Paul
Paul Shirley
Paul Shirley That there are quotation marks here confuses me.

Male
31 years old
Mission, Kansas
United States



Last Login: 11/1/2009
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    Paul's Interests
MusicMy five favorites:

Tool

NIN

Interpol

The Dandy Warhols

Pearl Jam

Five albums that are keeping me entertained of late:

Boxer, by The National

Asleep at Heaven's Gate, by Rogue Wave

Proof of Youth, by The Go! Team

Cease to Begin, by Band of Horses

A Place to Bury Strangers, by, you know, A Place to Bury Strangers

Books5 All-Timers:

Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand.

The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair.

Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn.

American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis.

Catch-22, by Joseph Heller.

Five I've Recently Enjoyed/Finished:

Black Swan Green, by David Mitchell.

The Risk Pool, by Richard Russo

What is the What, by Dave Eggers.

The Man of My Dreams, by Curtis Sittingfield.

The Complete Polysyllabic Spree, by Nick Hornby.


     Paul's Details
Status:Single
Orientation:Straight
Hometown:Meriden, Kansas
Body type:6' 10" / Athletic
Ethnicity:White / Caucasian
Zodiac Sign:Capricorn
Education:College graduate



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   Paul's Blurbs
About me:
Sometimes I play basketball and sometimes I write. Sometimes I'm good at one of those, sometimes I'm good at both of them, and sometimes I'm good at neither. Whichever the case, there is a certain population of the world who enjoys when I do the latter about the former. Of course, there exists another population that would prefer that I never do either.

And then there's the rest of the world (approximately 5,999,750,000 people). Those folks are way too busy to care whether I'm writing or playing basketball. Their time is taken up with concerns like a search for potable water, worries over the next malaria outbreak, or the debate between Alba and Biel. (Biel, obviously.)

Since those people aren't here, I don't have to worry about pleasing or angering them. For the rest of you, some tidbits:

If you aren't hip to the whole myspace thing, and want to send an email, use this address:

mysocalledcareer@gmail.com

To find the wonderful book pictured below, which chronicles a few years of my life as a professional basketball player, click here...and then type in my name. For some reason, I can no longer link to my book directly, making this a clunky process. Then again, clunky is what we've all come to expect from myspace.

Wasn't that fun?

Click here to link to my original Suns blog.

Find an article I wrote for Esquire magazine here.

An exchange I did with the great Neal Pollack for slate.com here and a piece I did on my own for that website here.

And this is a remarkably in-depth wikipedia entry on the cartoon called "Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears". I'm glad I found it; I was struggling to remember the name of that show.

Who I'd like to meet:

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Paul has 6321 friends.
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Paul's Friends Comments
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Andy

Andy



Oct 16 2009 3:40 PM

Hey DONKEY, how are you doing?
Have fun and relax! 
Kevin

Kevin Huffine



Oct 5 2009 11:51 PM

awesome to run into you at Clutch. Had a great time at ACL, that's even with the mudd.
Josh

Josh Weisbrot



Oct 2 2009 4:06 AM


Check out my page
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Let me know if you like me YES or NO
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Dan

Daniel Fayle



Sep 29 2009 8:34 PM

just read your book.
i liked it.
Kevin

Kevin Huffine



Sep 23 2009 10:19 PM

Paul, if you are going to the Austin City Limits Festival are you going to have a contest like you did at Lollapalooza?
Derek

Derek



Sep 23 2009 5:31 AM

Yo Paul.  Broke and can't afford new books, so I'm reading yours again for the 3rd time while on the shitter.  Information you need to know.

If you're still writing music for ESPN.com definitely check out The Flaming Lips new album.  Amazing as always.
Kylan

Kylan Allison



Sep 22 2009 2:53 AM

What's up Paul, you should consider putting me on your top friends.
Amoeba Music

amoeba music



Sep 22 2009 12:30 AM

Check out what's in Paul Shirley's bag!!

Andy

Andy



Sep 16 2009 4:20 PM

HEY DONKEY, HAVE A BEAUTIFUL AUTUMN!!! 
Fall Scene Pictures, Images and Photos
Rudy Martinez

Rudy Martinez
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Sep 15 2009 10:14 PM

i like the beatles. they were always being played in my house. that said, i get it. it's the same argument i have with other comics who insist on the greatness of lenny bruce. you could do a find/replace in your article with beatles/lenny bruce and in the place of u2 put tommy tiernan and in the place of stones put pryor... blah, blah, blah. you get the idea.

i will say this though: as we get older our tastes invariably change. it is not disingenuous to say "i love the beatles" if i have lived long enough to discover them on my own terms. it's no different than some of my friends who love opera. i knew these people when they were puking their guts out at keggers 15 years ago. but they've evolved and so has their tastes.
(: E L L I E :)

Ellie Johnson



Sep 5 2009 3:59 AM

hey wat have u been doing since playing for the pheonix suns at the end of ur book?? do u still play??
christopher

chris chaney



Sep 1 2009 4:02 PM

hey i remember you. you use to play for the professional basketball team that resides in the same city as me
ryan

Ryan VanStraten



Aug 29 2009 3:23 PM

I have been reading you on the life for 6 months or so and because of your insistence on The Nationals greatness(and Pandora), I am now a fan of The National. Thank you for keeping music relevant in my life when it seems likes some musicians don't care!

p.s. New Brand New Album coming out!!!!!!!  
Supa Nate

Nate Austin



Aug 29 2009 8:39 AM

I have a question to ask you. I grew up in Kansas City and got my musical roots there. Thanks to KC, I listen to mostly alternative. Whenver I go back to KC, I usually listen to 96.5 The Buzz. Last week, I went up there for an church service. I was just crossing the West Bottoms on 670 making my way back home (I live in the vast wasteland portion of Kansas, as you so truthfully put it) when Youth Group's version of "Forever Young" started playing. I couldn't help but think, "This is just one of those movie-perfect music/life corelations." It really helped that the sun was setting when this was happening. My question to you is, when was the last time you had one of those moments?
Rudy Martinez

Rudy Martinez
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Aug 26 2009 4:54 PM

i've been reading you for a few months now and i have discovered that there is an odd inverse correlation between my ambivalence of your musical recommendations and my absolute love of your writing. i think that's a compliment.

pert is a good choice. finesse is too metro and suave is just crap while sounding downright cheesy. pert is succinct. maybe a little perky but still...

keep writing and i'll keep reading.
Kevin

Kevin Huffine



Aug 25 2009 9:33 PM

I agree with the Smashing Pumpkins song, Mayonaise is one of their best songs.
Michele

Michele



Aug 13 2009 3:13 AM

ADD Pictures, Images and Photos
Manale

Manale



Jul 30 2009 3:51 PM

Have you seen this crazy shit?
Talk about legendary meltdowns..

Raul

Raul



Jul 20 2009 8:04 PM

Could you ask your agent to talk to Daryl Morey please? We have only 1 tall guy on our team, and I believe you could get good playing time behind our Aussie center.

Thanks,
Raul
Rockets Fan
Andy

Andy



Jul 19 2009 4:16 PM

Hello. How are you doing?
I came back from the trip.
It was beautiful!
Have fun, you donkey!
Kevin

Kevin Huffine



Jul 8 2009 7:24 PM

I have to say that myspace blog makes any male hurt. Almsot done reading your book, love it.
Palky

Palky



Jul 7 2009 5:53 AM

G’day super trooper – just letting you know that I am playing on Friday August 7 @ The Wheatsheaf in Thebarton. I’m on at 9pm – entry is free. I will be supporting Joe Murphy and band.

 

Be great to see ya – if not ... I guess I won’t see ya. You level of rocking is adequate so rock on – Palky

Strack

Strack



Jun 30 2009 10:02 PM

go to youtube and look up some acid bath stuff..dont let the name of the band turn you off. or just youtube Dax Riggs..listen to radiation blues or wake me when i'm sane, maybe stop i'm already dead.
J.p (r.I.p Larry Gregory 1933-2009 ) ilu papa

J.p (r.I.p Larry Gregory 1933-2009 ) ilu papa



Jun 17 2009 5:33 AM

u suck so much at basketball ur the worst player in nba2k8
Kevin

Kevin Huffine



Jun 17 2009 12:18 AM

I have to say, out of all your stuff that I have read, this one I am very jealous of you getting to meet Emily Haines. Is she as sexy as one might think she is?
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