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Azhagal, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 12:51 PM

as strange as it sounds, I've always said that if I were a woman I'd learn Raks Sharqi(belly dancing)
1. it is the single most amazing form of dance, as well as being really cool
2. it is hot
3. está muy calinte
4. es ist sehr heiss
5.[insert "it is very hot" in french]

I would also like to learn some exotic martial art and jewelry making....maybe

Aberzombie (Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 12:53 PM

Juggling.
Playing Piano.

Lathiira, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 01:04 PM

Drawing.
Singing.
Hiking.
Seoni-wrestling.

James Keegan (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 01:19 PM

Amateur carpentry. Just enough that I can fix things around the house/apartment or make my own shelves. I can build almost anything out of foamcore; anything involving power tools is a different story entirely.

I'd like to start painting miniatures again.

Nevynxxx (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Planet Stories Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 01:26 PM

1) I'd like to be able to play my 3 (yes, three, two electric and one semi acoustic) guitars in a way that doesn't make people cry (as much fun as that was in uni when I wanted sleep)

2) Calligraphy.

3) Sculpture (25/28mm miniatures).

4) Bowery.

5) Iron Working (I would *love* to be a farrier/blacksmith).

6) Macro photography.

zylphryx (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 01:35 PM

Bronze casting

Seconded on the Iron Working Nevynxx

Painting (canvas, not houses)

Hang Gliding (some measure of a fear of heights is kind of inhibiting this one)

Sky Diving (see Hang Gliding)

Scuba Diving

Lilith (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Planet Stories Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 01:35 PM

Learning a new language, for starters...
Getting back into playing my viola.
Canning/pickling/making jams.

I'm sure there are others.

Adam Daigle (Contributor), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 01:48 PM

There's probably more things I wish I could do than things I can do.

As for the patience aspect of this thread, learning a musical instrument has always been at the top of the list. I've dabbled with a half a dozen instruments, but never gave them the time they deserved.

nightflier, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 01:50 PM

I'd like to learn few more languages. French and Romanian in addition to the paltry 3 that I already speak.

Fake Healer, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 01:53 PM

Thirded on the Blacksmithing.
Seconded on scuba-diving (nothing under 40' or so though).
Seconded on sculpting minis.
Juggling. As dexterous as I am I just can't seem to learn on my own...

kikai13 (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; GameMastery Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 01:57 PM

I'd like to learn Spanish.

And I never have enough time to write as much as I would like.

Woodraven, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 02:06 PM

1)Learn Portugese
2)Learn German
3)Learn to play the violin
4)Learn to play bass guitar
5)Learn a couple of combat sports

Wolf Munroe (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; GameMastery Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 02:11 PM

Draw (decently).
Archery.
Speak and read Latin.
Write stories with a beginning, middle, and end.
(I'm good at starting stories, not so good at concluding them.)
Some form of martial arts, preferably one that mixes armed and unarmed forms.
Paint miniatures.
Learn a trade.

(Belly dancing is hot.)

Nevynxxx (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Planet Stories Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 02:15 PM

Wolf Munroe wrote:

Some form of martial arts, preferably one that mixes armed and unarmed forms

Ju-Jitsu is great fun (and should probably be added into my list, been wanting to get into that again for years) and starts off a basic unarmed self defence, and raises up into staffs, those three pronged hand held things , and even swords....

Callous Jack (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 04:53 PM

I'd like to play the guitar.

Xaaon of Xen'Drik (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 05:21 PM

Blacksmithing as well
Chinese/Japanese

Kobold Cleaver, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 06:00 PM

How to make a character that would rival Pun-Pun.

Bill Lumberg, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 06:46 PM

-Play an instrument, violin, trumpet or saxophone
-Get back into jiu jitsu
-get back into bike riding
-photography and film development
-raise my chess game beyond "passable"
-become a (much) better dancer. I have been promising my wife for years that I would
-learn to cook food that is not incredibly bland

Hugo Solis (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 07:02 PM

Adandoned hobbies that I'd like to pick up:
-Painting minis
-Scale models (military)

Wish I could:
-Sculpt
-Write
-Paint
-Learn French
-Cook (seriously)
-Architecture

In that order

I year ago drawing would be on top of the list... :P

Mikaze, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 07:07 PM

Drawing
Fencing
Exotic Dance

Hugo Solis wrote:

I year ago drawing would be on top of the list... :P

Now there's a shocker. If there's anything that could give me hope that I can still pick up drawing to at least a decent level, it's that. One year?! Seriously?

Azhagal, Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 07:23 PM

I also want to learn Arabic and Icelandic
learn Accupuncture
and sculpt

Hugo Solis (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 07:28 PM

Mikaze wrote:

Now there's a shocker. If there's anything that could give me hope that I can still pick up drawing to at least a decent level, it's that. One year?! Seriously?

I used to draw when I was 18, mostly when my RPG group was playing. I quit when I joined college around 21-22 I think. It always were my players PCs and some of my campaign personas. Always sketches, never finished anything. Back then I readed lots of comics, so I pretty much learned from those.

I started drawing again by the end of august last year, promising myself that this time I would finish all drawings I started, and so I started drawing the PCs you see me doing today.

I'm quite glad my life took a turn on this way :D

GreatKhanArtist (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber), Sat, Jun 20, 2009, 07:52 PM

Cooking isn't so bad. The big secret is experiment and try everything (safely) raw. If you like eating, you'll be a great cook. Oh and don't cook everything on the highest setting on your stove, and you really can't be a microwave gourmet. I've always said I will teach anyone who wants to learn cooking. If I get out to PaizoCon next year, I will try to rent a room with a kitchenette and up the vegetarian cuisine. Who ever wants to come out is welcome to.

Myself, I'd like to learn:
1) The fireman's carry
2) To drive a standard vehicle at highway speed
3) Swiftwater canoeing
4) EMT-related skills
5) How to properly fold fitted sheets
6) Hebrew
7) Rappelling

Interestingly enough, most of these I can learn free of cost.

Never trust a skinny chef.

-GKA

Nevynxxx (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Planet Stories Subscriber), Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 01:50 AM

Mikaze wrote:

Fencing

Oh, this too....

The Eldritch Mr. Shiny (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Planet Stories Subscriber), Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 01:49 PM

I'd really like to learn how to draw well and play guitar.

Adam Daigle (Contributor), Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 01:51 PM

The Eldritch Mr. Shiny wrote:

I'd really like to learn how to draw well and play guitar.

No fair! You already have those skills. ;)

The Eldritch Mr. Shiny (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Planet Stories Subscriber), Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 01:53 PM

Daigle wrote:

The Eldritch Mr. Shiny wrote:

I'd really like to learn how to draw well and play guitar.

No fair! You already have those skills. ;)

Meh...

Dragonborn3, Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 01:56 PM

1)Martial arts(staffs and glaive)
2)Archery
3)Scuba Diving(I love the water and underwater life)
4)Rock climbing(I've done it before, and want to do it again)
5)Throwing my voice

Modera (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 02:03 PM

I'd really like to learn to play violin and didgeridoo

Set, Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 06:46 PM

1) Draw even halfway decently. My head is filled with images and scenes, and they are stuck in there.

I can write them out, but I'm always frustrated by not being able to show them to other people.

2) I'd love to be able to do math. Numbers just move around on the page for me, mocking me with their impenetrability.

3) Run for more than 30 ft. without collapsing in a breathless heap. :)

Matthew Morris (RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32), Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 06:51 PM

Drawing.

Hebrew (I've a block on languages for some reason)

Krav Maga. (If I want a marital art, I'll skip finesse)

Fiendish Dire Weasel (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber), Mon, Jun 22, 2009, 07:32 PM

-Cello
-Russian
-German

Azhagal, Mon, Jun 22, 2009, 08:04 PM

Fiendish Dire Weasel wrote:

-Cello
-Russian
-German

good luck with German, it was a very fun language for me to learn

Seldriss (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Mon, Jun 22, 2009, 08:11 PM

Azhagal wrote:

5.[insert "it is very hot" in french]

"C'est très chaud".

At your service ;)

monk by many names, Mon, Jun 22, 2009, 09:12 PM

Seldriss wrote:

Azhagal wrote:

5.[insert "it is very hot" in french]

"C'est très chaud".

At your service ;)

thanks...and Omelette de Fromage to you sir

Seldriss (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Mon, Jun 22, 2009, 09:15 PM

monk by many names wrote:

thanks...and Omelette de Fromage to you sir

Omelette au fromage.

baron arem heshvaun (Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Companion Subscriber), Wed, Jun 24, 2009, 07:10 PM

To throw a pair of six sided dice and determine what the roll would be before I commited to the throw.

To do push ups, with my tounge.

To stop looking at girls under 20, er... 19.

Spoiler:

houstonderek, Wed, Jun 24, 2009, 10:49 PM

Playing guitar.
Auto racing.
Lion taming.

Set, Thu, Jun 25, 2009, 06:17 AM

houstonderek wrote:

Playing guitar.
Auto racing.
Lion taming.

Of those three, playing guitar is the one that won't kill you if you critically fail a skill check. I'd recommend starting there. :)

Gavgoyle (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber), Thu, Jun 25, 2009, 06:51 AM

I've played piano and trumpet a number of years ago, I would like to get back into that groove. I don't have a lot of musical aptitude, but I do have a love of the medium.

I would LOVE to learn Fencing...enrolled for an extracirricular class of it in college, but it ended up conflicting with something I needed and then the prof didn't offer it again.

I would like to play the guitar, but I've tried a bit on my own and that's just f-ing hopeless (for me).

I would like to learn Russian.

If I ever go back to college, I want to get a degree in chemistry, just because I enjoyed so much in high school.

Nameless, Thu, Jun 25, 2009, 07:21 AM

I would love to learn to play lead guitar. I suspect I'd actually have to get real lessons for that though.

I'd love to learn another language. German is attractive as it'd allow me to get back to my roots.

I'd like to learn a martial art such as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

I'd enjoy learning some kind of dance.

Really, I'd love to do it all, but that's impossible. This is why I play RPGs, where I can pretend to do all these things! :)

The Eldritch Mr. Shiny (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Planet Stories Subscriber), Wed, Jul 1, 2009, 10:59 PM

Here's a serious one:

I would like to learn how to play the bouzouki, a la Richard Shindell or Tommy Makem. Cool sounding instrument.

Celestial Healer, Thu, Jul 2, 2009, 07:20 AM

I would like to get back into:

Writing
Calligraphy (way back in high school, I used to make all the certificates and awards)
Music composition

I would like to learn:

Archery
Gardening/Hortoculture/Botany (I don't know whether I would like doing it, but I like the idea of it)
First Aid

Freehold DM, Thu, Jul 2, 2009, 07:28 AM

Putting together MG and PG UC Gundam models.
Playing a musical instrument(either getting back into low brass or learning the guitar).

flash_cxxi (RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32), Thu, Jul 2, 2009, 07:32 AM

Archery...

Adam Daigle (Contributor), Thu, Jul 2, 2009, 07:36 AM

I wish I lived closer to the coast so I could get some use out of my surfboard again. Even if it was the Gulf Coast.

the DZA (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, GameMastery Cards Subscriber), Thu, Jul 2, 2009, 07:46 AM

I was an art major back in college, but I haven't done anything artistically in years. I would definitely want to get back in to that.

OOOHH! And what Daigle said. I live in San Diego and I've been surfing once and had a blast. I gotta do that again.

Cuchulainn, Thu, Jul 2, 2009, 07:55 AM

The Eldritch Mr. Shiny wrote:

Here's a serious one:

I would like to learn how to play the bouzouki... Cool sounding instrument.

Would you play it in a Cheese Shop?

Roac, Thu, Jul 2, 2009, 08:54 AM

Azhagal wrote:

I also want to learn Arabic and Icelandic
learn Accupuncture
and sculpt

Hey! I can help you with that man. Ég er nú íslenskur :) , that is, I'm Icelandic.