i was never very good at tag

and that's really a complicated thing to be bad at. one word: special.

anyway, the meme.

four jobs i've had
* barrista: real life is overrated
* assistant to a financial consultant: a.k.a. millionaire hugger ("it's a full service brokerage, baby!")
* document control clerk: say it in the most monotone voice you can muster. no, more monotone
* receptionist in a temp office: this is where i got my first proposal -- over the phone from a vietnamese immigrant ("how old a you? i husband. you marry? how old a you?")... come to think of it, i also got a couple "you've got a great phone voice, we should go out." i should point out that i have the phone voice of a SIX YEAR OLD.

four movies i can watch over and over
* bridget jones' diary
* spaceballs: i have seen this movie far more times than is healthy for a human being and reference it in the most unlikely situations. luckily, no one else has seen it enough to know what i'm doing...
* hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy: i love it totally, completely, and unreasonably. if only i could develop such a relationship with a human male...
* pirates of the caribbean: the saudi bootleg copy, in english with english subtitles. it's just that great. (goes well with alcohol. and swimming pools. and sunrise.)

four places i have lived
only four? let's go with the good, the bad, the ugly, and the... constant
* kensington house, london, england: until the electrical system melted. and if you ignore the complete lack of hot water. among other things.
* charleston, wv: close tie with pasadena, tx and luling, la
* moses lake, wa
* the back of a dodge ram van: when you've spent as much time there as i have, it counts, damn it!

four places i've vacationed
* vancouver, bc: "are you brian? you look like a brian. brian, can i have a stamp?"
* a german pig farm: lots of germans, lots of pork, lots of korn.
* san francisco: a.k.a. "the roots tour"
* nikko, japan

four of my favorite dishes
* pierogies!
* thai green curry with veggies and tofu
* walrus ice cream
* devon scones and clotted cream: okay, the whole cream tea. but mostly the scones (by which i really mean the clotted cream)

four sites i visit daily
* bbc news
* the economist
* spirit fingers
* stuff on my cat

four places i would rather be right now
actually, right at this very second i'm quite content, although i may wander over to my bed. but generally, the list is longer than my arm. and i have long arms.
* the gardens at versailles, just after a rain when the sky clears and the sun makes the water glow silver
* standing on top of a mountain: i love the feeling that i'm at the highest point around. especially when it's just me and some giant boulders.
* toooobing: the texas kind, with lazy drunkenness, not the "murder on the poudre" variety -- although that was hella fun. just... dangerous.
* hakone glass forest

two people i am tagging
i'm lazy. deal.
* lala
* stereoette