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Four Things

January 26th, 2006

Four jobs I’ve had
1. Penny Saver Delivery Boy. I delivered Penny Savers for a couple of years. I was probably 11 or 12. I used to dump my deliveries in a recycling bin. This was wrong. I got caught when someone who actually read the Penny Saver phoned in to complain. I confessed my wrong-doings to my supervisor and she let me keep the route.

2. Dickie Dee Ice Cream Vendor. Yes, I used to ride one of those ice cream bikes around; ringing those bells everywhere I went to get the kids to beg their parents for money to buy ice cream and popsicles. My first day on the job, I got sunstroke. I quit two weeks later. That was the worst job I ever had.

3. Lick’s Restaurant Grillboy. This was my favorite job during high school. I had a lot fun there. Lick’s is a family restaurant in Ontario that makes some of best burgers around. When you work there, you’re given a song book and you need to learn the lyrics about hot dogs, hamburgers and fries put to the melodies of old 50’s and early 60’s pop songs.

4. Rockstar. Yes - I was a rockstar for several years during high school. I grew my hair long; rocked out to Metallica and Black Sabbath; and played guitar in a rock ‘n roll band. My band was The Mindfield and we constantly blew people’s minds with our tasty blend of progressive space metal. Our fist album, “To the Moon and Back” sold a whopping 25 units. Sadly, The Mindfield disbanded shortly after that. I still need to create a wikipedia entry for us.

Four movies I can watch over and over
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
3. Master and Commander
4. Gladiator

Four places I’ve lived
1. Mississauga, ON
2. Toronto, ON
3. Calgary, AB
4. TBD

Four TV shows I love
1. Lost
2. Deadwood
3. Six Feet Under
4. Arrested Development

Four places I’ve vacationed
1. Cancun
2. New York City
3. Halifax
4. Quebec

Four of my favorite dishes
1. Dublin Lawyer Lobster, O’Carroll’s in Halifax, NS
2. Spicy Tuna Maki, Izumi Sushi in Queen West, Toronto
3. Arrabiata Pasta, Terroni’s in Queen West, Toronto
4. Courtney’s broiled veggies and pasta with rose sauce

Four sites I visit daily
1. Communication Nation
2. Russell Davies
3. A VC
4. Matt McAlister

Four places I would rather be right now
1. Mexico with CJ
2. Paris, or anywhere in Europe with CJ
3. Anywhere I’ve ever been with CJ
4. Hanging out in TO w/ CJ and our bestest TO friends

Four bloggers I’m tagging
1. Communication Nation
2. Russell Davies
3. A VC
4. Matt McAlister

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