Katie of Bookish Illuminations tagged me for this post. It seemed fairly painless, so here are my answers!
Four Names People Call Me Other Than My Real Name
1. Lorelei
2. Loris (as in slow)
3. Lore
4. Lorig (pronounced with a soft “ch” sound, as in German e.g. “honig”)
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| Mercer Island Library, where I worked in HS |
Four Jobs I’ve Had
1. Library page (high school)
2. Bookstore gift wrapping department (Christmas break in college)
3. Proofreader for Microsoft’s Encarta encyclopedia (remember CD-ROMs?)
4. Editor and book designer (still doing this)
Four movies I have watched more than once:
1. The Wizard of Oz (of course!)
2. Singin’ in the Rain
3. A Room with a View
4. When Harry Met Sally
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| Ah, Florence… |
Four books I’d recommend:
1. Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
2. What’s Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies
3. Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
4. Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
Four places I have lived:
1. Honolulu, Hawaii
2. San Francisco, California
3. Northampton, Massachusetts
4. Seattle, Washington
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| The old Elliott Bay Book Co., my favorite Seattle bookstore |
Four places I have been:
1. Paris, France
2. Florence, Italy
3. Yorkshire, England
4. Bern, Switzerland
Four places I’d rather be right now:
1. Seattle
2. London
3. Christchurch, New Zealand
4. Any place where I don’t have to shovel snow
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| Enough snow already! |
Four things I don’t eat:
1. Chocolate
2. Cheese
3. Oranges
4. Cashews
Four of my favorite foods:
1. All of the above, except I can’t eat them. (Migraines.)
2. Falafel
3. Really good wood-fired brick oven pizza
4. Pfeffernusse cookies
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| At least I don’t live in Alaska. |
Four TV shows that I watch:
Um, I don’t own a TV. Some shows I used to watch at one time or another:
1. Northern Exposure
2. Star Trek: The Next Generation
3. Frasier
4. Monty Python’s Flying Circus
Four things I am looking forward to this year (2015):
1. Visiting family in Seattle
2. Visiting family in Switzerland
3. Elizabeth Goudge Reading Week in April
4. Witch Week in October/November
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| From our last Seattle visit. |
Four things I’m always saying:
1. Where did I put my book?
2. Where are my keys?
3. What should I read next?
4. Did you brush your teeth?
Four People I tag: (If you’ve already done this, no worries!)
1. Susie from Girl with Her Head in a Book
2. CGrace from With My Book and a Quilt
3. Charlene from Bookish Whimsy
4. You — if you want to join in, feel free!
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I'm more than happy to join! And I loved your responses. I'll get started on the post right away. And then do I tag more people?
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Yes, you copy all the questions including the "Four people I tag" at the end. Only, feel free to change things if you want! This is just for fun after all.
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Loved getting to know more about you! Room with a View is another one of my favorite films and when I was in Florence, I took the book with me and sat in front of the church where Lucy wanders in by herself…and of course I read a bit there!
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I was there too but it was a very quick trip so it's all a blur. I would love to go back for a longer time.
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Oh, that is fun! 🙂
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Join in if you want…
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Wow, I think it's so cool you worked proofreading an encyclopedia! Did that put lots of strange trivia in your head? 🙂 This is a fun meme – thank you for tagging me! My answers will be up in a week or two!
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I did learn quite a bit of trivia at the time, but I've forgotten it all now (this was some time ago and only a temp job). Can't wait to read your answers!
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Lovely to learn these little snippets about you Lory!I love the idea of a TV free household, but 2 teen boys might rebel if I suggested it!!Northern Exposure was one of my favourite's too back in the 90's…sigh.
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Yes it's funny how these small details can give you more of a sense of a person.
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I'm in!http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/i-moustache-you-some-questions.html
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Great, thanks for playing!
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I also did this tag today!http://imlovingbooks.blogspot.nl/2015/02/a-fun-tag-i-mustache-you-some-questions.htmlHave a great day!Myra @ I'm Loving Books
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Glad you found it worth participating in too. : )
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This is such a fun tag! It's great learning about other bloggers. It's amazing that you've visited so many places! I haven't been outside of the US and, even then, my visits with other states have been limited. I hope to do more traveling within the next few years, after I get my Master's degree. Lovely blog! I followed via email. Feel free to check out my blog, too, if you want. I have a giveaway going for a signed edition of If I Stay. =)Brittany @ http://www.spacebetweenthespines.com/
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Thank you so much for following. Your blog is lovely too!
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How cool to live in Hawaii!! I think if I couldn't eat the four things you can't eat because of migraines I might go crazy! :-)I did this one if you want to check it out HERE.
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Man, I know. Life seemed not worth living for a while but I did get used to it. Thanks for stopping by!
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