Tagged by Jessamyn: four things meme
While I continue to crunch the content of Monday night’s presentation by Cory Doctorow (he talks fast, a lot, and *everything* he says is interesting), I’ll distract you with the four things meme (as I’ve been tagged by Jessamyn).
Four Jobs I’ve Had
In chronological order:
- Web site developer
- Volunteer butterfly wrangler and question answerer (AMNH)
- Assistant costume designer for a children’s circus
- Librarian
You can find more on my history on my about page (yes Walt, I *still* haven’t updated it; it’s in The Long Queue).
Four movies I can watch over and over
In no particular order:
- Raising Arizona
- Hard Boiled [Lashou shentan] (almost anything Woo is brilliant, really, especially if it stars Chow Yun Fat)
- Empire of the Sun (first viewed at age 13; thus began my enormous, ongoing crush on Christian Bale)
- Battle Royale
Four TV Shows I Love to Watch
I don’t rearrange my life around television shows, but there are shows that I love to watch if I’m home/not busy and they’re on:
- Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends (Eduardo is my *favorite*!)
- Adult Swim (I consider it one long show which varies depending on the day, where I can opt out at any time, especially since so these days much of it is just ugly filler… brilliant bits include: Family Guy, Futurama, The Boondocks, Cowboy Bebop, Big O, Ghost in the Shell, and Home Movies)
- CSI (the *real* one in Vegas, not the cheesy knock-offs)
- The Daily Show (I can watch The Daily Show at 11p if Adult Swim is reruns that I don’t care to see again, but worst case, I can catch the 7p slot, and get my “news” for the day)
Honorable Mention: Law and Order (all of them, really, though I’m a big fan of the Criminal Intent flavor, as Vincent D’onofrio is brilliant).
Four Places I’ve Been on Vacation
I don’t vacation much just for the sake of vacation, and even when I do, they tend to be of the longish weekend variety. Since money being tight has been a theme since childhood, big vacations aren’t normally in my plan. I do a lot of working vacations, which makes up for it. In any case, these are the pure pleasure vacation spots I’ve visited:
- Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
- Colonial Williamsburg, VA (when I was 12)
- Mt. Greylock & The Porches Inn, North Adams, MA
- Bethel & West Topsham, VT (visiting Jessamyn)
Four Favorite Dishes
- Sushi with miso soup (bento box, even better)
- Puerto Rican rice and beans with pernil (roast pork shoulder), yucca drizzled with olive oil and salt, and a little salad
- My husband’s doctored-up mac ‘n’ cheese from a box (usually includes veggie meat crumbles and veggies)
- Anything seafood that doesn’t involve tartar sauce, cheese, or mayo
Four Websites I Visit Daily
I really only visit three daily without fail:
- My MSN home page
- My Yahoo! home page
- Weather.com
Four Places I’d Rather Be
I’m not sure how to answer this. I like my home, I like my job, I like my life. There are countries I’d like to visit, like Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. There are places I’d like to visit and things I’d like to do more, like Vermont, Maryland, camping, hiking, geocaching, and more fun like that. There are friends I’d like to visit in places I’ve never been, like Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Portland in Oregon. But I wouldn’t “rather be” anywhere.
Four [fiction] Books I Recommend
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (a good translation)
- The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
- Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (it’s a better book if you understand Japanese culture, especially in relation to psychology)
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Four Bloggers I’m Tagging
- Jen over at Not Too Late To Change The Name (good friend from Wesleyan)
- John over at Electric Velocipede
- My friend Colin (also from Wesleyan)
- Greg over at Open Stacks
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