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[joe.distort]

the actual job i want is that one random dude they show in documentaries, 'JOE DISTORT: COMIC BOOK HISTORIAN'

im really fucking good at it.

[thebiggameover]

was a cook, but now im laid off, so i dont do shit right now


my dream job would be pro-warcraft player. the only thing stoping me from doing that right now is a shitty PC.

and i dont live in europe...

[fatguyaz]

there's about 17 things i'd want to do as a dream job. they're all mostly pretty different from one another. and in any given week i want to do one more than the others but they rotate and the "how am i gonna pay my bills" thing comes into play. i always thought i'd want to record bands or do live music but then i realized i didn't want to spend my life in a dark studio being told that my mix was off. i need sunlight! then i thought i'd enjoy managing bands or tour managing and realized that i didn't want to spend half my life in a van and crappy hotels. then i thought i'd want to run a music venue and realized what a dead end proposition that tends to be as you can't please everyone all of the time and there's a shit ton of red tape and ways you can fall on your face. i've been involved to some extent in those last three so i got a taste of what it'd likely involve and while it might be a dream for other people, i realized it wasn't for me. i didn't want something i loved to actually feel like a job.. and those things eventually did.

in the end, i over think it. i always think that nothing i could do would be a big enough deal. that everything had been done before. that what if i cure cancer..? well, something else will just take it's place and i'll be forgotten anyway. so at 35 i think i've held off doing something i really love because it's not "important" enough. it's not going to change any lives. and i think i'm starting to understand that i don't have to. as much as i'd like to.. i don't have to. it's depressing in a way, but it's also a bit liberating. i can stop having this high and mighty attitude in the back of my mind and stop hating myself for not being some big deal and just be happy with where i'm at and what i'm doing as long as i know i'm working towards something i know will make me just that little bit more happier each day.

as lame as this probably sounds, i think i'd really enjoy being an event planner. hell, even if it was weddings or something (excluding millionaire sweet 16 parties). life is all about experiences and if you can make someone's event a huge deal that they'll remember for the rest of their lives, then that lives on. i think i'd like to be a part of that. especially if i can tie it in and mix it up with a bit of music, a bit of education, and a bit of charity. that story about that handicapped kid in seattle who had his wish come true when the make a wish foundation got together with the local power company and created this entire day where he got to be a super hero and save the city. holy shit! being involved with something like that and making someone's life better would rule so hard. there was a time when i'd think, "well, that won't make me rich and famous." but i'd like to think that i'm finally outgrowing that "gimme the mtv life" mindset.

in the meantime, i don't hate my current day job. i don't hate getting up in the mornings. and i've had jobs where that was definitely the case. tony's right, your environment and the people around you make all the difference.

*i also think i could be ultimately happy as a professional whistler or sunflower seed eater.

/novel

Pro Whistler would be sweet. I've been trying to work a whistle solo into my bands' songs for a while, now...

I'm with Tony on the environment playing a huge part... i'd wanted to be a professional musician of some sort since i can remember, and i actually was for a good two years. I was doing nothing but playing/practicing/touring for a living AND able to pay my bills with some to spare. I wasn't in a mansion, but i had MADE IT. After spending a couple years in a band in which the majority of members didn't respect themselves/others, i finally realized that it's not really the job so much, but who you're doing it with. I'm much happier not making any money playing in a band with people who i trust, like and respect. I still hate that the majority of us have to spend most of our waking hours working, to spend only a couple hours a day with our families/friends.

I'd love to be a professional racecar driver, too.

[Quezo]

You are a farmer at heart, Farmer Chad.

[JJames]

day job: in-home hab provider for special needs kids
(if you need one, i need more clients and I work with arion care solutions)

dream job: Get paid oodles of cash to exist and play music and eat

[MrAwesome]

Day Job- Backwaiter at PF Chang's

Dream Job-Something working behind the scenes in the political realm....or espionage. Last summer I was offered a tracking job from the state Democratic Party(both of those things!!) but I had to turn it down because it was full time, required office work during the day, and I was still in school at the time.

[thundertortoise]

I'm not doing my "dream job" but I've realized that my dream job isn't any one thing in particular. If I could pursue my little projects fully 100% then I'd be happy. So, while I don't hate my day job now, actually kind of like it, I would prefer if it were something I could do while on the road, for example. I work in tech support/IT stuff so a virtual-type situation would be ideal. Also been getting more and more into web design so I can start doing freelance web design work from anywhere I have an internet connection.

The real magic happens when I get consistent freelance jobs and am able to travel places with a favorable exchange rate like Argentina (1 Argentine = 4 U.S.) or India, etc.

My little projects consist of music things, cool useful programs, entrepreneurial ventures. . . .

Up-ing my tech stuff/writing chops to get there. So that's me. As you can see I've given this a lot of thought already!

[sonofpatter]

My dream job is be a model for poolboy magazine.

[jeremx]

My dream job is be a model for poolboy magazine.

ain't that the truth!