A Different Perspective (from the old school)

Never thought I'd be "it" since hardly anyone posts on my blog, but here we are. So thank you very much for bringing me into your little clique, PYT. And as for the age joke..... we'll just see about that.

Four jobs I've had:
United States Department of Defense, Pentagon (high school gig - big bucks, NO RESPONSIBILITY - the best kind of job!)
Health Careers Opportunity Program, UNC-CH (coordinated a program for high school kids interested in medical school. My best advice: pick another career!!)
D5Medical Transcription (listened to the intimate details of peoples' visits to the doctor and turned them into a written record)
Carrboro Elementary School (I was the science specialist. What is that, you ask? I was a very well-paid babysitter for kindergarten through fifth graders; a sort of "Mrs. Wizard," if you will)

Four movies I could watch over and over:
The Color Purple ("You told Harpo to beat me!" Now that was some funny @&%!)
Ray (any man who can get that much booty just by feeling up on a woman's wrist deserves my respect!)
Boyz n the Hood ("Rickeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Man, 1991 was the jump off - no comments from the peanut gallery, please!)
What's Love Got To Do With It (the back of the limo... need I say more?)

Four places I have lived:
Newport News, VA (that's where it all began)
Richmond, VA (lived there during my senior year at VCU)
Chapel Hill, NC (medical school - two years of hell on Earth plus two years of teaching)
Newport News, VA (back again, folks! When I left, I said never again, but pharmacy school and some personal stuff brought me home again)

Four TV shows I love:
Girlfriends (I think I have a little bit of all four of them, but that damn Toni Childs Garrett is HILARIOUS!!)
The L Word (love, lesbian, life, luck... who knows, but it's some good drama)
The West Wing (how much does it suck that they are canceling that after this season?)
The Office (by the far, the BEST sitcom I have seen since Martin - Michael has me IN THE FLOOR!)

Four places I've been on vacation:
Bermuda (my grandparents took me when I was 13... I just remember how beautiful the water was)
San Diego, CA (started out as a vacation, ended up re-defining my life)
New Orleans, LA (spur of the moment trip with a girlfriend and had the time of my life three days before Katrina hit... it was amazing)
Aruba (brought in 2006 on the beach watching the waves and the fireworks)

Four favorite foods:
Macaroni and cheese (nobody makes it like Mom did, but I sure try!)
Seafood (shrimp, lobster, scallops, fish... I LOVE SEAFOOD!!)
Ice cream (if I weren't so weight conscious, I would be at Coldstone every day!)
Coke (yeah, I know it's odd, but I had a two soda a day habit, and it has been 15 days since my last one, so...)

Four places I'd rather be right now:
The beach
At Oprah's house (yall know it's true: Gayle has got it made!)
New York, NY (I love the city)
With my mommy

Four Web sites I visit daily:
Hampton University (why does it always take so long for them to post my damn money to my account?!)
Gmail (gotta stay connected)
Bank of America (have to make sure that last pair of shoes didn'tput me over the limit)
cbs.com (gotta keep up with my Y&R)

Four bloggers who are now IT!
This is really sad because the only person I know really well with a blog has already done this, so it looks like the end of the road :( Sorry, guys!!