) & Condemed (game).
Leaving with an Xbox 360 in hand and knowing that I was now going home to sleep and play the most powerful console ever in history sounded like heaven to me!

Xbox 360 Launch Photoset

Sleeeeepy and Sick,

Gregg

Weekend Update (Audio) - Cough, Sore Throat, Run & Nap

I'm getting sick! My one year of not getting sick may be coming to an end! Listen to this audiopost and wish me a get well soon!

Sour Cream On Top Of Some Shaved Roast Beef

I recently was a guest on a NEW podcast called Spatcast. It's a podcast where the host of the show Erica and a guest argue/spat over something. Well our topic of discussion is kind of graphic so you probably won't want to listen to it with your mom or dad around unless they molest you or something. The topic at hand is "sexually" based so I'll leave it at that! I'm probably going to lose a lot of female fans and gain a lot of gay ones haha!


Download Directly Here
or
Subscribe in iTunes

Phat and let me know who you think won!

Gregg

Xbox 360 Gamertag

If you play Xbox 360 and use the Live service here is my gamertag! We can play games together & you can track my progress in games and see what games I've played! BOO-YAH!

How Gay Is Gregg?

I know a bunch of you think, thought or predict I am/will be gay someday and you're probably seeking some kind of percentage/mathematical way to figure just how gay I really am! Well there is a website that has finally figured out the math equation to this and by all accounts it may be right on the money! First off you can take the test yourself here http://www.channel4.com/gayometer.

This test pushes your gay tendencies to the limit. It asks everything from if you liked being the cowboy or the Indian when playing cowboys and Indians as kids to if you think you masturbate too much (who the hell would say they masturbate too much?!?!?)

I scored a 56%! I'm right in the middle..Aren't you slightly surprised and shocked?!??!
I was, I thought I'd be like 75% or something not a lowly 56%. I may take it over so I can get a better score.

View the photo of my score here.

Also view some photos of my bands show @ O'Connell's in San Diego here.

To all my well wishers it's not how old you are when you die it's how you feel when you die!

Gregory Shane O'Connell

Cunning 25 year old male seeks 20's female for XMAS Party

The title says it all!
I posted an ad on craigslist asking for a young woman to accompany me to a company Christmas party. I've received like 7 replies from females and 2 from gay guys haha! The ad is basically a joke/experiement!

One gay guy had this to say

"You're a good looking guy, what do you need to post an
ad for? Any interest in lying back and enjoying a great BJ or
handjob from a gay guy? Nothing expected in return."

Damn guys are nasty! I dunno how girls deal with them!

If you would like to attend the Christmas party with me feel free to applying to my ad
located here! Cunning 25 year old male seeks 20's female for Business XMAS Party

Sincerely

Saint Gregg

Today Marks 1 Year Since I Left Massachusetts

I can't believe it's been exactly 1 year since I was last in Massachusetts. I haven't seen my mom, dad, sister or brother in a year either. It's really a strange feeling to go from living 30 minutes away from my family to 3,000 miles! Being that close to my family was always such a nice security blanket to have. If I ever needed anything or freaked out something they were a short car ride away to comfort me. Now I live in a place where I have no family and the only beings I'm truly completely comfortable with are Erica, Herbie & Stowie.

When I left for my journey to California 1 year ago my family had thrown me a going away party. Everyone was there my immediate family, grandmother, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc...Saying goodbye individually to my immediate family was one of the hardest things I have ever done in my life. My dad was the first to leave the party and when he said goodbye to me he started crying heavily and gave me a quick hug and took off. It took a lot from me to not start balling myself when he started. I started crying big time when I was saying goodbye to my mom, sister and brother. My mom was like "oh sonny I love you so much I'm going to miss you" and she hugged me forever and wouldn't let me go - haha :)
My sister was next to say goodbye and she's always the tough one giving encouragement "Gregg you're going to do awesome out there don't worry". My brother probably made me cry the most but it wasn't when I said goodbye and hugged him it was when Erica and I were driving off and I got a text message on my phone that said "I love you little bro I'm going to miss you & I'm really proud of you" it was one of the nicest coolest things my brother has ever said to me. He acts like such an unaffected person and he likes to keep his sappy feelings inside and him saying that really got me and I'll always remember that moment forever in my life.

I miss so many things about Massachusetts from the people to the food to the seasons to the familiar landscape I can't wait to move back and be with my family on more consistent basis.
I'm glad I did this move cause its helped me overcome a lot of fears of being far away from such a familiar place.

I'm going to post a "California 1 Year Anniversary" post on November 21 which is the day we arrived in San Diego!

Gregg

P.S. Random photos of right before we left for Cali.

Erica Putis Quits The Predicates

So as some of you know Erica quit the band (The Predicates) she and I started back in 2002.
We met at an open mic in 2001 and then in January 2002 we wrote our very first song "All We Know". We liked that song so much we decided to keep writing songs. We had about 20 songs when this security guard named Ted Anderson (used to be in a band with Joe Perry from Aerosmith) at the Radisson hotel where we played open mic at hooked us up with his friend Robert Holmes who was the lead guitarist for the band 'Til Tuesday. Robert had a home studio up in Vermont so Erica and I went up there in May 2002 to record "Dissin Treez" We finished that record and played out in Massachusetts and Rhode Island as an acoustic duo. In January 2005 we met Dave Tuetken. He found us because we placed an ad online looking for a drummer. We then recorded our 2nd album with Dave on drums and Erica on bass and me on guitar. We still haven't released this album haha even though its finished but it will be released soon enough :). The whole band moved out to San diego in November 2005 but Dave moved back to Rhode Island and left the band in April 2005. Erica and I went back to being an acoustic duo. In September 2005 we began recording our 3rd album and its also around this time Erica started to get easily upset with me and has found it hard working with others musically. She gave me the news that she didn't want to be in a band with me anymore about 2 weeks ago. I didn't announce it because I wanted to for her to go to Massachusetts and come back see what her final answer was. She told me last night that she was through with it so here I am today.

Erica was so easy to write music with, she comes up with harmonies effortlessly and it really added the extra mmmphh the songs we wrote needed. She sings awesome, has an incredible ear for what sounds good, bad or off. She is just an incredible musician and I'm super glad I met her. I couldn't have asked for a better person to write music with, it's been nothing but a good time writing/playing music with her. She's been the inspiration of many songs that I have written and she will continue to be. Thank you Erica for everything you've done for me & contributed to The Predicates - you're a one of a kind person.

Gregg

Weekend Update (Audio) - Kim, Xbox 360, Party & Airport

Another crazy weekend! Listen, Learn & Behave!

Kim DiVincenzo
Xbox 360
Bill

MySpace Top 8 Friends

You might make my top 8 next month! Only the coolest of the cool have made it this month!

You have 105 friends

Susana	blah_la_lovely	Stephanie	Kim DiVincenzo
Toeface	SesMan	Jason	Brandon

To Be Single Or Not To Be Single?

I've been single for a while now. I mean I live with Erica and have since we broke up which was basically when we first got out here. I've lived with Erica since May 2002 so we're going on living together for 4 years! It's such a long time now that she actually feels like more than a friend to me. She feels like family to me. She is definitely my family along with Stowie & Herbie out here in California. We're like one weird little human/animal family! Erica is the mom who worries about everything, I'm the lazy teenager who just wants to go on the internet and play video games, Herbie is the sappy sensitive artistic son & Stowie is the bully who picks on Herbie.

I've dated a few girls since I've broken up with Erica. The girls are generally nice, pretty & smart but they never seem to want what I want. They are either too heavily into partying, into their career, hanging out with friends, too young, too old, too religious, etc...I'm basically looking for a girl that gives me some of the same chemistry that I have with Erica without the constant bickering she and I go through. Like with Erica she and I generally like all the same things (i.e. music, movies, tv shows, places to go - except bars yuck!) Please Please don't say get back with Erica because that's not what I want or what she wants. We had our time and it was awesome but it's over. I'd love to meet a girl that is the perfect mix of:
Doesn't have so many friends that she doesn't have time for me because I totally need to be the center of attention I'm a fucking needy bitch! haha!
She needs to like good music and not just the shit they play on the radio, she needs to be open minded, DEMOCRAT, pretty, smart, fun, no drugs, doesn't drink too much, eats better than me, doesn't eat too much beef! haha I know it's weird but I have this thing that it grosses me out if a girl eats a lot of beef!
hopefully she exercises but isn't obsessed with it, and lastly lets me be who I am and lets me say what's on my mind without getting bent! Too many girls I meet lately are all about stopping me from swearing! What the FUCK IS THAT ABOUT!??!? FUCK FUCK FUCK SHIT SHIT SHIT!

: )

Thanks for reading my bullshit you guys are the best ever! I Fucking love each of you separately for all the good traits you have and the bad genes you inherited!

Gregg

P.S.
Does anybody watch Run's House on MTV? I totally dig it! Who's House? Run's House!!! My favorite person in the family is Russy he's got a lower voice than me and he's like 7 years old! haha

The Lonely Holidays

For 23 straight years I spent Thanksgiving and Christmas with my family without missing one! Lets rewind back to October 2004 and I begin to HATE the job I have. I kept asking for a raise and I was told I would get one soon but months went on and on until I got fed up and told them I'm quitting in one month and moving to California! So my band at the time and I decide we all are going to move to San Diego, CA! We leave Massachusetts November 15, 2004 thus me missing my first ever major holiday with my family. We got to San Diego on November 21, 2004 which ended up being about a week before Thanksgiving that year.
Thanksgiving 2004 was spent not eating turkey, not with family and in an apartment with basically no furniture. We were hurting big time (Still Are haha!!!) . For Christmas 2004 my mom sent me out an American Express gift card so that I could bring my roommates and I out for a nice X-mas dinner. Well our nice X-mas dinner ended up being 2 Large Pizzas from Papa John's!

Fast forward to 2005 and it's now just Erica and I in the apartment. We've met very few friends out here that have stuck around since day 1. She and I have been thinking about what we are going to do for Thanksgiving and here are our options. Go to Von's (Grocery Store) and have them make us Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings! Go out to a restaurant and be overcharged! or not celebrate the holiday at all? Christmas 2005 is next month and I haven't seen anyone in my immediate family for what's now going to be 2 years of Holidays. I do miss the sights, sounds, tastes, jokes, etc of my family dinners and I do long to move back to New England one day. I do feel on the other hand that this is a great experience being away from what I'm used to and possibly enjoy a major holiday with new friends.

If you'd like to sponsor us for Thanksgiving we are taking food donations in the amount of 6 lbs of white turkey meat, gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, corn, green beans, apple cider, Sprite, cranberry sauce (jellied), apple pie, chocolate chip cookies & whipped cream.

Happy Almost Holidays,
Gregg

Weekend Update (Audio) - House Party, Beach, Ashley & More!

It's your favorite post of the week! My weekend update! All kinds of good shit went on from

House Parties to the Beach to Recording!

I actually got cut off during the recording so that's why it ends abruptly!

Herpes is in my Future?

First off let me say I'm sorry to all my gay guy fans that my weekend audio update isn't up yet. The company that I do it through (AudioBlogger) has been down since yesterday and is still down! I will have it up though as soon as they get their fat asses to work!!!

Dude this is funny shit! I sent an email with my photo attached to my friend. I didn't write anything in the body of the email. The way Gmail works with ads is whatever is written in the email it takes certain keywords from the email and puts ads over to the right of the page. Well I didn't write ANYTHING except for what the program I used to send the photo puts in there which just basically says this photo was sent with Picasa. The only thing in the subject is this "a picture for you" So I don't know if Gmail can tell the future but in the ads to the right of the page is an ad for "Herpes Picture"
Do they really think/know I'm going to get Herpes? Scary shit! Thank God I'm celebate and only have sex with virgins!

Gregg

Random Facts & Funnies about this website!

If you search "twisted testicle" on yahoo my website is the 1st one that comes up.

My "Boy Just Wants To Dance" video has been downloaded over 12,000 times!!!

Besides North America the countries that visit my website most often are New Zealand & Australia! Thanks to Steve & the kangaroos!

Since July my websites traffic has increased every single month:
July: 334
August: 599
September: 759
October: 2,042 (Yikes - Thank God for Dancing & Gay Guys!!!)

Busiest Traffic day of the week for my site is Tuesday and the slowest is Saturday. You guys love getting liquored up on the weekends ehhhhh! Busiest hour is from 9pm-10pm - I guess no one watches TV anymore!

Mr. Britney Spears AKA Kevin Federline - New Track Leaked!!!

K-Fed as he calls himself has been recording a rap album. His producer Disco D (haha nice name!)
leaked 52 seconds of a track called "Ya'll Ain't Ready" on his website. He then took it off after a bit but who other than me downloaded and am now sharing it with you!

Download the track here!

Selfish & Giving

There must be selfish people in our society for us to survive , it is a necessity or else we'd all be givers with no one actually taking anything. We all know there should be a fine line between being too selfish and too giving but who the hell can find the fine line. I've always been the worst at finding that line. As I get relaxed in a relationship I tend become the taker but as I've grown older I've definitely improved 10 fold in the giving department.

I learned a lot from my relationship with Erica in the beginning I was the king of taking any and all attention she would give me and not returning it. As our relationship went on she started to not give as much as she used to so I learned I needed to give in order to receive (I'm not talking about oral pleasures so relax haha)

I think the reason I was/kind of am selfish is because I constantly need attention. I usually need to be the center of attention or else I feel like a nobody. I hate to settle into mediocrity. I want to be the person you meet in life that isn't famous but you'll remember forever. I love entertaining people and making them laugh. I love getting manly men pissed off when I pretend I'm gay or do something androgynous. So the attention I crave goes hand and hand with my selfishness because I need to feel super special.

I've definitely been working on getting better as a person as I grow closer to deaths door. I actually find a lot of satisfaction in giving to others and seeing their responses and reactions. I love giving surprises because I'm getting a surprise in return by seeing their excitement & joy on their faces and body language. Man I sound like a freakin loser homo huh?!?!? haha =)

Guys and Girls the moral of this story is to give and to take - but also try and find the fine line that is there that I have such trouble finding! May I be in your thoughts and prayers as I settle into obscurity.

Checkout the new photo set of white trashness in the recording studio!

Selfishly Giving,
Gregg

Glorifying The "G's" in Gregg

Checkout this photo that Maggie Woodley from Toronto, Canada drew of me (Gregg Drawing) I freakin' love it! I've never had anyone draw me! That'd be phat if it were in color!!! =)
But it's still lovely nonetheless.

Download a voicemail Ken from San Diego left me!
He literally runs through every letter in my name and gives
an adjective to describe me! This guy is nuts!!!
Good Shit and its weird!
Download Here

Good Day!
Gregg