Owlspotting

Raluca convinced me I should participate in this chain letter-like experiment. Others in this chain mentioned tagging, but as long as none of the recent people filling this out actually seemed to join Tagged, I’ll just stick with the chain letter reference.

What were you doing 10 years ago?
I was coming out of some dark times of skipping high school, avoiding expulsion, falsifying doctor’s notes and lying to my family about it. Just a little before all of this came to a head, I had my first kiss (just a few days before actually).

What were you doing 1 year ago?
I was embarking on my most ambitious reporting project yet and working on my master’s project.

Five snacks I enjoy:
1) Bananas
2) Oatmeal raisin cookies
3) White chocolate
4) Brownies
5) Skittles

Four movies I really like:
I like movies way too much to rank them or single out a handful. Four that I’ve seen recently and liked: Cache, Match Point, Broken Flowers & Me and You and Everyone We Know.

Four TV shows I love:
Sex and the City
Six Feet Under
The Daily Show
WWE Raw

Four places I’Â’ve lived:
Bucharest, Romania
Columbia, MO
New York, NY
Washington, DC

Five bad habits:
1) I plan everything
2) I really plan everything
3) Addicted to e-mail
4) Get over-excited about meaningless things
5) Get depressed when the house gets messy

Five things I like doing:
1) Writing
2) Reading my daily newspapers
3) Analyzing the state of the media
4) Playing soccer
5) More analyzing the state of the media

Four places I would rather be right now:
1) Home.
2) Next to my mother.
3) Any place I haven’t yet been to.
4) Actually, my place is just cosy enough.

Five sites I visit daily:
RocketBoom
New York Times
Washington Post
Slate
This one.

Bloggers I’m tagging (a few will do):
Sara
Ben
Elle
Crystal K.