Me, a gunsmith?
Sep. 13th, 2007 08:52 pmIn answer to a meme found in the journal of ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
chicafrom3 here are the results of my career matchmaking test:
1.Special Effects Technician
2.Actor
3.Dental Lab Tech
4.Gunsmith
5.Sign Maker
6.Magician
7.Comedian
8.Casting Director
9.Critic
10.Print Journalist
I was somewhat puzzled at some of those suggestions. I mean - gunsmith? You never asked if I happened to be a pacifist, did you, oh Matchmaker? *grins* And sign maker!? Please! I'd ratherdie not. But I did want to be an actor when I was younger, and I have been seriously considering something like no. 1 on that list ever since I started my minor in Film&TV. And I like 9 and 10, too.
Results improved to some extent when I entered my level of education. Now I got this:
1.Special Effects Technician
2.Actor
3.Comedian
4.Critic
5.Casting Director
6.Print Journalist
7.Translator
8.Musician
9.Composer
10.Market Research Analyst
Since I'm already a translator and happy with that so far, I don't think this is too far off the mark. But where did that 'comedian' idea come from and what's it still doing there? I'd hate doing stand-up, I really would. On the other hand, if I could combine 2 and 3 and be in a show like Black Books... now we're talking!
Seriously, though, for the record: I think I might actually prefer being a gunsmith to being an actor. Have you any idea what a frustrating, embarrassing, and boring job that is? I've done some amateur acting, and while I liked the end result - seeing the result on film, nicely edited, and receiving an award for it (even if it was just an internal university prize-giving) - the actual acting was not something I'd like to do on a daily basis. When you've been standing in water up to your knees for 3 hours, doing 39 takes of the same goddamn shot, and all the director can say is "That was great; let's do it one more time!" because some goddamn seagull entered the frame when it shouldn't have, then you tell me how glamorous acting is! And when you come home covered in bruises that will be hurting and spreading and changing colours for at least a month, because you had to do the 'kicking over a chair and breaking into a run and jumping over the table' shot perhaps 18 times too many, you can tell me the same thing, and I still won't believe you... And do not even get me started on the sheer horror of having to gaze lovingly at a guy you couldn't find less attractive. Or the utter awkwardness of having laughed at a crew member's joke during a break, and the next second having to pretend you're dying of cancer because the camera is rolling, while you can still hear the soft snickers of the rest of the crew because the joke really was very good.
Hmm... I suppose, if I knew how to play an instrument - any instrument at all! - and if I could read and write music, then 8 or 9 would be possibilities... I'm a bit mystified as to how they arrived at that conclusion. And no. 10? Nevah!
chicafrom3 here are the results of my career matchmaking test:1.Special Effects Technician
2.Actor
3.Dental Lab Tech
4.Gunsmith
5.Sign Maker
6.Magician
7.Comedian
8.Casting Director
9.Critic
10.Print Journalist
I was somewhat puzzled at some of those suggestions. I mean - gunsmith? You never asked if I happened to be a pacifist, did you, oh Matchmaker? *grins* And sign maker!? Please! I'd rather
Results improved to some extent when I entered my level of education. Now I got this:
1.Special Effects Technician
2.Actor
3.Comedian
4.Critic
5.Casting Director
6.Print Journalist
7.Translator
8.Musician
9.Composer
10.Market Research Analyst
Since I'm already a translator and happy with that so far, I don't think this is too far off the mark. But where did that 'comedian' idea come from and what's it still doing there? I'd hate doing stand-up, I really would. On the other hand, if I could combine 2 and 3 and be in a show like Black Books... now we're talking!
Seriously, though, for the record: I think I might actually prefer being a gunsmith to being an actor. Have you any idea what a frustrating, embarrassing, and boring job that is? I've done some amateur acting, and while I liked the end result - seeing the result on film, nicely edited, and receiving an award for it (even if it was just an internal university prize-giving) - the actual acting was not something I'd like to do on a daily basis. When you've been standing in water up to your knees for 3 hours, doing 39 takes of the same goddamn shot, and all the director can say is "That was great; let's do it one more time!" because some goddamn seagull entered the frame when it shouldn't have, then you tell me how glamorous acting is! And when you come home covered in bruises that will be hurting and spreading and changing colours for at least a month, because you had to do the 'kicking over a chair and breaking into a run and jumping over the table' shot perhaps 18 times too many, you can tell me the same thing, and I still won't believe you... And do not even get me started on the sheer horror of having to gaze lovingly at a guy you couldn't find less attractive. Or the utter awkwardness of having laughed at a crew member's joke during a break, and the next second having to pretend you're dying of cancer because the camera is rolling, while you can still hear the soft snickers of the rest of the crew because the joke really was very good.
Hmm... I suppose, if I knew how to play an instrument - any instrument at all! - and if I could read and write music, then 8 or 9 would be possibilities... I'm a bit mystified as to how they arrived at that conclusion. And no. 10? Nevah!
