5 Things I Want To Do (but probably never will)

June 27, 2012 in Entertainment, Film & TV, Music, People, Self, Travel

We all have dreams and aspirations. Some are attainable, with a bit of hard work. Others are more unlikely to happen without a bit of luck. Others still are almost impossible to achieve. Here are five things I want to do (but probably never will).

Write and stage a Broadway Musical

OK – my secret’s out. I actually like musicals, and I watch the Tony Awards every year on telly. I have to admit, I’m not a real big fan of modern musicals. My taste leans towards classics like The King And I and My Fair Lady – and anything by Sondheim. I don’t want to write a classic all-singing all-dancing, chew the scenery musical. I want to write something more unusual and unexpected, like this year’s winner of Best Musical, Once. I have enough music in my personal song-book to form the basis of a musical. All I need is a story, some lyrics, a book… and a hot-shot Broadway Producer. Who’s going to be in this with me! Anyone?!
Write for a sketch-comedy program

I’m very fussy when it comes to comedy. Stand-up comedy bores me to tears. Sitcoms leave me feeling dirty. But I love sketch-comedy programs. Monty Python, Saturday Night Live, The D-Gen, Fast Forward and Full Frontal, The Micallef Program. I like absurdest sketch-humour more than satire. Strange people in normal situations or normal people in strange situations. Ideas for comedy sketches pop into my head all the time. If only I had a show and some great comic actors who could bring them to life!
Direct a movie

There are two books that I would love to bring to the world of cinema. The first is The Dancers At The End Of Time by Michael Moorcock. It is the story of the last of the human race, immortal and omnipotent, and their adventures at the end of time. It would be an amazing CGI adventure romp with imagery that would make Terry Gilliam blush. I can see it in my head. I know what it would look like.

The other film I want to make is Arthur C Clarke’s The Songs Of Distant Earth. This is a much smaller story about an encounter between some early space colonists, and the people of the last ship ever to leave earth. It is a sweet and tender story about human relationships, and the relationships between parent/child cultures. Again, I can see the movie in my head.

If only I had someone who would trust me with a few hundred million dollars… anyone?
Spend a year in Antarctica

People who know me well will tell you how much I hate travelling. I hate airports and planes and hotel rooms. If I never have to leave Sydney ever again, I will be a happy man. Except I’ve always wanted to spend a year in Antarctica. I almost got a job with the Australian Antarctic Division when I worked in Hobart in my early 20s, but that’s as close as I have ever got to fulfilling that dream. Realistically I would never have made it to Antarctica. I don’t have the right qualifications… heck, I don’t have any qualifications. And I have to be honest, now I’m in my late 40s, I probably don’t have the inclination to get the right qualifications. I think I’ve missed the window of opportunity for that adventure.
Travel to another world

Well, this one will never happen. When I was a young boy watching the Apollo Moon Landings, I was convinced that by 2012 there would be space colonies on The Moon and Mars, and big 2001 style space-stations. But it never happened. I suppose I could buy a flight on Richard Branson’s space-plane, but it just goes up and down – it doesn’t even go into orbit. That’s not space-flight, that’s just a trip to the shops. No, I want to explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no man has gone before. Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to watch the reruns.

What dreams of yours do you think will never come true? What do you secretly want to achieve before you kick the bucket?

Images by Andrew Mandemaker and Wikimedia Commons.

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Melissa Savage

I want to be in a musical. I love singing but I’ve never been brave enough to audition for a musical or train up my voice, even though I’ve done several straight stage plays. I’m totally in on the musical project.
- http://music.johnanthonyjames.com/ John James
  
  Alright! I got my ingenue! Now all I need is a story, and a director…
  - Melissa Savage
    
    Oh JJ! I think we both know I’m a bit too old to be the ingenue anymore… I’ll be the diva – the wicked queen or something.
Jessica Chapman

My not so secret dream is to have a book published, which I have wanted to do since I could write. I just need to finish one and not think that it’s crap ten seconds later.

I’ve always wanted to be in a musical too! They always look like they’re having so much fun, pity I can’t sing, or dance really.

I also secretly wanted to be in the chorus for a production of Handel’s Messiah, but again I really don’t have the voice for it.

I really want to spend a year abroad (thinking more Europe than Antarctica) but I can’t pick a country and I think I would get way too homesick as I am not the type of person who makes new friends easily.
Monique Fischle

I want to publish books. I am determined that this will happen.

But other, probably not so attainable dreams
- Get EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony)
- Walk the red carpet at the Oscars in an amazing dress and make the best dressed lists
- Obviously sing, write, actor and maybe direct to get the above things
- Spend my life travelling the world with no money problems!
Whippersnapper

Be a celebrity. Like a movie star or singer.
- http://music.johnanthonyjames.com/ John James
  
  You see, I’d hate to be a celebrity…I wouldn’t mind a little bit of fame…”well known” but not “famous” if you know what I mean…I’d hate losing my privacy…
  - Whippersnapper
    
    I’d try to be one of those cool ones, like Beyonce, who shuns the spotlight, haha, well, ideally, a celebrity when I feel like it and private when I want it!
Mazi Gray

Definitely want the musical, ( am half way through writing).
but a YEAR in Antarctica is a bit much for me.

I will settle for normal things like paying of mortgage and family.
dramaqueen75

hmmmm- never say never!

1. Be a Playschool presenter (but I did travel to pre-schools with my own educational puppet show for a few years there)
2. Play Juliet (in fact, these days I would be cast as the Nurse, lol) But I have done Shakespeare- played Maria in 12th Night.
3. Finish my half written play (Started it in 1990- it’s in a box somewhere)
4. Live in Melbourne, Paris and New York for at least a year each
5. Travel in Asia without feeling nervous
http://faybian-lifeothercatastrophes.blogspot.com.au Faybian

Write a book. I’ve started a few, but never finished them. I too get too critical of them.
Travel the world. Oddly enough, in a yacht, for large parts of it. I can sail, but I’m not too sure about the open ocean.
Do leadlighting for a living. I can actually do leadlighting, just not expertly.
Do fashion design for a living.
Do interior design for a living.

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