Thirteen things I could have done with my life (if things were just a little different)

July 9, 2011 in A world of lists | Tags: fate, how do we know we're not these things in another place and time?, maybe it's not fate, what missed us by 'that' much

1. Minister of religion

2. Politician

3. Radio DJ

4. Night-club DJ

5. Rhythm guitarist in an alternative-rock band

6. Librarian

7. Public-sector auditor

8. Corner-shop keeper

9. Head gardener at a country estate

10. Farmer

11. Archaeologist

12. Helicopter pilot

13. Wedge-tailed eagle

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July 10, 2011 at 9:16+00:00Jul

Agnes

1. Olympic rower
2. Cabaret dancer
3. Ice cream van driver
4. Mouseketeer
5. Spy
6. Coat check girl at the Ritz
7. Opera singer
8. Tree hugging activist
9. Acrobat
10. Watchmaker
11. Cobbler
12. Fishmonger
13. Zookeeper

July 10, 2011 at 9:16+00:00Jul

Nigel Featherstone

Great list, Agnes.

Funny that you’re an alternative-music guru, but the only music reference is opera singer! And, yes, spy – I should have added that to my list: I’d make a frighteningly good double-agent.

There needs to be more fishmongers in the world. And cobblers – the world really shouldn’t try to do without cobblers.

July 12, 2011 at 9:16+00:00Jul

Gabrielle Bryden

public sector auditor – bwhahahahaha
Apex killers are always good and eagles one of the better ones 🙂
I would have liked to be a singer in a jazz band – well any sort of band really (or one of the musicians). Astronaut would be cool. Pilot was always top of my list when younger (now my eyesight wouldn’t get me past the test). If only we had many lives – sigh.

July 12, 2011 at 9:16+00:00Jul

Nigel Featherstone

Amazing how many of us imagine ourselves to be musicians!

July 12, 2011 at 9:16+00:00Jul

Gabrielle Bryden

yes, I think a lot of people have that fantasy – btw, the oops was for laughing at Marks job (inadvertently) – hahaha (sorry Mark but you did have to tell us 😉

July 12, 2011 at 9:16+00:00Jul

Mark William Jackson

1. Requires too many lies
2. Ditto
3. You’d have to be more pretentious
4. You’d have to be much more pretentious
5. You’d have to less pretentious (!)
6. You’d have to be quiet
7. I’m one of these, you don’t want to be
8. That’d be cool
9. Gardening would be good, but I’m opposed to the private ownership of land
10. Vegetable farmer?
11. My daughter is studying to be one of these
12. Like T.C. in Magnum, or Jan Michel Vincent in Airwolf?
13. or a Blue Whale.

July 12, 2011 at 9:16+00:00Jul

Nigel Featherstone

Hi Mark, great list. In response, I offer the following:

1. And I’d be too honest: ‘Look, 99% of this is a bit rubbish, but, you know, my old church building is pretty nice to look at.’
2. True.
3. But I’d play the moodiest shit.
4. See No. 3.
5. I’d also have to buy a flannie. Lucky I live in Goulburn.
6. I barely say a word as it is.
7. Crikeys, the cat’s out of the bag, Mark!
8. Yeah, the coolest.
9. Regrettably I’ve lost my land-owning virginity.
10. Freerange chook farmer.
11. Brilliant.
12. Erm, like whatshisname in ‘Skippy’.
13. Blue whales are cool, but I’d get scared of all that deep water. In the ocean I like to see my feet.

July 31, 2011 at 9:16+00:00Jul

broadsideblog

1. Radio DJ
2. Radio talk show host
3. TV talk show host.
4. Ballet dancer
5. Jazz dancer
6. CIA operative
7. Tall Ship seaman
8. Interior designer
9. Shopkeeper of my own small store
10. Antiques picker
11. Cowboy/girl
12. Interpreter/translator
13. Queen!