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What is your new job??

5 years ago

You have a new job......you're cursed (or blessed) with the job that the lead character has in the last movie or tv show you watched. What is your new profession?

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lucillle
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Ripley's alien killing job- I watched Aliens last night.
sushipup1
5 years ago
Poliitical activist or lawyer. Ensemble cast of "Trial of the Chicago 7".
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First of all I want to Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your advice & compassion. I have been very stressed over all of this and I could feel the genuine concern you have for our situation. Just to fill in a few blanks, we are both now 56 yo. DH has his BA & MBA & a certified Project Manager. He worked AND went to school at same time. I'm afraid I am lacking in the educational department. I have 2 AA degrees in nothing marketable, & got my RE License about a month(2006) before the market started crashing-but left because of my DM deteriorating health at the time. But, actually I was the main caregiver for both of my parents from 2001 until 2007 in our home until they both passed. Dad had cancer & Mom had Alzheimer/dementia. About 2 months after my DM died (Dec '07) I started babysitting(Feb'08) for my 2 granddaughters until just this past November '09, when I started working part-time again. Can't believe I did the formula, diapers, potty-training all over again, but my girls were a good distraction from my grief. My DS & DDIL paid when the could, what they could,--most of the time, not at all, but I just wanted to help them out & make sure the girls were safe with me. It was never about the income, it was all about what was best for my GDD's. Last summer I looked into a local university here & wanted to start school to get a Gerontoloy Certificate ( would take 18 months) & eventually work in Hospice & for seniors. (Heck, I am a senior now too according to Bob Evans--lol) I guess I am just destined to be a caregiver all my life. I started the application process & was told I would probably be eligible for Finacial Aid, but I think working Full Time has to be my priority now. I've been brainstorming to think of any additional means of bringing in some income--like maybe renting out the in-law quarters of our home. Selling off some jewelry--only about $200.00 worth, but every bit has to help. We're down to 1 car which we "juggle". Right now, everything just seems up in the air. We might know more by this week-end, when either my DH's project goes well or comes crashing down & him with it. I am preparing for the crash down, because in the past few weeks, anything that could go wrong, has gone wrong. Like servers going down for hours, connection problems etc. One manager just walked off the job, because he said he couldn't take the pressure anymore. So, Thank you, thank you, thank you, all for taking the time just to let me talk/write about this & for listening. I know there are those here with far worse problems (health etc) & my problems are miniscule compared to theirs, but I thank you again for your suggestions & support. God Bless ~~ katclaws
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She didn't take them when she left. Many excuses why she didn't take them. here's a few ... bf doesn't like kids, Dad was their fulltime caregiver. his family's home, she didn't have any place to go. didn't want to break up the children (oldest is not hers). She has told the kids daddy brided the judge thats why you can't live with me. We have issues with PAS from a NCP. I wouldn't want to cut her out completely. She doesn't have any diagnosed reason not to be with her children. Joint custody would freak her out more than no visitation at all. She would pretend to be pissed about not seeing them but underneath it would be easier for her to walk away. Hubby feels eventually she will just go away. As long as she stops bad mouthing us to the kids I don't care how much time she spends with them or doesn't spend with them as the case may be. CS is attached to her paycheck so I am assuming it will come out of her unemployment check as well. She called today said she was thinking of picking up a part time job saturday and sunday 12-5 I said well you can find someone to watch them on saturday from 12-5 and bring them home for noon on sunday... but I wanted to pick them up sundays at 5 ... you can either pick them up at noon sunday or drop them off at noon not 5. lets not schedule anything till you get the job. What if you don't get a job for 3 months ... The only change I am willing to make is wed fri eo sat or tues fri eo sat. I'll talk to you later its dinner time.
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dedtired
5 years ago
Fashion designer. Last night I watched Halston on Netflix. I’d be awful at that.
bpath
5 years ago
Doctor. I watched New Amsterdam. (Are there any major or named nurse characters on that show? It’s all doctors and an administrator.)
LoneJack Zn 6a, KC
5 years ago
A Mandalorian! My satellite was out last evening due to heavy rain so I streamed a couple episodes of season 2. Still have a couple more left to watch.
User
5 years ago
Ha! We watched Zombie House Flipping. Not a new job at all.....♥
Judy Good
5 years ago
Everybody loves Raymond, so either a sports writer or a Stay at home mom.
Rusty
5 years ago
A news anchor, the last show I watched was the news.

If that doesn't count, i guess I'll be a doctor or a hospital administrator, I watched "New Amsterdam", too.

Rusty
Lars
5 years ago
Game show host for Total Wipeout!
Uptown Gal
5 years ago
Host of the Tonight Show, I guess. Watched a few minutes of Jimmy Fallon and got too

sleepy to continue. :)
Bookwoman
5 years ago
A renegade CIA agent: Walter Matthau (and the sublime Glenda Jackson) in Hopscotch.
blfenton
5 years ago
An FBI agent.
greenshoekitty
5 years ago
Star ship captian Pacard
caflowerluver
5 years ago
A superhero with unique powers on Jupiter's Legacy. Haven't decided what side I am on.
morz8 - Washington Coast
5 years ago
Oh, crikey! I'm running a zoo in Australia!
matthias_lang
5 years ago
A weathercaster for NHK World - Japan. I was watching that when I turned the TV off.
Kathsgrdn
5 years ago
Forest Firefighter. Watched Those That Wish me Dead the other day on HBO Max. I read the book and wanted to go see it in the theaters but ended up on a streaming service I already had. I'm glad I didn't pay for a movie ticket for this one.
stacey_mb
5 years ago
I watched The Great British Baking Show last night, so I will be Paul Hollywood's replacement - master baker and judge. Maybe I will find out how bake show judges can sample all that food and not gain a ton of weight! I wonder what happens to all the baking that is produced. One contestant baked an apple caramel pie that Hollywood liked so much that he carried off the tasting sample.
Alisande
5 years ago
The last thing I watched was Jeopardy Monday night, so I guess my answer is Smartypants. lol
raee_gw zone 5b-6a Ohio
5 years ago
New Amsterdam here also - the most unrealistic medical drama I've ever seen (started watching because I was curious about Ryan Eggold's role after The Blacklist). Not that I've watched very many medical dramas.

I was watching something else after that, but I fell asleep and don't remember what it was...
aok27502
5 years ago
Detective. I was watching Major Crimes last night. I might like that, except the dead people.
OutsidePlaying
5 years ago
Well, I am in good company, as I watched New Amsterdam too for lack of anything else. I almost watched a dvr’d episode of Schitt’s Creek but was too tired to get into it. Thank goodness, I’m a doctor and not Moira!
Jasdip
Original Author
5 years ago
I haven't watched New Amsterdam nor the other medical show, The Resident. Are either of them good?
blfenton
5 years ago
@greenshoekitty - I am envious.
H B
5 years ago
Hahaha! Louisiana Fish & Game officer. I'd be SO BAD at it!!!! Terrified of the alligators, NO clue how to use a gun or shoot a deer....can't identify fish....but too funny, love to watch the show!!
Angela Id
5 years ago
Oh boy, I just watched Green Acres! LOL
Annie Deighnaugh
5 years ago
Not sure...either a history prof or an NYC SVU detective...I was flipping channels before aI went to sleep last night.
mojomom
5 years ago
I’m a politician. I watched West Wing last night.
bragu_DSM 5
5 years ago
serial killer
skibby (zone 4 Vermont)
5 years ago
A fighter pilot. Watched a movie called Hanover Street. (Harrison Ford)
User
5 years ago
spaceship captain
ladypat1
5 years ago
A cop, watching old reruns of Rizzoli and Isles.
OutsidePlaying
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Jasdip, regarding New Amsterdam, in my opinion it is rather soap-opera-ish. I do like a couple of the characters and the situations they are involved in part of the time, but like so many series lately, it seems to get off the rails with things that are just too unbelievable in a real hospital situation.
yeonassky
5 years ago
A leader of a witch Army. Apparently defending the United States.
Elizabeth
5 years ago
Serial killer
amylou321
5 years ago
I am the King of England. Rewatched "The Tudors" on prime.
Rho Dodendron
5 years ago
The last movie I saw before theaters closed last year was

"Call of the Wild"

I am unemployed.

Or maybe a nuclear engineer like Homer Simpson.
jewels_ks
5 years ago
Last night I watched State of Play so I'll take the place of Russell Crowe and be the reporter.
Ninapearl
5 years ago
i watched dances with wolves so i guess i'm a member of the cavalry defending defending an abandoned post in the middle of nowhere with my horse and a wild animal as my only companions. hmmm...doesn't sound so bad!

The last thing I watched was Jeopardy Monday night, so I guess my answer is Smartypants.

i'm sorry, that is incorrect. the correct answer is what is smartypants. (said in my best alex trebek voice). ;)
raee_gw zone 5b-6a Ohio
5 years ago
New Amsterdam: I liked several of the characters at first, thought they could continue to be interesting, but the story lines keep getting more and more silly, or fake drama-tized, or covering every popular Hollywood political theme (doesn't help that I notice everything that would never happen the way they show it) and now some of those characters are just annoying me. I've now seen all of the episodes available on free Peacock & don't think I will make any effort to keep watching.
marilyn_c
5 years ago
I guess prison guard. Tv was on something about women in prison. I didn't watch it, except to glance over at it a few times, and volume was turned down, but that is the last thing I remembered that was on.
barbara_tpa
5 years ago
I was catching up on past episodes of The Young and the Restless so I guess I'd be a wife with a former lover who is really the baby daddy but whose husband is following me to Genoa City and has bad business dealings with about everyone in town. #hussy
abbisgram
5 years ago
" a blue collar legal advocate" --watching Rebel. I just read it was going to be canceled. I'm so glad, I can go back to enjoying retirement.
rob333 (zone 7b)
5 years ago
Police Detective.

Since I double-majored, and one was in criminal justice, it's not surprising I'd be watching Law and Order: SVU.
lisa_fla
5 years ago
Judge Lisa This will be interesting. (judge Judy)
bpath
5 years ago
Jasdip, I do like New Amsterdam but it’s such an odd show. I think they play with time, where an episode seems to take place in a day but some things, like policy changes, couldn’t possibly play out as they do in 20 hours. It doesn’t really make sense, but I do like it. Maybe because, unlike This Is Us, I can watch it without having watched previous episodes.

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