- A receptionist somewhere. First and foremost, a receptionist (secretary? Is there a difference?). I know this is crazy, but it really is something I've always wanted to do. I love the sorting papers and the alphabetizing and the scheduling and the answering phones and the directing traffic and the sort-of authority. And you know how everyone loves Pam on The Office? Yeah, like that. Everyone loves the secretary. :-)
- Movie theater projectionist--yes, the person who switches out the big film reels. I've always wondered how this worked.
- Horses horses--something where I get to ride horses (honestly, who doesn't want to do this?).
- Owner of one of those obnoxious trinkety grandma shops with overpriced rag dolls and "antiques" (read: other people's old junk) and figurines and pieces of wood that you hang on your wall with words on them like "faith" and "family" and dusty silk flower wreaths and toll-painted everythings and dozens and dozens of very stinky candles. I never actually buy any of these things, nor do I really have any in my apartment, nor do I want any. There's just something homey about stores like that, and I like it.
- Gift wrap counter clerk in a department store. I love wrapping presents!
- The person who puts birdseed in public bird feeders, like at a park or an aviary or something. I have this terrific mental image of being the crazy bird lady in the big flowered hat and having all the sparrows and robins come and poop on my dress.
- Host of a local TV network's cooking show--something where you don't actually have to be a real chef, and where you can actually bake. They never bake enough on Food Network.
- Personal assistant to somebody important on a movie set: you know, the chick running around in fabulous pantsuits and ridiculous black strappy heels and sassy glasses, ID badge flying, getting all the big shots their coffee and handing out copies of the shooting schedule.
- Greeting card writer--but only because I know I could do a better job of it than whoever's doing it now. (For Pete's sake, a hamster could do a better job.)
What would you do?

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