I wanted to be a writer
but my mum said that was something I could do in my spare time. One of the reasons I admire chickenlady so much is that she does it FOR REAL.

I also wanted to be am archaeologist - that's still my passion - so I became one but there was no future in that so now I'm a professional geek, though I prefer my official title of Lecturer in Computer Science.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:28, 4 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I wanted to be an archaeologist for a while,
I blame Indiana Jones.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:29, Reply)

No future in Archaeology?
Bad pun!
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:32, Reply)

yeah,
my career was in ruins.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:34, Reply)

Bad CHCB!
*points at corner*
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:39, Reply)

I was put off archaeology
by Horrible Histories.
Basically said - "You want to be an archaeologist? Take a rock. And a hammer. Shatter the rock. Put it back together again. NOW you're an archaeologist, but you have to do it with things that are worth shit."

And anyway, I don't like the sun. I'd get burned to a crisp.

I'm not in gainful employment yet. I want to work for Lush over the summer, but need to apply for that ^_^ But as for future plans, I dunno.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:33, Reply)

Trust me you don't want to work for Lush
I did for a year or so and it was shit.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 9:52, Reply)

Hmm.
It's the cheap stuff that attracts me - at the moment I have sliced lemons and effervescent Vitamin C tablets in the bath, because I can't have anything else :/

Other than that, I'll probably just go for a standard job over the summer. Don't know what area, but hopefully NOT waitressing.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:12, Reply)

Nothing in there is cheap
and you'll find that rose is in everything and it costs thiiiiiiiiiis much.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:22, Reply)

My mate worked in Lush
I thought she smelt gorgeous all the time, but she had grown to find the lingering fragrance as abhorent as the pervasive smell of chipfat that covered me when I worked in a kitchen.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:40, Reply)

I hate the smell now
and BASTARDING GLITTER. If I need anything from there I use mail order or get a friend to go in and get it for me.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:41, Reply)

I think my mate does the same!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:44, Reply)

My sister has a degree in Archaeology
But she ended up using her A-level German to get a job in Germany as a translator and has been there ever since. I think she's now an office manager over there.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:02, Reply)