Jobs if money didn't matter, part 2
When posed with the question “If money didn’t matter, what would you do for a living”, I had to really think about it. I’ve already identified <a href=" http://www.dobrindts.com/movabletype/main/archives/000041.html">a couple of jobs I would do</a> but find it easier to come up with doing stuff that is more like a hobby (wood work, gardening, music) or something I don’t have the skill for (playing professional baseball). But since this is a hypothetical question, here are more of the things I would do if money didn’t matter.
1) <b>TV critic. </b>To me, channel surfing is like scanning the beach with a metal detector, you have no idea what gem you might find. Last night I came across a show on the Food channel about snack food. It was unbelievable. It showed how Cheetos and Twinkies are made as well as all other kinds of useless trivia about snack foods. And every now and then I come across a goofy show on Lifetime about some true story involving a bunch of idiots that keeps me captivated for hours. I couldn’t make up the topic for some of the shows I come across. I just wish I could write about the shows so I could justify wasting my time watching them. Good stuff.
2) <b>Wood chopper</b>. Ok, I say this knowing d**n well I don’t have to do it for a living. But last weekend I spent the entire day cutting and stacking wood. At the end of the day (and more so the following morning) my back hurt, my muscles were sore, I had calluses on my hands, but I felt great. There’s nothing more manly than cutting and stacking wood in October in northern New Hampshire in the middle of the mountains. At roughly 80 bucks a cord, it won’t make me rich but will keep beer in the fridge.