Because sooner or later, ever skill will come in handy, I can...
- do The Blockhead Trick, where I push a nail into my nose.
- make amazingly consistent wafflecones by hand, without a mold, on up to four bakers at one time.
- set up and maintain a freshwater fishtank.
- walk a mile and a half in well under twenty minutes without feeling all that winded.
- bind books using Coptic stitch, or dental floss, or an old Italian journal technique.
- identify most semi-precious stones you're likely to find by sight, and know their main physical and metaphysical properties.
- find information on almost any topic.
- read four novels in a week.
- write haiku on demand.
- passably do several basic bellydance moves.
- play piano.
- count in Japanese, Spanish, and Swedish.
- say thank you in around seven different languages. Or at least hello.
- tell you far more than you ever wanted to know about The X-Files.
- make paper from various supplies.
- write with both hands--and with the same handwriting, if I'm using chalk on a board.
- play Rockband like a beast, when it's a song I like, and it's on Easy.
- crochet.
- quilt, in several different styles.
- quote Princess Bride almost line for line.
- sleep almost anywhere.
- make a pie from scratch.
- drink an entire pot of tea in one sitting.
- make my own soymilk (or nutmilks) from scratch.
- embroider in a number of different stitches.
- make hairpin lace.
- do my hair in victory rolls.
- make jam out of almost anything.
- debone a chicken in three minutes, when there's a reason to.
- understand Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress classification systems.
- speak in a Scottish accent.
- identify most Brits, down to region, by accent.
- make my own nail polish.
- tell you more than you thought existed about tea.
- do 'Filipino pole dancing'.
- sing the Quadratic Equation.
- sing "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" to the tune of Gilligan's Island.
- read French. Somehow.
- do sun salutations.
- theoretically block a knife-wielding attacker.
- make a ring, from silver sheet, a stone, and some wire.
- pack two weeks' worth of clothes and toiletries into one bag.
- make bread from scratch.
- chop wood.
- make bowls, plates and vases on a pottery wheel.
- build and fire my own kiln.
- make bricks from mud.
- grow almost anything that has a seed.
- polish sterling silver chemically, with stuff already in most homes.
- make coil and pinch pots, and burnish them until they're waterproof without glaze.
- identify a large number of world flags.
- make a loom and weave on it.
- make basic yarn.
- read an archaeological site map.
- tell the difference between skulls of several versions of humans.
- untangle even the worst knots.
- glue things back together so that they can be used again.
- jump rope.
- blow bubbles with gum.
- roll my tongue.
What can you do? Lists like this are awesome for making you feel like you actually do have skills, lemme tell you what.
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