Four Things

Ahh, missprofe hath tagged me, and I must respond. I will have to vary this a bit, since one of the prompts does not apply to me.

Four Things Meme

Four Jobs I've Had:
Photographer
Classical Radio Station announcer
Wedding musician
Campus ministry intern

Four Movies I Can Watch Over and Over:
Roxanne
Princess Bride
Star Wars- the original, not the ones that turn Darth Vader into a whiny middle school student
Casablanca

Four Musicians or Groups I'm Obsessing About Right Now:
(I had to change this, since I've only lived two places in my life)
Crowded House (new album! new tour!)
Paul Simon
Fountains of Wayne
Andrew Bird

Four TV Shows I Love:
Northern Exposure
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Carol Burnett Show
Mary Tyler Moore Show

Four Places I've Vacationed:
Ireland
Japan
Jamaica
Germany

Four of My Favorite Dishes:
Gyros
Thai Beef Salad
Sushi
Belgian Beef Beer Stew

Four Sites I Visit Daily:
Episcopal Life
Education Wonks
Scheiss Weekly
Education in Texas

Four Places I Would Rather Be Right Now:
Galapagos Islands
County Kerry, Ireland
Japan
Tulsa

Four People I am Tagging:
Polski3
Educat
100 Farmers
5/17

7 things about leadership

Nani (who is the One) tagged me with this meme started by our delightful colleague Miguel Guhlin.

Here's the question: What are 7 qualities we don’t know about you that help you be a leader?

1. Of course the first essential quality of a leader is that they know when to follow. Like the fact that I am doing this meme!

2. I don't let kids (or parents) ruffle my feathers too much.

3. I rarely raise my voice. I growled at the computer today when the program I was running froze up, and half the class jumped because they had never heard that sound come out of my mouth. This is ironic, because I can be really loud.

4. I may not know the answer, but I am always willing to find out.

5. A good leader has to be engaged with the task at hand. I hate it when I have waited to talk to someone and their eyes are darting away, or they're looking at their insanely wasteful administratror playthingsBlackberries or walking away or fiddling with their schtuff. It's rude and demoralizing to do otherwise.

6. I am a perfek prefecshun perfectionist.

7. It's really important to me that I do the best job that I can.