August 23, 2002
1. what is your current occupation? is this what you chose to be doing at this point in your life? why or why not? professional slacker. no. when i find someone to pay me to do this, then i'll choose this for an "occupation."
2. if time/talent/money were no object, what would your dream occupation be? a writer and photographer for a travel magazine that had me seeing everything in the world. alternatively, i'd own a charming european-cafe-type bakery.
3. what did/do your parents do for a living? has this had any influence on your career choices? my dad owns a hardware store, that he bought from my mom's dad a few years after they were married. my mom was a housewife while all of us were still living at home. then she was the secretary of a wholesale biz she and my dad opened as a branch from the hardware store. she had a home economics degree.
dad's always been the inquisitive, hands-on, "how does this run," can i build something type of person and mom's the creative one. i used to watch and help my mom out when she was designing MADD (mothers against drunk driving) newsletters, so that's probably what got me into publishing. but, overall i'm a strange mix of the two... i'm a lot more like my dad but with a wanna-be creative side. :)
4. have you ever had to choose between having a career and having a family? um no.
5. in your opinion, what is the easiest job in the world? what is the hardest? why? i worked/aided as a receptionist for my high school during three out of the four years i went there. answering the phones, taking messages, greeting visitors and sorting mail. that was a pretty damn easy job.
the hardest job i had was probably working in the nursery during sunday mass at my church during middle school and high school -- i don't know if it's a wise thing to give teenagers that much control over that many children for that many hours (mass can really drag on sometimes). so, based on that little exposure i had to the kids once a week... i'd say that dealing with children -- teaching or whatever -- would be the hardest thing to do.
