[kayleighTalitha]

Currently I'm a motivation therapist though I have to admit that I'm not sure if I want to be this the rest of my life....

-always wanted to be hairdresser (not anymore)

-journalist (not anymore)

-something creative like writing or art (still want that)

[Moralanqua]

My degree is a combined one meant to qualify me in Behavioural Studies and Business Marketing Management. It was dumbass that I had to combine these two 'subjects' to get the mix of socio and psych modules I needed to qualify for the criminology module!

I want to be a 'criminal profiler' or a Socio-Deviant Analyst. Crap luck that Scotland does not have such a program and that I cant get funding to go to America to finish my studies and get appropriately qualified. It was a dream since I was 16 to study under Dr Michael Baden and at Quantico.

So now I have a degree and am fooling around in a series of Business type jobs like Financial Controller and Pensions Analyst. I recently quit, moved and am now unemployed.

I write in my free time, hoping to get published one day when Im satisfied I have the skills.

[Viv]

[Andreth]

Current profession - Personal Family Servant aka Housewife who runs a Golden Retriever kennel on the side. Champion bloodlines but our focus is on selling family pets. It's a fun job. I get to raise and train the pups during the fun, cute period and then sell them when they're eight weeks old and are ready to start chewing on everything.

Degree - Medical Records Administration. I did have a few sets of fancy letters behind my name, but I haven't kept my accredidation up in years so those no longer apply.

If I could go with my childhood dream it would be to pursue the career of a person who fights evil-type...person. I guess the technical term would be paranormal investigator. I wanted to be like Silver John, the hero of the books written by my favorite author, Manly Wade Wellman. Silver John wandered around the southern states (kind of like the guy in Kung Fu, but hillbilly-ish instead of oriental) kicking the asses of all witches, warlocks, demons, devils, IRS agents, etc... And he did it with no more than his knowledge of folklore and a guitar with silver strings. But being the keen-minded child that I was I soon realized there was a shortage of supernatural beings in Oklahoma where I lived, obviously due to the large number of churches and evangelists in the state. I also realized that Silver John was poor. He didn't have a penny to his name and just kind of bummed around from place to place, despite the fact that he had a college degree. Being a folklore-knowledgeable kicker-of-evil's-ass clearly didn't pay well. So yet another childhood dream down the drain.

Second on my list was famous rock star, but that one didn't pan out either. I'm still holding out for famous author though.

[Sorcia]

Andreth wrote:"Current profession - Personal Family Servant aka Housewife who runs a Golden Retriever kennel on the side. Champion bloodlines but our focus is on selling family pets. It's a fun job. I get to raise and train the pups during the fun, cute period and then sell them when they're eight weeks old and are ready to start chewing on everything. "

THUD ...I breed/show Labradors as a hobby and show for others and am Kennel manager for a Standard Poodle kennel. I never would have thought I would have found another dog person here on this forum! LOL. OK so how many of your puppies have been registered with LOTR names! LOL Have you a website? Would love to see your Goldens. PM me and I'll send you my site I expecting puppies this weekend from a very special girlie here so am quite excited.
I guess my 'dream job', you know, the one you thought, if I had studied harder, taken this course etc would have been an astronomer.
Cheers

[Anna]

I am currently working as an assistant manager of a grocery store. Bloody awful, I tell you. Stressful, evil customers and the pay sucks.

Oh well...that´s what you get for not paying attention in school.

If I could start over again -- I would´ve studied more from the start. In fact, I would´ve liked to spend my entire life studying. Sadly, I can´t make a living out of that!

My childhood dream was to become a surgeon. I actually tried to teach myself everything about blood (I figured that would come in handy, since I wanted to cut in people... ) when I was about 9 or 10. I read everything I could get my hands on.

Another dream was to become a librarian. My favorite place was (and still is) the library. I thought they had the best job ever! Getting to stay at the library all the long, reading and organizing the books! Hmm. I could still see myself as a librarian.

What else? Oh yeah, a writer. I know I haven´t posted any stories, but that´s b/c I don´t show anyone what I write. I´m such a coward! And extremely picky! Hence, no chance of making a living out of that!

I would love to be able to stay at home with my daughter, but we can´t afford it.

Sind, you always come up with such interesting topics!

[sindohte]

[Yavanie]

Sorcia,

I'm another dog lover

We adopted a big black lab from a group in Texas that rescues labs from animal shelters and finds homes for them. He's just like one of my boys (except he usually behaves better) and has us well trained. I can't even threaten to make my husband sleep with the dog when I'm mad at him because, yeah, the dog sleeps on my feet.

I'd have a whole pack of them if I could find the time/money to take care of them.

[Moralanqua]

Viv - actually, 'The Novel' was a crime one! Most of my orig stuff is crime and horror. I specialise in Mafia and Seriel and Signature killer fiction. Vamps too when I get an orig idea.

[BittenBuggy]

Current career - Housemum/invalid I am working on my PhD however in Shakespearian Lit

Previous career - College english teacher

Other career paths I considered -

Greek Historian - in fact, I'd go back to college for it now if I could. Probably will

When I was little, my parents suggested that I pursue a career in something very physical. I have a hyperactivity disorder - which translates into 'nervous energy.' I simply had to be doing something. The pencil-tapping thing does NOT work for everybody. When my parents couldn't take it anymore, I was about 13, so they sent me to my aunt in the Rockies for a year and I started rock climbing. From the first week on, whenever I got a free moment, I was climbing. I'd sneak out at night and do it - much to the consternation of my auntie.

The sheer concentration and control that it took helped me to stay alert and focused and I found I didn't need to move as much the rest of the time. So I seriously consitered being a rock climbing instructor or the rocky mountain rescue teams or something.

But, never got to do that So I joined the military instead (they keep you plenty busy )



- medical doctor (The thought of needles makes me squeamish)[/quote]

[kayleighTalitha]

Ooooh, lots of lab lovers around here! *squeels*

I have a big black lab called Beau, and I absolutely adore him! Yay for doggies!

[Andreth]

[Andreth]

[Yavanie]

Just taking a break from trying to put together some organizers for my kids room, you know the kind that come "some assembly required" Well , I'd tell you all about it but I don't use that kind of language in front of the kids.

so there I am thinking about what I'd really rather be doing:

I have a work bench out in the garage currently covered with bicycle parts, scooters and soccer equipment. It is supposed to be the place I keep all my "project" supplies. I have a secret desire to be an artist. I've done stained glass (can't work with lead when your pregnant or nursing), silversmithing (can't have open flames in your garage if the community association knows about it, need to install an exhaust fan so can work with garage door down), done some self inspired home remodeling projects and woodworking - maybe I was and elf in another life. ANyway, i'd SO much rather have blisters on my hands from the soldering iron than trying to screw childrens dressers together!!! (I once thought of changing to an ART major but thought there would never be any real income from that, and I thought someone would pay me to be an archaeologist?)

I;m done ranting. thanks.

[BittenBuggy]