I Got Tagged

Cheryl over at But What Now? "tagged" me.  She had no idea how risky this is because I'm the kind of person that never participates in this kind of thing.  You send me one of those emails that says "send this email to five of your friends in the next five minutes or you will die;" I always risk death by hitting the delete key immediately.

But blogging, that's an entirely different story.  While I might risk death, I would never be so foolish as to risk negative blogging karma.  (And I might add, it does take the pressure off of trying to come up with something original today.)  So here goes:

The rules:

1.  Link to the person that tagged you.
2.  Post the rules on your blog.
3.  Share 4 things in the following themes.
4.  Tag 4 bloggers at the end of your post with a link.
5.  Let those bloggers know they have been tagged with a comment on their blog.

Four jobs I've had:

Well since I spent nearly 18 years at my last job, it's really stretching back to get four whole jobs.  My first job in high school was at H. Salt Fish and Chips.  I came home every night smelling greasy and fishy, yeah, some good times.  I left the fast food business for a more professional career as a gopher at a law firm.  After college, I worked at a highly respected (and now out of business) accounting firm.  My last job as the CFO of a venture capital firm rounds out the sum total of my working history.

Four movies I can watch over and over:

Sorry, there's only one.  "It's A Wonderful Life."

Four places I have lived:

San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Calistoga and New York City (OK, that was only for a month--some might say I'm stretching but it was hands-down my favorite place to be.)

Four TV Shows I love:

Well love is a strong word for TV, but I really like Sopranos, Damages, House, and Friends reruns (that's a show I watch over and over again--pathetic, I know.)

Four places I have been on holiday:

Biking in the Loire Valley, beaching in Mexico, eating in excess in Italy, and living it up in Manhattan.

Four of my favorite dishes:

Pork belly at Redd (Yountville), tempura green beans at Red Cat (NYC), tacos at La Coroneta (SF--two bucks!), and my husband's thin-crust pizza.

Four websites visited daily:

New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Dooce.com, and Brazen Careerist.  (Why would a retired gal visit a career site?  The writing is just that good.)

Four places I would rather be now:

The great thing about retirement; I'm exactly where I want to be.

Four bloggers I'm tagging (I apologize in advance):

1.  Frugal in the Fruitlands
2.  Makeitbetter's Weblog
3.  Working for Rachel
4.  The Wastrel Show

Comments

[Cheryl]

Syd, this is so much fun. I love how you compare it with chain emails (god, I hate those, too, I never respond). I think I may have to check out the Brazen Careerist site.

And thanks for the compliments on my new site layout. It was really fun creating the header pictures. ~Cheryl

[Lise]

Heh, I got your comment, and I'm working on my own list of "fours."

I have mixed feelings about Penelope Trunk. On one hand, I think she's got some good insight into business today, and has added the idea of a "free agent economy" to a common vocabulary. On the other hand, she has said some really cruel things about fat people, for example.

[nicole]

Sydney,

I'm appalled. You don't visit my site daily?

Blech.