{"id":1385,"date":"2007-02-22T01:46:02","date_gmt":"2007-02-22T01:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2007-02-22T01:46:02","modified_gmt":"2007-02-22T01:46:02","slug":"im-a-bad-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/archives\/1385","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m a bad friend!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oy, how bad is it that I&#8217;m just <i>now<\/i> getting around to respond to Bill&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billcoughlan.com\/2006\/09\/four-things.html\">meme baton-passing<\/a>?  Oh, well &#150; such is life in the state of THESIS.<br \/>\n<b>Four Jobs I&#8217;ve Had<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professional lawnmower<\/li>\n<li>Reinforcement label affixer<\/li>\n<li>Media specialist (my first paid design job, at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbbsystems.com\">RBB<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Graphic designer (no shock there)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over Again<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Italian Job (modern remake)<\/li>\n<li>Ocean&#8217;s 11 (also modern remake)<\/li>\n<li>Ghostbusters<\/li>\n<li>Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><strike>Four<\/strike> Eight Places I Have Lived<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shreve, Ohio<\/li>\n<li>Gambier, Ohio<\/li>\n<li>Exeter, England<\/li>\n<li>Gaithersburg, Maryland<\/li>\n<li>Alexandria, Virginia<\/li>\n<li>Bethesda, Maryland<\/li>\n<li>Chicago, Illinois<\/li>\n<li>Somerville, Massachusetts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I extended this one because I was suddenly curious.  I haven&#8217;t moved around a whole lot &#150; that&#8217;s the <i>entire<\/i> list of places I&#8217;ve lived, I think, and everything from #2 on down has been since 1996.<br \/>\n<b>Four TV Shows I Love to Watch<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Venture Brothers<\/li>\n<li>24<\/li>\n<li>House<\/li>\n<li>Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (RIP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Four Places I&#8217;ve Been on Vacation<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The West Coast (from LA to Seattle and back)<\/li>\n<li>Ise, Japan<\/li>\n<li>Paris, France<\/li>\n<li>Venice, Italy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Four Websites I Visit Daily<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\"><i>The New York Times<\/i><\/a> (my homepage)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.neilgaiman.com\">Neil Gaiman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcj.com\/journalista\/\">Journalista!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifi.com\/scifiwire\/\">Sci-Fi Wire<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And about 350+ others via RSS feeds&#8230;<br \/>\n<b>Four of My Favorite Foods<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lasagna<\/li>\n<li>Chicken biryani<\/li>\n<li>Pizza (sausage, pepperoni, mushroom; occasionally green peppers)<\/li>\n<li>Overpriced foofy coffee drinks at Starbucks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Four Places I&#8217;d Rather Be Right Now<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>London<\/li>\n<li>Seattle<\/li>\n<li>Wooster, Ohio<\/li>\n<li>Bed (hey, it&#8217;s 2AM)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Four Blogs I&#8217;ll Tag<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/kenthinguy \">Ken<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/alecaustin.livejournal.com\/\">Alec<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bluekitsune.livejournal.com\/\">SarahScott<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lauras-adventures.blogspot.com\/\">Laura<\/a> (because she hasn&#8217;t updated since SEPTEMBER)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There.  Baaaa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oy, how bad is it that I&#8217;m just now getting around to respond to Bill&#8217;s meme baton-passing? Oh, well &#150; such is life in the state of THESIS. 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