Dilettante’s Ball

I’ve never been one for chain letters. I don’t generally like to impose myself on others (I don’t even like to call people on the phone on account of this… let’s call it a ‘phobia’), so the thought of dragging others into the chain to find more people to drag into the chain seems like an imposition far greater than I deserve to expect of others.

Still, sometimes the moment must rule. Sometimes the tagger is someone that I respect so much, that I cannot be the churl to break the momentum of the chain.

Plus, Peter already answered the call.

So, despite my fears of broadcasting what a knuckledragging neanderthal I actually am, here are my “4 things” (although I’m not sure what rules there are on this):

4 jobs I’ve had:

• Newspaper bundler
• Frozen yogurt slinger
• Pizza Guy
• Parcel Delivery Service Truck Loader

4 instruments I’ve played

• Viola
• Clarinet
• Oboe
• Bass guitar

4 books I regret not having read (but still might)

• Of Mice and Men
• King Lear
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• The Fellowship of the Ring

4 random numbers

• 1
• 6,024
• -93
• 873.975

4 places I’ve lived

• Levittown, PA
• Fort Sanders: Knoxville, TN
• Carroll Gardens: Brooklyn, NY
• Cabbagetown: Atlanta, GA
  

4 movies I catch watch over and over

• Raising Arizona
• This is Spinal Tap!
• Ran
• The Conversation

4 plays I have acted in

• The Elephant Man
• Translations
• Just So Stories
• A Christmas Carol

4 favorite songs

• “I want you” – Elvis Costello
• “Ruby’s Arms” – Tom Waits
• “Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)” – the Arcade Fire
• “Upward Over the Mountain” – Iron & Wine

4 favorite covers

• “Sunday Morning Sidewalk” – Kris Kristofferson – Crooked Fingers
• “Hallelujah” – Leonard Cohen – Jeff Buckley
• “Satisfaction” – Rolling Stones – Cat Power
• “The Unwelcome Guest” – Woody Guthrie – Billy Bragg & Wilco

4 vehicles I have owned (in order)

• ‘85 Dodge Colt (red)
• ‘73 VW Camper (red)
• ‘91 Nissan 4×4 Pickup (red)
• ‘80 Mercedes TD Wagon (avocado)

4 taggees

As I said, I’m no chain letterer.  I felt an obligation to respond due to the source.  Here are some pings, mainly because everything new I learn about them fascinates me, so if they take the ball and run with it — the blogosphere is more enriched by it.

Inkdroid, LibraryCog, One Big Library, Kevin Clarke

There.  I feel free from obligation.