Meandering Missive: MEME: "Four Things"

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

MEME: "Four Things"

That's "meem", not "me-me"! ;D

I've had my blog for about a month now, but I have yet to participate in one of those eclectic, creative snippets called "memes" that are circulating in blogdom. I actually was "tagged" by L/Milgwimper in early October to participate in the 23/5 Meme, but since part of it involved one's 23rd blog entry, I couldn't participate, because at the time I only had about HALF that number of entries. :( Anyone interested in what the 23/5 Meme is about, please visit the Oct. 9 entry in her blog, "Some Like It Hot."

As for me, I will now participate in the Four Things Meme, which I found in the Oct. 25 entry of another friend, Bronwyn, in her blog at Live Journal. (There doesn't seem to be a way to link to individual blog entries there). Bronwyn didn't "tag" me to do this meme, but when I saw it, I liked it, and felt inspired to answer the questions. :) And so, here they are. I'm not up on all the "protocol" regarding tagging my fellow bloggers to participate, especially since I found this meme NOT via getting tagged, but here are the folks I nominate to complete the Four Things Meme -- L/Milgwimper, Shari (my Las Vegas namesake), Marjorie, and Jo. (I'll limit it to four people, since the meme is all about fours *grin*). Of course, it's totally optional and just for fun. No one is obligated to do it.

FOUR THINGS YOU USE EVERY DAY:
1. bed
2. computer
3. phone (cell and/or landline)
4. water

FOUR JOBS YOU'VE HAD IN YOUR LIFE:
1. babysitter
2. Subway sandwich maker
3. 'media professional' (writer, editor, photographer)
4. freelance version of the above

FOUR TV SHOWS YOU WATCH THE MOST:
1. West Wing
2. CSI
3. Food Network stuff (especially "$40 a Day w/ Rachael Ray")
4. Travel Channel stuff

FOUR PEOPLE YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE LAST:
1. Tony
2. Mom
3. Mike (editor of a magazine I freelance for)
4. Rudolf (tech support for my web hosting company)

FOUR MOVIES YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER:
1. Forrest Gump
2. Braveheart
3. The Breakfast Club
4. The Princess Bride

FOUR THINGS YOU WANT TO DO IN LIFE:
1. Visit Europe
2. Road trip across U.S.
3. Own handcrafted soap biz
4. Fairytale happy ending

FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS YOU'RE CLOSE TO:
1. Parents
2. Aunt Janie
3. Cousin Julie
4. Cousin Ron

FOUR PLACES YOU'VE BEEN ON VACATION:
1. Las Vegas (most recently!)
2. Yosemite
3. Disneyland
4. Chicago

FOUR COSTUMES YOU'VE WORN ON HALLOWEEN:
1. Renaissance Faire peasant/wench ('default costume' for years)
2. Pirate (1 or 2 times in college)
3. Wannabe punk rocker (high school, I think)
4. I wore so many childhood costumes I lost count, but I recall a very cute, old-fashioned clown costume my mom made for me. :)

FOUR SCHOOLS YOU ATTENDED:
1. San Jose State University
2. Gunderson High School
3. Steinbeck Middle School
4. Erikson Elementary School

FOUR OF YOUR FAVORITE PIZZA TOPPINGS:
1. cheese (duh)
2. olives
3. mushrooms
4. pepperoni

Today I am feeling content.

posted by ScaryShari @ 10:00 PM

3 Comments:

At 11:21 AM, Anonymous said…

I posted the results in my LJ. :)

When are you, me and Milgwimper having lunch again? :)

Marjorie
At 3:24 PM, ScaryShari said…

Hey there Marjorie! :) Thanks for being a good sport and playing along with this meme. I will visit your blog in a minute and read your results. (And comment).

I'll be calling Mil this weekend, and she and I will figure out a couple of days/dates that work, then I'll relay them to you. I work from home and she isn't working at all right now (just taking a class), so it shouldn't be too difficult for the three of us to do lunch! :)
- Shari
At 1:38 PM, Shari said…

Done! (post here)

Ah, the wannabe punk rocker costume - me too! With spray-on "shocking" hair shades from the drug store, too.

How about FOUR SIGNIFICANT PUMPKIN CARVING EXPERIENCES:

1. Triangle eyes plus semi-toothy grin (Dad held the big knife)

2. Reaper holding scythe (the year I discovered Pumpkin Masters patterns just a little bit before my wowed friends)

3. Raven on branch with spooky "nevermore" lettering above (apparently my swan song, see #4)

4. Indiana Jones-type ripoff design that is half-hearted half-carved on the kitchen counter and likely to stay that way since sitting on the sofa eating candy corn and watching Alton Brown is just so much more fun :)

Anyone else?

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