Stolen from Tim and Spinny:
Seven Things I Have Wanted To Be
1. Archaeologist
2. Journalist
3. Waitress
4. Japanese
5. Steven Johnson
6. Clay Shirky
7. Taller
Seven Things I Have Been
1. An estate agent
2. A boy
3. In love
4. An indie kid
5. A raver
6. On medication
7. Happy
(It's that kind of day.)
About Father Christmas
2 days ago
11 comments:
OK, you are really going to have to explain the 2nd 2.
And Clay Shirky, while you're at it, please!
GSE: I was only playing a boy in an opera, but (republicans look away now) I got presented to the Queen afterwards, and I had to bow rather than curtsey.
Lucy: I think really I'd just like to write for Wired, because that's the kind of tosser I am. Sadly my woolly girl-mind dictates that I can't sustain a rational argument for more than five minutes, which immediately disqualifies me from writing on all technological and popular-science topics.
But wait, that's what I do for a living!
See?
The boy I could understand, but an estate agent?!!
Clay Shirky writes about the internet, apparently.
I think you're going to have to move that one to the other list, P.
Yay for androgyny before the Royals!
Dave: I know. It was abroad, if that's any help. Actually that probably makes it worse.
Spin: The nearest I got was when GSE mentioned my name in the same sentence as the boy Shirky in her dissertation.
Prolix: Indeed. Although I believe the royals used to dress their young male offspring as girls, so they're probably used to it.
I thought everybody wanted to Japanese at some time in their lives, which is why I didn't bother to include it in mine. It's like wanting a cup of tea.
Resent yesterday's e-mail. Let me know if you didn't receive.
I thought about being an archaeologist, but it seemed too dull. If I could have done archaelology like Indiana Jones, I would have been THERE dude.
I have shamelessly stolen this from you for my blog...
Sorry.
Tim: Got email (woo!), thank you, and have replied.
Nine-Tenths: No need to apologise, that's what these 'memes' are for. Strangely, I would have liked to brush at bits of old pot with a toothbrush, but I suspect I don't have the patience.
I like that meme, too. Now that I'm 50 it is a good time to reflect on those things...
I would add, though, things I still want to be.
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