Four Things

The Four Things Meme (tagged courtesy of Addy N.)

Four Jobs I Have Had In My Life:

• Babysitter
  
• Supermarket Carry-out/Bagger
  
• Men's Department Cashier (Wards)
  
• Science library work-study student worker
  

Four Places I Have Lived:

• Near Lucy the Elephant
  
• In this part of California and at another time, near this part.
  
• Phoenix, AZ
  
• And, I'm almost certain, just down the street from the second water feature in this post by Jo(e)
  (Is that five?)
  

Four of my favorite foods:

• Ice cream
  
• Indian: Chicken tikka
  
• Thai: Green curry
  
• Jack-in-the-Box: Monster Tacos
  

Four Places I’d rather be right now:

• Seattle, WA
  
• San Diego, CA
  
• San Francisco, CA
  
• Anchorage, AK
  

Four movies I can watch over and over:

• Love Actually
  
• The Wedding Banquet
  
• Monsoon Wedding
  
• Day One
  

Four TV shows I like to watch:

• Battlestar Galactica
  
• Big Love
  
• 24
  
• Star Trek (any version)
  

Four websites I visit daily:

• NYTimes.com
  
• Merriam-Webster Online
  
• RateYourStudents
  
• Weather.com
  

Four early musical influences:

• Scorpions
  
• Marillion
  
• Kansas
  
• Cyndi Lauper
  

Four Computers I’ve Owned:

• IBM Pentium something (hand-me-down, Windows 95)
  
• Dell Inspiron (dual boot, Windows 98, Red Hat Linux)
  
• Sony Viao (Dr. H's really, Windows XP)
  
• MacBook (OS X)
  

I tag:

• Tenure Track Newbie
  
• Rebecca
  
• Amelie
  
• Elli
  

Shocking

You scored as Hermione Granger. You are Hermione. You are academic, intelligent, and reasonable. On top of this, you are highly concerned with justice, scorn the small-minded prejudices of others and work hard to defend the under dog. Many times you may find that your heart and mind are constantly at war with each other. Hermione Granger 81% Harry Potter 69% Albus Dumbledore 66% Oliver Wood 63% Neville Longbottom 59% Remus Lupin 59% Percy Weasley 56% Luna Lovegood 56% Bellatrix Lestrange 50% Lord Voldemort 50% Severus Snape 47% Sirius Black 44% Ron Weasley 34% Draco Malfoy 28% Harry Potter Character Combatibility Test created with QuizFarm.com

Rockin'!

Addy N. nominated me for:




Woo hoo! Given her fondness for the 80's perhaps she also likes The Scorpions? Not sure. Addy's blog also resonates for me - as she says, we have many struggles in common.

It is hard to pick just five, but here we go:

Angry Professor from A Gentleman's C - always makes me laugh and always makes me think. Her student e-mails and responses top Rate Your Students any day.

Estraven, a fellow professor and twin mom from Proving Theorems. Here's what she says about herself: "I am a professor of mathematics. As a hobby, I have a spouse and three children." Gotta love that.

Rudbeckia Hirta from Learning Curves. Purple hair and math - clearly Rockin'!

Tenure Track Newbie just moved to a new job and is trying to figure out the political and social climate. She's facing important questions one faces in a new place like: What should me students call me? Can I be open about who I am? Will I get tenure?

Tertia at So Close. A twin mom and prolific blogger in South Africa. Funny and not-so-funny real stuff about parenting, infertility, life. Her blog makes me laugh and cry.

Tagged

I agree with Addy N.: this meme feels like a lot of other memes! But as she was kind enough to tag me, I'm happy to play along.

Rules

• I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.
  
• Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
  
• People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
  
• At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
  
• Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
  

Random Facts

1. I hate little tiny pieces of paper - especially irregular, thin or wet pieces. Absolute nightmare: wet pieces of ripped up straw wrappers.
   
2. I purchased my wedding dress from here
   
3. Switching research groups in graduate school was one of the two best professional decisions I've ever made.
   
4. I love writing exams! I get some kind of perverse sadistic pleasure out of it. This is probably the only sadistic tendency of mine that I should take out on my students.
   
5. Dr. H and I both forgot our anniversary this year, despite talking about it the previous day.
   
6. Royal blue is my favorite color.
   
7. I'm slightly allergic to cats, but have three.
   
8. I don't think I could live without Linux or LaTeX.
   

I'll tag Tenure Track Newbie, Rebecca at Adventures in Applied Math, Estraven at Proving Theorems, Dr. Pion, Holly, Evil Science Chick, Lab Cat, and Amelie. Apologies if you have done it and I missed it.

More frequent blogging to come - still settling in here.

No Surprises Here....

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Sixth Level of Hell - The City of Dis!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	High
Level 2 (Lustful)	Very High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Very High
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Very Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Low
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very High
Level 7 (Violent)	Moderate
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Moderate
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Low

Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test

First seen at Addy N's.

Existentialism....hmmm.,,,

You scored as Existentialism. Your life is guided by the concept of Existentialism: You choose the meaning and purpose of your life. “Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.” “It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.” --Jean-Paul Sartre “It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.” --Blaise Pascal More info at Arocoun's Wikipedia User Page... Existentialism 100% Hedonism 95% Utilitarianism 65% Justice (Fairness) 60% Kantianism 45% Strong Egoism 40% Nihilism 20% Apathy 20% Divine Command 0% What philosophy do you follow? (v1.03) created with QuizFarm.com

First seen at Better Living Through Chemistry.

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