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1. 1. I honestly hadn’t the faintest idea of what I wanted to be when I grew up. Nowadays, I’d love to be a librarian but I have exactly two hours a day in which to get everything done and can’t exactly add more to that time.

   2. The only book I re-read every year is Gift of the Magi on Christmas Eve.

   posted by Mother Chat on 4-16-2010 at 10:48 am

2. 1 – When Dante’s Peak came out (1997 – I was 12) I decided that I wanted to be a Volcanologist and study volcanoes in Hawaii. I also went through the singer/actress stage for few years after that. And then I wanted to be an Event Coordinator. Sadly, none of these have come true as all I am now is a copy girl. But a girl can still dream!

   2 – When I was younger (much younger) I re-read Anne of Green Gables every year and would frequently re-read just my favorite parts of the book. How I wanted to be like her. Now the stack of books next to my bed is reminder that I need to read all of them first which leaves me no time to re-read anything. Although sometimes I get the urge to re-read all the classic literature I studied in AP Literature in high school.

   posted by Ashley on 4-16-2010 at 10:49 am

3. 1. What did you want to be when you grew up? Did it happen? If not, are you disappointed?

   I wanted to be President, I am still not 35 yet, but I don’t see it happening. I am on the Liberal side of Republican and there is no room for me in any elected office (or some family gatherings for that matter). I am not disappointed, now that I have grown up a bit I realize that hanging out with politicians all day would drive me CRAZY!

   2. Is there anything you re-read each year?

   We read “The Giving Tree” every night, does that count?

   3. What’s the _flossiest pilgrimage you’ve ever made?

   When my wife and I went to Washington D.C. we went to the National Museum of Health and begged to see the skeleton of Charles Guiteau, inspired by a reading of “Assassination Vacation”.

   They would not let us see it, they had other creepy neat stuff though.

   4. Time for another edition of have you seen any good movies lately?

   I just got Netflix because my BluRay player does instant streaming. My sons love all the VeggieTales movies, and I really enjoyed “Dirty Harry” the other day.

   posted by Witty Nickname on 4-16-2010 at 10:53 am

4. 1. I wanted to be a Physical Therapist when I grew up. My grandfather had to have his kneecap removed and a Physical Therapist would be there everyday to help him get used to the artifical kneecap. I also volunteered as a candystriper in the PT part of the hospital. It hasn’t come true but I think it would stil be cool.

   2. I used to read Matlida every chance I got in elementary school. I used to think we were long lost sisters. I don’t have much time for reading anymore :(

   posted by Colene on 4-16-2010 at 10:53 am

5. 1. Meteorologist/Navy Pilot
   2. Catcher in the Rye
   3. Shiloh National Military Park (Civil War Battlefield in TN) and worked my way back home to NJ visiting various other Civil War battlefields as I pleased. Understand, this my my Senior year in college spring break!
   4. Breaking away – not sure if 1979 is “older” but a good movie.

   posted by Bill on 4-16-2010 at 10:54 am

6. 1. I recall that I wanted to be a diplomat. I thought it would be the greatest job in the world. Later, in high school, I joined Model UN and I realized the insanity of many diplomatic situations. I soured on it very quickly. However, I have two teenage kids, so diplomacy is still necessary several times per day.

   2. I re-read several Shakespeare plays at least once per year: Othello, Merchant of Venice, Henry V.

   posted by Steve on 4-16-2010 at 10:57 am

7. 1. I remember as a child wanting to be a scientist and also to work somewhere where I could push alot of buttons, like a cashier…. I now have a degree in Computer Science and I work as a Computer engineer…guess I got my wish! Once I got older I wanted (and still want) to be an Archaeologist.

   2. I re-read alot of books. I especially like to read James Michner… Cheasapeake in the spring, Space or Hawaii in the Fall. I also like Gary Jennings The Journeyor (about Marco Polo) in the winter.

   3. My husband and I have been to the Cryptology Museum, the Spy Museum and the Jello Museum.

   4. I am excited for the release of Avatar!

   posted by NJ_Jen on 4-16-2010 at 11:01 am

8. 3. I went on a walking tour of the Most Haunted Places in Edinburgh. Going underground into the tunnel system was *very* creepy – many people lived there and then became trapped when fires raged aboveground. Also, there were areas in those tunnels where they stored the corpses of people who had died from the plague. Yeah, that was a cheery vacation. ;)

   posted by Susan on 4-16-2010 at 11:02 am

9. I used to read the Lord of teh Rings trilogy every year. Nowadays, though, Mordecai Richler’s “Joshua Then and Now” comes off the bookshelf every year or so

   A movie my wife and I watched on a friend’s recommendation was “The Legend of 1900″ with Tim Roth. We enjoyed it so much we now own a copy

   posted by mathesond on 4-16-2010 at 11:03 am

10. 1. I wanted to be a marine biologist that specialized in dolphins. It didn’t happen, I realized that I am afraid of water and the ocean.
    2. I re-read the Harry Potter series, My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult, Ender’s Game, A wrinkle in Time, How to Talk to a Widower.
    3. This past summer, I went to Chicago with some friends and we hit up three museums in three days.
    4. I just re-watched Casablanca. It’s just as good as it ever was. Also, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Snatch are amazing.

    posted by Lindsey on 4-16-2010 at 11:04 am

11. When I was a little girl I wanted to be an archeologist, a concert pianist, a veternarian, an actress and a teacher. I grew up to become a high school science teacher, so you could see how some of those interests were combined into my current career. I am NOT disappointed in my career choice, but I would eventually like to work my way up to college professor.

    Every year I re-read “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee and “Redeeming Love” by Francine Rivers. I love those books!

    The “flossiest” vacation I ever took? Well, it’s not that nerdy, but last summer my friend and I went on a 9 day road trip (complete with camping gear, and MRE’s) to the Grand Canyon. We also visited Carlsbad Caverns, Santa Fe, Tuscon (International Wildlife Museum) and Roswell (UFO Museum!!!). Had an absolute blast, only spent $500 bucks between the TWO of us in 9 days, gas and lodging included. Woo-hoo!!!

    Haven’t seen any good MOVIES lately, but have been renting the “Providence” collection from Netflix. I love Melina Kanakaredes! And the show is actually really good–not too sweet, and good jokes.

    posted by Heather on 4-16-2010 at 11:05 am

12. 1. When I was really young I wanted to work in construction. I always loved the big heavy equipment. Later it was a Forest Ranger. Then in high school I decided to be a stock broker which I later became and hated!
    2. Blue Highways. I love that book for some reason.
    4. Horatio’s Drive. A documentary about the first cross country road trip.

    posted by Chris on 4-16-2010 at 11:05 am

13. 1: I went through the archeologist phase (spurned by a role play activity in sixth grade) followed by the marine biologist phase, then the zoologist phase, then the animator phase. I am finishing up animation school, so hopefully I won’t be disappointed!

    2: I routinely reread books. Not by schedule, just whenever I feel like its time.

    3: Chickamauga battlefield in Tennessee. Most haunted battlefield ever!

    posted by Ashley on 4-16-2010 at 11:06 am

14. 1. I wanted to be dog or a dolphin trainer when I was little, but I knew I’d be a Computer Programmer by the time I was 10 or 12. And, here I am.

    3. My husband and I took an “NPR road trip”. We drove from Indiana to Chicago to hear Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, then to St Paul, MN to see Prairie Home Companion. On the way, we took a detour to find The Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder).

    posted by joanna on 4-16-2010 at 11:11 am

15. 1. Growing up I most wanted to be a cartoonist. I loved to draw but unfortunately I was only average at best. I also went through a phase of wanting to be a phase of wanting to be a comedian. Don’t really remember why, guess I thought I was funny? Neither of these panned out as I am a video photojournalist. One side note, I clearly remember thinking about what I wanted to be when I was really young. One of the criteria, if not the only, was that I couldn’t die from the occupation (ie. cop, firefighter,etc.)

    3. When I was visiting my Aunt in Ohio, we went up to Cleveland for the day. I had only one request…that we visit Lake View Cemetery. I wanted to see President Garfield’s monument and all the other cool gravestones there!

    posted by J Will on 4-16-2010 at 11:11 am

16. 1. Really young I wanted to be an astronaut, later on a doctor. Being a doc ended when I running as an EMT certain types of blood makes me squemish.

    2. Enders Game by Orson Scott Card. Cobra Two by Timothy Zahn and Good Omens by Terry Prachett & Neil Gaimen

    posted by Frugatti on 4-16-2010 at 11:12 am

17. 1. I wanted to be a paleontologist more than anything. I used to dig up tree rots and pretend they were dinosaur bones. There are days when I’m sitting in the office when I think perhaps I shouldn’t have given up on that so easily–it might be nice to be working outside in the dirt.

    2. Yes, I read at least one of the Harry Potter series every year. I used to read the whole series, but now that there are seven books it’s more of a commitment, so I end up picking one or two of them.

    4. The last movie I saw in theaters was Hot Tub Time Machine and the last one I watched at home was Up. Sadly I’m not sure either would be at your local library.

    posted by AJ on 4-16-2010 at 11:14 am

18. 1. Tornado chaser-Once some relatives who lived in the Mid-West had their house annihilated by a category F4 I said, “no thanks”.

    2. “Hills Like White Elephants”-Hemingway

    3. Does ghost hunting count?

    4. Wait Until Dark (’67)-Great suspense while still wife approved with Audrey Hepburn in there!

    posted by DJ Dave on 4-16-2010 at 11:15 am

19. 1) I wanted to be a Vet from the time i can remember- I ended up working in a vet hospital and deciding that was not for me; I ended up getting a psychology degree but I work in a Swine Virology lab- I am happy for now (i’m only 25)

    2)When I was in middle school I would read Hatchet by Gary Paulsen all the time

    4) Queen of the Damned- great Vampire movie and one of my all time favorites
    Meet the Robinsons- really cute animated movie

    posted by Suz on 4-16-2010 at 11:15 am

20. 1. I’m pretty sure I wanted to be an astronaut. No, that didn’t happen but I’m happily employed as a Materials Engineer. So things still worked out pretty well.

    2. Does my Elec. Properties of Materials textbook count? I re-read chapters of that all the time for work related stuff.

    3. My wife and I spent a Fourth of July weekend watching the re-enactment and touring the battllefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. We’ve also spent one vacation specifically to see the Alamo in San Antonio, TX.

    4. (Recent) Gran Torino ended up being really enjoyable to watch. (Older) I just re-watched Dr. Strangelong or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb again, which is still pretty awesome.

    posted by RPILiberty on 4-16-2010 at 11:16 am

21. 1. I’m pretty sure I wanted to be an astronaut. No, that didn’t happen but I’m happily employed as a Materials Engineer. So things still worked out pretty well.

    2. Does my Elec. Properties of Materials textbook count? I re-read chapters of that all the time for work related stuff.

    3. My wife and I spent a Fourth of July weekend watching the re-enactment and touring the battllefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. We’ve also spent one vacation specifically to see the Alamo in San Antonio, TX.

    4. (Recent) Gran Torino ended up being really enjoyable to watch. (Older) I just re-watched Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb again, which is still pretty awesome.

    posted by RPILiberty on 4-16-2010 at 11:17 am

22. 1. My five year old self decided (with my two best friends) that we would all would live together and be veterinarians. As I got older I realized that I did not want to deal with the death of beloved pets even on a semi regular basis. By middle school I wanted to be an assistant D.A. because just being a lawyer was apparently not good enough for my twelve year old brain. In high school I had a great desire to be a profiler. This went on until college when I went through the typical college phase of not knowing what the hell I wanted to do but I claimed several things in quick succession. I wanted to be a biologist. I manipulated my aptitude test to show that I should indeed be a biologist. Then I decided I wanted to be a teacher. Then a biologist again. I went back to being a lawyer and chose Philosophy as my major with the intention of going to law school. By the time I graduated I wanted nothing to do with law school. I’m not disappointed that none of those plans panned out. I’m only 25 so it still may be too early to tell. I may turn 40 and be irrate because my five year old self had it right…I should have been a vet.

    posted by Samantha on 4-16-2010 at 11:17 am

23. 1. When I was a little girl I wanted to be an actress, a singer, a scientist and a paranormal investigator, all at the same time, and I also had dreams of buying my fruit and veggies in a market in the big city. Happily, some of my dreams came true! I’m an actor (who sings onstage some nights) and buys her veggies at a market in the big city. The’scientist’ thing went out the window when I realized that becoming a scientist would mean I had to do homework…not my thing, so I make up for it by reading science blogs all the time. As for the ghosts, I’m hoping I’ll retire and become a ghost hunter.

    2. I always end up re-reading the “Arrows of the Queen” trilogy by Mercedes Lackey.

    3. I haven’t really made any _flossy treks (aside from visiting the Globe in London…which I’m sure everyone does). I saw Jane Goodall speak last week though! That counts, eh?

    posted by Jenny on 4-16-2010 at 11:21 am

24. 1. I always wanted to fly helicopters when I was little – ever since I started to mispronounce them “hepticopters.” Last week I signed up for flying lessons and I start next weekend! I’ve never actually been in a helicopter, so this could easily be the first and last time I go up – but I’m going to try it and who knows?!?

    2. Where the Red Fern Grows. Sobbing the entire way through, every time.

    4. Finally watched Terms of Endearment.

    posted by Katie on 4-16-2010 at 11:22 am

25. 1. I wanted to be a teacher and a writer. That didn’t happen.

    2. In the last few years, it seems that the only reading I do is re-reading. I regularly re-read: Nabokov’s “Lolita” and “Pale Fire,” Marquez’s “100 Years of Solitude,” and Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.”

    3. On my spring break in 2001, my friends and I went to Tampa/St. Petersburg, Fla. in chilly early March. There was precious little going to the beach, but we did spend a spectacular afternoon at the Dali museum. Even as a former art major and someone who spent the majority of her free time in high school in the art room, I never had much appreciation for Dali’s work until we went there. My friends and I were a bunch of nerds, so we ate that up.

    4. Fairly good/entertaining new movies I’ve seen in the last few months include “Precious,” “Young Victoria,” “Where the Wild Things Are,” “Up in the Air,” and surprisingly, “Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day” (which is super ridiculous action-y fun).

    posted by Eve on 4-16-2010 at 11:25 am

26. 1.) A better question would be: What *didn’t* I want to be? I finally decided in high school that I wanted to be a Supreme Court Justice. (I was in debate.) In college, that turned into an Interior Designer. Now I’m a government worker, so do I get partial credit?

    2.) I read all of Jane Austen’s books. All of them at least one time a year. Some of them five to six times a year.

    4.) I love “Sayonara” with Marlon Brando. I also love “Equilibrium” with Christian Bale.

    posted by tambalina on 4-16-2010 at 11:26 am

27. I never had anything specific in mind- just to be a mom, I guess, but i do have (and always had) certain criteria for my future husband’s job.

    I recently went to the Bodies exhibit- here in New York but I think they have some in other locations as well. It was quite interesting and eye-opening.

    posted by michelle on 4-16-2010 at 11:29 am

28. 1) I wanted to be a Chicago Cub, and later a professional golfer. The answer is ‘no’, didn’t make it to either destination.

    2) I like Mike Lupica (come on Seinfeld people)

    4) We live next to our town library, so we raid the movie rack weekly. (We don’t have cable). Here are some that we’ve seen lately that I would recommend:

    State of Play
    Taken
    Push
    Into the Wild
    Lord of War
    Matchstick Men

    The beauty of the library movie rack is when a movie sucks, I can turn to my wife and say ‘at least we didn’t pay to watch it’

    posted by jj on 4-16-2010 at 11:30 am

29. 1. Growing up I wanted to be a palentologist and then a marine biologist. From about3rd grade onward I desperately wanted to be an archaeologist. When I got to college I took my first archaeology class and decided that it wasn’t for me. I ended up with a degree in Art History, which, as a property manager at an apartment complex, I don’t use. I still wish I was doing something with art, or even archaeology.

    2.Since I was little I always end up re-reading Nancy and Plum by Betty MacDonald… even at 25 it never gets old for me.

    3. While I was still in college, my mom and I drove to Chicago just to go see the Tut exhibition at the Field Museum. It was so incredible seeing in person things that I’d been looking at in books since I was a little kid.

    4. I recently re-watched Jurassic Park, and it was just as great as I remembered. I also watched Memoirs of a Geisha. Not really all that faithful to the book, but its just gorgeous to look at and the music is wonderful.

    posted by Sara on 4-16-2010 at 11:32 am

30. 1. As a little kid I wanted to be a dentist. Later it was Egyptologist, followed by lawyer in HS. I had a brief, one-week fling with being a teacher in my freshman year at university.

    3. I have yet to make my _flossy Grande European tour. But it’s on the books for a few years from now. The highlight of the trip is the Victoria & Albert museum in England. As a 19th century history major, I think of it as my shrine. Not to mention my cat is named after Prince Albert.

    4. “Once” is an awesome movie. I actually did pick it up at the library and thouroughly enjoyed it. It’s with Glen Hansard and Marketa Ireglova.

    posted by Kristina the bureaucrat on 4-16-2010 at 11:33 am

31. 1) When I was little, I guess I was home watching daytime TV a lot, with commercials for community colleges that scrolled lists of majors/career paths. Based on that, I told people I wanted to work in “hotel and hospitality.”

    2) I always try to read Dickens’ Christmas Carol in November or December.

    3) Haven’t been there, but I want to visit that House on the Rock place in Wisconsin. Seems like a great place for Floss to cover, if they haven’t already.

    4) Recently watched Close Encounters of the Third Kind for the first time. Cool movie!

    posted by Mark G. on 4-16-2010 at 11:35 am

32. 1. I wanted to be an architect in high school- we were required to take drafting freshman year, and I really got into it. Kinda veered off that path…
    2. Every summer I reread Good Omens. After a few years, it still makes me laugh out loud!

    posted by honclbrif on 4-16-2010 at 11:35 am

33. My initial dream in my youth was to play third base for the Kansas City Royals. Then, weirdly, I shifted into banking. As of the present however, I’m a High School guidence counselor and feel no major loss in not entering the family business.

    I’ve been rereading Alton Brown’s Feasting on Asphalt and Guy Fieri’s Diners Drive-ins, and Dives collections looking for a good meal or two

    While I haven’t made a nerd trip in the past few years, I’m looking at going to the Gettysburg battlefield in 2013 for the 150th celebration of the battle.

    Best movie I saw recently was the Bank Job. Great and gritty period piece set in 70′s London

    posted by Kyle on 4-16-2010 at 11:36 am

34. 4.) Let me also add “Howl’s Moving Castle” and “Spirited Away.” Both are awesonme!

    posted by tambalina on 4-16-2010 at 11:36 am

35. 1. When I was a kid I wanted to be a surgon, a doctor, a cartoon, a business woman with an office and a picture of my family in it, a detective, an astronaught and a microbiologist. I even turned my easy bake oven into a makeshift centrifuge and made myself an ID badge. I am not any of those things now, but I don’t mind, I’ve chosen a simpler path…

    2. I re-read His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman on a regular basis, and also my favourite book Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson.

    3. On my vacation to visit my family last summer, my best friend/sister in law and I excitedly went to check out the postal museum to check out the history of Canadian stamps and postal services. It was FANTASTIC!

    posted by Napatsi on 4-16-2010 at 11:37 am

36. 1. I wanted to be Indiana Jones when I was little. The treasure, the whip, everything.
    2. My favorite book is The Power of One by Bryce Courteney and I read it a couple of times a year.
    3. My flossiest vacation was when my husband took me to Philadelphia specifically for an art exhibit of my favorite artist, Frida Kahlo.
    4. I have a netflix account and that instant streaming has been sucking up my time, but I can’t say any of the movies were good enough to recommend.

    posted by Jenn on 4-16-2010 at 11:38 am

37. * I wanted to be a ballerina. That’s as far as that dream got. I am currently a wireless sale rep with a love for technology. So I am not completely dissapointed.

    * I caught Vanilla Sky the other day…still in love with that movie. I can always see myself and past situations I’ve been in through each character on that movie.

    * I re- read ‘Still Life With Woodpecker’ by Tom Robbins every year.

    posted by Nia on 4-16-2010 at 11:42 am

38. 1) I wanted to be a catburgler. Since I am not writing this from a jail cell, I would say that that one did not work out for me. Am I disappointed? Not really. The danger, the intrigue, it would have been too much for my nerdy self to handle.

    2) I reread “IT” and “The Stand” every year. I am a huge Stephen King fan and these two are my favorites. However, I need to quite reading “The Stand” during cold and flu season.

    3) I don’t think I’ve been on a flossie vaca yet. I would like to do a food tour of Europe. Not sure if that counts though.

    4) “The Wraith” is an old Charlie Sheen movie. So much cheese it’s awesome. Also, “Eddie and the Cruisers”. Again, cheesetastic!!!!!

    posted by Eden on 4-16-2010 at 11:42 am

39. 1. All through high school, I wanted to be a fashion designer. I am not following that path now, but I’m okay with that. I realized after watching “Project Runway” that I just don’t have what it takes to pursue that career.

    2. Not on purpose, but every year, I pick up “Go Ask Alice”, which is the diary of a teen girl who runs away from home and gets into drugs and whatnot. Sad story, but a good one.

    4. I LOVE the movie “O Brother Where Art Thou?” It comes on tv every other month just about. The only scene that’s hard for me to watch is the Klan scene. It seems so long and it’s just hard for me to watch.

    posted by Shash on 4-16-2010 at 11:47 am

40. Eden maybe you just became a really good catburgler??

    posted by J Will on 4-16-2010 at 11:48 am

41. 1. I wanted to be a stewardess and travel agent. I would make airline tickets using fancy paper and staple them together (I guess nowadays paper airline tickets are a thing of the past anyway). I am not disappointed that I didn’t become a stewardess as I am not a huge fan of actually flying.

    2. Lately I have been rereading Eat Pray Love again.

    3. My flossiest vacation was to Jordan in the Middle East. I learned A LOT about different cultures, Muslim religion, visited biblical sites (even though I am not religious myself, the history was still amazing), the oldest ancient city in the world, Petra one of the new ancient wonders…I loved that vacation and will never forget everything I learned there and how it opened my eyes to a whole new world.

    4. We saw Date Night in the movies last weekend. It was hysterical, laughed throughout the entire movie. Unfortunately a guy on a date sitting in front of us had so much cologne on we, along with other movie goers nearby, felt nauseous. After the movie ended I felt like I was going to throw up.My partner even said something to him about it. Don’t people get that wearing tons of perfume or cologne in public places is just stupid?

    posted by Emma on 4-16-2010 at 11:48 am

42. 2. I’m not big on re-reading whole books. I typically read my favorite bits over and over. I’m just about to re-read Pride and Prejudice for the first time. I recently watched the BBC version again and I’m in the mood for a little Regency era verbal sparring.

    4. The Fantastic Mr. Fox was quite good.

    posted by Samantha on 4-16-2010 at 11:51 am

43. I wanted to be either a daytime soap actress, Vanna White, one of the price is Right Show girls…or whatever they are called. Settled for an adventurous engineering career balanced with sporadic community theatre escapades.

    2. I have a tendency to re-read Valley of the Dolls or Four Blondes to put my stable life into better perspective, and Basic Black and Fabulosity to give me a motivational boost.

    3. Flossiest vacation – probably the space launch in Cape Canaveral eagerly watching the updates on twitter via blackberry at 2 am three days in a row.

    4. I second the Dr. Strangelove comment

    posted by Engineering Rockstar on 4-16-2010 at 11:51 am

44. There are plenty of books that I reread such as Ender’s Game and A Clockwork Orange, but I have read The Lord of the Rings every summer since I was 18. I am 37 now and lloking forward to my next go round.

    posted by Colin on 4-16-2010 at 11:54 am

45. I was the typical archeologist (before I realized what I really wanted was palentologist) astronaunt kid…then later librarian until I realized that all those take a lot of school. I wasn’t willing to take on that much debt. I don’t regret it because my student loans will be paid off next year and the career tests always said I should go into insurance anyway. Which I stumbled into, after bombing out of marketing.

    posted by lewen on 4-16-2010 at 11:55 am

46. 1. Naval aviator – did it, love it, now that I’m looking at retirement (I’m 43), not sure what I’m going to do next.

    2. Starship Troopers.

    3. On one of our moves, I drove one of our cars cross country by myself to drop off, fly home, and then bring the family across later. Since I was solo, I mapped the trip to do/see things I wanted. So, in short, on my “Man Trip” drive from Fallon, NV to Brunswick, ME (in August in a car with no A/C) I visited the Hill Aerospace Museum and John Browning Museum (both outside Salt Lake City); the Cabelas store in Kearney, NE; a Cardinals game in St. Louis; the Makers Mark Distillery in Loretto, KY; and the Gettysburg Battlefield.

    posted by Pearl on 4-16-2010 at 12:01 pm

47. 1. I wanted to be a NHL goaltender when I was little. My father would not let me play because the equipment was too expensive.

    2. Anything that has to do with Eastern philosophy (SP?) is worth reading over and over again.

    3. I am from the desert southwest, so there are plenty of little ghost towns and former boom towns to explore……

    4. Just watched “Copland” with Sly Stalone and Ray Liota. What the hell ever happened to him anyway??????

    posted by RevReverb on 4-16-2010 at 12:02 pm

48. 1. Older. It happened. I’m glad.

    2. I re-read “The Phantom Tollbooth” at least once a year. The best book ever. Really. Ever.

    3. As much as this site likes to rip on them, I took a Segway tour of Austin last year and LOVED it! I’m looking forward to doing one in San Diego next month, and San Antonio in July. Segways RULE!

    4. “The Thrill Of It All” recently, in honor of Doris Day’s 88th birthday. It’s hard not to love someone who makes her own catsup.

    posted by Michael on 4-16-2010 at 12:02 pm

49. 1. I thought I was going to be a Doctor…then when I graduated HS the thought of that much more school was too much so I settled on Nursing becuase that’s just as good! Buuuut…5 yrs later I’m careerless (just graduated college with an Associates of Arts degree but 4 yrs @ a University. *shakes head* But what I’m trying to get now is a Receptionist position somewhere on Long Island (HEY! If anyone reading this knows of a posistion…haha) But that’s what I’m happiest doing! I’m disappointed I didn’t become a Doctor but I’m not that person anymore and I’m much happier now!

    2. Ender’s Game = My favorite book!
    Ender’s Shadow = Also my favorite!

    4. ‘The Blue Butterfly’, check that out if you haven’t already. Also, ‘The Sound of Thunder.’ The Blue Butterfly is a heartwarming family film, The Sound of Thunder is more sci-fi-ey. haha

    posted by Drina on 4-16-2010 at 12:02 pm

50. First off Lindsey marry me! lol
    We seem to have the exact answers…and I do love me some of me

    1. A marine biologist. I grew up with 3 channels (the antenna wrapped in foil to get that 3rd) and one of course, was PBS which had Jacques Costeau’s adventures. I loved dolphins, still do…but growing up in the projects, I never learned how to swim until I was in the Army and they made me…I then found out, I don’t like to swim…so hello computers!

    2. I re-read Louis L’Armour’s only non western tale “The Walking Drum” every year. I feel its his best work. I also re-read Harry Potter everytime a movie comes up so I can say “They took THAT out? Why?”

    3. I made a pilgramage of all the battle sites of the American Revolution in the NY/PA/VT area. I am a big Revolution buff

    4. Casablanca is my favorite movie and I just watched that on NetFlix. I also watched 300 days of summer (Love Zoey Deschel…something about those eyes) and Arsenic and Old lace…still funny

    posted by James on 4-16-2010 at 12:10 pm

51. 1. A doctor, but ended up an elementary art teacher (after giving up the college-inspired artist that lives in the woods and travels the craft show circuit phase).

    2. Find myself rereading parts of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide…” annually. Mostly to see the words “don’t panic”.

    3. Perryville Battlefield in KY. Went to college near there and used it as a party spot – went back when I turned 40 to actually learn the historical nature of it.

    4. The Hurt Locker.

    posted by teach on 4-16-2010 at 12:10 pm

52. 1. When asked this question in the second grade I said I wanted to be like my mommy. She stayed at home and took care of us. The teacher gave me a dirty look. In middle school I wanted to be an actress. Now I work at a senior citizen recreation center.

    2. I reread In the Time of the Butterflies and Like Water for Chocolate every summer. They are my beach books.

    3. We went to Shackleford Banks in Eastern NC to see the wild ponies and then to see the lighthouses.

    4. Just saw See No Evil, Hear no Evil with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Hilarious.

    posted by Aimee on 4-16-2010 at 12:14 pm

53. 1. I used to tell all my parents friends that I was going to be the first female president. Turns out I’m a substitute teacher haha

    2. I reread the entire Harry Potter series every summer. I reread the 7th book anytime I run out of new books to read.

    posted by Gigi on 4-16-2010 at 12:17 pm

54. 1. When I was probably 10 or 11 I wanted to design airplanes. Currently I am working on a graduate degree in Aerospace Engineering.

    4. State of Play, Up in The Air…both great movies with great actors. If you’re up for something darker, “Perfume” is an interesting exploration of the senses…albeit a bit odd.

    posted by Ryan on 4-16-2010 at 12:17 pm

55. 1. When I was a kid I went through a phase of wanting to be an ocaen explorer. I guess it came as a result of too many National Geographic magazines about the Titanic etc. I then went years wanting to be in the military (Green Berets, SEALS) but now after collegr I’m content where I am, a banker.

    2. Each year when I was a kid my mom would read The Night Before Christmas on Christmas Eve.

    3. I think the flossiest expedition would have to be one boring afternoon in college I decided to just drive around the area. I went to a school in southeast Georgia so it was nothing but emptiness outside of town. I just kept driving and picking random streets to turn onto and kept driving out into the country. It was realy neat just to explore places I had never been and have no fear of where I was going and no time to get there. When I had enough, I turned on the GPS and went home.

    4. Well, I love my Netflix and have been in a sort of oldies movie craze recently. I recommend the classics like The African Queen, Casablanca, Ben-Hur, Spartacus. I love some of those old movies which is funny because I’m pretty young, only 23 lol.

    posted by Led on 4-16-2010 at 12:22 pm

56. 1. I wanted to be everything when I was younger. Ballerina, singer, actress, teacher, vet, pyrotechnician, etc. But the one thing I ALWAYS wanted to be was a waitress. I now work in research and I still Contemplate taking a part time job as a waitress. (and yes, I am disappointed!)
    2. I re-read Harry Potter, especially the seventh one, as much as I can stand.
    3. My boyfriend, best friend and myself spent out spring break of our senior year of college in Gettysburg, PA. It was awesome!

    posted by Kelly Gee on 4-16-2010 at 12:28 pm

57. 1. I wanted to be an executioner when I was younger. It stemmed from going to a renaissance fair and seeing the guy with a mask and huge ax. I think my second grade teacher had a conference with my parents.

    2. I re-read Camus’ “The Stranger” every year or so and try to find new and different translations. It is the book that made me fall in love with literature instead of only reading sci-fi and horror. It is beautifully poignant and hauntingly transcendent.

    posted by A Little Off the Top on 4-16-2010 at 12:40 pm

58. 1. Pro soccer player. Now I do marketing and love it. AND, I still play for an adult soccer league. So, I’m happy.
    2. The Giver
    3. Kayaked the Danube river and was able to meet real locals in small villages. I did that through 9 countries.
    4. An American Tail. I just bought the DVD Tuesday, because I remembered how much I loved it growing up.

    posted by Kelsey on 4-16-2010 at 12:46 pm

59. 1. I always wanted to be an FBI Profiler so I went to college to major in criminalogy but found out during my first sememester that I hated guns, which are essential for the job, so I am now in marketing in love it!

    2. I can re-read any of the Nicholas Sparks books!

    3. My husband and I went to the bat cages in Texas. I felt like kind of a geek!

    posted by Michelle F. on 4-16-2010 at 12:46 pm

60. 1. I would LOVE to be an entomologist. I decided this last year at the age of 29. I could go to school now, but I don’t want to live that far away from my husband. Plus I have enough bugs in my house to keep me busy.

    2. My husband reads Jurassic Park every year (and many other Michael Crichton books) and I read Jane Eyre about every year and a half.

    4. I just watched The Goonies (blueray looked awesome) and Naked Lunch (not new but good ones)

    posted by Christina on 4-16-2010 at 12:53 pm

61. My flossiest vacation was to the Glore Psychiatric Museum in St. Joseph, Missouri. Creepy and educational.

    posted by Gina on 4-16-2010 at 12:53 pm

62. I wanted to be Queen Elizabeth but after a year of disappointment and the whole time traveling thing not working out I decided I wanted to be a photographer. Well now I work as a photographer for a newspaper. I can’t say I’m thrilled to work at a newspaper but at least I accomplished my dream. Too bad print is dead.

    posted by ashley on 4-16-2010 at 12:53 pm

63. 1. I always wanted to be a writer. A novelist, until i found that I don’t care all that much for fiction. I didn’t realize that nonfiction was possible. But I also wanted to be a TV star! Radio was a reasonable substitute, until I became a writer for real.

    2. I don’t have time to read all the new stuff I want to, much less something ;ve read before!

    3. I took my kids to Washington DC to see the seat of our government and the Smithsonian.

    4. My husband was impressed with the post I wrote Tuesday and rented Apollo 13. For some reason he thought it would be rented out because of the anniversary, but the one copy at the store was available. He watched it immediately, and the whole family will watch it this weekend.

    posted by Miss Cellania on 4-16-2010 at 12:54 pm

64. I once told my youngest that she could grow up to be anything she wants to be.

    She said, “I want to be a FISH!”

    posted by Miss Cellania on 4-16-2010 at 12:58 pm

65. 1.) I wanted to be a veterinarian when I was younger… until I saw the neighbor’s cat get hit by a car. Not really disappointed in not pursuing that dream, but my childhood knowledge does help with my cats’ health.

    2.) I only reread the Harry Potter series. And sometimes Stephen King, as he’s pretty easy to read.

    3.) My fiance is obsessed with airplanes, so we’ve spent a weekend at the Air and Space Museum in DC and its annex in Virginia. We also attended the Star Trek convention in Las Vegas last summer. That’s as nerdy as I go.

    4.) I’ve been obsessed with ‘Pirate Radio’ aka ‘The Boat that Rocked’ for a few weeks now. Any movie with a great soundtrack works for me.

    posted by katie on 4-16-2010 at 12:58 pm

66. 1. Archaeologist, inspired by Indy, of course. Forgot about it, took Intro to Archaeology first year of college, and it instantly became my major. Later to be changed to Historical Anthropology because I can’t do chemistry or math to save my life. I currently work as a museum curator, so… close enough?

    2. Every summer since I was 11 I’ve read Gone With The Wind. That’s been a lot of summers…

    3. I drove the Lincoln Highway across PA and OH, stopping at all the roadside attractions that I possibly could. It was more fun than the vacation at the end of the drive.

    4. I don’t think I’ve watched a movie made after 1950 for months…

    posted by Maria E. on 4-16-2010 at 12:59 pm

67. 1- It went from children’s book illustrator, to president, to teacher. I’m a teacher, so it all worked out.
    2- I read She’s Come Undone almost yearly. I just love it. That and Forever Amber.
    3- My good friend and I did a tour of Gettysburg and D.C. to celebrate the fourth last summer. We took the entire car tour in Gettysburg and we watched the fireworks in D.C. (as well as checking out the Declaration, which was oh so important to do on the 4th)
    4- I saw Goodfellas for the first time. I know its kind of always on TV, but I really sat down and watched it, and I’m kind of in love with the younger Ray Liotta now.

    posted by Courtney on 4-16-2010 at 12:59 pm

68. 1. Went through a ton of phases growing up. Lawyer and Chef were probably the two longest lasting. By Junior High I had the inkling to be a writer and am still working towards that goal. I never went anywhere with the law thing, but I am one hell of a good cook.

    2. I re-read The Illuminatus! Trilogy about once a year. Also find myself re-reading My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist by Mark Leyner on a pretty regular basis.

    4. Movie-wise I’ve been on a bit of Peter Greenaway kick lately. The Cook The Thief His Wife and Her Lover is a stone cold classic. A Zed and Two Naughts is amazing.

    posted by EMStoveken on 4-16-2010 at 1:04 pm

69. 1. What did you want to be when you grew up? Did it happen? If not, are you disappointed?
    I wanted to be a Catholic Priest. I know, that’s silly, but the fact is that I studied in a catholic school my whole life, and when I was in fourth grade, I was super exited about my first communion, and so… Anyway, when I heard that Catholic Priests can’t get married, I stepped back first. Today I’m atheist, so I can ensure you I’m not disappointed.

    2. Is there anything you re-read each year?
    The Stranger or The Outsider, (L’Étranger) by Albert Camus

    4. Time for another edition of have you seen any good movies lately?
    Les Femmes de l’ombre

    posted by Eduardo V.G. on 4-16-2010 at 1:05 pm

70. 1. I wanted to be a scientist – an archaelogist or a geneticist, but I couldn’t cut the math. I’m now a library tech who explores all knowledge, my specialty is medical, and I NEVER go near math.

    2. Gobbolino the Witch’s cat at Halloween, and Shadow Castle, the greatest fantasy book ever written.

    3. Library people are notorious for our busman’s holidays, so I actually went to the library in Reno! I also enjoy churches, and apothecaries in historic villages. I’d love to go on a Cornwell Sharpe’s Tour of Europe… Not much for the drinking vacation.

    4. I ebayed the japanimation Puss in Boots because I loved it as child. It’s really clunky to me now, but my seven year old absolutely worships it. She’s also fanatically into Schoolhouse Rock and cried when I told her it was overdue and had to go back to the library. I think she’s going to grow up weird like me. I couldn’t be prouder.

    posted by Marion on 4-16-2010 at 1:09 pm

71. I love this week’s questions, especially since I came from a job interview this morning- for a job I really think I want. Fingers crossed, flossers!
    1. Ever since I was a little teeny kid I wanted to be a “famous author” but start as “a writer with a day job.” Yeah, I was a weirdly pragmatic 5 year old. Now- I’m a book reviewer, and the job interview was similarly bookish. This is after working as a personal trainer for a bit- a weird but fun job choice that I don’t think I even imagined existed when I was a kid.

    2. I reread The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin almost every year, in October. It’s a kids book, and it still totally stands up.

    3. Geeky vacations- TWO Beatles tours, one of London, one of Liverpool… but those were one day each in their respective vacations. Geekiest place to go: the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, for a Celtic music festival. There were towns with names like Uist, and Stornoway and Lower River Inhabitants.

    Movie: Angus. It is only on VHS, but worth finding!!! Brilliant, funny, sweetheart of a high school geek redemption movie, with Kathy Bates, George C. Scott and a young James VanDerBeek

    posted by Elizabeth W on 4-16-2010 at 1:11 pm

72. 1. I wanted to be an aviator– like the Blue Angels awesome.

    2. Every year, The Christmas Carol right before Christmas. I also brush up on the Chronicles of Narnia every so often :)

    3. Well, it wasn’t planned, but most of the nerdiest ones are those you aren’t thinking about but are suddenly interested in. A friend and I were riding bikes one day and saw an old cemetary. We HAD to stop and read all the headstones and see who was related to who and how old they had been and wheat relationship they had to any of the names in town.

    4. Let’s see, Bringing Up Baby is good. A little less mainstream but still good too is Wait Til Dark. Apparently that one even scared Steven King.

    posted by DB on 4-16-2010 at 1:15 pm

73. 1. Never was very specific, I just wanted to be grown up!

    2. I read about 250-300 books a year, but I re-read a few Stephen King, Robert Heinlien and the orignal Oz books every year. And I, Martha Adams. That’s a great book! I can probably name a dozen or two more.

    3. flossy for me involves food, so New Orleans on a complete crawfish binge would have to suffice. I ate crawfish everywhere including fried crawfish pies from many gas station/convenience stores. Road food rocks!

    4. The Last Starfighter – 25th anniversary edition!

    posted by Ruby on 4-16-2010 at 1:22 pm

74. 1. When I was 8 the movie Jurassic Park came out, and for years after that I wanted to be an archaeologist (still kinda do!)
    2. Harrry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (my fav book!)
    3. As a kid, I was obsessed with the Little House on the Prairie Books, and I have visited most of the places that she once lived at (Pepin WI, Independence KS, Walnut Grove MN, DeSmet SD, and Mansfield MO.
    4. The Cutting Edge (wonderful and cheesy at the same time)

    posted by Diana D on 4-16-2010 at 1:28 pm

75. 1. a metallurgical engineer but I couldn’t get through college calculus so I became a high school English teacher.

    2. I reread Pride and Prejudice every year. Still love it and will also pick up a Harry Potter or Michael Crichton’s Timeline.

    3. My Flossiest vacation was going specifically to Bangor, Maine to drive by Stephen King’s house. I couldn’t come up with the gumption to stop so I just took my pictures as I drove by.

    4. Angels and Demons may have been panned by critics but I was surprised how well it followed the book. Much better than the Da Vinci Code.

    posted by jen on 4-16-2010 at 1:29 pm

76. 1) When I was growing up I wanted to be a children’s book illustrator, an archaeologist, and an astronaut (not at the same time). None of them happened. Now I am trying to get into law enforcement.

    2) I read “The Stand” and the “DOOM” series (based on the game) pretty regularly.

    3) I go to Dragon*Con every year, for the past 6 years. This is a sci-fi convention in Atlanta. Yes, I dress up :)

    4) You should see “House.” NOT the show about the drug-addicted, jerk doctor. It is a comedy/thriller from the 80s. If you can’t find it at the library, Amazon has it for 7 or 8 dollars.

    posted by D-Rex on 4-16-2010 at 1:29 pm

77. When I was 8 years old, I saw Richard Petty win his 7th Daytona 500 and decided I wanted to race, then when I was 9, I saw my first Indy 500 and while watching Gordon Johncock and Rick Mears race for the win I knew that was what I wanted to do.

    I raced karts for a little, but never got beyond that (I never had the money to do it full time). In 64 oval races I had 10 wins, 10 2nds, and 2 3rds. In 5 road courses I has 3 wins and 2 2nds (one of those wins, I lapped the field).

    I also grew up watching lots of game shows, and now I’m creating them to sell to networks, so maybe that piece of childhood will happen.

    posted by Wayne on 4-16-2010 at 1:33 pm

78. 1. I always wanted to be a teacher (which I’m not currently, but still want to do). I also wanted to do anything involving dinosaurs. I really really like dinosaurs, always have always will.

    2. I re-read Catcher in the Rye and East of Eden every year.

    3. Driving from Colorado to Kansas, there is a giant prairie dog. You pass sign after sign for hours, so you have to stop and see it once you arrive. I would say that it was pretty disappointing after all the hype, but still awesome. Not worth a visit unless you are passing by.

    4. I recently watched Tender Mercies for the first time, and I really liked it.

    posted by K on 4-16-2010 at 1:48 pm

79. -I wanted to be way too many things. In the first grade I wanted to be a “pet sitter” (I liked the idea of working with animals but I wanted to avoid the death and disease parts..)and my teacher told me it wasn’t a real job, which is totaly not true in this day and age. I also wanted to be a fashion designer, music teacher, marine biologist, mecanic, doctor, writer… pretty much everything. I am now an artist who kinda lacks focus, so I guess some things never change.
    3-mental flossy vacation.. hmmm.. I went to Europe for the first time and based it all on art I wanted to see (ended up mostly in Italy), including the pilgrimage to the Vatican (to see the huge art collection) despite being an atheist.
    -I recently cought Fahrenheit 451 and rewatched it.

    posted by Elaine on 4-16-2010 at 1:53 pm

80. 1. I wanted to be an actress for the longest time, but I never did anything about it. Then when I was a junior in college I thought I wanted to be a lawyer. Now I’m in grad school and I know I want to be a children’s book editor, but any book publishing job would be cool. I also thought I would fall into some job that would put me on TV or in magazines. I don’t know why I had such a desire to be famous. I definitely don’t feel that way now.

    2. I reread the Harry Potter books (usually the first two) just for fun when i’m bored. I usually reread any David Sedaris books because they’re so funny.

    3. I went to the Mutter Museum in Philly on my 20th birthday. It is a museum of medical anomalies. It’s amazing.

    posted by LK on 4-16-2010 at 2:04 pm

81. 1. I wanted to be a lot of things growing up but I can’t remember anything specific. I didn’t know what I wanted to be in college either. I was a history major with an english minor and noe I am a bank auditor. In college I knew I didn’t want to teach but I’m starting to forget why I was so adamant about that. I’m slightly jealous of my brother who always wanted to be a firefighter and is now a metropolitan firefighter.

    2. I pick up Harry Potter books from time to time to reread.

    3. I went on a literary tour of Ireland retracing the steps of Joyce, Synge an Yeats. Also did a ton of West End Theatre in London when I was there.

    4. I recently saw the end of Tommy Boy for the first time in a while. Hilarious!

    posted by Brit on 4-16-2010 at 2:10 pm

82. 1. i went through a lawyer phase in 6th grade (criminal defense, just soudns fancier than my dad’s corporate practice). then i stuck with architecture for about four years, obsessively drawing house planes on graph paper. then i discovered the combo of design and psychology in advertising, and guess what i do now! hooray!

    2. when i was younger, i read cheaper by the dozen every time i was home sick from school. more recently, i have been re-reading love today: stories by maxim biller.

    posted by Laura on 4-16-2010 at 2:10 pm

83. I have to reread “A Confederacy of Dunces” at least once a year

    posted by Kathy on 4-16-2010 at 2:21 pm

84. 1) Mommy, chef, K-mart cashier, princess, nurse,ballerina, horseback rider, Laura Ingalls Wilder, fashion designer, lawyer, madam, writer…

    Actually I did end up working at K-mart in my late teens/early 20s and my mother made a huge point of telling the store manager how I wanted to be a “K-mart girl” when I was little and now I was one. Moms, gotta love them.

    2) Every Christmas Eve for the last ten years I have re-read Terry Pratchett’s HOGFATHER. Every summer I go on a Miss Read or Angela Thirkell kick and MUST READ ALL THE BOOKS IN ORDER. The local libraries just love me for this one

    3) Every summer weekend my husband and I take a mini-break to hit libraries book sales and the surrounding Goodwills.

    4) Miracle of Morgan’s Creek, Bombshell and Red-Headed Woman

    posted by Gwendy on 4-16-2010 at 2:24 pm

85. 2. I tend to re-read Anne of Green Gables each year (and usually make it through at least two of the sequels).

    3. Two friends and I take literary trips often. Usually, they’re daytrips to author homes and cemeteries that are within a four-hour drive. However, in August, we spent ten days on the road from SC to Boston, and every stop had literary significance: Richmond for the Poe Museum; Baltimore for Poe’s grave; Hartford, CT, for the Mark Twain house; and Salem, Cambridge, Boston, and Concord, MA, which is pretty much the mecca of American literature.

    posted by Haley on 4-16-2010 at 2:24 pm

86. 1) I went through a scientist phase until I got to high school and realized it wasn’t my thing. I flirted with the idea of art conservation for about five minutes during a field trip to see it in action. . . and then the conservationist told us you had to be great at chemistry for the job. I briefly wanted to be a lawyer (probably because that’s what everyone said they wanted to be). As a child I wanted to be a horse trainer, even though I lived in suburbia and had never ridden a horse.
    As an adult, I have a “real” job and in my free time I’m a writer, photographer, actor, and dancer. And while it would be amazing to get paid for any of those things, it’s kind of nice just to do them for fun – less pressure!

    2) Lord of the Rings, probably every other year. I will usually re-read something by Bill Bryson every year.

    3)On a trip to San Francisco, my husband and I found the Wave Organ near the Presidio because I had read about it on Mental Floss. . .

    posted by Andrea on 4-16-2010 at 2:37 pm

87. 1. When I was five I either wanted to be a ballerina or a gymnist. Then it was a doctor. Now I teach English as a second language and LOVE IT.

    posted by Rachel O. on 4-16-2010 at 2:45 pm

88. 1. When I was a kid I wanted to be a comedian and have my own sitcom. Now I’m a teacher. My kids laugh at me an my cheesy jokes though…

    2. I reread Pride and Prejudice often and East of Eden whenever my siblings are annoying me.

    3. Anne Frank’s house and the Hockey Hall of Fame

    posted by Addie on 4-16-2010 at 2:49 pm

89. 1. When I was a kid I wanted to be a mommy (am one now) first, and then a teacher, a fashion designer, a contractor, an accountant, and then a teacher again. I LOVE math, but am not a math teacher (I’m actually a speech-language pathologist in an elementary school), which I guess is where the accounting thing came from. However, after taking accounting in college and realizing how absolutely bored I was, I changed my major to English/education, and have not regretted it (I guess my love of books trumped my love of math at the time).
    2. I don’t tend to reread books intentionally — usually it is when I am in a library/bookstore browsing, realize that I haven’t read the book in a long time, and then proceed to skim the entire thing again, looking for the “good parts.”
    3. Best “flossy” trip — Greece. I’ve been there twice, done the usual “touristy” things, but since my husband’s family is from Greece, we went to some out of the way things, like caves and waterfalls, as well as mountains and seas, etc. No plans, just went wherever we felt like it.
    4. Movies — just re-watched (for about the 200th time) The Princess Bride. Classic!

    posted by Jenny on 4-16-2010 at 3:00 pm

90. 1. I wanted to be an Xray tech for some reason, and am about to graduate with a nursing degree. I guess that means I came close.
    2. I reread David Sedaris books all the time.
    3. When I have the money, I go to the museum in Cincinnati, because it is a two hour drive away and I love it.
    4. To Sir with Love- I watched it not too long ago, and had not seen it since I was a lot younger. The end always makes me teary-eyed.

    posted by jpatte02 on 4-16-2010 at 3:08 pm

91. 1. I’ve always written short stories and poetry, so I’ve always wanted to be a writer, but I’ve figured that’s gonna be kind of a second/spare time sort of career. Through the years I’ve wanted to be an archaeologist, a congresswoman (mainly because I wanted to make up the rules ;)), an artist, a librarian, and when I was 7, I wanted to open an “everything’s a penny” mall. I do still think archaeology is cool, but I don’t think I want that as a career. I’m trying to figure out what I wanna be, but right now I’m looking into animal behaviorist, evolutionary biologist, enviornmental biology, or maybe something like a museum curator where I could study LOTS of different branches of science (which is part of the appeal of evolutionary biology too)

    2. I’ve read Lois McMaster Bujold’s Sharing Knife series I don’t know how many times. I do absolutely love her other books as well and have reread them too, but there’s something about the Sharing Knife world that really appeals to me. I also reread Terry Pratchett’s DiscWorld books on a regular basis. Feet of Clay and Thud are two of my absolute favorites. Monsters Regiment is also good when I’m down in the dumps.

    4. If your local library carries any of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 movies, some of those are definitely worth it. If you like the Rom/Com genre at all, then I really like the movie Return To Me. I think it’s sweet without being too cloying. And since the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission has just passed, the movie might be appropriate.

    posted by KC on 4-16-2010 at 3:12 pm

92. 3. When I went to Vegas with my college roomates (after college) we went to the Hoover Damn. We took the Damn Tour, except they took the 15 minute one, and I took the 90 minute one Hard Hat Tour.

    posted by HansMoleman on 4-16-2010 at 3:14 pm

93. Eden I read the exact same books every year.

    And I’ve read the Lovely Bones and Time Travelers wife quite a few times over the last few years.

    And Gone with the Wind.

    I’m such a dork.

    posted by Christine on 4-16-2010 at 3:28 pm

94. Rereading, I realize that I need to specify that I did NOT want to be a palentologist. I like/d dinosaurs, but I wasn’t nutty over them. I wanted to be an archaeologist, specializing in Mayan culture. (I also liked studying the Egyptian stuff, but I didn’t tune into every PBS program I could find like I did with the Mayan stuff)

    posted by KC on 4-16-2010 at 3:31 pm

95. 1.I really wanted to be an astronaut when I was in elementary school. after the usual mommy, teacher, nurse phase.
    2.The Clan of the Cave Bear series
    3.Took my daughter to Washington DC 3 years ago. Went to several of the Smithsonian museums. Going to New ork in two weeks to see all the stuff she’s been studying in her gifted class.

    posted by old hippy chick on 4-16-2010 at 3:38 pm

96. 1. Psychologist or a writer—I work in PR now so I’m not too far off.
    2. The Prophet by Kahil Gibran– I love this book!
    3. Last year my BF took me on a 5 hour motorcycle ride to eat dinner at a restaurant he used to visit when he worked in that area–when we got there we found out it closed down 3 years ago! The adventure was worth it though…
    4. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad World (the original), The Out-of-Towners (again, the original!!) and The In-Laws (do I need to say it again?)—I watch these movies at least once a year and LOVE them…oh yeah—What About Bob? Bill Murrey at his finest~

    posted by joshon87 on 4-16-2010 at 3:39 pm

97. 1) For a while I said I wanted to be an artist, and then I said I wanted to be a writer. I went on to be an English major and blogger, so at least the latter wasn’t TOO far off.

    2) I’ve found myself rereading the entire Harry Potter series every year, and I’m not ashamed to admit it!

    posted by dancing_lemur on 4-16-2010 at 3:40 pm

98. 1. We had to write a paper in 7th grade about what we wanted to be. I said commercial artist, and illustrated my report. I work as a graphic designer. Either good forecasting or lack of imagination…
    2. A Christmas Carol around Xmas, but has to be the original uncut text with all the obscure Victorian jokes still in.
    3. Well, my next vacation will be centered on Dallas in June, all because the Dallas Theatre Center is putting on the first major revival of the musical “It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman” since its run on Broadway in the 60s when my husband was 12. At the time he not only begged his parents to take him to see it, he actually saved up the money to buy tickets for them, his brother and himself (he worked in a family machine shop — hey, this was Jersey). Mother refused. He’s been obsessed with seeing it ever since…

    posted by VM on 4-16-2010 at 3:41 pm

99. 1. I think my goal was to be a mommy (hasn’t happened). I also hated school. I am now a teacher (go figure).

    2. Pride and Prejudice. I know it sounds cliche, but it is such a beautiful book.

    3. Flossiest? I have traveled a great deal – Mexico, Canada, France, and Russia. BUT…none of those popped in my head as “flossiest.” I was actually thinking of a recent trip to Pittsburgh to go the Carnegie Natural History Museum. I don’t know if that qualifies, but I can tell you that it is the best museum that I have ever been to (and I’m a museum geek!).

    4. How to Train Your Dragon was my favorite movie so far this year! It was AMAZING. We took our nephew and on the way there, we asked him how he would train a dragon. He said, “Well, first I would train it not to blow fire on my butt!” He’s six. Hilarious! Highly recommend this movie.

    posted by Sarah on 4-16-2010 at 3:41 pm

100. 1) I wanted to be a Senator or the Chief of the Cherokee Nation. I still have hopes to be one or the other.
     2) I re-read Gone With the Wind every summer.
     3) I took a trip (after convincing my parents) to Mansfield, Missouri to Rocky Ridge Farm, was Laura Ingalls Wilder’s home and now is a museum. They even have Pa’s fiddle!
     4) Harvey with James Stewart, it’s one of my favorite movies.

     posted by Raymond on 4-16-2010 at 3:43 pm

101. 1. I wanted to be an Egyptologist, a geologist, and later when my class studied Central America, I wanted to be a coffee farmer.

     2. Maybe not every year, but I read Catcher in the Rye and A Begonia for Miss Applebaum repeatedly.

     3. I’m not much of a traveler, but I do make an effort to find and photograph the library when I’m in a new town.

     4.I just saw My Cousin Vinny for the first time last night. Never realized it was such a funny movie. I also just caught Irma La Douce on tv…I love Jack Lemmon!

     posted by vegebrarian on 4-16-2010 at 3:52 pm

102. 1. I came in second in a poster contest in middle school for my career choice of “Conservationist.” Now I’m a community planner by way of art and art history, so I guess I sort of went back around to conservation eventually.
     2. I probably read the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy once a year or so. I just recently re-read Mere Christianity by CS Lewis, and I believe it will now be a yearly read. It’s such a beautiful, simple exposition of the faith.
     3. I went to Florence, but not on vacation. The art and architecture were so lovely. My dream nerd vacation would be to Great Salt Lake in Utah to see Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty. My husband thinks I’m crazy.
     4. I would recommend His Girl Friday. A pretty well know screwball comedy, but one that still makes me laugh even after multiple viewings over the years. Clue would also be a fantastic choice.

     posted by stacey on 4-16-2010 at 3:57 pm

103. 1. I wanted to be a judge when I was younger. Although that had a lot to do w/ the fact that I watched “Night Court” all the time :)

     2. It’s not every year, but I do like to re-read Pride and Prejudice as often as possible.

     3. When I went to D.C. on a school field trip, I’m pretty sure I was the only one who was super jazzed to go to the Holocaust Museum.

     4. Twister was on last night…haven’t seen that one in a while. Still pretty good.

     posted by Stephanie on 4-16-2010 at 4:02 pm

104. 1. I wanted to be a lawyer for many years while growing up. I majored in pre-law, was the secretary of my univerisity’s pre-law club, and passed the LSAT with flying colors. And then I met a guy, fell in love, and decided to ditch my dreams to stay with him.

     2. I’ve re-read Gone With the Wind each year since I first read it.

     3. I spent a week going to the Smithsonian from the moment it opened until it closed. :)

     4. I loved Hot Tub Time Machine. I love the 80s!

     posted by Corinne on 4-16-2010 at 4:25 pm

105. I wanted to be a pediatrician when I was five, which switched to being a writer when I was six, which is where I’ve more or less stayed.

     posted by Amy on 4-16-2010 at 4:33 pm

106. 1. I wanted to be an anthropologist and a writer. I’m a journalist today, and my sister is majoring in anthro., so I did pretty well.
     2. I re-read a ton. When I was small, it was “The Secret Garden” and “Anne of Green Gables.” Today, it’s “Harry Potter” and “Pride & Prejudice.”
     3. I’m such a nerd for natural history museums. I’ve been to The Globe, too (saw Richard III).

     posted by Jenny on 4-16-2010 at 5:05 pm

107. 1. When I was about 6 or 7 I wanted to be a garbage man because I thought it would be the coolest job to stand on the back bumper holding onto that bar riding around the whole town.

     2. Every fall when the weather turns cool I’ll take a week off work to spend time with the wife for our anniversary, and I reread Fight Club. I had seen the movie a billion times, but finally decided to read it on the plane to and from our honeymoon, and LOVED IT. Something about that time of year makes me think of it again, and I’ll read it and watch it in the same week. I still notice little nuances with every new viewing/reading.

     3. No flossy trips to report….yet.

     4. My favorite movie in the whole wide world: Patch Adams. Robin Williams and Philip Seymour Hoffman are awesome in that movie. I’ve always been surprised at how many people I’ve met that have never heard of that movie. And I have to give props to Katie – Pirate Radio has the best soundtrack EVER!!!

     posted by NukeGuy on 4-16-2010 at 5:10 pm

108. 1-I wanted to be everything at once. A teacher, doctor, police chief and lawyer

     2-I hate re-reading books. It’s an odd thing to dislike but it drives me nuts

     3-Before we were married my husband and I went to Vegas for a “Dark Age of Camelot” convention. I was along because it was Vegas he went because he loved the game that much but we both attended the convention (and had a blast in Vegas).

     4-Finally saw Star Trek (the new one) and it was pretty kick ass.

     posted by Sharon on 4-16-2010 at 5:44 pm

109. 1- test pilot or astronaut but i am blind as a bat so ain’t gonna happen

     2- call it tradition but read A Wish For Wings That Work (Bloom County)

     3- if you want to call it a pilgrimage – i did 4 years US Navy submarine duty and went to Hawaii 5 times (3 month patrol each time)

     4 – just watched Sherlock Holmes on On-Demand – pretty good!

     posted by Subvet on 4-16-2010 at 5:46 pm

110. 1. Growing up I wanted to be a soldier, a Green Beret more specifically, I’m leaving for boot in July and we’ll see about the Green Beret.
     2. No
     3. I got nothing
     4. I watched Shutter Island a week ago and really dug it.

     posted by matt on 4-16-2010 at 6:21 pm

111. 1. When I was very young I wanted to be a princess or a ballerina or a fairy. Then I wanted to be a judge for the longest time. That left with my realization that it’s sort of boring. I’m just about to finish getting a degree in social work. So far I love it.

     2. God Bless Your Mr. Rosewater (or Pearls Before Swine) by Vonnegut

     3. I haven’t really had one yet. But my little sister just got into Berkeley, and if/when I visit her I’m planning on sneaking off to the sociology department to walk the same halls Erving Goffman did. Also, when I was 14 my family and I were on vacation in London and we stopped by the Lord of the Rings museum exhibit.

     4. My roommates and I just checked out The Canterville Ghost from our public library. A 1940s film about cowardly ghosts based on an Oscar Wilde story. Score.

     posted by Alison on 4-16-2010 at 6:24 pm

112. 1. An actress! …and now I live in a very small town where, when I converse with the locals, my conversation is sprinkled with words, phrases and lines from books, plays and films that, while completely apropos to the subject at hand, make them either roll their eyes or simply give me that “I didn’t understand a thing you just said” look. Therefore I am beginning to feel a bit out of touch… like Norma Desmond….the actress!
     2, My all time favorite books to read over and over are: Large dictionaries, a large thesaurus, Bartlett’s Quotations, “Auntie Mame” by Patrick Dennis, “A Short Trot with a Cultured Mind” by Patrick Campbell and “Poems of Passion” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
     3. My favorite pilgrimage (to floss my mind) is smack dab in the middle of any of the reservations in the Four Corners area here in the States. Nothing like the expanse of same to put things into perspective.
     4. Ahhh Movies: Kind of Hearts, Harold and Maude, Auntie Mame….and several others. The ‘favorite’ movies are like favorite books…you can ‘open’ them anywhere and be right at home.

     posted by M. Forrest on 4-16-2010 at 6:42 pm

113. 1. I wanted to be a professor at a university…or a writer.

     2. Atlas Shrugged I read at least once a year..

     3. Went to the Smithsonian last April, it was wonderful.

     4. Latest movie? Sleeper with Woody Allen. Why that movie cracks me up is beyond me.

     posted by Sherrie on 4-16-2010 at 6:49 pm

114. 1. When I was younger, I was the patient of an absolutely wonderful pediatric neurologist, who also happened to share my first name. She really inspired me, and for years I wanted to be a pediatric neurologist too…until I realized that would require medical school and treating children with medical issues (and I freak out in hospitals knowing what goes on in them, even if I can’t see it). I still grew up to work with kids, though!

     2. No, but that sounds like something I’d like to start doing.

     3. I guess the _flossiest trip I’ve taken is when I went to Chicago at Thanksgiving a couple of years ago and took one of the last architectural boat tours. It was FREEZING cold (and worse once we got out on the lake), but totally awesome (and educational!).

     4. One of my favorite non-new releases is the original 1979 version of The In-Laws (with Alan Arkin and Peter Falk). So many funny moments…but you have to be in the right frame of mind to really appreciate it. Serpentine!!!

     posted by CK on 4-16-2010 at 8:47 pm

115. Sorry – one of the last architectural tours of the season is what I meant. Got caught up in the memory and forgot to finish the sentence! :-)

     posted by CK on 4-16-2010 at 8:49 pm

116. 1. I had the usual dreams that lasted a couple of weeks at a stretch- firefighter, president, astronaut. But the one that always stuck was being a writer, which is eventually what I became last year. It isn’t always easy, but I pay my bills by writing full-time, and I love it.

     Shameless plugs for the starving writer: 12in365.wordpress.com and http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/711461/tucker_cummings.html

     2. The Secret History by Donna Tartt, The Boy Detective Fails by Joe Meno, and the complete series of Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis.

     3. The library just above the Book of Kells at Trinity College in Dublin (known as the Long Room). It’s nerdy because 1) It’s filled with old books and busts of famous writers and 2) It was used as the Jedi Library in Star Wars (episode 2 if memory serves)

     4. I just watched the 2002 version of Nicolas Nickleby last night. It was incredible. I laughed, I cried, I marveled at amazing performances. I’m also a fan of the new Emma starring Romola Garai. And if you can get your hands on it, the Julie Taymor directed version of Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex.

     posted by TSC on 4-16-2010 at 9:02 pm

117. Wanted to be an artist, then an oral surgeon, then an archeologist. By the time I graduated from high school all I wanted to do was rock. And, yes, I wish I had pursued music thing. But I figure I’ll get over it in forty years or so.

     I read “Joy of Cooking” at least 5 times a year. And I’ve got a couple Bathroom Readers that are well worn.

     I geeked/flossed out and went to Buenos Aires alone a few years ago. I felt an intense urge. I had the best time exploring and indulging in the history, the sights, and the food. The best part was that I was free to do whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted.

     I haven’t seen a whole movie in ages. Too ADD, I guess.

     posted by chrispy on 4-16-2010 at 9:29 pm

118. 1. Growing up, I always wanted to be an author. Now, I’m a newspaper editor who does a little writing (articles, not books).

     2. Maybe not every year, but often enough: Valley of Adventure by Jackson Gregory (1934). As a junior high student, I found it in on my grandmother’s book shelf. I borrowed it so often, she finally gave it to me.

     3. I can’t remember the last time I went on vacation. However, when my girls were younger, we took a day trip to Shreveport and visited the arboretum and two art museums (all for free admission). No gambling involved.

     4. I finally got around to watching the worst movie ever made — Battlefield Earth. Actually, it wasn’t that bad. But, with John Travolta (and milions of dollars) involved, you expected a lot better. Still, I can finally say I’ve seen that one.

     posted by Karen L. on 4-16-2010 at 9:45 pm

119. I wanted to be Jonny Quest when I grew up. Or Kim from the Kipling novel.

     I re-read the whole Patrick O’Brian seafaring series every other year or so. And Jane Austen of course.

     For all that youthful yearning for adventure, I haven’t traveled much, and I’ve spent my adult years as a mom of 5.

     posted by C Jones on 4-16-2010 at 10:02 pm

120. I either wanted to be an actress or a scientist. I’m not interested in either of those things now, but I do envy my younger self. At least I had some ideas of what I wanted to be. Now I have no clue.

     I reread Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (book 5) anytime I have to travel for long periods of time. It’s my favorite of the HP series. I also like to reread A Series of Unfortunate Events because I’m still trying to figure out what the heck is going on.

     I have yet to go there but the “flossiest” place I want to go is to visit Edgar Allan Poe’s grave site. I’m a huge fan.

     As for good movies…The Sound of Music (my favorite),Saving Private Ryan, 12 Angry Men, A Hard Day’s Night, Monty Python and the Holy Grail

     posted by Cam on 4-16-2010 at 10:09 pm

121. I still have a couple of years before college but I remember wanting to be a paleontologist because I loved dinosaurs! I still do (Jurassic Park fan :D ) but not enough to dig for ‘em I guess :P

     posted by cassy on 4-16-2010 at 10:15 pm

122. 1. I pretty much always wanted to be a teacher, and now I am. I was misguided then and misguided now. It’s a whole lot harder than it’s cracked up to be. However, summer vacation eternally makes it worth it.

     2. As a teacher, there are several books I read over and over again. A couple of my favorites are War with Grandpa, A Cricket in Times Square, Sign of the Beaver and Night of the Twisters.

     3. On our honeymoon to San Antonio, we made a point to visit both the historic Catholic Missions and the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Museum in Austin on the way back. Sadly enough, the LBJ museum was the true highlight of our trip. That place is full of fascinating memorabilia.

     4. Movies? Who has time to sit down and watch an entire movie? Anyway, a couple of oldies but goodies that I will always sit still to watch are Steel Magnolias, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, To Kill a Mockingbird, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Gone in 60 Seconds, Ocean’s Eleven (but only the one with George Clooney)…

     posted by Stacey on 4-16-2010 at 10:26 pm

123. 1. I’m still trying to figure that out. But the careers I wanted to have when I was younger included movie star, chemist, voice actress, sex therapist, playwright, and wedding planner (which is probably the closest to what I do now–I’m an intern at a wedding magazine.)

     2. Summer Sisters by Judy Blume. I bought it in hardback back in 1998 and had it until last year, when it was destroyed by a leaky air conditioner :(

     3. On a drive back from Pittsburgh, my dad spontaneously decided we absolutely had to go to Roadside America. I also used to go to school/live in Binghamton, New York aka the hometown of Rod Serling, if that counts for _floss-y ness.

     4. The last movie I sat down and watched at home was Ponyo, which is so beautiful. That probably has about a million holds at the library, so the movie before that was SLC Punk! which is amazing.

     posted by furiousk on 4-16-2010 at 11:40 pm

124. 1. I wanted to go into space, I eventually spent five years on a submarine. That was kinda like being in space, except no windows full of stars.

     2. I used to refer to The Godfather as my bible, I don’t re-read so much as just pick it up and start reading at some random place. The HHGG “trilogy” is always readable, as well as on my ipod constantly. The Westing Game is probably my favourite book from childhood that I regularly read.

     3. After hearing The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota by Weird Al, I somehow convinced my parents to take us there. It was probably due to the inexpensiveness of the trip, since we lived in MN. Oh, and we listened to the song over and over during the trip.

     4. Moon is probably the newest movie I have seen that was good. I also recently re-watched The Philadelphia Story for the umpteenth time, it’s great.

     posted by dizzlski on 4-17-2010 at 12:06 am

125. Whoops…Just read my little blurb…the first movie is KinG of Hearts…not KinD of Hearts….with Alan Bates. Worth letting you know, ’cause it is worth you seeing it.

     posted by M. Forrest on 4-17-2010 at 12:59 am

126. 1.) I wanted to be a paleontologist. In Kindergarten. And, truly knew what that meant. I could name ever dinosaur ever classified, had countless model skeletons, pretended to dig up bones, etc. Then, I hit high school and had my science dreams dashed by a sexist Biology teacher who pretty much told me I was stupid. Gave up on science and decided to become a lawyer in International Relations. Found that too boring in school and became an ESL/TEFL teacher.

     2.) If you’ve never heard of it, check out “A Tale of Time City” by Diana Weyen Jones (sp?) I believe. That book is AMAZING. I used to reread it religiously, but the only copy I’ve ever come across was lost in a cross-country move.

     3.) When I was seven or eight, I rode with my aunt and uncle from Georgia to Lincoln, NE, taking the long route. We ended up stopping over in Hannibal, Missouri, late one night. Woke up the next morning to find ourselves in the middle of the Tom Sawyer Days festival AND the summer of the floods. We stayed an extra night, got to visit all the sights, and met the mayor on the Mississippi River overlook (though we didn’t know he was the mayor until later). My aunt bought me a copy of Tom Sawyer before we continued on our way. Apparently, for the rest of the journey, I sat in the back reading. I read the whole book that day. It was awesome! I’ve been back a few times since and really love that town. Go, Twain!

     4.) Hmmm, how about an oldie but a goody? Where the Boys Are, Spring Break, coeds, pregnancy scare, and crazy kids doing the twist. Great movie. Surprisingly modern themes for the times.

     posted by Brandy on 4-17-2010 at 1:12 am

127. 1) A ballerina, because that was what (almost) all little girlies wanted to be when they were seven. I also wanted to be famous pianist, just because I played piano at that time, which was also another little-girl type thing.

     2) I don’t really have any ritual of rereading books every year, but my undying devotion to Anne of Green Gables leads me to read a few of my favorite books from the series every so often.

     4) Little Nicky. I was just thinking of watching it recently.

     posted by Jane on 4-17-2010 at 1:31 am

128. 4) One of my favorite movies of all time is ‘Arsenic and Old Lace.’ It is, of course, quite old and stars Cary Grant, but very, very funny.

     And now that summer is around the corner–and hockey will be ending–I have my three favorite hockey movies that I watch every year: Slap Shot (Paul Newman, profane, a hockey fan’s dream), Miracle (the theater version from 2004 with Kurt Russell, very patriotic/inspirational, but NOT sappy), and Mystery, Alaska (has Russell Crowe, what else can be said). All good.

     posted by cmfalls on 4-17-2010 at 2:52 am

129. 1. I wanted to be a nurse. Then a doctor. Then for a brief period, a teacher. Finally I decided I would go into design, and that’s about where we’re at now. But I’m a designer who writes hellaciously better than she pushes pixels, and maybe that’s where I’ll end up. I’m annoyed, sure, and a little disappointed, but also bemused and proud.

     2. Good Night, Mister Tom and Watership Down. Also my collection of superhero manga. At LEAST once a year, that!

     3. I don’t have a nerdcation, but I do have a GEEKcation! I’ve had the good luck to be able to go to Ultramanland, Twice. Tiny little themepark at the southern tip of Japan, but to a fan, it really is something like Mecca. And it couldn’t be staffed by nicer folk. :)

     posted by Bwee on 4-17-2010 at 3:01 am

130. 1. Since the age of three I would tell anyone that would listen that I was going to be a cop. My Mom told me that was a cute idea but not a girl job. Ha! I’ve been a cop for nearly a decade and can’t imagine doing anything else. Best job ever!

     2. I re-read Ender’s Game regularly and occasssionaly read the whole series over.

     posted by Stacy on 4-17-2010 at 3:33 am

131. 1. Mommy – not yet, but hopefully soon(ish!)

     2. The Unbearable Lightness of Being

     3. Iowa’s Largest Frying Pan in Brandon Iowa (incidentally, it’s near the World’s Largest Truck Stop on I-80, which is also worth a visit)

     4. Not really any movies, but we have just recently made it through the BBC’s hilarious ‘Gavin and Stacey’

     posted by KJ on 4-17-2010 at 4:45 am

132. 1. I wanted to be a police officer and an artist. I became a gospel preacher and security officer (rent-a-cop).

     2. The only book I ever re-read is the Bible. I read it every year, throughout the year.

     4. We also get our movies from the library and sometimes RedBox. Two good films we recently watched, both happening to be foreign cinema with subtitles, were “The Lives of Others” and “The Stoning of Soraya M.”

     posted by B-Doc on 4-17-2010 at 5:00 am

133. 1. When I was about four, I saw a picture of a trucker with a load of pumpkins. Somehow I decided I wanted to be a pumpkin seller. It look a long time before my mom could convince me that being a pumpkin seller probably wouldn’t work as a full-time job.

     2. I re-read “Ronia the Robber’s Daughter”, by Astrid Lindgren (same author who wrote Pippi Longstocking) and I try to re-read “The City Who Fought” by Anne McCaffrey.

     3. Last summer my mom and I took a road trip from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Rapid City, South Dakota. Ten days, over 3000 miles, four national parks, two freezing cold nights in a tent, the Little Bighorn battlefield, countless animals, and a hell of a lot of memories.

     4. One of my favorite classics is The Court Jester, with Danny Kaye. It’s utterly hilarious!

     posted by BlueAloe on 4-17-2010 at 9:03 am

134. 1. I wanted to be a career woman and have a big office. I used to drop off my baby dolls in ‘daycare’ and ‘go off to work’. Now I’m a stay-at-home Mom to two little girls. Go figure!

     2. I totally second “The Phantom Tollbooth”. I LOVE that book and have read it every year since I was little. I even wrote my college entrance essay about it.

     3. My husband and I once (while dating in college) took a small boat to an island off the coast of Maine to a puffin breeding ground. We spent the day holed up in this drafty blinds waiting for the birds to emerge from the rocks. It was great!

     posted by Jessica on 4-17-2010 at 11:17 am

135. 1) i found this old elementary school project where i said that i wanted to be a scientist, ballerina and president. Also went through a phase when i wanted to be an architect. I’ll figure it out one day…

     2) i usually re-read Dune every once in a while – normally works out to be once every two years.

     4) It’s rather on the newer side, but I watched Gentlemen Broncos not long ago and it was strangely great!!!

     posted by bonthebon on 4-17-2010 at 3:15 pm

136. The Westing Game is an awesome book.

     posted by Mare on 4-17-2010 at 10:36 pm

137. 1. Don’t remember, It was a long time ago.

     2. It takes me about 2 years to work my way through my Nevil Shute collection.

     3. “On the Beach.” Greatest anti-war movie ever made and there isn’t a shot fired. On a lighter note “The Wizard of Speed and Time” Don’t look for it on Netflix, it isn’t on DVD due to squabbles over who owns what. It is on tape.

     posted by Ken on 4-17-2010 at 10:48 pm

138. I’ve a suggestion along the lines of #4…

     what’s the most ‘disturbing yet you don’t stop watching’ movie you’ve seen?

     posted by Anon Emous on 4-17-2010 at 11:20 pm

139. @ AJ -

     “the last one I watched at home was Up. Sadly I’m not sure either would be at your local library.”

     Actually, I used my public library for Up, Up in the Air, Inglorious Basterds, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, The Hangover, The Blindside, and Precious (i’ve got a few more I’m waiting to arrive – incl Sherlock Holmes, An Education, and The Hurt Locker)

     posted by Amy on 4-17-2010 at 11:25 pm

140. @ DJ Dave :

     I LOVE Wait Until Dark for the 1st scene with Harry Roat Jr (from Scarsdale)

     Everything about Alan Arkin is perfection… from his line delivery to the sunglasses- I want those!

     posted by Amy on 4-17-2010 at 11:29 pm

141. @ EMStoveken

     ” Movie-wise I’ve been on a bit of Peter Greenaway kick lately… A Zed and Two Naughts is amazing.”-

     I read that Greenaway says David Cronenberg based ‘Dead Ringers’ w/ Jeremy Irons on this… reading the plot description – it seems very like.

     BTW… this (Dead Ringers) is my own entry for most disturbing (at least for now) movie that I yet can’t stop watching …

     Finally saw it, and Roger describes the reaction best. when asked if liked it – say it was well made and then wince

     posted by Anon Emous on 4-17-2010 at 11:42 pm

142. Roger in above being Roger EBERT

     posted by Anon Emous on 4-17-2010 at 11:43 pm

143. 1. I think I wanted to be a writer. I still write, but I call myself an archivist by day.

     2. Sometime in early December every year, I reread “Six to Eight Black Men” by David Sedaris. You know, to contemplate what the holiday season *really* means. As a kid, I would read the entire Little House series at least once a year. I was nothing if not obsessed.

     3. I haven’t gone yet, but I’d like to arrange an entire vacation around a trip to the Mundaneum in Belgium. Paul Otlet is my hero.

     4. Try Godard’s Masculine Feminine, there’s a subplot regarding the French census, which almost makes it timely. Right?

     posted by Megan on 4-18-2010 at 12:10 am

144. 1. funeral director, at least thats what all the placement tests said i should do

     2. hitchhikers guide

     3. every year my husband and I go to cape may, nj and swing by jay and silent bobs in red bank, nooch.

     4. we do the library thing too, the last movie we ‘rented’ was silver bullet with corey haim…awesome as i remember it!

     posted by Lizzy on 4-18-2010 at 6:57 am

145. @ TSC…

     what would you suggest as further reading along the lines of ‘THE SECRET HISTORY’?

     I enjoyed Joanne Harris’s GENTLEMEN AND PLAYERS, and the films ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ and ‘Ripley’s Game’

     posted by Anon Emous on 4-18-2010 at 11:25 am

146. 3) The Maine coastline after reading a book about the geology of this area.

     posted by cdk on 4-18-2010 at 4:25 pm

147. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a marine biologist. Now I’m studying English to be a high school teacher. If I could do anything, I would open a dog shelter and rehabilitation center with my fiance. There’s still plenty of time!

     posted by Danielle on 4-18-2010 at 5:23 pm

148. I reread To Kill a Mockingbird yearly. It’s comforting.

     posted by Whitney on 4-18-2010 at 9:59 pm

149. 1) I wanted to be a vet for the longest time, but sometime in high school, I decided that treating sick animals and putting some to sleep was too heart breaking for me to stand. This year, I’m starting dental school and I couldn’t be happier about it!

     2) Little Woman (re-reading it right now as a matter of fact)

     4) Serenity (w/Nathan Fillion). Just saw it last week. Surprisingly entertaining! Then I watched the tv show based on Serenity, Firefly; also very good.

     posted by Stephanie on 4-19-2010 at 1:14 am

150. 1. I almost always wanted to be a veterinarian, or at least be able to work with animals in some ways! I did have a brief period when I was a “tween” where I wanted to be a model. Alas, my height did not match my dream. Right now I am a homemaker, so I can’t say I fulfilled my dream, but you never know someday I might!

     2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I love love that book! I re-read quite a few books every year. A couple of the Harry Potter books, Naked by David Sedaris or whatever else I am in the mood for.

     3. Well, my boyfriend and I were coming back from a wedding in North Dakota and we ended up stopping in Jamestown, ND to see the “World’s Largest Bison” and the albino bison White Cloud. He and I ended up spending the whole afternoon there. We fed some bison, walked through a little “wild west” town, saw the albino bison and went through a little museum of stuffed wildlife that were local to the area. That also had albino animals. It was a spur of the moment stop and well worth it because we have great memories from that day and had a wonderful time together.

     4. “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Valley of the Dolls”. I’m kind of in a 60′s movie phase right now.

     posted by AsherKat on 4-19-2010 at 3:31 am

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