I totally got tagged!

I have a job now and something resembling a life that doesn't completely take place in my lair of a computer room. Yay! Two acquaintances have crossed the line to friend so I now have a total of three friends in Vancouver. One of them is having a party on Saturday so I have to invite the other two and make it a shindig!

Anyway, back to the title, I've been tagged by Prego of Rust Belt Ramblings fame. He's one of two, count 'em, 2 bloggers who stop by from time to time to read my blather. Now on with the lists...

4 jobs I've had

1.)Rubble mover/fire hose handler/broom pusher - I once spent a summer tearing down a giant furnace. And guess what, I dropped acid for one shift, just because. I'm such an asshole. But I did work extra hard that day to avoid everyone's gaze. I felt like I was in the movie 'IT' and Tim Curry was gonna get me. It was kinda awesome at the time.
And, "YOU GET TO DRINK FROM THE FIRE HOSE!" - Not really but it's my nature to use obscure film quotes.
2.)Movie Theatre Concession - That was a good summer. Free movies for me and a guest whenever I felt like it. Although I had to sit through 'There's Something About Mary' three times in one week to appease my friends.
3.)Props P.A. on a puppet show - my favourite job so far. Puppet people are crazy in the awesome way. Plus I was once paid to build a model ship.
4.) Post PA - free car, free gas, free cell phone(with Tetris!), free food. I drove around dropping off film and tapes all over Toronto while cranking the tunes. My singing voice was never better. I also spent several afternoons in second hand music stores searching out angry chick music to use as guide tracks for editing.

4 films worthy of my time (again and again)

I could list heaps of films I could watch again and again like 'The Big Lebowski' and 'Kill Bill' and 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' and 'E.T.' but these four listed below have some extra special nostalgia. (Although 'FTatRH' goes well with #1 on mushrooms, and 'BL' makes me want a White Russian and a lazy boy and 'E.T.' is a whole other post about a supernatural childhood experience that I will never forget....)

1.) Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure - oh so good! Totally quotable and my most memorable movie going experience. Everyone in the theatre was so stoked that no one would stop screaming when the film started. They shut off the film and threatened not to play it if we didn't shut-up, which was stupid because the film takes a while to get going and EVERYBODY wanted to be screaming. I would also like to note that I will defend Keanu to my grave. Every time he sucks in a movie, it's the Director's fault. Of course Keanu wants to be in a vampire movie with Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins. Don't you? F.F.Coppola was dumb enough to cast him, it's his fault (don't question my logic).
2.) The House of Yes - I so want Parker Posey to tell me off. This film is adapted from a play and although it's not cinematic, I just don't fucking care. The dialogue and campy performances are too good to pay attention to that. Even Tori Spelling isn't annoying and I have a soft spot for Freddie Prince Jr. because of this movie. Dark comedy is fun!
3.) Dazed and Confused - another great example of Parker Posey being a bitch. Also, this movie sums up my life in high school. Watching it is like going home. Growing up so isolated resulted in the 90's being very 70's. We didn't have a music store so we listened to our parents music, many of my friends had awesome 70's cars, and we hung out with several Wooderson types. One of them was named Roach (go figure). Every single person in that film reminds me of someone I knew and more than just a passing resemblance. I was Milla Jovovich's character. I even had the drug dealer boyfriend. (But Slater was my boy next door.)
4.)The Last Unicorn - My favourite childhood film. The music is so terrible and Mia Farrow cannot sing. It's so awesome and frightening. I love it. I read that they were re-making it which excites me because the music really is that terrible. I met Alan Arkin (Schmendrick the Magician) once and I had to talk to him about how awesome a remake would be. He hadn't heard any such thing but was glad to hear of the possibility. Side note: Alan Arkin is a very sweet and considerate man.

4 places I've lived (where rent was paid)

1.) Winnipeg, MB
2.) Thunder Bay, ON
3.) Toronto, ON
4.) Vancouver, BC

A good time was had in all places. (Finally, some good times in Vancouver!)

4 T.V. shows I love

1.) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2.) Angel
3.) Firefly
4.) Deadwood

I'm a whore for Joss Whedon and #4 has whores.

4 books I love (of the non-comic variety)

1.)Good Omens by Neil Gaiman - my most favourite book. I like some comedy mixed with my apocalypse (see: Buffy and Angel)
2.) Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley - A more realistic portrayal of the likely attitudes of men in biblical times, told in a surreal and fantastical way by a Canadian author.
3.) The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe - The true story of Ken Kesey (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) and the Merry Pranksters. This book made me want to buy a school bus and drive across Canada. The Kool-Aid Acid Test parties are also where the Grateful Dead began.
4.)Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman - a fantasy tale about London underground. Originally written as a BBC series but plays much better in prose. I read this while riding the Toronto subway lines. Traveling to work was never so much fun.

4 places I've vacationed

1.) Jamaica - I was 4yrs old
2.) Nova Scotia - Is it vacationing when you visit relations?
3.) Florida - Twice to Disney World all before high school.
4.) Hot Springs Cove, Vancouver Island - the only vacation that was really vacationy. Two weeks of private ocean front camping with my boyfriend in a lush rainforest with cozy ocean view hot springs.

Yeah, I need to travel.

4 Websites I visit

1.) Neil Gaiman
2.) Suicide Girls
3.) Bob and David
4.) Penguins Jousting Toucans - the best stream of consciousness - this dude is the shit

4 foods worth ingesting

1.) dolmades (grape leaf rolls - Mediterranean)
2.) injera bread with vegetarian subjis (Ethiopian)
3.) roasted red pepper and grilled eggplant in a wrap with tabouleh (parsley/tomato salad), banana peppers and tahini
4.) potato pea and curry samosas with tamarind chutney

4 people to tag (difficult since no one reads this)

1.) Van Nasty
2.) Nerf
3.) Explosive Laughter (now that I've linked her, she'll find me)
4.) Lenny (it'll be about time I've commented on his blog)

Please forgive me if you're a hater of tagging.

Whew, that was long but I guess I did more commenting than list making.