Friday's Feast

Appetizer: What was your first "real" job?
I'm assuming that "real" doesn't include babysitting or summer jobs like waiting tables or being a camp counselor. That makes it very easy, because I had only one "real" job. A few months after graduating college, I opened up one newspaper, circled one ad, typed up one resume (this was before word processors, thank you very much), had one interview, and got hired. I started off as an editorial assistant and ended up staying at the company for 11 years, moving up the ranks to senior editor. I left the company when it was sold, started freelancing, started having babies, and here I am.

Soup: Where would you go if you wanted to spark your creativity?
The library.

Salad: Complete this sentence: I am embarrassed when...
...I realize that I'm not longer embarrassed to be dressed appropriately for the weather. I'm perfectly happy to look like a total dork with a hood fastened around my face as long as I don't get cold and wet.

Main Course: What values did your parents instill in you?
You work hard, you earn money, you buy what you can afford, you save for later. They never sat me down and talked about it, but I learned by their example.

Dessert: Name 3 fads from your teenage years.
Gosh, this is a tough question. I can't come up with much of anything except for fashion trends, such as they were. Someone, help me—what were the fads in the late '70s?

Comments

[Nancy]

Ooooh! Where to start? There were platform shoes (cork wedges), huge bell bottom pants (we called them elephant pants - so catchy), and the Annie Hall look. Has this been helpful?

[Karen]

Well, I was able to think of lots of fashion trends, but I couldn't think of any real FADS, which I took to mean behavioral things, like Hula Hoops or phonebooth-stuffing or Trivial Pursuit.