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Old 04-03-2009, 01:46 PM   #1
Undertoad
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What would you like to do, but can't?

I can't do small talk at parties. I can't remember people's names.

I can't play keyboard, although I have wanted to all my life.

I can't lie on my resume. I would crumple on interviews if I was asked about it.
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Old 04-03-2009, 01:48 PM   #2
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I would like to go to cooking school but can't right now, maybe someday though. I would also like to be a rally car driver, that's just not gonna happen.
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Old 04-03-2009, 01:48 PM   #3
Juniper
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Sing, dance, and run without people laughing at me.
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Old 04-03-2009, 01:55 PM   #4
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Remember people's names
Speak another language
Stick to my exercise plan
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Talk to my dad, just one more time.
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Old 04-03-2009, 02:12 PM   #5
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Sing
Dance
have more self discipline
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Old 04-03-2009, 02:38 PM   #6
Queen of the Ryche
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fly.
be invisible.
not asking for much.
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Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever.
He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon.

I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.
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Old 04-03-2009, 03:15 PM   #7
Clodfobble
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I wish I could play piano.
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Old 04-03-2009, 03:25 PM   #8
Trilby
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I'll have to go with flying and being invisible, too.

I'd also like to write a killer-catchy song like Everyone's Had More Sex Than Me, Numa Numa or the Bananaphone song.
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Old 04-03-2009, 03:27 PM   #9
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I can't remember people's names.
I can't forget a face.
I can't play ANY instrument - at all.
I can't dance (a blind, 1 legged turtle has more rhythm than I)
I can't sing :'(
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Old 04-03-2009, 03:30 PM   #10
Queen of the Ryche
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oh, and paint like Case.
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Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever.
He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon.

I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.
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Old 04-03-2009, 03:32 PM   #11
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Ugggg - thats a really good one QotR
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Old 04-03-2009, 05:14 PM   #12
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Be an African-American woman for one month. To experience all of the horror, pain, and suffering both groups have to deal with every day. To know what it means to be black it today’s world, and to have dealt with the daily assault of sexual harassment would help me be so much more empathetic. It would also make me a better person, countryman and world citizen. And the best part is when I hear someone complain that “you just don’t understand” what it’s like to have a period, to deal with hormones, or to be discriminated against…I can just simply say Bullshit!

It also would be nice to do this as Halle Berry or Thandie Newton because they rock!
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Old 04-03-2009, 05:20 PM   #13
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Oh, being invisible, or being able to grow a certain appendage to any size or shape (as in Mr. Fantastic's powers) would be cool. But if we stay out of fantasy land, then I wished I could sing better, play the guitar, speak 5-6 other languages fluently, be able to work on the car without rapping my knuckles, and always have the right answer when my kids ask me a question...those would all be good.
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Old 04-03-2009, 05:34 PM   #14
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I wish I could workout four times a week for a period longer than one lousy month.

I wish I could remember anything I wanted to anytime I wanted to.
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Old 04-03-2009, 08:38 PM   #15
DanaC
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I wish I could nail my mind to the subject at hand...I wish I didn't find it so hard to concentrate for any length of time on anything not connected to my own little fantasy world. I'd like to have more stamina for work.


On a lighter note: there are about 6 languages i'd love to be able to speak. Not just speak, but be fluent in. Also I wish I'd learned the violin instead of the flute when I was younger.

I'd like to be able to lose myself in dance when others are about. If I am dancing in I always become very consciouis of my dancing and that spoils it:P Actually, I'd lke to be a better dancer too lol.
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