Things you wish you could do.

[Nr1Humanoid]

Bit of a companion piece to the other thread.

I have always wanted to know how to whistle.
If only I could get water up my nose without panicking.
I wish I could draw.

[Square]

Fly

[ayumidah]

Drawing is mine too. I have to trace sketch anything and it still sometimes looks kinda bad. I have poor depth perception.

[Sponsored by Groose Wipes]

Draw but knowing me I'd likely just draw porn and get that commission cash.

[Deleted]

Paint, sing, surf, and make good posts on FAN.

[ERON]

Realistic:
draw
surf
skateboard
play guitar
sing
fly a plane

Unrealistic:
slow/stop time
survive a fall from any height
speak/understand any language
travel to exotic locales on a whim
visit other planets
be a 1970s rock star

[Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill]

I wish I could...love.

[Jaws the Shark]

I have long been fascinated by surf culture, and always wanted to learn. But between living 250 miles away from any surfing beaches and being a terrible swimmer prone to getting swimmer's ear, it's probably not going to happen.

I used to think I wanted to be a famous musician. Then I learnt more about what fame is all about and realised I would probably end up hating it and/or totally go off the deep end.

[Deleted]

I wish I could have the courage to flirt with that single mom with blue hair and a face tattoo I see at the grocery store all the time.

Any time I'm dressed all cool and feel all confident at that store, she's not there. If I'm wearing crappy old clothes for my janitor job or having a day where I'm self conscious because I look like I gained 20 pounds overnight, I totally see her there.

[aka Cthulhu]

Some physical activity. Maybe sports. Didn't really do it as a kid, and as my medical condition worsens over the years, I can't really do it anymore. Can't even sprint at this point. Hell, can't even jump. Trying to do so now just makes my back give a stern reminded on why I shouldn't.

[Nr1Humanoid]

May 20, 2021 17:03:30 GMT -5 Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill said:

I wish I could...love.

Hey, now...your right hand counts too.

[Bo Rida]

Sitting outside a nice cafe in central Europe, watching the world go by, sipping coffee and sketching the people I see sounds lovely.

Unfortunately I can't get into Central Europe, don't like coffee and most importantly have no artistic talent.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Read and speak Japanese

Something I def need to go back to. I was able to self teach myself when I was in College on nights I couldn't sleep as a cool down for my brain I started to get overloaded when I got to Kana and never went back to it consistently

[Push R Truth]

I wish I could trim my "I'm going to do it right and make it worth the effort" trait when it comes to my cooking. What happens is I'll decide to make mashed potatoes to go with dinner. I'll have 2 nice sized taters out for the 2 of us that are eating. Then suddenly my mind is like "might as well do it right and add two more taters to make it worth the effort".

Then suddenly I have twice the mashed potatoes I needed and because I grew up with "Depression Era Values" of zero food waste... I end up eating the extra and now I'm a fat asshole that knows exactly what my problem is yet I repeat it 2-4 times a week.

It used to be 7 times a week, so I've gotten substantially better. I hope I can tell you it's 0-1 times a week soon enough. Breaking old life long habits that have been drilled into you is hard. And this is two habits that have morphed into one fatass making monster.

[mc74]

May 21, 2021 7:15:58 GMT -5 Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) said:

Read and speak Japanese

Something I def need to go back to. I was able to self teach myself when I was in College on nights I couldn't sleep as a cool down for my brain I started to get overloaded when I got to Kana and never went back to it consistently

Speaking of which, I need to return to that at some point. Was deep into it a couple of years ago and I was thoroughly enjoying it. For the most part, the sentence structure was fairly simple to get down pat, as was the hiragana and katakana charts (this one's thanks to a Metal Gear Solid reference). Oh, fun fact regarding that btw. You can spell the word "Snake" in the "ra ri ru re ro" section of the hiragana chart. らりるれろ

But as far as the writing part was concerned, the Kanji was the part I found particularly challenging.

Anyways, on topic of the thread. Pronouncing Polish words better. Of all languages I've encountered, I'd have to say Polish ranks up there as one of the most difficult to get a grasp on. Seeing Polish words and wondering how in the blue hell you're supposed to pronounce them is rather intimidating.

[dirtyoldman]

Being able to speak a second language. Once you've learnt one it makes learning others easier.

Still, always Google translate.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

I tell you, I would *SO BANNED*

[thirteen3]

Play an instrument and to be able to compose music.

[J. Hova]

Play the piano.

[Non Banjoble Tokens]

Not be an idiot.