That Duffergeek! Always getting me to take fun quizzes and answer silly memes when he knows I'm busy surfing the web reading celebrity gossip! This is a fun quiz to take, btw:
| My Linguistic Profile: |
| 60% General American English |
| 20% Upper Midwestern |
| 15% Yankee |
| 0% Dixie |
| 0% Midwestern |
That rascal, Duffergeek, tagged me with the latest meme. This one's called "4x8" or something:
FOUR JOBS I'VE HAD IN MY LIFE:
1) Handwriting analyst - actually, it was a sideshow huckster deal where I had a "computer" that would analyze your signature. It was a load of crap, $1 a pop, and the guy made money hand over fist. Paid me and my sister $10/hour.
2) Radio producer/weather reporter - for the "Fat Bob Taylor" show on WAAM . 1600 on your AM dial.
3) Actress/playwright - $100 a weekend to provide the entertainment at the Upland Hills Farm Pumpkin Festival. I think that's called Off-Off-OFF Broadway.
4) Secretary - By far the worst job I ever had. Worked for an absolute prick of an accountant at a prestigious firm in Cambridge, MA.
FOUR MOVIES I COULD (AND I DO) WATCH OVER AND OVER:
1) The Philadelphia Story
2) North by Northwest
3) Horsefeathers - (Actually, any one of the first 5 Marx Bros. movies)
4) Out of Sight - George Clooney, you will be mine.
FOUR PLACES I HAVE LIVED:
1) Waterford, MI
2) Sarnia, ONT - CANADA
3) Redmond, WA *
4) Sammamish, WA*
(and many, many others)
* These were in the same house without moving.
FOUR TV SHOWS I LOVE TO WATCH:
1) My Name Is Earl
2) The Office
3) The Colbert Report
4) Miami Ink
FOUR PLACES I HAVE BEEN ON VACATION:
1) Niort, France
2) Rome, Italy
3) Rome, New York
4) Laramie, Wyoming *
* I can't recommend Laramie
FOUR WEBSITES I VISIT DAILY:
1) MyFamily.com - I keep in touch with my far-flung family members this way. It's a great site, but only if you have people actively participating (hint, hint, Evans family!)
2) CNN.com - It's a quick way to get my news, though an awful lot of it is crap. I try to read the International Edition, too, so I can have a tiny clue about the rest of the world.
3) Salon.com - Pretty darn biased, politically, but I love them, nonetheless. I subscribe, above all else, for The K Chronicles.
4) Gmail.com - So's I can chat with ma peeps.
FOUR OF MY FAVORITE FOODS:
1) Sushi - This is the food I would choose if it was all I could eat forever. Especially if it's from Nishino.
2) Ice cream - Best in Seattle? Mora Best in the world? Graeter's
3) Cookies - I am a cookie monster.
4) Belvedere Martinis - Not a food? OK, add three blue-cheese stuffed olives and we'll call it good.
FOUR PLACES I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT NOW:
1) Poolside at the Grand Wailea - With a mai-tai on Maui.
2) Shopping at Bergdorf-Goodman - The real one, not the dot com.
3) Smellling the fresh loaves at Poilane - Oh, Paris. You will be mine. Oh yes.
4) In my bed. - I don't spend nearly enough time there.
FOUR TAGS TO CONTINUE THIS MEME:
1) Maggie - Welcome to the blogosphere!
2) Tony - Let's see if Tony wants to play.
3) Scott - Even though he NEVER does these things.
4) Kevin - Aim high, I say.
I've been tagged, again, by the peripatetic Ms. Lara Ferroni to reveal 5 Weird Habits about myself.
Like I have any.
OK, fine:
1) When dining in a restaurant, I won't sit with my back to the door. It's a habit I picked up from my father, and then a horribly graphic flashback scene in Terry Gilliam's "The Fisher King" sealed the deal.
2) When going to bed, I will change, washup, pee, then get into bed to read. After reading, no matter how long or short the time, I will then get up and pee again before I go to sleep. It's become a ritual.
3) After a Chinese meal, when they bring fortune cookies, I will hold half the cookie in my mouth, with it hanging out so it looks like a beak. I will then flap my arms and make deep "caw"-ing noises, like I'm a vulture. I am not making this up. Ask my husband. This is another stupid habit I got from my Dad.
4) I have a habit of dreaming that I am friends with celebrities. Sometimes, just for a nanosecond, I have to stop and remember that I do not know George Clooney.
5) I have a bad habit of eavesdropping. If I'm sitting next to you at a restaurant, and you think there's a chance that I'm listening to your conversation, I am.
Kat, Kevin, Scott, Rick and Tomi, you have been tagged.
The rules are as follows:
The first player of the game starts with the topic, “5 weird habits about yourself”. People who get tagged need to write an entry about their five weird habits, as well as state this rule clearly. In the end you need to choose the next 5 people to be tagged, and link to their web-journals. Don’t forget to leave a comment in their blog/journal that says “you have been tagged” and tell them to read yours.
Zounds! I've been tapped to list 5 personal idiosyncrasies. Idiosyncratic? Me? Well, only if you count:
OK, that's my five.
It's a short list, as I am an enthusiastic gourmand. It's not an issue of preparation, and it's not "icky poo I'll barf if I try", but I just don't like:
radishes
calf's liver
octopus or squid sushi (too rubbery) I love fried calamari and I've had octopus prepared in a Greek restaurant that was yummy.
hazelnuts (or any preparation thereof) I want to like Nutella, but I don't. The Europeans are frickin' crazy about hazelnuts. They love hazelnuts like Americans love peanuts.
sun-dried tomatoes which is weird, because I love tomatoes in all other forms
hot chocolate chocolate should be room temperature or cold
There's probably more, but those are the only ones I can think of right now. What's on your list? The comment-line is open:
