Inspired by Parikha. This is the first calm week in ages, and I have been away because of it. So here's an easy way to restart:
1) What was I doing 10 years ago?
In June of 1998, one of two things. My junior year of college was spent in England at the University of Kent in Canterbury. At the end of June, I might have been preparing for or taking exams. That would have meant that after a few weeks of traveling when I should have been studying, reviewing my notes on the year's readings and trying to re-internalize all the smart things I had to say about them after the original read, which were likely more than patterned on all the smart things my professors had to say, in particular my hunky (if you count tall and pale with unwashed hair as "hunky" which I did back then) Literary Modernism professor. Trouble is, I can't remember when exactly I finished up exams and returned to the States. So the other thing I might have been doing 10 years ago was rushing back to Bloomington to spend the summer with Chris after such a long time away. He spent the season in IU's intensive Russian program (and at the Irlandski Lev), and I spent it making sandwiches and cappucinos at the Bloomington Bagel Company (and occasionally at the Irlandski Lev). I think I also saw other people that summer, including my roomates Matt and Pete and my friend Nisa, maybe, but except for Chris it is a blur, as all good summers should be.
2) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today?
1. Call Sarah to congratulate her and catch up
2. Post to the blog
3. Cancel Friday's deposition
4. Finalize Chicago travel plans
5. Make up coop shift (yeah right)
3) Snacks I enjoy:
Popcorn made on the stove, a spoonful of peanut butter, strawberries, toast with cheese, raw green beans, wasabi peas.
4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire (in no particular order):
Quit, start an organic farm near an urban area, start a food coop in Hammond, buy a brownstone in New York for our occasional use, buy a house for my mom, pay for my neices' college tuition, sponsor one or more innovative public schools, become a baking apprentice, repay my law school debt and C's student loans, bankroll Benita's yoga studio.
How modest all those things seem.
5) Places I have lived:
Hammond, Indiana
Munster, Indiana
Bloomington, Indiana
Canterbury, UK
Houston, TX
Chicago, IL
Brooklyn, NY
6) Jobs I have had (I feel like I'm forgetting some, as long as the list is):
Clerk in the lingerie and plus-size department at Montgomery Ward
Telemarketer selling engineering reference books
Clerk at Gymboree (in the mall)
Clerk at The Body Shop (in the mall)
Vocational trainer
Copy editor
Sandwich and Cappuccino maker
Waitress
Third Grade teacher
Communications director
Lawyer
Consider yourself tagged, and please leave a comment if you complete this meme so I can see what you have to say!
Posted by jess at June 24, 2008 11:00 AM | TrackBackMy dad likes wasabi peas, too. I just don't get you guys...
Posted by: jenna at June 24, 2008 1:44 PMI like this meme! Thanks for sharing. I wish I'd done half the things you've done, how interesting!
Posted by: Julia at June 24, 2008 1:56 PMTwo of my good friends lived in Bloomington and went to IU. Though they was younger, perhaps you knew them. Small world!
Posted by: rebecca at June 24, 2008 2:34 PMHehe - I am still at the U of Kent and studied in the English dept but I can't figure out who you mean. Maybe David Ayers? I had him for Modernism in 96...
Posted by: mrspao at June 24, 2008 3:07 PMI agree about summer memories being a big blur of hanging out with the man :) Now though I can't give you many memories that don't include children, so that does change for some people :)
I answered this one a while back in this post:
http://knitology.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/meme-aka-the-cop-out-post/
You worked at Monkey Wards? Me too!
Posted by: Heather at June 24, 2008 6:42 PMI've read your blog for a long time now and, finally, I post a comment! Loved your meme, thanks for posting it...I responded on my blog.
Posted by: stacey at June 24, 2008 11:23 PMHeHe. I did this meme a few days ago. Meme's must be like those emails you get forwarded all the time. Stop by my blog and see for yourself! Really like yours and found it when I started making my Lady E which is half done. :)
Posted by: Karen at June 24, 2008 11:50 PMI seriously think we might have been twins separated at birth as we seem to have a LOT in common and I am stuck on your website! Every time I search the internet for something recently...an entry on your blog comes up!
Posted by: Christine at June 27, 2008 6:56 PMI have really enjoyed your blog. I completed the meme on my blog Knitsaliving.
Posted by: Jennifer at June 30, 2008 3:09 PMI just did this memy thing... thinking about the BBC makes me want a bagel, stat!
Posted by: Thalia at June 30, 2008 3:44 PMI just did the meme: http://mnsfibers.livejournal.com/204791.html
Minus liking popcorn from an airpopper, our snack tastes match pretty closely!
ahhh... i was inspired by your meme to do the same! Love your blog, and glad i got to know you a little better after reading this!
Posted by: marie at July 1, 2008 2:31 PMGreat meme - I just used it in my blog.
Posted by: Sue at July 7, 2008 2:09 AMbecoming a baking apprentice would be on my list too...if only i could get up that early!
I played!
Posted by: Lisa Kay at July 20, 2008 6:28 PMI played too!
adore your blog, yay Brooklyn!