{"id":11475,"date":"2007-08-20T09:33:21","date_gmt":"2007-08-20T16:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/08\/20\/four-things-meme.html"},"modified":"2014-11-10T09:58:03","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T16:58:03","slug":"four_things_meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/20\/four_things_meme.html","title":{"rendered":"Four Things Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know how it works …<\/p>\n

Four Jobs I Have Had in My Life<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Cooking\/cleaning\/sales at the local Burger King<\/li>\n
  2. Line runner at Harwood Dining Hall at Pomona College<\/li>\n
  3. Elementary school teacher (Farmdale Elementary, LAUSD)<\/li>\n
  4. Systems Programming, PC Tech Support, Xbase Programming, Oracle DBA, Site IT Management, Documentation Management, Enterprise Systems Management at my current employer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Four Places I Have Lived<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Mountain View, Calif.<\/li>\n
    2. Diamond Bar, Calif.<\/li>\n
    3. Fort Collins, Calif.<\/li>\n
    4. Centennial, Colo.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Four of My Favorite Foods<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Snickerdoodles (most cookies, in fact)<\/li>\n
      2. Rum Raisin ice cream (most ice cream, in fact)<\/li>\n
      3. Cottage Fried Potatoes (esp as cooked by Margie or her dad)<\/li>\n
      4. Anything with my mom’s meat sauce on it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Four Places I\u2019d Rather be Right Now<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. At home in bed.<\/li>\n
        2. At home in front of the computer.<\/li>\n
        3. At home in front of the TV.<\/li>\n
        4. With Margie, most anywhere.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Four Movies I Can Watch Over and Over<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Undercover Blues<\/em><\/li>\n
          2. The Princess Bride<\/em><\/li>\n
          3. Madagascar<\/em><\/li>\n
          4. The Incredibles<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Note: I always have huge problems with these sorts of questions if I’m not standing in front of my video library.  I always end up leaving off something I’ll regret later.<\/small><\/p>\n

            Note 2:  Having a kid is a great way to learn what movies you are willing to watch over and over (and over and over).<\/small><\/p>\n

            Four TV Shows I Like to Watch<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

              \n
            1. Doctor Who<\/em><\/li>\n
            2. Painkiller Jane<\/em><\/li>\n
            3. Law & Order<\/em><\/li>\n
            4. Dinner: Impossible<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Note: I limited this to current\/non-canceled shows only.<\/small><\/p>\n

              Four Websites I Visit Daily<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

                \n
              1. Stupid Evil Bastard<\/a><\/li>\n
              2. Blogula Rasa<\/a><\/li>\n
              3. Father Jake<\/a><\/li>\n
              4. Decrepit Old Fool<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Note: I’m excluding my own pages, as well as GMail and the like.  I do most of my browsing via Google Reader (but I won’t count that), which means I most often hit pages that are most often updated.  There are some other sites that, when they post, I’ll go to immediately (e.g., good friends).  There are many others that I tend to fall behind on then plow through several dozen posts at a time, e.g., BoingBoing.<\/small><\/p>\n

                Four Early Musical Influences<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. Beethoven, Mozart, Hayden, Bach, and anyone else that my parents played chamber music by.<\/li>\n
                2. John Denver<\/li>\n
                3. Simon & Garfunkel<\/li>\n
                4. The Monkees<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Four Computers I\u2019ve Owned<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

                    \n
                  1. Commodore 64<\/li>\n
                  2. Mac SE\/30<\/li>\n
                  3. A long array of desktops and laptops, past and present, none of which I have any inutterable fondness for and so cannot remember the particular model names.  They have included Compaq, Sony, HP, Everex, and IBM.<\/li>\n
                  4. Katherine’s first work-surplus Compaq notebook, on which she learned to play a variety of toddler games.  (Now looking for a good home.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Note: I’m excluding company-owned computers I’ve used.<\/small><\/p>\n

                    Four people I tag<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

                      \n
                    1. Nobody!<\/em>  I tag nobody! <\/em> If you want to do this, do it.  If you don’t, I don’t want anyone to feel obliged.  So there!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      <\/p>\n

                      (via Terry<\/a>)<\/p>\n

                      <\/small><\/p>\n

                      UPDATE<\/u>:<\/p>\n

                      Evidently this meme has metastasized around the blogosphere, with new questions being plugged in.  Some that BD<\/a> had that I didn’t:<\/p>\n

                      Four places you’ve been on vacation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                        \n
                      1. Walt Disney World<\/li>\n
                      2. Dry Creek Valley, Calif.<\/li>\n
                      3. Wales<\/li>\n
                      4. Santa Fe, NM<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                        Four albums you can’t live without:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                          \n
                        1. Bangles, Greatest Hits<\/em> <\/li>\n
                        2. Eurhytmics, Greatest Hits<\/em> <\/li>\n
                        3. Hogwood & AAM, Handel’s Messiah<\/em> <\/li>\n
                        4. Edwards & Sherman, 1776<\/em> <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                          Note: Okay, none of these I couldn’t live <\/em>without — of the 7,918 songs I have loaded into iTunes — 20+ Gb, or 17.7 days of  listening — these are the albums with the most 5-star songs on them that I think I would most <\/em>regret not ever being able to listen to again.<\/small><\/p>\n

                          Four magazines you read:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                            \n
                          1. Smithsonian<\/em> <\/li>\n
                          2. Comic Buyer’s Guide<\/em> <\/li>\n
                          3. um … do comic books count?  Otherwise, I’m stuck.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                            Four cars you’ve owned:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                              \n
                            1. 1971 VW Super Beetle<\/li>\n
                            2. 1987 VW Jetta<\/li>\n
                            3. 1990 Honda Civic hatchback<\/li>\n
                            4. 1995 Saturn coupe<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                              Four colors you like (not necessarily together):<\/strong><\/p>\n

                                \n
                              1. Cobalt Blue<\/li>\n
                              2. Fire Engine Red<\/li>\n
                              3. Lavender Purple<\/li>\n
                              4. Teal<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                Four Hollywood stars you want to have a drink with:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                                  \n
                                1. Steve Martin<\/li>\n
                                2. Judi Densch<\/li>\n
                                3. Jon Stewart<\/li>\n
                                4. Joe Straczynski<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                  Note: I’m using “Hollywood stars” to mean “Show Business Notables.” Also, I tend to draw sharp lines between actors and their roles, and I’m seriously not into the Entertainment Biz world, so a list like this is tough.  That said, I’m sure there are a dozen stars I’ve long said seem like they’d be fun to have a drink with — I just can’t think of any of them offhand.<\/small><\/p>\n

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