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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 places you’ve lived:
(1) Calgary, Canada
(2) Los Angeles / Pasadena, USA
(3) Paris, France
(4) Budapest, Hungary

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

Four albums you can’t live without:
(1) Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
(2) The Saint - Motion Picture Soundtrack (I play it endlessly while I work)
(3) U2 - The Joshua Tree
(4) Moxy Früvous - Bargainville

Next four tagged:
(1) Ashley
(2) Susie
(3) Darren
(4) George

(Thanks, Wes, for tagging me!)

Overheard

“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.”

...who said it?

“Greatness is only a matter of will.  It is the end result of patience, determination, direction and strength.”

...who said it?

“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.”

...who said it?

“The Northeast Blackout affected 50 million people and zero PEER 1 customers. Find out why.”

...who said it?

“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). “

...who said it?

Comments

 

 

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!)

 

Posted by Jason  at  12:48 pm on Jan. 5, 2006

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