Eek, a Meme, Part Two
Hey kids, it’s time for yet another get-to-know-your-bloggers meme!
Wait a sec. There are so many of them. Isn’t it a little suspicious? I mean, does anyone know who starts these things? Is it one of us, innocently curious? Or could it be… Alberto Gonzales?
Ahah! Just wait. Next meme, it’s gonna be last four books checked out of the library and last four protest marches attended, and then we’ll know for sure. Sneaky bastard.
Oh, all right, I’ll take off the tin foil for a moment and play. (But I’m putting it right back on after, I swear!)
So, what have we got? It’s the 4×8 meme — or in our case, since there are two of us: the 4×4x8 meme. (Hey! We’re in 3-D!) This week’s tag comes from Biscuit Girl of You Gonna Eat All That? And since we trust her to not have ulterior motives, we’ve attempted to answer all questions to the best of our abilities.
The 4×8 Meme
Four Jobs I’ve Had in My Life:
Chopper:
1. Jiffy Lube Technician.
2. Gaffer for USA Network shows Silk Stockings and Renegade.
3. Jenny Craig Food Distributor (stop laughing!)
4. Pastry Chef
Mrs D:
1. Stage Manager of the most annoying dinner theater ever.
2. Art Department Coordinator for a cheesy low budget film about evil space bugs.
3. Restaurant hostess
4. Fabric store clerk
I should note that were Chopper to say “mom made me do it,” on answer #3, he would not be lying. I should also note that the food served at the most annoying dinner theater ever, was also the most revolting excuse for Italian banquet food ever.
Four Movies I Could (and I do) Watch Over and Over:
Chopper:
1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
2. Galaxy Quest
3. The Big Lebowski
4. The Usual Suspects
Mrs. D.
Ummm… Four big fat dittos. Heck, why do you think we first went all googly for each other. Yes, it was the Trek. But… oh hell, I can’t help myself. Here are four more:
1. The Hunt for Red October
2. Shaolin Soccer
3. Shaun of the Dead
4. Master and Commander
Four Places I’ve Lived:
Chopper:
1. Portland, OR
2. San Diego, CA
3. Vancouver, WA
4. Friday Harbor, WA
Mrs. D:
1. Portland, OR
2. Boston, MA
3. Reno, NV
4. Vancouver, BC
Four TV Shows I Love to Watch:
Chopper:
1. Iron Chef
2. Battlestar Galactica (the new one, duh.)
3. Stargate SG1
4. Good Eats
Mrs. D:
Once again, ditto. Oh, and…
5. 24
6. CSI
7. Invasion
8. The Daily Show
Four Places I Have Been on Vacation:
Chopper:
1. Disneyland
2. Black Butte, OR
3. Tijuana, Mexico
4. Encenada, CA
Mrs. D:
1. Disneyland
2. Black Butte, OR
3. Northern British Columbia
4. Carmel, CA
Dang, we need to get out more. Not only do we need to get out more, we need to get out more together. I will note, with much embarrassment, that of all of those vacations, only one took place after Chopper and I met: the trip to Black Butte, which was our honeymoon.
Four Websites I Visit Daily:
Chopper:
1. Daily Kos
2. Nation States Forums
3. Ill Will Press
4 Homestar Runner
Mrs. D:
1. Boing Boing
2. 43 Folders
3. Food Blog Scool
4. Flickr
And lots of food blogs, but y’know, diplomacy and all that…
Oh, and lots more leftie blogs, but you know, the G-man could be watching and… right. Like they don’t already know what we just ate for dinner.
Speaking of food…
Four of My Favorite Foods:
Chopper:
1. Tacos
2. Foie Gras
3. Sausage
4. Single Malt Scotch (yes, it’s a food.)
Mrs. D.
1. Sushi
2. Dark Chocolate
3. Any kind of fish, so long as Chopper’s cooking it.
4. Asparagus. Ditto on the Chopper’s cooking it thing.
(Oh, and cheese sandwiches. Pssst. Pass it on.)
About that foie gras: Chopper got to sample some while in culinary school and he’s not been the same since. Sometimes I catch him looking up websites that ship the stuff and then checking our bank account…
Four Places I Would Rather Be Right Now:
Chopper:
1. Seattle
2. Thailand
3. London
4. Prague
Mrs D:
1. Seattle (Yes, we have a thing for Seattle. Call it unbridled lust, if you will.)
2. Vancouver BC
3. Yorkshire
4. Oh, to heck with it. I’ll settle for a house with a clean kitchen.
Four Tags: People I’m Tagging to Continue this Meme:
(Yes, four is plenty. Eight tags would be just plain excessive. Not that we’re not excessive on many occasions, but really now, could we even find eight food bloggers who haven’t been tagged already?)
1. Brett of In Praise of Sardines
2. Jamie of 10 Signs Like This
3. B’gina of Stalking the Waiter
4. Cyndi of Cookin’ With Cyndi
February 11th, 2006 at 7:20 am
Very fun. You were much more clever at sneaking in the cheese sandwiches than I was, but then maybe I’m just a bit more mad?
Have you noticed how much you like to read other people’s memes but hate to write your own? At least that’s how I feel a lot of the time.
February 11th, 2006 at 3:19 pm
Chopper Dave and Biscuit Boy are of the same mind…..Scotch is it’s own food group.
February 11th, 2006 at 5:40 pm
Oh geez, tell me about it, Kalyn. I swear, I sat here agonizing over silly things like which four movies to list.
I may sneak another cheesey reference into a post tomorrow. We’ll see. :-)
Barbara: and for me, not so much scotch, but dark beer. Pint of Stout = good meal.
February 11th, 2006 at 7:12 pm
Mm. Pint of stout = wet graham crackers for grown-ups.
(Mrs D and Kalyn: go see my cheesy homage.)
Mrs D (er, well, Chopper, actually): I was too shy to include Iron Chef in my list. So, bravo to you.
Also: Galaxy Quest!!! Snrrrk! tha best. (Cranky is a Rock Monster.)
February 12th, 2006 at 4:43 pm
Pint of stout, or at least dark beer, is a nutritional food. I had this horrible stomach flu years ago. One sip, ONE SIP, on anything liquid, and it was a mad sprint to the john. After a week, I was so dehydrated that the big muscles in my thighs and back were going into spasm. My doc told me to drink dark beer, sipped slowly. The alchohol would calm the intestinal reaction and dark been does have nutritional value. It worked! And I was one happy chickie. I was almost, almost, disappointed when I was cured.
And, I’ve got your tag, so, I’m on it!
February 14th, 2006 at 11:22 am
Galaxy Quest has become my most quoted flick.
“I played Richard III. There were five curtain calls…”
B’gina: Now that’s a great cure story to take to the pub! :-)