What would your dream job be?

[Javaman]

If you could be in a job that provided you with all the things you needed for yourself and your family and at the same time totally fulfill a dream, what would it be?

Mine would be going back to being a filmmaker. It was the best job in the world. We had a saying on the set, "the worst day on the set is still better than the best day in the real world". :)

So what's your dream job?

[semillama]

1. Field Bigfoot Researcher.

Run around the woods, use night vision equipment, taking casts of enigmatic casts, etc. Sure beats jockeying a desk and imagine if you actually could scientifically document their existence, what a rush that would be.

Barring that, I wouldn't mind getting into a non-academic non-profit archaeology education thing, like Crow Canyon or SRI or something.

[Chovexani]

2. Getting paid to write.

I don't think it'll ever happen for me, though. :(

[Inchworm]

3. Research Librarian or Teacher

:hi:

[kentauros]

4. Fiction writer

Ah'm workin' on that as we "speak" :D

[geardaddy]

39. That's mine, too.

Although, I'm not working on anything.

That or filmmaker.

[SCantiGOP]

5. prison guard

in charge of watching Bush, Cheney and Gonzales. And no, I wouldn't allow them to be tortured.

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Filmmaker for me too.

I'm a bit of a film nerd.

[soleft]

7. Screenplay Doctor

Once of those uncredited geniuses that gets paid bundles for punching up the dialogue.

Or professional softball player.

[DS1]

8. Porn producer

[SKKY]

10. I think that would be boring after a while...

...Hell, I get sick of porn after 2 months in a 6 month deployment.

[Phillycat]

14. I always imagine it smells just horrible on a porn set.

:puke:

[DS1]

15. nah

I'd be about the casting couch. First dibs and all that.

[IronLionZion]

33. senior partner in Al Gore's investment group nt

[BarenakedLady]

26. Can I get an interview?

:evilgrin:

[Inchworm]

29. *hands BNL a business card*

If this doesnt work out I can make you a Star.

Call that number when you are ready to be in pictures.

Flirt- Flirt- Flirt- :loveya:

:hug::hi::hug:

[BarenakedLady]

30. Oh really...

What kind of pictures?

b/w?
still?
moving?
crime scene?



:shrug:

[Inchworm]

31. Actually, you have a lot of artistic input towards that decision

I'm sure you'd make magazine covers for one. I'll help with your image and make you a star.

I have a studio down by the docks.

;)

[DS1]

34. and a good supply of body lotion, I'll bet

[Inchworm]

35. Blast you! I almost had her in the van!

:D

[DS1]

36. She's not about a size 14

you're way off, Jame

[Inchworm]

37. Chocolate is 50% off tomorrow

Geesh...

:silly:

[BarenakedLady]

40. Gonna fatten me up

for the slaughter, eh?

:P

[Inchworm]

41. Moi? Never!

hehe

:loveya:

[guitar man]

48. Is there such a thing

...as a "nipple fluffer" on a porn set? :evilgrin:

[DS1]

51. I don't think women normally get a fluffer, but there's always that first pioneer

[guitar man]

52. yes

I will be that pioneer....that will be my dream job :evilgrin:

break out the ice cubes, the first ever nipple fluffer is in the house! :D

[SKKY]

9. I always thought I'd be the 2nd baseman for the BoSox...

...but since that didn't work out, I guess my dream job would be head grounds keeper. Anything that would have me around the game all the time. That would be pretty dope.

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. As either a baseball historian/statistician or

running a newspaper independent of advertising, yet with the financial resources so I could hand-pick the editorial staff.

[Phillycat]

12. Docent at the Uffizi Gallery

Barring that, I'd like to knit all day, in the sunshine. *sigh*

[End Of The Road]

13. goatherd. nt

[KG]

16. ne'er-do-well

or, failing that, a burden on society.

[montanto]

17. Medical Marijuana Quality Inspector. eom

[TZ]

18. Dance instructor

Did it for awhile but the time and lack of real money made it hard to keep at it. Loved it though.

[lost-in-nj]

19. A hotel reviewer

for a travel magazine....

minimum stay
1 week....

only nice hotels

lost

[tinymontgomery]

20. SAILING Bum

Just sailing around the islands enjoying life and out running hurricanes. A nice Ericson or C&C would be just right.

[Fleshdancer]

21. Have my own show on the travel channel

Visit the best hotels, restaurants and day spas this world has to offer. :bounce:

[Iggo]

23. I am soooo jealous of those people.

"And here in Argentina, we sit on the beach and suck on this drinky thing all day, then dance in the streets."

Nice work, if you can get it.

[IntravenousDemilo]

22. Broadway composer.

Working on it...

[lost-in-nj]

49. and tickets for the lounge

on opening night!!?!?!?!?

right!!!????!?!?!?!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :applause: :applause:

GOOD LUCK



lost

[GoddessOfGuinness]

24. Nature photographer

or animal behavior specialist

[Muttocracy]

82. mine are nature photographer or green architect

too bad I'm not as artistic as I'd like!

[Fuzz]

25. Cannibas tester, restaurant critic and professional napper

Yeah, that's it.

[Dukkha]

27. Cat herder

[BarenakedLady]

28. Gallery owner/artist

something like that.

[Fox Mulder]

32. If you've ever seen...

the tv show "The X-Files," then you know what type of work Fox Mulder does. I'd love to do that very same job.

[unsavedtrash]

38. Librarian at the U.S. Holocaust Museum

Actually, any museum/educational center that focuses on the Holocaust.

[flvegan]

42. Billionaire playboy.

[Wapsie B]

43. Short of what's in my profile an upscale Adult toy and furniture store.

The swings, sybians, gadgets of all kinds in a big showroom. It would have things from "Real Sex" on HBO episodes. Visits by authors, poetry readings are just some ideas of mine.

[MissMillie]

44. restaurant critic

being paid to eat is probably about as good as it gets.

[SallyMander]

45. Research biologist

I am a dork all the way to my dorky soul. :D

[seemunkee]

46. Brewmaster for a microbrewery

[Deja Q]

47. A waiter in the Xanadu skating rink.

[Z_I_Peevey]

50. Buyer for a junk store,

and I'd do nothing but go to garage sales and auctions.

I've already done all my other dream jobs (all three): editor, rock singer, librarian.

[RainDog]

53. to work here:

[unsavedtrash]

62. In case you haven't seen this-

Enjoy
http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=78

:hi:

[Catsbrains]

74. Where is this beautiful place?

[RainDog]

87. follow the link in the first reply

Someone sent the picture to me, but it obviously came from the linked site. If you like that place, you definitely should look at the other pictures there.

I posted a pic of the library of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. I could just as easily name a dozen other collections (some of them, like the Bodelian, in the link above.) The Getty Museum has an amazing collection, and lots of examples online. But since it's my dream, it's in The Netherlands.

[Adsos Letter]

54. ...archaeologist...American southwest, preferably....

[Redstone]

55. Charles Kuralt's job. Drive around, talk to people, and write about it.

Redstone

[Wapsie B]

60. Not the two wives though, right?

:P

Actually saw the guy in a centennial parade in my hometown. Didn't see his harem though. ;-)

[Redstone]

61. Nah, I'd leave THAT complication out of the deal.

Redstone

[x-g.o.p.er]

56. Sports columnist

[x-g.o.p.er]

71. Or military historian

[RetroLounge]

57. Independent Bookstore Owner

:D

RL

[triguy46]

58. Cattleman.

[FloridaJudy]

59. School Nurse at Hogwarts n/t

[femmocrat]

63. Curator of a really fine art museum.

I love to walk in every day, stroll down the marble hallways, and just be in awe of such genius .....Well, I could do that anyway, but being the curator would be so gratifying.

[JVS]

64. Tsar of all Russias

[Xipe Totec]

66. Kind of a dead end job, no?

[RFKHumphreyObama]

65. Body man to a Senator or President

Just like Charlie on the "West Wing".

[Rosemary2205]

67. My dream job involves not HAVING to work at all.

I'm lazy that way. :)

[Pierre.Suave]

68. I always wanted to be a Fighter Pilot...

Excpet for the whole bombing people thing, I think it would be HELLA Fun!!!!!!!!

[x-g.o.p.er]

70. I have a joke about fighter pilots:

Q: How do you know when a fighter pilot enters the room?

A: He tells you the second he meets you.

FWIW, I'm a helicopter Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) pilot, and we have a healthy disdain (but respect) for them.

Oh, one more for you before I go.

Q: What does a fighter pilot look like to a CSAR pilot?

A: Cold, wet, scared, and surrounded.

:toast: :rofl: :patriot:

[Pierre.Suave]

98. That sounds moderately fun...

:P

JK, I am sure it is fun as well.

[opiate69]

69. Rock star...

spent the better part of the last 20 years chasing that particular mermaid. Alas, seems like the time to admit it's not to be is nigh upon me..

[graywarrior]

72. writer for a comedy

[Adsos Letter]

78. ...your work here on DU doesn't count...?

:hide:

[graywarrior]

89. I get paid in hearts!

[Adsos Letter]

91. well...hearts...

and the undying affection of your devotees...not all of whom are 19 yr. old boys... :D

[graywarrior]

100. I can see I will never live this down

:rofl:

[Zoigal]

73. Animal behaviorist

[Catsbrains]

75. book critic.

[DarkTirade]

76. Creation.

I have dozens of interests, but the one thing that puts them all together is my love of making things. Whether it be intangible things like music, digital things like video games, or physical objects like all the various things I've made.

[Ptah]

77. I am working at my dream job. Here's a youtube:

In the shop the other day.

[BuelahWitch]

79. Some type of work in a film or history archive

Perhaps a librarian at the Margaret Herrick Library in LA. Second choice: The Chicago History Museum.

[Adsos Letter]

80. A BA or an MA in History could get ya' there...

not a bad choice, either, if you feel a need to work after retirement...

[BlueIris]

81. I wanna work at the White House.

[Neoma]

83. Physicist.

[sakabatou]

84. Film editor

[LibDemAlways]

85. I would like to be paid to write. n/t

[KitchenWitch]

86. Official Scorekeeper for the Minnesota Twins.

[Broken_Hero]

88. Magic the Gathering Card

developer.....:D I'd make a card thats says...

"Tap one red mana, and opponent dies"-

I'd call this card, Reds Revenge....the pic would be a Goblin playing with a nuke.....:D

[auntAgonist]

90. Licensed Funeral Director. n/t

[Lorien]

92. I dunno. I used to want to be a Disney Animator

then I became one. It was great for a while, then I smacked my head hard on the glass ceiling, my assistants became hellbent on grabbing my position from me, and it all went downhill from there.

Then I wanted to illustrate children's books. I did a few for Scholastic, but the Art Director changed her mind so often that in the end I felt like I was paying for the privilege of working for them.

I always kind of wanted to be a journalist too. Two of my neighbors are news journalists (one for NPR, the other for a British news service). They are both pretty liberal, but they have to spend ENDLESS hours with the most vile repugs every week. The Brit is assigned to John McCain for the duration of the campaign. :puke: Not sure that I could handle that.

So now...:shrug:

[defendandprotect]

93. Anything creative/arts --- but I'd like to be Queen of the world ---

it would take me about one day to straighten everything out --- !!!!

[chknltl]

94. I am doing it now.

No, I can't and won't say what it is... it is better that way. (NO, I ain't no repuke spy either...if I was I would have to report back to my bosses that DUers have an uncanny love for their cats and an odd hatred for Olive Garden).

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

95. World Traveler.

There are a lot of places I'd love to take my kids to see. It would be the education of a lifetime.

[Callalily]

96. Dive Master

in the Caribbean.


Buck Island - St. Croix - USVI

[AngryOldDem]

97. Right now, ANYTHING but what I'm doing.

Lighthouse keeper is looking really good right now.

[theredpen]

99. Being in charge of the Bush and Cheney interrogations in Gitmo

To clarify: interrogating Bush and Cheney, not their illegal prisoners.