I've Been "Tagged" - 4 Things

Lawyer Dan Hull of What About Clients tagged me for the following "4 Things" question series that I have to answer or my retirement funds go "poof" or something equally horrid. I'm saying "sorry" now to the four bloggers I'm supposed to pass this "tag" on to.

Try not to fall asleep, I lead a pretty dull personal life!

4 jobs I've had:

• Ear piercer at Piercing Pagoda
• Waitress at Denny's across from Disneyland
• Asst manager at Ardella's Pizza
• Staff accountant at CompCare's corporate headquarters

4 movies I can watch over and over:

• A League of Their Own
• Braveheart
• The Shawshank Redemption
• Singin' in the Rain

4 TV shows I love to watch:

• Desperate Housewives
• Deadwood
• The Shield
• Ren & Stimpy (you eediots)

4 places I've been on vacation:

• Sonoma Valley
• Across the US, St Louis to CA and back by RV over 3 weeks -- awesome!
• Iran for a month (don't laugh at the bad fashion in the pic, it was 1976! Pic taken at Persepolis)
• Backpacking for a week in the High Sierras

4 tunes that play through my head:

• Augustus Gloop... (my 4 y/o watches Charlie and the Chocolate Factory several times a week, nuff said)
• You're so Vain (Carly Simon...keeps popping up on my ipod)
• Where It's At (Beck)
• Get Together (Youngbloods)

4 favorite dishes:

• Cheeseburger & chocolate milkshake
• Grandma's pot roast (a pic of Gram & me, don't have one of her pot roast)
• Thanksgiving feast
• Cheesecake, plain (I'm a purist)

4 websites I visit daily:

• Bloglines
• Typepad for Golden Practices
• My family sites on Myfamily.com
• Most of my clients' websites (puts me well over 4...)

4 books I'm reading or want to read:

• Value Pricing, 6th edition, because Baker will kill me if I don't finish it before his next book comes out (plus it's a pretty darn good book...much different from the 1st and 3rd editions I've read)
• Willa Cather: 3 Novel compilation (O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Antonia) because Mom gave it to me for Christmas and I haven't been able to start it yet
• Founding Brothers because I love history and am related to Aaron Burr (no comments from you on that, Dan, I hear he just got a bad rap...) we share a common ancestor, his grandfather, Jonathan Edwards.
• The Answer to How is Yes by Peter Block because Baker says it's excellent

4 places I'd rather be:

• Southern California visiting my family and my favorite ocean
• Puerta Vallarta basking in warm sunshine
• Curled up in a cozy chair reading a book (inspired by thinking about above books)
• Greece because I've never been

4 Bloggers I'm Tagging

• Lisa Haneberg of Management Craft
• Thom Singer of Some Assembly Required
• Bruce Allen of Marketing Catalyst
• Future blogger, Ron Baker when our VeraSage blog and new website launches Mar 31

Comments

[Thom Singer]

Hey Michelle. I see you tagged me. I was also tagged by Larry Bodine (seems that this email game of tag has gotten big). My answers are on my blog at: http://thomsinger.blogspot.com/2006/02/tag-im-it.html

I love the fact you worked at the Piercing Pagoda in the mall. That might be the best answer on this game of tag I have seen. I love random jobs. I have written about my brother having the quirkiest career ever. He is a "Saxaphone Repairman" (and earns a good living). see: www.billsinger.com.

Hope all is well. I too am a So Cal kid living elsewhere.

thom