At some point in your life, surely you've imagined what you'd do if you could come back as a ghost. (What? You haven't? Oh.)

Well, it sometimes happens to me when I'm watching shows like The Ghost Whisperer or the Travel Channel's Most Haunted. Suddenly, I'll slip into a daydream and start thinking about my potential life in the afterworld.

Should I visit some of my old favorite pairs of shoes and see where they ended up? If I visit my dogs, will they still fetch their ball even though they can't see me throwing it for them? Will I really have to wear what I died in, or can I choose a fabulous outfit for all of eternity? And, oh, I'll definitely visit my husband and tell him it's OK to date and to love again -- as long as he mourns me two years for every six months we were married. That seems fair, right?

However, if for some reason I had trouble getting through to my loved ones on my own, I'd hope to somehow score a meeting with C.J. Sellers, a medium often called upon in Paranormal State on the A&E channel. She seems to read spirits fairly easily, in a calming and therapeutic way. So hopefully, she could potentially deliver my messages to my husband and pets in a way that wasn't scary or threatening. Also, as an attractive and somewhat stylish woman, Sellers might understand my curiosity about my beloved zebra striped ballet flats and my favorite black patent Kenneth Cole peep-toe heels with an ankle strap.

But hey, there's someone for everyone. And if I had a different gender or personality type, I'm sure my investigator or medium of choice would vary. Perhaps it would go something like this:

Pervy ghost. If I were a male or a lesbian, I would definitely hit up Ghost Whisperer Melinda Gordon. She's totally hot, plus we've seen her in her Hanes underwear, so that's an added bonus. And a perv wouldn't really care about much more than that.

Workin' man ghost. Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson of Sci-Fi's Ghost Hunters are both plumbers by trade; they just investigate the paranormal on the side. So a manly, straight-to-the-point construction worker version of me might feel comfortable coming out to these two. They are are easy-going, down to earth and do their jobs thoroughly, but without a whole lot of fanfare.

Narcissistic ghost. Look at me! Look at me! If I were an attention-seeking spirit, I'd try to hook up with Yvette Fielding of Most Haunted so I could get some face time -- er, apparition time? -- on TV. Yvette is totally brave, but she also freaks out when ghosts touch or come near her. She drops the f-bomb a lot, which would make me feel incredibly intimidating and powerful.

Vengeful ghost. If I were pissed, Tabitha Lenox on the now-defunct soap opera Passions would be my go-to gal. She's a 300-year-old witch who's tight with the spirit world, and spent most of her time in Harmony trying to suck the happiness out of everyone. My little requests would be a piece of cake for her. I don't think I'd want to maim anyone ... but if she could make my college ex get really fat and bald and have his wife cheat on him like he did on me all those years, well, I think I could get behind that. Karma!

Practical joker ghost. In this case, I'd call on Allison Dubois of Medium, who always manages to piece together random messages that dead people offer to her through dreams. It'd be fun to torment her with cryptic communications for weeks, then have the result be totally lame, like Ralphie in A Christmas Story when he got his Little Orphan Annie secret decoder ring. "Be sure to eat your Ovaltine!"