If you could change your reality, how would you change it?

[Writer]

I would be an established fiction writer in another country (any other country but this one) with no student loan debt to speak of. :P

You?

Edit: Grammar.

[WindRavenX]

1. I'd be a well respected biologist in Canada and the world's leader in...

...creating delicious strains of marijuana. I want a caramel/mocha flavored strain!

Oh, and my SO and I would have a little farm where I would have a cow named Io.

[jeff30997]

2. I would live in the future and...

Could have my own holodeck!(Two fantasies for the price of one)

[LeftyMom]

3. Hmm.

I'd have graduated already. I'd have my job doing something that I care about. I'd not be going to sleep alone.

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. I'd own and edit a small-town newspaper

With a talented, well-paid staff.

And it'd be free.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

5. can I be your

investigative journalist? B-)

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. Lemme see your resume

[HCE SuiGeneris]

18. I gradiated in '97

and havint bean abel to find werk yet. Butt im realy a good hard werker. O.... and I Have my own car so I culd do lottsa important feeld work.

[Writer]

20. Whoa yer HUGH!!!!1!!1!!!

Git dat moran sined up or else yer screwn!

[HCE SuiGeneris]

22. .

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I hope you aint castigatin aspergus. :silly:

[Writer]

6. Would you hire me for your paper?

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Dunno

Lemme see your resume.

[Writer]

11. Okay...

1997 - 1999: Corporate job in Texas that nearly drove me insane

1999 - 2001: Corporate job in New York City that was monotonous and boring

2001 - 2002: Corporate managerial job with an overwrought title and too little pay

2002 - 2004: Thought I could write fiction; took a dip in presidential politics

2004 - 2006: Earned a completely useless Master's degree

Presently: Faced with losing everything due to husband's corporate layoff; a nearly completed PhD application sits on desk; lusts to live in another country and write

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. k

Now lemme see your legs.

:evilgrin:

[Writer]

13. Gladly...*

* Stand-in image for future picture :P

[Oeditpus Rex]

14. You're hired

Those are a tad on the thin side, but we're an Equal Opportunity Employer. :patriot:

[Writer]

15. Fan-tabulous!

I'll start ordering business wear from Victoria's Secret. :P

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. Mmmm...

Might not be a good idea. My reporters don't sit in the newsroom and get all their stories by phone and e-mail.

Y'gotta get out there and get dirty.

[Writer]

19. I'm sure if I head out in 12" skirts...

and plunging necklines I'll pick up some pretty darn good interviews. :thumbsup: You'll think me the next Mary Tyler Moore.

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. But she was a producer

Not a reporter.

:shrug:

[reyd reid reed]

23. And tee vee news,

not print...

:shrug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

28. There's some people

who could do either. I think Murray was one.

He sorta proved it with the lede he wrote for the weather story, when all they had was film from a snowstorm in like 1940.

And remember, Lou Grant started at the Detroit Free Press. :thumbsup:

[reyd reid reed]

30. Yup...but that's 'cause they were writers...

first and foremost.

I loved Murray.

[Oeditpus Rex]

32. Murray, Murray, Murray!

MUR'!

[reyd reid reed]

34. I know it's not the popular view...

but sometimes she just irritated the living shit out of me.

Go ahead...beat me. I deserve it.

Please.

:evilgrin:









:hide:

[Oeditpus Rex]

38. Who?

Mary Rikards? :shrug:

[reyd reid reed]

41. Yeah. Her.

Her and her perky little spunky self.

Irritating.

[Oeditpus Rex]

42. Yeah, she had spunk

I HATE spunk!

[reyd reid reed]

43. LOLOL!

And the only thing that should perk is the coffee, dammit.

I liked Lou, too.

[Oeditpus Rex]

44. From that line on

I knew it was gonna be a good show.



Didn't know how good, though.

[reyd reid reed]

45. It was inevitable...

destined to become a classic. The characters were just such...characters.

[Writer]

35. I think there's a general misimpression of anchors...

that they do not write what they speak. That's not always the case. There were times when I was in the newsroom and saw the anchors typing some of the stories into Newsstar from wire reports... although, I think many folks would agree that it's not really writing, per se.

[reyd reid reed]

36. I realize that a lot of anchors write their own copy...

but that's just it. It's copy. It's a script.

[Writer]

37. Well... it's at least something.

'eh? :shrug: ;)

[reyd reid reed]

39. It is...

and it requires a certain set of skills...writing for print requires a different set. It's apples and oranges...like comparing a screenplay to a novel. Similar, but...not.

[Oeditpus Rex]

46. Maybe I'm missing something, but

that sounds like "rip and read." Just re-typed.

Enlighten me.

[Writer]

24. ....

I was trying to think of someone other than Judith Miller... maybe Katherine Graham? Although I'd probably make a better Judy than Katherine. :P

[Oeditpus Rex]

26. You can't get much better than Kate Graham

Except maybe Linda Ellerbee or Molly Ivins.

[SPKrazy]

7. I Would Be A Well Known Author

of self help books and I'd be too busy traveling to mess with the unwashed masses!

(kidding about the unwashed masses part, but the rest sounds sort of good)


:hi:

[TOhioLiberal]

8. I'd have...

...this guy: as my sugar daddy...hubba hubba

[reyd reid reed]

17. Mostly my reality isn't too bad...

I'd settle some things and maybe find more time to write.

Okay...definitely find more time to write.

And maybe sell a few books so that I could buy a house that actually has enough room for all my kids.

Other than that...

:shrug:

[SeattleGirl]

25. A. I wouldn't be broke.

B. I'd be living in another abode.
C. I'd be able to travel, go see places in the US and in other countries I've always wanted to see.

[leftofthedial]

27. I'd have a clue.

:shrug:

[SeattleGirl]

29. "Alex, I'd like 'Clues' for $100"

:hi:

[leftofthedial]

33. not being broke

being able to travel again would be good.

upon reflection, I think I'll stay in my current abode.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

31. Me

(1) I'd be in a relationship
(2) I would be working as a staffer in a political office
(3) I'd be travelling frequently

[hfojvt]

40. Why another country?

Why do you hate America?

How much power am I getting? Can I go back in time and somehow convince a certain woman to marry me? Can I go back to 1986 and not quit my job for another 5 years until I have saved about $60,000? Can I go back to 1998 and not close my bookstore?

If it has to be forward going, then just put $100,000 in my bank account so I can quit my job.

I mean, it would be nice to have a lover and to have friends, but those would also complicate my life (simplify! simplify!) and they usually end up betraying you anyway.