Sunday, May 20, 2007

Four Things About Myself (x26)

Most will find this completely uninteresting. But, for the sake of family and friends, here goes:

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Sandy's Camera Shop
2. Olan Mills
3. Kinko's
4. North County Times

B) Four movies I would watch over and over
1. Glory
2. Driving Miss Daisy
3. Thank You for Smoking
4. Wizard of Oz

C) Four places I have lived:
1. Willits, California
2. Portland, Oregon
3. Vista, California
4. Oceanside, California

D) Four TV shows I love to watch:
1. Everybody Loves Raymond
2. The Office
3. Law and Order
4. Anything on the History Channel

E) Four places I have been on vacation:
1. Dublin, Ireland
2. Paris, France
3. Oahu, Hawaii
4. Yosemite National Park

F) Four of my favorite foods:
1. Pizza
2. Pasta
3. Ice Cream
4. Cookies

G) Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Hot Springs, Arkansas
2. Savannah, Georgia
3. Oahu, Hawaii
4. Anywhere away from the rat-race

H) Four things I wish I could change about myself:
1. Lose 20 years
2. Lose 20 pounds
3. Relate more closely to my Heavenly Father
4. Be more friendly and outgoing

I) Four things I want to give:
1. My talents at church
2. Money to significant causes
3. Wisdom to my children
4. Love to my family

J) Four things I want to forget:
1. How the pastor & church in Portland, Oregon treated my family
2. The pain of how my parents raised me
3. Other offenses committed against my family and I
4. That's about it...

K) Four websites I visit daily:
1. Google
2. My blog
3. JPG Magazine
4. Yahoo mail

L) Four things I wish I knew:
1. If the creation story is literal or figurative
2. The history of Europe
3. The literature of Europe
4. The art of Europe

M) Four books I recommend:
1. Les Miserables
2. The Tale of Two Cities
3. The Hobbit
4. The Bible

N) Four CDs I’d recommend:
1. Anything by Sheryl Crow
2. Anything by Bob Dylan
3. Anything by Third Day
4. What's a CD? Can you download a CD from iTunes?

O) Four people I’d like to meet (living or dead):
1. Jesus Christ
2. Abraham Lincoln
3. Bono
4. Ronald Reagan

P) Four things that won’t go near my mouth:
1. Snails
2. Tobacco
3. Licorice
4. Ammonia

Q) Four best songs ever:
1. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Rock of Ages
3. Amazing Grace
4. Old Fashioned Rock 'n' Roll

R) Four things I wish someone had told me:
1. Don't go to Portland
2. Get a job in graphic arts (at the beginning of my professional life)
3. Legalism is a lie
4. Can't think of anything else...

S) Four funniest things ever:
1. The video of the poor girls who kissed the chimpanzees (on my YouTube page)
2. The video of the whale being blown up (on my YouTube page)
3. The FBI questioned my sister about me kidnapping Patty Hearst (yes, it's true! I didn't kidnap Patty Hearst, but the FBI did question my sis.)
4. Anything Ethan and Joel Cohen write and direct

T) Four things I know:
1. Some English and Italian
2. Some Bible
3. Some Photoshop and Illustrator
4. Other than that, I don't know anything

U) Four things about my personality:
1. I am sensitive to a fault
2. I love to create
3. I want people to like me
4. I like to give to others

V) Four things that make me angry:
1. Harsh and unkind words
2. Know-it-all talking heads on TV who tell me what to think about politics or the war in Iraq
3. That's it...
4. ...

W) Four things that make me happy:
1. Good food and drink
2. Good conversation
3. Being creative
4. Sleeping soundly

X) Four things I would never do:
1. Commit murder
2. Rob a bank
3. Kidnap a child
4. Blow up a church

Y) Four things I would love to do:
1. Live in Italy for a year to study the language & take pictures
2. Walk or bike the bonny isle of Ireland to take pictures
3. Publish a photo-art book
4. Sell my art and photography for thousands of dollars to an appreciative audience

Z) Four things that matter most:
1. My wife
2. My children and their spouses
3. My job
4. My religion

1 comment:

RebeccaMcCormick said...

Greetings from Hot Springs, AR! Wish you were here, too. We love graphic artists...or any other kinds of artists for that matter. Thanks for the plug!

Recently geographer Warren Bland named Hot Springs, Ark. the No. 1 place in America to retire.

I gotta admit, Hot Springs is a pretty cool place to live, even for those of us who aren't yet retired. Ask Sherry Amatenstein , a fellow journalist from New York who visited here recently!

By the way, I really admire your photo restoration work for disaster victims.

I'm also in the market for a new camera, so I appreciate your high five for the Canon G7.

Keep up the good work.
Rebecca McCormick,
Travel writer, Hot Springs Village Voice
and Gannett News Service
Feature writer, Hot Springs Life & Home