What did you want to be when you were older?

[-matthEw-]

haha steve temple are you joking? you have spouted some shit in this thread

[salsadecacahuete]

That's exactly what I'm doing. So many people want to grow-up too soon: going to pubs and clubs at 15' date=' learning to drive as soon as they're 17, deciding what they're gonna "be" before they've left school...All being well, I've over 50 years to be an adult, so forgive me if I cling to pre-adulthood a little bit longer.

But, you say your parents booted you out, so I guess you had no option, and you've done well for yourself. I'd like to think ,in such a situation, I'd have taken to busking on the cobbled streets of Old Europe, but...I'm just a dreamer. Which makes the point as to who is more radical a moot one, as it's a state of mind. The alternative to bourgeois life is bohemian life, but since we don't have a Latin Quarter and crumbling mansions waiting to be squatted in, this is impossible. So my approach is summed up thus:

"He said "you want to turn it on its head by staying in bed", I said "I know I do"[/quote']

not really sounding very 'bohemian'... more lazy, seeing as the main reason you give for going to uni is to put off working for 4 years instead of learning about something you're interested in...

and who's to say you have over 50 years to be an adult?

[EchelonDivision]

i wanted to be rich. Fat chance, I've absolutely no talent.

[threeornothing]

i wanted to be rich. Fat chance' date=' I've absolutely no talent.[/quote']

I think you got the wrong idea when you heard you could get rich doing a bank job

[NARC]

Bender! love ya dave

I wanted to be an oil-up boy at a strip club. It hasn't much changed over the years

love from christy

I always wanted to be a referee for lesbian 5-a-side....

[NARC]

But now, a serious point. I'm at Aberdeen Uni. I study what interests me, and I don't have a clue what awaits afterwards. And why the hell should I? I don't want my life to be mapped out before I can have the chance to change it. The prinicpal point of University is to increase knowledge, but also to meet new people who are sharing the same transitional experience. Studying Hispanic Studies has given me the opportunity to spend a year in a country that I like very much, socialise with people from all over Europe, make friends that I hope to keep forever, travel, learn about culture BUT at the same time learn a language that will give me opportunities in the work-market when I'm older. Work is inevitable, but excuse me if I don't like it

And you know what? I feel superior to all those who haven't done what I'm doing, because I know that I'm LIVING, and they are not

PS before the backlash starts, I'm fully aware of obligations or money issues that prevent people from such an experience

[Ian]

i wanted to be a movie director, then a graphic designer, now am a graphic designer working in video production so hopefully one day ill be a director or producer working in the music industry.

anyone want to have a go at making a music video give me shout.

[Bowl O' Alpen]

It started off as a train driver (purely because of Thomas The Tank Engine) (even though they drove themselves)

Then when I visited my dad's office I wanted any job involving a stationary cupboard

Then it was a optician cos mine had a Porsche

And now I don't kno...

[R.Borlax]

i always wanted to be a lawyer

but im thick as shit

[Gall_4185]

When I was a sprog it was a range of things,from mad scientist to a priest(don't ask why). Then I wanted to go into either psychology or architecture,the latter won out.

Now I want to run my own bar/nightclub