on Being Tagged

I was tagged by two people at once and I neglected. How bad is that?
Problem was the first tag, from memento required me to do four things and Nicole wanted me to do five things and neither of them are likely to improve my chances of getting laid (the meme, not the girls, mind you). So, understandably, I was reluctant.

Now I will be a good blogger boy and actually do these things, I’m combining the two.

5 years ago…
Five years ago I live in bliss. There was no blog and there was no shit job and there was a happy life. I was potentially rich and mentally sound.

1 year ago…
Things that happened a year ago around this time are things I’m not comfortable repeating in public. As it is Halloween tonight, I probably was in a party somewhere (also applies to any other night in the year, that is). Can’t remember much.
45 years ago, however, the party voted to remove Stalin’s dead body from the tomb at the Red Square (the real square, not the club).

5 Snacks:
1. All things caramelized
2. Ice cream
3. Cheese
4. Popcorn
5. Sliced cheese

Four favorite dishes:
1. Salmon sushimi
2. Pasta with anything
3. Cheese on anything
4. Tom Yam

5 favourite TV shows:
1. Boston Public
2. Sopranos
3. West Wing
4. NYPD Blue (the early seasons)
5. Friends

Four movies I could watch over and over:
1. Tombstone
2. Die Hard
3. A particular porn clip with no title. I couldn’t figure out the way they did it (very elastic, so to speak). It’s educational.
4. Matrix

5 favorite toys:
1. My dog
2. This.*
3. This.*
4. This.*
5. My dog

*They’re not mine, but if they were, they would’ve been my fave toys.

4 websites I visit daily
1. Google News
2. My blog
3. Slate
4. ALD

5 songs I know all the words to:
1. Vanilla Ice – Ice, Ice Baby. Don’t ask me how or why and I really do wish I don’t but I do.
2. Most Bon Jovi songs, pre-haircut. Also Metallica, pre-haircut. And Nirvana, pre-suicide.
3. Stop, Jane’s Addiction.
4. Cold Feet, Tracy Chapman
5. Betterman, Pearl Jam.

4 places I have been on vacation:
1. Bali
2. Melbourne
3. Thailand
4. Dubai

5 greatest joys:
1. My dog
2. Drinking coconut on the beach watching… things.
3. Neverwinter Nights (and a sequel is coming!).
4. Her.
5. Her.

Four places I have lived in:
1. Boston (Lincolnshire, not Mass.).
2. London
3. Jakarta
4. Bali

5 things I’d never wear:
1. A hat
2. A bra.
3. High heels (I heard they’re real uncomfortable)
4. Purple Doc Martens
5. French Maid Uniform

5 things I’d do with 100 million dollars:*
1. Get my dog a trust fund for his future.
2. Start my bookshop and write a book.
3. Get a boat. Two boats.
4. Buy a car. Two cars. Even three, probably (I might want one of them big jeeps, too).
5. Buy a house with a view of the sea and a view from the sea and a time capsule.

*I write business plans for a living so if you really want details, this one can go a bit long.

4 jobs I’ve had:*
1. CEO in my own company with no other shareholders and absolute authorities and absolutely no worries whatsoever.
2. CEO in someone else’s company with their money to play with.
3. Consultant with other people’s companies to play with.
4. Babysitter (for my sis, but she paid for movies and popcorn afterward).

*I never had four full time jobs, so I’m including all other things I did where I received cash compensation, in order of preference.

5 places I’d run away to:
1. Thru the Looking Glass
2. London
3. New York
4. Australia
5. London

4 places I would rather be right now:
1. London
2. There*
3. Everywhere but here
4. 1996

*it’s pathetic I know, but I’m still wishing I’m there.

Now, tell me something, those memes where you have to pick a picture to show yourself in some different time space continuum (my friends see me, my colleagues see me, etc.), well, in doing that one, why is it that everyone always use a picture of some old grand ma in the old woodstock ground doing the flower generation thing at some point???

I guess it was probably cool, you know, back then.

978 spams in my inbox.