Without further ado, behold! All the crazy, practical, lame, impractical, exciting, amazing, and weird things I want to learn:
- how to throw a boomerang
- how to ride a unicycle - I have wanted to learn this for at least twenty years now! I was THIS CLOSE to buying a unicycle when I was a senior in college. I was convinced it would make an awesome study break while I was writing my thesis. My friends thought otherwise and convinced me to abandoned that scheme.
- how to juggle five objects - I can juggle three tennis balls! I learned how to juggle in the sixth grade, but if I ever want to be a circus clown, I'm going to have to up to my credentials.
- how to make a balloon animal - Apparently what I really want to do is go to clown college.
- how to change a tire - oh thank god, something unrelated to the circus
- how to change the oil in my car - I'm sick of being such a girl with all things car-related
- the different parts of a car - I can identify the tires! And the windshield wipers! I'm on my way!
- all the presidents of the United States in chronological order - George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson...
- five fun facts about each U.S. President but I can't learn the facts from Wikipedia
- TAP DANCE
- how to execute a cartwheel - the cartwheel does not have to be flawless, but a bystander has to be able to say "Hey, that chick just did a shitty cartwheel."
- how to be a bad ass with a hacky sack - back to the clown theme, but this one has a stoner twist
- the Thriller dance
- how to make pasta from scratch - I actually was signed up for a pasta making class once and then the bastards cancelled due to low enrollment
- how to make a pie from scratch - not to boast, but I'm sure I can do this, I just have never attempted it
- Spanish - I took Spanish through high school, plus one class my first quarter of college, but I flamed out of that class. But I am working on reclaiming what I used to know and then becoming fluent. I've been using a great app called Duolingo plus reading some books in Spanish.
- French or German or another third language
- World geography - My education was severely lacking on this point. I want to know where every country in the world is, plus major cities, rivers, mountains, etc. I already know where the oceans are, so this is totally doable - right?
- Guitar
- Ukulele - I own one, I own a book, I own a tuner, but I can't figure out how to tune the damn thing! Someone I know must be able to help me with this one...
- Grilling - This has been Nathan's jurisdiction, but it is time to conquer my fear of the grill. There's only a 5% chance I will become engulfed in flames and have to jump into the pool.
- Harmonica
- Accordion
- survival skills in the event of a zombie attack, e.g. how to build a fire
- basic first aid
