Tag Her

OK, OK, I'm it and I'm playing the game.

The “occupations”:

If I could be a scientist…If I could be a farmer…If I could be a musician… If I could be a doctor… If I could be a painter… If I could be a gardener… If I could be a missionary… If I could be a chef… If I could be an architect… If I could be a linguist… If I could be a psychologist… If I could be a librarian… If I could be a lawyer… If I could be an inn-keeper… If I could be an athlete… If I could be a professor… If I could be a writer… If I could be a llama-rider…If I could be a mail carrier… If I could be a bonnie pirate… If I could be an astronaut… If I could be a world famous blogger… If I could be a justice on any one court in the world… If I could be a circus ringmaster… If I could be a professional knitter… If I could be an interior designer… If I could be a lunch-lady…

If I were a musician:
I would play the violin, guitar, cello, and horn perfectly. Travel would be lite since being a member of the Boston Pops keeps me pretty busy in Bean Town. Sometimes I would go into town near the plaza between the Aquarium and the Science Museum and play for fun, but I would accept any charitable contributions, of course. I would hang out with other musicians and we would have dinner every Thursday night at each-others houses after playing a little chamber music together (sometimes original compositions, sometimes all the way through the Bach cello suites).

If I were a linguist:
Home would be a hard location to pinpoint. I'd be most comfortable in any of the countries that house the 31 or so dialects with which I communicate. I spend most of my time, however, at the University of Berlin lecturing on global communications and adapting to varying social protocols cross-culturaly. I would never cook. I would visit every single bistro and bodega east of the Hudson and order in the native tongue of the clerk. Sometime's I'd travel with a diplomat or something, but only when classes are out of session.

If I were a missionary:
I wouldn't look like one. I would work for an international publishing firm out of Ismir, Turkey. I would translate and proof-read Turkish print media aimed at English-speaking internationals. This job would allow me to help support a group of Turkish and foreign believers. We would get together for Bible studies frequently and share our struggles, joys, discoveries, and growth over olives, bread, cucumbers, and cheese. We would try to help each other walk in the light. We would constantly be removing beams and moats. We would sow and reap. We would grow in grace. And baptize in the Agean.

If I were an inn-keeper:
It, the inn, would have quite a history. The mansion, Originally owned by a Virgianian slave-trader almost two centuries ago, ironically would become the firmest stake in the underground rail-road. As such, it's many rooms would have secret chambers and passages woven into the skeleton of the structure. I would invite every guest to find the one or two secrets hidden in their room. By now you realize that this is more of a B&B than a simple inn. The greens would always be open to the local public for croquet, bocce, or the occasional celtic band (funded by the state because it's an historic land-mark). I would serve brunch and late dinners either on the terraces, formal dining hall, or in the rooms.

If I were a llama rider:
"Ants hate chalk." He spoke the words only to hear them outside his head. But it was the tiny creature crawling along the rigth knee of his trousers that instigated it. He returned to his place in the dream which sifted away through the sound of his own breathing sometimes in sync with the llama's and sometimes syncopating and then out of sync. He held his breath and listened to the solo performance of the beast. Slow, sometimes yawning or stuttering. It was sporatic and soothing at the same time. It was jazz.

"Then WHAT!? Do you want to tell me that your saddle blanket needs to be changed? Does the llama need water? For the love of earth, what do you want!?" Will you ever tell me?

"It's not ants. It's me. You've never told me, but you've let me know - like this. When you've got the ant in the chalk he'll run around frantic for a while, but eventually he busts out. I've not been good to you like I promised. I've been drawing chalk circles around you for real long. I don't remember the last time I told you about how the animals are doing or how excited I get when all the flowers turn to fruit over-night. I've trapped you by locking you out. I'm sorry. I can't do anything now that won't look like words thrown together for you to try to keep you from going. I realize I can't say anything to make you stay. I've been wrong about love. I thought it would come easy. Sometimes it does, like when you smile and laugh and flirt. But love is work, like growing tomatoes. There are good years and there are horrible years when we eat cactus soup for months. But I'm still a tomatoe farmer. I know that I love you. Even right now. I've let you know, but I've never told you. That's what I'm talking about; I want to talk again. With you."

If I were a llama rider I'd be melodramatic.

I tag everybody.