What did you want to be?

[sqbr]

I have an idea for a poll (inspired by this one and it's comments), but first need some data. So: what career(s) did you seriously consider in your youth? Lets say school-age, 5-17, since before that you're too young to know much, and after that you've plausibly started actually training for it. Any extra interesting information you feel like adding is welcome :)

Myself? In order: Writer, teacher(from early childhood till I did work experience as a teacher in year 11 :)), actor/comedian, astronomer/theoretical physicist (which lasted until my first astronomy lecture in second year :/)

Plus lots of vague ponderings that didn't last long.

And of course I got to combine a lot of these working at Scitech, which was fun for a while but reaffirmed that I do not, in fact, want to be a teacher or actor. Doing My Phd, and my webcomic, have somewhat satisfied the writing bug too.

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[vegetus.livejournal.com]

Vet, Zoo vet, environmental science person, environmental/animal activist, traveller, writer, poet, zoologist, world famous 5-star gormet chef (how I was going to do this and avoid meat, I still haven't worked out).

When I was about 10 I organised my own animal welfare group that fundraised and gave money to different animal charities. The McLibel two were my heroes in high school.

Not alot has really changed in my life really now that I think about it... except I haven't written any poetry in a *loooong* time.

[vegetus.livejournal.com]

Oh and philosopher too!

[alias_sqbr]

You could have been a 5 star chef with a niche :) *imagines Iron Chef Vegan*

[vegetus.livejournal.com]

There is a vegan website that does an iron chef style challenge with a special ingredient and people send in recipies and pictures of dishes they made with that ingredient.

Of course I can't actually find a link to it right now...

[alias_sqbr]

See, the real coup would be going on Iron Chef and beating a non-vegan chef with the sheer tastiness of the food :)