Four on the floor!

[zrath]

Ganked from pelzig, who ganked it from someone else, and I swear I did this meme a year ago or more already!!

4 jobs I've had:
Security guard
Game tester
Messenger/courrier
Used jeans exporter

4 places I have lived:
La Madeleine, France
Marseille, France
Sherman Oaks, CA
West Hollywood, CA

4 TV shows I love to watch:
Smallville
Futureweapons
Modern Marvels
Mail Call

4 places I've been on vacation:
Seattle, WA
Florence, Italy
Marrakech, Morocco
Fréjus, France

4 favorite foods:
In-N-Out Double Double (animal style no pickles)
Pasta with marinara and shredded Italian cheeses
Filet mignon (well done)
High quality ice cream (Ben & Jerry's, for example)

4 places I'd rather be right now:
In bed
On a beach in Hawaii, in the water
In a helicopter, flying somewhere
On the road, behind the wheel of a large sedan with a big banger

Comments

[paka.livejournal.com]

You know... there was a really good bakery back in San Antonio called "La Madeleine." What's the actual place like?

[zrath.livejournal.com]

Well, La Madeleine is a sleepy little suburb North of Lille.
The bakery was most likely named after the "Madeleine" cakes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine).
Tasty little buggers!

[zrath.livejournal.com]

Here's some info about my hometown of Lille (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lille), in case you're interested.

(I need a Fleur-De-Lys icon)

[paka.livejournal.com]

Pretty place! I'd really love to go to France someday.

[dagoski.livejournal.com]

Just how profitable was the used jeans export business? It sounds one of those things you wished you'd thought of.

[zrath.livejournal.com]

Well, my dad and I sold used Levi's 501 jeans he bought around L.A. to France.
We didn't deal with the really old, collectible Levi's, we stuck to normal button-fly shrink-to-fits.
We did that for about 3 years and when he passed away in 1991, I continued.
It was fairly profitable during that time, until 1992.
Things got progressively worse as the Japanese started paying more than market value,
and picking only waist sizes 27 through 33, leaving all the 34s and up behind.
Sellers would call to offer me 34s through 44s and I would politely decline.
I only bought the full range: 27 through 44.
Then the Thais showed up and paid even more than the Japanese, and took sizes 27 through 32.
It was a flippin' nightmare.
I tried diversifying with color jeans and corduroys, but things continued to worsen.
After my mom passed away in 1995, I gave up completely.