What was/is your dream job?

[elshiva]

Always wanted to be a nun, but some other nuns said I could never be because of my mental illnesses. :cry: But I still dream that I could be someday... Just wanted live a life for others and God, be able to support myself by doing chores for the convent while studying to write theology.

Oh well...dream big...

[Lydia Leftcoast]

1. If I came into a lot of money, I'd move to Tokyo and

found an English-language magazine devoted to Asian travel that is as detailed as the travel magazines that are available to Japanese people.

[elshiva]

3. Good idea! What's preventing you?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

23. It takes more money than I possess to get permission to move to

Japan and start a business.

The exception is for spouses of Japanese citizens. If I can find a nice, progressive, middle-aged Japanese gentleman who wants a non-traditional wife, I'm all set. But I'm not holding my breath. :-)

[elshiva]

27. Ah, looking for romance as well? Happy traveling...

;)

[saltpoint]

2. Tour pianist for Emmylou Harris.

[elshiva]

5. Gotta love Emmylou Harris! What a voice!

[saltpoint]

15. Hey elshiva -- hi to you.

Nice post, by the way. You will get us all dreaming...

:hi:

[eyepaddle]

21. Oh, I'd also like to sing sea shanties!

Way hay,
an up she rises! :hi:

[elshiva]

24. Earl-lie in the Morning!

[eyepaddle]

31. In case you miss the other (general) reply

:beer:

That bein' grog ye know!

Arrrrhhhhhh!

[elshiva]

32. So you want to be a pirate? aarrrrrrrrrgh, me matey!

:beer: (rum)

[eyepaddle]

33. ....mmmmmm--ayyyy---bbeeeee

Nah, just kidding! ;)

[elshiva]

35. heeheheh!

[saltpoint]

26. Hi, eyepaddle. Haven't seen you for awhile &

it's nice to run into you again.

Way hay indeed!

:toast:

[eyepaddle]

30. To both replies!

:hi:

Have you seen Wat Tyler around by any chance? I almost miss being berated for liking Yes and Rush!

:toast:

[elshiva]

34. Rush? Hopefully the band and not Limbaugh?

[eyepaddle]

37. Red Barchetta baby

(The band--not the blowhard!) ;)

We are the priests
of the temple
of SYYYYYYRRRRRRIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNXXXXXXXXX

(dooom doom doom duh dooo doommmmm)!

on edit: yes I am aware that those are two totally different songs!

[elshiva]

40. Shew! I have not listened to them that much, what would

you recommend of their catalogue?

[saltpoint]

38. I'm out of the loop, I guess. Wat Tyler spun me around on a --

-- James Taylor post and I've not quite recovered from it. Keen mind, that one.

You hang in there & enjoy this week of setbacks for the Far Right!

[eyepaddle]

39. Will do,

g'night all!

yaarrrgh! :toast:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

4. Singer / Composer / Producer / Arranger / Songwriter

I work on all the above when I come from work every night .

[elshiva]

6. Nice! What kind of music?

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

14. Its hard for me to describe it in a genre .

I grew up listening to a bit of everything because MUSIC is MUSIC . So whatever I compose , it just comes out :)

[elshiva]

17. fair enough!

[eyepaddle]

7. This is frightfully specific, but I'd like

to manage the Hazardous Waste Program for the United States Antarctic Program--doing it from McMurdo Station.

[Neoma]

8. At the moment?

Having a successful comic.
But I'm working on it!

[elshiva]

9. Good luck! Have you posted it on DU before?

[Neoma]

18. I'm still in the character development stage.

:(

[Left Is Write]

10. Paid writer.

I've one of my other dream jobs - radio - and another is to be a lawyer.

[BlueIris]

11. I want to be one of the writers of the questions on "Jeopardy."

It's a pretty exclusive club, but I think I would rock that position.

[elshiva]

12. What sort of questions would you write?

[BlueIris]

22. Well, some here might disagree, but I think "Jeopardy"'s literature

questions need to be a bit more difficult--and need to include fewer canonical, "Western" writers. I think their history questions could be a little tougher, too. And don't even get me started on the science ones--I would really want to start getting creative, there.

[elshiva]

25. I think they need more literary diversity, too.

[Tektonik]

13. Porn star

[Lannes]

16. Film Director

[Wickerman]

19. I wouldn't have guessed it 15 years ago, but pretty much doing it now

I'm a statistician, to describe it succinctly. Never would've guessed that I would do a job with math of any type. I like what I do. I work with good people. They do good things. I'm happy. Wouldn't mind making more money but ya can't have it all, ya know.

Good luck with your dreams - they certainly sound worthy!

[elshiva]

28. Wow, dreams do come true!

Thanks! :toast:

[sparky_in_ma]

20. Radio talk show host

A liberal version of Rush. I've got the voice, but never knew enough, or was driven enough to pursue it.

[elshiva]

29. Hi, sparky! That would be great, you are very funny, but

some may argue that Al Franken is the liberal Rush. Yet your humor and wisdom is most needed. Have you called AAR yet?

[sparky_in_ma]

36. Al is good

but I wanted to be more on the serious side, with just a tad of snark.:D I'm past the age where changing careers is that viable an option. But it's fun to dream.:bounce: (thanks for this thread,quite thought provoking.)

[elshiva]

42. You are welcome! :) But Al can be serious, he asks serious

questions to politicians.

[sparky_in_ma]

43. He can be serious

but I can't shake his comedic origins. That could just be a case of me type-casting him. Kinda like if Robin Williams started doing Hardball.

[elshiva]

44. heheh! Robin Williams doing Hardball would be funny, wouldn't it?

[Poiuyt]

41. Secret Service limo driver

I know, it seems odd.

[RebelOne]

45. I already have my dream job.

I get paid for what I love to do -- reading. Though I am not wild about the subject matter, which is hunting and fishing stories.

[Heidi]

46. Artist.

Living the dream. :hi:

[JVS]

47. Writer/bon-vivant with a leaning more towards the bon-vivant part

Of course, since I don't write I cannot have this career without feeling like a complete fraud. Perhaps I should learn to write and then I could maybe go after the dream job

[GOPisEvil]

48. Legislative director/analyst for a non-profit.

I'd like to put my Poli Sci degree to good use. :)