Hidden talents

[stacer]

I've officially been recruited (roped in?) for the annual stake Messiah singalong as a trumpet player. I play my trumpet, for fun, about twice a year, if that, mainly for fun, because my lip is about gone. But I'm going to be practicing a lot in the next week or so, because who wants to play really badly in front of all those people? I'll go for mediocre.

So I was thinking that until recently many of you didn't know that I played trumpet. What other lights are we hiding under bushels? Anybody else have a talent we don't know about?

[Eagle Prince]

But I barely know you, so I guess there is a lot of hidden stuff.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

I make really good chocolate pies.

[GorgonlaVacaTremendo]

I can cook pretty well.  Just in general.

[fuzzyoctopus]

I can memorize anything set to music and remember it even after not hearing it for 20 years.

[stacer]

Wow, fuzzy, I want that talent.

[fuzzyoctopus]

Well, it means that you get songs stuck in your head that NO ONE else remembers.  Like every song ever sung on Square One TV.  If I could just think of a marketable use for it, I'd be a happy girl.

[Gemm_Homely]

I can, wiggle my ears, and snarl my lip. I can make anyone laugh, if not smile. I'm ineptly good at that last one. I usually play off of my own faults to make one laugh more accordingly at me. Which I usually find to be rather funny anyways. Oh, and I rarely, if at all, get mad or angry. I've become a generally happy and jovial person.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

Today I recited "Very Like a Whale" by Ogden Nash.

[JP Dogberry]

I have a knack fro remembering minute details of anything years later - my mother always gets amazed when I recite to her verbatim a throwaway conversation we had five years ago, especially when I can remember where we were and what the weather outside was like.

[House of Mustard]

I do oil painting.  Last year I took fourth place in the state fair.

[Onion of Death]

I have a really good memory of food and smells in general. Some people, like Archon, find this sad. Guess I just kind of moonlight as a notorious glutton. I would probably make a great cook if I had any attention span at all.

I don't know if that's special, but I can't really think of much right now.

[Master Xaio]

Drama and acting generally is one of mine..  Most of my friends don't know I used to do it, but for several years I was very much into it, going in competitions etc. I was in a professional theatre company for a while.  I'm actually looking at getting back into it at the end of this year, start of next.

[fuzzyoctopus]

I played tennis for 4 years in high school.  Wasn't particularly good, but most of my friends now don't know it, since I'm not a particularly athletic-seeming person.

[Archon]

I am pretty good at pool (billiards). We got a table in our basement years ago, and I got pretty good since. I was playing just a couple minutes ago and had a seven ball run, which I was rather proud of.