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Tue Jul-26-05 03:32 PM
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What did you wanna be when you were 5 and what do you do now? |
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Another complete waste of time thread:
My answer: I wanted to be a firefighter when I was 5, and I am programmer now.
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Tue Jul-26-05 03:33 PM
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1. Wanted to be a country singer |
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until I discovered rock a few years later. Today I'm a housewife, tomorrow, who knows? :). I just ride the tide.
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Tue Jul-26-05 03:35 PM
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2. I don't think I had anything in mind |
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and now im 45, and I still don't know what I want to do.
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Tue Jul-26-05 03:36 PM
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3. When I was 5 I wanted to be a cowboy... |
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I'm 45 and an electrician.
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Tue Jul-26-05 03:38 PM
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5. Ever thought about being an "electric cowboy"? |
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Tue Jul-26-05 03:37 PM
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4. when i was 5 i wanted to be a flight attendant |
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i'm in the music biz now.
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Tue Jul-26-05 03:40 PM
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6. When I was 5 (many years ago)I wanted to be 20, now I want the same thing! |
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Tue Jul-26-05 03:41 PM
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7. I am Told That When I Was Five (or Even Before) |
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my answer to this question was "a thinker." My parents loved it. My conception, IIRC, was that I would sit in an office, people would come to me with their problems, I would think about them and give them an answer. At that point, I didn't distinguish between a consultant and a therapist.
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Tue Jul-26-05 03:41 PM
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And I edit books now. I write on the side, for my own enjoyment.
I'm hard-headed. ;-)
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Tue Jul-26-05 03:47 PM
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9. I wanted to become a gynecologist... |
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But I couldn't find an opening...
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Tue Jul-26-05 03:47 PM
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10. I wanted to be a watertower |
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Didn't happen, though. I'm an ex-therapist and now a writer.
But I'm beginning to think being a watertower was a good idea. My aunt wanted to be a human bean, which perhaps I should aspire to, as well.
Khash.
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Tue Jul-26-05 03:48 PM
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11. A nurse. How boring. And now I'm a legal secretary. How boring. |
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Tue Jul-26-05 03:49 PM
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Still do actually, haha.
That or a jeep.
But right now I'm a university student and I doubt I'll become a rock star any time soon.
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Tue Jul-26-05 03:52 PM
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13. When I was five I wanted to be a "store man". |
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Run a supermarket. I thought the supermarket was the greatest place in the world.
Now I work in radio, which is what I wanted to do since I was ten.
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Tue Jul-26-05 03:55 PM
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14. also a firefighter then/ as little as possible now |
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small investment income
don't have the right stuff physically for firefighter anyway
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Tue Jul-26-05 03:57 PM
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Little red riding hood.
I'm a nurse now! HA!
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Tue Jul-26-05 03:58 PM
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16. I wanted to be a fireman. |
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Now I want to do a fireman.
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Tue Jul-26-05 04:14 PM
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17. Ballerina... am a mommy.. occasionally I write |
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Tue Jul-26-05 04:17 PM
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Which is basically what I am. I'm a computer scientist and I'm barking mad.
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Tue Jul-26-05 04:27 PM
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19. I wanted to be a veterinarian |
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I'm a purveyor of booze in a grocery store.
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Tue Jul-26-05 04:28 PM
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20. I wanted to be a veterinarian |
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I pretty much kept that dream all through elementary and junior high school. I got an engineering degree instead.
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Tue Jul-26-05 04:32 PM
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22. Me, too. I made it all the way into pre-vet in college, then did a |
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really dumb thing: dropped out and got married (Viet Nam era). I've been in IT ever since (39 years!!).
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Tue Jul-26-05 04:29 PM
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21. When I was five, I wanted to be six. |
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Can't remember wanting much beyond that.
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Tue Jul-26-05 04:33 PM
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23. A firefighter, a carpenter, a cowboy and a refinery worker... |
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I've been all those things and more and now I'm retired.
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Tue Jul-26-05 04:40 PM
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24. I wanted to be an explorer |
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Like Lewis and/or Clark. I'min grad school now, but I've worked out at sea for a few years, and I've been to Antarctica, and spent a bunch of time on a small island in the central Pacific.
Did I realize my dream? You tell me, I think I'v done okay--ane I'm still going for more!
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Tue Jul-26-05 04:41 PM
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25. a pharmasist...ended up doing drugs instead of dispensing them. |
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Tue Jul-26-05 04:43 PM
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26. A musician and songwriter |
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I'm a full-time webmaster now, but I still do music part-time. I've actually licensed a couple of songs for commercial purposes, but it doesn't pay my bills.....yet :P
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Tue Jul-26-05 04:44 PM
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27. When I was 5 I wanted to be a teenager |
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Tue Jul-26-05 05:43 PM
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29. Actually once I wanted to be in 5th grade and become |
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Edited on Tue Jul-26-05 05:44 PM by dhinojosa
a crossing guard. Didn't do it, and thus my failed existence started.
:sarcasm: I am actually happy with my life. hehe
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Tue Jul-26-05 04:51 PM
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28. I wanted to be a waitress and I lived the dream. Many times |
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over. Now I'm a homemaker.
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Tue Jul-26-05 06:02 PM
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30. I wanted to be Stevie Nicks. |
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Now I do what I can to make a few dollars on the side. Nothing fancy. Maybe I should have had a better dream.
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Tue Jul-26-05 06:07 PM
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31. In general terms, I wanted a career where I would be paid to think |
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and in general terms, despite many detours and setbacks, it has happened.
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Tue Jul-26-05 06:20 PM
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32. i thought i wanted to be a teacher |
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but am now an accountant.
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Tue Jul-26-05 06:29 PM
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33. I wanted to be a clown. |
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What was I thinking? Now I hate clowns, and I write.
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Tue Jul-26-05 06:33 PM
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34. I wanted to be a cocktail waitress |
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I liked the skirts...now I sit in a cubby editing for a newspaper...
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dhinojosa
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Wed Jul-27-05 12:41 AM
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37. DId you ever live to your dream in any point in your life? nt |
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Tue Jul-26-05 06:33 PM
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or an astronaut. I'm an Electrical Engineer now.
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Tue Jul-26-05 06:52 PM
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36. Wanted to be an astronaut... |
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...and now am a network engineer.
But I got here by way of Army satellite communications. Death from geosynchronous orbit!
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Wed Jul-27-05 12:44 AM
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I am one now too. Volunteer, but still, I'm sorta livin' the dream.
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Wed Jul-27-05 12:53 AM
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39. A crack dealer......... |
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But then, by the time I was six, it morphed into a crystal meth lab operator...
By seven, I was writing the letters to the editor in Penthouse. You'd recognize my work, it always started with I never thought I would be writing this...
Then, it took a turn for the worse, at Eight I was a gun runner, dodging bullets that I know had my name on them as I ran across the western skyline tooting M-16's stolen from an Army depot deep in the Sudan...
Nine, well, I was dragging by then. I needed a rest so I hitchhiked my way across the US and ended up in a northern California commune where I met and married my first wife, Sally Struthers. I introduced her to the African problem and, hey man she took off with it...
But I soon grew weary of the hippie life style, which I knew was bankrupt, divorced SS when I turned ten. Those were difficult years. I was in Gestalt Therapy down in Malibu and until I was about 13, I draw a complete blank......
Well, you know the rest....
Suffice it to say, the dreams of a five year old don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world we're living in.....
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Wed Jul-27-05 06:08 AM
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40. I wanted to be a veternarian. |
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But I am now a copy editor for 10 outdoors magazines.
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