Ah, it’s a good day for a meme. I don’t do these often, but sometimes they’re fun. And since Frykitty asked, how can I refuse?
Four jobs I’ve had
1. Cauliflower planter
2. Christmas-tree shearer
3. Door-to-door insurance salesman
4. Box salesmanFour movies I can watch over and over
1. Alien
2. When Harry Met Sally
3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
4. Star Wars (thefirstoriginal one)Four places I’ve lived
1. Canby, Oregon
2. Salem, Oregon
3. Oak Grove, Oregon
4. There is no fourth place (well, I lived in Portland til I was two, but I don’t remember it)Four TV shows I love
1. The Wire
2. Battlestar Galactica
3. Sports Night
4. Freaks and GeeksFour places I’ve vacationed
1. Minnesota
2. British Columbia
3. Alaska
4. Crater LakeFour of my favorite dishes
1. Pepper-crusted filet mignon in port sauce
2. Mussman beef curry
3. Jenn’s barbeque beef brisket
4. Three-cheese Hamburger HelperFour sites I visit daily
1. AskMetafilter
2. MacRumors
3. Comic book forums
4. ORblogsFour places I would rather be right now
1. Home
2. Together with a group of friends
3. Reading comic books
4. Isn’t it strange that I don’t have answers like “Hawaii” or “Europe”?Four bloggers I am tagging
1. Nicole
2. Lisa
3. Tammy
4. Joel and Aimee
And just because I’m difficult, I’ve made up another small list of four things. Who cares what television shows people like? I want to know what books they like! (Maybe Cat can add these to her list…)
Four jobs I’d like to have
1. Novelist
2. Magazine editor
3. Bookstore owner
4. Grade school teacherFour places I’d like to live
1. New York City
2. British Columbia
3. London
4. Hubbard, OregonFour books I love
1. My Antonia
2. Cold Mountain
3. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
4. Bleak HouseFour places I’d like to vacation
1. London
2. Kenya, Ethiopia, and Zanzibar
3. Thailand
4. AntarcticaFour more of my favorite dishes
1. Plain chocolate chip cookies
2. Hostess Sno-Balls
3. The lamb platter at Nicholas’ Lebanese
4. Kalamata olives with goat cheese
Scheduled for tomorrow: what the hell is wrong with the world today?
My eBay auctions are going well. I’ve posted twenty-four items now. Eighteen have bids for a total of $530.23. I’ve taken photos for a bunch of other stuff and will post it soon. I’ve got to be careful, though: this whole process is addictive (it’s like free money!) and I’m not exactly sure what sort of burden shipping is going to be. I don’t know how much time and effort it will involve, and I don’t know what it’s going to cost. (I’m offering free shipping on all my auctions.)
I set a personal best on the way to work this morning. It was a three skunk morning, by which I mean I passed three different dead skunks between Canby and the shop. All three skunks were within a mile of each other. My car reeked by the time I made it to work…
I just checked out Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell on your and Kris’ recommendation. Right now I’m savoring looking at it, because I suspect it’s going to be one of those books that I wish I could read again for the first time. So, I’d better make that first time count!
You tagged us in your meme, what does that mean? Have we responsibilities? I actually don’t know what a meme is, exactly, other than an activity that jumps around websites.
Scheduled for tomorrow: what the hell is wrong with the world today?
Maybe it’s that people don’t follow through with the things they say they are going to do. 🙂
Ah, but what you can’t see is that the entry I posted *is* the “what the hell is wrong with the world today” entry, only watered down to, well, wateriness. Despite my protestations that I ought to be more vocal about my beliefs and ought to take more interest in the world, when it came down to posting the new entry, I edited *heavily*, removing all sorts of stuff. It kind of cracks me up, because it really was a “what the hell is wrong with the world today” entry and it turned into a “what is wrong with me” entry. I guess I need to work up to it…