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My Turn For Meming

by Tim F|  December 26, 20055:01 pm| 8 Comments

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Looks like John has tagged me with the meme of fours. Read my answers in the extended text. To keep this moving I tag (more or less randomly) four of the great bloggers who hang out hereabouts: Confederate Yankee, Ron Beasley, Pooh and In Search of Utopia Anderson.

Four jobs you’ve had in your life: Summer-camp counselor, carpet machine operator, forklift driver (summer jobs), teaching assistant (grad school).

Four movies you could watch over and over: Contact, Fellowship of the Ring, Whale Rider, Spirited Away.

Four places you’ve lived: Boston, MA; Pittsburgh, PA; Colorado Springs, CO; Groton, CT

Four TV shows you love to watch: Daily Show, Firefly, South Park, SG-1.

Four places you’ve been on vacation: France, New Zealand, Ireland, Barcelona.

Four websites you visit daily: Carpetbagger, Kos, Josh Marshall, Boing Boing.

Four of your favorite foods: My wife’s stewed rabbit over fettuchine, Mexican-style wet burritos, habanero peppers with the seeds in, unagi (eel sushi).

Four places you’d rather be: The Sharp Edge Beer Emporium, New Zealand, a certain hacienda in the Sandia mountains of New Mexico, anywhere that you find vineyards.

Four albums you can’t live without: Yo Yo Ma, Cello Suites Inspired by Bach; The Battlefield Band, Happy Daze; Eliades Ochoa, Sublime Illusion; Various Artists, Reconquista: the Latin Rock Invasion.

***Update***

It helps to check whether somebody’s already been tagged. Post in the comments if anybody else has gotten this more than once.

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  1. 1.

    scarpy

    December 26, 2005 at 5:30 pm

    Holy Christ, dude. You eat habaneros with the seeds in?

    I’m bowing to you.

  2. 2.

    Tim F.

    December 26, 2005 at 5:40 pm

    Well, I usually cook them in something. I don’t have that much of a problem eating them by themselves, but it’s just not that much fun.

    The only time I really had to call on my inner strength to eat something was some wings made by a bar in New London, CT. DOn’t remember the name of the bar, but if anybody else has ever eaten five of those bastards in one sitting I haven’t heard of it.

  3. 3.

    Ron Beasley

    December 26, 2005 at 8:19 pm

    OK Tim, it’s up at my place.

  4. 4.

    Pooh

    December 26, 2005 at 11:20 pm

    I too have fulfilled my duties…

  5. 5.

    Sine.Qua.Non

    December 27, 2005 at 12:26 am

    Tim, you really must have a stomach lining made of material that doesn’t break down with that high level of acid! Yikes is right. I was once recommended this pepper in Texas at HEB for my chili since the ones I use were not available. My chili takes two days to make. Ruined the chili. And, that is not all, the habanero’s burned my skin so badly that I actually was burned. I also accidently touched my lip and it puffed up like a balloon and burned horribly. I stuck my hands and then my whole arms in bags of ice when the burn leached up my inner arms. I officially hate those little yellow demons. I threw out the chili since I had put four of those habanero’s in there – I didn’t want to put anyone in the hospital.

  6. 6.

    Tim F.

    December 27, 2005 at 12:11 pm

    I threw out the chili since I had put four of those habanero’s in there – I didn’t want to put anyone in the hospital.

    You should have sent it to me!

    Although, four peppers is a lot unless you made your chili in a kettle drum.

  7. 7.

    Krista

    December 27, 2005 at 2:30 pm

    Ah, I may as well fill this out, just for shits and giggles:

    Four jobs you’ve had in your life: Customer service rep, florist, PR flack, sales exec.
    Four movies you could watch over and over: Shrek 2, L.A. Confidential, Monty Python’s Search for the Holy Grail, Eat Drink Man Woman.
    Four places you’ve lived: Bathurst, NB, Moncton, NB, Wallace, NS, Halifax,NS. (No, I’ve never lived outside of Atlantic Canada.)
    Four TV shows you love to watch: Daily Show, Battlestar Galactica, The Office, Family Guy
    Four places you’ve been on vacation: France, Belgium, Holland, Florida.
    Four websites you visit daily: Balloon Juice, Salon, Halifax Chronicle-Herald, eBay.
    Four of your favorite foods: my mom’s lasagna, sushi, pad thai, freshly baked bread.
    Four places you’d rather be: Paris, a spa, in bed, at the beach.
    Four albums you can’t live without: Graceland (Paul Simon), Legend (Bob Marley), Audioslave (Audioslave), Mind, Body, and Soul (Joss Stone)

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  1. In Search Of Utopia says:
    December 27, 2005 at 11:44 am

    The Meme of Four continues….

    I did it yesterday, so far only one of my tagees has weighed in, but the meme is growing….

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