I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… Blends.are.lifesavers. I was having a hard time trying to decide what I wanted to post today, when Heather went ahead and helped me out by tagging me in a little 4 (x 13) question survey. It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, and I’ve missed getting a little more personal on Spoons, soooo… here we go 😀
Four names that people call me, other than my real name:
- Spoons (thank you, blogging!)
- Sparrow (childhood nickname)
- Amy (Starbucks mishap that never got cleared up)
- A (inside joke… because I say “eh” a lot)
Four jobs I’ve had:
- Babysitter.
- Dog walker (my first shot at self-employment!! 😉 )
- Body shop doer-everythinger (family business)
- Health coach.
Four movies I’ve watched more than once (AND can quote):
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail. “Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!”
- Snatch. “You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.”
- Hot Fuzz. “Oh, you’re an agnostic, then? I think I’ve got a cream for that!”
- Dumb and Dumber. “I got robbed by a sweet old lady on a motorized cart. I didn’t even see it coming.”
Four books I’d recommend:
- The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein.
- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
- Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas.
Four places I’ve lived:
- In my parents’ place.
- In my current place.
Yeah… I haven’t done a lot of moving around.
Four places I’ve been:
- Disneyland. And then again because I kind of love it a lot.
- Hawaii. Once to Oahu, and again to Kauai.
- Vegas more times than I care to admit…
- Park City, UT for Blend 2014.
Four places I’d rather be right now:
- Snowboarding in the Alps.
- Sipping on an espresso in a cafe in Paris.
- Eating gelato while strolling through Venice.
- Behind the wheel of an exotic sports car.
Four things I don’t eat:
- Peanuts, obviously… I don’t have a death wish.
- Fish, seafood, and anything that even closely resembles it in taste/texture/smell.
- Liver and any sort of organ meat. No. Just no 😯
- Overly hot/spicy foods. My tongue is a wimp. So is my stomach.
Four of my favourite foods:
- Bananas.
- Almond butter.
- Oatmeal.
- Chocolate
As you can see, I have very grown up tastes 😉
Four TV shows that I watch:
Since I don’t really watch TV, I’ll just list off some of the older shows I love…
- Gossip Girl.
- Sex and the City.
- Seinfeld.
- Game of Thrones.
Four things I’m looking forward to this year:
Soooo… there are less than two months left in the year, but…
- Christmas!! Even more so now that the snow has fallen.
- Snowboarding! Again… even more so now that the snow has fallen.
- Potentially going away for the holidays. Still in the planning stage!
- Being able to wear beanies. Goodbye bad hair days!
Four things I’m always saying:
- Eff.
- Awwwr!
- Right?!
- Definitely <– easily my most used word.
Four people I’m tagging in this survey:
Woohoo! See you guys tomorrow for a Thinking Our Loud trip recap! 😀
Your turn!! What are…
… a) Four things you don’t eat:
… b) Four jobs you’ve had:
… c) Four movies you can quote:
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Ahh loved this–a different kind of survey. YES for Dumb and Dumber. Sometimes I hate to admit it, but that movie cracks me up every time.
I don’t believe I can quote four movies… except I can problem quote four different things from Mean Girls… does that count?! Oh, and A Cinderella Story. I’m so grown up.
I don’t eat oysters/clams, mayonnaise, certain olives, or melted butter (I think the taste of melted butter is HORRIBLE, but I don’t mind butter in it’s normal form).
I have been a babysitter, janitor, PUMA sales associate, and hostess!
Love this! Don’t worry, your “lived” section is exactly like mine. I’m only 19, but still, I know people who have already lived in ten different states. Just think of all that miserable packing! I’d just carry all of my belongings in a backpack by that point.
a) Four things you don’t eat:
Because of my gallbladder and gastroparesis:
Gluten, dairy, eggs, red meat. Also, I refuse to eat green beans and coconut.
b) Four jobs you’ve had:
Shitton of volunteering and a cashier at a frozen yogurt bar.
c) Four movies you can quote:
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (yes, I still love it. As with….
The Princess Diaries
School of Rock
and last but not least, the one we all can…. MEAN GIRLS.
I say Right? wayyyy too often too!! It’s like my thing.
I love Dumb And Dumber too one of the best movies out there. I don’t think I can quote the whole movie but I can quote most of it!
I can quote Mean Girls, Clueless, Anchorman, and I Love You Man. I love ’em all.
Are you going to see Dumb and Dumber To? I kind of want to, but it’s getting horrible reviews so I’m scared!
I love me some spicy food!! I’m with you though… liver and organ meat… eeerrrr no!
Food: Sardines…Sushi…Totally drawing a blank here…
Jobs: Waitress, babysitter, ski instructor; and my fabulous job now…personal trainer and many more!
Movies: Money Pit…
I’m so impressed at anyone who can quote movies, I can never remember quotes, and even when I do they’re generally wrong 😀
Yay for Christmas!! I fully admit that I am Christmas crazy! 😉
I’m still trying to hold out until December, but it’s getting hard!
Four things I don’t eat: shellfish, cheese, mayo, cottage cheese – nuts too, but those aren’t so much by choice. I’d like to stay out of the hospital.
Four jobs you’ve had: Delivered newspapers for 13 years (starting at age 7 – way to teach work ethic, mom and dad!), waitress (hated it), Fitness Center (where I met my husband, so can’t complain) and Human Resources (current)
Four movies you can quote: Serendipity, Prefontaine, Romeo & Juliet and Newsies (best Disney musical ever!)
I eat everything, so I can’t think of 4 things that I don’t eat.
Four Jobs-I have had a lot of jobs.
~I was a hawker (person who walks around and sells stuff at baseball games) for a farm league team-I got fired because my shorts were too short!
~Waitress/Bartender
~Accountant
~System Specialist
Four movies you can quote:
~Christmas Vacation-all of it!
~Elf (can you tell that I am in Christmas mode?!)
~Hangover
~Bridesmaids
4 jobs I’ve had…
1. Alumni Donation Caller
2. Starbucks Barista
3. Bartender
4. Teacher 🙂
I still need to fill this out so I’m refusing to answer questions!!
But I will say this: we already have a Christmas tree set up and that makes me happy.
Gah! Jealous! But I still refuse… I may bust out the music this weekend though…
I love that quote from Snatch- hilarious!
Four jobs I’ve had:
1. Telemarketer (I know…I know.)
2. Grocery Store Cashier
3. Waitress
4. Sonographer 🙂
How fun! I love learning more about people in these things. Let’s see- four jobs I’ve had:
-Theater teacher
-Victoria’s Secret sales person
-Sales presenter
-Campus tour guide in college
Organ meat? Woof. Never ever. Although I think I died a little inside thinking of you never eating seafood – it’s one of my favorites. Aaaand now I want to take a trip to Disneyland 🙂
I know every word to Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It’s embarrassing actually. My entire family knows way too much about it, haha. Family gatherings are absurd. Actually, my husband and I were running about in a ridiculous fashion last night as if our “arms were off.” And I work in Real Estate. Don’t get me started on huge tracts of land….
Bahaha! We can talk shrubberies instead 😉
I’m asking for the Gossip Girl seasons for my bday/Christmas this year. Love that show!!
a) Four things you don’t eat: for some reason I’m drawing a blank on things that I won’t eat ever, so I’ll list the things that I eat veryyyy rarely: broccoli, cauliflower, corn, wheat
b) Four jobs you’ve had: waitress, target cashier, IT quality assurance rep, and (currently) sales
c) Four movies you can quote: Clueless and Mean Girls are the only ones coming to mind. If shows count, I’m forever quoting Friends and Seinfeld 🙂
Mean Girls is such a classic! And you can never, ever go wrong with Seinfeld 😀
I loved the art of racing in the rain!
Four things I don’t eat are bacon, bologna, steak, and doritos.
Haha thats funny people call you spoons now!
a) Four things you don’t eat: weird animal parts, raw meat, .. other than that.. everything!
… b) Four jobs you’ve had: personal trainer… thats it, haha im only 20
… c) Four movies you can quote: omg NONE. I’m THE worst with movies.
Peas – really the only food I won’t eat. I even pick them out of foods like a little kid… Grown-up taste is overrated!
Fun! Loved learning a little bit more about you. I may be stealing this – it’s a good one!
What a great survery! Man jobs I’ve had plenty…flower delivery girl, transcriber, international phone operator, and currently Respiratory Care Practitioner.
Ever since I read The Art of Racing I’ve respected your taste in literature very highly! So… the other 3 have just joined my Xmas book wish list ;D
(You have no idea how many convo’s I’ve started with “So, I read this book that’s from a dog’s POV… Wait! It’s reeeeally good!”)
That book is definitely an amazing one <3 And it makes me cry every.single.time I read it, even though I know what's coming!
What a fun little survey! I love Anne of Green Gables and Bridesmaids 🙂 oh and The Proposal.
My four foods would be very very similar haha! And love love love gossip girl!! Which reminds me, I haven’t finished re-watching all the seasons yet! I think I’m in season 4…..
I really enjoyed learning a little more about you! 🙂 I love the “A” nickname because you say “eh” a lot, haha. My answers are coming up soon, as well!
I say huh? A lot!!! I should start putting pennies in jar every time I say it or get my ears checked. I do not eat milk, beef, white potatoes or beets. I’m weird and proud of it!
I think this is the first time that you’ve revealed (or maybe that I’ve noticed?) what your parents’ business is! Way cool. Though I must admit, I was this close to writing you an email being like, “Hey, what’s the link to your family business? I was thinking of buying my mom some soap and body lotion…” Yeah. Body shop. Never mind… haha
a) I don’t eat fried food, mushrooms, hard candies, and kale. I have yet to try kale, but something about its looks makes me cringe…
b) I’ve worked in a department store, been a staff assistant for a Senator, a substitute teacher, and an office manager.
c) Honestly, I can barely quote my favorite movies because there’s very few that I enjoy watching more than once…
If you’re going to try kale for the first time, I suggest NOT trying to use it in a smoothie. I did that a handful of years ago, and I STILL can’t get myself to eat that stuff… Scarred for life.
This totally reminded me that I got tagged for one of these too!
That picture of Hawaii looks amazing, I really want to get to Kauai.
Four foods I won’t eat: BBQ potato chips, coleslaw, doritos, and ribs. Four jobs I’ve had: working in a BBQ restaurant, retail sales associate, I was an intern at a water department, and a design engineer.
Oooo good call on the BBQ chips! I’m not the biggest fan of them either!
Did I know you were a Seinfeld fan? Did I ever tell you I grew up next door to Seinfeld’s sister? Yeah, and she still lives next to my parents…Always had the Jerry sightings, it was really fun as a kid when the show was popular.
Fun survey! Four jobs I have had – book shop girl, babysitter, actor and marketing manager.
My answers are up tomorrow!!
But I am with you on the beanies and snowboarding of course. AND christmas season! Is it horrible that I already listen to Michel Bubles Xmas songs?
Not horrible! I’m busting mine out this weekend 😀
Somehow I didn’t know you didn’t eat peanuts! Now that makes sense. Four foods I don’t eat…1) hot dogs 2) Ham 3)Brussel Sprouts 4) Pears
I say (and type) definitely way too much. The Art of Racing In The Rain is a phenomenal book. Made me cry, but I recommend it to any animal lover! On the topic of crying…I may or may not have teared up during the Gossip Girl finale…just didn’t want it to end!
That book is seriously one of the only ones that will make me cry. And I felt the same way about the GG finale! The only good thing was that it ended exactly the way I wanted it to.
Monty Python!! That was my jam in high school – although I’ve literally never made it past the nun part. Never actually finished it! 😉
“Eff!” (with an exclamation point) is one of my nicknames. It made me laugh when I read it cause I could hear my friends yelling it! Love this post:)
The Alchemist is one of my all time favorite books! Love all the little life lessons in it.
As for foods I don’t eat -anymore – even though my parents fed my sis and I brains and kidneys and all that stuff when I was a kid, I cannot eat organ meat now…other than that, think I will try anything once at least. When I was in high school, I was a tutor, a portrait artist, then moved on to bigger and better things as a salad bar cleaner in college and mailroom sorter. Currently am a graphic designer.
Happy Wednesday lady!
Yes! Such a simple book written in such simple language, but with so many profound life lessons. Love it!
I use definitely a lot too 🙂 Too much. I have to stop it! My husband won’t eat fish either and it drives me nuts, but now I just eat fish for lunch without him. I was tagged in one of these and need to do it!
Love these little surveys!
a) Four things you don’t eat:
I honestly eat everything…. LOL I can’t think of anything!
b) Four jobs you’ve had: Oh man, I’ve had so many. Server, nanny, retail sales associate, and personal trainer.
c) Four movies you can quote:
The main one that comes to mind is the Hangover. I know every.single.line.