What I wanted to be

Ok this is my first post here so I hope I am doing this right.

I wanted to be a cop when I was a kid (having a gun appealed to me).

During my eighth grade year I then decided that I would use my voice and go into sports broadcasting. That was my goal throughout high school and I did broadcast for my high school's radio station for two years.

Now I am doing something completely different (politics). However, journalism will always appeal to me.

It is interesting to look back on what you were going to be and how that manifested into a indentity that people knew you by. It struck me yesterday at the mall when I saw my old co-worker at the radio station and he asked if I was still pursuing a career in broadcast journalism (I had not seen him in years). We are friends on facebook and he could have seen that career goals had changed but he still asked me that....

Scott

"Question Everthing"

i remember when i was younger, seriously, i promise to GOD...i really wanted to be a paleontologist. i oddly knew what one was hahahahaha! i was OBSESSED! i loved dinosaurs and wanted to dig up their bones. all the way to, okay.

anyone remember the nature company at ala moana? like fucking ages ago back when had woolworths?

i used to go there to get dinosaur bone models and for Christmas and birthdays my parents would buy fake dinosaur bones like, the small ones. and dig it in the yard so i could pretend. it was so fucking awesome.

it's fun to think back on it now that i'm a hair stylist. but i guess in a sense, i'm still playing with one of the most organic materials on earth.

<3 class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">gustoness.

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Why?

I've had this chat before with Vincent ,
and we've both agreed what I wanted to be when I was a kid was pretty gay, less gay as I got older though.
I wanted to be a fashion designer - course at that time I didn't use the term 'fashion designer' instead, I'd just tell people (my mum) I'd like to make clothes. As a kid, I was actually aware of what people were wearing, or which colour should go with which, and was more picky than my young peers on what I wanted to wear everyday to school. Why? obviously when I was a kid I wouldn't know why, it'd just appealed to me. As time moved on (pre-teen to teen years) I found myself cutting up t-shirts, jeans, teaching myself how to sew, read a lot of books about fashion and constantly updating myself with what's going on in the fashion world, I became more passionate/a bit obssessed and discovered it is one of my strongest passions and sadly, dream - sad because I know it might not be fulfilled *still hoping for the right opportunity though*
But yup, no doctor, no lawyer, no scientist or astronaut when I was a child, but a fashion designer. lol

Um, I'll do last weeks topic as well even though I wasn't really into it since I don't like my name(s) in general since they sound / meanings are very passive and I actually wanted my brothers name (Samuel) or a more fierce name.

Kevin, (old Irish Caoimhghín or Caemgen), is a male first name of Irish origin. Kevin is not a biblical name. Kevin is believed to be derived from the Irish coem "kind, gentle, and handsome" and gein "birth".
My asian name, where only my family time to time would use is Hien or Minh Hien (but it's never that formal) and it means bright, smart (Minh), and kind, gentle, nice (Hien), it's also a unisex name. Supposedly my grandfather named me and died shortly after, so I've never met him.
So basically my parents and grandparent (s) ? wanted me to be a smart, bright, kind, gentle, nice, handsome being. *smirk*

That's all.

aloha~

sorry this is so late vince!
(it's kenny!)

1. i actually have 2 names, an american one given by my dad... and a japanese one given by my mom. my american name is kenneth, the origin is from ireland (ofcourse) and means .... handsome *blush*. japanese name , ryuta, means great dragon...

2. when i was little, i wanted to be an evil scientist.. ive changed quite a lot over the years :-p!

My name. Vincent.

How disappointing. My friends aren't taking part in this blog as much as I had hoped. This has been part one of finals week for me, so most of my time was sucked up by both school and work. Even now, on my day off, I gotta wake up early to meet people to study. Yay.

Well, my name was actually decided between my mother and my father. I believe she wanted Vincent and he wanted Christopher. They had an affair and my father divorced my mother about the same time she found out she was pregnant. I was given the name Vincent. My brother who is three-months younger than me is named Christopher.

Outside of that, my name means Conquering in Latin, versus Victor which is Conqueror.

Okay, I have things to do. Bye.

Vincent

This is the first blog I’ve ever written in my life

Hello! This is the first blog I’ve ever written in my life, so Vince, feel special. I think your reasons behind starting these blogs are wonderful, and I’m always up for meeting new people so I thought I’d give it a try. Where to begin? I think I’ll share a piece of an email I wrote to some of my family and friends while in Egypt over the summer. It was my first trip out of the country, most of my family and friends thought I was crazy for going alone, but I had the most amazing time and I’m actually going back there during my winter break! A few things went wrong on my way to and when I first arrived in Egypt back in June…kind of made me question whether or not I was supposed to be there. I was pushed outside of my comfort zone many many times, but each time something went wrong I was “saved” by a stranger or just figured it out. I made amazing friends there and by the end of the month had become part of the family. Communicating was a challenge…it’s amazing how you can find 10 different ways to explain something as simple as, “I’m not in a good mood today,” when really forced to. Ha ha. I really immersed myself in the culture, and was shown so much love and respect by the people showing me around. Anyway, I’m babbling. This passage was written the day after I visited the pyramids. I rode horses for about 3 hours in 105 degree weather in jeans and a long sleeved shirt (wanted to be respectful of the Muslim culture) and loved every second of it. Ok so here it is (finally):
The pyramids were the most amazing things I have ever seen. Sitting on a horse in front of them, I felt so small and insignificant--so much history was right in front of me. I think that is when I realized just how fortunate I was to be in Egypt. Many will go their entire lives without having experienced this wonderful culture. I came in with a mind more open to things than most people, and I was still taken aback by the kindness and hospitality shown…the respect for each other...the closeness of relationships--those are the most striking to me. Looking at the city from the outside, one sees a busy, polluted place, fast cars, noise...but beneath it all are a people who love each other deeply...who move at their own pace...who really do stop to enjoy life around them and each other, and who are happy to welcome anyone into their amazing way of life.
So there is it…my first blog entry. Oh—and just FYI…this Kia, I’ve known Vince…gosh, forever (our mom’s our best pals) and…that’s about it for now. Take care everyone.

my name is augusto. i guess i should say i'm proudly named after the father. while he was named after his grandfather. it was passed down to me i guess through the generations or something. i never really knew the meaning, origin, where it came from. so i went and looked it up.

*The boy's name Augusto \a(u)-gus-to, aug(u)-sto\ is a variant of August (Latin) and Augustus (Latin), and the meaning of Augusto is "great, magnificient".

*Used in:
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish speaking countries

*English translation/equivalent: August, Gus

Origin: Derived from the Latin augustus, associated with augur, meaning "to bless or wish well."

Name Day/Onomastico: May 7—in memory of St. Augusto.

*Name: Augusto
Origin: Latin
Meaning: Augusto name means: From Augustus meaning magic majestic, dignity, or venerable.
Gender: Boy


that's all i got.

majestic, magnificent, magic?

*shrugs*

maybe i am. i'm not fully connected with that or whatever.

time will show and tell.