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May 16, 2005
I don't usually do these things....
...but I actually like this one.
Although she didn't "tag" me I got this from the lovely post-hip chick. You are supposed to pick five sentence starters and then pick three people to pass it on to. So here goes...
if I could be a scientist...If I could be a farmer...If I could be a musician...If I could be a doctor...If I could be a painter...If I could be a gardener...If I could be a missionary...If I could be a chef...If I could be an architect...If I could be a linguist...If I could be a psychologist...If I could be a librarian...If I could be an athlete...If I could be a lawyer...If I could be an inn-keeper...If I could be a professor...If I could be a writer...If I could be a llama-rider...If I could be a bonnie pirate...If I could be an astronaut...If I could be a world famous blogger...If I could be a justice on any one court in the world...If I could be married to any current famous political figure...
1) If I could be a professor... I would try so hard to really understand my students, how each of them learns and what each of them brings to the table. I would encourage them to ask questions, to share what really excites them about the work they are doing, and to not be afraid to tell me when they just don't get what's going on. I would try to make sure they understood that what I want most is for them to learn something, not just to get a good grade or score the highest score on the test. I would try to teach them that in 5, 10, or 20 years no one, especially them, will care what their gpa was or what honors they got. Instead they will care that they have someone, some people, and some things (work, books, music, pets, whatever..) in their life that they love.
2) If I could be a doctor....I would choose to be a nurse instead. I have a lot of amazing nurses in my life (my sweetie - and all her wonderful nursey friends, my sister, my aunt Betsy) and I have to say that I think they do the most important work of all. I can't articulate it the same way Miss B can, but suffice it to say that they are right there, in the thick of it, really caring for the most fundamental needs of the patients. Plus they are smart as beans, and work their asses off. So there.
3) If I could be a chef....I would invite my friends over for magical dinner parties like our friends Kim and Pam have. Every time we go to their house, its like this amazing dreamy perfect experience. The food is wonderful, the table is exquisite and the conversation is warm and funny and busting with love. That's not just about the food, I know, but being able to creat the dinner is a step in the right direction!
4) If I could be a gardener....I would grow gobs and gobs of heirloom tomatoes. I have this thing about tomatoes, I can't eat them unless they are fresh, and I don't mean "hot-house" fresh. I mean, just walked out into the back yard and picked this off the vine fresh. When we lived in Boston I had a little garden and I loved puttering around out there, grabbing a bowl full of cherry tomatoes and eating them on the way back into the house. If I had a garden full of tomatoes, I would invite everyone over for a huge plate of beautiful multi colored heirlooms, fresh mozerella, and basil, all sprinkled with salt and pepper and drizzled with olive oil. We would eat them with our fingers. juices dripping down our chins.
5) If I could be an architect....It would make my dad the happiest person on the planet, because he lives and breathes architecture and he's never understood why we didn't all want to follow in his footsteps. Sorry Daddy-O...I love being in beautiful places with beautiful buildings, but I will leave the creation of said beautiful buildings to you.
Ok...so I would like to see what Jessica, (because I know she has nothing else, like planning huge wedding, to do), and Stacey, (because she has nothing else, like classes and papers, to do), and Miss B, (because I know she has nothing else, like spending every day in clinical rotation on the locked psych unit, to do), have to say about this one. (That last one is a pipe dream since she hasn't written on her spam infested blog in months but what the heck... no harm in trying).
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