OK, I’m Blogging and Kind of Tagging
By Courtney Lowery, New West Unfiltered 4-25-06
Our New Mexico Editor Emily Esterson has officially "blog-tagged" me, so I guess I'm it. (Thanks a lot Emily.)
I generally dislike these kinds of "survey" things, but after filling this one out, something occurred to me: These are fantastic little self-awareness exercises. We never take enough time to really check in with ourselves and I, for one, tend to forget key things about myself when I get wrapped up in life, work, love etc. This forced me to spend 10 minutes thinking about me, which I think most do-it-all people (especially women) like me don't do enough of.
One of the reasons I used to really like first dates was because I had to sum myself up over dinner and a drink. It was a great way for me to really take stock in where I'd been, where I was and where I was going -- not to mention who I was. Now that I'm not going on dates anymore (well, Jacob does "ask me out" for dinner from time to time and I've tried to get him to pretend we're on a first date, but it never quite works... ), perhaps I should do one of these surveys every so often, just to check in.
Four jobs I've had:
1. Pool manager and lifeguard at the Dutton Pool.
2. Barista at Break Espresso.
3. Night supervisor at the Associated Press
4. Legislative reporter (intern) with Lee Newspapers
Four movies I can watch over and over:
1. Anne of Green Gables
2. Garden State
3. Singing in the Rain
4. Pride and Prejudice (the A&E version with Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy.)
Four places I've lived:
1. Washington D.C.
2. Omaha, NE
3. Helena, MT
4. 10 miles north of Dutton, MT
Four TV shows I love:
1. The Simpsons
2. Law & Order (yes, I'm one of those)
3. The Daily Show
4. Little House on the Prairie
Four concerts I'm glad I went to:
1. Lilith Fair, 1998, in Portland
2. Emmylou Harris
3. Bonnie Raitt
4. Allison Krauss
Four places I've vacationed:
1. Cabin, Rocky Mountain Front, West of Augusta (my favorite place on earth -- spent much of my childhood there)
2. Big Sur, Calif.
3. Uh, I've run out.
4. Jesus, I don't vacation enough ....
Four of my favorite dishes:
1. My grandmother's Tabouleh
2. Thai chicken ... anything
3. Burger, beer, fries at the Old Post
4. Meatloaf, mashed potatos and mac and cheese
Four sites I visit daily:
1. Newwest.net
2. nytimes.com
3. Slate
4. Headwaters News
Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Cabin
2. Cabin
3. Cabin
4. Backpacking, then at the Cabin
Four things I love about my town (addition)
1. Bikes
2. Kettlehouse Beer
3. Good Food Store
4. The Rvier
I'm not tagging any other bloggers, but please if you want to do this tiny, fun exercise go at it. If you're reading this, consider yourself tagged.
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