Ye Olde Liste Meme

Because Gina Myers asked:

What were you doing five years ago?
1.) wondering what I'd be doing in five years
2.) finishing my first Master's degree
3.) changing everything
4.) ending my student employment job
5.) deciding to begin my second Master's degree

What are five things (in no particular order) on your to-do list for today?
1.) don't kill self
2.) meet with co-workers re: Javascript rule
3.) send TV Land transition document to Nashville office
4.) don't kill anyone in office
5.) read something interesting

What are five snacks you enjoy?
1.) chocolate chip cookies
2.) pretzels
3.) brie and crackers
4.) coffee
5.) peanuts

What are five things you would do if you were a billionaire?
1.) tell the world to kiss my ass
2.) travel the world (except anywhere Americans are hated, so nowhere)
3.) buy an ice hockey team
4.) pay off my debts
5.) wish I was a billionaire again

What are five of your bad habits?
1.) drinking too much coffee
2.) oversleeping
3.) owning too many books
4.) procrastinating
5.) wishing I was someone other than who I am

What are five places you have lived?
1.) Los Angeles, CA (only 3 months - but, hey, I was alive)
2.) Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY
3.) Staten Island, NY
4.) Riverdale, Bronx, NY
5.) Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

What are five jobs you have had?
1.) dishwasher
2.) legal proofreader
3.) reporter
4.) environmental blogger
5.) content specialist

Which five people do you want to tag?
1.) MsAPhillips
2.) MsHellion
3.) William Glenn
4.) Steakbellie
5.) Jason Cissell

TAGGED

MsHellion has tagged me with a challenge.

The rules:

1) Write your own six word memoir
2) Post it on your blog; include a visual illustration if you’d like
3) Link to the person that tagged you in your post, and to the original post if possible
4) Tag at least five more blogs with links
5) Leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play!


  (Photo by MsAPhillips)



My memoir: ...And the lemon flower is sweet.

I tag: Richard Lopez, Steakbellie, Pearl, William, and Kat.

Eek! Has Some Questions For Me

The "Interview me" meme; who ever tires of it? Not I!

If you care to participate, leave me a comment saying "Interview me." I will respond by emailing you five questions. I get to pick the questions. You will update your blog with a post containing your answers to the questions.

You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

Here are the questions Eek! has for me:

[N.B. I take these sorts of things seriously (perhaps a little too seriously) and have given my responses considerable thought. Sorry for the delay, Ms. Eek!]

1. How do you organize your records? Alphabetically for the most part, though classical and electronica items are separate. Also, my music collection has grown so large that Lou Reed and Rolling Stones CDs (of which there are dozens of titles each) are also now kept separately.

2. Where's the most beautiful place you've ever been? This is a tough one, but I'd have to say Amsterdam. This city is the perfect combination of quaint and progressive.

It feels like storybook land with its architecture and canals, and yet I always feel like I'm on the verge of international intrigue whenever I'm there (which, sadly hasn't been for quite some time). I also have never left a place and felt such an immediate yearning to return.

I can't wait to visit again so I can get all hopped up on Chocomel, rent a bike, and tour the city like a native - something I was too chicken to do in the past.

3. What's your favorite word in any language? Brilliant. Because it sounds French. Runner up: J'accuse. Which is French.

4. Choose or die, occupation category: circus elephant wrangler or tugboat captain? Ungainly, misshapen and smelly - who needs that? On the other hand, I'm kinda scared of elephants.

Fortunately, I have a year of riding the Staten Island Ferry under my belt, as well as the significant inspiration provided by Shemp Howard's performance in "Dunked in the Deep."

Thus, I would have to go with tugboat captain.

5. What's your earliest memory? I recall watching the Beatles performing on The Ed Sullivan Show, with my parents' blessing. Perhaps not my earliest memory, but definitely my earliest coolest memory.