Tagged Again
Mike tagged me with a meme from way over in his neighborhood. It's another one of those social memes you'd expect to do in high school or college at some kind of social mixer, possibly to find an inroad with a member of the opposite sex, except that this one geared towards an older crowd. Same maturity level though.
1) Ten years ago I was...
...engaged to the future Mrs. DED. We were living together in a two bedroom apartment in South Norwalk. I was employed by an internet advertising agency to build web sites for large corporations. I was still in Death Penis, though the group was spiraling towards break up. I was also enjoying my new found hobby: beer brewing.
2) Five things on today's to-do list:
3) Things I'd do if I were a billionaire:
A billion dollars doesn't go as far as it used to. There was a time when you could raise and army, hire an evil genius and take over the world. But not anymore. I suppose I'd buy an island or a mountain and build a fortress off of the grid, complete with RC aerial drones or tanks to keep out the dreck. Any money left over would be invested in some venture to make spaceflight more accessible to the masses. Maybe I could take over Mars instead.
4) Three bad habits:
5) Five places I've lived:
6) Six jobs I've had in my life:
Ok, that takes care of that. I tag Eduardo, Jim, and Toast (he likes memes). It's optional. If you guys don't feel like it doing it, I won't hold your feet to the fire. I'll leave that to Mike. :)
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DED
1) Ten years ago I was...
...engaged to the future Mrs. DED. We were living together in a two bedroom apartment in South Norwalk. I was employed by an internet advertising agency to build web sites for large corporations. I was still in Death Penis, though the group was spiraling towards break up. I was also enjoying my new found hobby: beer brewing.
2) Five things on today's to-do list:
- Get my son ready for school
- Get my daughter up, dressed, and fed so that we can go...
- Grocery shopping
- Help my son with his homework
- Make dinner
3) Things I'd do if I were a billionaire:
A billion dollars doesn't go as far as it used to. There was a time when you could raise and army, hire an evil genius and take over the world. But not anymore. I suppose I'd buy an island or a mountain and build a fortress off of the grid, complete with RC aerial drones or tanks to keep out the dreck. Any money left over would be invested in some venture to make spaceflight more accessible to the masses. Maybe I could take over Mars instead.
4) Three bad habits:
- Staying up until 2AM to watch west coast hockey teams
- Cookies
- Going back for seconds
5) Five places I've lived:
- Shirley, NY
- Syracuse, NY
- Atlanta, GA
- Stamford, CT
- Norwalk, CT
6) Six jobs I've had in my life:
- Newspaper delivery boy
- Cashier
- Environmental Analyst
- Metal Finishing Technical Service Representative
- Quality Control Chemist - Raw Materials
- Website Programmer
Ok, that takes care of that. I tag Eduardo, Jim, and Toast (he likes memes). It's optional. If you guys don't feel like it doing it, I won't hold your feet to the fire. I'll leave that to Mike. :)
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DED
posted by DED at 2:26 PM
6 Comments:
I used to have a paper route. Damn, I hated that job. I delivered to nothing but rich people, and they'd never pay me. But holy shit, if I missed their house or didn't get the paper there on "time," look out.
I didn't realize that you'd lived in Atlanta!
Fun meme. I love reading this kind of thing.
Fairlane: Yeah, I hated mine too. Apparently, my customers weren't as bad as yours. I caught hell when I went away for the weekend with my parents and didn't have anyone to cover my route. My father was unsympathetic to my plight. I quit shortly thereafter. Then again, I've never been a morning person.
Dcup: What's with the name change?
Yeah, I lived in Buckhead after living in Roswell. It wasn't a happy time. My whole stint in Georgia lasted from 11/92 to 6/94. So when you write about "Southern Living," I feel your pain. ;)
Nevermind. Just got caught up with your blog. Understandable.
What's up with the Raw Materials Chemistry thing?
Sounds . . . less than nice.
Then it's worse than it sounds. It was actually incredibly boring. I was working for a pharmaceutical company at the time and I was employed to test the ingredients for their products. In essence, you're confirming the purity of the material before it goes into the product. That's fine and all but the supplier tests all their materials before they ship to ensure their customer (my employer) that they're delivering top quality ingredients. So, in essence, it's my job to make sure that they're not lying. This was during the mid-90's, long before China was supplier to the world for stuff, so you really didn't have to worry about anything being contaminated. End result: boredom!
I learned a lot about how pharmaceutical companies work and why they charge so much money for their products. Besides R+D expenses, inefficiency in their workflow process and day-to-day operations was a big killer. There's a little story in there which would probably make for a post one day. =)
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