Paul, at The Struggling Writer, posted this meme, and since I’ve been struggling with weblog inspiration lately, I figured I’d have a go at it as well.

1. What were you doing 10 years ago?

This time of the year, ten years ago, I was graduating from grade ten. As it’s currently 11:00pm right now, I was probably wasting away with some friends in Denny’s, drinking coffee, and whining about having to get up in the morning for my soccer match.

2. 5 things on your to-do list for tomorrow

1. Clean the apartment.
2. Try to recover from my face-mutilating sunburn.
3. Donate some old clothes.
4. Visit the farmer’s market.
5. Finish the book I’m reading.

3. What would you do if you were a billionaire?

Travel, travel, and more travel. It would be amazing to just take off, travel around the globe, spend as much time in each place as I’d like, and not have to worry about running out of money or getting back to work.

4. What are three of your bad habits?

1. I hit the snooze button on the alarm clock about five times in the morning.
2. I waste way too much time reading random articles and weblog postings while procrastinating more productive activities.
3. I spend way too much money eating out.

5. What are some snacks you enjoy?

• Potato chips are my guilty pleasure.
• Strange, smelly cheeses on crackers.
• I’ve been trying to eat more fresh fruit as a snack lately.
• Smoked almonds.
• I’m addicted to pickled beets right now. I know, I’m strange. I’ll eat them as a snack, or a side-dish, or in salads. I probably go through two jars a month.
• Anything deep-fried, really.

6. What were the last five books you read?

1. Long Way Down by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman
2. Can-Cans, Cats & Cities of Ash by Mark Twain
3. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
4. Guilty Pleasures by Laurell Hamilton
5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling

I’ve unfortunately been in a huge reading slump for the last few months.

7. What are five jobs you have had?

1. Java Developer
2. Paperboy
3. Systems Analyst
4. Concession stand cashier/fry cook
5. Senior Account Executive (which is just a fancy name they gave us on front line phone support)

8. What are five places where you have lived?

1. Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
2. Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada
3. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
4. Parksville, British Columbia, Canada
5. Puch, Salzburg, Austria

Paul also handed off this Arte Y Pico award thingie to me the other day, which was very kind of him. I’m not a huge fan of weblog awards that specify you link back to the original creator, as they’re basically a massive, viral marketing campaign for the original weblog, but I’m fully in support of providing links to weblogs you enjoy reading, so here are my five picks:

1. One Man Blogs
2. The Man Who Couldn’t Blog
3. What’s New, Pussycat?
4. Eat Alice
5. Paul Graham’s Essays