Four jobs you've had in your life:1. Steam-cleaning vehicles during the hottest Arkansas summer on record at a Ford dealership.
2. Toy’s ‘R Us warehouse boy… lifting humongous boxes over the head on the top of a ten foot ladder… if you know the Disembodied Head, this is very funny.
3. Data Entry positions at several different businesses. The D.H. actually REALLY enjoys typing. It keeps the stress level down for some reason.
Here is a typing game that also is quite enjoyable.
4. College music professor. Thought that the D.H. would be doing that forever. Things change.
Four movies you could watch over and over: (not necessarily the favorites)1.
Life Is Beautiful (La Vita É Bella) – Roberto Benigni is both hilarious and endearingly obnoxious. How does one find the beauty in life during one of the most trying times in history?! The D.H. has the poster from this film in his office… good reminder everytime he turns around.
2.
Moulin Rouge – The D.H. never would have seen this movie if he hadn’t been tricked into going with a group. He has subsequently had to trick other people into watching it as well. He has now watched it countless times and if it was on… would probably watch it right now.
3.
Three Amigos – No matter how many times the D.H. has watched this one… always funny. Between the Singing Bush, the Invisible Swordsman, El Guapo, and the bar scene with the song “My Little Buttercup”… good stuff.
4.
Elf – Has quickly become a holiday necessity.
Four places you've lived:1. Hamburg, AR – until graduating from high school
2. Arkadelphia, AR - until graduating from college
3. Waco, TX - until graduating from college… again
4. Longmont, CO – until waking up and realizing that it was time to move on and get back to Arkansas
Four TV shows you love to watch:1.
Lost – Seriously?! You don’t watch it?! Here borrow the Season One DVDs. Watch them as quickly as possible. You can also borrow Season Two when they are released. Then you have to watch them with us every week!!
2.
Alias – There would be no Lost without Alias. Jennifer Garner… yummy (Looking forward to her new movie,
Catch and Release). Used to be embarrassed to admit this one… now shout it from the rafters. It is being cancelled after this season. The sadness is great with this one.
3.
Grey’s Anatomy – The only serious hospital show that the D.H. has ever watched or will ever watch (still LOVE Scrubs). Very good writing and cast.
4.
Arrested Development – One of the best ensemble comedies ever, but as always nobody is watching it. It is also being cancelled. Will live on in DVD box sets forever, though! Can’t get enough of the Bob Loblaw Law Blog (say it out loud… very funny)!
Four websites you visit daily:1.
Chicago Cubs – Obsession… also the daily Cubs rumors at
Pro Sports Daily.
2.
Velonews – So hard to get any news about cycling when living in Southeast Arkansas. Can’t even get cycling on the TV anymore due to the squabble between Dish Network and OLN.
3.
Yahoo! Movies page – Easy to get to quickly… that’s how lazily the D.H. rolls!
4. E-mails – All of the dern e-mail addresses – that’s gonna have to count for this thing
Four of your favorite foods:1. Lobster – The Maine Lobster Festival was heaven!
2. Watermelon
3. Breakfast Casserole – My wife only appeases this craving once a year.
4. Baked Tilapia/Lasagna – Tilapia if the D.H. is cooking or Lasagna if someone else is
Four places you'd rather be right now: 1. Wrigley Field
2. Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany (with the wife, of course)
3. On the bike (not sure why the D.H. isn’t to tell the truth)
4. On the set of Lost.
Four albums you can't live without (this is a revolving list, however):1.
Keane – Hopes and Fears – good stuff
2.
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream – Never goes out of style – This should probably be enjoyed, however, with the followup –
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness3.
Luciano Berio’s Sinfonia – Specifically the third movement of Sinfornia (In Ruhig Fliessender Bewegung) – changed the way the D.H. thought about music and how it can or should be written – WARNING – probably not a pleasant listen for most people! If you would like something more pleasant that is quite good, go for Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings or Arvo Pärt’s Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten.
4. Switchfoot – Any of their albums. They are really very good.
If an album gets more than three listens by the D.H., it is saying something. It is extremely rare for an album to make it into the “heavy rotation.”
