Strange....

[scotch]

Not sure what I wanted to be.. perhaps a programmer or mathematician or an inventor but I really lost interest in school once I was 13 so that's not something I'm educated enough to do.
Now I'd like to do something arty preferably, well not art art.. but making pretty images  Animation is nice, game art would be a dream job suppose, I'd love to work at that, pushing the limits of technology and bringing some beauty into games which is rarely there at the moment. (I really wish I had a state of the art 3d adventure game engine to play with )

[squinks]

I always wanted to draw comics...Always...

Thats all I ever wanted to do, and it's a dream that will never be realized.

Life is a bastard...

[Evil]

Aeronautical Engineer... I always wanted to be one, still do...
*Edit: Aeronautical Engineers are people who build spacecraft like rockets. I forgot I was surrounded by idiots

[Darth Mandarb]

I wanted to be a cartoonist up until about the 7th or 8th grade.  Then I realized I wanted to do special effects for movies.  I figured it would be a great job.  Millions would see my work, yet nobody would know who I was and I could retain my private life.

My job now sort of fits that mold.  Thousands see my work and don't know who I am.

But now that I'm all growns up I'd like to be ... a Pet Psychic.

cheers,
dm

[Pumaman]

I always wanted to be a comedian, until I realised I wasn't funny.

Then I always wanted to be a hard-ass New York cop, until I realised I wasn't hard.

Then I always wanted to be a pirate, until I realised I couldn't even say "Yarrr" correctly.

Now, I just want to be a tree.

[Rincewind]

Hehe, it's fun to look back at your dreams and goals that you had as a kid. When I was really small I wanted either to be a fireman or a car mecanic (So that I could fix my parents cars for free, of course...) but I still don't know why... I suppose that's the usual childhood-dream-cliché...

Later on, when I started 5th or 6th grade, the thought of being a writer first entered my head... I wrote stories in school, at home, I made whole galleries with villians for the "novels" I wrote, and I also did several very witty parodies of popular movies and tv-shows, which probably entertained no-one but myself...  My hero was Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, and a great author, too. I wrote lot's of 007-Fan-fiction, and even though it's really badly done, I can look back on it and laugh to myself...

Later on, I got introduced to authors like Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams, which changed my whole view at books, and the way I generally wrote things. But, the thought of writing for a living stuck in my head anyway, and even now, some years later, I'm still enjoying it - I'm still hoping for a carreer either as an author or as a journalist. Most probably, I'll end up as the latter...

But there are sometimes when I doubt that as well. I love drawing, (Not only on the computer), so I have also considered doing perhaps illustrations for books or something similar, but as long as I'm a better writer than I am an artist, I suppose I'd have to keep it at a hobby-level...  

Oh well. It's late. I'm tired and nostalgic. I think I'll go and watch Postman Pat.

[MrColossal]

when i was younger i wanted to be a cartoonist...

HOORAY!

*does a little dance and cries on the inside... school loans...

[evenwolf]

I've wanted to act.  I used to dream of getting all the attention Jim Carrey received.  But now I abhore Tabloids etc, and see such celebs don't have that much freedom. They're just studio whores.

I've wanted to design concepts for video games.
I once  tried to mail a package of drawings and ideas to the makers of Vigilante 8.  I'm glad I emailed them first, so they could tell me not to mail anything in. Oddly enough, V8: Second Offense featured things very similar to some of my ideas.

I used to want to be a cab driver when I was really young.  That didn't last too long, and I think there was no real reason other than to drive.

Now I want to produce movies.

[Goldmund]

I've wanted to act. I used to dream of getting all the attention Jim Carrey received. But now I abhore Tabloids etc, and see such celebs don't have that much freedom. They're just studio whores.

Well, that's my line of thinking as well (not that I wanted to be an actor, but something involving fame etc., etc.) - but the question, dear Even, is: don't we abhore Tabloids and all that comes with fame simply because we didn't manage to get it and as we grow older it becomes more and more obvious that we aren't going to be recognised on a street?

[evenwolf]

Not so much.  I feel if I wanted at this point, I can turn my career in many directions.  I could establish myself as an actor, a writer, a producer, director, or just a techie like I am in special fx.

Don't get me wrong, I would still like to act, but I would not like to be discovered as an actor.  I wouldn't mind breaking into acting after establishing myself as a writer or those other things. Should anyone decide I have talent enough.

This is based on an article I read about Ed Norton, where he was complaining about not having true artistic freedom like an artist.  And seeing that as well on the set of 25th Hour.   Actors have to stick to strict schedules, they have to go on talk shows against their will for the studio, and they can't walk around and enjoy a quiet evening without a disguise.   I'm not saying all actors have it this way, but not all actors have such the glamorous lives we think.

(just to had to respond to goldy)

[shitar]

Sorry if I'm sounding like a d.s.p.f. but I'm sick of looking at the next thing femme says about what she is thinking about in her big brain.

***anyways***
I wanted to be a fireman.

[TerranRich]

Hmm, I seem to agree with you on this one, mitar. Femme ruined 2 other topics, causing them to be locked. If this one gets out of hand, ,it will be #3.

And yeah I've always wanted to work with computers since I first heard of them when I was like 6. Then, last year, I realized way too late it wasn't for me and am now stuck. I don't know what I want to do/be. I've been out of college for 2 years now, not even having completed it.

[Ben]

What's wrong with this topic? I think we had a good siscussion going on here. It's not like that thread she started about fruit..

[Matt Brown]

when I was little, I used to want to be a cartoonist...then I discovered I can't draw. and Im not funny

so, I wanted to work with computers. Until very recently, I wanted to be a programmer. Then, something turned me off from computers. maybe because I couldnt stand more of the programmers I knew. maybe Its cause I couldnt do that math courses I need to. I dunno

now, I want to be a journalist, or a politcal science major. or possibly a college professor, teaching one of the two. I love to learn, to talk about what I learn, and to solve problems. maybe, I can help the public later in life...I dunno

[Unilin]

Ever since I was 5 or 6 I've wanted to be a chemist.

I am now about half done my chemistry degree.  Horray for me.

[DragonRose]

When I was ten, I really wanted to be an actress.  I even took three years of acting lessons at a local theatre.  However, that got me laughed at by a bunch of snobs with agents at the "School for the Gifted" (gag!) that I went to.  So I concentrated on other things- writing, mainly.  I even wrote two books and plotted two more, thinking that one day I'd be a published author.  

However, I've recently started to notice that the snobs-with-agents have not really amounted to much. So now I want to be an actress again, and I haven't written any stories except for school in I don't know how long.  Weird how that worked out.

[remixor]

When I was really young, I wanted to be a film composer.  That was what I wanted to do for years, until about junior high or so I think.  Then I started getting really into programming and I started making corporate websites to make money, so I wanted to be a programmer when I grew up.  Then the web design business got totally out of hand, and all of a sudden you had to know all these crazy scripting languages, and I just said "screw that."  When I first got into it, HTML and JavaScript was all you ever needed.

I didn't know what I want to do until about college, then when I declared as a music major I decided I wanted to be a film composer again, and after a year and a half or so of thought I've decided I really just want to be in a rock band.  I keep trying to think of other possible careers, and the more I think of, the more I realize I just want to be in a rock band.  The drummer in my current band wants to do the same thing; everybody else in the band is getting real careers.  But hey, we're both dedicated.  If I stop posting here in a few years, it's because I'll be dirt poor and living in a box.  At least I have no financial delusions

[Nine Toes]

Well, I don't quite remember... but I know I wanted to be an archaeologist when I was in grade school, a comic artist in junior high, and a rock star in high school, and now I'm going for a five year degree in computer programming...

I guess though, I'd have to go with BOYD1981...

[Esseb]

In order:

Inventor, Cartoonist, Animation Artist, Computer Programmer.

Inventor, har. I read way too much Carl Barks. I guess I wanted to be Gyro Gearloose(sp).

[BOYD1981]

i actually want to be a TV/Film Extra, i have numbers and addresses of agents but have never got around to contacting them, i also wouldn't mind a job as a bouncer...

but failing that i wouldn't mind being and inventor, toy designer, ideas person or boxer...