Skills Inventory, in progress

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These are the things that I can do. In order to list something here, I should know how to do it, and be able to pull it off without making an ass of myself.

I can:


WRITING:
- Write and give a speech
- Write a press release
- Write a news story
- Write short fiction
- Make an outline
- Write limericks
- Write website copy
- Write ad copy

VERBAL:
- Tell a story
- Tell a joke
- Explain things to people so that they understand
- Make puns
- Give directions

CAR SKILLS:
- Change the oil, filters, and spark plugs on a 1988 Volvo 240
- Buy a car knowledgeably
- Add washer fluid
- Gas up
- Add oil
- Add coolant
- Change a tire
- Change front brake pads
- Drive
- Drive in heavy rain

SURVIVAL:
- Build a fire
- Light a fire with flint and steel
- Identify local edible mushrooms
- Read a map

HOME SKILLS:
- Arrange furniture and whatnot
- Repair torn clothing and lost buttons
- Darn socks
- Balance a checkbook
- Buy good gifts
- Hang a picture
- Stop a toilet from running over
- Pull up carpet
- Paint a room
- Do laundry without ruining clothes
- Sweep
- Mop
- Scrub tubs, sinks, and toilets
- Seal windows against weather
- Refinish furniture
- Wash dishes
- Strip paint
- Sand
- Build fence panels

ENTERTAINMENT:
- Sing
- Memorize lines
- Extemporize
- Mime
- Learn lyrics
- Make funny faces

COOKING/FOOD:
- Bake
- Broil
- Sautee
- Pan-fry
- Deep fry
- Poach
- Cook in a crock-pot
- Bake real cheesecake
- Eat with chopsticks
- Cook from a recipe
- Tell if an egg is good or bad
- Bake potatoes and sweet potatoes
- Work with phyllo dough
- Tell when food is done

COMPUTER/TECHNOLOGY SKILLS:
- Put together computers
- Troubleshoot PC hardware with some degree of accuracy
- Build Access databases
- Build basic websites
- Install software
- Operate a fax machine
- Operate a copier
- Send text messages on a cell phone
- Use Email
- Use LJ-specific tags
- Use and manage CMS for web applications
- Use a trackball
- Use Linux
- Manage basic Linux troubleshooting

THINKING/ABSTRACT SKILLS:
- Make connections between seemingly unrelated ideas
- Speed read
- Listen actively
- Interpret communication models and respond appropriately
- Analyze and display data effectively
- Generate ideas
- Brainstorm
- Lie
- Ask questions
- Be wrong

JOB SKILLS:
- Write a resume
- Touch type, both full-keyboard and 10-key
- Conduct behavior-based interviews
- Use PC office software
- Run a meeting effectively
- Facilitate the consensus process
- Alphabetize
- File according to a filing plan
- Research
- Write a want ad
- Create Excel spreadsheets

RELIGIOUS/MAGICAL:
- Dance a maypole
- Raise energy
- Write prayers
- Read tarot
- Dress a candle
- Build an altar
- Make a corn dolly
- Do Wiccan ritual
- Do ADF ritual
- Do Hellenic ritual
- Do cord and knot spellwork
- Meditate
- Alter breath to alter consciousness
- Remember dreams

LANGUAGE:
- Read French
- Read Kriyol

ARTS AND CRAFTS:
- Design and assemble beaded jewelry
- Make a T-tunic
- Make ribbon roses
- Arrange flowers
- Make a peplos
- Make a paper airplane
- Make felt masks on forms
- Arrange flowers

SEX:
- Give a blowjob
- Leave bitemarks
- *Not* leave bitemarks
- Put on a condom

SPORTS/GAMES:
- Bowl
- Throw darts
- Play poker
- Shoot with a bow
- Play checkers
- Play chess
- Play gin/rummy
- Design and run a D&D campaign
- Play KURS and teach it to other people
- Shoot pool

PERSONAL CARE/APPEARANCE:
- Color hair
- Apply makeup
- Use a blow dryer
- Dress in neutrals
- Brush teeth "the right way"
- Floss
- Stretch