The other day I was talking to Homer and I says to the guy, "Have you seen that four things meme going around on The Internet™?"

"Oh gawd. I hate memes," he replied.

Yeah me too, but this thing I've noticed about this one has many high-profile/high-traffic bloggers were doing it. The Dooces. The Mighty Girls. The Powazeks. The Internet Royalty if you will.

These are people who'd rather cut off their own arm than participate in a meme. It's just so common. They probably don't even forward chain emails about Friendship Week or removing your phone number from Google or that one called "Things to do to coworker on vacation" that has pictures of cubicles in aluminum foil, stuffed with packing peanuts, etc.

They certainly don't need the incentive to come up with content. We will still read them no matter what they post. Dooce could post about being constipated for a week during her kid's breast-feeding stage and that her bra smells like yogurt and The Internet™ would have a collective belly laugh.

So I wondered when it would trickle down to the peons of blogging such as myself.

Today, my friends, is that day thanks to this kind gentleman. Hang on to your hats kids. Prepare to be FASCINATED with my mediocrity.

Four jobs I've had

1. Building proctor. This was one of my jobs during college. My job was to sit in a chair in the music building for five hours and watch people walk in and out. That's it. I suppose if something were to go wrong like a fire or terrorist attack, it was my job to do something about. But I'm not sure what, because that never happened. So I'd sit and do homework, practice or pull out a portable TV and watch it. For a minimum wage job, it was pretty sweet.
2. Recital attendance taker. When you are a music student at my college, you were required to attend so many recitals a semester. Pretty much all of them really. It was my job to get to the recital early and take attendance. I would give the student a card and they'd have to return it after the recital was over. Another sweet minimum wage job AND for college credit.
3. Pizza delivery boy. Wrap your fantasies around that one boys.
4. McDonalds lackey. I did this for one summer between college semesters. I never felt so greasy in my entire life.

Four places I've lived

1. Weatherford, Oklahoma
2. Tempe, Arizona
3. Mesa, Arizona
4. Scottsdale, Arizona

Geez. Looking at that list kinda makes me feel sedentary and that it may be time to move again.

Four TV shows you like to watch

HEY! I just noticed there are MORE questions on the one that Dooce did. Is that what this is about? The Internet Royalty gets ALL the questions while we bottom-feeders get the snack-size version? Much like Oprah®, I feel duped. I wanted to list four movies I could watch over and over. I'm gonna break the rules and do that one.

Four movies I can watch over and over

1. Amelie
2. Party Girl
3. Strictly Ballroom
4. 9 to 5

Alright. Back to the other one.

Four TV shows you like to watch

1. Gilmore Girls
2. Lost
3. 24
4. Freaks and Geeks (RIP)

Four sites I visit daily

1. flickr friends
2. Google Reader
3. Merriam-Webster Online
4. My bank's website. I got my mind on my money and my money on my mind.

Four places I'd rather be

Well after seeing the appalling list of the places I've lived, I would say anywhere but here, so here goes.

1. At the Austin City Limits Music Fesitval
2. Browsing CDs at Bleecker Street Records
3. Two Boots Pizza
3. The Bay Area

Four people to tag

1. Homer. Just do it Homey!
2. Mark. I'm sure you've been tagged a zillion times already Shug.
3. Secret Simon
4. Tuna Girl. Whom I'm also sure has been tagged about a zillion times.

Well that was relatively painless. Thanks Greg.