2002.08.30 • This week's FridayFive...

1. What's your favorite piece of clothing that you currently own?
I guess I'd have to say my black gauzy shirt. It has done me well this summer with all the heat and humidity down here.

2. What piece of clothing do you most want to acquire?
I want THIS shirt.

3. What piece of clothing can you not bring yourself to get rid of? Why?
My "You only wish...you could play like a girl" shirt because it reminds me of the good times of playing with my last hockey team (and I emphasize that there were very few "good times"). Somehow it acquired some holes and it looks really scummy, but I probably won't ever throw it out. I also have some tshirts that don't fit me any more from when I was a teen...shirts featuring the Specials and Madness...you just can't get shirts like that anymore. They are put away in a box

4. What piece of clothing do you look your best in?
To be honest, I am pretty low maintenance when it comes to the way I look. I'm not the sort of person who tries on every single pair of pants in her closet and gripes about how fat I look in them.

5. What has been your biggest fashion accident?
Hmm...well I went through a lot of phases in my life. When I was in grade 7 and 8 I did the Madonna thing (circa Borderline). Highschool it was the mohawk/shaved head/combat boots and kilt thing (hell, it was the 80s). I guess, according to some, I have ALWAYS been a fashion accident, but I put on what I feel like putting on (or truthfully, I just grab the cleanest article of clothing closest to my reach).

Have a good Labour Day weekend!

1. What is your current occupation? Is this what you chose to be doing at this point in your life? Why or why not?
Currently I am a freelance web designer. Heck, I thought I would have succeeded in taking over the world right now! No, seriously, I love what I do and as long as the jobs are lined up, I'm all good. The money is great and I actually LIKE getting up for work...mind you, I don't have to commute anywhere (not usually anyways) and I can "go to work" in my pjs for all it matters.

2. If time/talent/money were no object, what would your dream occupation be?
Dang, that's a pretty rough question to answer. I would definately live somewhere where I can have a yard and there is more than a few feet between each town. I'd probably be doing the same thing I do now, but maybe I'd have a nicer computer. I always envied that lady on the DeVry commercial that is "working" on her computer and looks out her french doors to her horses in the pasture. I want to be THAT lady.

3. What did/do your parents do for a living? Has this had any influence on your career choices?
My Dad wears a suit in a factory in my hometown. He just got some promotion not too long ago so I'm not sure what, exactly, he does. I know that when he was in HR and I mentioned that I thought it would be a good idea for me to take a post grad in HR Management (for reasons strictly economical), he said I would hate it. I don't know if that means HE hates it or not, but he was right. I couldn't do that. He was a drummer in a band when he was younger, and then he had a family so he had to go and get a "real job". He worked his way up to the suits from the factory floor, so I have a lot of respect for him. He always wanted me to get into a job where I can express my creativity. I have never been one to follow in anyone's footsteps. My Dad always encouraged me to do what I felt was best for me.

4. Have you ever had to choose between having a career and having a family?
Nope. I recently got married and although children are not in the picture for the near future, my job is such that even if I get a job in a design firm, I could easily go back to freelancing.

5. In your opinion, what is the easiest job in the world? What is the hardest? Why?
That's a tough one. I definately agree with Thursday that every job has it's frustrations (and I don't have the patience to be frustrated). I found the actual sales part of retail sales easy. Manipulation comes easily for me and I'm a great sales person. This doesn't mean I LIKE to do it. The hardest job? I would say I would not want to be a professional hockey player or an actor or someone in the spotlight like that. The pressure must be immense! Everyone wants a piece of you (in any way you can imagine), you always have to be "on" whether the public personna is something natural to you, or fabricated by the powers that be (agents, fans, the press...). Sure, they get compensated, sometimes WAY too much, but they have to give up EVERYTHING. I grumble about having to walk to the gym (cute huh?) or having to go to the grocery store. Imagine not being ABLE to do that? Or if you DID decide you wanted to go pick up a pint of Ben and Jerry's, you are bombarded with strangers trying to touch you, get your picture taken with them, have you sign things...and then knowing that at least one of them is going online somewhere and recounting the entire run-in with you, adding to the tale for interest. Thanks, but I'll pass.