Four things tag
Jan. 29th, 2018 10:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
birdienlI've been tagged by Carissa from Musings of an Introvert.
Four jobs I've had:
1. PhD student/researcher
2. Administrative assistent (multiple times)
3. Bookstore employee (for exactly one week...)
4. Cleaning lady
Four things I don't eat:
1. Non-organic (or non-free range) meat: a few years ago I decided to take my own feelings about how animals are treated in the meat industry seriously and go organic-only
2. (Hardly any) tuna: I do really like tuna, but it's very much endangered by overfishing. So there are only a few brands, with a reliable sustainability story, that I do buy and then only once in a while
3. Spicy food: I'm very old-fashioned in this regard, I really don't like my food with more than a hint of spice!
4. Coffee: I've never gotten 'into' coffee, give me a fresh cup-of-tea any time of the day!
Four places I've lived:
1. Friesland, the Northernmost province of The Netherlands (two different homes)
2. Zeist, about the middle of The Netherlands (one building, 4 different rooms/appartments)
3. Ede, The Netherlands (a stint of a few weeks at a friend's house, when I was in-between rooms in Zeist)
Castle 'Slot Zeist' in my city of Zeist
Four of my favourite foods:
1. Chocolate! (one of my current favourite flavors is dark with a hint of seasalt)
2. Sushi (have to agree with Carissa on this one!)
3. Cheese (in many sorts and shapes, I always say: 'I could be a vegetarian if I chose to, but being vegan and missing cheese would be too hard')
4. Salmon (something I often order at restaurants)
Four movies I've watched more than once:
1. Dirty Dancing
2. Lord of the Rings
3. You've got mail
4. First Knight (my absolute favourite movie as a teenager)
Four TV shows I watch:
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Arrow
3. Call the Midwife (so happy the new season has started!)
4. Legends of Tomorrow
Four things I'm looking forward to this year:
1. Getting myself a job....
2. Getting my driver's license (if only I can figure out how to drive on these busy big-city roundabouts...)
3. Maybe visiting a friend of mine in New York, where she and her husband are living for a year
4. Getting myself a new Medieval dress (somethings I promised myself I will do once I get a job)
Four things I can't live without (just focusing on the material here, because God, family and friends goes without saying)
1. Tea!
2. The internet (it's a sad truth, but haven't we all become so dependent on it...)
3. Books
4. My bike (it gets me everywhere and when I have a flat tire, I realize once again how much I need it for my daily live)
Four places I've visited:
1. Edinburgh, Scotland
2. York, England
3. Prague, Czech Republic
4. Rome, Italy
Four pet peeves:
1. People talking in the silence areas of the train (yes, we have silence areas in the train in The Netherlands and it can be heavenly for a good read. If people actually keep silent....)
2. People buying plastic bags in the supermarket (I always feel the urge to ask: 'How many of those bags do you have at home? You know you can re-use them?' I never do though...)
3. People not changing the toilet roll when the old one is empty
4. Certain spelling mistakes
Four things I wish I could do:
1. Call strangers without getting anxious (might come in handy for job searching)
2. Bake (I've always been much better at cooking than baking)
3. Sow (I'm a little bit jealous at my swordfighting friends who are able to make their own costumes)
4. Speed-read (would be great getting through ALL the books I want to read!)
I know I could learn to do 2. and 3., I just wish I had more of a natural inclination for it
Four subjects I studied at school:
1. Infection and Immunity
2. Genetics
3. Hormonal regulation
4. Scientific writing
Four things near me right now:
1. A cup of tea (obviously!)
2. A bar of chocolate (obviously!)
3. Two potted amaryllis bulbs
4. A magazine I was reading while my computer was updating
Wonderful brand of Dutch fair-trade chocolate. Also for sale on the West Coast of the USA, has any of you ever seen/bought this one?
Four jobs I've had:
1. PhD student/researcher
2. Administrative assistent (multiple times)
3. Bookstore employee (for exactly one week...)
4. Cleaning lady
Four things I don't eat:
1. Non-organic (or non-free range) meat: a few years ago I decided to take my own feelings about how animals are treated in the meat industry seriously and go organic-only
2. (Hardly any) tuna: I do really like tuna, but it's very much endangered by overfishing. So there are only a few brands, with a reliable sustainability story, that I do buy and then only once in a while
3. Spicy food: I'm very old-fashioned in this regard, I really don't like my food with more than a hint of spice!
4. Coffee: I've never gotten 'into' coffee, give me a fresh cup-of-tea any time of the day!
Four places I've lived:
1. Friesland, the Northernmost province of The Netherlands (two different homes)
2. Zeist, about the middle of The Netherlands (one building, 4 different rooms/appartments)
3. Ede, The Netherlands (a stint of a few weeks at a friend's house, when I was in-between rooms in Zeist)
Castle 'Slot Zeist' in my city of Zeist
Four of my favourite foods:
1. Chocolate! (one of my current favourite flavors is dark with a hint of seasalt)
2. Sushi (have to agree with Carissa on this one!)
3. Cheese (in many sorts and shapes, I always say: 'I could be a vegetarian if I chose to, but being vegan and missing cheese would be too hard')
4. Salmon (something I often order at restaurants)
Four movies I've watched more than once:
1. Dirty Dancing
2. Lord of the Rings
3. You've got mail
4. First Knight (my absolute favourite movie as a teenager)
Four TV shows I watch:
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Arrow
3. Call the Midwife (so happy the new season has started!)
4. Legends of Tomorrow
Four things I'm looking forward to this year:
1. Getting myself a job....
2. Getting my driver's license (if only I can figure out how to drive on these busy big-city roundabouts...)
3. Maybe visiting a friend of mine in New York, where she and her husband are living for a year
4. Getting myself a new Medieval dress (somethings I promised myself I will do once I get a job)
Four things I can't live without (just focusing on the material here, because God, family and friends goes without saying)
1. Tea!
2. The internet (it's a sad truth, but haven't we all become so dependent on it...)
3. Books
4. My bike (it gets me everywhere and when I have a flat tire, I realize once again how much I need it for my daily live)
Four places I've visited:
1. Edinburgh, Scotland
2. York, England
3. Prague, Czech Republic
4. Rome, Italy
Four pet peeves:
1. People talking in the silence areas of the train (yes, we have silence areas in the train in The Netherlands and it can be heavenly for a good read. If people actually keep silent....)
2. People buying plastic bags in the supermarket (I always feel the urge to ask: 'How many of those bags do you have at home? You know you can re-use them?' I never do though...)
3. People not changing the toilet roll when the old one is empty
4. Certain spelling mistakes
Four things I wish I could do:
1. Call strangers without getting anxious (might come in handy for job searching)
2. Bake (I've always been much better at cooking than baking)
3. Sow (I'm a little bit jealous at my swordfighting friends who are able to make their own costumes)
4. Speed-read (would be great getting through ALL the books I want to read!)
I know I could learn to do 2. and 3., I just wish I had more of a natural inclination for it
Four subjects I studied at school:
1. Infection and Immunity
2. Genetics
3. Hormonal regulation
4. Scientific writing
Four things near me right now:
1. A cup of tea (obviously!)
2. A bar of chocolate (obviously!)
3. Two potted amaryllis bulbs
4. A magazine I was reading while my computer was updating
Wonderful brand of Dutch fair-trade chocolate. Also for sale on the West Coast of the USA, has any of you ever seen/bought this one?
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Date: 2018-02-12 04:03 am (UTC)I'm with you, I also don't like spicy foods! Which considering where I'm from is slightly scandalous but what can I say, I just like bland things better! :P
As ever I'm super jealous of all the beautiful architecture in our city and your country! I'm drooling! *_*
I've never seen Dirty Dancing! I guess I should fix that!
I haven't watched this season of Call the Midwife! I've heard it's been dark and I just can't handle abuse storylines... Do you think it's been darker so far this season?
I also hate talking on the phone... It's always so awkward. :/
I don't think I've ever seen that chocolate around but if it's gluten free I will have to check it out! :)
I hope you are doing well and I wish you the best with your job search! I am still praying! <3
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Date: 2018-02-13 03:18 pm (UTC)Dirty Dancing is fun and catchy, though also very camp and rather physical. Still, the songs and dances are epic, I believe it's one of those movies you 'should have seen at least once'.
I'm not sure if CtM is darker now than it was in the previous season. My mum was watching the early seasons on Netflix recently and there was a good number of dark storylines then as well. There hasn't been any abuse this season so far, but some very sad illness-related storylines.
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Date: 2018-02-15 11:17 pm (UTC)I will put it on my list :)
Ah, ok. I guess I just haven't been in the right headspace to tackle it this season, even if it's on the same level as previous seasons.