Comments on: Easy Things That Aren’t

By: Blue,,,Galzz

Blue,,,Galzz — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:39:12 +0000

Hey..I can curl my tongue into the leaf clover shape, wiggle my ears separately, cross my eye,, raise my eyebrow, and wiggle my scalp, and i can do that at the same time,, that makes my ex and my boyfriends jealous

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 21:09:00 +0000

Personally, it is frustrating that some people can do things so well and others like myself often cannot. My classmates with good memory and recitation skills often made me jealous. About the rolling rrr’s, I can’t do that either. I read that it is genetic & if you both parents gave you the reccesive allele, then no amount of practice will help.

By: yami

yami — Sat, 03 Jul 2004 16:19:00 +0000

Oh, no, quite the contrary! I’m satisfied with it. The value of playing by ear is not to be underestimated - particularly if you’re hoping to have them pick out songs from the radio when they’re 13 and motivation is hard to find.
I can sight-read easy things (one line only, no chords, which is just fine on the trumpet and only hurts when I get to the piano) and read music as a memory/learning aid; it’s not like I couldn’t have worked on my sight-reading skills a little more if I’d had the inclination. Having a blind piano teacher didn’t help on that front though, as braille music is hard to obtain and impossible to sight-read, so we mostly stuck to the standard repertoire.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 23:26:00 +0000

So the Suzuki experience was not satisfying? I thought about looking into Suzuki Guitar once I finish the MA and have more time (and money) to busy my boys. Thus far, they’ve only played sports.

By: ester

ester — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 20:44:00 +0000

or hairless dogs, for that matter.
anyway, color me sympathetic. i can’t do any of those things either except curl my tongue and there definitely weren’t points for that on the SAT.

By: yami

yami — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 19:42:00 +0000

Playing music by ear can’t always be learned past adolescence or so. At least, it can’t be learned from taking fiddle lessons with my mother on Saturday mornings while I am trying, and failing, to sleep the sleep of a grumpy teenager upstairs; I know that much. Me, I was a Suzuki kid so I can play by ear but can’t sight-read worth a poo.
Can anyone explain the appeal of hairless cats? I mean, there’s no hair, but the hair is what makes ‘em cute in the first place…

By: Rana

Rana — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 16:56:00 +0000

I can roll my “r”s and my tongue. And wiggle my ears. See, it all works out!
Now, if I could only figure out how to pick up a cat and not get hair on myself…

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 03:12:00 +0000

I *can* play music by ear. (Smugly smiling.) But it’s a long-wasted talent. I can roll my “r”s. But not my tongue.

By: harvestbird

harvestbird — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 02:43:00 +0000

I can’t roll my “r”s either. A few years back when I retained vestigial hopes that I might sing in the opera chorus, my then-singing teacher assured me that “r”-rolling could be learned: one need only practice constantly. As I practised it on the motorway overbridge on the way home that night, I skidded forward on a wet stretch of road and drove my mini into the back of the car in front. That was the end of that plan.

By: yami

yami — Wed, 30 Jun 2004 20:28:00 +0000

Oh, I hate getting water up my nose! Especially pool water. Yuck. And I get enough of an adrenaline rush wearing light blue and eating lunch at the same time; I haven’t bought a “nice” white shirt (t-shirts/camisoles don’t count) since… ummm… 1998 I think.
And how’s about doing laundry without getting lint all over black shirts? I can’t do that either.