If you could be anything in the world, what would you be?
By pangeacat
@pangeacat (619)
United States
April 24, 2008 9:52pm CST
For me, this is a tough question. I have such difficulty figuring out what I "want to be when I grow up."
But, after much deliberation, I think I'd like being an anthropologist (and, even more specifically, an Egyptologist) most. Of course, a child psychologist and/or professional fiction author also head up the list. As does teacher, come to think of it.
Okay, fine, so maybe I still have some narrowing down to do! How about you? Do you have a clear idea what you'd most like to do, if you could do anything?
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@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
25 Apr 08
Well, a professional (science) fiction writer would probably head my list, but a job that I don't think I would've ever dreamed of as a child is one that I might have really enjoyed would be either a typographic map maker or a geologist. I really think I'd've enjoyed either or both of those jobs.
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@pangeacat (619)
• United States
25 Apr 08
I've been trying to write more science fiction lately. It's one of my absolute favorite genres (the others being closely related; fantasy and horror). I just can't seem to get on the ball with a good story line that I find interesting enough to write about.
I think one of my main problems is that all the stories I can think of are around novella length, which is highly unpublishable. *sigh*
One of these days though! One of these days, I AM going to finish the two books I have currently in production and I AM going to have them published, one way or another! *crossing fingers, knock on wood*
Good luck to both of us on that!
Geology and typography sounds interesting. I don't think that I could do it, but if you're inclined to that kind of work, that must be terribly interesting. And, hey, "Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life."
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@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
25 Apr 08
I didn't discover this love for geology until about 20 years ago - and I'm in my 50's now and don't think I could do it, but I like reading about it.
I went to an airshow once and got a ride on a small plane, it was just high enough that I could almost see those typographic rings on the ground - well, Texas is good for that kind of viewing.
Oh well, I'm now semi-retired - heck - some people go back to college and become lawyers, wish I could afford to go back....
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@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
25 Apr 08
My dream will always be a Private Detective, though at this point it may be cheaper for me just to go to a racing college and be a racer when I "grow up".
I'm already an artist, or so people tell me, so I figure that's something I can always fall back on in case of the two careers mentioned above, don't work out so well.
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