Tagged!
I’ve been tagged by Marina at Perfume-Smellin’ Things (who’s still bemoaning the fact she turned a certain age we do not speak of - please go comment on her blog to cheer her up). This whole tagging thing is kinda fun and brings me back to my teen years. I had a post almost ready but then we had company last night and ended up having too much fun, so no review today, just this.
4 Places I’ve Lived In
Aizkraukle, Latvia (go ahead, try saying it really fast!)
Basildon, UK
Inver Grove Heights, MN
Chicago, IL
4 Places I’d Rather Be Right Now
Riga, Latvia
Aizkraukle, Latvia
Paris - perfume shopping
London - perfume shopping
4 Websites That I Visit Daily
Makeupalley
Ebay
Blogs
Blogs again
4 TV Shows I Enjoy Watching
I don’t have a TV but I’ve seen a few shows on DVD that I loved: Monk, The Office (British in particular), Project Runway, and Seinfeld.
4 Favorite Songs
Always Look On The Bright Side (Monty Python)
Ulybka (a Russian kids’ song about how a smile can transform the world around you)
Southern Sun (Paul Oakenfold)
It Must Have Been Love (Roxette, adored it back in the early 90s)
4 Favorite Foods
Sushi
Blyni (Russian pancakes/crepes)
Dolmas
Pasta with lotsa butter and lotsa cheese
4 Places Where I Feel At Home
Anywhere in Latvia
Chicago
Cute little neighborhood coffee shops (NOT Starbucks!)
Russian grocery stores in Chicago
4 Favorite Perfume Notes of The Moment
Incense
Iris
Tobacco
Coriander
4 Favorite Perfumes Of The Moment
CB I Hate Perfume Pipe Tobacco
Vintage Chanel 22 parfum
Vintage L’Interdit parfum
Guerlain L’Heure Bleu parfum
4 Favorite Perfume Houses
Serge Lutens
Guerlain
Frederic Malle
Hermes
4 Things That I Wish For
A trip home this year
A child
A job I love
Health for my family
4 Favorite Books
The Idiot by Dostoyevsky
Fathers and Sons by Turgenev
Master and Margarita by Bulgakov
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
4 Favorite Quotations
Don’t really have any particular ones I love but after a google search, came up with these that appealed to me:
“Do what you can with what you’ve got wherever you are.” Theodore Roosevelt
“The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.” Thomas Moore
“Never confuse movement with action.” Ernest Hemingway
“The strongest of all warriors are these two - Time and Patience.” Leo Tolstoy
Image source: www.corbis.com (image is totally random, no logic here)
26 comments August 15th, 2006