In order to prevent this site from being too me-centric (and also because I don't have anything handy to post) I'm going to experiment with making weekends the time for games, challenges, and sharing of cool stuff by others.
So, question for everyone who drops by: what "talents," rare gifts, peculiar accomplishments do you have, but have never been able to mention on a standard resume?
Here's some of mine to get us started:
I can eat fire. (Well, lit matches, but they count.)
I've sung onstage at Sheldon Concert Hall. (It was after a choir performance, when the audience was leaving. A friend and I hopped on stage and sang a cappella duets while the sound crew carted away the amps. Nonetheless, it was the Sheldon Concert Hall stage, and I did sing on it.)
I have small roles in a couple of CD-ROMs about mental health. (I'm not going to try to explain this one.)
Just after you told us you sang on the stage at a concert hall as everyone was leaving, probably breaking a couple rules, you add that you had "small roles in a couple of CD-ROMS about mental health," and that "(I'm not going to try to explain this one.)" Perhaps you should have. At least it made ME want to know what your role was.
I know you well enough to know you're a person who sees opportunities long before anyone else can conceive of them, and you're a braver person than I'll ever be for taking those chances. You've enriched your life for all the rings you've caught on This merry-go-round.
You forgot to put down your position as a Muse. Surely one who can inspire those around her to the arts as you can has held one of the offices of Muse, at least for a short time. (Or perhaps you should consider running.)
Posted by: Pollux at May 18, 2002 05:54 PMPeculiar Accomplishments:
1) I learned to walk at age 17. (I learned much earlier, yes, but my body forgot how when the insulation around my nerves was destroyed and my brain couldn't communicate with my muscles until it regrew--thus paralyzing me. I had to relearn everything)
2) I won a poetry slam without reading a single word of poetry. (There's only one way I believe this can happen, so I won't explain.)
3) I caused Mother Theresa's death. When Princess Di died I wrote a poem saying that if Mother Theresa died, she wouldn't get the same amount of attention. And then a couple days later....It had to be my fault. (I tried to then write a similar poem about Rush Limbaugh, but it didn't work.)
Posted by: John at May 21, 2002 03:25 PM...and Pollux didn't mention one of Pollux's most distinguishing talents, which is the ability to do a perfect "and I'll feed him and hug him and name him George" voice. Pollux can also do a great Sam the Eagle.
"You are all weirdos!"
Well, we all have our talents.
Here's an accomplishment for ya... I've been to kindergarden THREE TIMES. Don't worry, I'm 28, and I've worked my way up to FOURTH GRADE NOW!!!
Posted by: Pollux at May 21, 2002 10:44 PM