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July 19th, 2002

cjsmith: (cjre joe2)
Friday, July 19th, 2002 11:05 am
I got it from [livejournal.com profile] klwalton...

Where were you born?
Riverside, New Jersey, USA.

If you don't live there, do you want to move back? Why or why not?
No. I have no memories of the place, not much idea what it's like, and no particular desire to move there.

Where in the world do you feel the safest.
I don't, particularly.

Do you feel you are well-traveled?
Somewhat. I don't know many people who've seen the Aswan High Dam, for example, or any other American-born thirty-year-olds who have lived in any country where English was not widely spoken. However, I've never been south of the equator in my life, and because of my dietary restrictions I may never visit any Asian country at all.

And then there's the question: does "well-traveled" simply mean rich and/or idle? When I was little, yes. Those were family vacations. When I lived in France, no. I was working my butt off at a job that barely paid the rent. Today, yes, and it's a sore point.

What is the most interesting place you've been?
Wow, I have to pick only one? Here are a few that come to mind:
Tumbling through the air near Mount Diablo, in an aircraft that had lost flight-surface control.
Deep underground, in a muddy cave passage only a few inches larger in girth than my body.
MIT.
In the left seat of a full-motion B737 simulator at Continental's flight training facility. No, wait: the right seat is actually more interesting.
Boot camp.

I'm sure I could go on... None of them are really specific to geographic location, I note. Wonder what that says about what I consider interesting.
cjsmith: (cjre joe2)
Friday, July 19th, 2002 04:00 pm
If I wanted to shorten that phrase, would it come out something like "up holstery-date"? And what would an upholstery date be, anyway? Hey baby. Let me cover you in fabric.

We got a quote and we're going to go for it. After all, the only other way we can get a comfortable couch is to have it custom built, and why do that when we already have a frame we can use? It's going to be brown leather. I'm not fond of brown leather (black is THE only color for leather, in my not at all humble opinion), but brown fits the decor and leather won't be nearly so attractive to cats' claws as fabric would.

Now to get rid of the other couch and buy a few chairs that are pleasant to sit in. This is starting to get expensive. But I admit I'm really, really tired of looking at all the ripped up torn up chewed up and spit out furniture in that room.
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Friday, July 19th, 2002 04:12 pm
Inspired by [livejournal.com profile] cassidyrose, here's a list of jobs I've held. I responded to her post, then replied to myself because I'd forgot a few, and now that I remember another one I've just got to make my own post so I can keep editing it!

  • entrepreneur (I made potholders at age eight, and sold them door to door)
  • babysitter
  • cashier/busboy/gopher at fast-food pizza place
  • telephone switchboard operator
  • moving agent, international incoming
  • telemarketer (I decided I'd rather starve, and I shore did get hungry)
  • shipping clerk
  • customer help hotline person
  • security guard
  • soldier
  • software analyst
  • software tester
  • software engineer
  • software manager
  • technical consultant / translator
  • teacher
  • TA
  • lab assistant
  • systems administrator
  • technical editor for a book
  • photographer
  • square dance caller

and if we count the unpaid positions, singer and dancer and costume maker/designer and I'm *sure* I'm a therapist.