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
James Keegan(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber)
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.
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).
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.
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 Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Roleplaying Game, Modules Subscriber)
I'd like to learn Spanish.
And I never have enough time to write as much as I would like.
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.
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....
-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
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?
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.
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.
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
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)
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.