Top Ten Tuesday- Trading Places

This week The Broke and the Bookish is asking us for ten characters we'd like to trade places with, a tough task for me. 

1. Alice, from Alice in Wonderland- Imagination, dreams, a talking cats, a mean Queen, crazy tea parties.

2. Cotter, from Underworld- He was there when the Giants beat the Dodgers, back in the pennant race when they were both New York Teams. My boys need that same magic right now..

3. One of the girls from a Jane Austen novel- Somewhere inside of me I'd like to wear a petticoat, partake in innocent flirtations, not worry about money, and watch men fight over me. 

4. Atticus, from To Kill a Mockingbird- Honestly, I'd much rather be the love interest of Atticus, but there was none. He's such a good, smart person.

5. Ruth Ramsey, from The Abstinence Teacher- Ruth is a sex-ed teacher that actually teaches kids that sex can be a good thing, as long as the proper precautions are being taken. In this day and age where the stance taken in public schools is that students are supposed to abstain, I can appreciate a character like Ruth.

6. Fern, from Charlotte's Web- The girl in me from Central California would love to live on a farm and raise a piggy of her own.

7. Jessica Wakefield, from Sweet Valley High- I'd love to redo my high school years a little more scandalously. 

8. Dr. Marina Singh, State of Wonder- I know I use this book frequently, but I love the idea that she just took off and went to the Amazon. Granted she didn't have the same obligations many of us to, but it was still a gutsy trip. It's not like she went to, like, Omaha. 

9. Nancy Drew, Nancy Drew Series- I loved these books growing up and always hoped to find a trapdoor somewhere or some sort of random clue to lead me on an adventure. And, now that I'm an adult, I'm betting Ned Nickerson is a good time, ifyaknowwhatImean.

10. Katrina Firlik, from Another Day in the Frontal Lobe- Fine, fine, this is nonfiction but I'd love the be a neurosurgeon for the day. Even better if I get daily rate (at least a thousand bucks). 

Not my favorite topic- perhaps easier if the men in the half naked men twisting around on bars in front of me weren't on (I'm at home, watching the Olympics, not at a strip club).