top 5 Pop Culture related jobs

En la página de Pop Candy hay una sección que es redactada por los lectores: un conteo de 5 cosas que tengan alguna relación con la cultura pop. Pues envié mi listado que trata sobre mis trabajos ideales y hasta ahora no ha sido publicado, no sé si lo será, pero para eso tengo mi propio blog. \m/

1) Blizzard Entertainment story developer… or novelist

My boyfriend introduced me to World or Warcraft a few years ago, and I’ve become addicted to the game, but also to the universe surrounding it: the clothing shown in sites like Jinx.com, web series like The Guild, gadgets sold on ThinkGeek.com, among others, but a particular aspect of the trend has always intrigued me: the history of the characters. Warcraft began as a regular PC game based on a mythology, and throughout its evolution into a MMORPG it has always tried to remain true to the fiction surrounding the main characters and at the same time continually expanding it along with the game. Many novels have been written about that whole mythology, and I think I would be quite challenging to put on paper the next chapters of the story, but at the same time it would be fun since there aren’t a lot of jobs with that level of creativity required. Besides, I can only imagine what would life on the Blizzard headquarters must be like; it’s probably a surreal experience to be surrounded by all those things you only consider imagined.
2) Rolling Stone magazine reporter
When I was a teenager I went through a horrible boy-band phase, but when I overcame it I became obsessed with learning as much as I could about good music. I became an avid Rolling Stone reader, and even though most of the times I couldn’t afford it, I always ended up reading them -clandestinely- in my hometown’s bookstores. I used to dream about becoming a music journalist, and therefore I was fascinated by Cameron Crowe’s “Almost famous”. He was my idol at 15. When I saw Mtv’s reality show “I’m from Rolling Stone” I couldn’t even believe it was possible to land that sort of internship in your early 20’s, and to also have a chance to work for the magazine. I was so sad I live so far away from those kinds of opportunities; I think I would die from pure joy if I landed a gig like that.

3) Mtv host

Growing up my parents didn’t want my brother and I to spend valuable studying time watching tv, so we didn’t have cable (ironically I had a tv in my room). A national network used to broadcast Mtv2 after midnight so I stayed up late watching it or I recorded “120 minutes” on my VCR to watch it on the weekends. That’s why I’m so loyal to Mtv even though I acknowledge it’s become quite different from the original concept it began with; it was a great part of my musical education and through it I discovered many of my current favorite artists. In Mtv Latin America we had great hosts during the 90’s: I deeply admired Ruth Infarinato and was fascinated by her eclectic hair, and of course, I was in love with rocker Gonzalo Morales. It was inevitable wanting to become part of that select group. I know hosts nowadays are more preppy and mainstream, but I wouldn’t hesitate to audition in order to become one. I wonder how that would go considering I hate having my picture taken.

4) Architecture columnist for the New York Times

It’s very funny, but when I think about working in something related to my field, architecture, I mostly dream about writing about it. The New York Times has an excellent column about architecture and it’s only natural: its headquarters were designed by Renzo Piano and the offices are just gorgeous. I got a copy of Ada Louise Huxtable’s “On architecture”, a collection of her columns for that newspaper from the time she worked as the first architecture critic they ever had, and I’m greatly inspired by her passion for buildings, her wit and her great sense of humor while trying to teach people from all sort of fields –not just architects- the importance and the right we have to demand high standards in our constructions.
5) Full time blogger

I’ve been writing journals ever since I was 10 years old, and writing has always been a part of my life. But since a good friend of mine introduced me to blogging I forgot what a journal looks like, I only write for online purposes only. This is my 4th year as a blogger, and it’s been a very interesting journey: I’ve met some interesting and peculiar people from many countries, one of my teachers in college read a post I made about him (I was quite scared at the time!!), and I even got the opportunity to work for one of my readers. I can safely assure that if I could do it all day I’d be glad too, but how could I get paid for it? Anyways, in the meantime I’ll keep looking for jobs in other fields but maybe one day an opportunity of this sort will arise, I’m sure.