Gregory
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Somebody's best kept secret
Male
35 years old
West Des Moines, Iowa
United States
Last Login: 7/6/2009
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Gregory's Interests
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| General | martial arts, juggling, lasting friendships, women, comedy, clowning, video gaming, learning new things, traveling, life, cheese, spending my older years as a "Magical Negro" | | Music | mashups, Photek, Orbital, Chemical Bros., Crystal Method, Living Colour, TMBG, Bjork, Postal Service, Danny Kaye, 12 Rods (r.i.p.,) Primus, Public Enemy, Blur, The Streets, Underworld, Radiohead, Spike Jones, Raymond Scott, bo bud greene, Groucho Marx, Richard Cheese, Bobby McFerrin, Corn Mo, Tom Lehrer, Stone Temple Pilots, Leon Redbone, Bloodhound Gang, Emiliana Torrini, Portishead - I've got loads more. Notice there's no country listed. | | Movies | Wes Anderson movies, Jeunet/Caro movies, Kill Bills, Mulholland Drive, LOTR, Sci Fi's Dune miniseries, Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love, LA Story, Dancer in the Dark, Kung Pow!, Moulin Rouge, Vanilla Sky, What Dreams May Come, Fear of a Black Hat, Team America, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, The Transporter, Snatch, Fight Club, Gigantic, A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, Spinal Tap, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Fist of Legend, Wing Chun, Drunken Master II, Fifth Element, Run Lola Run, Dogma, still more . . . | | Television | (While touring, I don't get to watch much) Adult Swim, Mythbusters, Penn and Teller, Scrubs, Carnivale, Battlestar Galactica (new series,) Boondocks, Heroes, Lost. Criss Angel "Mindfreak" causes me to laugh. There's more good stuff out there. | | Books | Tao Te Ching, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Fight Club, Lullaby, Dune, Becoming Light, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, The Tao of Jeet June Do, Harry Potter series, Series of Unfortunate Events series, any thing by Neil Gaiman, Incarnations of Immortality series - I mean, really: how the hell is someone supposed to limit their listings to only a couple of favorites? There's more in this department, too. | | Heroes | George Washington Carver, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, X-Men/X-Factor, my paternal grandfather, Malcolm X, Bruce Lee, Dan Inosanto, Pa Herman Suwanda, Savion Glover, Bill Irwin, the cast of Your Show of Shows, Bobby May, Stephen Hawking. These are moreso people I admire than heroes. The word "hero" is cheapened in today's American society. |
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First Avenue Alumni, Ice Skaters, Stage Performers, Crew, and People Who Sell Things, Mind Forge Games, I really miss clown college, The Benevolent Bullsh*t Bulletin Busters Brigade 2.0, Feld Entertainment: Disney Live!
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Gregory's Details
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| Status: | In a Relationship | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | West Des Moines, IA/Minneapolis, MN/The Road | | Body type: | 6' 0" / Slim / Slender | | Ethnicity: | Black / African descent | | Zodiac Sign: | Leo | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes | | Children: | Someday | | Education: | College graduate | | Occupation: | clown/performer/actor | | Income: | Less than $30,000 |
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Gregory's Schools
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Iowa State University
Ames,Iowa
Graduated: 1996
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Bachelor of Liberal Studies
Minor: (remember, "alumni" is plural. I'm an alumnus)
Clubs: Student Union Board, Maintenance Shop Director, Iowa State Daily, Mighty Monkey Power Hour, Ames Independent Music Society, Ames Tribune (freelance writer)
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Valley High School
West Des Moines,Iowa
Graduated: 1991
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: boys'/girls' swim team manager, jv diving, general dorky mayhem without the HS drama so many people seem to have experienced
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1987 to 1991 |
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Gregory's Companies
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Feld Entertainment, Inc.
Vienna, VA US
clown (understudy ringmaster 2004)
Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Blue Unit
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November 2000 - December 2004
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First Avenue and Seventh Street Entry
Minneapolis, MN US
what DIDN'T I do there?
(floor, management, booking, booth, cust. service, bartending)
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July - August 1995, May 1996 - October 2000
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Minneapolis, MN US
freelance writer
music reviews/interviews
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1998 - 2001
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ISU Student Union Board
Ames, IA US
M-Shop Director
(club bookings, house management)
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February 1994 - May 1996
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National Theatre for Children
Minneapolis, MN US
actor
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August - December 1999, May 2000
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Brave New Institute
Minneapolis, MN US
actor
Six Ring Circus team improv (Woodland Creatures, X-Monkeys)
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1998 - 2000
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Mighty Monkey Power Hour
Ames, IA US
actor
(bare bones, irreverent sketch comedy on campus)
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January 1995 - May 1996
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Minnesota Fringe Festival
Minneapolis, MN US
Press Director
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1999, 2000 Festivals
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Vision Model Management
Minneapolis, MN US
model
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August 1996 - October 2000
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The Cheesecake Factory
West Des Moines, IA US
server/food runner
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January 2005 - June 2005
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Circus Smirkus Camp
Craftsbury Common, VT US
clowning coach
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June 12 - July 17, 2005
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Feld Entertainment, Incorporated
Vienna, VA US
clown/performer "Hunny Helper," understudy perform
Disney Live! Winnie the Pooh
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July 2005 - current
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Gregory's Blurbs |
About me:
• I know the difference between a monkey and an ape
• I am neither a real doctor, nor do I play one on tv
• I believe in love
• I am a former Ringling Brothers and Disney Live! clown now in between and moving on toward the next thing. I am fortunate enough to have visited countries and places I once only read about.
• I hereby resolve to use no profile manager, nor shall I embed gifs or audio on my profile to bog down your computer. This is my promise to you! Well, some comments . . . .
• I will not necessarily add you just because you request. It's not personal. I am lazy at both accepting and rejecting. Also, it's probably because I don't know you. Or I can't view your profile and determine if I want to know you.
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Who I'd like to meet:
Anyone who spells words out. Anyone who wears pants or shorts in a manner such that underwear and crack are not visible. If you read Measure of a Man before Oprah put it in her book club, you get bonus points.
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