top three thursday: talents

we often wish we could do things and have special talents that we see others have. so what talents do you wish you could magically have without the time and training that it takes to actually acquire them!? here are mine:

1. painting: i can paint. i mean, if you put a brush in someone's hand and paint in front of them anyone can. but i'm so hard on myself when it comes to my art and i want to really be able to know how to paint. i want to paint things that look good and that have dimension and depth and shadows. i want to be able to paint something and say "yes, that is beautiful, i love it" and i haven't yet been able to achieve that with this medium. but first! i need funding... will draw for paint supplies.

2. playing guitar: again, i have a guitar and i can play it. but it takes so much time and practice to be able to get to where you can sit down and just rip on it and play whatever comes to mind. i only know like three songs. i want to be able to play a lot better. guitar is so sexy that any time someone picks one up i melt a little. i want to make others melt. like cheese. mmm, melted cheese.

3. speaking french: i have spent a good 11 years of my life learning spanish, and guess what? i'm not even done! that is a long time to spend on one thing and now that i know one foreign language, i want to learn more! but will it really take 11 more years? i want to just know it! get the words and phrases to somehow leak into my brain at night and i'll be set. do you ever think it would be awesome to suffer a mild head injury and wake up knowing another language? .......yeah, me neither.

what talents would you like to have?