Monday, May 26, 2008

when i grow up

this is a random list of all of the stuff i wanted to be when i grew/grow up... 
none of them are in a specific order


ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-
1. illustrator
*i spent a lot of my time drawing animals, and i also spent a lot of time mimicking my older sister Amy's drawings
2. writer
*i wrote a lot of stories- i still have some books i wrote and illustrated from this time
3. something with animals- vet
*anytime you like animals, people assume you want to be a vet- at this point, i figured the same thing i guess


MIDDLE SCHOOL-
1. inventor
*i spent a lot of time "inventing" and making stuff- particularly really cool playhouses for my gerbils
2. artist
3. writer
*still loved writing...  my writing got a little more technical around this time- instead of writing about rabbits going outside to play hide n seek like in my elementary years.... 
3. something with outer space
*later middle school, i became really interested in space and planets and black holes and all of that stuff... never had a specific job in mind
4. vet


HIGH SCHOOL-
1. crime scene investigator
*i very seriously considered this, because i love forensics and mysteries and all of that stuff- if i didn't love animals so much, i could see myself going for this
2. exotic animal sanctuary or zoo- specifically not a vet
*finally decided i definitely didn't want to be a vet, and definitely wanted to work at a zoo or wildlife sanctuary
3. artist
*i discovered my love for painting in high school... 
4. film producer/screenwriter
*decided with a couple of my best friends that we could make a really funny movie about ourselves...
5. musician
*got my first guitar when i was 15 and since then have wanted to be in a band


NOW
1. zoo or animal sanctuary
*100% sure this is what i want my permanent career to be
2. artist
*i'm gonna paint and do artsy stuff for the rest of my life whether it's a career or not... 
3. business owner
*i have some ideas that i'm not gonna say so no one steals them... because i'm serious about eventually figuring out how to start them
4. film producer/screenwriter
*i definitely want to make a movie... i have some ideas that i think could turn out pretty awesome... 
5. musician
*i have a fantasy of being in a progressive hardcore/metal band that fuses a lot of other interesting music styles into it- world music, irish stuff, jazz, etc... and i would even play my flute in some of it
6. inventor/idea person
*again, i'm not giving away my ideas for safety purposes-- has anyone had those "sweet shots" at chili's?? i invented those- my idea got stolen, because obviously someone overheard me talking at the hardback cafe about inventing sweet shots for my restaurant!  i even made up that exact name for them!  coincidence that they showed up at chili's less than two weeks later?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

How have I not seen this yet? Of course it makes me want to make up my own list now. I'm always inventing things that show up places too! I still think there should be drive-up vending machines around town. I don't know what sweet shots are. This was fun to read. : ) Haha! I also remember when you started talking about black holes all the time.