Friday Five 22-October-2021

[elusivek]

First, thefridayfive

1. What was a skill you were proud to learn as a kid?
As a kid? I used to take skating classes, and I got pretty good at it. I could go forwards, backwards, spin, and all that. I don't remember why it tapered off, but it just did.

2. What's something you used to be good at, but can't do any more?
I used to draw a lot as a kid. I don't do much drawing nowadays.

3. What's something you haven't done in a long time, but you could pick it right back up again with some practice?
I suppose I could still play the piano. I suck at sight reading, but I had that one-piece-wonder I could play to fool people that I do know how to play the piano LOL. Yes, there is just ONE piece I could play properly.

4. What can you teach others to do?
I could probably teach you how to type Chinese in the Changjie input method.

5. What would you like to learn next?
My friend seems to be having a lot of fun with her pottery, so I'd be interested in that, given the chance!


Next, F.riday5.com

1. What recently made you proudest of yourself?
LOL. Just yesterday, my Boss was giving me certain instructions to send stuff to me. So I was arranging to get things done. Then I sent a certain file to him. After a while he said "don't forget to send that certain file to me!" And then I just "replied" on that file I sent (WhatsApp has this function) and used a smirking emoji.

He replied with a thank you. Very rare he does that LOL.

2. Whom do you envy?
I know one shouldn't envy others but sometimes you just can't help it, isn't it? I envy some people that have certain skills, but I don't envy the circumstances they are in. So it's just like, I envy this person with this skill, but I wouldn't want to be in his shoes because I know he has to deal with that. Something like that.

3. When did you most recently express wrath?
I believe it was just recently, at certain IT technicians in my company LOL.

4. What do you eat when you are too slothful to prepare something or to get takeout?
I'm tempted to say cup noodles (just pour hot water!) but I've noticed on lazy nights, I would look at the cup noodles, and still want something a little more sophisticated, so I would cook instant noodles. It's still "instant noodles" but needs a little more work. Need to cook it up. Then I would add some extras like crab sticks or poach an egg in the noodles and such.

5. What or whom do you lust for?
Right this moment? Nothing? I guess going on a shopping spree last month made me kind of numb towards material things this month. So I'm not lusting for anything. As for whom.... nah. Nobody worth lusting after. It's funny, In ever really lusted for anyone, real life or fictional. Granted, there are people/characters I like and those I prefer to be in the company of, but, lust? Nah.

Comments

[evilcoc0nut.livejournal.com]

What kind of skating was it? I forgot to even list that in mine but at one point I was super good with rollerblades and could do all that stuff. Even played roller hockey. I never took classes either. Hahah it's so weird to look back and realize all the stuff you were good at as a kid.

[notte0.livejournal.com]

Ah, that was ice skating. I totally forgot about rollerblading and roller skates!

[evilcoc0nut.livejournal.com]

Oh hahah i was wondering about that. I've honestly never tried ice skating, only roller blades.

[supernutjapan.livejournal.com]

I have one piece I can play on the piano too. It was the piece I played at my last recital before quitting and concentrating on clarinet instead. Once I quit, every time I had a chance to sit at a piano I played the piece and got better at it than I ever was at the recital LOL

[scrivener (from livejournal.com)]

It's strange how a well-placed, well-timed thank-you can really make a person's day. I should remember this.