Posted by
cal, around January 2006:
I've been tagged by
tom - the chain goes back at least 30 steps, at which point i got bored of tracing the origin.
Four jobs I've had:
* data entry clerk
* strawberry picker
* baby sitter
* access database designer
Four movies I can watch over and over:
*
powerpuff girls
*
donnie darko
*
fight club
*
requiem for a dream
Four places I've lived
* in a hotel
* wales
* vancouver
* san francisco
Four TV shows I love
* teachers
* spooks
* the prisoner
* csi
Four places I've vacationed:
* the maldives
* skegness
* paris
* missouri
Four of my favorite dishes:
* pizza
* galaxy chocolate
* custard
* burritos
Four sites I visit daily:
*
plasticbag
*
flickr
*
travian
*
iamcal
Four places I would rather be right now:
* in bed
* vancouver
* london
* hong kong
Four degenerates I am tagging:
* all
* of
* you
* lot
Posted by
Brock, around 28th January 2006:
Right:
Four jobs I've had:
* Racing car engineer/team manager
* (several million types of:) Racing car mechanic
* 7.5T truck driver
* hire car deliverer
Four movies I can watch over and over:
*
Payback
*
Ghostbusters
*
Ronin
*
Lethal Weapon 2
Four places I've lived
* Newcastle upon Tyne
* Forli, Italy
* Various B&B's across the country
* Buckingham
Four TV shows I love
* Shameless
* Scrubs
* QI
* Chancer
Four places I've vacationed:
* Egypt
* Cyprus
* Tenerife
* Cornwall
Four of my favorite dishes:
* Spaghetti Bolognese
* Slightly Acrobatic Duck
* Seafood Tagliettelle
* Steak and chips
Four sites I visit daily:
* My blog (it's on a home page tab)
* flickr
* Radio times (as per the blog)
* iamcal
Four places I would rather be right now:
* Australia
* In bed, but not alone.
* New York
* Canada
Four degenerates I am tagging:
* all (the rest)
* of
* you
* lot
Posted by
Saltation, around 28th January 2006:
Four jobs I've had:
• domino's pizza delivery driver
• ceo,
holographic 3D desktop monitors
• r&d coder for an rdbms engine ("Oracle is NOT relational; it's not even SQL88 compliant!")
• fund manager/trader, A$2bn globally
Four movies I can watch over and over:
• errr... none. seen it once, no point seeing it again.
but then, i've had friends see Serenity 3 times and STILL not picked up half what's in it, so maybe i just pay too much attention
Four places I've lived:
• on the cross in kings cross, sydney
• a victorian alleyway in spitalfields, london
• surfers paradise, gold coast
• on the river in indooroopilly, brisbane
Four TV shows I love
• spaced
• firefly
• father of the pride
• trade secrets
Four places I've vacationed:
• karelia &
estonia
•
ecuador
• rome/firenze/siena
• fiji
Four of my favorite dishes:
• wedgewood
• doulton
...hang on
• veal cordon bleu, IFF done properly (which it never is: normally mere crusted dry leather and cheese-- ecchhh)
• anything karelian and fresh
• 2 entrées and 2 main courses
• my own casserole/chilli/meat&veg-mix cooking
• oh wait! and the number 8 and the number 7 at The Churchill Arms!
(with a number 1 prawns spicy to share for entrée, of course.)
Four sites I visit daily:
• the toilet
• my lounge room
• that corner on the left out my front door
• here
Four places I would rather be right now:
• on the podium gratefully receiving tonight's £100mm pound lottery jackpot
• !! *3
Four degenerates I am tagging:
• Ellen
• iamcallers - 3
• his holyness the pope
(you know, him. that chap in the dress, who paid to have his car made look like a public toilet, but with transparent walls. sick, that's what i call it.)
• that chap in the news who got sprung with a rent boy up his bum
Posted by
Grim..., around 28th January 2006:
Four jobs I've had:
* Clay Pigeon Trapper
* Race Car Mechanic
* Software Tester
* Robot Technician
Four movies I can watch over and over:
* Aliens
* The Lion King
* Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
* Two Weeks Notice
(Note that these aren't my favorite films (except for Aliens), I just seem to watch them a lot, and don't care)
Four places I've lived
* Upper Dean, Beds
* Pertenhall, Cambs
* Upper Dean, Beds, but in a different house
* London
Four TV shows I love
* Scrubs
* Hustle
* Top Gear
* Scrapheap Challenge
Four places I've (been to on holiday):
* Paris, France
* Lancaster
* New York, USA
* Freeport, Bahamas
Four of my favorite dishes:
* Chicken Tikka Massala
* Fucking huge steak, super-rare
*
Cheeseburgers from Freeport
* Apple and Blackberry Crumble
Four sites I visit daily:
* iamcal
* devnetwork.net
* 360magazine.co.uk
* hsmx.com/savages
Four places I would rather be right now:
* in the pub
* in a night club
* in a bar
* in a woman =]
Four degenerates I am tagging:
* all
* of
* you
* lot
Posted by
WarHead, around 28th January 2006:
Four jobs I've had:
* Unemployment Benefit Office Box Clerk
* Accounts Supervisor
* Training Officer
* Network Manager
Four movies I can watch over and over:
* What's New Pussycat
* Gregory's Girl
* Snatch
* X Files
Four places I've lived
* Didsbury
* Northenden
* Stretford
* Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Four TV shows I love
* The Prisoner
* The Beiderbecke Affair
* Coupling
* Porridge
Four places I've vacationed:
* Holland
* Zambia
* Majorca
* Ibiza
Four of my favorite dishes:
* American Hot Pizza
* Crumpets with toasted cheese and baked beans
* Bachelors Thick Lincoln Pea Soup (alas, no longer available).
* Bananas and custard
Four sites I visit daily:
* iamcal
* flickr
* BBC News
* Overheardinnewyork
Four places I would rather be right now:
* The Lake District
* Portmeirion
* New Zealand
* 30 years ago
Posted by
ellipse, around 28th January 2006:
Four jobs I've had:
* bar wench
* house/bar/boxoffice manager
* DJ and radio producer
* internet peformance analyst
Four movies I can watch over and over:
* the princess bride
* pride and prejudice - colin firth version
* breakfast at tiffany's
* LOTR - the fellowship of the ring
Four places I've lived
* wellington
* palmerston north
* auckland
* dunedin
Four TV shows I love
* alias
* rove
* gilmore girls
* scrubs
Four places I've vacationed:
* treasure island
* banff
* great barrier reef
* bay of islands
Four of my favorite dishes:
* chocolate
* watermellon
* crayfish in garlic butter
* BBQ
Four sites I visit daily:
* flickr
* bloglines
* craftster
* iamcal
Four places I would rather be right now:
* swimming with dolphins
* san deigo
* melbourne
* anywhere but here
Four degenerates I am tagging:
* whoever
* hasn't
* done
* it
Posted by
syl, around 29th January 2006:
Four jobs I've had:
* bank clerk (teller) (I sucked, I was always over or short)
* animal sitter (dogs, cats and a horse)
* financial manager
* hotel waiter
Four movies I can watch over and over:
* terminator 2
* the matrix
* the littlest mermaid
* requiem for a dream
Four places I've lived
* next to my first school
* bryanston, johannesburg
* in a townhouse
* 3 months in a loony bin count?
Four TV shows I love
* survivor
* medical detectives
* firefly
* csi
Four places I've vacationed:
* cape town
* durban
* mozambique
* knysna
Four of my favorite dishes:
* pizza
* a good curry (cooked by an indian person)
* roast chicken with roast potatoes
* anything with spinach in it (tramezzini/omelette)
Four sites I visit daily:
* b3ta
* flickr
* google/gmail
* iamcal
Four places I would rather be right now:
* rome
* new york
* london
* amsterdam
Four degenerates I am tagging:
* sul
* doc lucid
* bumdog
* frankie
Posted by
syl, around 30th January 2006:
Sul, Lucid, Bumdog, frankie...are you's gonna post one?
Posted by
Sul, around 30th January 2006:
I'm working on it. I have great difficulty categorising stuff.
Posted by
Saltation, around 30th January 2006:
put that down as one of your "Four places I've vacationed" then
Posted by
frankie, around 31st January 2006:
Four jobs I've had:
* cash office assistant
* data entry clerk
* childrens book designer
* junior designer
Four movies I can watch over and over:
* amelie
* dancer in the dark
* goonies
* mary poppins
Four places I've lived
* hertfordshire
* leicester
* another house in leicester
* london
Four TV shows I love
* spaced
* family guy
* spongebob squarepants
* seinfeld
Four places I've vacationed:
* florida
* brussels
* venice
* prague
Four of my favorite dishes:
* home made vegetable curry
* full sunday roast, must include yorkshires
* rare fillet steak with home made chips
* lebanese take away
Four sites I visit daily:
* flickr
* bbc news
* pixelsurgeon
* loobylu
Four places I would rather be right now:
* at work, not feeling so rubbish
* brussels
* san francisco
* cottage in devon
Posted by
syl, around 31st January 2006:
why are you feeling rubbish?
Posted by
Miki, around 31st January 2006:
Four jobs I've had:
* cashier
* psychologist
* systems administator
* oracle programmer
Four movies I can watch over and over:
* demolition man
* annie
* pirates of the caribbean
* chicken run
Four places I've lived
* vlissingen (nl)
* amsterdam (nl)
* amersham (uk)
* london (uk)
Four TV shows I love
* dharma & greg
* twin peaks
* 3rd rock from the sun
* x-files
Four places I've vacationed:
* yugoslavia (many different bits)
* rome (couple of times)
* rhodes
* south of spain
Four of my favorite dishes:
* chinese (anything with satey sauce, but not the horrible hot stuff you get in england!)
* fresh bread with brie
* anything with mushrooms
* chocolate
Four sites I visit daily:
* iamcal
* bbc news & dutch news
* couple of peoples blogs
* wedding forum (oh the shame :/ )
Four places I would rather be right now:
I'm very happy where I am, curled up on the sofa under a blanket with my laptop, but generally
* in bed
* in a hammock on that island Grim went to
* swimming in warm water
* dancing somewhere
Posted by
Sul, around 31st January 2006:
Four jobs I've had:
* Chip Shop Chip Maker man (one day, didnt want me back)
* Window Cleaner (one day, didnt want me back)
* Junior Programmer (OMR and OCR software)
* IT Support tech (one day I'll get a better job)
Four movies I can watch over and over:
This is tough for me because I watch crap over and over.
* Chasing Amy
* Blues Brothers
* Ferris Bueller's Day Off
* Rock and Roll High School (worse film ever)
Four places I've lived
* My parents
* My flat
* Homeless
* My parents
Four TV shows I love
This may well be the most difficult question - I will only put in four of many
* Red Dwarf
* Spaced
* Neighbours
* Magnum PI
Four places I've vacationed:
* Camba Sands
* Isle of White
* A couple of places in Turkey I forget names.
* Toronto
Four of my favorite dishes:
* The deep white one I use mainly for microwaving.
* The shiny salad bowl I use to mix stuff in.
* My clear steak plate.
* The erricson saucer I use as an ashtray every now and then.
Four sites I visit daily:
* iamcal
* engadget
* hackaday
* slashdot
Four places I would rather be right now:
* A good gig
* A bad gig
* The Dickens circa 2001
* Kylie's spanking clinic
Posted by
bumdog, around 31st January 2006:
Four jobs I've had:
* Satellite TV salesman / installer
* Barman
* Assistant Chef
* Graphic Designer
Four movies I can watch over and over:
* Brazil
* Rocky III
* Annie Hall
* Scooby Doo
Four places I've lived
* Harlech, N. Wales
* Leicester
* Didcot, Oxfordshire
* Bristol
Four TV shows I love
* The Prisoner
* Twin Peaks
* Curb Your Enthusiasm
* Peep Show
Four places I've vacationed:
* Israel
* erm... Newquay
* and... er.... Scotland...
* that's about it....
Four of my favorite dishes:
* shepherd's pie
* full english
* chinese
* monster munch
Four sites I visit daily:
* iamcal
* ilxor.com
* popbitch
* xrrf.blogspot.com
Four places I would rather be right now:
* Anywhere but here x 4
Four jobs I've had:
* barkeep
* paperboy
* office gimp
* drug dealer
Four movies I can watch over and over:
* waynes world
* death train
* withnail and i
* beavis and butthead do america
Four places I've lived
* 32 vanda crescent
* 18 churchill road
* 71 embassy court
* 3 clifton place
Four TV shows I love
* neighbours
Four places I've vacationed:
* sarratt
* somerset
* cornwall
* southwold
Four of my favorite dishes:
* loads of vegetarian curry
* toast with butter and then a garlic clove and then pepper
* tomatoes covered in pepper
* grapefruits
Four sites I visit daily:
* hotmail
* flickr
* iamcal
* forums.buttonpusher.net
Four places I would rather be right now:
* st. albans
* scotland (never been)
* the pub
* tapir sanctuary
Four degenerates I am tagging:
* john lenin
* senator paul mc carthy
* mark chapman
* ringo stalin
Four jobs I've had:
* Nightclub Manager
* Photographer
* Immigration Custody Officer
* Pizza Chef
Four movies I can watch over and over:
* Punch Drunk Love
* Alfie
* High Fidelity
* The Thing
Four places I've lived
* Luton
* Sharnbrook
* Cork, Ireland
* San Nicolas, Argentina
Four TV shows I love
* Scrubs
* Spaced
* CSI Vegas
* M*A*S*H*
Four places I've vacationed:
* Moscow
* Spanish Islands
* Budapest
* Brazil
Four of my favorite dishes:
* I
* Can't
* Eat Them
* Anymore :'(
Four sites I visit daily:
* gmail
* overcompensating
* scary go round
* little-gamers
Four places I would rather be right now:
* Covent Garden
* Sharnbrook Cake Shop
* Anywhere that sells english chocolate
* In the Andes
Four degenerates I am tagging:
* Max Mosely
* Jaques Villeneuve
* Charlotte Church
* Bonio
Posted by
Miki, around 4th February 2006:
chriiiiiiiiiiis!
hi!