Reset Password
Reset Link Sent
| Blogs > kzoopair > Take two- they're small |
Prodded onto the bandwagon..
|
Prodded onto the bandwagon.. Ok, I give up. I'll do it too. Four jobs I've had: Strander in a wire mill. Trade show setup manager. Roadie. Truck driver. Four movies I've seen more than once: Cool Hand Luke. Lincoln. Secretary. Paul. Four places I've lived: Kalamazoo, Michigan Toronto, Ontario AnnArbor, Michigan Phoenix, Arizona Four TV shows I'm currently following: Last Week Tonight (John Oliver) The Colbert Report The Daily Show Nova Four Places I've been: Quebec City, Quebec Mill Valley, California Fort Huachuca, Arizona Copper Harbor, Michigan Four people who email me regularly: A genealogist friend in Coconut Creek, Florida The Democratic Party, wanting money (They don't get any.) My mom. [blog kathynj] Four of my favorite foods: Macaroni and cheese. Sausage and cheese stuffed ravioli. Focaccia with marinara sauce. Lasagna. Places I would rather be: (This doesn't really apply- I'm happy here.) San Giorgio, Piemonte London Amsterdam South Haven, Michigan Four things I'm looking forward to in 2015: The solution to all America's problems by the new Congress! Hikes! A new woodshop...maybe. Another 365 days with my wife PD. Become a member now and get a free tote bag. |
|||
|
I have never been there but I would LOVE to go! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
| ||
|
Great list  Though...  4 places I've lived??? California (Redding? well, that's where I was born), Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, Spokane... um... would that count? I've lived in 2 places in Spokane Washington, 3 places in Coeur d'Alene Idaho, and ... all the various hospitally type places they sent me in Cali and wherever my parents actually lived before they returned to Spokane. I guess I need to move haha.
| ||
|
I'm looking forward to a solution to all America's problems WITHOUT a government shut down.  Who were you a roadie for?I worked for a company in Phoenix, Tucson and Albuquerque that rented sound, lighting and stage equipment, and set up men and operators for touring groups, so I didn't travel with one band. I traveled in that two state area and worked shows for Procul Harem, Lee Michaels, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Roberta Flack, Grand Funk Railroad, Glenn Campbell...I can't even remember all of them. Fleetwood Mac. But if they did a show in that area in that '73-'74 timeframe, I most likely either built a stage or operated a Trouper or a SuperTrouper spotlight for their show. My buddy and roomie was electrican for that company and I was the trade show floor man and we did double duty working the concerts. Some shows he did the wiring so he'd use me as his grunt and we could see the concert for free, while we were on stand by. We hauled staging to Albuquerque for Elton John and Roberta Flack and built the stage on site. The speakers were so loud and vibrated so much that it started shaking our speaker wings apart. We crawled underneath and started driving nails, trying to time our hammering to the bass. The sound tech crawled under there after us and started giving us hell for our racket. He said we were fucking up the show. We tried explaining what was gonna happen when those stacks of speakers toppled over into the audience, but he wasn't having it, so we had to quit. The three of us went out back and sweated out the entire concert, planning where in Mexico we were gonna flee to after we had killed and injured all those freaks. That was the longest concert I ever heard, but our stage held long enough. The joint we smoked when it was over was the best I ever smoked! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
| ||
|
Great list Though... 4 places I've lived??? California (Redding? well, that's where I was born), Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, Spokane... um... would that count? I've lived in 2 places in Spokane Washington, 3 places in Coeur d'Alene Idaho, and ... all the various hospitally type places they sent me in Cali and wherever my parents actually lived before they returned to Spokane. I guess I need to move haha. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
| ||
|
Welcome to the Bandwagon Kzoo! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
| ||
|
Like I said to DSK, I think it's kind of cool to have lived all your life in one place. Moving around sounds cool when you're young- and it IS kind of cool when you're young- but being very familiar and comfortable in a place has a cool all its own. Especially as you get older. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
| ||
|
I don't know how you manage it by phone. I know at least one other blogger who writes and submits by phone and i'm in awe of you. That has to be quite a chore. I'd love to try your lasagna! My mom used to make it for me on my birthday every year. And whenever there was a birth, a marriage or a death in the neighborhood we'd have the women in the enclave bringing lasagna, ravioli, manicotti- all homemade! I love all that stuff. Chicken cacciatore I can do without. My grandfather used to make it and I didn't like it. I'd finally get my plate clean and he'd heap more cacciatore on it and say "Eat! Eat!" Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
| ||
|
I did the long haul stuff when I was young but almost all my driving was on local routes- home every night, just like a real job. I pulled some double trailers quite a bit too but again, most of my semi driving was a regular city delivery route, with the same customers every day. I enjoyed it- it was like driving around visiting with friends all day long, telling jokes and swapping lies! It's hard to have a home and a family when you're out on the highway for weeks at a time. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
| ||
|
From having driven cross country three times, I found that the whole secret to a successful trip with the minimum number of problems is in the preparation for the trip. Figure out the farthest points in each direction you want to go and what places or people you want to see along the way. Once you have a good idea of that, then you can begin to plan your route. Leave yourself some leeway in the travel times because you never know when you'll run across traffic, construction or something else which could delay you. Make reservations for where you can spend the night before you leave as much as you can, as that will give you a target to reach each day, plus enable you to work out the timing for your entire trip. Finally, a week or so before you leave, have a trusted mechanic thoroughly go over the vehicle you'll be using to make sure everything is running well and that it won't break down out in the middle of nowhere. ENJOY!!!
| ||
|
Like I said to DSK, I think it's kind of cool to have lived all your life in one place. Moving around sounds cool when you're young- and it IS kind of cool when you're young- but being very familiar and comfortable in a place has a cool all its own. Especially as you get older.  I too make a killer lasagna. When I was growing up, I had an adopted Italian grandmother whose daughter lived next door to us and she taught me how to cook Italian. Several years ago, I made several large pan fulls of lasagna, froze them and gave them out as Christmas presents complete with directions on how to defrost and then cook them. They went over VERY well!!!
| ||
|
I moved around to a bunch of places in the Philadelphia area from the time I moved out of my parents' house until I moved into my current home. I got to the point where I HATED moving! That's why I've been here for almost 30 years. I too make a killer lasagna. When I was growing up, I had an adopted Italian grandmother whose daughter lived next door to us and she taught me how to cook Italian. Several years ago, I made several large pan fulls of lasagna, froze them and gave them out as Christmas presents complete with directions on how to defrost and then cook them. They went over VERY well!!! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
| ||
|
Amsterdam is a great city. It's a hedonist's paradise!
| ||
|
I still love pasta but it doesn't love me like it used to. I have to be sparing with it now. Funny you should mention an appreciation for roadies...I noticed back then that pretty young women had an appreciation for my..........occupation. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
| ||
|
Yes, it is. I resisted it at first but I was having a good time reading other bloggers' answers to these questions and it only seemed fair that I share too. I've had a lot more than four jobs, lived more than four places, re-watched many movies. I left out four books I have read and re-read...there's a lot more i could have added but then what would I blog about? It's an interesting idea for a format though- autobiography in list form. That in itself says something about the person. My sister formats her computer in lists, and I'm more comfortable with icons on mine. Hers is a nice neat organized list and mine is a collage of images. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
| ||
12/1/2014 11:03 am |
Secretary... excellent! Ever watch it with the commentary?
| ||
|
Secretary... excellent! Ever watch it with the commentary? Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
| ||
|
Amsterdam is a great city. It's a hedonist's paradise! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
| ||
12/1/2014 11:48 am |
I don't think so- what commentary? It was appealing to me that these two strange and damaged people are really a lot like all of us and meshed so well with one another, once they allowed themselves to be who they are. It was a quirky and kinky love story that I found comforting. It helped that I really like the actors. I agree the actors made it - Spader kills me regularly and Maggie is, well... you know. Jeremy Davies was truly spectacular as the "also ran" conveniently named "Peter". Their first night together... "Lee, Lee, Lee..." with the hand gestures. Too funny -- asked if he hurt her. Snicker... Ever read the short story from Mary Gaitskill? She's on the commentary track. Brilliant woman.
| ||
|
On the DVD there is a commentary track. It is quite enlightening as well as entertaining. I agree the actors made it - Spader kills me regularly and Maggie is, well... you know. Jeremy Davies was truly spectacular as the "also ran" conveniently named "Peter". Their first night together... "Lee, Lee, Lee..." with the hand gestures. Too funny -- asked if he hurt her. Snicker... Ever read the short story from Mary Gaitskill? She's on the commentary track. Brilliant woman. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
| ||
|
I have always admired the Dutch and their industry and their fascinating history. It seems to me they have always been ahead of the curve in so many ways. Here in West Michigan there was a lot of Dutch immigration, and so many people have a Dutch heritage, but here they are quite conservative. A very close friend of mine, who I worked with for twenty five years, came over on a boat from Holland in 1955 when he was three. He has no interest in Holland or in visiting there, which baffles me!
| ||
|
I love the Dutch in-your-face style. You're quite right about the conservative side of the Dutch, which is why liberal Amsterdam is a great place to visit. The Hague (den Haag), Rotterdam and Maastricht are quite different places! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
| ||
|
Paul was a hoot! And PD is my raison d'etre. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
| ||
|
Nice insight. I think I would need more than 4 for my lists.
| ||
|
Nice insight. I think I would need more than 4 for my lists. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
| ||
|
Cool Hand Luke is probably my favorite movie, if I had to pick one. I had a friend who was retired from the army after Vietnam- retired due to injury- and he had orders to go there for a physical evaluation, so I went along. (My mother is Italian. I've been eating that stuff for a while!) I'd be lost without my wife, truly. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
|
Become a member to create a blog
