Greetings Trash Talkers. It's been a while, my loves, but you are always in my heart and mind.

So, I have a question for all y'all. Think back to when you were about 5. What did you want to do "when you grew up"? What made you want to be that firefighter/cowboy/Barney? How about now? What do you want to do and/or what are you working towards doing for the rest of your life? Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

-Veccy

When I was 5 I wanted to work with animals. I didn't know how, but it is what I always wanted to do. As of right now, I am working towards a college degree in biology and plan to go into herpetology ( study of reptiles and amphibians). In ten years I see myself working in a zoo reptile house, or milking snakes for their venom for a living. I grew up with snakes around and have always had a distinct fondness for them which is why I decided on this career.

You need to post here more, ATT misses you.

When I was much younger, I wanted to be a weapons designer. Since then, I've studied science encyclopedias, but I've also started animation. I've already done a few jobs in animation, and have reaped benefits.

Now I'm considering growing up to be someone who walks in front of cars and sues the drivers. I will be in a small apartment and live on Pop-Tarts and coke. I will never have to think about my injures, because I will be playing video games. This simple life will let me save my money. Then I'll have my brain put in a jar and connected to an Xbox 360 and a computer. I will play Halo3 and talk with you guys on these boards (assuming you do the same as me) for eternity.

veccy! long time no see.

At the tender age of five I wanted to either work on airplanes or be an astronaut. Nowadays I'm studying aerospace engineering, which fits in with that nicely. Ten years from now? I'll probably be working for one of the big aerospace companies around here, I'd like to have traveled a bit more by then, and maybe I'll even be married and have a child or two.

Veccy is here! Veccy is here!

When I was five I wanted to be a lawyer. Now I'm planning on being a lawyer. In 10 years, I hope to be a lawyer.

-Pufer

When I was 5 I didn't know.
I still don't know.

I wanted to be a pilot because I fly/ flew a lot, and enjoyed being on airplanes and watching planes do their thing. Also they let me go in cockpit one time when I was about 5 and had a broken arm.

Now? I want to either work for the State Department, become an investment banker, or go to law school.

In 10 years I hope to be to be doing one of those 3 things. Worst-case scenario I'll fall back on Apple Retail and become a Genius or store manager.

So will anyone join me in my quest to play video games forever?

When I was five I wanted to be a...florist? I think? Yeah.
Now I'm really not sure where I'm going with myself but for the time being I'm cool with that. Possibly commercial driving.
In ten years, I will be....somewhere. As long as I'm alive and able to feed myself, I'll consider it a success.

When I was five I wanted to be a "space scientist." Now my interests have shifted toward more toward just plain physics, although I'm still kicking around the idea of majoring in astrophysics a bit. In ten years I see myself probably pursuing a phd in one of these fields.

Aww, thanks so much for the warm welcome you guys! I'm sorry I've been gone for so long!

It sounds like most of you are actually working towards areas that you were first interested in. That is so cool, homies.

When I was 5, I vividly remember wanting to be a veterinarian. It's always something that has been in the back of my mind since then, however I decided some of the responsibilities that come with the vocation (namely euthanasias) are things I can't do. These days my sights are set on helping those of the genus homo and working towards bachelors degrees in Anthropology and International Affairs.

In 10 years I will hopefully hold my masters degree (maybe PhD...I haven't decided) in International Relations and be doing some diplomacy and humanitarianism work with the United Nations (especially with Refugees), UNICEF, or something similar. Maybe an embassy job, but a seat in a UN committee would be amazing. Also by then I will be married, possibly have popped out a few kids.

We'll see.

-Veccy

To be honest I can't remember when I was 5. However when I was 10 I wanted to be an archaeologist, in the form of Indiana Jones.

At the moment, I am packing all my gear up to move to the Czech Republic. No firm plan yet on what we are going to do there for work, but we're not worried about that.

In 10 years time, to be alive would be a start.

When I was 5, I wanted to be a forum moderator for Ambrosia Software.

Welcome back Veccy.

Still want to be a Cowboy.


p.s. I celebrate your glorious return

Jeremiah - What a coincidence! I am in my Arch class right now. I'm more of a cultural Anth person, but I do see the appeal of Indiana Jones (new movie! yay!). I hope the Czech Republic goes well for you!

SA - All your hopes and dreams have come true. w00tness.

3vil - I give you many thanks. I think you should come out to the Wild West I can should you how to ride.

Welcome back, Veccy!

When I was 5, I wanted to be a doctor. Like, a medical doctor, and I don't know why.

Currently I'm studying Mechanical Engineering. I want to get my PhD though, so people will address me as doctor. I guess it all works out.

When I was five I couldn't tie my own shoes, my sister had to. Everytime she tied my shoes I would untie them to see if I could. She would keep tieing them all while getting madder at me everytime. When I was five I wanted to be the salten of knots, and people from across the world and ask for my aid in un-doing the knots they had encountered.

I'm in college now and I don't really have any idea what I want to dedicate my life to.

So did I.

When I was five I wanted to be a policeman. Now I want to be a writer, perhaps even a humorist. Like a five-year old, I'm too set on my dream to realize it won't work out. When I was five, I didn't realize I was weak, uncoordinated, and free-spirited (also pepper spray creeps me out). Now, I try not to realize that I'm not funny.

In ten years, I'll be recently out of college and making very little money.

So this board just isn't good enough for anyone to want to be on here and play video games for eternity? IS THAT HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS PLACE?! HUH? YOU ALL SICKEN ME!!! WELL FINE! GO AHEAD AND DIE IF YOU WANT!

BUT AS FOR ME, GIVE ME LIBERTY* OR GIVE ME DEATH!



* A jar to put my brain in.

Try playing real life, I hear the graphics are ######ing amazing.

You can't earn extra lives by collecting coins though.

-Pufer

Yeah. Ok. Stop being an attention whore. If people are ignoring your post, it probably means it sucks, so posting it again and again isn't going to make people like it anymore. It will make them like it less.

Now I couldn't let Veccy have all the fun could I?

When I was 5 I very very very much wanted to be an eye doctor. Events in my family's history led to this great revelation.

I still want to go into medicine (the field's never changed, just the subject matter.) So now I want to be a nurse anesthesiologist specializing in pediatrics. (Yay for grad school!)

In 10 years, I see myself with about two kids, maybe one on the way, a part-time nursing job, and married to some lucky guy who likes to dance.

Haha...nice.

Oh dear, Moony. I am envious of your luck in love. But I have one thing you don't: an awesome engagement photo.

I'm so green right now! Do you get to use the tiny brushes to uncover wooly mammoth bones?



Well thankyou very much!

Ugh...unfortunately not. We get to listen to an uncharismatic hippie-manboy talk about slides he ripped off from a professor 15 minutes before class...

But I do think I would look good with that whip.

What sites are you looking at?

-Veccy

I'm just trying to picture you with a whip...

Didn't take long, did it, Veccy?

It never does.

I couldn't resist!

-Veccy

A whip and a webcam perhaps? ; )

Oh hush, you!

...Later!...

Hm.... I think I wanted to be a lawn-care guy. I guess that's still there as a backup plan, but at the moment I'm looking into going into mathematics/statistics, or maybe physics or some other science.

Mathematician to professional lawn mower is a pretty big step down there, even if there probably isn't that big a difference in money.

-Pufer

I wanted to be an actor, but mostly because I liked attention. Still do.

I don't think I knew what I wanted to be when I was 5, but I know I was definitely into trucks. Maybe firefighter, who knows.

Wait I'm not ready for this, now is not a good time...

Wait...why not??

Let it out. Let it alllll out.

Hah! I'm not falling for that again! Last time I did that I woke up in Mexico with only knickers and high heels!

If you still had your knickers, you weren't hardly all the way out there. There's still something to be accomplished there.

-Pufer

Not on the first date. Vec knows this.

Like that'll stop her.

-Pufer

haha! True that. She seems like the pounce-on-you-first-ask-questions-later type... I don't mind that actually.

I'm new here so I can't really say I missed you or anything of the sort.

I also can't say I remember when I was 5. Nor what I wanted to be when I was 5. I probably didn't care. I still don't care and probably never will care. I'm most likely going to end up just doing whatever it is that I do best.

If there was something I wanted to do, it'd probably be constructing airplanes or something. I've always loved tearing stuff apart to see how it works, or to see if I could put it back together again. I also took a test that said I could be an aerosomething engineer.

That or a musician of some sort. Preferably violin.

Yeah, I am definately a pouncer.

And mWalk (or should I say Matty Watty?) I told you to never breathe a word of that to anyone! Next time: the knickers come with me.

He prefers Matty Watty nowadays. I'm pushing for his username to be changed to it.

My cheeks are all the sudden very red.

She's paddling you now too? Wow!

-Pufer

I've been a bad boy...

You bet your bottom dollar.

Har har har...

-V