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Posted: Mar 17 2009 12:59 am

Me, I'm a teacher and a solider. Which is not at all a bad thing (except my fucking education classes, but that's another story.)

However, if I weren't doing this, and if the math wasn't an impediment, I think I would be (or be studying to be) an astrophysicist right now. I love learning about the universe, the laws that hold it together and the way things interact. And the scope of the things we don't know frustrates and fascinates me to no end. If I could comprehend the math, I think that would have been my path of choice.

How about you guys, what's your alternate reality self doing right now?

Banned Joined: Sep 13 2008 Posts: 3129

well if i wasnt laying in bed typing on a psp i would be sleeping

i need a job

Posted: Mar 17 2009 01:04 am

hacker wrote:

well if i wasnt laying in bed typing on a psp i would be sleeping

i need a job

Title: Alexz Aficionado Joined: May 21 2008 Posts: 2889

I'll answer more completely in a different reply, but at this moment... English homework.

Posted: Mar 17 2009 01:05 am

If I weren't going to school for English, than I would be playing more guitar and pushing my band and music life more seriously.

edit: good thread SH

Posted: Mar 17 2009 01:06 am

I'd probably be working a computer job of some kind. I got a certificate from a local community college and worked there as a computer lab assistant. They installed some new software on their computers that basically revert them to a pre-defined state. This would make it so it would reset itself when a system file got erased or people messed with the computers.

This basically got my hours cut back significantly and I had to find a new job. I've been working my grocery store job since December of 2004.

Banned Joined: Sep 13 2008 Posts: 3129

soldier, you would facepalm your future boss?

Posted: Mar 17 2009 01:14 am

i would be in the peace corps. or volunteering international somewhere

Posted: Mar 17 2009 01:17 am

If I didn't have a family and a great job, I would be either a hitman or a professional wrestler. Maybe both.

Posted: Mar 17 2009 01:42 am

If I wasn't in college for Comp Sci, I'd be in the army. It was either that or be homeless.

Also, yes, I desperately need a job.

Posted: Mar 17 2009 04:03 am

I'm in college, I major digital media (which is essentially, design, 3D design, web design and a whole load of other design-related crap). If I wasn't there, I'd still be living with my parents, and on unemployment benefit.

I also need a job.

Posted: Mar 17 2009 05:22 am

I would rather be traveling and seeing the world than working to pay the bills. If I'm lucky though I may be able to start getting out into the world this summer! I'm looking at the possibility of picking up and going to Japan for a few months to start seeing the world and what it has to offer to me.

Posted: Mar 17 2009 05:50 am

If I wasn't a graphic artist, I would probably be a graphic artist. Seriously, that's about all I've got going for me.

Or a sniper for blackwater.

Posted: Mar 17 2009 07:25 am

I'd probably have my philosophy degree by now, which means I'd be living in a tub, complaining to important people to stand out of my sunlight.

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

I often wonder what I would have done if computers didn't exist. I mean, if I were born during my parents generation I wouldn't have had the career path that I have chosen for myself.

So what would I have done?

1) I think I would have graduated college
2) I would have applied to work for Lego

Posted: Mar 17 2009 11:12 am

GPFontaine wrote:

2) I would have applied to work for Lego

That may be the most badass alt reality job I have ever heard.

Posted: Mar 17 2009 11:24 am

I would be a mercenary, a soldier of fortune for sale to the highest bidder. Then after ten years of indiscriminately killing for money, I would suddenly develop a conscious and become the greatest anti-hero the world had ever known.

Joined: Sep 17 2007 Location: The Opium Trail Posts: 3475

An awesome comedy show host in the vein of Bill Maher or Dave Chappelle

Posted: Mar 17 2009 11:36 am

I would either be cooking crack on a professional level, or I would be some sort of human blob.

Posted: Mar 17 2009 01:07 pm

I would love to become a Sports Talk Radio host. that would be absofuckinglutely amazing.

But I love being a college student training to be a music teacher.

Joined: Apr 14 2006 Location: Lake Michigan Posts: 3332

I'd either be a journalist/columnist, or probably just be stuck being a history or english teacher.

If I didn't care about consequences, I'd be playing poker for a living like an idiot.

I should just write a novel....

Posted: Mar 17 2009 07:32 pm

If I wasn't planning on going to college for Criminology, I'd probably go to college for Marine Biology, Some type of Engineering (Possibly Bioengineering, Aerospace Engineering, or NRPE), or Medical Science.

Posted: Mar 17 2009 08:42 pm

As of now, I'm a full-time mechanical engineering college student, sophomore level.

IN AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE: I'd be working out a lot more at the gym in my hometown and be working for money. I'd spend a lot more time hanging out with my friends, also.

College sucks, but hey; it opens up the doors for career opportunities.

Posted: Mar 17 2009 08:59 pm

In an alternate reality, I'd have a girlfriend, a car, get invited to all the parties...and probably be a yuppie, collar-popping, rap-loving asshole.

I'm happy where I'm at.

Posted: Mar 17 2009 11:05 pm

Alternate Chrisby would probably be a musician.

Real Chrisby has a Bachelor's Degree in Biology and is hoping to land a good job too.