Fours

I stumbled upon the blog Mei Flower while working my way through the list of SP8 participants. (I made it about halfway through the list, by the way. Not bad, considering there were several hundred participants!) I added Mei's blog to my RSS reader about a month ago, partly because she's a great writer (and laugh-out-loud funny at times), and partly because I'm interested in reading about her teaching exploits, since many of them ring true with me (I've taught my share of apathetic students and dealt with far too many political/scheming/slacker colleagues.) And I kind of like that her name, Mei, is also part of my daughter's name. :)

Anyway, she posted a meme that I thought was interesting, so I've filled it out myself. Consider yourself tagged.

Four jobs I have had in my life:

• Waitress
• College instructor
• Sales clerk (at a local music store--I got a huge discount, so I saved no money but left with a terrific music collection)
• Editor

Four movies I would watch over and over:

• When Harry Met Sally
• My Neighbor Totoro
• The Lord of the Rings trilogy (who knew that a blockbuster hit could actually be good?)
• The Philadelphia Story

Four places I have lived:

• Grand Forks, North Dakota
• Swansea, Illinois
• Coos Bay, Oregon
• Ependes, Switzerland

Four TV shows I like to watch:

• The Office
• My Name Is Earl
• The Daily Show
• The Colbert Report

(And believe it or not, these are the only shows I watch--I am not big into TV.)

Four places I have been on vacation:

• Paris
• Flagstaff
• Nova Scotia
• Vermont

Four websites I visit often:

• Wikipedia
• Google Labs
• Postcrossing
• Weather.gov

Four of my favorite foods:

• Chocolate (I'm a chocolate snob, so I much prefer the good stuff...but I'll stoop to Hershey's if I'm desperate)
• Pasta
• Cheese (the stinkier, the better)
• Lion Bars (I know this overlaps a bit with the first item in this list, but these are the Best Candy Bars on the Planet and deserve their own mention)

Four places I would rather be right now:

• On the beach in Bandon, Oregon
• In Canyonlands National Park, UT
• In Paris, eating cheese and a fresh baguette in a city park
• In Waitsfield, Vermont