The Jobs of Movie/TV Characters
While I am thinking about school, I am going to think about school. The fact that I am so uncertain about what career path I want to pursue.. I wanted to do film, i kinda want to do english but I still am unsure. I blame television.
Television and movies makes jobs look SO much more glamorous than they are.
Why can’t I be a awesomely clever architect (Michael Scofield, Prison Break)?
Why can’t I be a bad ass private detective (Veronica Mars & Keith Mars, Veronica Mars)?
Why can’t I dig up bones and have a exciting mystery unravel and play itself out in thirty minutes (CSI, Bone ect.)?
Why can’t I deliver pizzas and then get frozen in time and then be sent to the future to send packages to distant planets risking my life with a robot and a one eyed hottie by my side (Fry, Futurama)?
Why can’t I just eat donuts and accidently be responsible for a nuclear blasts (Homer, The Simpsons)?
Why can’t I save America countless times as a agent in the government in twenty four hours (Jack Bauer, 24)?
Why can’t I be the cool cop who does nothing but drink and screw around (Superbad)?
Why can’t I be a scientist who makes crazy inventions and thus gets superpowers and does awesome things (every comic book movie)?
Why can’t I be a quirky doctor has tons of day dreams and in the end marries Sarah Chalke and is best friends with the dude from clueless (J.D, Scrubs)?
Why can’t I work at a office where you do NOTHING but fool around and have a good time (Everyone, The Office)?
Why can’t I turn into a silver puddle (Alex Mack, Alex Mack)?…ok maybe not that one, plus its not a job.
“The Office, our job entails doing nothing and getting payed for it.”
Why? Because those jobs are nothing like they are portrayed, some require a ton of school, some are hard and most likely don’t make a lot of money (do people still hire private detectives?), some are impossible, some involve dying and injuries….Point being those jobs aren’t nearly as glamorous as portrayed. Against my better judgement though I still want to try my hand at some of these jobs because they make it so cool (wow I guess i am easily persuaded).
In a perfect world all these jobs would be just as glamorous I suppose. Now tell me where do I apply for one of these jobs listed above…I suppose Narnia, that or whatever alternate universe Martha Stewert lives in where ex-cons make reputable home decorators?
