What did you wanna be when you were 5 and what do you do now?

[dhinojosa]

Another complete waste of time thread:

My answer:
I wanted to be a firefighter when I was 5, and I am programmer now.

[Ariana Celeste]

1. Wanted to be a country singer

until I discovered rock a few years later. Today I'm a housewife, tomorrow, who knows? :). I just ride the tide.

[trackfan]

2. I don't think I had anything in mind

and now im 45, and I still don't know what I want to do.

[two gun sid]

3. When I was 5 I wanted to be a cowboy...

I'm 45 and an electrician.

[dhinojosa]

5. Ever thought about being an "electric cowboy"?

hehe

[progmom]

4. when i was 5 i wanted to be a flight attendant

i'm in the music biz now.

[fob]

6. When I was 5 (many years ago)I wanted to be 20, now I want the same thing!

:evilgrin:

[On the Road]

7. I am Told That When I Was Five (or Even Before)

my answer to this question was "a thinker." My parents loved it. My conception, IIRC, was that I would sit in an office, people would come to me with their problems, I would think about them and give them an answer. At that point, I didn't distinguish between a consultant and a therapist.

[supernova]

8. Writer.

And I edit books now. I write on the side, for my own enjoyment.

I'm hard-headed. ;-)

[edbermac]

9. I wanted to become a gynecologist...

But I couldn't find an opening...

[khashka]

10. I wanted to be a watertower

Didn't happen, though. I'm an ex-therapist and now a writer.

But I'm beginning to think being a watertower was a good idea. My aunt wanted to be a human bean, which perhaps I should aspire to, as well.


Khash.

[bertha katzenengel]

11. A nurse. How boring. And now I'm a legal secretary. How boring.

:shrug:

[ghostsofgiants]

12. A rock star

Still do actually, haha.

That or a jeep.

But right now I'm a university student and I doubt I'll become a rock star any time soon.

[mac56]

13. When I was five I wanted to be a "store man".

Run a supermarket. I thought the supermarket was the greatest place in the world.

Now I work in radio, which is what I wanted to do since I was ten.

[pitohui]

14. also a firefighter then/ as little as possible now

small investment income

don't have the right stuff physically for firefighter anyway

[Texasgal]

15. I wanted to be

Little red riding hood.

I'm a nurse now! HA!

[Felix Mala]

16. I wanted to be a fireman.

Now I want to do a fireman.

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. Ballerina... am a mommy.. occasionally I write

[TrogL]

18. A mad scientist

Which is basically what I am. I'm a computer scientist and I'm barking mad.

[skygazer]

19. I wanted to be a veterinarian

I'm a purveyor of booze in a grocery store.

[MissB]

20. I wanted to be a veterinarian

I pretty much kept that dream all through elementary and junior high school. I got an engineering degree instead.

[sinkingfeeling]

22. Me, too. I made it all the way into pre-vet in college, then did a

really dumb thing: dropped out and got married (Viet Nam era). I've been in IT ever since (39 years!!).

[billyskank]

21. When I was five, I wanted to be six.

Can't remember wanting much beyond that.

[BikeWriter]

23. A firefighter, a carpenter, a cowboy and a refinery worker...

I've been all those things and more and now I'm retired.

[eyepaddle]

24. I wanted to be an explorer

Like Lewis and/or Clark. I'min grad school now, but I've worked out at sea for a few years, and I've been to Antarctica, and spent a bunch of time on a small island in the central Pacific.

Did I realize my dream? You tell me, I think I'v done okay--ane I'm still going for more!

[Saphire]

25. a pharmasist...ended up doing drugs instead of dispensing them.

[no name no slogan]

26. A musician and songwriter

I'm a full-time webmaster now, but I still do music part-time. I've actually licensed a couple of songs for commercial purposes, but it doesn't pay my bills.....yet :P

[styersc]

27. When I was 5 I wanted to be a teenager

and now I'm 42.

[dhinojosa]

29. Actually once I wanted to be in 5th grade and become

a crossing guard. Didn't do it, and thus my failed existence started.

:sarcasm: I am actually happy with my life. hehe

[scarlet_owl]

28. I wanted to be a waitress and I lived the dream. Many times

over. Now I'm a homemaker.

[xmas74]

30. I wanted to be Stevie Nicks.

Now I do what I can to make a few dollars on the side. Nothing fancy.
Maybe I should have had a better dream.

[existentialist]

31. In general terms, I wanted a career where I would be paid to think

and in general terms, despite many detours and setbacks, it has happened.

[prole_for_peace]

32. i thought i wanted to be a teacher

but am now an accountant.

[SmokingJacket]

33. I wanted to be a clown.

What was I thinking? Now I hate clowns, and I write.

[malta blue]

34. I wanted to be a cocktail waitress

I liked the skirts...now I sit in a cubby editing for a newspaper...

[dhinojosa]

37. DId you ever live to your dream in any point in your life? nt

[Briarius]

35. A doctor

or an astronaut. I'm an Electrical Engineer now.

[Orsino]

36. Wanted to be an astronaut...

...and now am a network engineer.

But I got here by way of Army satellite communications. Death from geosynchronous orbit!

[PittPoliSci]

38. firefighter.

I am one now too. Volunteer, but still, I'm sorta livin' the dream.

[WCGreen]

39. A crack dealer.........

But then, by the time I was six, it morphed into a crystal meth lab operator...

By seven, I was writing the letters to the editor in Penthouse. You'd recognize my work, it always started with I never thought I would be writing this...

Then, it took a turn for the worse, at Eight I was a gun runner, dodging bullets that I know had my name on them as I ran across the western skyline tooting M-16's stolen from an Army depot deep in the Sudan...

Nine, well, I was dragging by then. I needed a rest so I hitchhiked my way across the US and ended up in a northern California commune where I met and married my first wife, Sally Struthers. I introduced her to the African problem and, hey man she took off with it...

But I soon grew weary of the hippie life style, which I knew was bankrupt, divorced SS when I turned ten. Those were difficult years. I was in Gestalt Therapy down in Malibu and until I was about 13, I draw a complete blank......

Well, you know the rest....

Suffice it to say, the dreams of a five year old don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world we're living in.....

[RebelOne]

40. I wanted to be a veternarian.

But I am now a copy editor for 10 outdoors magazines.