4meme
As I recover from my annoying chest cold and accompanying laryngitis, that for three days has made my voice break and squeak like Peter Brady, I trudge out this meme. I’m so wiped out from the cough cough COUGHing that I cannot muster the wherewithall to make any active links, let alone craft an original thought. bon appetit, my well ones.
4 meme
4 jobs you’ve had in your life: food sample-giver-outer; customer service representative; actor; graphic designer
4 movies you could watch over and over: Harold and Maude; The Three/Four Musketeers (1973 & 1974: Richard Lester, director); The Night of the Iguana; West Side Story
4 places you’ve lived: Lexington, Massachusetts; Phoenix, Arizona; Bronxville, New York; San Francisco, California
4 TV shows you love to watch: Project Runway; Friends; Survivorman; Six Feet Under
4 places you’ve been on vacation: Indonesia; Mexico; Belgium; New York City
4 websites you visit daily: Yahoo Mail; flickr; Cute Overload; and (boring meta answer) Bloglines
4 of your favorite foods: white cake with white frosting; a correctly-made Reuben sandwich; pork prepared in any way; Sushi Teri veggie tempura rolls
4 places you’d rather be: Cambridge, MA; Norway!; Tahiti; San Francisco, CA
4 albums you can’t live without: Revolver – Beatles; Odelay – Beck; Mona Bone Jakon – Cat Stevens; Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
[that last question brought me up short. it’s amazing, in about 5 years, how my brain’s approach towards music has totally changed. It would be a lot easier being able to name my four favorite playlists!]
As usual, friends, I invite you to play along. But over there, please — you really don’t want these germs.
photo: four by flickruser macwagen. thanks for letting me us it!
Hey Becky, I stumbled upon you here via K. Still believe you’re one of those folks I *should* know better but don’t but would like to but haven’t made the time but have a new baby and no life but…but…but…
Anyway, before I could think it out too much, I figured I’d play along with your meme.
(BTW, when it comes to local spots, Norton’s Pastrami in SB makes a pretty decent Reuben.)
Sending well-wishes your way…
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4 jobs you’ve had in your life: shoe salesperson (dangerous for a junkie); night baker at Winchell’s Donuts (worst job ever… there was a little window so people could watch me, like a zoo exhibit or something); workers’ compensation claims examiner; web & graphic designer
4 movies you could watch over and over: Office Space; Grease; Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Gene Wilder!); Muriel’s Wedding
4 places you’ve lived: Kansas City, KS; New York, NY; Berkeley, CA; Santa Barbara, CA
4 TV shows you love to watch: Project Runway; Amazing Race; 24; Lost
4 places you’ve been on vacation: Italy; France; Spain; Egypt
4 websites you visit daily: People.com; eBay; Cox webmail; FOXnews.com
4 of your favorite foods: Café-Liègeois at Ti Couz (San Francisco); Esau’s cornflake french toast (Carpinteria); potato anything; bread (I miss The Cheese Board in Berkeley… OMG, their pecan rolls!)
4 places you’d rather be: Portland, OR; London; Montreal; Hope Ranch – SB, CA
4 albums you can’t live without: Solo Para Ti – Ottmar Liebert; Hatful of Hollow – The Smiths; Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos; Time Out – The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4 jobs you’ve had in your life: hotdog chef, singing telegram, p.i. and a stylist assistant.
4 movies you could watch over and over: Harold and Maude; Avalon, Waiting for Guffman and I Am the Cheese.
4 places you’ve lived: Orange, CA and Santa Barbara, CA
4 TV shows you love to watch: Family Guy, The Office, The Simpsons and Leeza
4 places you’ve been on vacation: Pismo, CA, Yermo, CA, NY, NY and Chicago, IL
4 websites you visit daily: Mac.com, hotmail.com, craigslist.com and towelroad.
4 of your favorite foods: pickles, mashed potatoes, tomatoes and chocolate.
4 places you’d rather be: hot tub, massage table, nestus coitus (rarrr) or a pool of pickles.
4 albums you can’t live without: Lovers Luau; Les Paul and Mary Ford, Trinity Sessions; Cowboy Junkies, Crimes of Passion; Pat benatar and The Enchanted Isle; Martin Denny.
I cannot take the time to complete this meme at the moment, because I have to get ready to BOOGIE! YEAH!
jesus. you’re like a spambot.
4 jobs you’ve had in your life: catering waitress at a colonial place (We had to wear little bonnets, dresses and aprons-I used to get comments like, “Is that your native costume? BWAAahahaha!”), lotto sales person @ hallmark store (the compulsive gamblers made me sad), advisor, telemarketer (YES, and being a telemarketer did NOT make me more sympathetic when they called me)
4 movies you could watch over and over (and I DO): Emma, Happy Gilmore, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Sense and Sensibility (Did I mention my obsession with regency gowns??)
4 places you’ve lived: Smithtown, Stony Brook, Goleta, Santa Barbara…
4 TV shows you love to watch (Man, just 4? Recently): Sex and the City, Seinfeld, Whose Line is it Anyway (I kind of miss the BBC version), the Apprentice
4 places you’ve been on vacation: Indonesia; Mexico; Belgium; New York City
4 websites you visit daily: Gmail, flickr.com, launch.yahoo.com, gnet for work.
4 of your favorite foods: chicken and broccoli, chicken parm, M&Ms, spaghetti and meatballs. french fries. Buffalo wings… fried rice… oops… 4… just 4…
4 places you’d rather be: Ireland, in bed (SLEEPING, dirty people!), Boston, stuck inside my computer monitor (because it’s a calmer place in there).
4 albums you can’t live without: Heavy Metal Hits of the 80s, ok, no not really, but kind of. Um… Harry Chapin greatest stories live, Madonna True Blue, Stan Rogers Home in Halifax, my Karaoke mix (I would die in my car without it).
Oops. I forgot about the 4 places I’ve been on vacation. Those are someone else’s answers… Sorrrry.
4 Places I’ve vacationed: Ireland, England, New Hampshire, Boston, Florida.
4 jobs you’ve had in your life: Stop & Shop Bagboy, record store clerk, sellin’ Cutco knives, Ask Jeeves!
4 movies you could watch over and over (and I DO): Kentucky Fried Movie, Bob Roberts, Quiz Show, Bachelor Party!
4 places you’ve lived: Seattle, Providence, Waltham MA, SF!
4 TV shows you love to watch: The Wire (!), Seinfeld, Frontline, Amazing Race AllStars!
4 places you’ve been on vacation: Calistoga, Stone Mountain GA, Badlands, Ventura!
4 websites you visit daily: kottke.org, dailykos, sfist, crooksandliars!
4 of your favorite foods: eggs benedict, pb&j, big steak, swedish meatloaf!
4 places you’d rather be: in my apt., middletown CT, cheverly MD, and anywhere I’ve never been!
4 albums you can’t live without: The Evens, Jesus Christ Superstar, Double Nickles on the Dime, Low End Theory
4 jobs you’ve had in your life: Assistant at a day care for challenged kids (I don’t really know how to translate. For kids with Downs, autistic kids etc), kitchen help at a camp centre (can’t count how many glasses I dropped – and those pots and pans were huge! Imagine cleaning those after the cook had burnt the soup…), teacher in arts & crafts on a highschool, evening class instructor at a drawing class.
4 movies you could watch over and over: Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Pants, Woody Allen: Zelig, Thomas Vinterberg: The Celebration, and, of course Jean-Pierre Jeunet: The fabulous Amalie from Montmartre (Hard to choose only 4!)
4 places you’ve lived: Høyanger, Lier, Oslo, Drammen
4 TV shows you love to watch: Six Feet Under, all kinds of crime shows, Nytt pÃ¥ nytt, and, I must admit “Desperate Housewifes†😮
4 places you’ve been on vacation: Tromsø, Barcelona, Paris, London
4 websites you visit daily: almost daily, anyway: Dagbladet, Aftenposten, Flickr, Beckyhaycox,
4 of your favorite foods: Forest mushrooms, fried in butter on a slice of bread… Salmon – filets with course mustard, baked in the oven, lemon chicken, all kinds of cakes – if I have to pick one: Marzipan cake…
4 places you’d rather be: Barcelona, Berlin, San Francisco (if we could meet there, Becky ;-)), Copenhagen.
4 albums you can’t live without: Eek! Only four?! Rachmaninov: Vesper, Jennifer Warnes: Famous Blue Raincoat, Dumdum Boys: Sus, Nils Petter Molvær: Mp3
I have also lived in this Lexington, Massachusetts.