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August 1, 2006
The meme thing
Like my friend Peter Greenaway, I just love lists. Plus I hate to be left out.
A) Four jobs I have had in my life
1. Painter and decorator
2. Teacher
3. Graphic designer
4. Paralegal
B) Four movies I would watch over and over:
1. Sideways
2. The Big Lebowski
3. Some Like it Hot
4. The Shining
C) Four places I have lived:
1. Ota-ku, Tokyo
2. Clapham, London
3. Haymarket, Edinburgh
4. Fitzroy, Melbourne
D) Four TV shows you love to watch: (at the moment)
1. Lost
2. Cook like a Chef
3. No Reservations
4. Anything on Discovery, even the documentaries about sperm
E ) Four places you have been on holiday:
1. Gdansk, Poland
2. Hanoi, Vietnam
3. Hiroshima, Japan
4. Havana, Cuba
F) Websites you visit daily:
1. www.theage.com.au
2. My friends' blogs (John, Jac, Kaori)
3. www.bbc.co.uk
4. www.digg.com
G ) Four of my favourite foods:
1. Chocolate ice-cream
2. Hiroshima-yaki (Okonomiyaki with yakisoba)
3. Kimuchichige
4. Hayashi Rice
H) Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Die Automatenbar in Berlin, sadly gone now
2. Eating Banh Xeo in Hoi An
3. About to start reading The Count of Monte Cristo again.
4. With my mates in Melbourne
Posted by Marcus at August 1, 2006 5:59 AM
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Comments
Aww, shucks, I make it onto your list. I´ve gone all pink faced now.
Posted by: jac at August 1, 2006 10:16 PM
Me too. More about the documentaries on sperm, though.
Posted by: John at August 2, 2006 11:04 AM
Re. sperm. Apparently they can have this protien which is sensitive to smell. The theory goes that they actually use this to navigate. Actually, Jac may know something about this as she's the bio-chemist ;-)
Posted by: Marcus at August 2, 2006 2:16 PM
I´m afraid sperm navigation isn´t my area of expertise...but I had a quick look at pubmed and found you this
Posted by: jac at August 2, 2006 8:04 PM
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16619222&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum
Posted by: jac at August 2, 2006 8:04 PM
Thanks for that, Jac. You're comments on sperm are greatly appreciated! :-)
Posted by: Marcus at August 3, 2006 12:21 AM
Yes, well, the nerd in me is difficult to surpress.
Posted by: jac at August 3, 2006 8:22 PM