This is a list of my top 10 Dream Jobs. They are in order of when I thought of them, because it might just be impossible to put them in order from best to worst- plus it gives me headache. But I did come up with 10 pretty bangin jobs. I'm sure you'll agree. Umm hmm.
National Geographic Photographer
Pros: I would get to travel the world. I will get to be able to see things I would never otherwise to get see, I would get to do things I would never otherwise get to do. I could fill up my whole house with pictures that I, myself took. I could capture "the shot." Plus I might just flip open a magazine or a calander and boast that I did in fact take that picture.
Cons: I may just drop my camera one too many times probably out in the middle of the ocean and watch it sink to the bottom, and get fired. Maybe I would fall out of a tree stand and paralyze myself, or I might just get eaten by a leopard. I may contract some weird flesh eating disease in some remote part of the world and the closest hospital would be 100 miles away. Or I could just sit in the savannah for 36 straight hours waiting for a herd of elephants to pass by. Fun.
Independant Filmaker/Music Video Director
Pros: I could really get to express my creative side. I could be as random and idiosyncratic as my mind wished. Maybe I could make the next Napolian Dynamite and potentially make millions. I could make music videos for some of the best bands in the world, I would be able to get to know the band members and maybe get their autographs. Oh yeah. There are endless possiblities for making a music video. That would be fun.
Cons: I really dont have a creative side in the first place. I don't know first thing about the best camera angles or even how to turn most video cameras on. Ok, well I might know how to turn them on but knowing me I would probably think I was recording and go the whole scene without actually recording anything. That would suck...but I would get a kick out randomly exclaiming CUT! every now and then...What if my music video flops and I end up on the list of MTV's Top Ten worst videos ever? I would establish a bad rep in a day, I would become old news and my career would be over before it even started.
Onwer of a Zoo (or whatever they are actually called)
Pros: I would be surrounded by animals all day everyday. This would make me very happy(I love animals) Not just animals like dogs and cats, but exotic animals like penguins and monkeys. Maybe I would even be able to take some home because everyone would like to have a pet penguin waddling around the house. I would be able to reserve the whole zoo for a day and throw the best family reunions ever. (or any type of party for that matter.) That would be fantastic.
Cons: I would probably stink all day. I would probably spend too much time playing with the animals instead of keeping track of the finances or whatever you do. I might grow a little too attached to certain animals and probably yell at little kids for teasing them. I would get caught with roughly 54 different species of animals at my house that I have "snuck" out of the zoo. I might enjoy this job so much I might neglect my family. That would be no bueno. What if a lion or alligator gets out at night and terrorizes the neighborhood? I could get fined, or lose my job. Or worse someone could die. Then I would quit and feel really bad and retreat into the depths of my own misery.
Teacher
Pros: Probably the most realistic occupation out of all of these. I would love to be able to teach, it's about helping kids, it's about making a difference in someones life while they are still young and teachable. It's about influencing the youth for the better. It's about inspiring and expanding their horizons. Thats what its all about.
Cons: I might still act more like one of the kids instead of a mature teacher. I would be tempted to have an abstract grading system and weird classroom rules that never make sense in the first place. Other veteran teachers would probably look down on me for not being strict enough, or refer to me as "the greenhorn." Instead of eating the in faculty room and bonding with all the other teachers, I would probably spend my lunches in the gym playing basketball with the kids. Oh well, it would still be great.
Novelist/Writer
Pros: I like to write. Once again I could use my creativeness. This is a career that really has no boundaries. I like that. Judging by the length of my blogs, maybe writing a full length novel really wouldn't be that much of a stretch. If I am good enough I can inspire kids to read, something that no one really does a lot of anymore. Maybe I could become as rich as J.K. Rowling. After all, there really is not much to writing if you think about it. Just assemble the english language in such a way that sounds really good and come up with a good idea to write about.
Cons: Writing is much harder than it sounds. I take that back, to be GREAT at writing is really hard. It takes a long time to think out a full plot, and insert all the small details and descriptions that make a story something great. It took J.K. Rowling more than 15 years of planning to figure out her story. I don't think I could do that. I would get bored with my own story way before the public even knew about it. Most likely I would never make enough to live off of this career. Dang.
Cruise Ship Captain
Pros: I have seriously taken this career into consideration. It would be unique thats for sure. Once again I would get to travel, I get to wear that cool hat and hopefully I would get to turn a huge wooden wheel. I would get to meet new people all the time and I would get a kick out of jumping on the intercom system and yelling "ICEBERG ICEBERG! HEAD FOR THE LIFEBOATS!" when its only obviously that we are on our way to the Bahamas and were clearly sailing in tropical waters.
Cons: First of all I dont know how you ever even become a cruise boat captain? I don't know one thing about steering a boat or the nautical coordinates you use to navigate your way around the Earth. I guess in emergency situations I could navigate off the North Star. If any of the passengers knew of my ineptness they would have never gotten on the boat. Too bad for them I guess they'll never have the chance to get off the boat either...he he..More than likely I'll be tempted to put the boat on cruise control and lay around in the pool, or play Marco Polo with my crew members. Even though the captains quarters is probably very very nice, I would not really look forward to spending that much time on a ship, and I would probably attach a barf bag across my neck and take it with me everywhere I went.
Song Lyricist
Pros: This would be a very intriguing career to me. Most songs that are sung are written by someone else. I think I would love it, can you imagine hearing a song you wrote being sung on the radio? This may not even take too much skill, have you ever looked up lyrics to an awesome song and realized that the lyrics really aren't that wonderful or they really don't mean a whole lot? Then you think to yourself, "Wow I could of maybe wrote something that good." Besides some of the most famous songs are written while the authors were on drugs...It can't be that hard then right? Yes, this would be a fascinating job and it could earn me a lot of money. Plus I get my name mentioned on the CD cover and I get credits. Oh yeah.
Cons: Instead of making MTV's Top Ten worst videos I would make MTV's list of Top Ten worst written songs. What if I wrote a really cheesy chorus and it was mimicked for all time and enternity? What if I accidentally got on the wrong side of all those "gansta rappers" and ended up shot or stabbed in the studio like they always seem to end up?
Sports Coach
Pros: It is just about every guys dream to be some kind of sports coach. Coaching sports would be fun, not just because I'm a big fan of sports but because once again, I would get to teach kids. It's not like sports is the most important thing in life, but its the lessons you learn as you play sports. Its the concept of pushing yourself farther than you have ever pushed yourself before. Its knowing that you can achieve something you never thought you could have before. Its the discipline you learn as you actually have to work towards your goals to accomplish great feats. Thats what sports teaches you about yourself and about life really.
Cons: I'll have to start my pep talks 2 hours before each game if I start talking like I blog. Instead of listening to me they will just want me to shut up. I will stylize my coaching techniques to that of Denzel Washingtons in Remember the Titans, and I will wake them up in the middle of the night to go running through Heber's cemetery to point out the little grave that says Unknown Black Male and then I will give a big speach about race and how it can tear us apart or bring us together and in the process I will leave my players utterly confused and bewildered. I may be a little too passionate of a coach and I might just take it a little too seriously. I would come to practice everyday in the shortest shorts possible, with the same sweat stained t-shirt and a sweatband or two of course. I would occasionally blow my whistle at random times just to scare my players. After an emotional win or loss my "after game remarks" may just very well last another two hours and somehow I'll find a way to tie the game into a bigger game called Life and I'll end up telling them all how important it is to succeed in life and we will all be crying after the end of every game.
Astronaut
Pros: This job would be out of this world. HA. Get it? No but seriously, how cool would it be to be looking at all of earth from space? How cool would it be to just float around? I mean really how could you say no to something like that?
Cons: Besides the fact that I would never make it through the rigorous tests and trials that I would have to endure, I don't take very well to the fact that I would have to spend the whole trip in an adult diaper. I have to admit the movie Apollo 13 scared the crap out of me and dashed all my desire to actually consider being an astronaut. I dont really like the idea of accidentally floating away into nothingness or instantly vaporizing myself either...And if I ever came across my actual alien up there I think that adult diaper would come in handy.
One of the 12 Apostles
Pros: Haha yes, I did actually think up this myself and I would consider it very much a dream job. Well I suppose there are a ton of pros to this one. Let's start with the potential of meeting the Savior and God, as well as a whole assortment of great people face to face. Then lets go with the fact that this job must mean that I am doing something right and I'm pretty much ensured a happy life forever and ever. I would probably get to travel a lot and experience a lot of great and wonderful experiences that just will never happen to anyone else. What a job it would be.
Cons: Thinking and writing up all the talks I must give. That would be very hard for me. The whole job would just be plain hard. Especially at General Conference where like 1/4 of the world is watching you. What if I went crosseyed trying to read the teleprompter? It would be hard to be such a good example all day everyday. It would be unbelievable hard to maintain such a good image in the public scrutiny, as well as answer very difficult questions in such a way that doesn't offend other people.
ps. I have no idea why this one has a smaller font. I tried to fix it but it made it worse?
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