The Fabulous Four Things Meme......

[osodecanela]

I've just gotten home from driving from LA. Mom was visiting my nephew, who's a sophomore at USC. I logged on here to find I've gotten tagged by fogbear , who's attention and curiosity is most welcome indeed. Let's see if I'm still coherent, after the drive up 101 (I-5 was closed at Santa Clarita by a huge tunnel fire in the wee hours of Sat. morning)

Four Jobs I've Held:
1. Math teacher in a Catholic School run by the Christian Brothers
2. Lox slicer
3. Inspector of summer feeding sites for children normally eligible for free school lunches
4. Urgent care "doc-in-the-box" for Kaiser

Four Films I Could Watch Again and Again:
1. The Lion in Winter
2. The Wedding Banquet
3. When Harry Met Sally
4. Forest Gump

Four TV Shows I Watch:
1. The Daily Show & The Colbert Report
2. Torchwood
3. Charmed
4. Myth Busters (It's bear porn!)

Four Places I've Lived:
1. San Francisco, CA
2. Brooklyn, NY
3. Bayside, Maine
4. Columbia, MO

Four Favorite Foods:
1. Ahi, either as sashimi or lightly seared
2. lox, cream cheese, red onion and capers on a toasted onion bagel
3. sarmale (romanian stuffed cabbage)
4. my parent's stuffed cabbage (COMFORT FOOD!!)

Four Websites I Visit Everyday:
1. LiveJournal
2. Sonic.net
3. BearFront (most days)
4. Bear411 (most days)

Four Favorite Colors:
1. Forest Green
2. Rust
3. Emerald Green
4. Indigo

Four Places I'd Rather Be Right Now:
1. Venice
2. Seattle
3. London
4. In bed begging for mercy

Four Names I Like But Wouldn't or Couldn't Use Myself:
1. Shoshana
2. Chava
3. Rusty
4. Naomi


And my 4 LJ friends that I'm tagging: (and as fogbear said when he tagged me, it is a way of getting know folks better)
1. greasybiker (was a delight to talk with you on the drive up by the way)
2. grandiva1968
3. labearatorycub
4. hantsbear

Comments

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

Hey, it was great talking to you too - glad I was able to dispel a bit of the ennui of being stuck in traffic.

My response to being tagged is complete; I would be interested in seeing your reactions. ;)

[osodecanela.livejournal.com]

will do - one last person to see for today and then off to review.

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

Jobs: Kaiser Doc-in-a-Box... ugh. It may be irrational, but I loathe Kaiser, after what they did to a friend of mine. (He had a HIV-related brain tumor; instead of treating him, they basically "discussed treatment" until the question was moot, because it had killed him.)

Films: Would you believe I've never seen any of those?

Food: While I don't consume any sort of Dead Animal Body ... I have to admit that I find the smell of seafood especially offputting. And all I put on a toasted onion bagel (my favorite kind) is cream cheese or butter.

Bear411: HISS!

Colors: while I went all Blue Meanie on this myself, I do generally like "jewel tones" of other colors - ruby red, emerald green, that sort of thing. That said, my favorite gemstone is opal, which I consider vastly more beautiful than diamonds - though I wish it were as durable!

Places: ...begging for mercy? Hm. That's verging on TMI. ;) I've never been to Europe, but London is definitely on my list. Said list does tend to focus on the UK, Scandinavia and the Low Countries. On the other hand, I've heard some interesting tales about the Bears in Spain, and that might warrant a look.... ;)

[osodecanela.livejournal.com]

I abhorred my time at Kaiser. There are a handful of things they do well, but working for them was a miserable experience for me. You comment about your friend unfortunately does not surprise me.

Rent the Lion in Winter at your next opportunity. Katherine Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, and a young Anthony Hopkins. They were superb. The film is a feast for the eyes and a wonderful study in family disfunction.

I knew you're a vegetarian as was I at one time in my life. I can do without red meat (unless its still atached to its owner, but lets not go there right this moment, shall we), but bear that I am, fish often calls my name. Love the stuff and found it the hardest to give up during my 4 years as a vegetarian.

Gemstones - odd you mention opals. Find them delights for the eyes and like you I lament they're SO fragile. Just gave Mom another opal pin/pendant Friday night as a early gift for her birthday; an exquisite translucent autrailian stone on the milky side.

Gem tones attract my eye and I use a lot of them in my artwork, as well as almost all shades of blue and green. Besides, red hair calls for green clothing as a balance, at least to my eye.

AND since when is a desire to be begging for mercy in bed TMI? (It's only TMI if you're invited to watch.)