Dreams and Ambitions to the Highest Bidder

I've been thinking quite a bit lately about life, how it really is worth living and how it's really meant to do amazing things. So I've decided that if reality didn't stand in my way, I would give anything to do the following with my life:


1- be a singer for Cirque du Soleil: I'm not a fantastic singer, I'm not just being modest, but to sing for Cirque du Soleil would be beautiful. The music for the shows that I've seen has changed how I hear music. To be surrounded by beautiful costumes, movement and dance and be able to contribute to that beauty would be surreal.


2- be a curator at The Louvre: the center of my passion. I spent 7 hours in this museum and only covered about a third. To be able to work in this magnificent home to hundreds of years of art... the idea is pure happiness. I have this passion for art that I want to share with everyone. Anyone who has brought the subject up knows this as I will gladly talk about art for hours on end. The amount of schooling needed to work in The Louvre is unfathomable, part of what keeps me from it, but to be able to walk around the halls, talk to people who actually want to hear me talk, to tell the stories and passions behind the works within is a thought I will gladly entertain.

3- be a food critic: I love food. I have a fairly able pallet. And I'm not a picky eater. I think those are valid enough reasons.



4- work for Rick Steeves in Spain or South America: After touring with Kristin this past summer in France, I realized that I would love to work in a tour company, showing people a city that I am in love with and help them fall in love with it too. I want to change people's lives and traveling does just that. I love Spanish and would be able to use this beautiful language every day. And there's nothing wrong with residing in South America or Spain for the rest of my life.

5- be like Francesca: in a similar vein to #4, Francesca was one of our tour guides while we were in Rome. And she was absolutely delightful. In Rome, to become a private tour guide is a rather extreme process; you must be able to name each specific street in the huge city, their historic significance as well as who tripped on the fifth cobble stone and how. But I would love it. And something more, I admired Francesca for who she was; everything about her was lovely. She was charming, funny, cute, beautiful and wonderfully human. We talked about everything, not just what we were seeing in the city, but about books, life, what we want to do, our favourite television shows, anything. I want to be like Francesca, not just because of what she does, but because of who she is and because of the respect I have for her.

6- write for aly's magazine: aly wants to start a magazine about great things in life. And I want to write for it. I love aly. I love to write. A promising future.

7- be a nurse: I've always been fascinated with the human body, how it functions, what it's made of, everything. One of the hardest decisions of my life was giving up the medical field for the Humanities. I don't regret this decision, the Humanities is my life, but I do miss it. If it weren't for the obscene amounts of chemistry that are required for nursing, I would be in nursing, but alas, my lack of compassion for atoms and fusion has gotten in the way. But beyond this, I would love to be a nurse because I want to heal people, I want them to feel hope, I want them to know how much I care about them and that I will do all in my power to fix them. I would love to be a nurse.

8- work in Africa: I want to serve. It doesn't have to be in Africa, just somewhere I can make a difference and somewhere I can lose myself and give all that I have to others. Africa is just on the top of that list, but it's certainly not the limiting factor. I would go anywhere.

9- dolphin trainer at Sea World: I love animals. I love the ocean. And I'm addicted to the Dolphin Show at Sea World, even though I know that the member of the crowd who falls into the tank is a trainer en cognito. I don't know what the qualifications are to become a dolphin trainer, but it's something I've always thought I would enjoy, having that close bond with such a unique and exciting creature. For those curious, I would also work with the penguins, the bottlenose whale and the sting rays. I would not work with sharks. ever.

10 (because all legitimate lists are in sets of 10)- hair dresser: I realize this seems a bit random compared to most of the others on this list, but rest assured, I have my reasons. For starters, cutting hair is cool. For anyone who has tried to cut their own hair, you know that it really is a talent. And it's incredibly useful- I can't tell you the number of times I've wanted someone to give me a quick trim or curl my hair because I'm completely incompetent in the matter. And there's something rewarding about being a hair dresser- people come to you with a change in mind and you help them become beautiful. Helping people see that they are beautiful is always rewarding.

And now, to dream :)