erm.

I always hesitate to say this because of the 
unyielding stereotypes people have of this 
profession, almost NONE of which have actually 
been true since sometime early in the 20th 
century.

I could obfuscate the issue and say I'm an 
associate professor.  That actually IS true, and 
in a year or two I'll be a full professor.

The thing I actually DO, though is be a catalog 
librarian.  I'm the only one at my university, 
and thus am also the head of the catalog 
department (a job that, in bigger places, 
actually carries a fair amount of clout with 
it.)  What that means is that I create the 
records in the online catalog for the stuff we 
own, or for ejournals/websites/indexes what have 
you that people can access from within it.  It's 
primarily database maintenance, really. (no, I 
don't get to read all day; no, I don't shelve, 
stamp, or check out books...)

Anyway, after grinding away at the catalog for 
nearly a decade and getting tenured, I'm well 
enough rewarded for my skills that I can afford 
to play anime cel games :)