I picked up these questions from Alison at the fabulous Writing Wishing blog. So here is a bit about me. Grab the questions at the end of the post and play along if you want.
Four names that people call me, other than my real name.
Clara (most times this is what people seem to hear when I tell them my name in this country, I blame accent confusion)
MUUUUUUUUM!
Clare Bear was the nearest I got to a nickname.
Clack (I honestly once got a coffee in Starbucks and this was written on the cup as my name!)
Four jobs I have had (not counting current jobs)
Usher at Nottingham Playhouse.
Saturday girl at Lincoln Box Office.
Bell Ringer at the village church (I think we got 5p per practice and if we rang for a wedding we got 10p!)
Directory Enquiries at British Telecom.
Four movies I have watched more than once
The Incredibles
A Bug’s Life
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Cinema Paradiso
Four books I’d recommend
Where’d You Go Bernadette?
Tell the Wolves I’m Home
The Hive
The Universe versus Alex Woods
Four places I’ve lived.
Lincoln, UK
Nottingham, UK
Ardeche, France (for 3 months in a tent)
St Louis, USA
Four places I have been
Paris, France
London, UK
New York, USA
San Francisco, USA
Four places I would rather be right now.
Lincoln, UK (where my parents live and where I grew up)
Brighton, UK (where my brother and his family live)
Australia (where lots of my online friends live)
Nottingham, UK (where two of my most bestest friends live)
Four things I don’t eat
Peaches (make my mouth itch)
Hazelnuts (see above)
Butter beans
Sun dried tomatoes
Four of my favourite foods
Noodle soup
Thai Curry
Chocolate
Caramel
Four TV shows that I watch
Elementary
Project Runway
The Big Bang Theory
2 Broke Girls
Four things I am looking forward to this year
My birthday which is in a couple of weeks.
Christmas and all the making and baking which goes with it!
Trying a new workout on indoor surfboards (you will hear all about it this week!)
Snow and lots of it!
Four things I am always saying
Can you please get off the XBox?
When are you getting off the XBox?
Why did I come into this room?
How long are you going to be on the Xbox?
Fancy a go? Copy the blank list below and consider yourself tagged!
Four names that people call me, other than my real name.
Four jobs I have had (not counting current jobs)
Four movies I have watched more than once
Four books I’d recommend
Four places I’ve lived.
Four places I have been
Four places I would rather be right now.
Four things I don’t eat
Four of my favourite foods
Four TV shows that I watch
Four things I am looking forward to this year
Four things I am always saying
Clare Davis Etheridge 
This is a great way to find out more about you! The other day I was called “Keiran” instead of Karen at Gloria Jeans – did I somehow pick up a New Zealand accent by mistake? I might have to do these questions as a blog post, a bit like a variation on Taking Stock x
I think I will do another taking stock at the end of the month or beginning of December. I like these posts on other blogs and I like to write them too!