Interior Designer. Not one of those crappy bored housewives, either, who think that knick knacks that match the rug equal decor. I’m always remodeling peoples’ homes in my head.
Portrait photographer. Looking into this, actually.
Overpaid Judge on American Idol. How hard is it to say “You suck!” over and over again?
Anything involving research would make me happy, as long as I didn’t have to cope with bodies, dead OR living. I always thought it would be very cool to be a forensic scientist, but I have an aversion to dead things. If there was someone else to get tissue samples and then hand them to me without telling me who they come from, I’d love it.
Librarian - again, I’d prefer something in research rather than in dealing with people.
Photographer - like Audrey Levins I’m kinda doing it already, but not so much portraits.
Shirley Ujest - have you considered starting an EBay business? Might be right up your alley.
Theatre technician–I love theatre, but can’t sing and/or dance. And I hate to be in the spotlight.
Threatre critic–Combing the above two.
Chld care worker–I’m exceptional with children. Odd cause I don’t get along with many adults.
Personal clothes person–While I have NO interest in clothes (they keep me warm in winter and maintain the law in summer), I’m very good at putting together ensembles of clothes that shouldn’t look good together, but do. Fashion coordination I guess it’s called.
Oddly enough I’ve been told that I’ve got a perfect voice for radio or voice-overs for years. I actually did a radio show for a while at my college station until my co-host and I got booted for being idiots.
JCB trencher driver, I have loved those big hydrolic machines since I was a toddler.
Food critic, eat good food, write about it and get paid, wow!
Second hand / antique bookshop owner
Cheers, Bippy
(ps don’t know about international spy, but I’ve been in international intelligence, the hours can be lousy, no alcohol on the job, and very few hot women. The gadgets were pretty boring as well )
Party Planner - I like seeing other people be happy.
Resale/Consignment shop owner - I love patronizing them, and I’ve worked at one, and my sister manages one. I have a lot of ideas about making them better without having to overprice the merchandise.
Casino Host - I think I’d be good at catering to high rollers, being able to converse with them no matter who they are, remembering the special touches they desire.
Professor - I love coming up with innovative ways to make tough concepts understandable and to make learning stimulating. This was my favorite part of being a TA for stats class and I was good at it.
Consumer advocate - I would love to have the time, money, and authority to track down wrongs and injustices conveyed on the purchasing public and make them right.
Fugitive Hunter - same idea. I don’t want to go after the crazy violent nutcases, but there are people who have skipped bail or slipped away and they could be easily caught but the justice system doesn’t have the manpower to go after them. As long as I feel I am in the right, I have the tenacity of a bulldog.
I think I’d make a good Interior Decorator. Because I’ve been trained in the visual arts I feel I have an eye for composition, and friends and family are always asking me where to put the chair, picture, etc.
Also, I’d love to lance boils. ALL DAY. Perhaps I would be a good dermatologist.
Writer: I’m very creative, and while my writing style isn’t amazing I think that it would improve substantially with practice. The only real problem is I need the patience to stick with it. As it is I usually end up creating a setting, developing the characters, sketching out the plot and then give up after the 2nd chapter
Cook for a vegetarian restaurant
Masseur: I don’t have a proffesional qualification yet, but I’ve taken classes and plan to eventually get one.
Researcher in maths or theoretical physics: This is what I’m currently planning to do. It will take a couple more years 'though.
Owner of a second hand bookshop: I’m just worried that I wouldn’t want to part with the books.
Yeah, Eve. I just sent in an application to the local courthouse for a part-time clerical position. That’ll be my first employment ever. If you have any surplus luck, I’ll be more than grateful to lighten your karmic load :).
But I think I’d be a great graphic novel artist. I have the work ethic, the determination, the attitude and the creativity. I’m already accumulating a small portfolio and improving my skill with pen and pencil. I’ve about three ideas bouncing around in my head; one of them is in script form and the other two are still gestating. If I get started now, I might not even have to go to college (though I probably would anyways; I’m addicted to the academic world) to avoid the spiral of poverty that awaits me otherwise.
The only problem is that I’m too much of a perfectionist. That’s why I get nothing done–it’s imperfect.
Barring that, I’d like to be a translator. I could do it, if the job prospects didn’t suck. Not much demand for a German speaker when most Germans speak English anyways. Possibly more demand for French, but only because of the greater number of speakers and relative prestige.
I should have said Demonic Corporate Lawyer like in The Devil’s Advocate.
Sr Parter/Evil Overloard: “All you have to do is sleep with your sister to achieve WORLD DOMINATION!! MUHAHAHAH!!”
Me: “um…weeell…yeah…you know the office X mas party last month…”
Either that or run a preserve where rich people can hunt the most dangerous game of all…man.