Paper Greg profile picture

Paper Greg

The teams I back never win.

About Me

I'm new to Chicago. I'm scraping by as a freelance writer, editor and proofreader.
I wear my watch to bed.
My writing can be found on The Nervous Breakdown , yellow magazine and Four Magazine . I've made some brief appearances in The Believer and on McSweeney's Internet Tendency and The Big Jewel .
And then I'm goofing around on another blog called Juice of Our Fogs .
*******************************************************
The Nervous Breakdown is updated daily and I ask that you keep checking in like a prostitute who collects hotel ice buckets. TNB has a MySpace page you can join and get updates. ******************************************************
I'm also a volunteer writing tutor at 826 Chicago .
Here's a video I took of Ben Gibbard playing "Brand New Colony" at last fall's 826 Chicago benefit show:
The YouTube video I'm into at the moment: MyGen Profile Generator

My Interests

NBA Basketball will be occupying my mind until June. Go Cavs.

I'd like to meet:

Steven Colbert, Woody Allen, Wes Anderson and Charlie Kaufman.

Music:

The 2006 edition of my annual Christmas mix:

Movies:

The Jerk

Television:

The Office

Books:



My Blog

Al Franken is Officially Running for the US Senate

To my Minnesota friends - from Moorhead to Minneapolis to Winona to Rochester - vote Al Franken in 2008.Check out his video: ...
Posted by Paper Greg on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:32:00 PST

You Really Shouldn't Jump to Conclusions When Finding a Cache of Weapons...

... Especially If You're Wearing a Space-Diaper. New one up on The Nervous Breakdown today. You Really Shouldn't Jump to Conclusions When Finding a Cache of Weapons, Especially If You're Wearing a Spa...
Posted by Paper Greg on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 06:30:00 PST

What is the What

I'm still busy reading. With my new New Yorker subscription, along with my excellect subscription to The Believer (Thanks again, Crystal. One of the best gifts I've ever received!), I am finding it ha...
Posted by Paper Greg on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:19:00 PST

Job Posting on Craigslist.com Gets My Hopes Up and Then Strangles It Against a Brick Wall

So I check craigslist.com like seven times a day. Looking for writing announcements and jobs, here is a job I came across (with my initial thoughts in blue): ***Sittercity (Never heard of them, but wh...
Posted by Paper Greg on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:11:00 PST

The Big Jewel

I got something published on The Big Jewel today. I'm pretty pumped as writers who have been read in The New Yorker, The Onion, McSweeney's, Cracked Magazine, Slate and others have been read on The Bi...
Posted by Paper Greg on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:51:00 PST

When I Was Eleven Years Old I Would Have Liked to Have Been Kidnapped...

...(But Only For Like Seven Hours)There's a new article up at The Nervous Breakdown.Thanks fer checkin' 'er out.-Greg...
Posted by Paper Greg on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:31:00 PST

Who do you turn to when you believe a man is masturbating in the next stall?

Apparently not the maintenance guy.A few days ago my roommate and I were in the locker room getting ready to work out at our neighborhood's YMCA. Before heading upstairs to the weightroom, I...
Posted by Paper Greg on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:30:00 PST

Two Kids Who Looked Like Trouble at a St. Patrick's Day Parade

It's pretty much exactly what I said.
Posted by Paper Greg on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:36:00 PST

UFOs and The Nervous Breakdown

Identifying Unidentified Flying Objects Just May Be What the Doctor Ordered, Or Maybe It was the Grilled Swordfish with Avocado Butter New post up on The Nervous Breakdown. As always, comments are app...
Posted by Paper Greg on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:08:00 PST

Taxi Drivers Aren't Allowed to Have Friends With Them at Work

On New Year's Eve my buddy and his wife asked if we could take a cab to the bar. We were only about a mile away, but the wife had on heels and so I empathized. Will held up his arm and a cab...
Posted by Paper Greg on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:10:00 PST