4 x 4 Meme

Paul Armstrong kind of tagged me, so here goes:

4 Jobs I’ve Had

Taco Bell (All positions) I started working at Taco Bell as soon as I turned 16 and worked there throughout my high school years. I made tacos, washed dishes, drive thru, made beans (which meant picking out rocks in the beans, rinsing them & then beating them with lard - now they come freeze dried and vegetarian), grilled steak (now it comes in a bag), dressed up as a burrito and handed out coupons at local events, assistant manager, manager and my favorite guacamole vs sour cream wars.
Flyer guy During my Junior summer until the year after I graduated, I delivered concert flyers to the metro Detroit boutiques, record stores and places young people hung out in return for my gas money and +1 to almost any concert or gig in Detroit. You name the alternative/indie band circa 1991-1994 and I probably saw them for free.
Junior Designer I quit college in my Senior year because the internet was exploding and I couldn’t turn down the opportunities and money. I had designed many of the first websites for Wayne State University for work study. I then put a resume out on the web on a Monday and by Friday I had 26 people call me and 14 offers. I took a job as a Junior Web Designer at Mercy Health Systems. I chose them over a startup because I want a job with kick ass health benefits, great pay, 6 weeks paid vacation and opportunities to lead a team. It was fun for the year I worked there and then the startups started offering me way too much money. Oh the good old days!
Creative Director For all my complaining and bitching about my current job, it’s been more good than bad and my team are great people. I’ve had some crazy ass bosses, but working with Zach, Steve, Melanie and Nici for almost 6 years has been great.

4 TV Shows I’m Watching

30 Rock - My favorite current show on TV
Arrested Development - Christie got me the DVDs for my birthday and they are just layered upon layers of goodness that requires multiple viewings
Mad Men - I loved the first season. It was very depressing, but it had amazing writing and acting that made Mad Men very unique. Also, I am a sucker for mid-century modern furniture cuz I am design gay!
Psych - It’s quirky and cute and Christie and I like to watch Monk and Psych. It makes me chuckle.

4 Places I’ve Been

Freihung Nord, Germany When I was a Freshman in High School, my parents packed up the family and we moved to Germany for 2 years. My Dad is a government contractor and he worked and I went to school on a military base. We lived outside the military base in a cool house on a hill in the middle of nowhere. I loved it. We travelled all across Europe while we lived there and got to witness the Berlin Wall falling down while we were there.
Paris, France I have been to Paris about 4 or 5 times now and I love it every time I go. As kids we spent a Christmas there and it was magical. The museums, streets, smells, crepes, attitudes… I love it all
Moscow, Russia I got to go to Russia in my Senior year of High School and what an exciting time it was to be in Russia. Statues of Lenin and Stalin were being taken down and I got to see the old Soviet life with fresh eyes. I will never forget all the concrete and the largeness of everything - it was all “bolshoi” (big).
Florence, Italy Christie and I went to Venice, Florence and Paris for our honeymoon and my favorite time together was in Florence. It was warm in May, we ate so much gelato and walked care-free and checked out the Uffizi Gallery, and strolled on the Ponte Vecchio and the amazing architecture by Brunelleschi.

4 Musical Artists I’m Listening To Right Now