Game of four

Four jobs you’ve had in your life: Cashier, file clerk, doughnut stuffer, state trooper. Four movies you could watch over and over: Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Princess Bride, Galaxy Quest Four places you’ve lived: The Bronx, Boston, Ithaca, Orange County, NY. Four TV shows you love to watch: Battlestar Galactica, Lost, The Office, Law & Order Four places you’ve been on vacation: Nova Scotia, Seattle, San Francisco, North Dakota (Really!) Four Web sites you visit daily: Digg, TV Squad, Boing Boing, Dilbert Four of your favorite foods: Flat iron steak, chinese dumplings, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, dried cherries Four places you’d rather be: Anywhere but work, right now. Four albums you can’t live without: The White Album, Slowhand, Little Plastic Castle, So

================================= Yeah listmania continues :-- okay here’s mine (male geek age 30:) ----------------------------------- Four jobs you’ve had in your life: ----------------------------------- door to door knife salesman (yeah that one was really fun), hotel maid (one horrifying day at an econolodge), bus driver, computer scientist Four movies you could watch over and over: ------------------------------- star wars, raiders, jaws, star trek II WOK, city slickers, quick change, groundhog day, bugs bunny road runner movie, roman holiday (okay more than four ) Four places you’ve lived: -------------------------------- Yonkers (went to PS#13, PS#9 by the way), Long Island (stony brook), Saudi Arabia (Riyadh), Houston (currently) Four TV shows you love to watch: -------------------------------- STNG, MacGyver, Lost, Mystery Science Theater Four places you’ve been on vacation: ------------------------------ Disneyworld, Mecca, London, Pittsburgh Four Web sites you visit daily: --------------------------------- edge http://www.edge.org/ , yahoo, flick philosopher (okay not daily but I am kissing up to you Mary Ann), fark.com Four of your favorite foods: ------------------------------- Big Mac, New York Pizza (god I wish they had that here in tx), stuffed grape leaves, Boston crème pie Four places you’d rather be: ---------------------------- Manhattan, upstate NY, Mars, with a cute girl (probably have a better chance of being on Mars) Four albums you can’t live without: ------------------------------ Paul Simon Graceland, U2 Joshua Tree, Tom Petty Greatest Hits, REM automatic for the people Might I suggest adding some more topics:- Four Books you cant live without: Four People you admire (besides relatives): Four People you hate (besides relatives): =================================

Four jobs you’ve had in your life: Candy shop clerk, AOL Customer Service rep (temp), Cartographic Aide for the Defense Mapping Agency, "Senior Programmer/Analyst"(current title) Four movies you could watch over and over: Casablanca, Die Hard, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars Four places you’ve lived: Potomac, MD, Charlottesville, VA, Arlington, VA, Reston, VA Four TV shows you love to watch: (at the moment): Stargate SG-1, The Shield, My Name Is Earl, Arrested Development Four places you’ve been on vacation: Hawaii, Loch Ness, Innsbruck, Capri Four places you’d rather be: Hawaii, Loch Ness, Innsbruck, Capri (on reflection, I got to go to some pretty neat places on my parents' dime!) Four Web sites you visit daily: http://www.flickfilosopher.com/, http://www.strategypage.com/, http://ace.mu.nu/, http://absorbascon.blogspot.com/ Four of your favorite foods: My mom's Thanksgiving turkey stuffing, sushi, fresh strawberries, bacon Four albums you can’t live without: "Born to Run", Bruce Springsteen, "All Over the Place", The Bangles, "Smell the Glove," Spinal Tap, "Pickin'," The Folksmen

female geek (age unknown): Four jobs you’ve had in your life: movie theatre manager; gas ration coupon counter (bet you didn’t know the government was plotting that in the last “gas crisis”, eh?); court calendar answering service; legal secretary Four movies you could watch over and over: Casablanca; The Princess Bride; A Christmas Story (even when it isn’t Christmas); Raiders of the Lost Ark Four places you’ve lived: The Bronx, Putnam County, Iowa City, Oxford, England (very briefly but I really *lived* there)… the Bronx. Four TV shows you love to watch: Alias (Victor Garber, yum! and *don’t* tell me what “team” he plays for); Medium (Jake Weber, yum!); StarGate: SG1; Lost (Naveen Andrews… double yum!) Four places you’ve been on vacation: Mexico, Ireland, Scotland, Iceland Four Web sites you visit daily: Savage Chickens, Geek Philosophy, Astronomy Picture of the Day, New York Times Four of your favorite foods: dark chocolate; roast chicken; scotch meat pies; leg of lamb Four places you’d rather be: Oxford, Paris, Oxford, Edinburgh Four albums you can’t live without: Loreena McKennit’s the Visit; Austin Lounge Lizards Small Minds; The Beatles: The Beatles ’65; Inspector Morse Vol. II

Jobs: Liquor store clerk, service bureau technology expert, Macintosh consultant, "director of technology". Movies: The Princess Bride; Grosse Pointe Blank; Star Wars: A New Hope; Barcelona Places lived: Baltimore, Maryland; Canberra, Australia; Los Alomos, New Mexico; Tucson, Arizona. TV [that has new episodes]: Veronica Mars; Battlestar Galactica; Scrubs; The Office (US incarnation). ("Lost" lost to Veronica Mars this season...) Vacation (restricting myself to vacations I've enjoyed): Lilli Pilli, NSW; Tasmania; Seattle; San Diego. Web: Flickfilosopher; Ain't It Cool News; Magicthegathering.com (dork!); Google news. Food: Sushi; Strawberries; Granny Smith apples; Rare meat with interesting spices. Rather be: London, Seattle, Mars, at a game convention. Albums: (only four?) I Just Can't Stop It (The Beat); Live At The Gorge 08/01/05 (Pearl Jam); Blues (Jimi Hendrix); Are We Not Men (Devo). Or, expressed (non-equivalently) in terms of movie soundtracks: Garden State; Grosee Pointe Blank; The Last Temptation of Christ; Run Lola Run

Jobs: Waitress, bookstore clerk, librarian, proofreader Movies: LotR, Princess Bride, The Fugitive, The Sting Places lived: Joliet, Oak Park, Wheeling (all IL), Milwaukee TV shows: Lost, Amazing Race, Project Runway, Law & Order: CI (Vincent D'Onofrio's character is the biggest geek on TV!) Places vacationed: Bar Harbor Maine, Seattle, Washington DC, and Tampa Daily websites: Salon, DVD Verdict, World Crossing, TWoP Favorite foods: Grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup, homemade Swedish pancakes, Dad's double-baked potatoes, Italian beef sandwich Places I'd rather be: Cannon Beach Oregon, Bar Harbor Maine, Seattle, New York City Albums: Big Pig "Bonk", The Weavers boxed set, Sondheim at Carnegie Hall, The Roches "We Three Kings"

Jobs: Pizza delivery driver, car rental agent, writer for a professional wrestling company...and that's it, actually. Movies: The Silence of the Lambs; The Princess Bride; Star Trek II; The Big Lebowski. Places lived: Los Angeles, California; Springfield, Missouri; Hagerstown, Maryland; Oklahoma City, OK (where I was born). TV shows: as of today, it's House, Lost, Star Trek: DS9, and Firefly. Places vacationed: Atlanta, GA; Philadelphia, PA; Oklahoma City, OK; Canyon Lake, TX (it was during the Hurricane Rita evacuation, but it was the closest thing to a vacation I've had in years). Daily websites: this one, http://www.americablog.com, http://dilbertblog.typepad.com, and http://www.straightdope.com. Favorite foods: General Tso's chicken at the Chinese place next door; the grilled chicken my mom used to make; the stuffing my mom used to make; Top Ramen noodles. Places I'd rather be: Canada; New York; Paris; on board Serenity. Albums: "Metallica," Metallica (aka the black album); "Revolver," The Beatles; "Before These Crowded Streets," Dave Matthews Band; "Maroon," Barenaked Ladies.