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What you wanted to be when you grew up versus what you actually are......
As many children's do my aspirations changed numerous times over the years........
I wanted to be.....
a ballerina
an elementary school teacher
a writer
a photographer
the owner of a clothing shop
I am/ have been.....
a photoshop artiste' (current)
a set designer
a make-up artist
a sandwich artist (Quiznos AND Subway yo yo!)
a stripper
a pornographer
homeless
a receptionist
I Still plan on being......
a photographer
an artiste' for life :-)
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Re: What you wanted to be when you grew up versus what you actually are......
as a child I wanted to be the antichrist
as an adult I'm just a cynic
Butter up da Goat
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I wanted to to be an astronaut
I still dream of the stars, and have my head in the clouds.
Senior Member
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When I grew up?? My attempts at "growing up" have been futile. I can pretty much succeed at anything I try, but I would prefer just to grow old rather than up. I believe in responsibility, but you have to change course when you lose a passion for what you're doing.
A Veterinarian for the record.
What did I do? Everything I set out to (and I bit I didn't)
What next? Stay tuned.
OEC
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i wanted to be a badass... and i am... and then i realized that violence sucks. what a fucking waste of my time. if i'd devoted as much time to fucking as i did to fighting, i'd probably be alot happier...
...then again, i've got the death touch thing, and that's pretty cool... so, you know...
...i also wanted to be an artist... went to art school, wanted to kill everyone in sight.
a sword smith... making swords is tre cool... but expensive, and pointless if you're trying to make a living.
a mad scientist-still working on that one... i've got me so many plans... and get a suprising number of them done... mostly i like working with the mind right now, lucid dreaming is the current project.
let's see what have i done with myself?
the badass thing-pointless, but somehow gratifying. i wouldn't have been happy if i hadn't wasted all that time to figure out what a waste of time it was.
infinite shit jobs-no fun.
school (college)l-8 years, no end in sight.
writer-still writin'
veggie chef-ya'll are insane, i'm not making anymo' food for ya'll.
roadie-i will kill rockstars dead.
insane person- i don't recommend it, at least get paid foryour efforts.
art-only for me... mine. not for your.
currently el slacko best shit job ever-part time hours full time pay--- awaiting inspiration from the mothership, and tryin' to get rich...
reader- i've read a ton of really cool books. yay reading...
meh.
although i've wasted alot of time, i've gotten alot done that only has subjective value, i really enjoy dreams, and dreaming... i want to be a better dreamer.
i suppose i would like to contribute a bit to the advance of the human condition... and i have a few ideas about how to do that... but being a misanthrope, i'm just as likely to strangle folks as help them out...
now i ramble
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Re: What you wanted to be when you grew up versus what you actually are......
I thought about being a vet which sort of came true since I have a lot of pets & have learned to keep after most of their needs on my own since real vets aren't cheap.
I also considered law, as a judge which again I have gotten my satisfaction in life having the last laugh more than once & having full opportunity to judge certain people. However, nothing official like Judge Judy or anything.
I thought about forensic anthropology but when I realized it would have been a lot of teaching & ran from it. Academia people are insane!
So now I am....
A BDSM professional, fashion designer, model, business lady and receptionist.
Not what my folks would have hoped for I take care of myself & I am happy which is more than most people can say for their lives.
Exiled
Re: What you wanted to be when you grew up versus what you actually are......
Wanted to be:
Musician,
DJ,
underground famous,
entrepreneur
What I am/have been:
Musician,
DJ,
entrepreneur
homeless as well,
Apathetic Voter
Re: What you wanted to be when you grew up versus what you actually are......
is homeless an occupation? or just the consequence of not having one? either way, I want to be a career bum/ scam artist.
Also inheritor of previously unknown millionaire relative is up there too.
when I was a kid I wanted to be a ninja. I'm pretty sure I always knew that worked sucked and wasn't for me.
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Re: What you wanted to be when you grew up versus what you actually are......
Squatter is an occupationOriginally Posted by Morning Glory
OEC
Crazy Art Kitten
Re: What you wanted to be when you grew up versus what you actually are......
I wanted to be and artist
I'm an artist
Senior Member
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absolutely!!Squatter is an occupation
OEC
Apathetic Voter
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I was going to do that, but I have too much stuff that's hard to move. and well things like lugging around a library just doesn't lend well to that lifestyle.Squatter is an occupation
OEC
maybe in places like europe where they have communites of dozens of people living and working together for years... but facing the constant threat of condemend building hazards/ no utilities, drug users, high school kids getting drunk, landlord eviction, bull dozers, cops busting in... eh.
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You could get around most of those in the Bay Area until fairly recently. There is a squat called "The Chateau" in Berkeley that has been around since the days of Crimpshrine and Op. Ivy. I don't recommend it, but it is definitely a full-time profession. Real problems are stuff like drugs, dead roommates, and drug raids. I'll pay the coin to avoid that. Plus just dealing with all the people. bleh.
OEC
just is
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the chateau is gone. it was sold about 18 months ago if not longer..... rip chateau in berkeley... i lived there for a while... btw, it was never a "squt" it was a collective. people piad rent, and lived collectivlly.... i know, i lived there.... but yeah, alot of cool folks passed though.
just is
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on the subject of the topic: i think i hav'nt grown up yet... take that as you will, but i have lived out most of my dreams..... i guess now i have to live out my new dreams... things change, y' know?
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Damn that sux. I was at the Ellsworth House for a bit. Mostly was in Sonoma County at the time. There were a few houses which were informal collectives there. It's all gone now. I'll save the SF rooftops story for another time.
OEC
Senior Member
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I'm in exactly the same place. It's exciting at least. Better to live as one dreams.
OEC
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I wanted to be a Scientist, Archeology and Geology, traveling the world in between my Movie/Theatre roles while my husband stayed at home with our two childeren and made sure my world-class paintings were safe and sound.
Heh.
RedHead Admirer Supreme!
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As a child, I wanted to be: an Astronaut; a Cyborg; an Archeologist; a Judge (as in Judge Dredd); a TimeLord; a Person that doesn't stammer
As an adult, I've been: Unemployed; a Civil Servant (in various roles, generally Dogsbody); a Husband; a Person that still stammers
I'd still like to be: a TimeLord; a Judge; and Astronaut
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as a child i wanted to be: a journalist, an author,a teacher, a nun (which really shocks most people) and a mother/housewife (probably wanting to be like my nana)
at the moment i am simply a literature student. i don't know what path to choose afterwards. On an everyday basis i act like the housewife i aspired to be though, i cook every meal for me and my boyfriend and generally potter around the house doing housey-cleany things. Perhaps after i finish my 3 year degree i will start another one learning to teach!
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The notion that we'd have personal computers and therefore a market to develop for software systems was speculative science fiction when I was a kid.
Computers existed, but they were few and far between and it was thought to be a career only for mathematicians, and only a few.
I wanted to be an actor.
Saper Aude
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Wanted to be a...
Highschool Teacher
Police Officer
Fireman
Park Ranger
And right now..i'm going to school for criminal justice so hopefully I can bcome a police officer
Re: What you wanted to be when you grew up versus what you actually are......
well i wanted too be
astronaut
musician
palentolgist
architect
hit man
bounty-hunter
mad scientist
evil hench man
mad dictator
evil genuis
artist
composer
a-tree
airline pilot
actor
Macguyver
Chuck Norris
Bruce Lee
Cook
Ships captain
pirate
worlds greatest Gigolo
inventor,,,,hum there;s like alot more but ,i;ll just stop there ,
right now im a retired disabled veteran, with big dreams and a paint brush ,and a mouse .
Queen of all Fatassia.
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Things I wanted to be:
Burlesque star a la Lottie the Body and Gypsy Rose Lee
In a jazz band
The hostess of Soul Train
Lounge singer
Pro Cheerleader (not sports teams, the kind that train other cheerleaders and run camps)
Bass player in a hardcore band
Forensic Anthropologist
Writer
Belly Dancer
What I have done (and gotten paid for)
Stripper
Lead singer/Baritone sax player in a swing show band
Phone sex operator/billing agent
Telecommunications network analyst
Fit model
Hair model
Kept woman
Working on the belly dancer.
Um...that's all I can think of.
Ceci n'est pas une pirate
Re: What you wanted to be when you grew up versus what you actually are......
i just wanted to not be poor, so far so good
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I had always thought as a child I wanted to be:
A cop
An assassin
A rock star
A doctor
A coroner
A porn star (seriously, I actually told a teacher in 3rd grade)
A martial arts actor
and others...
What I actually ended up doing over the years since:
Dept. of Corrections officer
Bail bondsman/Bounty hunter
as well as Competition Pistol Marksman
Owner/operator recording studio in Detroit
as well as Roadie/Transportation for several
groups on several world tours and Club DJ
EMT/ER tech
Morgue tech
Owner/operator adult bookstore
as well as armature porn director/actor
Brown belt in several arts, including Shin Su Ryu,
Ichi-Ryu and various other empty hand and weapon
techniques/styles.
and other jobs besides....
What I do now:
Professional Slacker and General Layabout
Porn Collector
Computer Hacker/Builder/Tech
Writer/Photographer/Videographer
What I plan to do:
Get Paid
Retire in Amsterdam with Muse and own a coffeeshop
Re: What you wanted to be when you grew up versus what you actually are......
I wanted to be a writer and then an actor. The second ain't gonna happen, the first is enough to keep me from hunger.
RedHead Admirer Supreme!
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I think it's also safe to say I'd like to be a werewolf.
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and things ive done ,
usher
projectionist
cashier
gas station attendant
gardener
air cargo specialist
plumber <journeyman
industrial maintenance
truck driver
hydroponics specialist
rhythm guitar in a band
lead singer
assistant production manager
general maintenance
bartender
there some little jobs and stuff in between some jobs , but screw all that...
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oh and i roadie;ed for 5 yrs ,,,
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What I have done:
bouncer, photographer, artist, protocol officer (dealing with the UKian Royal Family), tattoo apprentice, software engineer, bookseller, computer salesperson
Senior Member
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I think owning a bookstore would be bliss. Maybe have a little coffee shop. Just a relaxing place for people to browse and read. I love being able to find stuff online, but sometimes u miss that hunt for the elusive tome in some musky old bookstore. U wouldn't make much cash I'd imagine, but you'd have something really awesome if u did it right.
OEC
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Being a bookseller is damn hard. The big box places and Amazon have stuck a giant cock right up the ass of the little indy bookshop.I think owning a bookstore would be bliss. Maybe have a little coffee shop. Just a relaxing place for people to browse and read. I love being able to find stuff online, but sometimes u miss that hunt for the elusive tome in some musky old bookstore. U wouldn't make much cash I'd imagine, but you'd have something really awesome if u did it right.
OEC
There is a way to make money at it, but it involves getting women to trade in romance novels.
Senior Member
Re: What you wanted to be when you grew up versus what you actually are......
I figured as much. I'd probably try something whacked like have a bookstore/venue/coffeeshop/whatever else to keep it all afloat. It's not on my current agenda, but I think it'd be fun if u could somehow stay in business.
OEC
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Problem is, OEC, it won't.
Senior Member
Re: What you wanted to be when you grew up versus what you actually are......
One can dream. I know you've been there so ... It's not something I've ever contemplated in any practical sense. How does the romance novel gig work though?
OEC
Re: What you wanted to be when you grew up versus what you actually are......
Simple.
Get romance paperback novels (Mills and Boon, Harlequin type) and sell em used for 50% off, 20% off that price with trade in, trades must be newer than two months old.
Once the book is older than that, toss em out at 5 for a buck, don't accept em back.
Senior Member
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Man, that's kinda depressing in a way. Gotta do what u gotta do I s'pose.
OEC
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That was the only thing keeping us afloat. Romance novels are like teh crack.
Saper Aude
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** oh and in highschool I wanted to open my own porno webpage and shoot videos. I think my craziest moment was asking a girl who just turned 18 in my art class if she'd ever considered a career in adult film. I planned on making her my opening star >_>.
-doot..doot..doot-
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