It is all about airplanes, choo-choos, and bananas:
My dear friend Reno posted this, and her results were such a strange combination of perfect and peculiar that I had to take it.
1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/.
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their “Career Matchmaker” questions.
4. Post the results (or some of the results).
My results were, similar to Reno’s, both on and waaaaay off point:
- Lobbyist
- Technical Writer
- Librarian
- Criminologist (my area within Sociology in grad school)
- Anthropologist (Sociology BA, +2 years grad school)
- Professor (I’m not sufficiently obsessively interested in any one thing to survive academia.)
- Communications Specialist
- Activist
- Public Policy Analyst
- Writer
- Print Journalist
- Tour Guide
- Critic
- Dispatcher
- Translator
- Career Counselor
- Political Aide
- Library Technician
- Dental Assistant
- Market Research Analyst
- Cashier
- Religious Worker
- Community Worker
- Clergy
- Probation / Parole Officer
- Child and Youth Worker
- High School Teacher
- Psychologist
- Sport Psychology Consultant
- Foreign Language Instructor
- ESL Teacher
- Politician
- Rehabilitation Counselor
- Actuary
- Foreign Service Officer
- Historian
- Social Worker
- Judge
- Computer Programmer
- Addictions Counselor
Astute observers may note that lawyer — you know, my actual job — isn’t anywhere on the list. Which is funny, seeing as Judge is. Hmmm.
I bolded the jobs I’ve actually had, and italicized the ones I’ve fantasized about having. A few of those are somewhat subject to interpretation — I don’t think this quiz distinguishes between Anthropology & Sociology, for example. Although since it distinguishes between Librarian and Library Technician, I could be wrong.
Anyway. It’s a shame I don’t speak any foreign languages (high school Spanish and knowing the alphabet and some nursery rhymes in German don’t count), since that rules out translator, foreign language instructor, and foreign service officer, plus makes ESL teacher a lot more challenging.
I kinda liked that various forms of writer made the list so often — 4 times straight-up (technical writer, communications specialist, writer, and print journalist) plus 6 more implicit times (professor, critic, public policy analyst, translator, historian, & judge).
I must have overstated the amount to which I like math, as actuary & cashier both sound awful; the mathy part of public policy analyst is absolutely as far as I would want to go with math. I think it must be the same math & writing combo that got market research analyst on the list.
I may also have overstated how much I like helping people. Don’t get me wrong, I do like helping people. But not enough to be a clergy person or an addiction counselor.
I do want to know how the test knew that I was a wannabee librarian! Heh, in fact, much of what I did as a lobbyist involved representing the American Library Association.
I daydream sometimes about a second career as a youth services librarian, or returning to the world of political advocacy on behalf of librarians. Sadly, that would require changes to the lifestyle to which I have become accustomed that I am not quite willing to make. I can also imagine myself in 30 years or so as a volunteer docent/tour guide for some interesting museum or historical site. I do love showing people interesting places and things, and telling them about what makes them especially interesting.
Last comments & thoughts: a DENTAL ASSISTANT? Or a SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY CONSULTANT? I’m sorry, WTF?
Sep 162007
Well, midway through the month, I can see very clearly that me taking this on was insanely unrealistic.
I know that it can be done to a significant extent, but it takes a lot more planning and shopping flexibility than I really have right now.
Some parts are pretty easy, and I’ll probably keep them up, at least mostly:
- Bread
- Milk
- Some chicken
- Some fruit & veg (but not very much)
Instead of giving up completely, I’m going to modify the challenge to try to do one completely local dinner every other week. Plus the items noted above.
What I can say out of this is that it’s been a huge consciousness raising experience. First, I never really gave that much thought to where my food came from, geographically speaking, before now. Except of course to be a snob about Wisconsin beer and cheese.
Also, I never thought about the environmental impact of eating foods shipped thousands of miles from farm or factory to me. But once you start thinking about it, it’s ridiculously obvious. It is bizarre to think that it makes sense for my cereal to be imported from Canada, nearly all of my fruit and vegetables from California, Chile, or New Zealand. BIZARRE.
I do still think I’m going to try making my own yogurt, but I don’t know when and I’m not committed to it regularly.
Sep 162007
It\’s been a very exciting weekend here in Casa Booski — Grandma is visiting!
Rain — and by rain, I mean sheets of water hurling themselves from the sky at incredible speed — delayed her flight roughly 3 hours, so Noah was sound asleep by the time she arrived on Friday night. That didn\’t stop him from discovering the joys of puddles and how much fun it is to throw rocks into them, during a lull in the deluge.
Saturday morning, Grandma came downstairs bright and early, about an hour after Noah woke up. He was wary at first, but within another hour or so, he was climbing into her lap so she could read him the bobo book![](\"http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=lizawashere-20&l=ur2&o=1\")
We had an exciting day, going to music class, and then to Target, where Noah spent half an hour riding a \”bike
So Noah had a hot dog and promptly fell asleep in the car. That half an hour was almost the entirety of his nap.
Jill and I got a DATE out of Grandma\’s visit: dinner, drinks, and a theater production. All were lovely, but the theater production was breathtaking.
This is the world premiere run of the musical version of Gloria Naylor\’s The Women of Brewster Place. DC readers, GO SEE IT!!! It travels next to Arena Stage, with the same cast & crew I think. If you can find a volunteer sitter, go with that — the show is looooooong. It doesn\’t feel long, but it is. If it travels to where you live eventually, GO! GOOOOOOOO!
I cried twice, once in each act. The singing and acting were amazing. It makes the top five list of shows that I have ever seen. Truly heartbreaking, inspirational, and breathtaking.
Sep 152007
What are your favorite blogs?
I’ve recently been introduced — we’re counting recently to include BlogHer — to some amazing blogs, and I’m curious about which blogs you read, especially if you think I may not already read them.
Here are a few of my newish favorites:
Sep 122007
Do you have a family emergency plan?
We had one when we were living in DC. Our house was 1.5 miles from the US Capitol — the actual building, not the city — and I would have felt crazy not to have a plan after September 11 and the Anthrax scare. We had supplies and everything. Plastic to seal off the smallest & least windowed room in the house, even!
We vaguely revised the plan when we moved to the DC suburbs, but we haven’t even really discussed it since we moved South. Which is kind of funny since there was an ice storm that stranded me without power for a full weekend the first month I was here.
This Blogher post reminded me that having a plan is a good idea, even if you don’t live in sight of a national security target. And having a plan and a bin full of supplies isn’t an awful idea even if it does gather dust in the garage.
The biggest question, in my mind, is just how much crap should be gathering dust in that bin? Opinions vary.
San Francisco’s list seems long. The Home Safety Council’s list seems doable, but maybe too short. The federal government’s list wisely includes dust masks. On the other hand, can you imagine keeping a dust mask on a toddler?
So here’s my new plan to make a plan:
Every week I will take 1 action (or more) towards emergency or disaster preparedness. Like finding/designating a plastic bin, or adding an item to it. Yes, that means I probably won’t feel totally prepared until about the end of the year, but it also won’t be overwhelming and make me stick my head in the sand because it’s too scary.
Do you have a plan? What are the things you think are most important to include, either in the plan or in the bin-o-supplies?
