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i got a pocket protector today. I AM SO HOT.

tagged by e$:

four jobs i've had

1) i folded t-shirts and was a greeter at a prominent (pun indented) fat women's clothes store in the mall when i was 19. i lasted exactly 6 weeks and i made a lot of sales by adopting honesty ("yes that DOES make you look like the side of a barn, but get it anyway - who knows when you'll find something else that's blue and size 26") rather than flattery. call it 'fattery' instead. HAR!

2) i was a cashier at a drugstore that same summer. i took the shitty $6/hr job because i thought that working at a naturopathic pharmacy would like, teach me things and maybe help get me into med school. instead i stole candybars to eat while reading US weekly and i sold my little brother's 15-year old friends cigarettes.

3)i lifeguarded at a jewish community center, despite my lack of hebrewness. i took a semester off junior year and my dad worried i might get pregnant and drop out for good if i was too bored, so i worked the early shift and took chemistry class at night. i would nap in the pump room on a pile of kickboards because nobody swims at 6 am. and my mom would bring me dunkies coffee and bagel sandwiches around 7.30, because she is awesome.

4) i really have not had enough menial tasks to fill these; i was a spoiled "school is your job" brat and i really appreciated having an allowance till i was like 20. the only other things i have done, other than my post-BA jobs at harvard and now in biotech, are volunteer work. i coached a youth crew program in jersey for a summer and i worked in the brigham's ER as a patient liaison for a winter. that's about it, i am lazy.

four movies i can watch over and over

this is impossible, i watch many, many movies umpteen times. i guess if i had to pick 4 to watch ad nauseam on a desert isle, they would be these:

1) clear and present danger
2) indiana jones and the last crusade
3) better off dead
4) sneakers

i know pretty much all the dialogue in all of them, especially the first two.

four places i have lived

1) east hampton, NY (represent!)
2) errr college in western mass (whilst my parents have moved)
3) boston (copley and davis...i guess that's somerville, whatev)
4) new hampshire

four tv shows that i love

1) NCIS
2) family guy
3) teh OC!!!!
4) house

CSI, you have disappointed me this season, you do not belong on this list.

four places i have vacationed

1) florida with the rents
2) montreal for F1
3) california sorta (long weekends for reunion, wedding; not much of a vacation)
4) ooh! greece, all over mainland and islands, in high school

i have not vacationed much. i take a lot of long weekends to do things and then i freak out from stress later.

four of my favorite dishes

1) lamb korma or boti kebab masala (spicy) and naan
2) enchiladas mole and chile relleno and guacamole
3) spicy pad thai mixed with spicy panang curry
4) my mom's farty soups - chicken with tons o'veggies and split pea with ham hocks

i don't really cook.

four sites i visit daily

1) gmail
2) google
3) NESIC
4) PubMed


four places i would rather be right now

i don't know if i have any. like, i am pretty content. there are 4 states of being i would like to achieve but they are not technically places:

1) accepted to and settled on "the right" grad school
2) able to afford a small cozy house with a huge freaking garage
3) with the time and money to have a dedicated project car
4) uh i guess if we have time to honeymoon we should do it in monaco for the grand prix

and i can't think of anything else, honestly. kz and i would like to go on a pub and distillery tour of the UK, hitting clubs for phat beats and some historical sites too, but i would not rather be there now. i have too much work to do and the snow is pretty.

four "bitches" that done got tagged

1) kz, who is not a bitch at all, of course
2) colleen, if she hasn't seen this already
3) kz's mom!!!! who is awesome
4) my mems!!!! who is also awesome
(blogless ladies, feel free to post your tomes in my comment section, i think it can handle it).