What did you want to be when you were little?

[Adelheid]

I thought that since so many polls were set up by different people to know a bit more about the users of this friendly website, I thought perhaps one more may do no harm, and fulfill it's purpose at the same time.

Maybe some of you think back with fond memories of the childhood you had, or maybe of the daydreams you had of what you would have liked to become "when you grew up". Many kids ask that question today. It would be interesting to find out from each of you what you dreamed of. And perhaps it might help some poor kid who chances upon this website... :p Perhaps too, some of you might happen upon some goodly advice which you feel would have benefitted you had you known it before- post it too!

Could you please share with everyone what you wanted to be when you were little? Maybe, if you liked, you could also add whether that came true in your case, or whether you're still reaching that goal, or you have completely swung from that dream in the course of your life, and found something else that interested you better.

I have set up a poll that only includes different work ideas in the most general of terms, so feel free to write and specify.

[Adelheid]

I know that there are many more professions and careers available.... and no space for all of them. Here are 2 more I should have put up...

~Performing Artists
~Military Service (which most boys would have chosen)
~Writer

So even if yours is not on the list, please, please do let us all know....

[Scheherazade]

I wanted to become a teacher; it felt only natural because my mother was one. During highschool I had a brief 'fling' with chemistry (which came to an abrupt end when I started taking Organic Chemistry!) but I have always wanted to teach.

I am one of those lucky people who have realised their career dreams, I guess! :)



PS: Adelheid, I have edited the poll for you to add other options.

[Adelheid]

Thanks, Scheherazade! I'm grateful...

[GruesomeBugman]

I've wanted to be a police officer with the RCMP since I was nine years old.
Just give me a few more years and I'll be there =)

[kilted exile]

I voted for other because there is only one thing I have ever wanted to do, manage Glasgow Rangers Football Club. All jobs I will ever have in my life are only to make money, not to fulfill any dream.
I have begun coaching kids soccer teams now instead, as it is the closest I will ever get.

[papayahed]

I remember I wanted to be a musician and a doctor, I'm not sure which came first though. I quit wanting to be a doctor when I saw another persons blood and it skeeved me out. I don't know why I stopped wanting to be a musician, I have considered buy a drum set but that's on hold also since I am now living in a apartment...

[Koa]

Oh when I was at kindergarten I was sure I wanted to become a painter, which in later years, let's say from 7 to 10/11, modified into wanting to become a fashion designer. After that I soon realised that I really CAN'T draw, I really have no skills at all, and I have troubles even in drawing the simplest thing, and at school when we had art and had to draw my marks were a tragedy :D Also about the fashion designer, well I have very little esthetic sense and until a few years ago I couldnt care less about what I was wearing, providing it was jeans and a tshirt... LOL it's funny to look back on this things now.
(btw how does painter classify in the poll?)

Later on, when I was 16-17 I decided I wanted to become a journalist... For a while I sort of pursued the dream but then I kinds gave up, I dont think I have the active personality to do that kind of job... I sometimes think that maybe one day I could somehow get a job involved with journalism if life leads me that way, but I'm not dreaming anymore of being the special reporter writing from the other side of the world...
Or a translator, but it's such a hard consuming job, I'm a perfectionist in that and in the little experiences I've had it felt so... I don't know, terribly hard. Though that's a way that's still open.

Now I have no clue what I want to be, which is the funniest thing when you're a few months away from graduation :D

[RococoLocket]

I don't know what to choose in the poll, I wanted to be a vet, ballerina, paleontologist, TV presenter & Hollywood actress. I'm still changing my mind with my mood now! :D

[Beaumains]

When I was little I always had the desire to be a lawyer involved in politics. Heh, that's actually still my career plan. Once I get out of high school and get my degree in political science, I'll be off to law school.

[Maxos]

ballerina

You find Italian in the most incredible places, I don't want to think of the way you pronounce it...
I had never heard it before, is the word used in England?

Anyway, I chose Scientist, but, if a warfare breaks out, be sure I'll try to conquer the world, someway......

[RococoLocket]

You find Italian in the most incredible places, I don't want to think of the way you pronounce it...
I had never heard it before, is the word used in England?

Ballerina as in the type of dancer? Yes it is used in England. Erm I guess we pronounce it kinda like: bah-ler-eenah

[Maxos]

Better than I hoped.
the correct syllabic spelling is: bal-le-rì-na that is bahl-leh-ree-nah (two 'l' not only one, you have to pronounce them entirely).

[papayahed]

Now, I want to be an astronaut.

[Koa]

You find Italian in the most incredible places, I don't want to think of the way you pronounce it...
I had never heard it before, is the word used in England?



Ehehe that was exactly my thought. Strange also cos in English there's the world ballet, evidently coming from French, but then the dancer suddenly becomes Italian lol :D It must be so funny to hear with an English accent ;)

[Helga]

I said farmer because it's my earliest memory of a career to choose... then I wanted to be a music teacher, cop, painter, nanny, philosopher, polititian, writer and now I plan to teach literature and write....

[Sitaram]

The poll does not seem to list novelist or poet.

[Bianca Fransen]

I wanted to be an entertainer as a kid - sing, write comic sketches and act. Did a bit of everything (singing in a schoolband, perform as stand-up comedian, took a lot of drama lessons).. but the biggest compliment was always "you have a lot of guts".. and sometimes "you wrote that well, but performed a bit shakily" (as a stand-up comedian).
When I announced to all my friends and family that I want to 'only' write now - they all said "Ah, that suits you much better". As I have not written anything good yet, you can imagine what my singing was like :goof:.
Anyway, all the tests I did in highschool showed the same results: go and do 'something' with books. Either be a librerian or a school teacher or a writer.. So I guess I am finally learning where my talents might be :thumbs_up.
For a living I write short pieces for a magazine (journalist style - so not very creative, but it is interesting) and I put articles on a website. It probably made me want to write creatively even more.

[Maxos]

To Koa

No, ballet comes from Italian through French. (italian "balletto", that is something like "little dance", but then the notion of "little" was lost, explanation for foreigners)

French arts were all imported from Italy in the 16th century by the "De Medici"

Of course England's close relationship with France (Plantagenets and so on), and the great cultural egemony which France had been enjoying since the half of the 17th century, caused the spread of french-fashioned (is this phrase possible?) words in Britain and the most of the nations.

[shortysweetp]

astronaut or scientist

[mono]

Interesting thread!
As a child, I often aspired to being a scientist and writer; I excelled quite well in school in advanced placement science (mostly biology and chemistry) and creative writing, but eventually desired also direct contact with people.
Now, I remain near graduation in nursing school (a form of applied science), and try to write, in my funny sort of way. :p

[imthefoolonthehill]

i wanted to be a spy.

i must have accidentally clicked office worker/clerk earlier...because i don't remember EVER wanting to be one of those...

[Koa]

For a living I write short pieces for a magazine (journalist style - so not very creative, but it is interesting) and I put articles on a website. It probably made me want to write creatively even more.

Wow that's great, I'd love to do something like that, now that I learnt that I don't really have much creativity, but I like to put things into words...

[avolita]

i wanted to be an architect but then i realised that i sux at maths and i cant draw....well, bye bye architect :D i'm a teacher now, but i dont mind dating an architect ;)

[Nightshade]

I still cant decide what I want to be... at one point (when I was 10) I wanted to be a hermit I said so in class and got told thats not a job
a nurse
a politition
an alien
an archiologist
a librarian
a spy
a journalist
At the moment I am going to take a course in librarianship then take a part time course in Homeopathy.
:) :eek:

[amuse]

i wanted to be a. a nurse and b. a stewardess. now i think nursing will be nice, of course, but i would also like to invent whole-body diagostic machines and wouuld also like to do research on the heart, as well as invent ways to treat various heart ailments. will have to take engineering courses at some point. plus i would like to become a linguist (italian, spanish, latin, asl (i know that's not verbal, but nonetheless)) and a mathematician. formulae seem to make intuitive sense to me and present themselves at random in normal life situations.

[Jay]

Sooo...

historian = archeologist
doctor or professor/scientist = scientist (research in labs - virology, microbiology) vet, neurologist, pediatrist, orthopaedist... ah, psychiatrist
teacher = just... a teacher, lol
others = astronaut, ecologic activist (that a profession? lol)
military = (ahem) pilot, I like the (modern - post WWII) fighters

that's about all I can recall right now... and I still have no idea what I really want to be... I mean, I'm still a 'little girl' ;) and I'm still in the phase of future-job-dreaming :p

[fayefaye]

I have no idea what I want to be... I'd like to travel and not work at all :P (photographer would be cool)

I think I went through random ideas of what I'd like to be when I was a kid, but never committed to anything (and nothing has changed since :P) Ballerina, pianist....

[Bianca Fransen]

User deleted.
Ehm.. this question does not belong here.. but maybe someone can answer it anyway? What happened to pvpham? He sent me an e-mail.. but for some reason I am not allowed to answer it.. and then this message.. ?? I just don't get it.. :confused:

[Koa]

:eek: curious... what happened???

[Bianca Fransen]

:goof: :goof: Well, since I did not see his e-mail in the 20 minutes between his sending it and dissappearing completely from this forum.. IT WASN'T ME ;) . Spooks me a bit though.. Can I be deleted too? :lol:

[Koa]

Maybe he deleted himself... it was him who edited his messages...

[Taliesin]

We wanted to be a writer.
All the other boys in the kindergarten wanted to be policemen or athletes but we wanted to be a writer.

[Bianca Fransen]

We wanted to be a writer.
All the other boys in the kindergarten wanted to be policemen or athletes but we wanted to be a writer.
We.. as in 'you, yourself and your brilliant talent' ;) ? As in 'Mr. Jekyll and Hide and me'? Or just plain, boring you and your friends? Enlighten me, you make me curious.. :confused:

[mono]

We.. as in 'you, yourself and your brilliant talent' ;) ? As in 'Mr. Jekyll and Hide and me'? Or just plain, boring you and your friends? Enlighten me, you make me curious.. :confused:
No, Taliesin merely insists on referring to himself (or "themselves") in the third-person perspective. Where it originated, I have no idea (I think before I even joined the forum), but I have always found it especially amusing. :D

[Jack_Aubrey]

I wanted to be a neuro-surgeon when I was little.

[Basil]

No, Taliesin merely insists on referring to himself (or "themselves") in the third-person perspective.
Is 'we' considered third-person?

[mono]

Is 'we' considered third-person?
Oops, silly me, I must not have thought clearly while typing the post. :p
No, rhetoricians do not consider 'we' termed as the third-person perspective, but a first-person plural. If you realized my mistake, I would have hoped you could correct me, rather than asking, but thank you for noticing the mistake.

[Basil]

If you realized my mistake, I would have hoped you could correct me, rather than asking
I'm not sure I understand the difference, but ok: I will correct your future mistakes with simple declarative statements.

No, rhetoricians do not consider 'we' termed as the third-person perspective, but a first-person plural.
Your statement suggests that only rhetoricians consider 'we' to be a first-person plural pronoun. This is incorrect: everybody considers the pronoun 'we' to be first-person plural. That is to say, your statement would be deemed incorrect universally; not just by rhetoricians.

[mono]

Your statement suggests that only rhetoricians consider 'we' to be a first-person plural pronoun. This is incorrect: everybody considers the pronoun 'we' to be first-person plural. That is to say, your statement would be deemed incorrect universally; not just by rhetoricians.
I apologize, Basil, as I have no intention of arguing, nor offending you.
Language, though having a specific part of the human brain for understanding (Wernicke's area) and forming it (Broca's area), does not prove as "universal," but, in fact, imaginary, imagined and organized by whatever culture developed the first expressive grunt and groan, but perfected by linguists, rhetoricians, writers, and etymologists (if I may, I recommend reading Simon Winchester's The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary).
Calling the rhetorical 'rules and regulations' of a language universal, I think, assumes that possible aliens in outerspace speak English, and would never mistake a third-person perspective from a first-person plural, when far from everyone on our planet speaks perfect English (including native English speakers, like myself). This seems what separates language as universal from something imaginary - the tree grew before humans called it a tree.
Again, I do not intend on angering or confronting anyone, but merely desired to correct, what I thought, a linguistic mistake, and would prefer to no longer deviate from the purpose of this thread.

[Bianca Fransen]

No, Taliesin merely insists on referring to himself (or "themselves") in the [first-person plural] perspective. Where it originated, I have no idea (I think before I even joined the forum), but I have always found it especially amusing. :D
It reminds me of a style in a novel - I cannot remember which one, but I find it a charming choice of style :nod: . I just thought it had extra meaning concerning this thread, which explains my question.
It also reminds me a bit of a boy in my class who always called himself 'Daniel' and 'he'. Other kids had to explain to me that he was talking about himself. First I thought he had a best friend he could not stop talking about..

[amuse]

*whispers
:confused: i thought he (Basil) meant to be funny?

[Sirius_Kai]

I actually wanted to be both a doctor and a lawyer. My reason at that time was that I could then represent myself in a malpractice case. LOL I still want to be in law, just law enforcement instead.

[Pensive]

I have always wanted to be a Professor. When I was little I wanted to be a English Professer but now I want to be a Professor of Chemistry or perhaps Zology.
I also dont mind giving free lectures on anything :p
Want a free lucture or wanna ask something from your professor? lol

[Sitaram]

I have always wanted to be a Professor. When I was little I wanted to be a English Professer but now I want to be a Professor of Chemistry or perhaps Zology.
I also dont mind giving free lectures on anything :p
Want a free lucture or wanna ask something from your professor? lol


Something tells me you shall be quite successful! I see this in your essential nature. For someone so very young, you have an wonderful, inquiring mind. I was truly amazed when I first made your acquaintance, and count myself fortunate. I genuinely believe it is possible for you to one day make this world a slightly different, better place.

[PistisSophia]

Even though I wanted to be a vet until "the hormones kicked in" I'm still not quite sure what I want to be when I grow up.......however, I managed a career as a medical adm. asst., medical transcriptionist, and now, the hardest work in my life....raising a human being.

[Kat_Orr]

I always wanted to be a missionary ~ and would still jump at the chance to do so! :)

[Themis]

When I was little, I wanted to become a writer/journalist and a painter. But when I was a bit older (still little, though) I wanted to become a writer and a jurist of some kind. (Oh, alright ... and an actress ;) )

[rachel]

When I was four I was put in school, a terrible thing because:a I sucked my thumb b. I was not used to children much, I was given a set of books and read them in the doggie basket in the kitchen while every one else went about their meaningful lives.
I learned to read and print by three but had zero social skills and all the kids thought I was either a doll to play with or a dork to avoid.
But already I wanted to write so for about a week I toiled over a story I made up, painstakingly printed, actually drew stick pictures for and with some help sewed the middle up with my fat hands and fat needle and thread. I was terribly proud.
I took it to my teacher At Victoria School and stood trembling by her desk as she silently went through it.
"We don't use pens until grade three" was all she said and made me go back to my seat.
I wish I had that little book back. But I did become a women's editor and have written ever since.
I was also in dance and music very young and wanted to compose my own lyrics and music and wanted to teach dance. Both have come true.
Now I want to be a great humanitarian like Mother Tereasa but so far only have a small street ministry.And I want to write very great books, so far only in the middle of, and whether they will be great only time will tell.
Still when I go outside at night and search the starry heavens I keep hearing a small
still Voice whisper to me to keep going even when all looks hopeless and I am beyond weary.
I hope for each and every one of you that your childhood dreams come to pass in one way or another.
Koa you are a fine artist with words and paint many pretty and rare pictures.

"For nothing is impossible for them who believe." scripture

[Scatterbrain]

I wanted to be a singer and an actress

[volvoreta]

I wanted to be an airline pilot.

[Kaltrina]

when I was little I wanted to be a math professor.... :D

[jadejen10]

When I was younger I wanted to be a lawer, but as I got older I fell in love with the game of basketball, and now I want to be a basketball coach& a high school counselor.

[samercury]

I wanted (still do) to be a pediatrician....wanted to be an historian too.......

[Shea]

First I wanted to play baseball for the Mets (since they named the stadium for me after all :D ) Then an actress, then doctor/nurse, then teacher.

I've pretty much just landed on teacher but thinking of having my own classroom soon gives me terrible butterflies. I honestly just want to be a stay-at-home mom; you know, the kind that cooks and sews.

[underground]

up till first grade, i wanted to be an engineer. but even now i'm not sure what an engineer does, so had to give that one up. :mad:

in the meantime, i got myself started on writing "stories" some time in first grade, and what i wanted to be ever since (till high school, that is) was a writer. :p

i only realized that fellow writer-wannabes of the world are a LOT, LOT more competitive than i would ever be (i didn't know many people wrote to be published and not for fun), so i switched gear to something practical.

[emily655321]

Artist; I've been a doodler from the time I could dip my hand in fingerpaint. I was always the kid who got asked by other kids to draw their picture for them in school. Then around third grade I got it into my head that I wanted to be a philosopher, and that's what I told people. I wrote lots and lots of poetry from the ages of 9-12, and then I wanted to be a novelist. Then in high school I realized that I'd never, ever be capable of actually completing a story, and from then on it's been art again.

Now, I'm thinking, illustrator. Love books, love reading, love writing in fits and starts, but I would be passionately in love with illustrating children's chapter books. They were my original inspiration.

So, needless to say, I'm going to make lots and lots of money. :thumbs_up
(Was that sarcasm subtle enough for you?)

[jakobin]

i wanted to be an archeologist when i was really young but then it dawned on me that i would never make enough money to live off doing that, even if i do find something amazing.

i then thought that i wanted to defend my country. im probably the most patriotic person you will meet, and i simply love new zealand with my heart and soul. serving NZ just seems like the right thing to do after it has done so much for me. i dont know how i would feel going into battle in another country, because not many wars come our way down here. i would probably end up fighting for the UK in Iraq of East Timur or something like that, and i dont know whether i would want to do that. but i still feel asthough i owe new zealand something, and i still plan on joining the army some time soon, maybe after i finish university.

if that doesnt work out, the only fitting job for me would be in tourism here in new zealand, and promote new zealand in a positive light all around the world.

[Aurora Ariel]

Paleontologist, Egyptologist, Historian, or Astronomer.

I was obsessed with dinosaurs, ancient Egypt, history, science, stargazing etc from a young age....actually still am:).


....but most of all, I longed to be a............TIME TRAVELLER!;)

[cruciverbalist]

I wanted to be a traffic police-woman when I was four years old. I was fascinated by them for some strange reason.(Probably has to do with my control-freak nature ;)) But then I realized soon enough that it would be pretty tiresome standing in traffic in the Delhi heat all day.
Then, I wanted to be in the Indian Foreign Service when I was 8 (I thought I would get to travel a lot that way); be a fashion designer when I was 9; an archaeologist when I was 11; a writer/journalist when I was 12; and then just confused!
Now, I'm studying economics so I hope to do something in research.

[Transmogrified]

wanted to be a lawyer when i was a kid, but as i grew up i found more interest in mathematics.. gave my last exam for B.Sc Mathematics this year.

[IrishCanadian]

Cngradulations Transmogrified! Well done!
For most of my childhood I was working on setting my career as a ghostbuster Well actually i think it was a "gohstbusow." After that phase was over I wanted to be an actor or a pro dancer.

[Petrarch's Love]

Ever since I was a little girl I've wanted to be about four things simultaneously: a professor who publishes fiction in her spare time, is married to the love of her life, and raises one or two children. I must be pretty boring because I haven't changed my mind. I still want to do the professor/writer/wife/mother thing. :nod: Oh, and I did go through a brief actress period in elementry school when I starred in all the school plays. I still think it would be fun to do a little acting--community theatre or something--but not for a living.

[IrishCanadian]

Thats not boreing at all!!
You sumed up my "new and improved" life ambitions right there ... except I'd much prefer to be a father than a mother.

[Boris239]

Congrats, Transmogrified! I got my BA in math&cs last year.

My childhood dream was to be a football player. In high school I wanted to become an archaeologist and visit different countries.

[ElizabethSewall]

Ever since I was a little girl I've wanted to be about four things simultaneously: a professor who publishes fiction in her spare time, is married to the love of her life, and raises one or two children. I must be pretty boring because I haven't changed my mind. I still want to do the professor/writer/wife/mother thing. :nod:
Hehe... Same thing but with 3 kids. And some dancing as well.

[Mililalil XXIV]

Oh, just wanted to be a super hero, really. That's about it.

[SleepyWitch]

when i was little i wanted to be a drop-out and build a stone age hut to live in and live off fruits and hunting... i even studied a reference book about how to build a hut that's basically a hole in the ground with a tatched roof on top.... :)
later on, I wanted to be an extraterrestro-linguist (or whatever they are called) because i read about them in science fiction books. most of them had PSI or other weird powers so they could pick up any alien language on the spot. i thought, hey if they can do it i can do it too. so whenever i overheard foreigners i pricked my ears and tried hard to pick up their language.. well, it didn't work... (now I know that the authors of those sci-fi books were evil Chomskyans)...

[Virgil]

I wanted to ba an astronaunt. Then I found out I get sea sickness and so there went the dream. :lol: Plus now, I get scared even being on an airplane. When I found out that a lot of astronaunts are engineers, I got interested in it and I have become one. My other childhood dream, which I have not given up hope on yet, is to write a novel. Someday.

[tn2743]

My other childhood dream, which I have not given up hope on yet, is to write a novel. Someday.

I'm confident that this dream will be realised Virgil, and realised well. I think that you are more than capable.

I always wanted to be a lawyer, to help protect and develop justice. Oh look, I'm still just a little kid. :)

[Transmogrified]

Congrats, Transmogrified! I got my BA in math&cs last year.


Thanks Boris (Ah! I've got company here..) and thanks Irish.. I wish i score well

[Boris239]

I wanted to ba an astronaunt.

here is an old russian anekdote about childhood dreams:

in soviet kindergarten:

Teacher asks Ivanov: Who is your mother?
Ivanov: Motherland
Teacher: Who is your father?
Ivanov: Stalin
Teacher: Who do you want to be when you grow up?
Ivanov: Astronaut

Teacher asks Petrov: Who is your mother?
Petrov: Motherland
Teacher: Who is your father?
Petrov: Stalin
Teacher: Who do you want to be when you grow up?
Petrov: Astronaut

Teacher asks Rabinovich(jewish boy): Who is your mother?
Rabinovich(ruefully): Motherland
Teacher: Who is your father?
Rabinovich(ruefully): Stalin
Teacher: Who do you want to be when you grow up?
Rabinovich: orphan

[Taliesin]

:lol:

Good one. Soviet anecdotes are great. Besides the fact that they are funny, they make us glad that we don't live at Soviet times.


Making a 180 degree turn,we remembered this little childhood dreams poem by Liselotte Raune:


Als mein Vater
mich zum erstenmal fragte,
was ich mal werden will,
sagte ich nach kurzer Denkpause
"Ich möchte mal glücklich werden."
Sa sah mein Vater sehr unglücklich aus
aber dann bin ich
doch was anderes geworden
und alle waren mit mit zufrieden.

To translate loosely:


When my father
asked me for the first time
what I once want to be(come),
said I after a small thinking-pause:
"I want to be happy"
Then my father looked very unhappy
but then I
still became something else
and everyone was very pleased with me

[Virgil]

When my father
asked me for the first time
what I once want to be(come),
said I after a small thinking-pause:
"I want to be happy"
Then my father looked very unhappy
but then I
still became something else
and everyone was very pleased with me

Tal - I love that!! Fantastic. :thumbs_up

[Pensive]

Taliesin, This is touching. Very good, indeed.

[Scheherazade]

How about a song by Doris Day, which is rather becoming, I believe:

When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother
What will I be
Will I be pretty
Will I be rich
Here's what she said to me

Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
What will be, will be

When I grew up and fell in love
I asked my sweetheart
What lies ahead
Will we have rainbows
Day after day
Here's what my sweetheart said

Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
What will be, will be

Now I have Children of my own
They ask their mother
What will I be
Will I be handsome
Will I be rich
I tell them tenderly

Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
What will be, will be
Que Sera, Sera

:p

[Pensive]

Ah Scher, our music teacher taught us the same song!

I never understood the meaning of "Que Sera Sera" We pronounce it like "kay-sara-sara" Is this a name?

[Scheherazade]

Ah Scher, our music teacher taught us the same song!

I never understood the meaning of "Que Sera Sera" We pronounce it like "kay-sara-sara" Is this a name?According to Wikipedia, it means 'whatever will be, will be': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Que_sera%2C_sera

Used to love the song when I was a miniature person... Loved Doris Day and Rock Hudson movies :D

[IrishCanadian]

Doris Day is fantastic, but Judy Garland is one of my all time heros. Having said that I didn't want to be either of them when I grow up.
Come to tink of it I still wouldn't mind aspiring to becomming Gene Kelley though.

[Regit]

When I grow up, I want to be a writer. I ask my dad if he thinks I'll be able to do it, and he said: quel sera sera :)
I also want to be a businessman.

[The Unnamable]

I always wanted to be a big game hunter à la Hemingway. Here I am well on the way. I tired him out with a four hour wrestling session.

This is why I’ve not been around for a while – lots to do and see here.

Must go – more wildlife to battle.


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/stonemewhatalife/tiger.jpg

[Riesa]

What? Unnamable? I thought you were a brain in a jar. You're cute, in an unnamable sort of way. :D

[The Unnamable]

I thought you were a brain in a jar. You're cute...:D
Of course I'm cute - but what about the Tiger? I was expecting more amazement. Come on, people - this isn't a child's stuffed toy. It's a wild and vicious beast! I was so taken with its majesty that I was almost reluctant to kill it afterwards.

[Riesa]

Oh, pardonez-moi, that tiger is exceptionally fine looking.

[The Unnamable]

that tiger is exceptionally fine looking.
Indeed he is – and his head looks wonderful on my wall, next to the photograph of me bagging a rhino.

The life of a big game hunter is tough, however – here is the accommodation I was forced to use, as well as a nice little friend who used to share the bathroom with me.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/stonemewhatalife/hotel.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/stonemewhatalife/pet_spider.jpg

[Regit]

Unnamable, that is one scary spider! Are they the species of spider that's supposed to be one of the largests? They can be like 6 inches long or something. I walked into one of these (smaller than 6 inches, but still huge) once whilst climbing the Vietnamese jungle: The single most terrifying moment of my life. I almost fell off a cliff running and rolling around. :blush: Oh man, this picture brought back some horrifying flashes. :cold:

[gothiclenore]

An actress and computer programmer...or ANYTHING to do with computers. Also wanted to write a novel.

Um... at one stage wanted to be an astronomer and go into space. I wanted to be a palentogist, or archeologist.... yeah, I changed my mind alot. But acting and computing were my dream jobs.

Funny I guess, since I no longer act, and computers are my passion but not my job (i dropped out of polytech). :-p

Life is weird like that.

[gothiclenore]

BTW.... That is a BEAUTIFUL spider. I love it! :-)
Reminds me of my spider tattoo....

[Petrarch's Love]

The intrepid Unnamable is back from his mysterious adventures! But where's his pith helmet? Did the tiger eat it? That's quite a picture, Unnamable. I did have to pause for a minute to wonder if I actually had seen a pic. of you before, though I dont think you've posted any, because It's amazing how much you look like my mental image of you--except that I thought your hair would be a little lighter for some odd reason. The tiger is precisely as I'd imagined him.:nod: Alas, this dispels any hope that you're actually the twin of your avatar. :lol: The great question however, is what you can possibly hunt now that could top a tiger? Snark perhaps my beamish boy? I suppose you could always start with that spider. Looks big enough to put up a bit of a fight.

[Virgil]

I always wanted to be a big game hunter à la Hemingway. Here I am well on the way. I tired him out with a four hour wrestling session.

This is why I’ve not been around for a while – lots to do and see here.

Must go – more wildlife to battle.


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/stonemewhatalife/tiger.jpg
Is that really you Unnamble? I pictured you older and less friendly. ;)

If it is you, it's nice to see you really don't have a skin problem. And you actually smile. I always picture you with a grim look ("I can't go on, I must go on"). A very nice looking young man, who I can't imagine being a pessimist. Yes, the tiger is impressive.

[Virgil]

Of course I'm cute - but what about the Tiger? I was expecting more amazement. Come on, people - this isn't a child's stuffed toy. It's a wild and vicious beast! I was so taken with its majesty that I was almost reluctant to kill it afterwards.
It's not just he's cute. He's not the fire-breathing ogre he projects himself to be. He's looks like someone I should know, but just can't quite place. He looks like a someone I could have had as a childood friend, someone who I should have known all my life. Such a friendly face.

[Pensive]

Unnamable seems really good-natured by his face. Ah, but those are faces which deceives a person sometimes.

[Scheherazade]

Of course I'm cute - but what about the Tiger? I was expecting more amazement. Come on, people - this isn't a child's stuffed toy. It's a wild and vicious beast! I was so taken with its majesty that I was almost reluctant to kill it afterwards.Really?? I thought it had merely passed out after attending one of your classes!

:p

[IrishCanadian]

Nice one Scher!

[rachel]

he didn't harm a hair on it's body. And I told all of you he is beautiful, even more so when he doesn't wear his shades.

I always wanted to write, wrote, illustrated and put together my first book around four, showed my teacher who told me we don't use pen until grade three and then she took it and put it on her desk and that was that. I wanted to also be a humanitarian worker, ended up with a street ministry-but the same sort of thing in a way, and I wanted to dance and that came true. A couple of others but they are too private.

[RJbibliophil]

Ok, so I have always wanted to be a writer, why was it not included in this of all forums. :rage: :crash: anyway, I am reaching that goal, I also want to do some type of mission work and be a mother and might like to be a teacher and I'm only in 8th grade and possibly some more church work.... yeah kind of undecided

[rachel]

ahhh! YOU ARE JUST A BABY PIGLET, come let me give you a hug and a kiss on your dear head. I have a little picture of the original piglet and he says"pooh?" and Pooh says yes and piglet says" nothing, I was just making sure of you." I love it so much.
I will pray all your dreams come true dear.

[WhimsySA]

I was always breathtaken by dolphins and wanted to be a marine biologist. However I am past that stage now and I am hoping to be a child psychologist.

[Chava]

Other: Journalist, which is my current ambition. Honestly, i've wanted to be it all, probably would be if i could...

[Bandini]

I read all of James Herriot's books when I was at Primary School and wanted to be a vet. Unfortunately, I had no aptitude for science, so that was that!

[Riesa]

I wanted to be a jockey, but then I grew tall and we sold the horses and moved to the burbs.

[rachel]

you are TALL? well how fair is that? I still have people ask if my mom is home when I answer the phone and people still pinch my cheeks because I am not tall. I WANT TO BE TALL. Then you are my darling amazon queen...sigh...

[Gozeta]

I always wanted to be able to study animals and their environment. I find that observing is quite exciting. Then later on I wanted to do something that dealt with chemistry. Right now; I have no idea which one to choose.

[Virgil]

I wanted to be a jockey, but then I grew tall and we sold the horses and moved to the burbs.
I can almost picture (although I have no idea what you look like) young little Riesa horseback riding and thinking she's a jockey. :nod:

[SmokeBellew]

I always wanted to be a Navy Officer till I turned about 13-14. Later, I decided to be an Archeologist or a Historian (I still love Geography and History). When I turned 18 I was a lead guitarist in a heavy metal band (classic heavy metal) and thought this was my future.

But I left the band in 2-3 months and gave up music. Always, since childhood I loved to read books and during that period when I left the band (18), I liked poetry for the first time ever and started to write my own poems and short stories (some were horrible though).

Now I'm a university student studying Business Administration (my father's advice, I hate BA). And I'm graduating in June and decided to join the army in July.

Life's weird heh??? :(((

[Lily Adams]

Gosh is this thread old!

When I was four I wanted to be a paleontologist. My parents would bury chicken bones in the backyard for me to dig up and I thought they were dinosaur bones. This is still a career oppotunity, seeing as I still love dinosaurs. :D

Then a zoologist at one point, a veterinarian, like all little girls, too...

Now I wanna be an astrophysicist. :D I've always clung to the sciences ever so dearly.

I have other options, too. Something to do with designing, like posters, ads, clothing...I like art.

Art. Something to do with themes. Movies, books, museums, maybe I should be a critic?

I love history, too. I like lots of things.

But it's astrophysicist for now. I'll probably never survive. :lol:

[thelastmelon]

I wanted to be a teacher (which I am studying to become now), a writer and a singer. :) All of it would still be fun, so I wasn't stupid, haha.

[NickAdams]

I wanted to be a police officer, animator, director, musician, crime fighter and kung fu expert.

I'm working on an animated and a live action short film now. I'll post all when they're completed.:)

[crazefest456]

the first one was astronaut, solely because the first book I picked up, after learning how to read, was about the history of space exploration. The other book I read, and enjoyed was about the ocean, so I also wanted to be a deep sea diver. I guess I wanted to explore the extremes of the world..

[Niamh]

Archaeologist!!! And i did become one! And i loved it while it lasted!

[Granny5]

I wanted to be a nurse, then an writer, then I wanted to have 12 kids, then I came to my senses.

[Sweets America]

I wanted to be a nurse, then an writer, then I wanted to have 12 kids, then I came to my senses.

:D

I wanted to be a writer, or a painter, or I wanted to work with dogs. Oh, I wanted to be a criminologist also.

[NickAdams]

Archaeologist!!! And i did become one! And i loved it while it lasted!

Can you tell us more?

[Oniw17]

zoologist/ecologist

[Elly_blue]

Astronaut :D
Glad I changed my mind about that...

[Niamh]

Can you tell us more?

What do you want to know?

[Granny5]

What do you want to know?

What do you mean "while it lasted"?

[Niamh]

I spent two years working in the field. Then work got scarse and i ended up unemployed. After a few months i had to take a job elsewhere, in a bookshop. I still work there now two and a half years later.
This was my first Dig
Monanny (http://www.monaghan.ie/websitev2/museum/Life&DeathExhibition.html)

[Granny5]

How interesting! Did you work in Ireland only?

[Niamh]

:nod: most of the places i worked were along the border; Dundalk, Carraigmacross, and Cavan.
I also worked on a Site in Mullingar, and a few around Kill in Co.Kildare.
I was also on the famous Carraigmines site for a while, and was very lucky to get on to a Viking settlement site on Church St in Dublin city centre. Was wonderful!

[applepie]

I always wanted to be a scientist. More specifically, I wanted to be a marine biologist who did behavioral research on ecosystems:)

[amalia1985]

I wanted to be a doctor, especially a pediatrician (did I spelled that right, friends?), but I was too bad in chemistry and physics!!!

[NickAdams]

I spent two years working in the field. Then work got scarse and i ended up unemployed. After a few months i had to take a job elsewhere, in a bookshop. I still work there now two and a half years later.
This was my first Dig
Monanny (http://www.monaghan.ie/websitev2/museum/Life&DeathExhibition.html)

Wow! You have a story to tell and I'm eager to hear it.:D

[LadyWentworth]

When I was really little I had it in my head to become a librarian. Then, as I got a little older, I really liked the idea of becoming a teacher. Preferably kindergarten to about 3rd or 4th grade. Eventually I had my mind made up to be a dancer. Then injury prevented me from pursuing that. So, basically, all the things that I wanted didn't work out. I haven't given up the idea of dancing professionally in some sort of way, though! :)

[Dori]

When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to be an archaeologist. As I grew older (at about age 10-13), I wanted to be a video game designer. Now, I still am unsure as to what I want to do. I have several ideas such as book editor, translator, writer, historian, etc. Heck, I just want to go to school for the rest of my life!

[Bakiryu]

I really wanted to be a nun :lol:! then an alien, then a writer-journalist which is what I'll major in (journalism).

[motherhubbard]

for a while I wanted to work at Sonic- roller skates were so cool!

[Niamh]

Wow! You have a story to tell and I'm eager to hear it.:D

If you want i can write up something in my blog about it, but you'll have to wait a few days because of work etc.

[RoCKiTcZa]

Believe it or not, when I was little (say, a kid of three?) I wanted to be a "professor at age 7." It was possible, this my dad believed, but it would take a lot of work. It never came true. :) Perhaps it was just one of those so-called childish fantasies I used to have on account of being quite well-known.

[Gadget Girl]

Hah! I remember I told myself I wanted to be a doctor and then an astronomer and then a psychiatrist and then a dentist and so on blah blah blah! :lol:

[RoCKiTcZa]

Hah! I remember I told myself I wanted to be a doctor and then an astronomer and then a psychiatrist and then a dentist and so on blah blah blah! :lol:

Haha! Me too. Every child tells himself those at least once in his life. Later on, though, as he begins to open his eyes to real-life situations, he learns to blend into the system of life. While most of his childhood dreams get stripped of hopes of coming true, he also sees more opportunities unfold.

So, Gadget, what do you want to be now?;)

(No one should recognize me from all those papers!!! I'm under cover! :lol:)

[NickAdams]

If you want i can write up something in my blog about it, but you'll have to wait a few days because of work etc.

It's a deal.

[Granny5]

My youngest brother always said he wanted to be an alcoholic farmer when he was little, about 6 to 8 years old. He gave up on farming.

[BulletproofDork]

I wanted to work at an ice cream parlor. :lol:

[Niamh]

It's a deal.

Just let me know exactly what you want to know about....

[kiz_paws]

Well my earliest decision rendered that I would do my darndest to become a cowboy when I grew up. That was not to be cuz i am female, and I outgrew my affection for the cowboy industry ...

... Then it was to be that I would study rocks, perhaps Geologist, or anything that would let me handle my precious rocks. But this vocation was not to be... :(

... Then I really got into the piano, and aspired to be maybe a concert pianist -- BUT, my paws are toooooo small to accomplish much in a field where there are those who can easily manipulate the ivories without working at a stretch -- very frustrating, but this is a limited position vocation. So.....those are What I Wanted To Be When I Grew Up ideas. ;)

[aabbcc]

As I was brought up in quite an "artistic" surrounding (ballet from the age of 4, piano from the age of 5, often being taken to galleries, theatres and concerts by my parents when I was younger, etc), for a long time I wanted to do something along those lines. As a very young child I wanted to be a ballerina (which young girl who danced did not have that dream at some point in her life? ;)), but as I was growing up, more and more I was realising that it was not exactly my path and that I had too loose approach to ballet and the discipline it required to take it up professionally (so I eventually quit, after some 10 years of doing it).
When I was a bit older, I wanted to be a pianist, then figured I was too lazy for so the amount of practice and dedication required by a professional pianist, so I proceeded onto musical theory and pictured myself here.
I also had a phase of art photography when I was a child, and a short phase fo wanting to be a teacher. I never seriously pictured myself in any kind of science, it always oscillated between art and humanities. :)

[LadyW]

In the early years of Primary School, I always aspired to be a teacher. However, my interest in ancient history grew (Egyptology in particular) and I desired to become an archaeologist - this lasted for approximately 4 years. When I moved up into Highschool, I was fortunate enough to have an absolutely amazing English teacher and her teaching along with my passion for literature, diverted my ambition from archaeology to the teaching of English Literature (preferabley at University standard).

[kiz_paws]

... When I moved up into Highschool, I was fortunate enough to have an absolutely amazing English teacher and her teaching along with my passion for literature, diverted my ambition from archaeology to the teaching of English Literature (preferabley at University standard).Awesome, LadyW -- thank goodness for those in the teaching profession that go the extra mile. I had a similar experience with a good teacher, such that he opened up doors to the aesthetic with his profound enthusiasm and easy going teaching methods to a class that was mesmerized (putting it mildly). Everyone danced out of that class with an A or B average... sorry to prattle away, but it was refreshing to read that someone else out there had this good fortune, too. :thumbs_up

[*Classic*Charm*]

I've wanted to be a vet for as long as I can remember. I've only recently narrowed it down to equine surgery. Weird that I'm actually working towards being what I want to be when I grow up. Does that mean I'm almost grown up?

[Anza]

I used to want to be a vet. Then I discovered that I faint when I get blood on me when its not mine...

[TEND]

Well, I can't recall ever wanting a particular job so I clicked other. All I could ever remember wanting to do was visit strange places, I used to spend hours reading my encyclopedias of all the new places I'd discover. I would tape 20 pieces of paper together and draw a giant world map by memory. Hmmm, when I was about 11 or 12 I think I decided I wanted to be a journalist or a writer or something along those lines though....

[pussnboots]

Since I have a love of animals, I wanted to become a vet. That didn't pan out since the sciences and such were not my cup of tea. For 23 years I had a very good job at the same company until new heads were brought in and everything went downhill from there, so I left.

[Anza]

I want to be a lawyer or a politician. I would do better at defense, but I would surely stay in the civil courts. I couldn't live with myself if I defended a murderer.
I can see me in college, though... I will be a roommate to a single elderly person, who I can take care of. I'll cook and clean and buy groceries. And every night at dinnertime he/she can tell me about the old days, or give me stories about "the war" (if my charge has knowledge of it).

[dramasnot6]

For 8 years I wanted to be a professional actress, then I did act professionally for a year and completely decided against it. Too crazy a business.

[Niamh]

Did you? what did you act in?

[dramasnot6]

I worked with a local Bulgarian/Russian theater company in Northern Virginia. They put on original productions,often based on Russian folklore or literature. They also put on some classics, like Chekhov. I starred in an original play, it was intense because we did 3-4 shows a week and it had a 2-month run. Other than that, I did some minor work with other theater companies in smaller parts. After the first exhausting experience, I wasn't interested in anything "big" anymore, and eventually gave it up entirely as a proffession.

[Wakaba]

My father was a police/narcotics officer so naturally I felt compelled to become his shadow. As he was also a big movie buff I saw my share of military films and they had their influences as well.

[*Classic*Charm*]

I used to want to be a vet. Then I discovered that I faint when I get blood on me when its not mine...

So many people tell me that. I think everyone wants to "make the sick puppies feel better" at some point in their life, I just never grew out of it!:blush:

[Haven]

An astronaut.... doesn't seem to be much call for them these days.... ah well... will send my CV to Richard Branson lol :)

[babyface123]

Thats a great question, I wanted to be a:
Model
Singer
Actress
Journalist

[Nighteyes5678]

I also wanted to be a:

photographer,
social worker,
youth pastor,
reporter,
writer,
and a dog.

[AdoreroDio]

I always wanted to be a teacher and still do plus one or more of the following-

actress
author
pastor
photographer

I always briefly wanted to be an astronomer. But overall I have always wanted to be a teacher. Now that I am older I see my self becoming a TEFL Teacher aka English Language in a Foreign country teacher. Long story why.

[aeroport]

I'm an other, I'm afraid.
First, I wanted to go into video-game design.
Then I wanted to be a tattoo artist.
For quite a while throughout high school I wanted (and still kind of do) to be a performing artist (in music), but that's not really "little", so I didn't put it...

[toni]

I wanted to be an astronaut so I could fly and see the stars....

and hopefully meet some >>:alien::alien:

[sprinks]

I've changed my mind many times on what I want to do...
I remember wanting to be a doctor or a policewoman when I was VERY young, then I saw my own blood and decided against it!
I then wanted to be a chef...
Then I wanted to be a forensic scientist...
Then I thought I might really enjoy being an English teacher...
Then I really wanted to have a job as a movie director.
And now I'm not so sure, I know one thing - I love books and as much as I would'nt be an author I just love being in the PRESENCE of books, so I'm thinking I'd really love to be a librarian.... I spend most of my time in libraries anyway!

[Lily Adams]

I think I want to grow up to be a Rubik's cube now so I can annoy the poopie out of everyone.

[dramasnot6]

I think I want to grow up to be a Rubik's cube now so I can annoy the poopie out of everyone.

And you'll be leading a colorful life!

[LadyW]

I wanted to be an astronaut so I could fly and see the stars....
and hopefully meet some >>:alien::alien:

Pfft... you don't need to go into space in order to meet some :alien:-s
Just get yourself down to Manchester, it's packed full of 'em ;)

[Lily Adams]

And you'll be leading a colorful life!

I need to start practicing.

*rolls around in confetti, jumps up and starts trashing everything*