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| jimmy |
Posted - 02/26/2006 : 10:33:34
Making Artwork for CDs
I think that would be the greatest job ever. You get to the office on Monday morning, go over to your desk and computer area, and there's a Cd on your desk and a note "Here are a few tracks from the Pixies album that's coming out next year. Listen to it and see what you can come up with".
So you have some coffee, pop in the CD, and go on the computer and try different fonts and colors. Maybe after lunch you go over to the library to check out some art books for inspiration.
"Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." JOHN 15:14 |
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| zub_the_goat |
Posted - 03/11/2006 : 10:35:43
Being a lobbyist for an international human rights group
Id actually kinda like to have been a chef too, but only really started cooking properly, i like experiementing and mixing things together-and unlike chemistry im not going to make expensive equipment explode |
| remig |
Posted - 03/11/2006 : 10:21:46
Painter. |
| Useyourname |
Posted - 03/11/2006 : 03:45:44
Director/Screenwriter or a NYC Paramedic. I'd also love to be a freelance writer like Joe Queenan writing articles for magazines like Rolling Stone and putting out a book one and a while.
Jim |
| jimmy |
Posted - 03/10/2006 : 18:52:54
Oz, like the Wizard of Oz, or the HBO show?
"Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." JOHN 15:14 |
| VoVat |
Posted - 03/10/2006 : 15:43:10
I haven't shown my completed rough draft to anyone yet, but I'm sure I will in the future. Thanks for the proofreading offer.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
| glacial906 |
Posted - 03/08/2006 : 22:47:49
quote:
Originally posted by VoVat
I think most fans of the Oz books go through that phase. It's like how someone once said that the Pixies never achieved mainstream fame, but everyone who listened to them formed their own band. The Oz books haven't been particularly popular in decades, but everyone who reads them wants to write their own.
I actually had an Oz story published in the International Wizard of Oz Club's fiction magazine recently. It's the first thing I've ever had published, so I'm proud of it, even though I'm sure it's nothing to all the forum members who've had scholarly research papers published. I also have a completed Oz manuscript, although it's a very rough draft.
Oh, and I'm a counter-example to the idea that all Pixies fans start their own bands. Oh, well.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares."
Man, I wouldn't consider that to be nothing at all, even compared to all the eggheads around here. And if you ever want someone to proofread your Oz manuscript, I'm your guy. The last time I read any Oz stories was reading the original to my older daughter (before she was born in 2002, so I actually read it to my wife's stomach...) Hopefully she'll get into them when she gets old enough to start reading.
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| VoVat |
Posted - 03/08/2006 : 16:32:36
I think most fans of the Oz books go through that phase. It's like how someone once said that the Pixies never achieved mainstream fame, but everyone who listened to them formed their own band. The Oz books haven't been particularly popular in decades, but everyone who reads them wants to write their own.
I actually had an Oz story published in the International Wizard of Oz Club's fiction magazine recently. It's the first thing I've ever had published, so I'm proud of it, even though I'm sure it's nothing to all the forum members who've had scholarly research papers published. I also have a completed Oz manuscript, although it's a very rough draft.
Oh, and I'm a counter-example to the idea that all Pixies fans start their own bands. Oh, well.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
| glacial906 |
Posted - 03/07/2006 : 23:11:03
quote:
Originally posted by VoVat
Something involving doing research in Oz books. Although it might cease to be fun if it were work.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares."
When I was about 7, I used to write sequels to the Oz books, and had the notion that I'd become the next in line to write the series. I don't think I ever read any farther than Ruth Plumly Thompson's run, though.
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| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 03/05/2006 : 12:40:54
I think today I would like to be one of those decorators on one of those home decorating channels. Or get paid to surf the web all day. |
| pixiestu |
Posted - 03/05/2006 : 12:03:04
Well with me being the new England manager, I'll lend you some until you find another dream job. I'm sure I'll have enough for both of us to live comfortably until then ;)
"The arc of triumph" |
| VoVat |
Posted - 03/05/2006 : 11:55:22
But then how would I make money?
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
| pixiestu |
Posted - 03/04/2006 : 15:19:57
Well you could always quit, problem solved ;)
"The arc of triumph" |
| VoVat |
Posted - 03/04/2006 : 14:09:04
Not necessarily. I think being obliged to do something can make it less fun.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
| pixiestu |
Posted - 03/03/2006 : 14:39:15
I don't think anything would be less fun just because it becomes 'work'.
If there's something you enjoy doing then wouldn't it be more even more fun to do it AND get payed to do so?
"The arc of triumph" |
| VoVat |
Posted - 03/03/2006 : 14:16:19
Something involving doing research in Oz books. Although it might cease to be fun if it were work.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
| pixiestu |
Posted - 03/02/2006 : 14:36:34
Of course you can, consider him dropped ;)
"The arc of triumph" |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 03/02/2006 : 14:22:54
Sweeeet.
Can I wear number 7 please? It will be free when you drop Beckham.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| pixiestu |
Posted - 03/02/2006 : 10:44:40
Okay, it's a deal. You play on the left for England and I pick up my outragously large wage packet for doing basically nothing. Everyones a winner.
"The arc of triumph" |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 03/02/2006 : 10:24:10
Cool, so long as you play me.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| pixiestu |
Posted - 03/02/2006 : 09:47:47
I'll replace Sven then...
"The arc of triumph" |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 03/02/2006 : 06:39:15
I reckon I am. I am the answer to England's left sided problems.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| pixiestu |
Posted - 03/01/2006 : 15:24:18
quote:
Originally posted by lonely persuader
football (soccer, the real football)....
I'd be a footballer too (if I were any good, that is...)
"The arc of triumph" |
| darwin |
Posted - 03/01/2006 : 14:42:12
quote:
Originally posted by Broken Face
2nd baseman for the Mets
Tough on the knees.
I have to say centerfielder for the Red Sox (batting third).
Being more reasonable, statistician for the Red Sox. I really wanted to do that as a kid, but thought it impossible. Now I know people with those kind of jobs, and dammit I could have done it if I had thought it was possible. |
| kfs |
Posted - 03/01/2006 : 14:17:52
I wanted to be an astronaut. |
| danjersey |
Posted - 02/28/2006 : 20:47:21
[quote]Originally posted by soundofataris
I'd like to get a job killing hobos for the railroad.
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i think about being a hobo alot
bandana and stick drawn filled for a trot
to walk along men then turn back again
soundofataris just in i shall not.
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| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 02/28/2006 : 19:21:42
I think it would be a career that completely changed every 2-5 years. I really like my job now. But I do secretly wish I could have been a rockstar, but it's definately not genetically wired for that. Maybe a Sci Fi writer, but I get too distracted. I also secretly wish I could be a poet that has my work discovered after I die. There was a poet in colonial New England that was discovered by her grandchildren or something like that. I think that's cool. |
| TarTar |
Posted - 02/28/2006 : 16:03:08
screenwriter/director, although i don't think i could handle the criticism.
when i think about it, playing major league baseball still sounds fun. shortstop or third base sounds right to me. probably better suited for bench but hey, it's a dream job!
Let 'em riot. We're Sonic-fuckin'-Death Monkey. |
| jimmy |
Posted - 02/28/2006 : 14:38:46
good idea, starmekitten, that would be great, even to work at one, most people wouldn't even bother you cause they just wanna look around and be left alone anyway.
When I was a kid I wanted to be a child star. I wanted them to make a sequel to "the Goonies" Sean Astin and me replacing Corey feldman or that chinese kid, and a new song by Cyndi Lauper.
I used to hope that I'd meet Corey Haim somewhere, and we'd become friends and he'd help get me in a movie.
I guess he's clean now, but for all the drugs he's not doing he's making up for w/ food. I saw him on VH1 and he's HUGE.
"Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." JOHN 15:14 |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 02/28/2006 : 09:28:48
I wish I knew!
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Don't believe the hype. |
| starmekitten |
Posted - 02/28/2006 : 09:23:58
my dream job would involve owning a little second hand book shop with decent coffee making facilities and a good stereo. |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/28/2006 : 09:15:02
Probably so, but I still reckon I would enjoy it more than 99% of other jobs at least. Especially at a decent indie label.
Work sucks.
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| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 02/28/2006 : 09:03:42
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
I have thought about it actually.
But no, fourth choice A&R man.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
In my limited experience, this has more glamour looking from outside in - it's not as exciting as it sounds.
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| soundofataris |
Posted - 02/28/2006 : 08:44:08
I'd like to get a job killing hobos for the railroad.
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i try to be mallory but i'm still skippy |
| vilainde |
Posted - 02/28/2006 : 07:29:05
pimp.
Denis
I love Guitar Wolf from the Erath! |
| Broken Face |
Posted - 02/28/2006 : 07:27:06
Musician who could live comfortably off his playing without selling out
or
2nd baseman for the Mets
-Brian
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