Thursday, August 23, 2007

4...and a little more

Mon thought I needed a little direction in my blogging today (she would be correct). Feel free to play along if you haven't already!

4 jobs I've had in my life
- grocery store clerk
- tobacco stringer
- admin assistant
- teacher

4 places I've lived
- Home Town
- College Town
- London
- PRU City

4 favorite foods
- pepperoni pizza
- lime tortilla chips
- tomato sandwich with Duke's mayo, salt and pepper
- pretty much anything my mother cooks
and we wonder about the weight gain

4 places I'd rather be
- with Best Friend
- London
- in a beach house, believe it or not
- at the movies

4 movies I can watch over and over
- When Harry Met Sally
- Band of Brothers (miniseries)
- Love Actually
- Pretty Woman (I know, I know)

4 TV shows I like to watch
- Burn Notice (this show is just darn fun)
- The Closer
- How I Met Your Mother
- The Daily Show

4 websites I view daily
- email accounts
- bloglines
- university library system
- news sites

4 computers I've owned
- the Gateway desktop in my bedroom
- my university MacBook Pro (sort of)
and that is indeed it
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4 reasons I love what I do

- working with undergrads
- interacting with my colleagues
- studying what interests me
- being able to set my own schedule

4 reasons I don't
- working with undergrads
- the staggering bureaucracy required for simple tasks
- the insidious pressure
- the insecurity that accompanies rejection

4 books I want to read again
- Atlas Shrugged
- The Camulod Chronicles
- Middlemarch
- Bleak House

4 books I never need read again
- Sound and the Fury
- Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- Cold Mountain
- The Raj Quartet

4 things that make me laugh
- The Daily Show
- hanging out with my friends on a Friday night
- talking to my nieces
- Bill Bryson

4 things that make me cry
- problems I can't solve
- well-written books
- losing someone I love
- onions

4 things I'm going to do this year
- solidify my research agenda
- eat more vegetables
- see more of my new Home State
- laugh

2 thoughts:

uncommonwoman said...

Duke's mayo rocks!! :)

phd me said...

So glad someone knows of what I speak! Seriously, I can't eat any other kind.