If you could do any job in the world, what would it be?

[Herman Munster]

What is your dream job?

[laylah]

1. First off..

welcome! :toast:

My dream job is to work with at-risk youth without the hindrance of the freaking politics and power plays that are all pervasive (no matter where you work) in the human services field!

Jenn

[Lost-in-FL]

2. A party planner

:party: :party:

[sweetheart]

3. i'm doing my dream job

This is the dream, and this is our job.

That the results are mere scribblings i cannot say, however frustrated and otherwise
upset generally about this whole 'bush thing', and gosh, until the dems
get some traction, i'm pro bono.

[Opusnone]

4. Playboy photogrpaher

Ever since I was a young lad.

[Herman Munster]

15. LOL

I wanted to be a porn star when I was younger. I thought it was like the coolest thing ever when I was in high school.

[Opusnone]

28. i never saw a porn until a priest showed me one

True story. Not flame bait.

[rfranklin]

5. Judge sentencing Bush and Cheney to 10-20 years Leavenworth....

after which they stand trial at the Hague for war crimes.

[rfranklin]

6. dupe...

...

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. I want to be an attorney

[Floogeldy]

58. What are you doing to achieve your goal?

:)

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

8. President Of The United States.

Either that or a permanent judge at the Cannibis Cup.

[sweetheart]

12. Honourary judge at the cannabis cup

Ya really got something there... a job where you are paid to fly first
class to amsterdam, to stay in a 5 star hotel for a few weeks so that
you are prepared without jetlag for serious pot tasting.

and then you fly home with a lifetime supply of cannabis guaranteed
whenever you want it, and a stipend to write on DU forever as a paid
writer on minimum wage for serving the public good as a public writer.

[Joe Fields]

31. sorry. you cannot have my job!

[livvy]

9. Working with animals, preferably large primates, elephants, pandas,

or other bears. Something like a conservation reserve, or rehab/"retirement" facility, or even a zoo would fit my fancy. Working with horses would fit me, too, I think.

[Baka Gaijin]

10. I would be a . . .

professional wrestler!

[leftofthedial]

11. the ones I'm doing already

except I'd get paid.

[graywarrior]

13. Bob Dylan interviewer.

[skids]

14. OpenSource Sugardaddy.

Holding the purse-strings (.e.g. determining the direction, choosing the employees, etc.) of a large Open Source public effort to provide both scientific and, in particular, educational software.

However, there are more deserving people for that job than I. So I guess I'd settle for middle management.

[Selatius]

16. I would like to construct a worker commune or a worker co-op

I just need capital and participants. I'll probably be recorded in history as another one of those social/political theorists who bought land in the countryside to construct a community to test out his whacky ideas like was done in the 1800s in several locations in the US.

[silverweb]

24. ^5

See post #22.

:D

[Selatius]

32. You got some very good ideas for your eco-community

I would say my idea is a bit more evolutionary, but I'd like to reach your end-goal.

I'd start small with a simple co-op restaurant or grocery store. In time, it will expand to include farmland. The farmland would provide the firm most if not all the food it needs to run the business. As more time passes, more land, equipment, and buildings would be absorbed. Bigger farm machines to work the land. Equipment to can food and other goods. Buildings to house the assembly line. Homes for the workers. Hangars to repair broken farm machines and manufacturing equipment. Trucks and vehicles to ship the goods from the factories and fields to the business, which would likely be multiple co-op enterprises at that point.

Hopefully, the co-op will grow to a size where it can feasibly become self-sufficient for an extended period of time if not indefinitely. If the economy collapsed or was disrupted by massive conflict, we would simply shift over from selling products in the open market to making products for mutual survival and mutual aid. We would thus technically be considered a commune instead of a co-op.

What makes it different from other enterprises is not that the enterprise is self-sufficient but that the workers themselves own "the means of production," and decisions are made by the workers in a democratic fashion. Democracy in the workplace is an idea worthy of experimentation.

[silverweb]

37. Lovely!

Do you have anything concrete in the works for the near future? We have a very popular food co-op here that's been around for a long time and expanded substantially just a couple of years ago. They also have a financial and operational interest in a couple of local organic farms. They're not a commune, but it would seem that they've incorporated some of your developmental steps.

Since I'd be starting as an individual in an existing community, I'll likely start out with a worm farm, a small greenhouse, and a grey-water system. I plan to collect garbage from local friendly restaurants and households for _vermiculture/compost_ production, hopefully selling organic produce back to the same people.

I'd like to quickly incorporate self-sufficient energy systems, to include solar and wind sources, and if I manage to locate where I want to, a _seawater greenhouse_ would be my next step, a relatively major investment that would include fresh water production from sea water.

I figure I've got at least 20 good years left if I take reasonable care of myself, and I've got a plan. This project is very do-able, given a little capital assistance and assuming that humanity isn't doomed beyond hope already, and is something that could easily be taken over by a community group where it's developed.

[Selatius]

52. Unfortunately, my plans are still on the drawing boards

I don't suspect I'll be able to get around to it for at least 10 years if not longer. In the meantime, I've got to get my personal finances stabilized and get a stable job when I finish school and work on the dream some more. The experience I gain from work should be quite useful, for I'm studying business management right now. It's one of those life-long goals.

[pink-o]

92. What a bunch of us need to do....

....is to find an island in the Caribbean or the south pacific and discover a resource that the world can't do without (IE, sugar in the 17th century) We form a co-op on the island with the indigeonous people, we come together to build a country in an ecotopian image, and because we have this resource as currency, we win a seat on the UN Security Council and start calling the shots that bring the corrupt Western nations to heel.

I volunteer to be Secy of State, or the equivalent in our new society!

[Speck Tater]

17. Hammock tester in Hawaii

Long term stress testing, of course. You know, the kind that requires laying in the hammock for many hours at a time.

[Sugarcoated]

18. Singer/songwriter

or assistant to Ed Rendell. :)

[1620rock]

20. Astronaut.

[ComerPerro]

19. Rush Limbaugh's job

I could do it twice as well for half the pay.

Granted, I don't believe anything he says or agree with him on anything.

But it would be easy and fun.

His audience worships him, all the calls are pre-screened, he can make up whatever he wants and call it truth without fear of being sued for slander, and, the best part, not only does his audience love being lied to, they like being told big, outrageous lies.

[and-justice-for-all]

21. PRESIDENT.

[silverweb]

22. Developing a self-sustained eco-community.

Probably a pipe dream, but I dream about starting on a small scale in a small community, developing off-grid clean power, fresh water, self-contained trash/sewage-to-compost using vermiculture, and a self-sustained food supply. Selling the story and products of the project would help sustain it. Cost of living would be minimal.

After my daughter moves away (within the year), I may actually be able to do something about this dream. I can't do it alone, though, and I'm not sure that I have the salesmanship to promote the idea and attract investors/helpers to get it going. When I move, I'll probably just start on a tiny scale personally and expand it from there as I'm able.

There are so many different ideas and technologies that could be incorporated and I've been collecting information on them for some time now. I'd love to be able to implement at least several of them in one project.

[sweetheart]

67. crofting

What you say reminds me of 'crofting' and the american version - 40 acres;
and so much has been how much one can squeeze from the land, how many sheep can you
graze in a field, such that it's been in past about animals, wool, crops and very
ag commune like stuff, eco commune like and no suprise findhorn'ism.

But i see crofting in a new way, like you're describing eco-community, as a complex
community of interdependencies, where much economic specialization is done by trade
in kind, and the cash economy is put under scrutiny, with the objective of being
entirely cash neutral, yet self sufficient, and 'scot free'. :-)

But this involves being cash positive to have internet, and all, so then one must have
a revenue stream from savings, from creative endeavours, royalties for as long as the
project is revenue negative.

For it to work, you need a series of inspired incomers, in my observation, as just
having a static community of poor locals stays static, and the dynamic of new persons
inspired with a can-do attitude to evolve a new 'old' concept of living in harmony
with the land, but with modern health/food and information/education standards.

http://www.crofterscommission.org.uk/cd_ces.htm

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

23. Opera singer or airshow pilot.

[Ptah]

25. I'm actually employed doing my dream job.

I feel lucky.

[silverweb]

29. Looks interesting.

But what is it?

:shrug:

[Ptah]

30. Various telescopes.

I'm an instrument maker for a significant
observatory.

PM for details.

[FredStembottom]

44. Fantastic!

Do you do the opticals or all of that gorgeous machined metal - or both?
(speak simply - I only have a PBS/Nova grasp of telescopes!)

[Fuzz]

26. No one has said Bikini Inspector?

C'mon!

:)

[Broken_Hero]

27. RPG

writer/designer for Wizards of the Coast up in Seattle, and also...Magic The Gathering Card creator/writer....:)

[auntAgonist]

33. Funeral Director. n/t

[greatauntoftriplets]

50. Really???

My grandfather was one. He drank to cope with it.

:hi:

[auntAgonist]

53. It is a career I wish I would have gone into when I was younger..

When I realized that it was what I wanted to do, the only school in Ontario was so over run with applications that it was almost a lottery to get in. I applied twice and never even got a call. I did my pre-requisite hours of service in a funeral home doing everything but actually arrange the funeral with the contract and money etc. I worked part time for a recovery unit picking up deceased persons in different circumstances. I really feel suited to it. It's an honour and a priviledge to serve families in this way imho. Sadly the school here in MI (Wayne State U.) is also over run with applications. No chance of getting in. If working as an apprentice of sorts would pay the bills I'd go to work for one of the local establishments. Unfortunately, the pay is very low if you're unlicensed.

aA

[greatauntoftriplets]

55. The funeral director who handled my mother's funeral....

last December was awesone. It was a family company, and he bore the family name, and the place has been in business for more than 100 years. Guess my grandfather just could not cope with it. But he died with his boots on...enbalming flu victims in 1918 at an army base in Illinois. He caught the flu and died of pneumonia. My father was 8 at the time, his brothers were 10 and 12. After that, my grandmother (a woman way ahead of her time) worked as a store bookkeeper and a music teacher and went to live with her parents for child care.

It's a difficult business, but many do it extremely well. And it is a comfort to families. When I took in the check to pay the bill for my mother, the funeral director and I hugged.

[jmowreader]

76. How do you feel about living in Fayettenam for a couple years?

Fayetteville Technical Community College offers a funeral director program that's a bit easier to get into than the four-year programs you're talking about. And the funeral directors around here say it's very good.

[Seldona]

34. MMORPG Publisher, designer.

I would love to create my own digital realm and provide cutting edge, innovative, and interesting gameplay. And I have been doing design since grade school.

Then build custom motorcycles in my spare time.

[Broken_Hero]

39. sounds fantastic....:) nt

[Ediacara]

35. Aristocrat

I could eat good food, get drunk on the top shelf, and when I said something, people would listen as if my opinion mattered more than theirs...

I mean honestly, who's dream job isn't "no job at all"?

[mcscajun]

45. And here *I* thought you were going to start telling a story...

"A man walks into a talent agent's office, and says, "We're a family act..."

Snap a 'crat!

[mcscajun]

46. Self-delete

.

[suzbaby]

36. Personal "fluffer" for Jake Gyllenhaal

:evilgrin:




I kidd, I kidd!

[begin_within]

72. Well, you sure could have helped on "Brokeback" because those scenes

were a major disappointment - no chemistry at all. However, Jake didn't need any help in "Jarhead"

[suzbaby]

75. Really?

I thought they had great chemistry in BBM. Especially the second night in the tent when they get tender. :)

Oh well, to each their own opinion.

You're right about Jarhead though. That whole movie had a sexual aspect that I wasn't expecting.

[begin_within]

77. Yes, the second night was better - up until that scene there was not even

any sign of any attraction, in my opinion - they didn't look at each other like people who are attracted do. They didn't have the curiosity, the longing, the fascination with each other's bodies - all this was conspicuously absent, even though it is usually plentiful in heterosexual love stories in movies. I personally found the gay aspect of it unconvincing, and I think they should have used actors who actually are gay or at least bisexual for those roles - they could have created a far more convincing sexual ambience.

[suzbaby]

78. I think that was kind of the point

You saw how uncomfortable Ennis was with his sexuality on both the first and second night in the tent. I think before then the two men were trying to hide their feelings....show what manly men they were. I think the director wanted the first sexual encounter to be spontaneous, messy, and something when the two men weren't ready to accept even after it happened.

I liked the encounter four years after Brokeback. It's as if Ennis can't hide his feelings for Jack for another second. The kiss so passionately by the stairs.

The movie really made an impression on me. I couldn't sleep afterward just thinking about how unfair the whole thing was. They made me believe. :) But that's me.

[begin_within]

88. You're right on those points. I just didn't think the early part of the

film showed enough interest between the two - stealing furtive glances at each other, that sort of thing. It just didn't seem to be realistic to me, but that's just my opinion.

[suzbaby]

89. Well, it's a movie.

Movies affect different people different ways. I don't think there is a right or a wrong answer here.

P.S. I can never pick the right form of affect vs effect. Please ignore my grammar Achilles heel. :)

[begin_within]

91. I'm still sore that they didn't hire me to give "gay lessons" to Jake and

Heath before they started filming. They gave them cowboy lessons before starting, so what the hey?

[suzbaby]

95. Oh goodness!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Well, there are all those rumors that Jake is actually gay. So maybe he didn't need it.

Perhaps you would have been better suited as professional "fluffer" in that situation. :evilgrin:

[begin_within]

96. Then again, maybe they worked it out themselves:

[suzbaby]

98. Maybe they did!

[Wapsie B]

38. Casting Director, Adult Films

:evilgrin:

[Greyhound]

40. Undercover philanthropist.

Just roam anonymously and fund worthy people. :smoke:

[silverweb]

43. Let me know where to reach you in a year or so.

:D

[Greyhound]

57. OK, probably be here, Coming into something? n/t

[silverweb]

84. Maybe.

I might be far enough into a project worthy of philanthropic attention....

:P

[FredStembottom]

41. Recording Engineer/Composer

...and the type of rec. engineer that can pull out a panel and troubleshoot/solder/rewire - whatever it takes.

....while writing music on the side for my own CD's!


:bounce:

[LiberalEsto]

42. High Priestess nt

[mcscajun]

47. The first legal grower of the finest cannibis on the East Coast

:smoke:

Okay... a little more realistic? XM radio DJ.

[SeattleGirl]

48. Floral Designer

I do it as a hobby right now, do weddings for family and friends, but I'd love to do it as my primary job.

[Floogeldy]

49. Indicting particular members of the current federal executive branch.

}(

[greatauntoftriplets]

51. Retired.

:bounce:

:cry:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

54. I've always wanted to be in movies.

I swear I'd want to win an Oscar and then I'd quit, buy an island somewhere and just grow old with my Skippy.
Duckie

[24HRrnr]

56. Entrepeneur

[Book Lover]

59. I do it, I just don't get paid for it

I make art. To pay the bills, I make books.

[Dulcinea]

60. Successful freelance writer or filmmaker. eom

[Fenris]

61. A carpenter.

[pitohui]

62. rich heiress

altho i could do w.out the making porn videos part, i would just inherit my $$$ and spend it quietly instead of using my millions to make more millions a la paris hilton

[flvegan]

63. The Punisher. n/t

[Fox Mulder]

64. In all seriousness...

I'd love to do the work that Fox Mulder did on the show The X-Files.

Seriously.

[LeftyMom]

65. I'd rather be an at-home Mom again.

I'll never get to do it again, but it was nice while it lasted.

[BlueIris]

66. Development executive at Paramont. nt

[BikeWriter]

68. ROFL! I have pictures.

[datasuspect]

69. scion of wealth, european royalty, old wealth inheritor

yep, it would be great to live off a family fortune that has been collecting interest for 200-500 years.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

70. Editor for National Geographic

I had one of those "slap your forehead" momemts a few weeks ago while trying to find a certain article in my pile of old Natl Geos. One of my biggest problems in life is that the good ideas come too late to act on. There's a pattern, starting to think I unconsciously do it on purpose.

[AngryAmish]

71. stingray documentarian

[NC_Nurse]

73. Manage my lottery winnings...

;)

[nuxvomica]

74. Agent for the United Network Command for Law & Enforcement

I would love to spend my time fighting the Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity.

[Left Is Write]

79. Lawyer, psychologist (specializing in the criminal mind), voice artist,

and ad copywriter.

D'you think I could pull all of it off? :)

[DawgHouse]

80. Movie critic.

[Oeditpus Rex]

81. Fabulously wealthy newspaper editor/publisher

With no need to kiss corporate or advertiser ass.

I'd hire the best reporters and editors available, pay them very well and tell them, "You have one job — find the truth."

Oh — the paper would be free, too.

[judaspriestess]

82. Personal "trainer" to the English Premier League

or a 747 commercial airline pilot!

[WCGreen]

83. Towel Boy in an all girl sauna......

[YankeyMCC]

85. Naturalist or Park Ranger

something along those lines.

[Arugula Latte]

86. Writer for the Daily Show --- but I get to stay in Oregon.

:thumbsup:

[scarlet_owl]

87. Wildlife rehabilitator.

Especially raptors.

[JVS]

90. Millionaire playboy

[LongTomH]

93. Futurist - Working for a Progressive Think-Tank

The last few years, I've been a member of the Foresight Institute. I even joined the "Senior Associate" program so I could attend the get-togethers and take part in the dialogue. I haven't been able to attend the Senior Associate Get-Togethers since I lost my programming job; but, I'm still on the mailing list.

Unfortunately, the political right tends to dominate much of the discussion. Speakers at Foresight events have included Peter Schwartz of the Global Business Network, Professor Glenn Reynolds ("Instapundit"), and Virginia Postrel of the Reason Foundation and Reason Magazine. Right-wing think tanks like the Cato Institute and the Heritage Foundation have sponsored nanotech events in cooperation with the Foresight Institute.

I wouldn't call the leadership of the Foresight Institute, such as K.Eric Drexler and Christine Peterson, neo-cons or rightists. And I certainly wouldn't call Professor Lawrence Lessig, Brad Templeton of the Electronic Freedom Foundation. However, the right does predominate in the discussion of nanotechnology and of the future in general.

[lost-in-nj]

94. Goosedown feather pillow checker

I can't use foam it gives me headaches.
But I will check a goosedown feather pillow anyday......


lost

[Mutley]

97. Astronomer. Or meteorologist.

Unfortunately, math is Not my strong point. :cry: