i want to be a rock star. seriously. i keep writing songs, and i love to sing them, but i don't have a band, and i don't play any instruments worth anything. so it's a dream that could happen if an alterna-band also flies out of Stephanie's butt (not that i'd wish that on you or anything).
i suppose the more realistic dream job i have involves combining the foster kid program with the animal rescue program. foster kids need love and need to learn empathy and responsibility: rescued animals have love to give and need to be taken care of. I have in mind a summer camp type set-up at a sort of ranch. the foster/troubled kids could come out for a couple of weeks and learn how to take care of the critters (with supervision of course). it would give foster parents a needed break, while the foster kids help out at the "shelter" (which would comprise of fairly tolerant/stable/adoptable animals from other shelters and rescue groups). i also have in mind a few special "resident" animals trained to stay with their respective kid (like a seeing eye dog) and be their "best friend" for a while. i'd have to do some serious fundraising, but i'm pretty sure we could get some vet and social services interns to do most of that kind of work (a cool offshoot would be to grant scholarships to the interns who do a great job, and possibly to some of the older kids, but that would require serious donations). people from the outside world could come in and adopt animals, and the kids could help with profiling ("rusty likes his belly rubbed" etc.). some of the foster kids might end up with a pet if their foster parents could handle it, but if not - all the more reason to come back next summer and mentor another foster kid at the program.
yeah, i have it all thought out. i've volunteered at a bunch of animal orgainzations and i'm working for a non-profit group right now, so in another dozen years or so i might know what i'm doing enough to get something off the ground. in the meantime, it's a pretty cool dream.
i also wouldn't mind winning the lottery and retiring early.
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I want to be a rock star too. I can play the guitar kind of badly. Let's start a band. It can be called "Band Supergroup." Then people will go see us because they'll think it's full of famous people. We can rent a practice space at a neutral location. Say, Albuquerque, NM?
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