Aspiring Prints

What else is there to wish for?

"Look! My first paycheck from my summer job!"

'I guess there are lots of rotten jobs, Gramma...I hope I don't have to clean the taco hut forever.'

"Where would you see yourself in five years' time?"

"I wanted to be a baseball player 'til I found out they send you to the showers."

Cat with Lion reflection in mirror

My coach wants me to go to soccer camp. Focusing on one sport isn't good for you. But mom! I'll develop crucial life skills. Let's see. "Landing endorsements, agents and college sports scholarships." The definition of "crucial".

"The teacher expects too much of me. She wants me to give it the old college try, and I'm only in grade school."

"Follow that dream!" (man boarding taxi)

"Because when you're drafted by the pros, you'll have to be able to sign your contract. That's why you have to attend first grade."

"Maybe I'm aiming too high...maybe 'saving for a cool car' is too hard."

"You really shouldn't ask for material things like a bike. At least try for a Porsche."

The Day Dreamer.

'It's my application to Harvard...'

A backup plan might be a good idea, in case 'being a celebrity' doesn't work out...

A push in the right direction: 50c.

"How am I supposed to unleash my full potential when I'm always on one?"

Baseball Dreams

'Oh no...I'm living the dream.'

Rainbow/Horizon

One day, he hoped to hit the big time.

Psychology Dept. Faculty Evaluations Today. I can't tell if it's my id or my ego, but I'm really craving a promotion.

"When I grow up I'd like to model for a pasta company."

Books: Self-Improvement Just keeping up with Joneses.

'It's great that you want a career in football, Timothy, but don't you think being a striker would be more fun than being a goalpost.'

"You can achieve anything if you put you mind to it."

"The extent of your extracurricular activities in high school, may very well be participation in regular program of oral hygiene using an effective decay preventaative tooth paste, but that won't get you into a good university."

'When you talk about playing, 'at the next level', you mean lawyering, right, not the NBA?'

Charlie's medical advice always went in one ear and out the other.

'My parents couldn't afford to send me to college, so they let me spend a night at a Ramada.'

"The counselor wasn't much help about getting into college. All he said was to study hard and get good grades."

I'm trying out for the spring play. You'll be great! Ha! You'll be grateful to be an usher, Meryl Creep. Yeah. The good parts go to real actors. Sigh. The arts are sooo uplifting.

"We thought we could put in the details later."

'I told my teacher that I won't be returning to school. I'm trying out for a pro basketball team, and her services are no longer required.'

'I want to be a professional Polo player too when I grow up... Can I have your autograph please?'