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Title: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: AppleJack on June 19, 2012, 10:09:57 AM
I was convinced I was going to be the shortstop for the Royals AND a wide receiver for the Chiefs.

I finally gave up on both of those last year. :(
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Post by: steve dave on June 19, 2012, 10:12:44 AM
Royals pitcher or outfielder.  Took me awhile to realize I sucked at baseball. 
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Post by: hemmy on June 19, 2012, 10:15:51 AM
I wanted Arnold Schwarzenegger to be my dad, and then I was going to follow in his legacy and become a real beef cake.
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Post by: 420seriouscat69 on June 19, 2012, 10:16:43 AM
Royals pitcher, Chiefs receiver, and the next Brad Pitt on the movie screen. So far i'm 3 for 3.
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Post by: Trim on June 19, 2012, 10:17:27 AM
We've done this.  Saul said he wanted to own an EMAW message board.

I wanted to have a widely fluctuating memory.
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Post by: Rage Against the McKee on June 19, 2012, 10:24:03 AM
James Bond. It didn't happen and it doesn't look like it's going to. :frown:
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Post by: ben ji on June 19, 2012, 10:25:47 AM
Jerry Rice.
Title: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: puniraptor on June 19, 2012, 10:27:18 AM
Dinosaur hunter
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Post by: Dr Rick Daris on June 19, 2012, 10:35:58 AM
royals baseball player and yeah i'm pretty sure we've done this one before. what's interesting is that even at a young age i think i was pretty realistic, because i kind of remember thinking that i'd be like a utility infielder or something for the royals. like yeah the whole royals thing and playing for them was absurdly unrealistic, but at least i wasn't projecting myself as an all-star or anything.
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Post by: 8manpick on June 19, 2012, 11:05:12 AM
Really wanted to be an announcer or statistician for the Royals. Or a player of course.
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Post by: CNS on June 19, 2012, 11:22:14 AM
All of you guys who wanted to work/play for the Royals really dodged a bullet.

Grats.

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Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on June 19, 2012, 11:24:35 AM
royals baseball player and yeah i'm pretty sure we've done this one before. what's interesting is that even at a young age i think i was pretty realistic, because i kind of remember thinking that i'd be like a utility infielder or something for the royals. like yeah the whole royals thing and playing for them was absurdly unrealistic, but at least i wasn't projecting myself as an all-star or anything.

Fantastic idea. Instead of crushing my future children's dreams, I'm just going to water them down a bit.

Let me ask you this, Daris, are you at all upset that you fell short of your not-so-lofty major league dream? Probably not.

I wanted to be a hockey player. I remember my mom telling me that I would lose all of my teeth, so I had to promise her I'd still wear a cage even though it didn't look cool. .
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Post by: Dr Rick Daris on June 19, 2012, 11:29:16 AM
royals baseball player and yeah i'm pretty sure we've done this one before. what's interesting is that even at a young age i think i was pretty realistic, because i kind of remember thinking that i'd be like a utility infielder or something for the royals. like yeah the whole royals thing and playing for them was absurdly unrealistic, but at least i wasn't projecting myself as an all-star or anything.

Fantastic idea. Instead of crushing my future children's dreams, I'm just going to water them down a bit.

Let me ask you this, Daris, are you at all upset that you fell short of your not-so-lofty major league dream? Probably not.

I wanted to be a hockey player. I remember my mom telling me that I would lose all of my teeth, so I had to promise her I'd still wear a cage even though it didn't look cool. .

what can i say, if you shoot for the stars of being a switch hitting spray the outfield type utility infielder and end up short then there's no reason to hang your head. also, i bet all of the other kids in the boston hockey league you played in while growing up got quite the kick out of that.
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Post by: stunted on June 19, 2012, 11:29:29 AM
After 1998 I wanted to be quarterback for KSU.
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Post by: michigancat on June 19, 2012, 12:17:24 PM
royals baseball player and yeah i'm pretty sure we've done this one before. what's interesting is that even at a young age i think i was pretty realistic, because i kind of remember thinking that i'd be like a utility infielder or something for the royals. like yeah the whole royals thing and playing for them was absurdly unrealistic, but at least i wasn't projecting myself as an all-star or anything.

this is how kansans dream. I wanted to be a fullback, not a QB for similar reasons.
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Post by: Kat Kid on June 19, 2012, 12:18:30 PM
I wanted to be a lawyer.  I mean is there any more boring dream you could possibly have as a kid?
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on June 19, 2012, 12:24:42 PM
I wanted to be a lawyer.  I mean is there any more boring dream you could possibly have as a kid?


you still could be one!  :excited:
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Post by: Kat Kid on June 19, 2012, 12:25:48 PM
I wanted to be a lawyer.  I mean is there any more boring dream you could possibly have as a kid?


you still could be one!  :excited:

do.  not.  want.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: Tobias on June 19, 2012, 12:26:56 PM
fox mulder, although in retrospect i think hank moody may have been a more fulfilling/realistic dream
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Post by: stunted on June 19, 2012, 12:52:35 PM
royals baseball player and yeah i'm pretty sure we've done this one before. what's interesting is that even at a young age i think i was pretty realistic, because i kind of remember thinking that i'd be like a utility infielder or something for the royals. like yeah the whole royals thing and playing for them was absurdly unrealistic, but at least i wasn't projecting myself as an all-star or anything.

this is how kansans dream. I wanted to be a fullback, not a QB for similar reasons.

Beta.
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Post by: DQ12 on June 19, 2012, 01:01:42 PM
Yeah I wanted to be a ninja.

Sister wanted to be a "firetruck."
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: michigancat on June 19, 2012, 01:02:52 PM
royals baseball player and yeah i'm pretty sure we've done this one before. what's interesting is that even at a young age i think i was pretty realistic, because i kind of remember thinking that i'd be like a utility infielder or something for the royals. like yeah the whole royals thing and playing for them was absurdly unrealistic, but at least i wasn't projecting myself as an all-star or anything.

this is how kansans dream. I wanted to be a fullback, not a QB for similar reasons.

Beta.

this is true.
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Post by: ben ji on June 19, 2012, 01:04:34 PM
White collar worker with my own cube in southern joco
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Post by: DQ12 on June 19, 2012, 01:05:43 PM
kids are so stupid
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: SabiNation on June 19, 2012, 01:38:53 PM
I wanted to be Joe Randa. That's right, Joe rough ridin' Randa
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: michigancat on June 19, 2012, 01:50:17 PM
I wanted to be Joe Randa. That's right, Joe rough ridin' Randa

this must be some kind of joke
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Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on June 19, 2012, 01:56:10 PM
I wanted to be Joe Randa. That's right, Joe rough ridin' Randa

this must be some kind of joke

Better than Mike Sweeney?  :dunno:
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: michigancat on June 19, 2012, 02:03:22 PM
I wanted to be Joe Randa. That's right, Joe rough ridin' Randa

this must be some kind of joke

Better than Mike Sweeney?  :dunno:

eh, I guess my joke was pretty weak.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: DQ12 on June 19, 2012, 02:14:17 PM
I wanted to be Joe Randa. That's right, Joe rough ridin' Randa

this must be some kind of joke

Better than Mike Sweeney?  :dunno:

eh, I guess my joke was pretty weak.
:D
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Post by: slimz on June 19, 2012, 02:20:52 PM
I wanted to be a lawyer.  I mean is there any more boring dream you could possibly have as a kid?

I'd be willing to wager that at least 50% of attorneys wanted to be one when they were a kid. It may have been a fallback option behind LOOGY for the Royals or ST gunner for the Chiefs, but it was on the list.
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Post by: yoga-like_abana on June 19, 2012, 02:30:25 PM
I wanted to be Joe Randa. That's right, Joe rough ridin' Randa

this must be some kind of joke

Better than Mike Sweeney?  :dunno:

eh, I guess my joke was pretty weak.
:D
adorable
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Post by: j-dub on June 19, 2012, 02:58:44 PM
the 2nd greatest quarterback of all time because i didn't think anyone could ever be better than john elway.

being relegated to 2nd string in 7th grade and moved to tight end in 8th effectively ended those hopes.
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Post by: SabiNation on June 19, 2012, 03:03:42 PM
I wanted to be Joe Randa. That's right, Joe rough ridin' Randa

this must be some kind of joke

I was never the best hitter when I played baseball. But man I was slick with the glove over at the hot corner...Thus, Joe Randa
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Post by: hemmy on June 19, 2012, 03:09:59 PM
Also, I thought WWF ringside announcer, or WWF referee would have been amazing.
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Post by: mocat on June 19, 2012, 03:20:40 PM
I just wanted to keep playing with Legos forever, but get paid to do it when I grew up.
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Post by: _33 on June 19, 2012, 03:43:24 PM
zookeeper
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Post by: SwiftCat on June 19, 2012, 03:47:13 PM
I just wanted to keep playing with Legos forever, but get paid to do it when I grew up.

yeah that sounds about right.
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Post by: star seed 7 on June 19, 2012, 03:50:50 PM
I wanted to be a lawyer.  I mean is there any more boring dream you could possibly have as a kid?

Same, from like 6 to 19.  Then I realized im quite lazy and not very intelligent.
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Post by: SdK on June 19, 2012, 05:21:57 PM
An Oceanographer. Jacques Cousteau  :love:
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Post by: CHONGS on June 19, 2012, 05:34:32 PM
jazz musician
Title: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: felix rex on June 19, 2012, 05:45:21 PM
royals baseball player and yeah i'm pretty sure we've done this one before. what's interesting is that even at a young age i think i was pretty realistic, because i kind of remember thinking that i'd be like a utility infielder or something for the royals. like yeah the whole royals thing and playing for them was absurdly unrealistic, but at least i wasn't projecting myself as an all-star or anything.

this is how kansans dream. I wanted to be a fullback, not a QB for similar reasons.

I enjoyed this.

Also, I wanted to be something involving rocks I found in my driveway and sometimes on field trips.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on June 19, 2012, 06:14:44 PM
I just wanted to keep playing with Legos forever, but get paid to do it when I grew up.

you still can!

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/21/living/lego-job-contest/index.html
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Post by: michigancat on June 19, 2012, 06:39:54 PM
I just wanted to keep playing with Legos forever, but get paid to do it when I grew up.

you still can!

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/21/living/lego-job-contest/index.html

It actually helps if you're EMAW:

http://www.brickstructures.com/Home.html
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Post by: Stevesie60 on June 19, 2012, 06:47:28 PM
An Animorph
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Post by: SabiNation on June 20, 2012, 12:07:20 AM
An Animorph

  :thumbs:
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Post by: EMAWmeister on June 20, 2012, 12:47:20 AM
CIA and FBI agent
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Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on June 20, 2012, 08:41:35 AM
CIA and FBI agent

That's stupid. There's no way they would let you be in both clubs.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on June 20, 2012, 08:45:41 AM
CIA and FBI agent

That's stupid. There's no way they would let you be in both clubs.

If you managed to create a second identity for yourself that even the CIA and FBI couldn't track, it absolutely is possible. Those guys get a ton of sick time, so they probably wouldn't even realize what's going on when you are at the other office.
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Post by: Dr. Feelgood on June 20, 2012, 09:52:35 AM
I was pretty obsessed with becoming a chef.  My mom used to have a regular grocery list and my personal experimental list, which in 1984 was pretty "gnarly."  This all came to a screeching halt when my cousin shoed me Surfer Rosa and Strangeways, Here We Come.  I went through a few stages of different humanist tracks, but then I went to college, sold out, and decided I wanted to make $$.

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Post by: Mr Bread on June 20, 2012, 10:16:08 AM
From about 8-13 years old I sincerely wanted to be a hitman.  A professional contract killer like oscar Willis in The Jackal or Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas in Assassins.  Oh and definitely like John Cusack in Grosse Pointe Blank and Wahlberg, LDP and company in The Big Hit.  Just wasn't practical though, so I let it go.  Now I'm a rough ridin' lawyer. 
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Post by: pissclams on June 20, 2012, 10:19:07 AM
interesting that you didn't want to be like Léon in the Professional, i guess he had too much heart to be admired by a real assassin.
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Post by: Mr Bread on June 20, 2012, 10:25:57 AM
interesting that you didn't want to be like Léon in the Professional, i guess he had too much heart to be admired by a real assassin.

That movie painted a sad and lonely portrait of killing for money.  Did not want as a child. 

eta:  Also, while a badass, he was a chump as far as handling his finances was concerned.  I didn't aspire to be a simp.  On a side note, he was playing with some serious pedophile fire there.  You can only toe that line for so long totally unsupervised and unaccountable.  Probably best he died. 
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Post by: bringonthecats on June 20, 2012, 01:04:55 PM
i wanted to own a ranch with 1,000 horses. it could still happen i guess. but, like i wouldn't even know where to start...
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Post by: SkinnyBenny on June 20, 2012, 01:58:02 PM
Had a crazy dream that I was going to play basketball for the Georgia Bulldogs with my younger bro. We were going to live with my grandpa in his house in Athens.

Then after college I planned on playing for the Atlanta Hawks but commuting to Atlanta every day via helicopter from our family's time share in the north Georgia mountains.

So far, so good.   :cool:
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Post by: felix rex on June 20, 2012, 02:03:54 PM
i wanted to own a ranch with 1,000 horses. it could still happen i guess. but, like i wouldn't even know where to start...

Two horses?  :dunno:
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Post by: mocat on June 20, 2012, 04:57:23 PM
Oh I forgot, in addition to being a professional Lego player wither, I wanted to be a fighter pilot like crazy. F/A-18. Man, what a letdown real life is.
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Post by: j-dub on June 21, 2012, 01:32:52 AM
i wanted to own a ranch with 1,000 horses. it could still happen i guess. but, like i wouldn't even know where to start...

 :love: oh man! i still harbor a dream of one day training a kentucky derby horse. can i rent out a stall pretty please  :excited:
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Post by: Trim on June 21, 2012, 06:39:14 AM
i wanted to own a ranch with 1,000 horses. it could still happen i guess. but, like i wouldn't even know where to start...

Two horses?  :dunno:

1 miniature horse.
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Post by: felix rex on June 21, 2012, 10:28:25 AM
It looks like this horse ranch thing is really starting to come together.
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Post by: bringonthecats on June 21, 2012, 11:28:22 AM
It looks like this horse ranch thing is really starting to come together.
obviously i'm going to need some help with this 1 miniature horse/2 real horses/1 kentucky derby horse thing....so you're all hired. no wages, only room & board.
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Post by: steve dave on June 21, 2012, 11:30:56 AM
1) buy a ranch
2) buy 999 horses
3) buy EPAW from emawgeddon
4) party
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on June 21, 2012, 11:44:39 AM
1) buy a ranch
2) buy 999 horses
3) buy EPAW from emawgeddon
4) party

Whoah, Nelly! You forgot to mention which credit card(s) to use to purchase the horses for maximum rewards points.
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Post by: yoga-like_abana on June 21, 2012, 12:06:18 PM
I wanted to have the looks and coolness of benny the jet rodriguez and the humor of ham porter.... mission accomplished  :gocho:
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Post by: EMAWmeister on June 21, 2012, 02:22:54 PM
I hope every horse in the history of earth dies/died a painful death.
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Post by: j-dub on June 21, 2012, 05:00:34 PM
I hope every horse in the history of earth dies/died a painful death.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5d5jxJ5vbM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5d5jxJ5vbM)

just go exit this world you bad person.

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Post by: EMAWmeister on June 21, 2012, 05:39:03 PM
I hope every horse in the history of earth dies/died a painful death.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5d5jxJ5vbM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5d5jxJ5vbM)

just go exit this world you bad person.

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wethepeeps.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F06%2Fdead-horse.jpg&hash=8ebd8f956df5dc951a9a3af88afdf71d4d241235)
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Post by: j-dub on June 21, 2012, 06:39:13 PM
I hope every horse in the history of earth dies/died a painful death.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5d5jxJ5vbM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5d5jxJ5vbM)

just go exit this world you bad person.

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wethepeeps.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F06%2Fdead-horse.jpg&hash=8ebd8f956df5dc951a9a3af88afdf71d4d241235)

that's it buster now you got me really good and mad*





*thanks for using a statue not a real horse it was good of you
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on June 21, 2012, 06:39:48 PM
It's over, 'Meister. No need to beat a dead horse!  :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: HeinBallz on June 21, 2012, 07:00:04 PM
Astronaut or scientist - later wanted to be an artist when my parents wouldn't send me to space camp. 

Also, Mr. Bread is quickly becoming my favorite poster.


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Post by: Bloodfart on June 25, 2012, 10:38:41 PM
Rambo from First Blood.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: Asteriskhead on June 18, 2013, 12:38:09 AM
I thought I was going to be a hall of fame linebacker for the Denver Broncos. I also thought I would win a gold medal in freestyle wrestling. I would have made it too if it wasn't for Crohn's disease.



probably not
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: felix rex on June 18, 2013, 12:45:28 AM
I wanted to be a lawyer.  I mean is there any more boring dream you could possibly have as a kid?

I was going to be an english professor.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: Panjandrum on June 18, 2013, 01:12:15 AM
Sports Broadcaster.
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Post by: Emo EMAW on June 18, 2013, 07:58:31 AM
Sniper in the USMC.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: lopakman on June 18, 2013, 08:24:32 AM
Married to Elle Macpherson.  I was a young and impressionable 14 year old boy, she was a 26 year old SI swimsuit model.  It probably wouldn't have worked out.
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Post by: WildcatNkilt on June 18, 2013, 08:27:41 AM
I wanted to be a weatherman. 
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Post by: kslim on June 18, 2013, 08:30:06 AM
A top gun pilot, went army instead. Don't judge me OK Cat
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Post by: ben ji on June 18, 2013, 08:34:19 AM
Jerry Rice
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Post by: 420seriouscat69 on June 18, 2013, 08:34:46 AM
I wanted to sell software and help run an adult sports league on the side. Thank god I didn't sale out for broadcasting.
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Post by: steve dave on June 18, 2013, 08:37:00 AM
Thank god I didn't sale out

 :D
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Post by: kslim on June 18, 2013, 08:40:13 AM
Thank god I didn't sale out

 :D
:lol:
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Post by: KSUblumpkin on June 18, 2013, 08:56:11 AM
I wanted to be a commercial airline pilot.  Instead, I got Narcolepsy.  Dream shattered.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: puniraptor on June 18, 2013, 09:38:02 AM
I wanted to be a commercial airline pilot.  Instead, I got Narcolepsy.  Dream shattered.

do you ever zonk out while psychoanalyzing?
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: KSUblumpkin on June 18, 2013, 10:51:50 AM
I wanted to be a commercial airline pilot.  Instead, I got Narcolepsy.  Dream shattered.

do you ever zonk out while psychoanalyzing?

Yup.  It happened on Friday.  I was rocking a solid Cognitive Behavioral Therapy session regarding the thought/feelings of a kid's peer group when I cashed out.  The kid freaked out and told our receptionist to call 911.  That was fun.
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Post by: ChiComCat on June 18, 2013, 11:07:08 AM
I never really had something I wanted to be.  At a certain age, I decided I want to live on an island or beach and am still working towards that goal.
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Post by: star seed 7 on June 18, 2013, 11:57:34 AM
Sniper in the USMC.

my uncle was this.  he's a total loser now.
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Post by: Emo EMAW on June 18, 2013, 12:31:43 PM
Sniper in the USMC.

my uncle was this.  he's a total loser now.

I wouldn't have been able to hack it.  Being a sniper, that is. 
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: puniraptor on June 18, 2013, 12:39:13 PM
I wanted to be a commercial airline pilot.  Instead, I got Narcolepsy.  Dream shattered.

do you ever zonk out while psychoanalyzing?

Yup.  It happened on Friday.  I was rocking a solid Cognitive Behavioral Therapy session regarding the thought/feelings of a kid's peer group when I cashed out.  The kid freaked out and told our receptionist to call 911.  That was fun.

  :surprised: then what? do you play it off like it was some scheme to analyze their inner frued zones under duress or something?
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: KSUblumpkin on June 18, 2013, 12:48:52 PM
I wanted to be a commercial airline pilot.  Instead, I got Narcolepsy.  Dream shattered.

do you ever zonk out while psychoanalyzing?

Yup.  It happened on Friday.  I was rocking a solid Cognitive Behavioral Therapy session regarding the thought/feelings of a kid's peer group when I cashed out.  The kid freaked out and told our receptionist to call 911.  That was fun.

  :surprised: then what? do you play it off like it was some scheme to analyze their inner frued zones under duress or something?

Nah.  I just tell them I'm Narcoleptic and I "Narced" out.  Cataplexy is a real mother trucker and most kids find it interesting that something is visibly wrong with me.  It actually helps them open up to me (ironically).  Then i analyze their dreams about their mother's vagina.
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Post by: Mrs. Gooch on June 18, 2013, 12:50:31 PM
I wanted to be a commercial airline pilot.  Instead, I got Narcolepsy.  Dream shattered.

do you ever zonk out while psychoanalyzing?

Yup.  It happened on Friday.  I was rocking a solid Cognitive Behavioral Therapy session regarding the thought/feelings of a kid's peer group when I cashed out.  The kid freaked out and told our receptionist to call 911.  That was fun.

  :surprised: then what? do you play it off like it was some scheme to analyze their inner frued zones under duress or something?

Nah.  I just tell them I'm Narcoleptic and I "Narced" out.  Cataplexy is a real mother trucker and most kids find it interesting that something is visibly wrong with me.  It actually helps them open up to me (ironically).  Then i analyze their dreams about their mother's vagina.

Do they get a refund for the minutes you were out?
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: KSUblumpkin on June 18, 2013, 12:54:58 PM
I wanted to be a commercial airline pilot.  Instead, I got Narcolepsy.  Dream shattered.

do you ever zonk out while psychoanalyzing?

Yup.  It happened on Friday.  I was rocking a solid Cognitive Behavioral Therapy session regarding the thought/feelings of a kid's peer group when I cashed out.  The kid freaked out and told our receptionist to call 911.  That was fun.

  :surprised: then what? do you play it off like it was some scheme to analyze their inner frued zones under duress or something?

Nah.  I just tell them I'm Narcoleptic and I "Narced" out.  Cataplexy is a real mother trucker and most kids find it interesting that something is visibly wrong with me.  It actually helps them open up to me (ironically).  Then i analyze their dreams about their mother's vagina.

Do they get a refund for the minutes you were out?

Nope.  American's with Disabilities Act is awesome as a response!  Kidding...I don't bill patients by the hour.  I work at an inpatient facility operated by Federal and State dollars so we are all salary here.  No need to worry about billing.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: Institutional Control on June 18, 2013, 01:17:13 PM
I wanted to sell software and help run an adult sports league on the side. Thank god I didn't sale out for broadcasting.

It's crazy that I had the same dream growing up.

Doesn't it feel good to have accomplished everything you ever wanted?
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: Mr Bread on June 18, 2013, 03:38:41 PM
I wanted to be a commercial airline pilot.  Instead, I got Narcolepsy.  Dream shattered.

do you ever zonk out while psychoanalyzing?

Yup.  It happened on Friday.  I was rocking a solid Cognitive Behavioral Therapy session regarding the thought/feelings of a kid's peer group when I cashed out.  The kid freaked out and told our receptionist to call 911.  That was fun.

  :surprised: then what? do you play it off like it was some scheme to analyze their inner frued zones under duress or something?

Nah.  I just tell them I'm Narcoleptic and I "Narced" out.  Cataplexy is a real mother trucker and most kids find it interesting that something is visibly wrong with me.  It actually helps them open up to me (ironically).  Then i analyze their dreams about their mother's vagina.

Are you allowed to drive?  Seems like it would be off the table. 
Title: Re: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: raquetcat on June 18, 2013, 03:52:08 PM
I wanted to be a commercial airline pilot.  Instead, I got Narcolepsy.  Dream shattered.

do you ever zonk out while psychoanalyzing?

Yup.  It happened on Friday.  I was rocking a solid Cognitive Behavioral Therapy session regarding the thought/feelings of a kid's peer group when I cashed out.  The kid freaked out and told our receptionist to call 911.  That was fun.

  :surprised: then what? do you play it off like it was some scheme to analyze their inner frued zones under duress or something?

Nah.  I just tell them I'm Narcoleptic and I "Narced" out.  Cataplexy is a real mother trucker and most kids find it interesting that something is visibly wrong with me.  It actually helps them open up to me (ironically).  Then i analyze their dreams about their mother's vagina.

Are you allowed to drive?  Seems like it would be off the table.
I had the same question, we need more deets about this narcolepsy thing blump. Has it every happened when you were banging a chick, where was the most awkward place its happened, when are you happy it happens? TIA
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: puniraptor on June 18, 2013, 03:54:40 PM
I just picture him unwrapping a brand new transformer on Christmas morning and getting so excited then keeling over like a fainting goat. super adorbs.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on June 18, 2013, 03:56:28 PM
I wanted to sell software and help run an adult sports league on the side. Thank god I didn't sale out for broadcasting.

It's crazy that I had the same dream growing up.

Doesn't it feel good to have accomplished everything you ever wanted?
It really does. Weird thread.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: Mr Bread on June 18, 2013, 03:58:41 PM
Wikipedia says that a trigger for cataplexy can be orgasm.  Also being scared.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: star seed 7 on June 18, 2013, 04:00:58 PM
there really should just be an "interesting facts about blumpz" thread.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: KSUblumpkin on June 19, 2013, 12:13:33 PM
Whoa...I should have checked this thread earlier in the day with all these Narco Sleepy questions.

First time I cashed out with a REM/cataplectic episode was when I was 8.  I caught a Northern Pike with my father and got so excited I collapsed.  My eyes were fluttering and I couldn't move (paralysis).  The "attack" lasted 45 minutes.

In high school, I started having what I thought were "migraines" for a lack of a better term.  I was seeing double and my eyes were going nuts inside my skull.  I had to lay down everyday my junior year.  Went to a neurologist and he thought I had a brain tumor...narced out when he told me right then and there (no brain tumor after MRI scan).  Finally got diagnosed with Narcolepsy at age 16 when I had a sleep study and a multiple sleep latency test.  I went into REM sleep in less than 30 seconds.

Got on some meds (Provigil) and got super smart because that is what the movie Limitless is based on.  Super drug for super nerds.  It worked.  My cataplexy went from very bad to mild.  I haven't had a cataplectic event in like 14 years.  I do however have excessive daytime sleepiness, paralysis in the morning and hypnogognic/hypnopompic hallucinations.  Those are a freaking trip.  You can see/dream some crazy stuff and you are conscious the whole time.  They say Harrient Tubman was a narcoleptic (which is why researches claim she had "visions").

At age 16 I was unable to drive.  I got my first driver's license when I was 18 years old (for 3 month durations via medical report).  After 10 years, I finally got my first real driver's license.  So yea, I am able to drive because I have mild cataplexy and I have an "aura" when I can sense an attack coming on.  I did get a full ride to K-State due to the Narcolepsy.  Nice little bonus there.

Narced out during sex???  Yup.  Orgasms...more like sleepgasms. 

Most awkward Narc out: Party in high school.  Cops came and I went full on Narcosleepy.  Cops thought I was passed out on drugs.  I was completely sober.  They picked me up and took me to the hospital because they thought I was dying.  No charges were pressed.

Most awesome Narc outs: None really stand out.  However, the benefits are awesome.  I got extra time on tests, could miss as much class as I wanted and teachers had to give me notes and free school.  I had a professor throw chalk at me to try and wake me up in class.  That was fun.  Also had a guidance counselor in high school that said I was a genetic failure and I will fail in college so I shouldn't try.  I sent her a scanned copy of my PhD. 

Sorry for the long post.  Narcolepsy is awesome and so many go undiagnosed.  There are roughly only 50,000 diagnosed Narcoleptics in the US and there are roughly 200,000 undiagnosed ones.

***Edited for Fanningism.  Thanks ben ji/Obama.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on June 19, 2013, 12:16:32 PM
 :horrorsurprise:
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: ben ji on June 19, 2013, 12:19:23 PM
throw chalk at me*


LOL! OLE BLUMPKIN GETS EXTRA TIME TO WRITE HIS POST AND STILL CANT GET IT WRITE!!!! LOLOLOLOLOLERZ
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: KSUblumpkin on June 19, 2013, 12:25:20 PM
throw chalk at me*


LOL! OLE BLUMPKIN GETS EXTRA TIME TO WRITE HIS POST AND STILL CANT GET IT WRITE!!!! LOLOLOLOLOLERZ

Hahaha!  I stopped proof reading things in graduate school.  Classic Fanning!  Some day I would right goodz.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: CNS on June 19, 2013, 12:29:15 PM
I heard that laughing is a common trigger and always thought that would suck.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: KSUblumpkin on June 19, 2013, 12:32:56 PM
I heard that laughing is a common trigger and always thought that would suck.

It is.  At football/basketball games, I can't stand.  If something awesome happens I have to sit in my seat because I don't have the strength to physically stand up.  Laughter, anger, excitement and saddness are bad triggers for me.  Stress is really hard on my internal clock.  The worst is changing time zones and daylight savings time.  The amount of sunlight really messes with me and causes me not to sleep well at night.  Not sleeping well = narco time.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on June 19, 2013, 12:58:15 PM
Turns out I've had narcoleptic this whole time. I knew something was up.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: Emo EMAW on June 19, 2013, 01:01:02 PM
Turns out I've had narcoleptic this whole time. I knew something was up.

 :D
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: Mr Bread on June 19, 2013, 01:26:22 PM
Very interesting.  So you could be raging mad about something and knock out as a result.  That is something right there.  "eff you bro!! :shakesfist: :curse: :frown: :blank: :zzz:"
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: KSUblumpkin on June 19, 2013, 02:20:21 PM
Very interesting.  So you could be raging mad about something and knock out as a result.  That is something right there.  "eff you bro!! :shakesfist: :curse: :frown: :blank: :zzz:"

100% accurate.  This describes the exact process of any tough Cats loss.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: Shooter Jones on June 19, 2013, 02:32:48 PM
NASCAR driver

Went to K-State, quickly realized I wasn't going to be poor or stupid enough to be a racecar driver.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: puniraptor on June 19, 2013, 02:40:25 PM
thanks, blumpz. That was super fascinating.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: Stevesie60 on June 20, 2013, 01:52:26 AM
Very few posters could write a post that long and make me desire to read it. KSUBlumpkin is one of them.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: SkinnyBenny on July 08, 2013, 11:02:25 PM
I wanted to be a commercial airline pilot.  Instead, I got Narcolepsy.  Dream shattered.

do you ever zonk out while psychoanalyzing?

Yup.  It happened on Friday.  I was rocking a solid Cognitive Behavioral Therapy session regarding the thought/feelings of a kid's peer group when I cashed out.  The kid freaked out and told our receptionist to call 911.  That was fun.

You. Should. Warn. Them. You. Go. To. Sleep.
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: Shacks on July 08, 2013, 11:37:40 PM
I want to sell propane and propane accessories...if my grades are good enough
Title: Re: What did you want to be when you grew up?
Post by: slobber on July 09, 2013, 07:49:07 AM
Superman