What Did You Really Want To Be When You Grew Up?

[Parche]

I always wanted to be a pilot.....

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

:hi:

[BarenakedLady]

1. Ballerina

[Parche]

8. If You Ballerina Naked For Me

I will take you to Hawaii
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


:woohoo: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

:hi:
:hug:

[BarenakedLady]

30. It wouldn't be a pretty sight

believe me.

[lost-in-nj]

2. An Oceanographer/Marine Biologist

and/or Archeologist...

always thought while I was chasing whales I would find Atlantis
:)


:hi:

lost

[TZ]

38. I too wanted to be a Marine Biologist

slash dolphin trainer slash cetacean specialist (especially after ST IV- the voyage home..I wanted to swim with whales!)

[TexasBushwhacker]

44. Easy to happen, watching lots of Cousteau n/t

[pokerfan]

67. I wanted to pretend to be a Marine Biologist

"The sea was angry that day my friends, like an old man trying to return soup at a deli!"

[nomorenomore08]

3. What's funny is, I never even thought about being a doctor, or an astronaut,

or anything lofty like that. From a very early age I wanted to be a writer - and that's still what I want to be.

[Lorien]

24. Why is being a writer less "lofty" than the other two?

my family is full of doctors, and my cousin dates an astronaut (I'll admit, he is an interesting guy), but my most famous-and happiest-friend is a writer.

:-)

[nomorenomore08]

49. I guess because most writers, with the exception of a famous few, don't make a lot of money.

:)

[Inchworm]

4. Truck Driver or one of those dudes on the flight deck of a Carrier

Done em. Want to do em again though :)





:hi:

[Pierre.Suave]

5. I wanted to be a Fighter Pilot!!

What is not cool about this:

[Cabcere]

6. I'm still trying to figure that out.

:( At various points in my childhood I wanted to be an astronaut, a veterinarian, and a journalist, but now that I'm headed out into the "real world" I have no idea. :(

[unpossibles]

7. I didn't want to grow up

good thing I did something right!

[ghostsofgiants]

9. A Jeep.

[poebango]

80. LOL!

:rofl:

[Deja Q]

10. An actor

[Doc_Technical]

11. A statistic.

[poebango]

81. Even LOLier!

Hee hee... good one!:rofl: :rofl:

[triguy46]

12. For a while:

"Fire up the Songbird, Penny!"

[havocmom]

13. Actually, I wanted to be 5'4"

but watching my clan at holidays told me that was unlikely.

Petite. I wanted to be petite.

HA!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. A pirate.

Aargh.

[Pierre.Suave]

16. I think you would make a good pirate...

Arrrgh indeed!

:rofl:

[Lady President]

15. Waitress or Hairdresser

I thought it would be great to walk around all day, talk to people constantly, and at the end you made them pretty or brought ice cream. Still sounds more fun than my real job.

[Lorien]

23. What's your real job? n/t

[Lady President]

76. Lawyer n/t

[JTG of the PRB]

17. I wanted to be an astronaut, a fireman, a veterinarian, an ornithologist in Hawai'i...

...an archaeologist, a paleontologist, an actor, a writer, a director, and an actor/writer/director in Hollywood.

Now that I'm *ahem* grown up, I've finally settled on writer, and I like it. Now, all I need is to get paid for it and I'll be golden!

[drmeow]

18. Flight attendent (they were stewardesses then)

I even looked into it but discovered that I was too short (except for Japan Air and one other airline) and I'd have to make myself beautiful all the time. Actor had some of the same restrictions. Now that I'm older, I think I'd have wanted to be a pilot if it had occurred to me that I could (men were the pilots, women were the stews). Still want to learn to fly.

[KitchenWitch]

19. Queen

[Parche]

32. You Are A Queen In My Book

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

:hug: :hug:

:hi:

[DarkTirade]

20. Ninja. Or an archaeologist.

I saw the Indiana Jones movies a few too many times.

[Chan790]

21. I wanted to be an anesthesiologist.

That dream came crashing to an end when I was 15 and spontaneously-developed acute hemophobia with cascading vasovagal syncope and spontaneous emesis.

Fancy term for I cut myself, see or think about bloody wounds, faint, vomit, wake-up, faint again, wake up, vomit, faint, wake up, vomit, vomit, vomit, pass out, and so on. Not an ideal trait in a medical doctor who assists in surgery.

It's actually rather dangerous...I'm not allowed to do many things that most people take for granted like:

wash dishes
read vampire novels
watch Reservoir Dogs
cut food
hang pictures
use a box-cutter to open packages

if I'm home alone because they could be fatal, either through resultant injury, blood-loss, aspiration, or shock.

[Lorien]

22. A children's book illustrator and a Disney Animator

already did the latter, and I have a couple of books under my belt-but nothing that I'm really proud of, yet.

[Ellen Forradalom]

25. A writer

[laylah]

26. My dream was to

sing at the Grand Old Oprey.

[BulletproofLandshark]

27. Either an astronomer or a chemist

I could never overcome such crushing factors as being incredibly lazy when I was in high school though.

[mitchum]

28. Top Cat

[raccoon]

29. Famous writer. nt

[bigwillq]

31. Second baseman

for the NY Yankees.

[guitar man]

33. President

But just like everyting else, those old crazy dreams
Just kinda came and went :D

[bif]

34. Alive! Seriously...

The way I was headed in high school, I figured I'd be dead by the time I waS 30. Well, I turned it around in college and I'm now in my early 50s.

[TexasBushwhacker]

43. hah, I knew a gal like that

In the mid 70's in high school, she was the typical stoner babe. She even looked stoned in her senior portrait. Somehow, she turned her life around in college and not only graduated with honors, but went on to medical school. She was the first person to sign up and pay for our 10 year high school reunion. She wanted to show us that she was alive and thriving!

[Deep13]

35. someone else

[av8rdave]

36. Pilot

[bif]

37. A submariner

When I was 8 or 9, I thought the coolest job in the world would be to work on a sub. Like the one Captain Nemo had, with huge windows.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

39. angelina jolies sex slave

[stuntcat]

40. Lois Lane

I wanted to be a journalist.. also I wanted to love on Superman :blush:

[IntravenousDemilo]

41. When I was little I really loved my teachers and wanted to be one.

As I got older, though, I realized I was missing one special and necessary quality that my teachers had, and that is that they like being around children.

[MorningGlow]

42. A writer (which I am)

a teacher (which I tried and BAILED on)
a rock star (which I am SO NOT)

[TexasBushwhacker]

45. Well, my mother desperately wanted me to be a doctor

but I ended up being a teacher, like her. :shrug:

[Mezzo]

46. a doctor, because I had the smarts, but then I realized I can't stand the sight of blood.

I mean...REALLY can't stand it.

[LibDemAlways]

74. My daughter is the same way. She freaks out at the

sight of it. I kid her that she'll never be able to have children and any career in the medical field is completely out of the question.

[Mezzo]

47. a doctor, because I had the smarts, but then I realized I can't stand the sight of blood.

I mean...REALLY can't stand it.

[jojo54]

48. An astronaut. Still do.

But I don't think NASA wants a 53 yr old granny (sigh).

[Lady-Damai]

50. Archaelogist. n/t

[JackCo]

58. Me too

I love watching digs on the History Channel. I really wanted to see the Egyptian exhibit a few years back but it wasn't close enough. My current desktop background is Machu Picchu.

[Miss Carly]

51. music producer

Carly

[yardwork]

52. singer in a rock and roll band

[MountainLaurel]

53. An underwater archaeologist

I wanted to be the Indiana Jones of the water and find Atlantis.

[DarkTirade]

57. Too late, he already did that. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Fate_of_Atlantis

[LibertyLover]

54. A billionaire

n/t

[bikebloke]

55. Oceanographer

As a frivolous alternative, an adventurer exploring the world. It turned out I pretty much did the latter.

[AngryOldDem]

56. A lawyer, and president of the United States.

Ah, the dreams of youth.

[unsavedtrash]

59. major league baseball player

even after I found out women couldn't play. Maybe one day.

[Xipe Totec]

60. A Nobel prize winner

I don't care which field; they all pay the same...

[crimsonblue]

61. I dunno yet... maybe that's why I'm still in school..

and just changed majors a semester before graduation... needless, to say, everyone is exasperated.

[UrbScotty]

62. Pilot or meteorologist (nt)

[galledgoblin]

63. a fairy princess

[crimsonblue]

64. Jesus....

in fact, my middle name is Hubris.

[SeattleGirl]

65. A dancer, baby. A dancer!

Second choice would be singer.

[pokerfan]

66. Astronaut

then a photographer for Playboy
then an architect
then an engineer

[Zavulon]

68. The 6'6" 1B of the Montreal Expos or the C/LW of the Montreal Canadiens. Preferably both.

I stopped about four inches short, never came close to the pros in either sport, and now the Expos don't even exist anymore :(

[UndertheOcean]

69. I wanted to be a physicist

but I became an engineer instead

[mia]

70. An artist.

I haven't painted since 2001. Shorty after I got a computer I became consumed by politics. Since then I've written about art a little, and regularly enjoy the artistic efforts of my 4-6 year old students.


Here's a tribute to Van Gogh that I wrote in 2003 on the 150th anniversary of his birth.



Vincent

I'm celebrating your life today

Imbibing images, figment and hue

Wine to my soul as your vineyards red

I trace your hands

With delicate strokes

And stroll with you down poplar lanes

Never reaching the horizon

Billowing cypress, cadmium light

Sap green sorrow

Sweet cobalt blue

Alizarin crimson

A woman with loose hair.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkvLq0TYiwI

[gemdem]

71. When I was very young, a major league ball player

and sometimes in the mind's eye in the Walter Mitty recesses of my mind, I can be that ball player when I listen to or watch a game.

As I got older and found myself in college, I changed my major a few times wanting ultimately to be an English professor teaching literature and composition.

Life has a funny way of overriding plans, and I find myself all these years later working as a software engineer. Still, I keep looking for opportunities to go back to school and get my Masters so I can teach.

And sometimes in my dreams I find myself pitching for the Cincinnati Reds. :-)

[Brigid]

72. A flight attendant.

Back in those days, they were called "stewardesses." Of course, back in those days, it was also a glamorous job.

[LibDemAlways]

73. My husband learned to fly as a hobby and ended

up becoming a part-time flight instructor on weekends. He loved it, but gave it up when our daughter was born 15 years ago.

Slightly off topic but a story to illustrate his love of aviation:

One time back in the 80's we were on Mexicana Airlines between Cancun and Mexico City when the pilot announced that any children who wanted to come up and visit the cockpit could. My husband bolted out of his seat and practically pushed some children out of the way to get up there. He remained up there for so long I thought they were letting him take the controls. (Fortunately, not). Anyhow, that's a scenario that sure wouldn't be repeated today.

As for me I always wanted to be able to travel, and for awhile, was a travel agent - a dying species today.

[tigereye]

75. a nun or some strange kind of missionary martyr

Catholic school kind of does that to you... ;)

[Thirtieschild]

77. Explorer.

Secretly thought there was still an undiscovered continent that I could find and explore. Also a detective (thanks to Nancy Drew), actress (firgured I have to be a radio actress since I wasn't pretty enough for the movies - no tv then), missionary (but figured that was iffy since I didn't know how to play the piano), reporter (which I ended up being).

[WinkyDink]

78. TV newscaster.

[Sweet Freedom]

79. Back-up singer for the Stones.

But I expected Keith would be dead by the time I grew up. I guess it's possible I could still get the gig. :)

[poebango]

82. A DU poster

[BlueIris]

83. The very first thing? A painter. nt

[Doug.Goodall]

84. When I grow up, I want to be a KID!

Clint Daniels- When I Grow Up


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdXtvfIN1EM

[KayLaw]

85. Waitress

Ironically, my father was a pilot and we had to drive across the country many times. I loved stopping for meals and loved the way the waitresses could - Rosie-the-Robot-style - bring each of us the desire of his-or-her own heart.

[Blue_In_AK]

86. A brain surgeon.

[harmonicon]

87. lots of things...

...the first I remember was wanting to be "an army". Later, I wanted to be an archaeologist, astronaut, artist, car designer.... I even knew the names of different car designers, but can't remember them now, except for things like Ferrari and Shelby.