{"id":375,"date":"2005-12-17T15:39:23","date_gmt":"2005-12-17T19:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/?p=375"},"modified":"2005-12-30T16:37:54","modified_gmt":"2005-12-30T20:37:54","slug":"meme-y-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/2005\/12\/17\/meme-y-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Meme-y thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the jump, one of those “a little more me in the monitors” memes<\/a> I picked up from Mal’s LJ<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nFOUR JOBS YOU’VE HAD IN YOUR LIFE:
\n1. Paperboy <\/a>(used to interfere with my ability to watch Hogan’s Heroes<\/a> reruns after school)
\n2. “Breaker” and Line Manager for a chicken joint<\/a> (working kitchen totally corrupted me)
\n3. Nuclear reactor research (third generation of my family to work at the research site<\/a>. Grandpa was in maintenance, then Mom doing a summer PR job, then me in a tech position.)
\n4. Software architect for a multiple product line<\/a>. (What I do now. Work from home for a big company. No need to wear pants.)<\/p>\n

FOUR MOVIES YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER:
\n1. Withnail & I<\/a> – the comedy is great, but the ending makes it
\n2. Inherit The Wind<\/a> – “I am admired for my detestability.”
\n3. Whale Music<\/a> – I quite liked Quarrington<\/a>‘s book<\/a>, and this is a good adaptation
\n4. Manufacturing Consent<\/a> – when I first saw this in a rep cinema during my first year of university it completely blew me away. It still does.<\/p>\n

FOUR CITIES YOU’VE LIVED IN:
\n1. North Bay, Ontario (hometown)
\n2. Lausanne, Switzerland (long term language exchange)
\n3. Ganado, Arizona (cultural exchange to the Four Corners Navajo reservation)
\n4. Halifax, Nova Scotia (first place I chose<\/em> to live)<\/p>\n

FOUR TV SHOWS YOU LOVE TO WATCH:
\n1. Veronica Mars<\/a> – great writing, almost perfect cast
\n2. Deadwood<\/a> – great writing, perfect cast
\n3. Gilmore Girls<\/a> – great writing, hot mom
\n4. House<\/a> – it’s all about Laurie’s performance<\/p>\n

FOUR PLACES YOU’VE BEEN ON VACATION:
\n1. Minneapolis, MN
\n2. Miette<\/a>, B.C.
\n3. Dublin
\n4. Budapest<\/p>\n

FOUR WEBSITES YOU VISIT DAILY:
\n1. Boing Boing<\/a> – keep a finger on the pulse of the web
\n2. Schneier on Security<\/a> – Bruce’s analysis is always good
\n3. Talking Points Memo<\/a> – keep a finger on the pulse of the U.S. government
\n4. The Hype Machine<\/a> – find a few new MP3s<\/p>\n

FOUR OF YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE RESTAURANTS:
\n1. Greco’s<\/a>, North Bay
\n2. Christos<\/a>, Minneapolis
\n3. Clair De Lune<\/a>, Ottawa
\n4. Chives<\/a>, Halifax<\/p>\n

FOUR OF YOUR FAVORITE FOODS:
\n1. Chicken Paprikas (prepared by Trish)
\n2. Oatcake (only from the Italian Market<\/a>–Keith makes them very different than the tradition, and much<\/strong> better)
\n3. Pizza (in many of its infinite varieties)
\n4. Tzatziki, thick, with lots of garlic and no dill<\/p>\n

FOUR SCHOOLS YOU’VE ATTENDED:
\n1. E.W. Norman Primary School<\/a>, North Bay
\n2. Widdifield High School<\/a>, North Bay
\n3. \u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne<\/a>
\n4. University of Waterloo<\/a><\/p>\n

FOUR PLACES I’D RATHER BE RIGHT NOW:
\n1. Doing stuff downtown with the family
\n2. On a roadtrip to Minneapolis with Ralph
\n3. Starting a 4-day drunken bender with Neil (got to be home for Christmas Eve!), just to see if I’d live through it at my age
\n4. The Culture<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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