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July 5, 2005
What did you want to be when you grew up?
Barring the obvious that I actually havent grown up yet (no height jokes please) I dont think I have actually found what I want to do with the rest of my life yet.
I cant remember exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. I dont think I ever had so much motivation, well beyond wheedling an extra bowl of ice cream and learning to lovethe taste of cooking chocolate (I was a fat kid). I remember reading lots.
My favourite books were the 'Tell me How' series. These books dedicated a page to an invention or idea and rapped about how it was discovered, who discovered it, when it was discovered and invariably how the inventor came to a grim end - usually at the hands of his demented lab assistant, wife or angry luddite mob (a lot of stuff was invented by the French aristos - the enlightenment dontcha know...)
I guess I wanted to be an inventor.
I know I am now adept at inventing new excuses for avoiding work - so I guess I fulfilled my ambition.
Life is so lonely at the top ;)
Posted by dottie at July 5, 2005 2:08 AM