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Passing the Meme

By Jeralyn, Section Blog Related
Posted on Fri Dec 23, 2005 at 11:56:56 PM EST
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The meme is spreading fast. I got it too. Here's my answers, and I pass it to Avedon Carol at Sideshow.

Four jobs you’ve had in your life: health spa instructor, record store salesclerk , switchboard operator (all in college), lawyer

Four movies you could watch over and over: Who'll Stop the Rain, And Justice for All, Panic in Needle Park, The Wanderers

Four places you’ve lived: New Rochelle, NY; Cleveland, Ohio; Ann Arbor, MI, Denver.

Four TV shows you love to watch: Sex and the City, Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Commander in Chief

Four places you’ve been on vacation: Rio and the Amazon; Hong Kong, Bangkok and Phuket, Hawaii and Bora Bora; Italy, France, and London; Shanghai; Mexico and the Caribbean.

Four websites you visit daily: Atrios, Daily Kos, Crooks and Liars, Firedoglake

Four of your favorite foods: Vietnamese pho, soft-shelled crabs, ny strip steaks, coffee gelato

Four places you’d rather be: New York Citry, London, Shanghai, the Golden Door

Feel free to take the test in the comments or pass them around your blog.

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    Re: Passing the Meme (none / 0) (#1)
    by teacherken on Sat Dec 24, 2005 at 06:28:25 AM EST
    jobsbar bouncer, computer programmer / systems analyst, car salesman, hs social studies teacher moviesBad Day at Black Rock, Casablanca, Year of Living Dangerously (for Linda Hunt), Apostle places livedNew York City, Larchmont NY, Ardmore PA, Arlington VA tv showsWest Wing, Law and Order, All in the Family (reruns), Fresh Prince of Bel Air (also reruns) places on vacationTahiti Moorea and Bora-Bora (on honeymoon); Thessaloniki and Mount Athos (definitely not on honeymoon); Munich, Vienna and Salzburg; Sarasota daily websiteskos, myleftwing, talkleft, markarkleiman (I attended college with Mark) favorite foodsgazpacho, ginger beef, spaghetti with a good pesto, NY style cheesecake places i'd rather be Inn at Little Washington (going there on 29th for 20th anniversary); London; Santa Fe; Charlottesville

    Re: Passing the Meme (none / 0) (#2)
    by Beck on Sat Dec 24, 2005 at 06:31:40 AM EST
    When did you live in Cleveland? Was it for work or school?

    Re: Passing the Meme (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 24, 2005 at 07:30:31 AM EST
    Four jobs you’ve had in your life: Land Surveyor, Coast Guardsman, Merchant Marine, Paralegal Four movies you could watch over and over: Tombstone, Drugstore Cowboy, Over the Edge, JFK Four places you’ve lived: Savannah, Georgia, Brooklyn, New York, Jacksonville, Florida, Seattle, Washington Four TV shows you love to watch: Unsolved Mysteries, Dateline, 48 Hours Mystery, South Park Four places you’ve been on vacation: Australia, Egypt, South Africa, Pakistan Four websites you visit daily: Crooks and Liars, Talk Left, Labyrinth13, The Anomalist Four of your favorite foods: Grilled salmon, steamed crab, sushi, grits Four places you’d rather be: London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam

    Re: Passing the Meme (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 24, 2005 at 07:40:55 AM EST
    This may show my age all too well. Jobs: 1) Farm worker & manager; 2) US Army; 3) McDonald's manager; 4) Attorney (various from the sublime to the profane). Movies: 1) Shawshank Redemption (hope never dies!); 2) Godfather I & II; 3) TLOTR 1,2,& 3; 4) My Cousin Vinny (I DARE you NOT to belly-laugh!). Music: 1-4) Anything by The Beatles, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, & Bruce. Places Lived: 1) Albany, NY; 2) Boston; 3) Syracuse, NY; 4) Long Island. TV Shows: 1) The Twilight Zone; 2) The Simpsons; 3) Family Guy; 4) The Waltons. Places Been: 1) Aruba; 2) Sint Maarten, NA; 3) all over Europe; 4) Naked on a beach anywhere (preferably somewhere warm). Websites: 1) Talkleft; 2) Huffpo; 3) Amazon; 4) Upscale porn. Food: 1) Eggplant parmigiana; 2) Escargot; 3) Rare Filet Mignon (still mooing!); 4) Smoked salmon. Dream Places: 1) A neocon-free America; 2) St-Martin, FWI (if I were single); 3) The Australian outback; 4) London, year-round, for the rest of my very long life. Merry Christmas to all ...

    Re: Passing the Meme (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 24, 2005 at 08:31:35 AM EST
    four jobs:lawyer, disc jockey, private investigator, debt collector four movies pulp fiction, casablanca, ocean's eleven (the clooney version) Shawshank Redemption four places I've lived Boulder, Denver, Trinidad, Pueblo Colorado (hey, I'm a Native, and I like it here) 4 TV shows My Name Is Earl, The Sopranos, Coupling (the BBC version), Family Business Places I've been Vail, the Bahamas, L.A., Orlando 4 websites Salon, Talk Left, Crooks & Liars, AmericaBlog 4 favorite foodsA good steak, Cincinnati chili, home-made lasagna, roast turkey 4 places i'd rather be London, Australia, St. Petersburg Russia, Ireland

    Re: Passing the Meme (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 24, 2005 at 09:14:49 AM EST
    Four jobs you’ve had in your life: cook/caterer, lawyer/university administrator (discrimination law), writer/consultant (Japanese manufacturing improvement technologies), yoga instructor, technical writer (electronic medical records software) Four movies you could watch over and over: Moonstruck, Galaxy Quest, Amelie, Kurosawa's Ikiru, Mizoguchi's Ugetsu, Sprited Away Four places you’ve lived: Portland, OR, Cambridge, MA, Bloomington, IN, Vienna, Austria. Thessaloniki, Greece Four TV shows you love to watch: DaVinci's Inquest, Six Feet Under, BBC's Masterpiece Theatre, Mystery! Four places you’ve been on vacation: Japan (all over), Greece (all over), New Orleans!!, Vancouver, BC., The Tetons Four websites you visit daily: Talkleft, The Sideshow, Atrios, Crooks and Liars, Roger Ailes, House of Labor, Pharyngula Four of your favorite foods: roast lamb, eggplant any style, sushi, pho, popovers!! Four places you’d rather be: Paris, the Alps, Delphi (Greece), anywhere in Japan, Canyon de Chelly

    Re: Passing the Meme (none / 0) (#7)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 24, 2005 at 10:05:19 AM EST
    Jobs: swim teacher, school bus driver, molecular biologist Movies: A Christmas Story, Shawshank Redemption, Independence Day, Stargate Places Lived: San Francisco, Urbana Illinois, Millbrae, CA, Etna CA TV Shows: Waking the Dead (BBC), Red Cap (BBC), Murder in Suburbia (BBC), The First 48 (A&E) Vacations: Cruising (several), China, Russia, GB & Ireland Websites: TalkLeft, Crooks & Liars, The Guardian, BBC News Foods: Sushi and all things Japanese, Prime Rib, Lasagna, Paella Places: London (or anywhere in GB), Trondheim, Norway, Vienna, Kohala Coast on the Big Island of Hawaii.

    Re: Passing the Meme (none / 0) (#8)
    by joejoejoe on Sat Dec 24, 2005 at 10:22:48 AM EST
    Four jobs you’ve had in your life: dishwasher, housepainter, dockworker, dispatcher Four movies you could watch over and over: Breaker Morant, Rocky, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Tampopo Four places you’ve lived: Windsor, CT, Chicago, IL, Queens, NY, Daytona Beach, FL Four TV shows you love to watch: Rachel Ray, David Letterman, The White Shadow, PTI Four places you’ve been on vacation: San Francisco, New Orleans, Portland, ME, Honduras Four websites you visit daily: Washington Post, firedoglake, Daily Kos, Steve Gilliard Four of your favorite foods: Oyster Stew, Lasagne, Vietnamese Spring Rolls, Maine Lobster Four places you’d rather be: New Zealand, Gaspe Peninsula, Bay Islands, Iowa City

    Re: Passing the Meme (none / 0) (#9)
    by MikeDitto on Sat Dec 24, 2005 at 11:08:21 AM EST
    Four jobs you’ve had in your life: playwright's assistant, Executive Director for a choir, software engineer, journalist Four movies you could watch over and over: Heathers, History of the World Part I, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, The Changeling Four places you’ve lived: Arvada, CO, Golden, CO, Lakewood, CO, Denver, CO Four TV shows you love to watch: The Simpsons, The West Wing, Criminal Minds, South Park Four places you’ve been on vacation: San Francisco, Montreal, Amsterdam, Orlando Four websites you visit daily: TalkLeft, New York Times, Denver Post, Talking Points Memo Four of your favorite foods: Pho, oyster soup (making some now), steak au poivre, cornish game hens Four places you’d rather be: San Diego, Amsterdam, Montreal, London

    Re: Passing the Meme (none / 0) (#10)
    by ltgesq on Sat Dec 24, 2005 at 12:12:32 PM EST
    4 favorite Books?

    Re: Passing the Meme (none / 0) (#11)
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