Politically Incorrect

So my brother-in-law Daniel Liljenquist is running for State Senate in District 23 (This covers Bountiful, NSL, West Bountiful, Woods Cross, and most of Centerville) we are very excited and he is going to do an amazing job. If you have any questions about his candidacy please feel free to contact us and we would love to answer then. DAN LILJENQUIST 2008!
ANYWAY so I helping him out at West Bountiful Elementary the other day during the District Delegate meetings. I arrived at six that evening and waited 45 minutes until someone unlocked the building. This only left me with 15 minutes to set up and look presentable and knowledgeable. I entered the front doors and had to run to the other side to collect the materials. The door was locked so I propped it open with an orange cone. I let a couple people in that were waiting. (If it weren't for me and my hospitality they wouldn't have even gotten in because they weren't even going to open that door.) I grabbed two chairs, posters, a FIVE FOOT DIAMETER table, licorice, a potted plant, and fliers. I awkwardly waddled my way back inside and asked the gentleman, that I LET IN, to kindly close the door for me. I informed him that I did not want to be responsible for leaving a door open at an elementary school. This "kind" gentlemen looked at me and said...."....no".........
"Sir I am the one that propped the door open and would really appreciate it if you would help me out and close it." The nasty man's response, "I don't want to be held responsible for CLOSING the door." ...............Greg: "Sir I OPENED IT and I would REALLY enjoy some help in closing it." NASTY MAN: ".....No." (Nasty man to walk away....)
The words uttered under my breath mimicked that of the actions of the NASTY MAN, BUT because I am PC and representable I kept them quiet enough that none could hear.
After MUCH affliction I had to leave and head to rehearsal. There is a little known fact about me, Greg, which I will now reveal because I AM NOT AFRAID! I, when frustrated or worked up, recite to myself....out loud...what I will say. I am NOT ASHAMED. It really doesn't matter where I am at. I will even do it anywhere. In this particular event I was doing it in the car on the way to rehearsal. My wife needed an eloquent version of events so I was really pulling out all the stops in my vocal recital. That's when I heard the honk. I looked over and found a stranger peering in at me! They gave me the "roll down the window" motion. (You know that motion that mimics an old school car window lever that no one has anymore, but maintains it as the universal roll down your window signal?) The question was asked, "Who are you talking to?" THE NERVE OF A COMPLETE STRANGER! Then they removed their sunglasses and it turned out to be my friend Bryn. I just sped off in complete embarrassment.
SO, the moral of the story. BE NICE and NOT NASTY because not only may you tick people off with your nastiness, but you may run the risk of embarrassing them down the road. NASTINESS IS NEVER ENDING!

uhh.....awkward

Okay so I know that I share many of my experiences from my Public Speaking class, but COME ON. If you give 25 young coeds an open forum and loose instruction you are in for a treat.
Today marked the beginning of our Persuasive speeches. It is an 8 minutes speech on a topic of your choosing. The objective is to persuade the class to believe in and support your POV.
This is.......Vern (for safety sake) Now Vern was in the same room when the rest of us learned all about tailoring our speeches to our audience: what they know, what they want to hear, what they care about, etc. Our setting is nearly 50% international students. Nearly half of those (if not more) are on some kind of ethnicity scholarship. (Keep in mind Caucasian is not an accepted ethnicity when it comes to scholarships) Vern; however, chooses his topic. He chooses.....

I nearly messed myself........ Now mind you I agreed with many of his points. He spoke that we, as a society, should be awarded more on our abilities, contributions, efforts, and accomplishments rather than on our origins of birth. Increased affirmative action only aids the bigotry and cultural division of the nation and teaches us that we no longer need to strive for greater heights, we can just assume they are our obligations. (Okay so he really didn't say ALL of this, but I decided that because it is my blog I will add my own voice) AMEN BROTHER.....,BUT at the same time I feared for his life. This action is pretty much the only reason that many of these students were able to make it into this class in the first place. Vern never took his eyes off his paper. He was going to say what he had to say and said it he did. Secretly I was hoping for a debate. I LIVE for this kind of stuff. I looked around the room and saw THIS!

FOR HEAVEN SAKES even the foreign kids were sleeping! Take a stand! Get rilled up when rilling up is called for. Believe in your rights and convictions.........IF YOU HAVE THEM.
I just thought this sight was quite pitiful. I was expection blood and nashing of the teeth and I got NOTHING. What a let down. Maybe I should give my speech on Border Regulations or Required Competency and Minimal GPA requirements and see what transpirers. This pot NEEDS SOME STIRRIN'!

I watching you....

Okay so here's the deal. I typed myself over to a website and got our blog a Site Meter. It's great. You get to review how many people visit your blog, when they visit your blog, from where they visit your blog, and how long they visit your blog. It has taught me one thing, only about 5% of our viewing population comments on our blog. SHAME on you! Hasn't blogging etiquette been established? When you like a post you comment.
SO I have been evaluating our blog and have decided to make it funner. How? I don't know, BUT I want to do it.
Here's my first step. THE BIG NEWS! (When you read that did you secretly think that I was going to announce that we were pregnant?... Don't worry, Megan coughed last week and two people asked. It's just part of "newlywedship." Not yet.) ANYWHO, IT'S OFFICIAL. I am going to be attending the BYU Marriott Business School program. This really isn't too big of a surprise seeing that I have already told most people this, but they big difference is now BYU agrees. That is kind of a crucial part. I start class April 29th, but we will most likely not move down until August. We are PUMPED.
Well I am off to Public Speaking to give a speech I have not yet written. Why do I do this to myself? Good thing I was born with the ability to wing it. It's in my blood.

THEY'VE GOT US BABE....HOPEFULLY!

So Megs, my beautiful hot sexy wife... just in case you were wondering, and I attended our first rehearsal for FEELIN' GROOVY last night. It is a sixties concert that will be at the theatre starting the first of May. (I double dog DARE you to come. You get TWO DOLLARS off, read it and weep, if you mention one of our names when purchasing tickets! We will most likely be in the Tues/Thurs/Sat cast.) As we reviewed the list of songs that will be performed (we are ending with THE AGE OF AQUARIUS!!!) we came across I GOT YOU BABE originally sung by SUNNY AND CHER! This is OUR SONG! NOT KIDDING! It is even on our WEDDING VIDEO.

Anywho, they have not yet assigned out parts and I am secretly hoping that we get to sing it. HOWEVER I am not going to hold my breath, but we would really like to.

In other news our Sister Brooke is about to give birth to NUMBER 6! Hopefully TOMORROW! WE ARE PUMPED for Baby Benjamin to be here. (I played a pivotal part in the naming process. I did.) Hopefully I will get my rear in gear and start posting more pictures.

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Just thought that I would be festive and celebrate the Green Holiday with all of you! Hope that it is a fantastic day full of cabbage and corned beef, and green jello with pineapple tidbits!....I sincerely hope that mine is spent holding my BRAND NEW Baby B! We aren't quite sure what day he will come... I am hoping sooner than later though! I can hardly stand the anticipation. Brooke, my oldest sister...the mother of Baby B, says that you would think the baby was my own by the way I am acting!....SO WHAT!....I do kinda think of her children as my own...why should Baby B be ANY different?!

What can I say?!...I love babies more than ANYTHING!!...even puppies...SOMETIMES! That is a different topic though...let's not get me started on it!

P.S. Greg broke my car door...so I have to roll down the window, reach out and manuever my short arm around the handle, pull the handle up, QUICKLY stick my leg out as a door jam...BEFORE it closes, roll the window back up, turn the car off (all while I have one foot out of the car...with a skirt on) and FINALLY exit from the car!....It's a DANG GOOD THING that he is so CUTE!

A Call to Arms

Okay so I know that our good friend Rosa has made it into the blog a few times, but come on she gives me all the workings for a good post. ANYWHO today was no exception. In my public speaking class it was her turn to present her informative speech. She graced us with none other than....SALSA DANCING! THIS was my face! I just knew something good was coming and I was bracing myself for it.

She started off by asking the class to move the front two rows of desks thus.

Then she proceeded to ask each of us to stand to get ready to dance......

We all learned the three step (I did pretty good) and then L'angel assisted her in a full on demonstration.

No need to worry. She informed each of us that Salsa dancing should not be used to get SEX, but it can be used to get a good date and even teach us how to MAKE-OUT.....

The buzzer went off, and without any remorse, the teacher spoke up and said, "You're done."