the things i do…

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busybusy… lots of crappy work to get finished before i take off for the island friday morning. add to that a doctor’s appointment monday, a lab appointment this morning and a dentist appointment tomorrow, the hours i have left to complete all this crap are dwindling. oh yeah, and i don’t want to do any of it now that i have a happy-full belly after lunch at the thai place.
i was thinking this morning (while sitting in traffic on the cut because i left later than my normal 6:45 due to the aforementioned lab appointment) about all the skills i have which i don’t actually consider skills. there are a lot of things i do every day which many people can’t do and i take them all for granted. here’s my list:

  1. drive a car.
  2. touch-type.
  3. read.
  4. write.
  5. cook/bake.
  6. use/build/understand a computer.
  7. find the north star.
  8. braid.
  9. iron/laundry.
  10. program a vcr.
  11. crochet.
  12. say “hello” and “yes/no” in five or six languages.
  13. write html.
  14. use a card catalogue.
  15. sew simple patterns.
  16. paint walls/objects.
  17. change the sparkplugs and oil & filter in my car.
  18. dial a phone in the dark.
  19. get up, showered, dressed and make peanut butter toast all with my eyes closed.
  20. ride a bicycle (although it’s been a long while).
  21. sign the alphabet excluding f and p thru t.

okay, so it got a little eclectic at the end. but still, sometimes it’s a good idea to take a little inventory of your abilities so you don’t get complacent.
what are your skills?

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6 Thoughts on “the things i do…”

  1. andrea on November 6, 2002 at 13:33 said:

    excluding the things on your list that i can also do, i can …
    … draw realistically.
    … drive a stick shift.
    … read and write extraordinarily fast.
    … pick up languages (including programming languages) quickly.
    … wake up in the middle of the night and guess what time it is within five minutes, almost every single time.
    … remember my dreams (which are always in color).
    … pick things up with my toes (my boyfriend calls me a monkey).
    … remember everybodys’ birthdays after they’ve only told me once.
    … juggle.
    … knit complicated things like socks and sweaters.
    … find just about anything on the internet, quickly.

  2. heather on November 6, 2002 at 15:38 said:

    ooh! i have monkey toes, too! =)

  3. andy! on November 7, 2002 at 06:50 said:

    come here and i’ll show you. ;)

  4. heather on November 7, 2002 at 07:44 said:

    you’re such a tease.

  5. Winkie on November 7, 2002 at 07:51 said:

    I can speak French fluently
    I can flip a flag(ya know the flaggies in band)
    I can understand you
    I can toss a flag really high in the air and catch it
    I can do the same with a broom in the kitchen of my house
    I can fix my car by myself

  6. (the shorter)Heather on November 7, 2002 at 12:15 said:

    I can teach you the rest of the alphabet. You can teach me to drive. Eh? ;)

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