{"id":1090,"date":"2008-07-06T22:42:19","date_gmt":"2008-07-07T03:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/womantalk.wordpress.com\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2008-07-06T22:42:19","modified_gmt":"2008-07-07T03:42:19","slug":"tagged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/?p=1090","title":{"rendered":"Tagged"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been memed before, but this is the first time I’ve finally gotten around to responding to a tag. (But I promise to eventually get around to the meme tag from Laura<\/a> and the long-ago previous one from Tiff<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been tagged. Let the person who tagged you know when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve posted your answer.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n

1) What were you doing 5 years ago?<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2003 I was a single mom living in a geodesic dome in Joshua Tree. I had quit my job as a middle school English teacher to go back to school full-time, and I was commuting two to three days a week to Art Center in Pasadena for a master’s in Art Theory and Criticism. Bella was only NINE years old and she still loved me at that point (and Chad too). Bella was still homeschooling then… and I had been dating Chad for a year. And I think it might have been the year I was involved in a custody battle with Bella’s dad. It sounds dramatic, but it all felt pretty normal (well, the court battle did get ugly; I called the police once).<\/p>\n


\n2) What are 5 things on your to-do list for today?<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ll do tomorrow since today is pretty much finished:<\/p>\n

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  1. Call United Airlines and see if I can get on the same flight as my sister and her family from Virginia to LA (since she changed it and didn’t think to tell me until this weekend).<\/li>\n
  2. Start making a Waldorf-style doll for my niece, Nabi Grace.<\/li>\n
  3. Pack one box of books or clothes in preparation for our move at the end of the month<\/li>\n
  4. Write my three last thank-you cards for wedding gifts (!!!) Yes, I know my wedding was a year ago.<\/li>\n
  5. Make Creamy Pink Soup (it’s cream of beet greens which always turns out pink, but delicious).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    3) What are 5 snacks you enjoy?<\/span><\/p>\n

    This one is easy. I could go on and on…<\/p>\n

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    1. liverwurst on toasted soudough<\/li>\n
    2. leftover lasagna<\/li>\n
    3. stoeffer’s french bread pizza<\/li>\n
    4. canned clam chowder on rice<\/li>\n
    5. either maya’s carrot cake cupcakes or sprinkle’s mocha cupcakes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      4) What are five things you would do if you were a billionaire?<\/span><\/p>\n

      After taking care of all loans (school, house, and Bella’s and Christian’s future college), I would divide the rest the rest by 60 (Chad and I probably won’t live past 100, right?), and use it to:<\/p>\n

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      1. live abroad (we may do this when Bella goes to college anyway)<\/li>\n
      2. hike the Pacific Coast Trail (as a matter of fact, it would be ideal to backpack several months of every year)<\/li>\n
      3. see art around the world<\/li>\n
      4. start a social networking company in Los Angeles for carpooling (like the French version of Allo-stop or the Canadian version of, um, I forgot the name)<\/li>\n
      5. maintain an art foundation that would provide yearly grants to emerging artists<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        5) What are five jobs you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had?<\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. naturalist (outdoor educator for Naturalists at Large)<\/li>\n
        2. bike tour leader (for Student Hosteling Program)<\/li>\n
        3. lectrice (English language teacher’s assistent at the University of Reims)<\/li>\n
        4. floor fellow (student advisor on the seventh floor of Molson Hall at McGill)<\/li>\n
        5. champagne grape picker (just outside of Reims)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          I’m passing this on to the only four other bloggers I know well enough to meme tag and my brother, Songbae, who does not have a blog, but can post his response here as a comment:<\/span><\/p>\n

          Corrina at corrinacorrina<\/a><\/p>\n

          Laura at il piccolino<\/a><\/p>\n

          Darlene at Livin’ the Good Life<\/a><\/p>\n

          Maya at JT Homestead<\/a><\/p>\n

          Songbae (he does have a rather static website though here<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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