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Monday, March 9, 2015

"The Four"

1. Four names people call me other than my real name:
Masha (it's a Russian thing - pretty much my whole family calls me this) - also Mashka, Mashen'ka, Mashun'ka, etc.
Ria (a nickname my husband used to have for me when we first started dating)
Marie (because apparently it's too close to Maria)
Marcia (go figure)
2. Four jobs I’ve had:
Pharmacy Technician
English Teacher/ Nanny
Grad Student/ Laboratory TA
Postdoctoral Researcher
3. Four movies I’ve watched more than once:
Pulp Fiction
Lord of the Rings (Fellowship)
Bridget Jones (both)
Die Hard (1 + 3)
4. Four books I’d recommend:
PIHKAL/TIHKAL
How to Think Like  a Pancreas
Anything by Dan Brown
Anything by Michael Crichton
5. Four places I’ve lived:
Russia (Siberian plain, Samara on the Volga)
Spain (Madrid)
US (Boston)
US (~Columbus, OH)
6. Four places I’ve visited
Costa Rica
Belize
Amsterdam
France (south)
7. Four things I prefer not to eat:
Pasta (it's the carbs)
"Sweet" salads (e.g. pasta salad, overly sweet potato salad)
That's it - I'm not too picky!
8. Four of my favorite foods:
Eggs (cause of course)!
Eggrolls 
Cheesecake
Coffee
9. Four TV shows I watch:
New Girl
House of Cards
Sherlock
Person of Interest
10. Four things I’m looking forward to this year:
Traveling to Italy
Hiking with my dogs all the time
Morel/mushroom hunting
Relaxing!
11. Four things I’m always saying:
It is what it is
You can do this (I may have stolen this from Laddie but it's true!)
Oh Shit!
Oh Well

8 comments:

  1. Italy is awesome, as are you!!!

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  2. So jealous of going to Italy. Maybe someday I will make it there!

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  3. So jealous of going to Italy.

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  4. I appreciate that you specified Die Hard 1 and 3. Thanks for sharing this.

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  5. Awesome list. Those last two things you say a lot also come out of my mouth a lot too... :)

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  6. I'm totally with you there on the coffee-love! Great list, thanks for sharing it.

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