MEMES!

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

January 12 - What did you want to be when you grew up?

The very first thing I wanted to be when I was a kid was a mermaid-- I went around proudly declaring that I was going to become a mermaid, and really that was true life goals right there-- the sheer enthusiasm that I spread my intentions was definitely MVP worthy.

January 13 - What did you become when you grew up?

I was a baker in Michigan, I worked at Walmart, I worked at a place called "NastyGal", AmeriSource Bergen and then finally an agent at Spectrum, helping businesses get their internet connection fixed.

January 14 - What do you want to do when you retire?

I want to be that crazy old lady that works at a bookstore and has cats there, and will talk to everyone until they have to fake some sort of emergency in order to get away. But really I just want to work at a bookstore and just talk about books, that's the dream right there.

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12 What subject were you worse at at school?

Maths-- science was pretty horrible too.

13 Is there something you once abhorred that you now adore?

NPR-- I used to hate it and thought it was boring and now I am definitely interested in world events so I am listening to NPR more often then not.

14 What is your most impressive party trick?

Oh gods, maybe I will help clean up after a party?

Comments

[sunkelles]

i sooo relate on both the crazy old bookstore cat lady thing and the npr thing

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

It is funny how something's you find boring when you are a kid are not when you get older

Another example is socks.. I actually want stocks for Christmas now lol but when I was 10, oh hell no

[sunkelles]

socks are my shit now it's so weird

[pettycoat]

I can relate to so many of these. I was never a unicorn or horse kid, but half the things I owned were plastered with pictures of Ariel. (Yet even back then I still had a phobia of water and the sea. Go figure.) My mother thoroughly regrets the day she let me watch a Little Mermaid adaptation that was more faithful to the original fairy tale. And the people who help clean up after parties are unsung heroes.

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Just a question.. was the little mermaid adaptation you watched like an old anime version with the mermaid being named Marina and the littlebdolphin friend named Fritz?

[pettycoat]

It was actually a low-budget, live action adaptation that looked like a straight-to-video affair. I've been trying to find it for years. But I know the one you're talking about! I still haven't gotten around to seeing that version.

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Well I know that there was a Shelley duval version from the 80s, it was like Fairytale Theater or something-- which I think there was a retelling of the Little Mermaid there.

I swear, they keep teasing me with a live action version of the Little Mermaid (original, not disney) and I just want a retelling so I can like go to the theater and cry my eyes out!

[pettycoat]

Haven't heard of that one! I should check it out. The version I saw was probably filmed in the '90s, late '80s at the very earliest. It had that cheap direct-to-video feel where all the yellow lighting made the actors look like they were glowing. A faithful live action adaptation would be really nice.

[rionaleonhart]

The best party trick. That made me smile.

[breyzyyin]

Haha, I recall when I was really little wanting to be a king of all things...mainly because I thought that they had all the power in the fairytales and the like. XD

Oh wow, your work history is so varied! I feel like mine has been in a bit of rut for the longest time in a lot of respects.

Your retirement dream is very much similar to my own. That would be the ideal kind of scenario, I think. ♥

I really disliked Math too when I was in school.

Woot for listening to NPR! I do that from time to time now too.

Haha, well soomeone has to clean up after a party! That's very nice of you to do. ♥

[mudousetsuna]

High five for worst subjects! Lol... I hate math so much. I like science but I'm TERRIBLE at it.

Your dream retirement job sounds awesome! I hope you get to be the cat/book lady!