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Professor
Editor
Writer
TV/film writer
Critic
Comic book editor
Person who makes mix CDs for people

― Leee (Leee), Friday, 28 February 2003 06:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Golden Ear

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 28 February 2003 06:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I actually had to list my "dream job" on a job application today. I put down: "caveman".

― Dave Fischer, Friday, 28 February 2003 06:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Reader
Geologist
Writer
Negotiator
U.N. Famine Relief Volunteer
Mother Earth

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Friday, 28 February 2003 06:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Recourding Artist - Producer - CEO of Company I dont care about - Writer for SNL or COnan o brein -

― Mike Hanle y (mike), Friday, 28 February 2003 06:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Wizard

― Leee (Leee), Friday, 28 February 2003 06:51 (twenty-two years ago)

major league baseball player

― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 28 February 2003 06:51 (twenty-two years ago)

critic for art forum

― anthony easton (anthony), Friday, 28 February 2003 07:28 (twenty-two years ago)

more powerful wizard

― boxcubed (boxcubed), Friday, 28 February 2003 07:29 (twenty-two years ago)

oh god, add critic for art forum and critic (movies, music, at large, whatevah) for the new yorker to mine also.

― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 28 February 2003 07:33 (twenty-two years ago)

ha! 'photogrepher fer playboy'

― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 28 February 2003 07:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Playboy Playmate.

― Leee (Leee), Friday, 28 February 2003 07:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Peter North

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 28 February 2003 08:07 (twenty-two years ago)

1. saxophone player
2. music critic
3. novelist
4. music producer/engineer
5. artist/painter

― Dave M. (rotten03), Friday, 28 February 2003 09:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Personal sponge bather of Freddie Ljungberg

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 28 February 2003 09:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Freddie Ljungberg.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 28 February 2003 09:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Wizard.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 28 February 2003 10:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I also want to be original.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 28 February 2003 10:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Cartographer

― RickyT (RickyT), Friday, 28 February 2003 10:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Freddie Ljungberg's agent

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 28 February 2003 11:04 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm quite happy with the one I've got (with more money would be handy.)

Other than that I'd like to be a rockstar, air hostess, have own radio show, fashion designer, boutique hotel owner, novelist, own an olive grove, go to Newfoundland and work on a newspaper like in The Shipping News.

There are several things there that I would probably grow to hate after a while.

― Anna (Anna), Friday, 28 February 2003 11:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Eurostar driver.
Designer of things (not graphics, interiors or textiles)
Photographer.

stevem and MattDC, my sister is a mate of freddie and phillip Ljungberg, they are both dumb pretty pboys from what I've heard.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 28 February 2003 11:26 (twenty-two years ago)

fashion designer, model, novelist. actually if i got a job as a mathematician in london i'd be happy for life, i think.

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 28 February 2003 11:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I could still achieve all three of mine, I think.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 28 February 2003 11:27 (twenty-two years ago)

My White Hart Lane conscience is wracked to its very epicentre about that Freddie Ljungberg comment. Can I change it to Steffen Freund please?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 28 February 2003 11:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Anya from Buffy

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 28 February 2003 11:29 (twenty-two years ago)

oh, and pop star, obviously.

most of my dream jobs are definitely never going to happen, although i really hope i manage to at least make one item of clothing and write one story this year. and, err, do some maths obviously.

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 28 February 2003 11:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh oh and ballet dancer.

― Anna (Anna), Friday, 28 February 2003 11:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I want to work in a chocolate factory caring for Oompa Loompas.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 28 February 2003 11:39 (twenty-two years ago)

CHEERLEADER!!

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 28 February 2003 11:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Chief taster for Walkers Crisps

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 28 February 2003 12:04 (twenty-two years ago)

House husband has its appeal.

― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 28 February 2003 12:07 (twenty-two years ago)

But after a month or two you'll go stir-crazy and start fantasising about being fed grapes and jugs of wine by foxy young maidens in togas. Trust me on this one.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 28 February 2003 12:13 (twenty-two years ago)

foxy young maiden in a toga

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 28 February 2003 12:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, I'm working on it, so here are the ones which have not come unstuck while attached to the wall they've been thrown at:

Having never been one of those operators with a screenplay in the works, I find myself asked by a film director and his girlfriend to send stories, etc. The stories are a good fit for the director based on past work, but I've been farting around with freelancing and attendant financial crap so much I've only just worked out a way to link them. What I really need is development funding but you can't get that on a wing and a promise. This director is currently without UK distributor (cough).

A photographer asked me to do the text for a book about rock stars' fashion but three weeks ago the publisher decided they wanted the (socialite) photographer's diary of subject encounters instead, which seems foolish to me in light of my assessment of her subject knowledge and writing abilities. It has been suggested to me that I should gazump this woman in collaboration with a more famous photographer holding associations with the subject, using a slightly different twist that doesn't overlap the other book. All I have to do is join the dots in my address book but obvious moral dilemma here as although feeling messed around, would I be seen as nasty to do this?

Trying to sort out curating something at Barbican with friend who is too busy to work on proposal but is clinging to project, causing delay, and I am wussing by not chasing her at all.

Three separate nonfiction book ideas (which I suppose could form an arc attractive to a smart publisher). One of these is from publisher who would cast me as female Jon Ronson, but the ideas I've generated for the other two would probably achieve this better than his ideas.

Longstanding offer for book of short stories from Booker-winning publisher, total of ten interested in ye long form whenever it appears, hence feelings to self of 'this had better be good'.

Anthology project on back burner for ages, but should target specific publisher. Will find out who bought particular book I like and go to them. Anthologies really difficult to sell considering first one I did sold to first publisher, now very grand indeed, who I saw.

I feel like I can see the cookie jar but cannot reach it. OPTION PARALYSIS AHOY!

― suzy (suzy), Friday, 28 February 2003 12:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Liverpool manager, DJ, critic with a few books under my belt, and finally host of the Pete Tong show which would have to change its name obviously.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 28 February 2003 12:38 (twenty-two years ago)

although I guess it is called the essential mix.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 28 February 2003 12:39 (twenty-two years ago)

how about The Ronan Experience

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 28 February 2003 12:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Superstar DJ, *published* novelist (that one is frighteningly close to being achievable, but I'm suffering option paralysis), architect, subway driver, illustrator ... god, even my dreams are boring and conventional.

― kate, Friday, 28 February 2003 12:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd love to have my own rec/book shop.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 28 February 2003 12:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Record executive.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 28 February 2003 12:52 (twenty-two years ago)

The Ronan Experience

That sounds like a theme park!

― Anna (Anna), Friday, 28 February 2003 12:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I am scared now, someone oversalt the fries I need a new pair of everything.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 28 February 2003 13:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Street-wise cop.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Friday, 28 February 2003 14:38 (twenty-two years ago)

i'd love to have some sort of sense of rhythm,so that i could be a dj,i reckon i'd be fairly good at it if i could mix
otherwise-writer and i'd like to own a bookshop/recordshop as well

― robin (robin), Friday, 28 February 2003 14:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmm, lesbian pornography fluffer sounds good until one realizes the risk of developing carpal tunnel syndrom. So how about male prostitute under exclusive contract to the Ford Modeling Agency?

― No One (SiggyBaby), Friday, 28 February 2003 15:10 (twenty-two years ago)

mattress tester
major league baseball club executive
"independently wealthy"

― hstencil, Friday, 28 February 2003 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Professional lottery winner.

Failing that...

Actor
Dancer
Researcher - cataloguing at a museum etc.
Writer
Long distance driver
Librarian
Interior designer

― Ben Mott (Ben Mott), Friday, 28 February 2003 15:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Independently wealthy
Dancer
Food critic
Travel writer
Veterinarian
Computer game tester (but only testing fun stuff, like seeing how high scores can get and such)
I used to think it would be cool to be a chef until I worked in a resstaurant.

How about childhood dream careers?
mine were:
Veterinarian
Queen of England
President of a toy company

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Friday, 28 February 2003 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, I forgot.. trampoline/bouncy castle quality control.

― Ben Mott (Ben Mott), Friday, 28 February 2003 15:58 (twenty-two years ago)

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An Andy Garcia MOVIE that is.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Friday, 28 February 2003 19:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I want Microft Holmes' job.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Friday, 28 February 2003 20:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Way overpaid (due to fame) graphic designer (with very little social interaction or responsibility required to maintain a million dollar bank account).

― Scaredy Cat, Friday, 28 February 2003 20:14 (twenty-two years ago)

DV, you want to be the brother of someone famous, but pretty obscure yourself?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 28 February 2003 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Video Game Designer (NOT code monkey)

Some kind of investigative career in which I actually get to reveal the sordid truth about everything and fuck up evil people's lives without the paperwork or the occasional starvation (what was Tintin's occupation? I want his job)

Record producer.

Film producer/director.

Astronaut.

― Millar (Millar), Friday, 28 February 2003 21:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Tintin was a boy reporter.

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Friday, 28 February 2003 21:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I think.

"Boy reporter" is an odd career choice.

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Friday, 28 February 2003 21:20 (twenty-two years ago)

That's what he put on his tax papers, sure, but really all he did as far as I can tell was travel the world in between bouts of idleness at Marlinspike and get in lots of trouble with fanatic nationalists and secret societies of varying stripes.

― Millar (Millar), Friday, 28 February 2003 21:25 (twenty-two years ago)

''layabout''

yeah. sometimes I wish i could stop and just 'drift' and spend my time getting books out of the library and reading (I have quite a lot of records really).

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 28 February 2003 21:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Omnipotent Baby!

― Leee (Leee), Friday, 28 February 2003 21:45 (twenty-two years ago)

NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON etc.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 28 February 2003 21:47 (twenty-two years ago)

rich unemployed person
poet
forest ranger
story collector
translator
archaeologist

― Maria (Maria), Friday, 28 February 2003 22:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Your Joey Ramone.

― Leee (Leee), Saturday, 1 March 2003 21:27 (twenty-two years ago)

carrie brownstein's spokesperson

― Clare (not entirely unhappy), Saturday, 1 March 2003 22:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Jay-Z
club dj
freelance research specialist
offensive lineman (i'd need to grow about 6 inches and gain 300 lbs for this one, though)
sheikh

― Tad (llamasfur), Saturday, 1 March 2003 22:13 (twenty-two years ago)

DV, you want to be the brother of someone famous, but pretty obscure yourself?

NO! I want Microft's job - to be some kind of all round expert on everything who works one hour a day advising the government on what to do about stuff.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Saturday, 1 March 2003 22:39 (twenty-two years ago)

(erm, Mycroft. /anal)

― suzy (suzy), Saturday, 1 March 2003 22:55 (twenty-two years ago)

when i grow up, i want to be marc bolan.

― di smith (lucylurex), Saturday, 1 March 2003 23:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire. These two are my age and I'd like to think I could make a more compelling celebrity figure, and plus all that money and hot babes, go hungover to the dentist and it's tabloid gold, etc.

― Aaron A., Saturday, 1 March 2003 23:28 (twenty-two years ago)

tad i'm a freelance research specialist and i don't recommend it...

― Clare (not entirely unhappy), Sunday, 2 March 2003 03:38 (twenty-two years ago)

eight months pass...

the person who gauges how enthusiastic the laugh track should be during sitcoms.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 6 November 2003 04:25 (twenty-one years ago)

rock star. or maybe oceanographer but i don't know what they *do*.

― Maria (Maria), Thursday, 6 November 2003 04:54 (twenty-one years ago)

1. valet/nurse/companion for Denton Welch
2. groundskeeper for Les Tuileries or Les Jardins Des Plantes

― youn, Thursday, 6 November 2003 05:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Female stripper.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 6 November 2003 05:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Trophy wife.

― j.lu (j.lu), Thursday, 6 November 2003 05:12 (twenty-one years ago)

wealthy gadabout

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 6 November 2003 05:15 (twenty-one years ago)

assassin.

― Allyzay, Thursday, 6 November 2003 05:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I still go with my earlier choices, although at this point ANY career is a dream career.

― hstencil, Thursday, 6 November 2003 05:34 (twenty-one years ago)

a combination of Peter Saville/Nick Knight/Gerhard Richter/Kevin Shields or something.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 6 November 2003 05:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Rawk stah. SHIT, SON.

― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Thursday, 6 November 2003 06:18 (twenty-one years ago)

encyclopedia brown!!

― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 6 November 2003 06:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Photographer
Writer of various fictions
Documentary filmmaker
Architect
professor of pop culture studies

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 6 November 2003 07:50 (twenty-one years ago)

milo's student
your mother
Texas Hold 'em champ

― L(E^24) (Leee), Thursday, 6 November 2003 07:53 (twenty-one years ago)

wizard is hungry

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 6 November 2003 08:09 (twenty-one years ago)

pet, preferably kitty cat

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Thursday, 6 November 2003 08:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I've changed my mind. I want to be a wildly eccentric History professor. Or maybe mathematics, I can't make up my mind. I want to be a nutty academic locked away in an ivory tower, that's for sure.

Or perhaps a Brill Building style songwriter.

― Citizen Kate (kate), Thursday, 6 November 2003 09:07 (twenty-one years ago)

gigolo

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 6 November 2003 09:23 (twenty-one years ago)

just a gigolo

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 6 November 2003 09:24 (twenty-one years ago)

i'd like to own a teensydinky shop that sells/trades pre-owned books.

i'd like to run a little bedbreakfasty place in rural ireland. in county galway, preferably.

yes.

― a sleepyshy speck o' sillysnow, Thursday, 6 November 2003 11:10 (twenty-one years ago)

"a sleepyshy speck o' sillysnow" is the most Cocteauvian name evah!

― L(E^24) (Leee), Friday, 7 November 2003 23:04 (twenty-one years ago)

pimp

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 7 November 2003 23:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Anya from Buffy
-- Sarah (starr...), February 28th, 2003

which one is Anya? (me no google)

― Dean Gulberry (deangulberry), Friday, 7 November 2003 23:13 (twenty-one years ago)

gah! i was just about to post "professor of pimpology"

i guess i will anyway.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Friday, 7 November 2003 23:15 (twenty-one years ago)

applied or theoretical?

― oops (Oops), Friday, 7 November 2003 23:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Anya is the one who was a vengeance demon. I don't know who Sarah plots vengeance against.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 8 November 2003 11:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Professional ILX Poster, annual salary £65,000. Please.

― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 8 November 2003 11:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd like to be an Asshat and get paid £40,000 a year to do it.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Saturday, 8 November 2003 12:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Anything where I'm comfortably well-off and don't have to graft for anybody else. In fact, no more grafting at all. Except I'd get bored after a year. But it would be a pretty enjoyable year.

― Matt (Matt), Saturday, 8 November 2003 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd like to follow in the footsteps of the legendary Jill Schoelen and be a B movie horror film actress.

― Mandee, Saturday, 8 November 2003 13:18 (twenty-one years ago)

er, linguist

― penelope (penelope), Saturday, 8 November 2003 14:18 (twenty-one years ago)

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