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Doctor..... From a young age I enjoyed those children's doctor kits with the candy pills and the bandages. One day my mother heard my brother screaming and found me sitting on him and drilling into the roof of his mouth with a tiny toy drill, so perhaps that was more dentristy then medical? Other then that one forray into being a dentist/torturer, I continue to be fascinated with the medical profession and with playing doctor. Too bad I lacked math skills, science skills, and oh, a little thing like money to get into med-school. But I did become a certified nursing assistant, and later an Emergency Medical Technician.
Anthropologist - with a special emphasis on Cultural Anthropology. In college I dreamed of studying the major religions of the world and focusing on modern-day witchcraft and Native American Shamanism. Ended up dropping out and doing 23 years in law enforcement instead.
Vampire - yes, I actually wanted to be one. Ended up getting to meet some really interesting and talented folks, and a few majorly disturbed ones as well. Got to meet Anne Rice in 1991. Decided I was getting too old and was way too fat to carry off the Goth/Vampire thing much longer. But while still in my Goth stage I met and married Scott in 1992. Our combined vampire libraries total close to two thousand books.
Writer - I always wanted to be a writer, and I have occasionally been able to pull off some pretty great things. But while I have the desire and I believe the ability, I lack the drive and ambition to see anything through to novel length.
From: Utah (non-Mormon!!!) | Registered: Jul 2003
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The first thing I remember really settling on for a while was an architect. When I was six years old, I saw my first house plans and was fascinated. Maps fascinated me too, and, though I didn't know what it was called, I think I had an interest in civil engineering as well.
Then I wanted to be a cartoonist (Charles Schulz was my role model), but I realised I couldn't draw very well. Then I decided to be a writer, but I lack the discipline to really try to make a living at it.
Then I decided I wanted to be a priest (at the time I was Roman Catholic). I enrolled in college as a religion major, but I soon came to realise that I was doing this for the wrong reason--I was gay and I saw it as a safe place to hide. I then switched to being an English major, which I stuck with. I still wanted be a writer or a journalist and then wanted to get a PhD in English.
I graduated from college at 20 and tried to figure out what came next. I applied to grad schools for English, but did not get in. I spent the next six years trying to find myself. I became Episcopalian during this period and seriously considered the priesthood in that church, among many other things.
Finally, I decided to be a librarian. I got my MLIS and now I'm manager of a branch in a large urban system. I love it!
-------------------- The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."
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quote:Originally posted by Lightning Lad: Read and owned all the hardback copies of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. Even had the hardback version of the Detective Manual. Man, I wish I still had that. Got a Hardy Boys detective kit for Christmas one year and had finger print powder all over the house before New Years.
We talked about this a while back on the MMB, didn't we? I still have that Detective manual somewhere around... I wonder how much it would go for on eBay...
quote:Originally posted by Lightning Lad: After my detective phase I alternated between being an archeologist, science fiction writer and lawyer.
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There are a lot of really creative people here on LW and just all over the 'net -- people who have "regular" 9-to-5 jobs, but who are incredibly talented artists and writers.
Sometimes when I see the quality of fan art and fiction available and compare it to the "professional" stuff, I wonder why there aren't more of the "amateurs" doing the pro stuff, since a lot of the pro stuff really compares poorly... I suppose a lot of it has to do with luck, happenstance, and who you know.
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quote:Originally posted by Lightning Lad: Read and owned all the hardback copies of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. Even had the hardback version of the Detective Manual. Man, I wish I still had that. Got a Hardy Boys detective kit for Christmas one year and had finger print powder all over the house before New Years.
We talked about this a while back on the MMB, didn't we? I still have that Detective manual somewhere around... I wonder how much it would go for on eBay...
quote:Originally posted by Lightning Lad: After my detective phase I alternated between being an archeologist, science fiction writer and lawyer.
Lightning Lad, Esq.!
Yeah, I remember discussing it as well a loooong time ago. I still have my Detective Manual and my entire Hardy Boys collection. I was also into Tom Swift and (early on)...yes, the Bobbsey Twins (Can't believe I just admitted that! )
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quote:Originally posted by Saturn Girl: But I did become a certified nursing assistant, and later an Emergency Medical Technician.
Hey! I was an EMT also! Taught Red Cross Basic First Aid, Advanced First Aid & Life Support, American Heart Assoc CPR, the works.
I started out at the age of 15 as a member of the Youth Squad in the Volunteer Ambulance Corps in my home time, and stuck with it all the way through junior year in college. One of the most rewarding things I've ever done.
-------------------- "Hey Jim! Get Mon out of the Zone!! And...when do we get Condo back?"
From: Paragon City on patrol | Registered: Jul 2003
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Wow Vee ! How much of a coincidence is that? My father put me into the Civil Air Patrol, the Civilian Auxiliary of the US Air Force when I was 13 years old. So I had to take the Red Cross courses, and I too became an instructor and stuck with it. I was trained in radio communication and the mechanics of organizing and carrying out search and rescue for missing or downed civilian light aircraft and missing persons situations. The discipline and dedication, and hell just the pride that came from being a part of this organization was the stepping stone to my career in the Sheriff's Office. I am proud of the people I helped with my first aid skills and nurse's aid training. All in all, with what my family has gone through crisis-wise, I wouldn't trade a minute of it.
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Second grade through age 12: Peter Pan (meaning I did not want to grow up).
Ages 13-14: Star Fleet officer.
Ages 15-21: Rock star.
Ages 18 (overlapping with the above) to 42: comic book writer.
The last thing I ever wanted to be was a teacher. So what am I doing now? Teaching college composition -- and loving it!
-------------------- The Semi-Great Gildersleeve - writing, super-heroes, and this 'n' that
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