"The Fours" . . . finally

Four instances of gainful employment:
1. Bounty-hunting fly swatter (first childhood job--I earned 50¢ per winged dead body in an arts & crafts shop)


2. Bookkeeper for a pig farm (first summer vacation job after entering college)


3. Manager of a perfume and cosmetics store (it was there that I developed head-splitting chemical sensitivities)


4. Law firm receptionist (first place I was sexually harrassed on the job)



Four favorite unpaid but far from thankless jobs (in order of appearance):
1. Actor (my most notable roles being "Bubble bath girl", "Boot-swapping toga sweetheart", "Arm emerging from the closet", and "Baghead")
2. Homemaker
3. Printer's/artist's assistant
4. Proofreader/editor

Five movies I could watch over and over:
1. The temple film


2. Big Fish


3. Napoleon Dynamite


4. Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast


5. The Magnificent Seven



Four filmmakers I adore:
1. Hayao Miyasaki
2. Akira Kurosawa
3. Tim Burton
4. Orson Welles

Four places I've lived:
1. The womb


2. Salt Lake City, Utah


3. Jacksonville, North Carolina


4. Provo, Utah



Four new qualities I want in our next home:
1. Windows that open and allow in floods of sunlight
2. Ample closets and clever storage
3. Good balance between private spaces and friendly, communal spaces
4. Beautiful floors

Four TV shows I love:
1. General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


2. Kids in the Hall (with occasional editing)


3. Batman (the original with Adam West)


4. The Andy Griffith Show



Four "highly regarded" TV shows I've never watched a minute of:
1. Desperate Housewives
2. Arrested Development
3. Sex And The City
4. The Sopranos

Four places I've vacationed:
1. Blue Ridge Mountains


2. San Diego


3. Moab


4. High Uintas



Five reasons I'd like to go to Iceland:
1. Northern lights


2. Poppies


3. Hot and cold--perfect for the Bipolar


4. Fabulous sheep


5. Lunch with Bjork



Four of my favorite dishes:
1. Thai green curry
2. Sushi: Unagi rolls and Monkey Ball
3. Middle eastern anything
4. Rob's pancakes with yogurt and peaches, especially for supper

Four non-blog, non-Google/Gmail websites I visit frequently:
1. LDS Gospel Library
2. Knitty
3. UBUWEB
4. Learning To Love You More

Four places I'd rather be:
1. With Rob

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2. Oregon coast


3. The Land Beyond Debt


4. In the 'hood (motherhood)



Four people I'm tagging:
1. Hoobickie
2. J'oga
3. Scott
4. Janet

(By the way, tagees, in case you didn't guess, I monkeyed with a few of the questions a little, so you'll have to use your imagination about what they were pre-tampering., or refer to Becca's Fours to see them done right.)