Marjorie started her new job yesterday. Karl is starting a new job in December. Ryan recently changed positions within his company, Edward and Meridth have new jobs on the horizon. I've got a new "job" coming up in 8 weeks as a mom. All this started me thinking about what my "dream job" would be. If I had no constraints at all, what would I want to be doing with my time?
Initially, I thought that I would be good as a professional television watcher. I love T.V. I'm have a very low standard at what television shows I enjoy watching. I can watch Ken Burns "The War" just as easily as I could watch Brett Michaels Rock of Love. It is all good to me. But then I realized that I start feeling a little sick if I watch more than 5 hours of television. I start feeling physically ill. I don't think that is a job I could do everyday for 8 hours a day.
Then, I decided that I would be a good baker. I would like to own a bakery and make delicious yummy cupcakes and treats all day long. I enjoy trying out new recipies and I really love to eat cupcakes.
But then I thought about working for my favorite radio show "This American Life" and decided that it would be a close race between owning a bakery and working on This American Life.
So how about all of you? What are your dream jobs? What would you do with yourself if you had no constraints?
9 comments:
That's funny that you said you'd like to own a bakery because marjorie and I were talking about opening one up. We'll let you join on the project ;)
My dream job would be to play basketball professionally somewhere... maybe overseas. I would also like to be like a historical guide of chicago or an architect or a architect historian... or a fireman. I have lots of dream jobs.
-karl
oh my i would love to work and help with the bakery -- i hate to cook but boy do i love to bake.
Claudia writes:
I've always thought I would be a really great editor. I love the English language, with all of its rules and regulations. But, I also recognize that some conventions are stylistic, and I would probably be less grammatically correct than I ought to be.
I've also always wanted to be a disc jockey because I've been told I have a particularly mellifluous voice, but that could just be wishful thinking on my part. Most of the time I usually just have that annoying "teacher voice".
I love to sing and can remember playing a game called "Spotlight" with my best girlhood chums, where we would stand in the garage spotlight and sing wonderful tunes. To this day I love doing Karaoke, but I never get out to the bars, which is about the only place where a person can actually do this. I wish I had a voice good enough to be a professional singer......
Finally I have to say that I have already had the greatest job in the whole wide world. I loved being a mother, and I loved taking care of my little ones. Maybe you all will never remember how much I loved holding you and cuddling you, and singing to you, and dancing with you to the record player, and nursing you at 2:00, when your obsidian eyes shown bright in the nightlight, and dressing you up, and reading to you even though I was so tired my mouth couldn't form the words. My memories have mercifully expunged any negative remembrances, and I think of how much fun it was to buy Christmas presents that you really wanted, and wrap them late at night, and watch you open them in the morning. I loved being in the garden with you helping me pull weeds, or harvest vegetables.
Okay, Ed said this was too long. Sorry.
way too long and super hilarious... you're funny mom.
and stacey is in... sounds like we have a bakery business on our hands.
-karl
absoullty (hope theres not spelling in the bakery world) - now we either all have to move to a desginated area or open 8 different ones. i say we all move into one location. i think that would beeeee much easier. and happier.
I want to be a children's book illustrator and edward wants to be an fbi agent.
..hooray for being a few steps away from our dream jobs.
ps. edward didn't like his "kneeders" job as a baker...thank goodness for everyone having different preferences and filling up the niches in the job world.
wait, mom. so are you telling me santa didn't wrap those presents? dammit!!
my dream job, as you could imagine, would have to do with cars.
lately, i have really been wanting to build my own car from scratch. pounding out body panels from sheet metal, welding together my own frame. i doubt i could make any money doing it, so i'm not sure if it qualifies as a job. i would absolutely love it though.
my other one would be to have my family as a race team. i really don't care who would drive. ashley, chloe, casey, me. It's not important as doing something together. it would just be a fun time. something i would be passionate about. i am very serious about getting my kids involved in karting in the near future. i think regardless of how competitive we would be, it would just be a good time the whole family could be involved in.
-ryan
ps. please ignore my glaring grammatical infractions as i'm writing this at 2:30 in the morning and i'm tired.
this means you mom.
:)
XOXO
-ryan again
My dream job would be shopping - buying things like shoes and bags and make up all day long. I've had some practice and I think I'd be good at it.
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