What do you want to be when you grow up, and why?

[IronParrot]

And for those of us who are already grown up, what would you rather be instead? :p

[Renille]

I will be a ER doctor and no one can stop me! :p

Sorry. I do want to become an Emergency Medicine physician, because I've always wanted to something health related, and for me, ER work is the most challenging and exciting. I used to volunteer in an Emergency Room and hope to start again soon. It was an experience I could never forget...I was expected to be responsible. The doctors and nurses treated me as a co-worker, not the 14 year old child I was. It was awesome, and I want to be a part of that environment all the time.

[Coney]

Taller

[IronParrot]

Hey, me too!

Damnit, even another three or four inches would be enough...

[durin's bane]

When I grow up I want to be outrageously happy. Either that or retired. ;)

[Lief Erikson]

All of us want to do that. And that will happen when we're taller.

[Rûdhaglarien]

Originally posted by Coney
Taller
Yep. Definitely.

Hmmm... when I grow up? Well, a few years ago, I would have told you a marine biologist. But, my grades in science aren't high enough to get into a really good school for such a thing. So, my second choice... [drumroll] a writer or something along those lines. I've always loved to write and I enjoy the ability to bring others into your world or a world that you have created. I write poetry mainly, but I've written short stories and novellas. (Obviously, not published.) I'll probably never make anything of myself and I'll probably become a BK employee. Oh well.

[Aeryn]

hee hee, I want to be a History Prof. or one a errr...A wife of a rich husband....yeah....yeah....I could PAY people to be shorter than me, so technically I would seem taller. ;) No I am fine with my height, I have a serious problem with my cynisism, and procrastination, and 'my glass is half empty' outlook.
So I want to be an On Time, optimist!

[Elven Archer]

since i'm not grown up yet i've got plenty of time to decide but i think i want to be a clothes designer,interior designer,car designer, cake designer and own a bakerery,an undercover FBI agent or a really good car mechanic or a really good car restorer, or maybe both, but one of the above. I think it'd be fun to be a tap dancer too. When i was little i wanted to be a singing painting tight rope walker. ya know do it all at the same time. o yeah....or an architect. and somewhere along the line i'll learn how to spell:)

[Erawyn]

eerrm don't know exactly. Maybe a photo journalist, but something politcal probably. I know i want to study international law in university.

[Aeryn]

Archer, MAN do you have ambitions!!!

[IronParrot]

Undercover FBI agent or tap dancer? Why not both?

As for myself... I want to be an award-winning novelist by day and lounge pianist by night, and maybe a professional film critic to boot (I write for the campus paper but that doesn't count for that much)...

(... says the Engineering student.)

[BeardofPants]

I want to work in the field of archaeology; and I will when I get off my butt and do my post-grad in GIS............ :rolleyes:

[Sween]

i want to be a house husband (yes thats the limits of my ambition) Bring up kids etc be class i love kids. Love cooking even partial to a bit of cleaning :D .

[Andúril]

A hermit.

I don't like people.

[azalea]

Yes, Anduril, like you, I'd like to be a hermit if I could do it all over again (in some ways), or a wanderer. Or both. I always wanted to be a self-sufficient farmer.

When I was a kid/ teen, I wanted to be the following things when I grew up:

archeologist
baker
detective
dancer
actress
harpist
writer
filmmaker
forest ranger
psychologist
I also liked anything to do with animals, flower/plants and also the ocean.
Plus I wanted to join the Peace Corps.

And I ended up being an elementary school teacher. I still think about getting an add-on degree and teaching high school English. I think I'd be really interested in a career in neurology if I were more motivated (and younger :) ).

[crickhollow]

I won't grow up!
I don't want to go to school,
Just to learn to be a parrot (no offence, IP)
and recite a silly rule!

If growing up means it would be
Beneath my dignity to climb a tree
I'll never grow up, never grow up
never grow u-u-up, not me! (not I!) not me.

I won't grow up
I don't want to wear a tie
Or a serious expression
In the middle of July

And if it means I must prepare
To shoulder burdens with a worried air
I'll never grow up, never grow up
Never grow u-u-up, not me (not I) not me, so there

[Earniel]

Nah, not taller, being small is great!:D

Cool song Crickhollow, it reminds me of a song I used to recite when I was little. I'm not going to translate it all but the message was the same.

When I was younger I wanted to be a paleontologist or an astronaut or a field biology researcher.

[Treebeard's apprentice]

I am currently studying to be what George Castanza (sp?) always wanted to prentend to be. I'll let you fellow Seinfeldians figure out what that is.;)

If not for that, I think I might have been a historian. I didn't think History was not all that exciting in school, though I got good grades because I was the one of the only students to pay attention in class. Of course, that changed after reading Tolkien, especially the Sil and *some* of the HoME. When I go traveling to historic sites I find it amazing to stand there and say 'Wow, so-and-so was actually here,' or 'I'm at the very place where this actually happened.'

[mirrille]

Hey Renille!

I'm also considering EMERG as a specialty (well, among other things). Wow, it's pretty rare that you would get a chance to get some real responsibility as a high school hospital volunteer. At my hospital, the ER volunteers just restocked supplies and hardly ever got to talk to the doctors. That's awesome!

[markedel]

I'm tempted to go in to law-but I'm not sure yet. Time will tell.

[mirial]

My goal...I want to own a business...be my own boss...raise my salary whenever I want... MBA's aren't that hard to get....right!?:D :rolleyes:

[crickhollow]

Originally posted by Eärniel
Nah, not taller, being small is great!:D

Cool song Crickhollow, it reminds me of a song I used to recite when I was little. I'm not going to translate it all but the message was the same.

When I was younger I wanted to be a paleontologist or an astronaut or a field biology researcher. Why, thank you. It's from the musical, Peter Pan
Originally posted by Treebeard's apprentice
If not for that, I think I might have been a historian. I didn't think History was not all that exciting in school, though I got good grades because I was the one of the only students to pay attention in class. Of course, that changed after reading Tolkien, especially the Sil and *some* of the HoME. When I go traveling to historic sites I find it amazing to stand there and say 'Wow, so-and-so was actually here,' or 'I'm at the very place where this actually happened.'Yay! fellow history lover! I have no idea what to do with my history degree once I graduate, though.

[entss89]

when i grow up i would like to be a computer technologist because my mother has been telling me ever sense i can remember that i have a gift for computers, also i just feel like i understand the material really good!

:p :p :p

[mirial]

really well.

[Khamûl]

Hey IP, what kind of engineer are you studying to be? I'm strongly considering civil engineering.

[Renille]

Originally posted by mirrille
Hey Renille!

I'm also considering EMERG as a specialty (well, among other things). Wow, it's pretty rare that you would get a chance to get some real responsibility as a high school hospital volunteer. At my hospital, the ER volunteers just restocked supplies and hardly ever got to talk to the doctors. That's awesome!

Restock shelves?? How boring! I had to clean the exam rooms, wheel patients in, file records, put patient info. on the big board, hold straws for poor old ladies who couldn't do it for themselves, take patients upstairs to be admitted (with nurses' help, of course), take stuff down to the lab...everything. I got to restock shelves,too though.:p

I talked to the nurses more than the doctors, mostly. The doctors were always REALLY busy. I talked to the nurses more. They were so nice! One doctor,though,had read the Silm. and was another Tolkien addict! I was extremely thrilled. It was so wonderful. I also loved the paramedics. No matter how busy they were, they always had time to talk to me. I can't wait to get back in an ER.

Good luck with your goal, Mirrille! What other specialties are you considering?? I used to think I wanted to be a psychiatrist, but the Emergency Room changed my mind.

[sun-star]

I want to a be a writer - a professional one, I mean, because of course I was born a writer :) If that's impossible, it would be nice to be a historian or to work in publishing in some way. The only thing I think I can say with certainity is that I will never, ever be a teacher :D

[emplynx]

I want to be a computer engineer/ quantum physicist and design Quantum computers, because they are the next step in modern technology. I can't wait!

[BeardofPants]

You believe in quantum mechanics? Doesn't that go against your relgion? :rolleyes:

[samwise of the shire]

When I was a little kid I wanted to be:
An Ice Skater
A Missionary
A Gymnast
A Missionary
A coral diver(but not in Florida because there are hammerhead sharks and barracudas)
A Missionary
A Marine Biologist
A Missionary
A Maid in waiting to Queen Elizabeth\bodyguard
A Missionary
Princess of Whales (My Mom talked about the Prince of Wales but I thought Whales as in Marine creatures. I thought there WAS a prince of "Whales")
A Missionary
LOL, I've brought some of that down now. I might consider a mission trip to oh I dunno Brazil or Mexico...but not a full time thing.
My soul dream right now is to be an actress on the big screen. I might move to England to become an actress there. I DO want to live in England after my first child so I can be an author. Then when the nest is empty I'll take acting up again.
So that's my Idea of grownupness
Cheers,
Sam

[mirrille]

Originally posted by Renille
Good luck with your goal, Mirrille! What other specialties are you considering?? I used to think I wanted to be a psychiatrist, but the Emergency Room changed my mind.
I've still got lots of time to decide, so I'm not set on anything yet. I was thinking of Emergency as my first choice, but I would also be happy doing some kind of surgical specialty. Maybe orthopaedics so something like that. Both are relatively competitive to get into. I used to want to be an OB/GYN, and I'd still like to. Just depends on which residency I can get, any of those would be good. I used to want to do opthalmology, but that was before I knew that it was one of THE hardest residencies to get.
The key thing is that I want something that will give me a good amount of personal patient contact and being able to work with my hands. That's why I was never really interested in things like psychiatry or pathology.
Good luck with your goal too! You are in high school, right? It's such a long road but don't let anyone stop you!

[Jadera]

Right now I'm considering Library Science and specializing as a children's librarian. I'm a computer assisstant at my local library, and I love all the exposure to books and different things. If I majored in that I would probably minor in computer technology, since computers are now an intergeral part of libraries everywhere.

That and I would love to be on Broadway one day. It's my fantasy world life to be a Broadway star, and then be a screen actress. :D

Back in real life, ;) I'd also like to write screenplays and television scripts, and I've been interested in journalism for a long time.

Something in the medical field always appealed to me too, but the amount of time one has to spend in college to be a doctor was rather discouraging.

So one never knows. I have a couple of years to decide.

[crickhollow]

Originally posted by samwise of the shire
So that's my Idea of grownupness Go ahead and revel in your delusions for a while longer. Reality will hit soon enough. (this from the one who declared in a previous post, "I won't grow up." :rolleyes: )

[Cirdan]

very, very, old.:)

[Silverstripe]

First answer to what I want to be when I grow up: living and healthy and hopefully wealthy!
As for careers, I am thinking about becoming a professional writer, but I've never considered that an easy thing to do. I know of certain people that consider my writing good (and *should* know what they're talking about), but sometimes it's hard for me to have faith in my writing.
Oh, by the way, the wealthy part was a joke, though I wouldn't MIND being rich! ;)

[Nilore]

Seriously though I would like to be a Forensic Scientist.
I love science and although some might say i'm a geek, I think its cool.
Any way I don't care what they say because its them that'll open a radioactive present at Chrismas! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

O the joys of Nuclear fission!!

Nilore

[skyfiery]

Hi everyone. Newbie here.

Well, I wanted to be a cosmologist, but after failing Physics terribly, I decided to try Humanities. So maybe...a writer? :)

Sky

[Elvet]

I have no regrets about my chosen career. I love my job, and I'm my own boss - can't get much better that that. As I've gotten older, though, I could imagine doing more with my gardening hobby. I wouldn't mind a Horticultural / Landscaping degree.

[IronParrot]

I want to be a jazz pianist (i.e. paid) and published novelist.

Which is exactly why I'm taking Engineering, right?

[Treebeard's apprentice]

Seems logical to me. Good luck with that, IP.

[Miranda]

When I grow up I want to be an elf and have an excuse for pouncing about all day and singing. In other words I want to be in musical theatre and work in the West End. I'm going to college next year to train and then I want to hit the big time. Get really famous, give all my money to charity and then become a peace ambassador and stop all these pointless wars. All a big dream for a hobbit sized eighteen year old!!! Tee Hee I'll probably end up working in a post office! Mx

[Silverstripe]

Originally posted by Miranda
When I grow up I want to be an elf and have an excuse for pouncing about all day and singing. In other words I want to be in musical theatre and work in the West End. I'm going to college next year to train and then I want to hit the big time. Get really famous, give all my money to charity and then become a peace ambassador and stop all these pointless wars. All a big dream for a hobbit sized eighteen year old!!! Tee Hee I'll probably end up working in a post office! Mx

Nothing wrong with big dreams, you can't succeed in anything big without them, after all. Good luck. :D

[Treebeard's apprentice]

Nothing wrong with big dreams, you can't succeed in anything big without them, after all. That may be true, but it can also be a big disappointment. My theory: keep the bar low, so you can feel good about yourself when you succeed.

- Sorry, I'm in a pessimistic mood today for no reason that I can identify. Normally I'm insufferably optimistic. -

[Hanza]

I have those kind of days when one tiny thing just sets me off and i'm a pessimistic moody b**** for the rest of the day.
I pity my friends sometimes. Poor suckers.

[Varda Oiolosseo]

I have always wanted to be an actress! In films but i doubt that will ever happen!

I also really want to be a clothes designer! :)

[Silverstripe]

Originally posted by Treebeard's apprentice
That may be true, but it can also be a big disappointment. My theory: keep the bar low, so you can feel good about yourself when you succeed.

- Sorry, I'm in a pessimistic mood today for no reason that I can identify. Normally I'm insufferably optimistic. -

I understand. I have weeks where every day I'm either depressing or perky, which of course is very annoying. :( :)

[Shadowfax]

I don't know about a career or profession, but I do know that when I go to university in a couple years (eek, 2 years! AAAH!:eek: ), I want to study English, French, Old English, and Medieval History. Man, I love that stuff; it's so great. Languages just fascinate me, and I am in love with the Middle Ages! I guess I'll probably end up writing a book or being a prof or something, though teaching doesn't realling interest me.

[IronParrot]

Well, here's some advice: go to university to learn. Don't worry about it from a "job preparation" perspective.

[Hanza]

the other day in careers education we went on a computer program that tells you good jobs for you. In my top 5 was pest controller and Nursery Nurse

[Shadowfax]

Originally posted by Hanza
the other day in careers education we went on a computer program that tells you good jobs for you. In my top 5 was pest controller and Nursery Nurse And what's your reaction to that?:D

[Pippin Skywalker]

Well let me see...

an actor
A film director
a novelist and poet
singer

I like Archaeology...don't know WHERE that fits in lol.

I am already sort of a writer...I've had a few poems published. I'm working on a novel as well...so number three is already in action. :)

[Hanza]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
And what's your reaction to that?:D

Well I dont mind nursery nurse, though i will probably change my mind if i have my own kids.
Dont know how pest controller got there cos i am sooooo scared of spiders. :eek:
also Riding instructor came up as 5th and i cant stand horses.

however it did come up with Outdoor Pursuits instructor which sounds good fun. but i couldn't do that for life. Could I? :confused:

[Khadrane]

I'm going to be a night hobo. Just kidding. I have no idea whatsoever about what I want to be.

[Blackboar]

)Me??

An author in my spare time until I get a really good book published!!

I would probably (UNTIL I BECOME FAMOUS;) :cool:) be a buiness women or something like that because I fancy dressing up in a suit, using computers.....making phone calls......giving speeches in conferences...etc....etc...etc

[Elf.Freak]

I wanna be either an actress or an interviewer. Why? Because i'd like to do acting and i'd like to interview famous people!(mentioning no names *cough*(see picture on the left) *cough*) Fun!:D

[Blackboar]

*sigh*

Please don't get me thinking of him!:)

Honestly I'll never shut up

[Andúril]

I want to be the most respected secular biblical scholar on the planet.

[Andúril]

And I have already set the wheels in motion. Just wait and see.

[Treebeard's apprentice]

I'm going to be a night hobo At one time I wanted to be a hobo knight. Sort of like that movie 'The Fisher King' with Robin Williams.

[samwise of the shire]

I'm gonna be an actress on the big screen. A big dream for a 14 year old but hey it's happened to littler kids'n me. Then I'm thinkin' of goin' into writing. Interesting dreams but I figure that if I keep on goin' the rate I am I'll be there in no time.
Cheers,
Sam

[Celandine]

I am going to own an advertising company

[Lady of Rohan]

I want to be an actress too Samwise of the Shire!!! :D

I will be an actress that makes movies about three day eventing (three day eventing is a sport on horse back, but I will actually do my own jumping and all instead of getting a stunt double to do that)!!!! Pretty unrealistic I know but it could happen!!

[Starr Polish]

I want to be Micheal Jackson. Because he's Peter Pan!

Ugh, sorry, too much stupid media drivel.

I want to be so many things. A singer (not necessarily mainstream radio), an actress, a photographer, a marine biologist, a writer. I'm going to academically pursue being a biologist and minor in vocal music, but all of those other things will definitely be hobbies. They are know, I don't know why I'd really want to change.

[Khamûl]

Originally posted by Starr Polish
I want to be Micheal Jackson. Because he's Peter Pan!

Ugh, sorry, too much stupid media drivel. You're watching that too? LOL! :D

I think I would like to become a meteorologist and be a storm chaser. That would be awesome.

[Elvellyn]

I either want to be an writer or something on the medical proffession(sp?) I like acting but I dont want to be famous.

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Writer, most definitely. :cool: Though I expect many people already knew that.

[Legolas_Frodo_Aragorn]

i dont know if i posted here before....

But i wanna be either a vet or a doctor because i love helping people/animals

[Yapaluna]

As a child I always wanted to be a scientist who makes documentary films about wild animals. My idol was Professor Bernhard Grzimek, the german pioneer of animal documentations on TV. Without him I now would not be working for nature protection in the city´s administration of Magdeburg.

Although it´s often very frustrating, it is work that has to be done, I think.:mad: :D

[frodosgirlfriend]

I want to be writer.

[Varda Oiolosseo]

I want to be a fashion designer.
I would love to be an actress but i'm way to shy!

[Lady of Rohan]

Fashion Designer......hmmm....... I don't think that I could ever be a fashion designer because I would Probably be the only one to wear my clothes.

[Elven Archer]

i want to be a clothes designer too. or an interior decorator,or a baker or cook, or an arcitect. pretty much any profession where i can use my imagination. There's a lot of other things i'd like to be when i grow up but i don't want to type 'em all right now. i posted some of them before though.

[Lady of Rohan]

Ach! Now that every one else is saying what they wan to be I always want to be that to! :o

[markedel]

I'm thinking of law

[Lady of Rohan]

I wanted to be a lawyer for a while too, but then my friend said that if I was a lawyer and put a bad guy in jail then he/she might come out and kill me. :( :eek: But I guess I could go into some kind of law that doesn't involve court cases (if there is such thing).

[Starr Polish]

There are certain types of lawyers that never go to court. Research lawyers? I can't remember, I considered doing it once. You could be a paralegal! My sister's one, and it's not a bad job at all.

[gimli7410]

i want to be either a pro soccer player(goalie) or a teacher but a well payed teacher

[Coney]

Originally posted by Aeryn
hee hee, I want to be a History Prof. or one a errr...A wife of a rich husband....yeah....yeah....I could PAY people to be shorter than me, so technically I would seem taller. ;) No I am fine with my height, I have a serious problem with my cynisism, and procrastination, and 'my glass is half empty' outlook.
So I want to be an On Time, optimist!

I miss Aeryn:(

What do I want to be when I grow up?

Well. apart from taller ;)

Older:D

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Originally posted by gimli7410
i want to be either a pro soccer player(goalie) or a teacher but a well payed teacher

They exist?!?

[Linaewen]

I want to be doctor (or more specifically a paediatrician)
Or anything to else in the medical field
Do any of your countries have work experience in year 10? I'm doing it this year, in a medical research institute. I'm going to clone cows. Be afraid! Be very afraid!

[Baby-K]

Do any of your countries have work experience in year 10? I'm doing it this year, in a medical research institute. I'm going to clone cows. Be afraid! Be very afraid!

*pictures army of mad cloned cows taking over the world*

Hey and I'm the leader! :D sMOOOOOOch ;)


What do I wanna be when I grow up - older, wiser & definitely richer :D

[Linaewen]

*pictures army of mad cloned cows taking over the world*

Why would you be the leader of MY cows?! My cloned cows are MINE all mine! Muahahahaha

[Baby-K]

Keep yer cows :( I don't need an army to take over the world........but beware the fish ;)

[Linaewen]

Why fish?
Fat lot of good fish will do ON LAND! We can just stay away from the water. Unless these fish are going to pollute the world's water supplies with their... excretion???

[Baby-K]

Erm, I forget - you wouldn't know about that, sorry. 'twas a great cause to save the fish...............Coney how's that sponge? Sorry mate I've still not won the jackpot to buy you a new one. But in the meantime the quest goes on..............:D

Stay away from water? I'd love to see you try ;)

[Coney]

Originally posted by Baby-K
Erm, I forget - you wouldn't know about that, sorry. 'twas a great cause to save the fish...............Coney how's that sponge? Sorry mate I've still not won the jackpot to buy you a new one. But in the meantime the quest goes on..............:D

The sponge isn't bad ta:)

I put it through the washing machine and hung it out to dry:D

OMG! It's still on the washing line:eek:

brb

[#1GaMGeeGuRL]

Writer, artist, actress, drummer. I've been told I'm a good writer and I like to write. Artist for the same reason. Actress because I think I would be good at it and drummer, only Eru knows why.

[Baby-K]

Originally posted by Coney
The sponge isn't bad ta:)

I put it through the washing machine and hung it out to dry:D

OMG! It's still on the washing line:eek:

brb

:eek: After last night? Oi, methinks you'd better get it back soon, before it gets hard :p

[FrodoFriend]

I want to be an author because, um, I'm a hopeless dreamer but will probably end up as an English teacher . . . gag . . . Still, one can try.

[Elvellyn]

I've changed my mind. Now I can't decide whether to be a proffessional boxer or a bouncer. :D

[Insidious Rex]

Originally posted by Elvellyn
I've changed my mind. Now I can't decide whether to be a proffessional boxer or a bouncer. :D

Well which is it easier to see yourself doing? Not letting guys into a club no matter how much they cry or biting off another girls ear?

[Coney]

Originally posted by Elvellyn
I've changed my mind. Now I can't decide whether to be a proffessional boxer or a bouncer. :D


Being a Bouncer is not easy, it takes a lot of self restraint......a boxier on the other hand....only takes discipline;)

[King of Men]

I'd like to be a secratary. You can make phone calls, take messages, write alot, and you have to be really organized. I see nothing wrong with any of it.

[Varda Oiolosseo]

i want to go into science and possibly dancing

[Dreran the Green]

I want to be an author, and a director, and an actress, and come up with a way to make it possible to have enough time to do all three.:p

[johnnyrod]

I want to be the Lilt man. This might be completely lost on the Yanks, but the Brits will know what I mean.

[LutraMage]

Too late...........................

[Seton,Lothlorien Guardian]

I would really like to be a Computer Engineer.
I am 13 years old, and I have started studying for A+ and (if minors can take the test) ill be certified in a few months.
My mum,brother,one of my sisters, and my dad all have jobs relating to computers.
Im not so into the programming/software as I am into the hardware, but I know ill end up learning a few programming languages if I am going to have a job with computers..

[Ruinel]

normal

[Rosie Gamgee]

I want to be a pirate, matey; arrrggg!! Na, just kidding :D

Artist, wife, director. I'm already an artist, but I'd like to take some courses to get better. I want to get married someday, though I don't know about having kids (not that I don't like them, I just don't want to raise them wrong). I want to direct movies, cuz there's lots of movies I want to see, but I wouldn't trust anybody but me to make them right. Also, I love the whole movie-making process (at least what I've seen of it).

[Valaróma]

I'm basically a dog hairdresser :D
I love my job, it's a low salery but I get along and I wouldn't give it up.
(Well, for a while anyway..)

[Insidious Rex]

Originally posted by Ruinel
normal

now why would you want to limit yourself like that?

[Rosie Gamgee]

lol! :p I'll never be normal, so I really can't even hope to be.:D

[PippinTook]

I love the theatre, I love to act and sing. Even memorizing the blocking and lines i miss. I am probably the youngest person on this board, yes I am in the 8th grade. I thought about being a pastor. As a little kid i always wanted to be a singer, but hey, if i'm on broadway, i can sing, dance and act! I was recently in Alice in wonderland, (love jabberwocky and can recite from memory) and the sound of music. I will never listen to edelwiess again. The 'captain' was a jerk. sorry, didn't mean to spill my every being to you, thanx for listening anyway!
your singing, dancing, broadway hobbit,
pippin

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by IR
now why would you want to limit yourself like that?
Ah... I just want to know what it's like to be normal for a while. :p :D

[Varda Oiolosseo]

My main aim is to get into science but if that fails then i want to act and dance! :D I would love to dance in Musicals.

[Macka]

I'm going to be a basketball player, because I'm just going to. :)

[Lotesse]

When I was little, I wanted to be a wildlife veterinarian. Then, when I hit my teens, it was all about being a movie star; I wanted to be a major film star and director. I got accepted into the A.C.T. in San Francisco - which was a big deal, and that plus my great screen presence and prior high school experience (was Drama Club president; directed & starred in school play yada yada yada) BUT I had no faith in myself, which by the way is a TERRIBLE, terrible mistake to make when one is young & trying to come up in the world. ALWAYS believe in yourself, if you can, no matter WHAT your upbringing might have warped your mind with.

What did you guys want to be when you grew up? Or when you grow up? (This is a bump after 2 years, is why I ask everyone again)

[Lady Marion Magdalena]

I want to be a novel writer and illustrator, failing that, or as a supplemental career, I'll probably be a psychologist. I think that come time to declare a major I'll choose to double major in Psychology and English with a concentration in creative writing; and maybe, if I decide I can manage the load, a minor in Classics. Oughta be interesting.

[Lotesse]

that's very cool, to be a novelist! I'd definitely read your novel, Lady M, if and/or when you write one. Studying the Classics as a minor is an excellent idea to that end, too.

[Linaewen]

I'd like to be an international human rights lawyer or a human rights advocate. Something like that - involving human rights and all that jazz.

Everyone seems to think that just because I got such a high score I'm going to be a doctor. NO. I used to want to, but not anymore.

[JTB]

I want to either be an author, an oceanographist, or I want to go to Loch Ness and find ol' Nessie. So I guess I' wan't to be a Lochnessmonsterstudierandprooveshe'sreal-er. :D

[Lotesse]

THAT is VERY cool, JTB!!

I was just looking at Loch Ness the other day on Google Earth (I think that's what it's called; this website where you can see satellite images of any place on the planet. I chose to check out Loch Ness!)

[Eowyn1]

I would like to be an actress and an author. I like acting, and I can write storys very well. :eek: :) :rolleyes: :cool:

[Bombadillo]

I'll do something in psychology, because it's all I'm good at. I'll work either with criminals (that would be cool, and would entail lots of money), or with high school and college students who could use my good influence at that point in their lives. I already know that I'll most likely wind up a simple professor, since that's what about 90% of people with psych MAs do IIRC. And also that I'll write books for extra cash flow, since I'm a rather good writer.

Hey, Eowyn1! Welcome to Entmoot. :) In a perfect world I would be able to hope for some place as a film writer or director, maybe actor too. But today things are too structured, and that's not something I feel like pursuing. I feel like, I've got the talent, so I shouldn't have to pursue recognition.

Whatever. Most importantly, I want to have done at least ten freaking cool things by the time I'm grown up, among them windsurfing, fighting, and spending a year far away from home very irresponsibly. I'll find contentment easily after earning a couple stories to tell.

BTW, nice bump.

[Forfirith]

When I'm grown up... I would like to be an editor (the one who publish books), I've always loved books and all...And when I have some fre time I'll write novels like I've always did... So editor and writer... :D

[katya]

I`m an adult now, hahahahaha. I don`t know what I wanna do though. That`s a problem. I`m thinking something vaguely in a science direction. That`s about it.

I`ve had some fun dreams though. Like a zoo keeper. A romance novelist. An FBI agent. etc.

[rohirrim TR]

I'm interested in getting in to film, I've made some brickmation cartoons and stuff, but I'd like to make something serious. Still need to decide on a major too...

[Spock]

Yikes! You have to grow up? :) I think I'd like to be a moderator on a web based board, surrounded by greens and browns. Oh, wait; I are one. :D

[Bombadillo]

:p

RTR, don't you mean high school, not major? One step at a time dude! :D

[katya]

Yikes! You have to grow up? :) I think I'd like to be a moderator on a web based board, surrounded by greens and browns. Oh, wait; I are one. :D
Yes, you certainly is. ;)

[BeardofPants]

I want to work in the field of archaeology; and I will when I get off my butt and do my post-grad in GIS............ :rolleyes:
Well, so much for that. :p I finally finished my post-grad dip in Geography, specialising in GIS - now I work as a geospatial analyst for the NZDF.

[GreyMouser]

Well, so much for that. :p I finally finished my post-grad dip in Geography, specialising in GIS - now I work as a geospatial analyst for the NZDF.

You mean answering questions like, "if anyone wanted to attack us, how would they find us?" :D

[BeardofPants]

*lol* unfortunately, they know how to find us now, so it's more like, how can we sneak into "insert-country-of-choice-here" before they sneak into ours. ;)

[GreyMouser]

*lol* unfortunately, they know how to find us now, so it's more like, how can we sneak into "insert-country-of-choice-here" before they sneak into ours. ;)

Kidding aside, I've got a lot of respect for NZ for shouldering the burden of policing a big chunk of the South Pacific...though of course you've got your own self-interest involved too.

[Lady Ravyn]

i'm going to school for elementary education! i'd like to teach kindergarten - 2nd grade; i love young'uns!!! they're very cool people...

(besides- i fully intend on corrupting 'em young so as to advance my cause for world domination! catchin' 'em early! :evil: :evil: :evil: )

[klatukatt]

When I was 10 I wanted to be a prostitute because it was easy.

I want to be an assasin because there are too many people in this world.

I want to be a psycopath because everyone needs someone to blame.

I want to be a god because I can.

I want to be a housewife because I don't want to work.

I want to be a mother because I can do it so much better than everyone else.

And I want you to be surprised for once.

[Lizra]

Ha ha! :D "I want to be a housewife so I don't have to work". :p lmao....wipes the tears..... :D ;)

I want to be rich.....time's running out though.... :p

[Rían]

Ha ha! :D "I want to be a housewife so I don't have to work". :p lmao....wipes the tears..... :D ;) No kidding!!!!!! :D !!!!!! :D !!!!!!

[klatukatt]

Ahem, "I want to be a housewife so I don't have to work for someone else."

I hate people.

[Lord of the Mark]

I already know what I'm going to do when I grow up, I'm going to save up my money, buy an island (an eight-by-eight if I can :) ) and just kinda chill out for the rest of my life.

[Nautipus]

This thread might be dead but i WILL ressurect it!!! I like to be a Marine Zoologist/Underwater photographer. I am cuurently attending college to do just that.

[Mari]

I'm not sure if I'll ever grow up... but should I amazingly enough grow out of my childish habits and became more or less an adult, I think I would like to get a low-pressured, easy-going, yet high paying and intellectual job.
In other words: keep on dreaming.

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Let me know when you find one. :p

Myself, my plan is to find an obscure, obscenely wealthy uncle just in time for him to die and leave me his over-sized fortune. Life of leisure, baby. :cool:

[Lief Erikson]

:D Have fun! :p

[hectorberlioz]

Let me know when you find one. :p

Myself, my plan is to find an obscure, obscenely wealthy uncle just in time for him to die and leave me his over-sized fortune. Life of leisure, baby. :cool:

Whateve happened to the priesthood? :p What a clergyman you'd make indeed:D

[Mari]

Let me know when you find one. :p

Myself, my plan is to find an obscure, obscenely wealthy uncle just in time for him to die and leave me his over-sized fortune. Life of leisure, baby. :cool:
That's a good one, only I have the advantage: I can marry an obscenely rich old man so that increases my chances somewhat. I'm not really into older guys though... problem

[Gwaimir Windgem]

That's a good one, only I have the advantage: I can marry an obscenely rich old man so that increases my chances somewhat. I'm not really into older guys though... problem

I could marry a very wealthy older woman; I actually know one who's a good prospect. :D

Hector, that's in case the uncle plan falls through. ;)

[Rían]

I want to fly, because it's fun :)

[hectorberlioz]

I could marry a very wealthy older woman; I actually know one who's a good prospect. :D

Oh, there are so many good scenarios in this:D

"Gwai'mere, my dear. Please take out the trash, you...trash" :p

Hector, that's in case the uncle plan falls through. ;)

"Darn! No money....better go get my cassok" :D

[Rían]

Gwai as a boy-toy - I love it! :D :D


(one of our non-native English speakers here called it "toy-boy" once :D )

[OldHippie]

I have no plans to grow up yet. My Motto-

Growing older is mandatory... Growing up is optional.

[Tessar]

I want to be that voice teacher that everyone wonders, "If he's so good, then why didn't he try to go professional, eh? Eh? Right. Not so good as he thinks."

[Mari]

I have no plans to grow up yet. My Motto-

Growing older is mandatory... Growing up is optional.

Couldn't agree more. ;)
Don't see myself growing up anytime soon! :D

I wanna fly! (before you get weird associations, I was referring to Peter Pan :cool: )

[Mari]

I want to be that voice teacher that everyone wonders, "If he's so good, then why didn't he try to go professional, eh? Eh? Right. Not so good as he thinks."

You should read Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey: it describes this same kind of situation. (didn't get past page 13 yet, though, so don't know if it's good reading later on)