So it is my birthday... people do AMAs on their birthdays on some sites... so let's do that! Ask me anything!
Things are kinda so-so. I could use more paying customers coming in. The glass panel in the back door was finally replaced on Tuesday, so that is good.
My favorite cake... probably carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. :)
Chocolate is good. My sister ended up getting me a "Cookies n Creme" cake, which was a good choice (it is my favorite ice cream anyway). Chocolate on the bottom, vanilla on top frosted with a whip cream type stuff that wasn't really sweet like regular icing and then decorated with whole and crushed mini oreos. :D
What did you want to be when you were a little kid, and how has that affected your development into adulthood? O:
I never really had a solid "I want to be this!" when I was a kid. At different points I wanted to be a lawyer or nurse... but then realized that I am far too introverted for those things. Then when I got into drawing, I wanted to be an animator... but then decided I hated drawing such sequential pictures (I did experiment animating my own stuff in high school). After that I didn't have a plan... which is one reason I never went to university. :P
I had similar jumps from different ideas. Firefighter, policeman, astronaut. I wanted to be a cop most of my childhood, but in high school I really got into science and medical care. Went to college four years and got a degree in environmental health, then decided that was too pocket-protector. Now I'm back getting my paramedic, definitely a lot more exciting than doing safety inspections.
I dabbled with the idea of being a comic illustrator (like Marvel or DC stuff), but lost interest as I learned more about how terrible the industry is for artist. I thought about animation, but the closure of Walt Disney World's animation studio hit me pretty hard and discouraged me considerably. After that I considered being a novelist, but felt it was too risky to really bank on as a career. :x
Also, you'd be surprised how many nurses and lawyers are introverts. I'm introverted myself, but I find I have a "switch" that gets flipped when I'm working EMS.
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How are you recovering from the break in at your shop? Are things getting better?
Andd an easy one: what is your favorite kind of cake?