• lawyer -- I said this in 1st grade because every single girl in my class said she wanted to be a nurse, and every boy wanted to be a football player. I had to say something different... I'm not sure I even knew what a lawyer did!
  • comedian -- I had two jokes, both on the same theme "When I grow up, I want to be a comedian. I think I'd be good at it because whenever I tell someone about it, they laugh" the other one involved imitating grandfather saying "what, you think you're some kind of comedian?" That dream didn't last long.
  • archaeologist-- yeah, I studied this in college even. This is what happens when you let a 7-year-old read National Geographic.
  • librarian-- I liked the idea of being in a quiet place surrounded by books when I was in elementary school.
  • nurse-- mostly just because this seemed like the only way to legally emigrate to Canada.
  • forensic chemist/pathologist-- I knew I could never make it through med school, so forensic chemistry looked good... except I am absolutely dismal at chemistry.
  • forensic anthropologist-- still sounds cool, except there are only 2 full-time jobs for them in the whole country.
  • mortician-- satisfied the mopey goth within my late-teenaged soul
  • documentary filmmaker-- still sounds cool
  • movie art director-- ironic that the only class I failed at art school was Art Direction.
  • food stylist-- I really wanted to do this in high school, but I remember thinking what a stupid frivolous job it was; I wasn't helping my fellow man out in any way whatsoever.
  • graphic designer-- until the computer revolution when everyone who had PhotoShop can be a designer and all the jobs went away. Besides, working in advertising would probably eat my soul.
  • historic stained glass window restorer - yeah, that one went far.
  • geologist-- nah
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