Rowhouse Logic - Breathtaking Inanity

I’m not a fan of the Blog Meme and have lived in dread, for well over a year now, that some sad soul might tag the ragged likes of me. And so it has come to pass. I have been tagged with the always dull and never delightful “meme of fours.� I already know this is going to end badly.

As it turns out, the tagger is one of those popular kids with a website people actually like to visit. Indeed the tagger is something of a militant suburbanite who, I fear, is a good deal tougher than me. This forces me into the awkward position of following the rules widely observed in the middle and high schools of our great nation and bow to the dastardly desires of the popular kids in the vain hope that they might one day look upon me as something more than snot on the wall.

It’s not really a coincidence that this meme tag forces me to live by high school rules, as blog memes generally have a very grammar school scented funk about them. This funk is natural to the medium, because long before there were big influential political blogs, there were overly emotional teenagers writing about how life shattering it is to be dumped by somebody they had been dating for less than a week. Combined with black backgrounds, illegible fonts and lots of god awful suicidal poetry, the rants of recently jilted teenagers are the bedrock of this fine medium - the blog. So it goes.

Four jobs you’ve had in your life: Dishwasher, Line Cook, Law Firm Gopher, Geek Farm Cubicle Fertilizer (current)

Four movies you could watch over and over: Moulin Rouge (If I hear you laugh, this is going to get ugly), Dead Man, Naked Lunch, Primer

Four places you’ve lived: Fairmount, Rittenhouse Square, Bryn Mawr, Washington Square West

Four TV shows you love to watch: This is going to get ugly, because while I probably watch a little too much TV, love is just way too strong a word. Are there really people out there who love the crap on TV? Oh well, here are four things I watch regularly: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Charlie Rose, West Wing and do seven hours of football on Sundays count? Was that a yes? Football it is.

Four places you’ve been on vacation: Pshaw! This militant suburbanite speaks with a forked tongue. Do people go places on vacation? When do they get the time and who pays to send them? Wait. Fuzzy memories from years long forgotten are flooding my brain like so much sewage on a warm Summer’s night: Montreal, London, Bermuda and somewhere in Mexico with a beach and a jungle.

Four websites you visit daily: The Liberal Avenger, Philly, Above Average Jane, Football Outsiders

Four of your favorite foods: Peking Duck, Yellowtail Sashimi, Greek Octopus, Bun Dac Biet

Four places you’d rather be: Nowhere. I like it right here .

Tagged: I’m going to be lazy and name one site with four words in its title – Forever a Square Peg

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