The Hickensian

24.01.06 Four Things

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Beware. Memes.

Four jobs I’ve had in my life

Litter Picker at the Royal Show
Junior Designer for Coventry City Council Leisure Services
Designer for UCCF
Managing Designer for Heinemann

Four movies I can watch over and over

The Italian Job (As far as I’m concerned, there is ONLY ONE)
Star Wars: A New Hope
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Elizabeth.

Four places I have lived

Leamington Spa (my home town)
Blackpool, Lancashire
Windermere, The Lake District
Leicester

Four TV shows I love to watch

Doctor Who
Look Around You
Grand Designs
Anything with Bill Bailey

Four places I have been on vacation

Paris, France
Rhodes, Greece
Galway, Ireland
Galloway, Scotland

Four of my favourite dishes

Thai Green Curry
Paella
Scrambled Eggs on toast
Peanut butter on hot buttered crumpet.

Four websites I visit daily

Four places I would rather be right now

In a seafood restaurant with Leigh, sans children
Boston
Stockholm
Bed

Four bloggers I am tagging

Sorry.

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No.1

∞ Siobhan Curran said 1513 days ago:

You lived in Windermere?!

I used to live in Ambleside…

No.2

∞ Paul said 1513 days ago:

Hi Jon,

I thought I had read somewhere that you were from Leamington! Not that I am (forgive the excitement at such a revelation), but having designed a lot of sites for estate agents situated there I kind of feel a connection! That and I was there at the weekend, but thats not important right now…!

Do your Leamington roots mean you class yourself a ‘Midlander’?! If so I know a few people who would like it if you did !

No.3

∞ Dave said 1513 days ago:

Grand designs r00ls

No.4

∞ Ryan Sims said 1513 days ago:

Boston, eh? You can crash at my place.

No.5

∞ Stuart Frisby said 1513 days ago:

YAY! for Leamington/Coventry, I’m from Nuneaton myself, but all my family are from Coventry!

No.6

∞ Sarah said 1513 days ago:

Interesting, why Boston? Not that it’s at all a bad place. I just moved there (here?) from Oxford for a job and have been missing England desperately. Think of the cheese, Jon!

No.7

∞ Fabian De Rango said 1513 days ago:

doctor who, what a classic

No.8

∞ G.Lindqvist said 1513 days ago:

Stockholm! SwedenÂ´s beautiful capital city. Me like! ;)

No.9

∞ lowell said 1513 days ago:

Sorry to disagree, but I absolutely hated the old Italian Job, the ending was just terrible. The new one was so much better.

No.10

∞ Matias said 1513 days ago:

I had lived in less than four places. And I don’t watch tv. My life’s a bore.

No.11

∞ Simon said 1513 days ago:

Brrrr! It’s really cold here in Sweden, in Stockholm it’s berable but in the south it’s -16 degrees Celcius in the nights. Brrrr!

No.12

∞ Arie said 1513 days ago:

The Italian Job (As far as Iâ€™m concerned, there is ONLY ONE)

Finally someone on my side, someone who can look beyond Charlize Theron. The original was plain and simple UK vs Italy. In the football match, the English robbers against the Italian police, Mini vs. Alfa. The remake lacked coherence. German (yes, the new Mini is just a BWM 2 series) cars with a English name taking revenge in the USA for something that happend in Italy.

No.13

∞ David said 1513 days ago:

Hi Jon

Interesting, I lived in Windermere for a while, went to Blackpool College and was the location agent for much of the Elizabeth film (Cate Blanchett is lovely, Eric …).

Tend to haunt the Shiira forum more than the Camino… Blade Runner!!

No.14

∞ David said 1513 days ago:

Y’know … I’d never heard of 3hive.com before … now I’ve been downloading tracks from them for the past 30 minutes. I’ve got work to do, you know. Good stuff.

No.15

∞ trovster said 1513 days ago:

Well, I live 5 minutes from ROYAL Leamington Spa. You forgot that part Jon! Quite a nice town, very stylish town centre.

No.16

∞ Chris Neale said 1513 days ago:

Boston, Massachusetts presumably ?

Not PE21.

No.17

∞ Zetetic said 1513 days ago:

I’m not as big a fan of Look Around You since they changed the format from an OU-style parody.

Did you ever get to see Part Troll?

No.18

∞ Dysfunksional.Monkey said 1513 days ago:

I’m with you on Elizabeth – what a great film. I’m not a big fan of period films, but that one captivates me whenever its on. Well worth watching if you’ve never seen it.

No.19

∞ Scott McCracken said 1513 days ago:

I’m curious why you list Boston as one of your favorite cities, Jon. Not because I disagree, but I’m curious what aspects of the city appeal to you the most?

Of all the American cities I’ve had the pleasure of visiting, Boston, MA is my favorite by far. Much of my fascination with the city can be traced to my love of history, which Boston has plenty of. But it is also a small city, with amazing culture, architecture, educational institutions and great sports teams.

I highly recommend a visit, if you’ve never been.

No.20

∞ unwiredbrain said 1512 days ago:

Jon! What about The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean by Giuseppe Tornatore? Just one word: amazing.

And what about having some spaghetti ? If you want some, well, don’t go to the restaurant: come to Italy… ;-)

Anyway, very nice “four things”...

No.21

∞ Chris said 1511 days ago:

A fellow (ex-) Blackpudlian eh, I think you made the right choice in getting the hell out of here though!!

Windermere rocks, its a place for all seasons… Love it, love it, love it!!!

No.22

∞ Emil StenstrÃ¶m said 1511 days ago:

Hey! I’m trying to follow the track backwards here, you can’t just not link to the one who sent the meme to you! ;) (well, except of course… if you made it… did you?)

No.23

∞ Jon Hicks said 1511 days ago:

@ Paul – Yep, I’m a Midlander through and through!

As for the Boston and Stockholm thing -these are 2 places I’ve never been to, but really want to visit. Especially the whole New England in the Fall thing. After that would be Canada.

Sorry Emil, I’ll update the post.