Fresca has invited/tagged us (anyone who reads this) with the "5 Things" meme. I invite you to join in, in the comments or at your own place. Fresca's answers are more poetic and entertaining, but I had fun with this.
Here are the steps:
What was I doing 5 years ago?
Five things on my to-do list:
Five snacks I enjoy:
Five things I'd do if I were a billionaire:
What are five of your bad habits?
What are five places you have lived?
What are five jobs you've had?
What was I doing five years ago? Five years ago, when was that? Oh, yeah, ending a relationship with the last person I was in love with because he is an alcoholic. I still miss him.
Five things on my to-do list:
1. finish overdue report;
2. read grad student papers before the semester starts;
3. take stuff to Good Will;
4, make doctor's appointments for tetanus boosters (required by daughter's high school);
5. watch Ousmane Sembene's film Mooladaé so I can return it to the library because it is overdue.
Five snacks I enjoy:
1. Braeburn apple and cheese, especially a good cheddar
2. home-made guacamole and chips, but only when avocados are cheap
3. Snickers bar from the machine down the hall from my office
4. popcorn, consumed as a ritual in the movie theater (no butter)
5. yogurt-covered pretzels from the co-op bulk section
Five things I'd do if I were a billionaire (in addition to the usual fun and games)
1. Set up trust funds for all my family members' retirements and education;
2. Set up a foundation that would work closely with Latino kids and their families in my city from elementary school through post-secondary education with the goal of making sure they graduate high school and go to a college or post-secondary educational program of their choice, with guaranteed scholarships for students who meet certain goals;
3. Endow a chair at my university in Feminist Studies;
4. Set up endowments for the local organizations I already support with my monthly $$: Rainbow Families, KFAI community radio, IATP, Clean Water Action, etc.
5. Have fun!
Five bad habits:
Procrastination, not keeping in touch with people when we move, interrupting, skipping breakfast, not asking for help when I need it.
Five places I have lived: 1.El Paso, Texas, 2, Sagamihara, Japan, 3. Bordeaux, France, 4. Mill Valley, Californiia, 5. Tecamachalco, Mexico.
Five jobs I have had: barista, grocery store cashier, hotel maid in Paris, nanny, Kingpin donut store worker.
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3 comments:
Donut worker!!!
Job of my dreams!
It surprises me how fun it is to read people's answers to this meme, even if they are entirely straightforward. I guess we don't usually exchange such mundane info, but it's enormously telling...
Thanks for taking it up!
It wasn't my very first job, but I always think of it as my first "real" job in college. I got there very early, and Andy had already been there for hours making the donuts. My job was to dip the chocolate cake donuts in peanuts, wait on customers, and keep the supplies stocked. Since the cash register didn't add, my main qualifacation for the job was that I could add the donut and coffee prices in my head, and include tax or not, depending on if it was "to go" or "to stay." I don't remember what I was paid, but I was able to eat any donuts I wanted. Usually I only managed one, two tops. They were the best donuts I have ever had.
*qualification (spelling was not required)
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