Four Jobs You’ve Had In Your Life
1. Secretary for SECON: This was a government contracting agency who sent engineers to work on projects at Lockheed, TWA, ESL, etc. I learned a lot about government security clearances and how frustrating it was to get an employee cleared so he could go to work. Not only that, but I learned how to edit job proposals and resumes.
2. Admin Support at Quantum: I worked as a temp in the Account Management department, editing their monthly sales forecasts and job proposals. Working in Marketing was a lot of fun.
3. Police Data Specialist I at the San Jose Police Department: My main job was culling data from various databases on criminals for officers.
Before I started working for this agency, I had established the Prosperity Sheriff’s Department as an ineffectual department with a lot of in-fighting and politics galore. Once I started working for the PD, it occurred to me that I was right on the mark, especially where the clerical pool is concerned.
4. Inventory Clerk/Office Coordinator at HISI: I started out doing inventory, which sent me down to the LA area for most of two months. The highlight was going to Phoenix to inventory a brand new hospital. They were so new that many of the rooms still weren’t finished and had boxes lying around.
We finished the job in record time, which meant that we got to go sight see. I wanted to go to Flagstaff, but it was too far away for the driver. So we drove out to Wickenburg, which is in the general vicinity of where Prosperity would be. I didn’t explain this to my crew, who would think I was nuts. Instead, I sat in the front passenger seat and took in the scenery, which wasn’t too far off from what I’d envisioned.
The town of Wickenburg is more advanced than Prosperity, which doesn’t even have a stoplight because it’s so small.
Four Movies You Could Watch Over And Over
1) The Stand: I watched this in one sitting on Monday.
2) The Shining: Jack Nicholson was brilliant in this classic.
3) Tommy Boy: I enjoyed watching Chris Farley and David Spade duke it out.
4) Hope Floats: I like the occasional chick flick. The eccentric grandmother added spice to this movie.
Four Places You’ve Lived
1) Denver, CO (actually several suburbs, but the only one I remember was Aurora)
2) Pacifica, CA (a very foggy and cold place that forced me to wear a winter coat in August)
3) Campbell, CA (a quaint town nestled between San Jose and Los Gatos)
4) San Jose, CA (where I’ve lived practically my whole life)
Four TV Shows You Love To Watch
1) The Amazing Race
2) The Apprentice
3) Battlestar Galactica
4) Everyone Loves Raymond (reruns)
Four Places You’ve Been On Vacation
1) All over Texas
2) Orlando, FL
3) Phoenix, AZ
4) Oahu, HI
Four Blogs You Visit Daily
1) Ramblings from the Desert
2) All Kinds of Writing
3) Lee Pletzers
4) Writing Desk of the Scribe
Four Of Your Favorite Foods
1) Hamburgers
2) Seafood (except the clam family)
3) Pasta of all kinds
4) Mexican food
Four Places You’d Rather Be
1) Phoenix and the surrounding area
2) Hawaii
3) Denver
4) Drawing a blank
Four Albums You Can’t Live Without
I agree with Fred. This is too hard because I listen to all kinds of music.
Four Vehicles You’ve Owned
1) Mazda GLC
2) Plymouth Duster
3) Mustang GT
If any of you are interested in participating, consider yourself tagged. Yes, this is half-assed, but I don’t have enough caffeine in my system yet in order to think clearly.
I don’t know about journalism, but I definitely enjoy writing.
No bat is safe with Ozzy Ozbourne around.
