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[–]MarkTwainiac 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

To me, a more interesting - and revealing - question is what we'd all do if we had a million dollars. Billion is too unrealistic & too big an amount for most of us to grasp.

One of the last things I made was a remake of the lyrics to the classic love song from 1960, Will You Love Me Tomorrow to show that the hegemony of heteronormative romance long peddled by the popular music industry is, at long last, kaput. The new version is a paean to MLM called Will You Bruv Me Tomorrow.

I am currently remaking the Bee Gees' song To Love Somebody along the same lines as To Bruv Somebody.

As for how we make our livings: I was forced into retirement due to disability, & now live off investments I made decades ago. But during my work life, I held many jobs: lifeguard, child minder, tutor, photographic (fashion & hairdo) model, chambermaid, cashier, waitress, construction worker, tour guide, bartender, artists' model (for painters, drawers & sculptors), reporter, editor, investigative journalist, author, manuscript doctor, fundraiser, advocate for the homeless, refugee resettlement worker, ESL teacher, writing teacher, designer...

I say "fuck" all the time & this was enough of a problem for me 40 years ago that I tried to curb it.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

A million dollars? Dentist, house and bit of land, couple of kids, and an animal rehab/no-kill shelter.

I’d have a studio with a long arm machine and quilt for a living while kids slept as wee ones and went to school once older.

What a career! Could pick your brains on everything you’ve done for everrrrrr