Kim Werker

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June 4, 2008

I usually eschew meme tags (I like to blather on my own whim), but since I’ve met Laurie in person and she was so charming, I’ll go for it. But I’ll start with a photo from Salisbury Cathedral, just for kicks. It houses one of the few remaining copies of the Magna Carta; viewing that one piece of vellum that had such a profound influence on the evolution of human society literally brought tears to my eyes. (The photo does not show the Magna Carta, in case you’re squinting trying to find it in the… ceiling. You can’t take photos in the Chapter House that displays the document.)

Ok, meme time.

What was I doing ten years ago?
Ten years ago I had just graduated from university with an honours degree in linguistics and was preparing at the very last minute to go to grad school (what else would a linguistics nerd do?).

Five things on my non-work to do list today.

Go to the bank
Vacuum the living room
Process a few more photos from our trip
Have the heating ducts cleaned
Re-pot some plants

Snacks I enjoy:
I’m forcing myself to learn to like snacking on carrots; Doritos (these are my downfall); peanuts; Twizzlers; Sour Patch Kids.

Things I would do if I was a billionaire:

Hide
or
Live exactly as I do today but try to use the influence of my wealth for good and not evil

Places I have lived:

Brooklyn, NY (Canarsie)
Delmar, NY (suburb of Albany and bane of my adolescence)
Binghamton, NY (see first question, above)
Newark then Wilmington, DE (two years for grad school followed by two of my most depressed years ever; I needed to get out of Delaware)
Vancouver, BC (thankgoodness)

Jobs I have had (in order):

Summer camp counselor
Office lackey (neat aside: Turns out Tara Jon Manning is related to my employer. Fun coincidence to discover, that!)
Ice cream server (lost many a cone in the dipping pot)
University tour guide
University caller of prospective enrollees (cold calling; fun)
More summer camp counseloring (this time with travel camp; saw much of the US this way)
Research lab coordinator
Coordinator of after school program at community center
Director of teen travel camp at same community center (I was a camp counselor till age 24)
Substitute teacher
Brief stint back in grad school (I have a bad attitude and don’t suffer boredom well)
Very bad web designer
And then all the crochet stuff: CrochetMe.com, book author, magazine writer, magazine editor, TV show co-host.

People I want to know more about:
Doris, I want to know more about you (also, I want to initiate you into this blog meme thing).

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Amy J.
June 4, 2008
Kim, I have a picture somewhere (my parent’s house?) of you, Alisa, and Jay eating Doritos in your freshman suite at Bingo–I see not much has changed! I must admit though, with this pregnancy, one of the ‘naughty’ things I allow myself is Doritos (Daniel brought some bizarre flavor to a cookout and we got ‘stuck’ with the extras….or I might have just hidden them so no one would eat them:))
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Amy J.
June 4, 2008
Kim, I have a picture somewhere (my parent’s house?) of you, Alisa, and Jay eating Doritos in your freshman suite at Bingo–I see not much has changed! I must admit though, with this pregnancy, one of the ‘naughty’ things I allow myself is Doritos (Daniel brought some bizarre flavor to a cookout and we got ‘stuck’ with the extras….or I might have just hidden them so no one would eat them:))
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Kim Werker
June 4, 2008
@Amy J.: I remember that! So much so that I’m fairly confident it was during Passover. (Jay’s lasting gift to me: Joni Mitchell. I remember how I was standing [facing the window; he was sitting on my bed] when he played me Ladies of the Canyon in my dorm room that same spring.)
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Kim Werker
June 4, 2008
@Amy J.: I remember that! So much so that I’m fairly confident it was during <*gasp*> Passover. (Jay’s lasting gift to me: Joni Mitchell. I remember how I was standing [facing the window; he was sitting on my bed] when he played me Ladies of the Canyon in my dorm room that same spring.)
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Laurie
June 5, 2008
Yay, thanks for playing along! I, too, have a Doritos weakness, most specifically the Cool Ranch variety. I never allow myself to buy them to have in the house, but at my last job we used to have monthly cookouts in the summer, and I would always buy them for the cookout and then eat the whole bag myself. Naughty.
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Laurie
June 4, 2008
Yay, thanks for playing along! I, too, have a Doritos weakness, most specifically the Cool Ranch variety. I never allow myself to buy them to have in the house, but at my last job we used to have monthly cookouts in the summer, and I would always buy them for the cookout and then eat the whole bag myself. Naughty.
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Molly
June 5, 2008
NO WAY! You went to SUNY Binghamton too? Too funny. I went there, graduated in 1984 (a little earlier than you), majoring in “English, General Literature and Rhetoric” and Poli Sci. Lived in Seneca in College in the Woods!
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Molly
June 4, 2008
NO WAY! You went to SUNY Binghamton too? Too funny. I went there, graduated in 1984 (a little earlier than you), majoring in “English, General Literature and Rhetoric” and Poli Sci. Lived in Seneca in College in the Woods!
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Kim Werker
June 5, 2008
@Molly: Ooh, fun! I lived in Hinman in Roosevelt Hall, and spent a (hellish) year as an RA in Newing in Broome Hall. I took some English, a memorable rhet class my senior year.
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Kim Werker
June 4, 2008
@Molly: Ooh, fun! I lived in Hinman in Roosevelt Hall, and spent a (hellish) year as an RA in Newing in Broome Hall. I took some English, a memorable rhet class my senior year.
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Doris
June 10, 2008
Hey, Kiddo! I have no idea what blog meme is. As long as it doesn’t hurt, I guess I’m fair game. As for being a student in upstate NY, count me. But my time was at least a decade before you guys, I’m certain!
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Doris
June 10, 2008
Hey, Kiddo! I have no idea what blog meme is. As long as it doesn’t hurt, I guess I’m fair game. As for being a student in upstate NY, count me. But my time was at least a decade before you guys, I’m certain!
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