Tagged

I can't sleep!! Aargh! I was tagged by Amanda & Sandi so this filled an hour for me. Good grief.

Jobs that I've had:

1. Sales clerk/cashier at the clothing store my dad owned while I was in high school. I worked there from ages 14-18. I still refold shirts when I go into clothing stores now because of my years of doing it there.

2. Waitress at Bob's Big Boy: My best friend Betsy and I thought we'd make a ton of money by being waitresses at this fine establishment, so we dawned our foxy polyester dresses and put on our sexy toasty roasty brown nylons and gave it a whirl. We only last 2 weeks (which seemed like an eternity) before we called-in and quit one night. It was an awful job and I never got better at it. I kept telling people it was my first day, and one of my tables said "Yeah, you already told us that."


3. Donut sales girl at Winchell's: This was the most humiliating and tempting job I ever had. I was desperate for a job while I was a freshman at BYU and just could not get hired anywhere (I still have no idea why) so ended up getting a job working from 5am-noon selling donuts. I had to walk in the dark and the cold from Deseret Towers down to Winchells, wearing my yellow and white striped shirt, where I sold donuts and coffee to many people and tried not to eat any donuts myself (though I could have whatever I wanted). I usually lasted until 10:00am and then I was starving and surrounded by donutty goodness and couldn't take it anymore. This was really the beginning of the end for me as far as being fat goes.

4. Data Entry Queen: I had a super intense typing teacher in 7th grade who scared me so much that I never dared looked down at my hands when I typed. This ended up making me a fast typer with good habits and also gave me an employable skill that has served me well for years. I have had numerous jobs doing data entry over the years and now type daily in my job as a blog specialist--ha.

Films I can watch over and over again:

1. When Harry Met Sally: This movie came out when I was a senior in high school and I just loved it. It was also the first movie I ever owned on video (it was a gift) so I have watched it a gazillion times. I pretty much have it memorized and can listen to it anytime just to be amused. "I said I would and I didn't, I went the other way."

2. The Princess Bride: I don't know how I missed this movie in theaters during high school, but I did, so when I got to BYU and everyone was quoting it I had no idea what they were talking about. It wasn't until I watched it on VHS that I finally got let into the joy of it. I've now seen it so many times that's it just part of me. "Inconceivable!"

3. A Room With A View: I saw Last of the Mohicans in the theater 7 times and became desperately infatuated with Daniel Day Lewis because of it, so I ended up renting all of his movies. My roommate and I rented A Room With A View and spent the entire time being delighted and confused because we could not figure out what character he played. He did such an amazing job as Cecil that we didn't even recognize him! I've since watched that movie hundreds of times and know it by heart. Lori and I often quote bits of it to each other (it's rather applicable in daily life) and just adore it. "Here is where the bird sings, here is where the sky is blue."

4. Tootsie: I saw this movie in the theater back in 1982 (which seems highly inappropriate to me now) and thought it was hilarious (though I can't imagine that I understood much of it then). I've seen this movie hundreds of times since then and still think it's funny. "I was more of a man with you as a woman, then I was myself as a man."

Places I have lived:

1. Fullerton, California

2. Grand Rapids, Michigan

3. Hudson, Ohio

4. Freakin Eagle Mountain, Utah

Favorite TV shows

1. Friday Night Lights: I think this is one of the best shows on tv. It is so well done that it feels like a good movie each week rather than just an episode. I'm so glad it didn't get cancelled!

2. 30 Rock: I think this is the funniest show on tv. I basically bought the entire season (one episode at a time) on itunes and have watched them over and over again while I'm doing stuff on the computer. "Live every week like it's shark week!"

3. Survivor: I know, it's reality tv, but I can't get enough of it. It's fascinating to me to see how people "play" the game. I love it how they try to keep their integrity, meanwhile they're exhausted and starving which changes things completely. Plus, I find it amusing that I'm always trying to figure out what I would do if I were playing, but really know I wouldn't last through the first afternoon!

4. LOST: Randy and I joined the party late on this show and ended up watching the first two seasons on DVD (which was a great pleasure). We love this show!

Favorite foods:

1. Pot Roast with mashed potatoes and gravy.

2. Good Pizza

3. Cafe Rio Pork Salad

4. Lays potato chips with Ranch dip

Websites I visit daily:

1. Many, many blogs

2. Amazon.com

3. Netflix.com

4. Hotmail

Places I'd rather be:

1. Sleeping soundly and dreaming of Brad Pitt (it's 5:30am @#$%!).

2. Eating chocolate mousse in Paris.

3. Lying on the beach in Hawaii.

4. Walking in the rain in Oregon.

People I'm tagging:

1. Claudia

2. Jen

3. Natasha

4. Barb