and everybody and theirbrother would be commenting back to me. I know, and if you know me, that I'm impatient by nature. Today I think I'll write about what I would have done with my life if I hadn't done what I am doing. Whew, what a sentence! So here would be the top five other things I would have done with my life if I hadn't become a college professor:
1) lawyer -- cool clothes, hang out with criminals, and other criminals who call themselves lawyers.
2) restaurant owner -- long hours, personal satisfaction of seeing people enjoy the food I've prepared.
3) ad agency owner -- use my overactive imagination, maybe sing jingles, take advantage of my knowledge of rhetoric and use it for evil.
4) bookstore owner -- nice one, not like the nasty guy in Provincetown I just encountered, more a Will Peterson type (for those of you in Pocatello), get to hook up people with books and make fun of people's poor book choices.
5) pastry chef -- work for a nice restaurant owned by somebody else. Get to delight in other people's delights and get fat as hell.
So, how about you? What would you do if you weren't doing what you're doing?
wouldn't it be nice if mine weren't parked in the snow?
yikes
My Pops, Vinnie Murphy
who'd a thought 97 could be so cute!
the Moms, aka Catherine Murphy
is my mama adorable, or what?
Mark Doty
Portland Santacon
Manda and me on Thanksgiving
trying not to crack up too much. I gotta say I love my family.
It won't look like this
He da man, oh yeah!
too bad his last book sucked
This?
Or This?
You decide
Better Days
My hero
She's cute, but she's nuts!
nice segueway, huh?
My Hero
I am
- Patricia Murphy, a resident of
- the Village of Clinton, New York, United States
- I'm a college writing teacher and graduate of Idaho State University's soon-to-be-defunct Doctor of Arts Program. I write poetry and read it sometimes at local venues. I like nice people, no matter what their age, race, orientation, whatevah. I don't want to embarrass anyone, but I have the most wonderful boyfriend in the world.
Yeah, this guy wasn't there
Astroland
Utica Erie Canal Fall
This is what I have to look forward to
Utica Winter
And then this . . .
Gotta Love Summer!
chillin' at D's house, minus the glasses
Jeez!
Can you believe I gave birth to these two?
Clinton, NY
town square
6 comments:
I would be correcting your usage of the word "there" (I believe you meant "their"). Jessica told me to dock you 3 points because there were three different options to choose from.
And thanks for the missing me :-) Let us know when you'll be in the sorta-area and we'll go out to eat!
Touché in correcting the spelling quickly... however you're now missing a space :-P
Get a life!
I know I can't believe I did that! So what would your five jobs be, you two?
1) Construction worker... there's something simple and relaxing about not having to think too deeply about what you're doing.
b) (If I were single) A pool boy, I hear it's a good way to pick up chicks and lonely wives, lol
iii) A person who gets paid to walk around a place of business (a university for instance) and socialize with the employees who should be working.
4) An assassin, I'm not sure I have the precision necessary, but at least I know nobody would screw around with me.
*) An owner of businesses... like an investor... I could find good people to run businesses that would fall under my parent organization. The businesses wouldn't be limited to just one industry, I'd diversify and have everything from mechanics to restaurants.
let's see... since I am doing nothing right now I have tons of options:
#1 Chef: I can cook, and I cook well. I think people enjoy my cooking, but mostly that is because they're (correct use of the word thanks) famished.
#2 Librarian: I would like to be my mother, she knows all of the best books and gets to tell people to shut their (correct use again) mouths.
#3 Food Critic For New Restaurants: Just because I can eat the food at a new restaurant and tell people that they should or should not eat there (correct again darn me!).
I think anything where I can be sarcastic and have fun would be good, as it is now I am set up for a job where I make fun of people, which is only as fun as the problems they have. Oh well, I will settle for being a house-wife!
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