Fun Quiz

I'm part of a group that sends out China-related business information, and fortunately they also insert some levity into the situation as well. A link to a website was included in the most recent email. I read it and got a huge kick out of it. Anyone who has spent time in China is alternately terrified, annoyed, or amused, by the apparent lack of any meaningful logic to the way people drive. I have generally concluded that it is survival of the fittest, i.e., whomever gets there first, and woe the person who tries to buck that system!

I'd suggest you take the driving quiz...it's quite amusing!

Fun with Tags from Other Blogs

So…I’m new to this whole tagging thing, but I’ve been tagged by The Tragic Optimist, and since she’s such a great friend, I’ll indulge her. Plus I guess I haven’t blogged in like 2 months so I should get off my rear end and say something, lest you all think I’m a total loser!

I guess the tagging thing works like this: you are posed a list of questions, which you subsequently answer in your blog, then tag some other people. Ugh…answering questions…

Here goes nothing:

What was I doing 10 years ago?

• Exactly what I am doing right now (weird huh? It’s like I’ve come full circle):
  
• being unemployed
• trying to discover where I fit in in the world
• trying to motivate myself to get back in shape
• Graduating college and learning how to live in the “real world”

What are 5 things on my to-do list for today?

• Work out then go to the pool
• Cook something really yummy for dinner
• Apply to two jobs
• Try not to melt in the blistering heat
• Update my blogs

Snacks I enjoy….

• Chips & Salsa or Guacamole
• Wine (is that a snack?)
• Blueberries
• Potato Chips

Things I would do if I were a billionaire:

• Buy a little place on the beach somewhere
• Endow a charity to help fund education in rural China
• Pay off all my debts and the debts of my family
• Travel around the world doing voluntourism and learning how to cook in kitchens of wonderful people everywhere
• Move to San Francisco and open a restaurant to help at-risk teenagers learn a trade

Places I have lived:

• San Diego (the first 18 years...)
  
• Northfield, MN (2 addresses, 4 years)
• Minneapolis, MN (2 addresses, 3 years)
• Arlington, VA (3 addresses in the same building, 2 1/2 years)
  
• Washington, DC (in our first owned home, 2003 - present)
  
• Beijing, China (2 addresses, once in college, once at a homestay)
• Maastricht, the Netherlands (in college)
  

Jobs I have had:

• Office Assistant, Financial Aid Office at Carleton
• Barrista
• Cashier
• Project Analyst
• Marketing Manager
• International Trade Analyst for the US Government
• Independent Consultant

Bloggers I’m tagging for this meme…

• David, Angela & Rowan
  
• All About Charlotte
• Gwinn in MN
• You…since I really don’t have any other blog-friends :-)

Hope I did ok on my first meme....