Bloggers often get roped into passing along surveys or revealing lists or other memes. I’ve avoided the trend entirely until today. Why give in today? It’s a very complex answer, but if I had to summarize it, I’d say ... it’s because no one ever included me before.
Four jobs you’ve had in your life:
(1) Parts puller for my Dad’s fertilizer equipment company
(2) Captain Tidy, mascot for Calgary’s Anti-Littering Campaign (volunteer)
(3) Editor of Variety’s Web site
(4) Community Builder for the CBC Elections Web site
Four movies you could watch over and over:
(1) The Princess Bride
(2) Ferris Bueler’s Day Off
(3) Grosse Pointe Blank
(4) Die Hard
Four TV shows you love to watch:
(1) Arrested Development
(2) The Daily Show
(3) Law & Order: (any that’s not SVU)
(4) Freaks and Geeks
Four places you’ve been on vacation:
(1) Asia
(2) South America
(3) Australia
(4) Africa
(5) Europe
(6) North America
Four websites you visit daily:
(1) Google Maps
(2) Flickr
(3) Craig’s List
(4) Digg (new addition)
Four of your favorite foods:
(1) Pasta (spaghetti with meat sauce)
(2) Smoked Meats, especially good hot dogs
(3) Sushi
(4) Peanut Butter and Honey sandwich
Four places you’d rather be:
(1) Camping
(2) In a movie theater
(3) Vancouver (if I’m elsewhere)
(4) At an excellent Irish Pub
“The superior man contains the means in his own person. He bides his time and then acts. Why then should not everything go well? He acts and is free. Therefore all he has to do is to go forth, and he takes his quarry. This is how a man fares who acts after he has ready the means.”
“kindergarchy n. Rule or domination by children; the belief that children’s needs and preferences take precedence over those of their parents or other adults.”
“As in 2007, the average U.S. worker has 14 vacation days this year. Just across the Canadian border, our counterparts get an average of 17 vacation days annually. But if you want a real “vacation envy” complex, consider the vacation banks of European workers. France tops the list with an average of 37 days, followed by Italy (33 days), Spain (31), the Netherlands and Austria (28), Germany (27) and Great Britain (26). “
Wow! I had no idea you were a Fruvous fan!
This is exactly why these lists are a great idea - you really can learn new and interesting things about your friends. (As long as the requests you get to join them don't end with threats of bad luck!)
You can scroll right easily by holding down the SHIFT key and using your scroll wheel. (Firefox users trying this will end up jumping to old Web pages until a) Firefox releases a fix, b) they change their settings like so.)