This blog has been tagged by She to do the Meme of four. Whathefuck? Oh, it’s that list-publishing fad spreading like bird flu through the blogosphere. Tempting as it is to turn my nose up at such a common event, I will rise to the challenge. But as is my style, I’ll do my best to stretch the boundaries of such an exercise. Anyway, it would take me too long to determine my absolute favourites or bests – I’m not a good list compiler. So instead here are the first 4 in each category that pop into my head. You’ll find I’ve ignored some categories and added others...
Four professional jobs I’ve had:
Housing lobbyist
Managing director of a trade association
Managing director of a business newsletter publisher
Working in a Jewish bookshop with Mrs Egghead
Four non-professional jobs I’ve had (aside from the obligatory kibbutz meetnadev/et jobs):
Assembly worker in cosmetics factory
Behind the tea counter at Crufts
Supervisor of a miniature golf (crazy golf) course
Renovating student digs between tenants
Four websites I visit daily (other than the blogroll):
BBC News
El Reg
Haaretz
The Grauniad
Four places I’ve lived:
California
Washington DC
Dublin
Tel Aviv
Four places I’ve lived in London (now: Highgate):
Barnes
Barbican
Ealing
Kilburn
Four non-US and non-UK/Ireland cities I’ve visited:
Naples
Paris
Worms
Athens
Four UK/Irish hills and mountains I’ve walked in:
County Cork
Cotswolds
Sutherland
Lake District
Four US wildernesses I’ve backpacked into or white-watered down:
Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho
YoSemite, California
Middle/Main Salmon River, Idaho
Rogue River, Oregon
Four UK places I’ve driven very fast in:
Mid Wales
Sutherland
M40 Buckinghamshire
Applecross
Four cars I’ve owned (now=MR2 GT T-bar):
Ford Mustang
VW Golf
Ford Fiesta van
Lancia Delta Integrale
Four cars I want:
Noble M40
Lotus Elise
Lotus Exige
Caterham CSR
Four meats I like:
Fish (with fins and scales)
Venison
Springfield farm organic chicken
Lamb
Four carbs I like:
Pizza (from Naples)
Polenta
Potatoes
San Francisco sourdough bread
Four veg I like:
Avocado
Artichoke
Asparagus
Aubergine
Four favourite restaurants:
Providores
Sally Clarkes
Pied a Terre
Glasshouse
Four films I like:
Marx Brothers: all of them
Hairspray
Matrix 1 and 2 (3 was shite)
Sylvia Scarlet
Four vintage TV shows I like:
Star Trek: all series except that silly prequel
Doctor Who
Faulty Towers
Adams Family
Four live comedians:
Gilbert Gottfreid
Joan Rivers
Mel and Sue
Four dead comedians:
Three Stooges
Richard Pryor
Four dance music (house, breaks, electronica) albums/downloads:
All the Fabric breakbeats
Nag Nag Nag club compilation
Y4K
Basement Jaxx
Four dance music DJs:
Adam Freedland
Meat Katie
Kellilicious
Annie Nightningale
Four classical musicians:
Danny Driver
Rebecca Miller
Cecilia Bartoli
Ralph Kirschbaum
Four 70s-80s music:
Talking Heads / David Byrne
Pet Shop Boys
Madness
The Clash
Four favourite sports:
Swimming
Snow skiing
Water skiing
Rollerblading
Four authors:
Linda Grant
Gish Jen
Shere Hite
Monica Ali
Four near-death experiences:
Flying into an air pocket in a Cessna 172 and dropping several thousand feet
Lymphoma
Dermoid
Full spin on an icy, snowy hairpin mountain pass
(that’s enough playing around with the 4-kin concept, ed)
Adrian?
Monday, January 30, 2006
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6 comments:
I'm glad you did that one.
Wow, Cathy! Does this make you, like, an extreme memer? Nice work! Put me to shame...
I thought it was better to just get it over with ;-)
i'm daughter egghead and i am ashamed that my father would associate himself with a woman who 'forgets' to put down 'Led Zepplin' in -
Four 70s-80s music:
Talking Heads / David Byrne
Pet Shop Boys
Madness
The Clash
terrible, really dad! and where's yours?
Hmmm. some other time
Hi Ruth
Thanks for stopping by. Sorry to disappoint you but 60s-70s hard rock is obviously your dad's thing notmine...and if he doesn't want to do the meme of four, just remember: it's our blog, our agenda ;-)
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