When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
This is not going to be something anyone would guess.
A Teacher? - No
A Nurse? - No
A Ballerina? - Hell No.
I wanted to be a Homicide Detective.
You may wonder how old I was when I wanted to be this.
I was 11.
I had just seen the movie V.I. Warshawski and fell in love with the dectective "who dun it" style.
I ran around the house "investigating" things.
This lasted a very long time. I remember I even saw a woman cop when I was about 16 years old and wanted to ask her how long you had to be a street cop before you could be a detective. I didn't want to be a street cop and write tickets and chase drug dealers around. I wanted to wear a suit and say important things.
When I was 15/16, the movie Seven came out. This gave me a whole new look at the grisely side of detective work. I had my doubts about this field around then and started looking at other avenues.
Eventually I tried Nursing.. that was a no go. Then I was a Computer Science major, which lasted 2 semesters and then C++ and I broke up for good. Finally I settled on Interior Design.
Part of me thinks I should have looked at History Teacher, but for now I am happy.
I live vicariously through the shows I watch. I love Bones:
And especially Patricia Cornwell:
There you have it. Interior Designer / Wife / Mother by day. Envious of homicide detectives by night..
What did you want to be when you were little?
9 comments:
I wanted to be a doctor, then Math teacher, then doctor again, then English teacher, then nurse, then English teacher. And that's what I am. An English teacher.
And now I want to find a job as a freelance translator.
Okay, this explains the mysterious tweet yesterday. I was desperately trying to figure out what I said in the last 24 hours that would have instigated a post.
I wanted to be a Top Gun fighter pilot. Then I got glasses and found out that such a thing would never happen.
I love me some police shows!!
I love me some police shows!!
Wow, a homicide detective! That's pretty advanced for a kid. I was boring...I always wanted to be a teacher. And guess what? I'm a teacher. :)
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Stopping by from FTLOB. Wow a detective, you must be brave. I wanted to be a paleontologists.
I totally wanted to be a police officer from the age of 7... just like you I wanted to be a detective. My dad even had a friend who was a detective who I knew, and thought he was the coolest. Then I hit highschool and realized I didn't like the thought of looking at blood and did an Art degree... lol. Heck I'm almost 30 and still don't know what I want to be when I grow up lol!
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haha yes! I always thought that would be such a fun job. I always wanted to be an archaeologist and even went most of the way through school for it.. but...the powers that be had other plans for me I guess lol oh well.
Great post :)
I still do not know what I want to be when I "grow up". I constantly changed my mind when I was little too - vet, pilot, doctor, dance teacher...
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