To the power of four, at the request of Lorcan…
Four great movies (but who can stop there?)
Magnolia
Goodfellas
The Hours
Night on Earth
Four favorite musical artists
Crowded House
Ella Fitzgerald
Parliament (etc.)
Indigo Girls
Four jobs
Cashier at Disneyland — I worked at Fantasyland, in the castle! Say what you will about the Mouse, they have fabulous employee training. I had a great introduction to customer service.
Admin assistant, Regional Oral History Office, UC Berkeley — an office almost entirely composed of women. They thought I could do anything, which gave me the confidence to believe I could
Digital library person, UC Berkeley
Program officer, RLG
Four favorite work projects
RedLightGreen
Making of America II (later because METS)
EAD Best Practice Guidelines
Digital Scriptorium
Four variations on the spelling of my name:
Merrillee
Merilee
Merrily
Marylee
Four things to do around the house
Replace windows
Refinish floors
The kitchen must go…
More native plants in the backyard
Four favorite dogs
Lilah (my current)
Dharma Dogma (my first)
Racey (dog-in-law)
Whitney (RIP)
Four things I am really looking forward to
Open Content Alliance work
Trip to New Orleans (Mardi Gras) and Kentucky at the end of this month (caving!)
Burning Man
Seeing my step daughter
Four favorite TV shows*
Sex and the City
The Sopranos
Star Trek
The Simpsons
Four books on MP3 I’ve loved:
Kitchen Confidential
I Am Charlotte Simmons
Dress Your Family in Denim and Corduroy
Moneyball
And who would I like to see follow this up?
Paul, Jerry, Peter, Walt.
Why don’t you have a blog, Roy?
*Weird that these all start with the letter s!
Merrilee Proffitt is Senior Manager andprovides project management skills and expert support to institutions within the OCLC Research Library Partnership.
Your wish is my command.
Betcha thought I wouldn’t do it. Betcha I thought so too. But hey, if it’s good enough for Lorcan, it’s…now, how about the rest of the HangingTogether crew?