Chris and I went to Duncan to hang out with some friends we only get to see about twice a year. While we were there I noticed that Amy has a lot of house plants, and then she and Deborah went on and on about their house plants. I have one house plant and we have a tentative relationship, so last night at the last minute I resolved to have more house plants. Today I bought two at Wal-Mart and I replanted one of them in a yellow elephant planter, which has been sitting in the kitchen window with nothing but dried-out nutrient-starved dirt in it for three years. I will keep these new plants alive, dammit! And because I've been tagged by Shelley...

Four Jobs You’ve Had in Your Life: Firework stand cashier, Resident Assistant for the girls' dorm at USAO, switchboard operator (also at USAO), DNA sequencer

Four Movies You Could Watch Over and Over: While You Were Sleeping, Poseidon Adventure, Mulan, Breakfast at Tiffany's

Four Places You’ve Lived: Collinsville, Chickasha, Stillwater, and Oklahoma City (all in Oklahoma).

Four TV Shows You Love to Watch: Lost, Gilmore Girls, My Name is Earl, NOVA

Four Places You’ve Been on Vacation: Hawaii, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Colorado

Four Websites You Visit Daily: Dooce, and all my friends' blogs

Four of Your Favorite Foods: Fried oysters, pizza, Indian food, grapefruit

Four Places You’d Rather Be: Hawaii, France, Italy, Greece

Four Albums You Can’t Live Without: Pretty much anything by Sting, Liz Phair's Whitechocolatespaceegg, Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head, Frou Frou's Details.