Casting Aspirations


When I was 10 I wanted to be an actor. Well, actually I wanted to be the actor who played the maniacally laughing criminal mastermind. In fact, I think I wanted to be Anthony Ainley, hamming it up madly as The Master on Dr Who.

When I was 20 I wanted to be a philosopher. I read lots of books about it - mainly the empiricist and related traditions, with smatterings of Heidegger, Schopanhaur and Sartre. Computer people are often into philosophy, but for some reason it doesn't work the other way around.

When I was 30 I wanted to be 20. I also wanted to be thin and living somewhere else.

Now I'm in hailing distance of 40, I want to be...a synthpop duo. Somewhere between Yazoo and Yello. Maybe the Pet Shop Boys - who are in their 40s.

People keep telling me life begins at 40. But they're all over 60 and have boring lives.

Of course, I did spend 20 straight hours yesterday changing the pitch of 400 snippets of noise, and some people might consider that boring.

But we were never being boring.

Bwahahaha!

5 comments:

  1. I try not to waste too much time worrying about the past...it's over and done with. Just remember what you've learned and what you want in life, then keep moving forward.

    When I was 20, I had no clue what I wanted to be, only that I wanted to see the world and do fun things, try something new...I still feel the same.

    Yesterday, I wasted 4 hours playing spider solitaire.

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  2. But surely everyone wanted to be The Master?

    Neil Tennant turned 55 last summer, and Chris Lowe celebrated his 50th in the autumn. Sorry for the pedantry, but their ability to continue to achieve pop success even as a couple of 50somethings is one of the remarkable things about the Pet Shop Boys.

    Aren't you lacking something rather significant if you want to be a synthpop duo? ;o)

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  3. @Eroswings:

    I think you're quite right. And I'm a pessimist.


    @Aethelreadtheunread:

    But surely everyone wanted to be The Master?

    Oh I'm sure there's a few who wanted to be Adric. There's probably a lot of kids right now who want to be daleks.

    their ability to continue to achieve pop success even as a couple of 50somethings is one of the remarkable things about the Pet Shop Boys.

    So the Pet Shop Boys are (just about) old enough to be my parents, and Eric Clapton is younger than my father. That's a little disorienting.

    Aren't you lacking something rather significant if you want to be a synthpop duo? ;o)

    Picky picky ;-).



    @Camy: Seriously?

    Absolutely seriously...about whichever bit you're asking about.

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  4. This year I turn 40 and I'm asking myself the same questions.

    I'll get back to you on the answers later.

    As for needing another half of a synthpop duo: I can't sing, dance or play an instrument - I think I'm perfect for you.

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