Foster The People - Houdini (Live in Solana Beach)

Another very catchy Foster THe People song! good new sound for me

Foster the People 'Pumped Up Kicks' Live from SXSW

I do like this live version better, different music but still cool enough to be adored by G-Man

Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks

A new and fresh sound for my palate, me likey lots!!!!

So Much On the Plate

It's Monday morning and all is right in the world today, at least for me this fine day. Feeling better after my stomach flu and almost back to full strength, Terria I'm afraid is a few days behind me in her recovery of the same illness. Last night was a very interesting night for T and I and we talked it through to finality! After a long and essentially uneventful mothers day at April's house, a little louder than i would have wanted but par for the course when people get together. I cooked Chicken, Ribs, Ranchera and sliders on the grill, the food was amazing but my appetite was not all the way back and ate very little. Terria and I were surrounded by Brandon and Ty and were missing our Braz who actually was able to call his mom twice Sunday morning from Afghanistan which made her day and yet gave her an uneasy feeling, Braz not really sounding good and seemingly the realities of his duties have kicked in! Upon getting home we relaxed and I headed to the gym for a 45 minute workout to get back some energy by exerting myself into consciousness, or getting with the program as it were.  I was able to watch my World Superbike races that I had Tivo'd and enjoyed those to great length. Knowing in less than 3 weeks we will be at the races in Salt Lake City to watch the World Superbikes and the American superbikes both in their full splendor live and in person at one of the best tracks in the  World at Miller motorpark in Toele Utah, 20 minutes outside of Utah's Capital city of Salt Lake. We are really looking forward to a great time and a great drive of over 800 miles, i love to drive and love my music while i drive so we will be in a good place come the end of the month! Also looking at either going to Chicago or to Boston for a 4 day quick trip to watch either the Sox or the Cubs in Chicago, have n't really decided yet but want to make a trip either one as being the oldest 2 parks still standing , I'm intrigued by the history of it all and the beauty of the game played in these museums called ballparks. Well, getting back to the overload of emotions which sprung up last night, Saturday marked the 1 year anniversary of Ty's accident over the cliff in Ojai and the fact that we were all in a different mindset last mother's day, things have definitely changed since then and have really re-shaped the face of our existence as we speak today. The fact that Braz is essentially unreachable and we wait for him to contact us is really hard, knowing that for the next 15 months we sit back a wait to hear from him whenever we can. So  much pressure put on a 19 year old kid with a wife and a career and not yet living his childhood, as a parent sometimes very discouraging when they want to grow up so quickly and then realize that playing grown up is not all it's cracked up to be when the laws of averages and rules of life take over and seemingly aren't that fair. But as parents we let our kids grow as they must knowing there are times when we wash out hands of the blame and pains that we feel of our mistakes and shortcomings. We have to let the kids evolve, when they don't listen to you anyway , we must still keep preaching, as they grow up and grow older the words of wisdom we give have more and more meaning to them as they understand what we try to teach, but it's in their own time and speed that this occurs. Growing up for me was never a rapid accent, I stayed forever in the depths of childhood and i continue to enjoy my youth even at the age of 48, forever young or so i think anyway!!!! Yeah all seems to be headed in the right direction, we have 15 months of uncertainty and then we really find out what Brandon wants to do with his education and training , as for Ty boy , he's the wildcard and changes with the wind but hopefully he grows up quicker than he has so far and pulls it all together, whatever happens we are bonded tight and strong and know that each is right there side by side to help us along in our trek of uncertainty and times of emptiness, we will survive this and we will get through it all in flying Greg and Terria fashion, by communicating and sharing the thoughts and feelings when they occur, this is the daily ritual that we share and this is how we get stronger everyday and will continue the trend of doing it right and getting shit done.  A very fruitful and prosperous future awaits us and the present aint so bad either, loving life and loving my family to it's fullest , getting better each and every day and always looking for ways to get better. Happy Mondays to all and Good times are here and await our tomorrow!

Down and Out, but coming Back!

Feeling really good in comparison to a few days ago, the stomach virus that plagued my body is going away slowly, but surely! Feel good today and know that i must relax and possibly take another Day off from the gym, strength not being all the way back I must rest maybe one more day! As for Terria, the gift of giving was just that, i gave her my dreaded bug and now she fights the aches and pains that i went through but thankfullynot as severe which is a good sign. Not having been sick for 2 years I assumed that the initial sickness would be a big one and well ,I was right!!!! Today i came in on an off day to make up for a day i will take next week for my mothers Knee replacement surgery which she has put off as long as i had my knee surgery. The weekend is going to be a  tranquil one , Terria and I were going to host the fight this weekend but with all the work getting the house ready and the cooking and cleaning of the event we figure we don't have the energy to do it at this time and apologized to the invitees and they all understood. I'm her at work today feeling  a Little blue, knowing my wife is not 100% well and it was because of me. The day of past have are but a glimmer in the rear view and I wonder at times how i put myself there, but realistically finding my way and looking forward to the day in front of me, so much pain and drama in the world and i sometimes feel like a major contributor, when i do look back to this time last year , especially May 3 which was the day i told Terria i was seeing another woman I can't even fathom being that person, for what reasons and what possibly could i be looking for and looking forward to with another person that i know nothing about. The honeymoon phase is easy for everybody and the fun and games are cool, but when you throw a perfectly functioning marriage away for the sake of "WHAT" to try something different is so appalling to me, i get the reasons she did what she  but for me to take that jump was so out of character for me and so not Greg Duran. Yes looking back only makes the future that much better, living and learning more about myself and what really makes this life so important. It's never about Me but more about Us and those around me that matter the most, the very small friend pool that we share and the tight knit family that we are is the most important thing going in our lives. The faith in God to try to be the best person possible and live that "Golden Rule " life that i stress so much and is so important to me! I wish all mothers Happy mothers Day, although the day is a joke as is Valentines Days and all of the other Romaticist bullshit Hallmark created reasons to go commercial on the world. Getting back to basics and showing the people that matter in your life that they do matter, not once a year when society deems it a holiday to do so... Good Times!

So much going on today!

So much has happened over the last 24 hours in the world and I guess we shall wait and see what becomes of this phenomena in Terrorist land around the world, we got the guy we wanted and yet we still fight the same fight in the same hills and only have a symbolic victory to show for it. While thousands of soldiers are in harms flight to include my boy Braz and his wife Nikki, i only think of the hell they face over the next 12-18 months in Jalalabad Dog shit hell as Terria made them cookies and sent Nikki her Care package for her 20th birthday. Life is well but other than this damn stomach virus that i have going here I am really out of sorts with sleep and eating and the general axis of my world has been temporarily off kilter. The gym and golf have been put to rest , no motorcycle this past weekends beautiful 77 degree weather and it did put Terria in familiar grounds of fending for me as she does so well, thanks again O' wife O mine. It did bring back flash backs of the accident as the pains and weakness were very similar, with the exception of being able to use the restroom by myself the rest felt near the same  and the nightly delirium of fevers added a new twist to it all. But looking forward I feel better, not 100% but getting better this time knowing that there won't be hemoglobin #'s to be looked at, just trying to stay hydrated today and get through my dental appt to try to re-attach my fallen crown at 11:15 this morning. Tonight, if I make it through this workday will consist of a hot shower and a warm blanket and rest rest rest. Terria has been so amazing and last night as we went to sleep at 11pm , i dosed off with the help of Excedrin PM's  woke up and noticed she wasn't there , she went in to watch Army wives as she was wide awake, so i joined her and sensed an uneasiness about her mood. Knowing that we got Bin Laden is only going to make things more treacherous for Braz out there in the field for the next year plus, she's smart enough to know tat and shared that fear with me, i agreed and said wait for more shit to happen because it will! Be hope and pray for all of the troops to be safe, knowing that losing just 1 is 1 too many, a war that should not have ever started is just that, dust in the wind and we can't do anything about it. I am proud to have our Boy in the Army and serving our country proudly, and knowing that Brandon wants to join in a years time as well also makes me fearful but equally as proud to know that my boys aren't afraid to work and fight  for a living, it;'s not for everyone. I for one could never be yelled at or kiss anybody's ass they way they are trained to do. So i will close with a thought of prosperity and positivity. all we can do is be ourselves, all we are, is who we are and as long as we live by the Golden rule and touch people in a positive way, Republican,Democrat , atheist or Christian we are all created equally and make the choice to disenfranchise our gifts ,or we cash in and share them with the world. Life is about choices and the accountability for those choices. I own mine, hope you all own yours too!!!!!!

Been Sicker than a Dog

A serious bout of stomach flu and fevers have kept me grounded since Wednesday night and feel allot better tonight as I prepare for a workweek and a dentist appt in the morning. Damn run down and never been this sick since November -22 2009, as per usual my Terria is by my side and assisting and fighting with me to relax, so I listen and have not been to the gym for 4 days or really out of the house for 4 plus days, sav3 for a drive around the lake with Terria to get me some sunshine. Happy days and so glad we got Bin Laden and now push forward and further close their doors down...hell yes