When I Grow Up
My new friend in Philly, PJ, (we have never met, but from her blog, I can tell we would be good friends if she lived in NYC) tagged me. So to all you new readers, a tag means that I need to answer a question posed (which actually came from Stephanie in Miami.)
"If you could be something else other than what you are now in terms of your career, what would the top five or six choices be and why would you be good at these professions?" Hmmm, let me think...
1. A Producer for Dateline NBC. Considering I went to Syracuse's Communications School, this could have been an easy one for me to get had I decided to study TV rather than ADVERTISING. What the hell was I thinking? I love to travel, am very good at getting the story out of people, and can write. This job could have been a shoe-in.
2. An Actress. I can see my sister rolling her eyes as I type this. She was always the drama queen in the family, having the incredible ability to cry on cue. Which also got me into a lot of undue trouble as a kid. Regardless, I was runner-up for the narrator role in my high school play, when I was just a freshman. Since then, I've had potential, but never pursued. The only use of my acting skills is in the bedroom... Did I just say that aloud?!
3. A Lawyer. About once a week I debate taking the LSATs and decide that I am too old and too single to start over. Maybe if I had a nice, supportive husband I would pull the trigger, but I just can't afford to go back to school full time. As a liberal Democrat, I would want to work in government. Wait, is that an oxymoron?
4. A Writer. Full-Time and Paid. Yes, I am working on my first novel, but I hit a major roadblock at Page 100. And yes, I did have an agent a few years ago when my friend Karen and I were trying to get our Self-Help book published. And yes, people actually take time out of their day to read this blog. So there is hope. A little.
5. Professional Poker Player. I am totally serious about this one, and The Man used to say I had the skill set to succeed. So if anyone is ever up for a trip to AC, I'm game.
Ok, I am sending this one along to Tick off Tracy. What would the rest of you do? Jeff, I know you would be a porn star.
"If you could be something else other than what you are now in terms of your career, what would the top five or six choices be and why would you be good at these professions?" Hmmm, let me think...
1. A Producer for Dateline NBC. Considering I went to Syracuse's Communications School, this could have been an easy one for me to get had I decided to study TV rather than ADVERTISING. What the hell was I thinking? I love to travel, am very good at getting the story out of people, and can write. This job could have been a shoe-in.
2. An Actress. I can see my sister rolling her eyes as I type this. She was always the drama queen in the family, having the incredible ability to cry on cue. Which also got me into a lot of undue trouble as a kid. Regardless, I was runner-up for the narrator role in my high school play, when I was just a freshman. Since then, I've had potential, but never pursued. The only use of my acting skills is in the bedroom... Did I just say that aloud?!
3. A Lawyer. About once a week I debate taking the LSATs and decide that I am too old and too single to start over. Maybe if I had a nice, supportive husband I would pull the trigger, but I just can't afford to go back to school full time. As a liberal Democrat, I would want to work in government. Wait, is that an oxymoron?
4. A Writer. Full-Time and Paid. Yes, I am working on my first novel, but I hit a major roadblock at Page 100. And yes, I did have an agent a few years ago when my friend Karen and I were trying to get our Self-Help book published. And yes, people actually take time out of their day to read this blog. So there is hope. A little.
5. Professional Poker Player. I am totally serious about this one, and The Man used to say I had the skill set to succeed. So if anyone is ever up for a trip to AC, I'm game.
Ok, I am sending this one along to Tick off Tracy. What would the rest of you do? Jeff, I know you would be a porn star.
posted by Does Debbie @ 2:44 PM
3 Comments:
At 7:07 PM,
Anonymous said…
i think this is a lame question because it demands a follow up of why anyone would be doing something they don't want to be doing. you only have one life. it's not too late to change careers, or even start over. I have done it a few times already. I know people who are producers in TV. Not dateline, but other news or nonscripted shows and it is not all that. If you love to travel, and get a story out of people, you should consider the kind of story you would want to get out of those people, and then go off and get those stories on your own. Write an article, or a book. or make a documentary. Do it now! also, just because someone likes to watch porn doesn't mean they would want to be a porn star, especially if they are germ conscious. I don't know who this Jeff guy is, but I am just saying...
At 7:30 PM,
Stephanie Green said…
It all comes full-circle doesn't it? From Stern to me to you to Paige back to you? I guess all us weirdo bloggers are somehow connected.
At 10:38 AM,
Paige Jennifer said…
Anonymous, I had the same initial thought about this set of questions. If you aren't doing what you think you should be doing, well, then just change things up. But life is a lot more complicated than that. Plus, my #1 career path is Super Hero and we ALL know how competitive that industry is.
And Debbie, I did a test run of the lawyer thing. Allow me to save you $100,000 in student loans. It isn't anything like you'd expect it to be. The day I saw the judge I clerked for have her bench rushed by a cracked out mama was the day I started to reconsider my connection to the legal world.
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