Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it's off to Meme we go...

I have been tagged by the charming and irrepressible Utah Savage. Memes are interesting if I'm reading someone else's, but for me to do one is a pain in the ass a great honor. So here goes nothing.

One: What was I doing ten years ago? You're kidding. I can barely remember what I did this last weekend, let alone ten years ago. Oh, well, I'll try. I was living in Chicago with my adorable Doberman/Shepard and working as a travel agent in Evanston. I won my first Opal Award for Excellence as an Aussie Specialist. And I lived in a world where there was a Democrat as President. Oh, and I was training to do the Twin Cities to Chicago AIDS Ride, a 500 mile bicycle ride that raised money for AIDS-Care facilities in and around Chicago and Minneapolis/St. Paul.

Two: Five thing on todays to-do list.

Was I supposed to have a to-do list? Yikes. I KNEW I forgot something.

Pick up my Lipitor. Okay, THAT'S boring, but I have to get it today.

Finish a huge itinerary for the new Australia/New Zealand client, which I really don't want to do because they won't listen to my suggestions.

Pedicure, manicure, eyebrows. I need a visit to the spa, but it ain't gonna be today, so that's on tomorrow's list as well. And the day after. And the day after that, too.

Work on finishing the tank top for Beanie. Yes, I knit. Wanna make something out of it?

drink more water. I never make to-do lists. This is so hard challenging, trying to organize my inner alcoholic.

Three: Things I'd do if I were a Billionaire. I love being a billionaire. Can I be a billionaire forever?

okay, so but I have unlimited money, here goes nothing

I would set up a scholarship at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where I got my BFA. This would be for aspiring female sculptors. I say this because sculpture has been such a Boy's Club for so long, despite some amazing women sculptors.

I would set up a foundation to end world hunger, and would build affordable housing. And if people could not afford that affordable housing, I would let them live there in exchange for work - like, you can't pay the subsidized rent? Okay, then make the garden grow; keep the grounds clean. Live here for free, but help maintain the grounds.

Okay, I would hire a personal trainer, and a cook, and have a tummy tuck. If Oprah can do it, so can I.

I would contribute mightily to AIDS Care, Prevention, and attempts to find a cure. Rather than set up a new foundation, I would fund the best of the existing choices.

and since my funds are unlimited, I would go back to school - I don't know, to learn screenwriting, or something. Hell, it's my fantasy money, right?

Four: Three bad habits?

How to limit, how to limit?

I like to isolate. Yes, it's true. I can go into hiding at the drop of a hat. It's not that I don't like people, it's that I don't like making the effort all the time.

I blog while I should be working. Yes. I do. When I should be paying strict attention to clients, I happily type away, paying no attention to which airline went bankrupt today.

I eat way too damn much, don't get enough sleep, and hate to exercise. So. I have to balance this, so I go boogy boarding, and walk.

Five places I have lived. Hmmmm.

My dad wanted to move us to a Turkey Farm in Zion, Illinois, when I was a kid. Didn't happen.

Glencoe, Illinois

Ithaca, New York

Kibbutz Kfar Blum, Israel

Or Yehuda, a suburb of Tel Aviv, Israel

Chicago, Illinois

Los Angeles, California

Five Jobs

An embarrassment of whatever

I was a waitress for a day. Twice. Got fired both times. Different restaurants.

I worked as a maid and cook at the Guest House on my Kibbutz. My first job in the Travel Business

I sorted and graded apples.

Political Action Coordinator for various Chicago political campaigns

Travel agent

Now comes payback the fun part:

Tagging five unsuspecting bloggers.

Fran

Dusty

Betmo

Coffee Messiah

Lulu Maude

That was painful DELIGHTFUL.