Thanks for the Meme, Trinity!

Trinity tagged me for a Meme, which means I have to answer a bunch of questions and then pass them on to other bloggers. It's sorta like a blog chain letter.

Here it goes...

Four jobs I've had:

1. Redeemer of Playtex Bra rebates - I kid you not, this was a temp job that I could only stand for 2-3 days, and I would give extra free bras to anyone who made my day interesting by having a cute stamp, cute check, or cute note inside the envelope.
   
2. Camp Counselor - I did this 2 different summers between college while I lived at my parent's house. The best part was that I got to drive a convertible Mazda Miata most days, which made the 45 minute commute somewhat bearable. My "camp name" was Bonanza Jellybean. I hate camp names.
   
3. Portrait photographer - This was my first "real" job after college. I was a portrait photographer for over 5 years when I lived in Chicago. It was a blast, but I felt like I needed to do something else...
   
4. So I went to library school and became an Image Cataloger. This confuses some people, that I say I'm a librarian, but I don't work with books at all. Basically I contribute metadata to records about images of art in order to provide access to patrons who are searching an electronic image database. Since you can't (yet) search images without words attached to them, the words that I add to the record are what is looked for by the search engine. If you'd like a more in depth explanation, feel free to request one via email. :)
   

Four movies I can watch over and over:

1. Singin' In the Rain
   
2. When Harry Met Sally
3. Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas
   
4. Amelie (I can blame this movie for sparking my interest in both photobooths and gnomes)
   

Four places I have lived:

1. Chicago, IL
   
2. Cambridge, MA
   
3. Syracuse, NY
   
4. London, England (for my semester abroad).
   

Four TV shows I love:

1. Top Chef - Loved the Chicago edition, looking forward to the next installment
   
2. Amazing Race - My mom watches it, too and we call each other after to say "Can you believe it? or "They deserved to go..."
   
3. Mad Men - I recently got in to watching this on DVD and now I'm too late to pick up on Season 2, so don't tell me anything about what's going on in the current season.
   
4. Flight of the Conchords - Again, I watched the first season on DVD and really enjoyed it.
   

Four places I've vacationed:
Hmm.... This is tricky, I can't say that I really take "vacations" I just go to visit my friends all over the place, but I have enjoyed some traveling, too... So let's see:

1. Minneapolis, MN
   
2. Portland, OR and the surrounding area
   
3. Cross country trip - NJ to CA and back again.
   
4. Paris, Dublin, Bath, Scottish Countryside - These were all little trips I took while living in London.
   

Four of my favorite dishes:

1. Stuffed Zucchini - Time-consuming to make, but a great way to enjoy tons of fresh late-summer veggies.
   
2. Winter White Puree - A Thanksgiving tradition over the past few years with a secret ingredient.
   
3. Sauteed Green Beans - I love slightly crisp fresh green beans sauteed with a little garlic and olive oil. I can have this as a side dish to nearly anything.
   
4. Mashed Potatoes - Pure and simple, Potatoes, butter, cream (or milk), salt, pepper and a little nutmeg. Maybe some cheese on top if I'm feeling like dairy overload.
   

Four sites I visit daily:

1. Bitten - Mark Bittman's blog on the NY Times. He always has something interesting to say and often has vegetarian recipes.
2. Weather.com - I usually check the weather for Princeton, but also sometimes for places where I know people or places where I wish I was. So Corny, but I like to know if it's snowing in Chicago or Minneapolis or how my friends in Boston are faring.
   
3. Pandora radio - This is a great way for me to hear hours of music without having to think about it too hard. My old roommate in Cambridge got me hooked.
4. NY Times - The front page. It's one of the first things I check every morning to make sure the world is still (more or less) in one piece.

And I do check my friend's blogs almost every day. You can see the list on the right to get an idea of that.

Four places I would rather be right now:

1. Visiting friends - Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, London, Philly, NYC, Portland, Boulder, Savannah, etc... Any of these places would do.
2. London - I have a friend there now and have been meaning to go since he moved there.
3. Out of the Country - It's been way too long since I've traveled out of the country, and while I've seen a lot of the US (43 out of 50 states), it would be nice to see different parts of the world.
4. In the country - I'd love to check off those other states and say that I've seen them all. Left on my list is Alaska, Hawai'i, North Dakota, Montana, Louisianna, Mississippi, and Alabama.
   

Five people I am tagging: (I'm following suit here with Trinity, and Sarah before her and only tagging two people)

1. Ann
2. Jocelyn