So last week my girl Nadine posted about all the things she’s not good at and it was awesome because I totally had a similar post planned for this week and now we have proof that we’re both super cool and have great ideas. Make sure you check out her post, too, so you can see that she and I also have very similar things that we both cannot do.
Like:
Draw. I cannot draw anything except flowers and anchors and bubble letters. You might be wondering “anchors? What the hell, Jana?” But there’s a good reason. My sorority symbol is an anchor so when I was in college and got bored in class, I’d draw anchors. It’s not classy but it kept me awake.
Tie shoes with the “loop, swoop, and pull”. Bunny ears for life!!! #noshame
Kiss ass. It is not in my genetic makeup to do such a thing. I’m a terrible liar so if I were to kiss your ass, you’d know right away that I’m full of shit. I wear every emotion on my face, too, and that doesn’t help when you’re trying to blow smoke up someone’s ass. (My vivid imagination is running away with me now and I can’t make it stop but I don’t know how else to word that sentence.)
Nadine and I differ in some of the things we can’t do. Like:
Math. It’s pretty much the worst subject ever and when I took AP calculus senior year of high school, I brought the class average down so much, it wasn’t even funny (how I wound up in calculus is it’s own insane story). My grades were unreal. Yet I somehow passed the class, got a 3 on the AP test, and vowed never to do anything with math ever again. 
Whistle. This is something I’ve been working on forever and it’s really a failure at this point. For some of us, it’s not as easy as “put your lips together and blow”. And yes, I’m a 12 year old and think the double entendre in that is hilarious. 
Remember anything important if I don’t write it down. My brain loves to remember phone number and birthdays of people I haven’t spoken to in 25 years or lyrics to songs I haven’t heard in 10 years, but remember to sign a permission slip or make an appointment? Nope. And forget the grocery store. We’d be eating cardboard if I went to the store without a list.
Sports. Have you ever met someone so unathletic you look at them with pity when they try to engage in any sort of sport? No? Well, now you have. I’m a terribly uncoordinated and I have slow reflexes and I’m short and pretty much every characteristic of an unathletic person. I’ll watch sports. Just don’t ask me to play.
Cleaning my car. Good grief, do I loathe this task. I don’t so much mind running it through a car wash but cleaning the inside? Not really for me. And I drive so much with the child and my dogs that 10 minutes after I’d clean it, it’d be disgusting again. Confession: sometimes I don’t mind when the ice in a takeout cup leaks because I sort of use the melted ice to clean the cupholders. #noshame 
There you have it. All the things I’m no good at. At this point in my life, it doesn’t really bother me to suck at those things because I’m pretty good at what matters.
Except laundry. I’m really bad at that, too.
How about you? What aren’t you good at?
Linking up with Kathy and Liz
I am actually really good at math, i almost became a math teacher. I laughed so hard at the car one because seriously with a dog that is always in the car it can never be clean. The melting water to clean the cup holders, totally do it.
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Does Seamus ever try to drink the water? Barkley and Dobie totally do and then I feel like a great pet parent because I have water for them in the car.
Haha yes! I’m glad I’m not the only adult that still does bunny ears!
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You are definitely not the only one!! There are at least 5 of us!
I can’t whistle either, I’ve given up on trying Boo!!
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I don’t find it worth trying anymore. I can do other stuff. Whistling (and snapping my fingers. I can’t do that, either) are not on that list.
I can’t whistle, do math, or remember things without writing them down.
MFD is a prolific whistler and hearing it is enough for me.
Is it bad I had to pause and think hard about the different ways to tie shoes?
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I cannot stand the sound of whistling. Erica practices it all the time and it drives me nuts.
No, it’s not bad. You probably do it like a normal person and don’t realize there’s another way.
Ha! I totally agree on drawing, remembering, and being athletic. I just set a reminder so I would actually get online and pay a bill when I get home tonight. Coworkers were discussing their previous swimming/soccer/basketball victories from high school the other day and when they looked at me to chime in I just stared at them. Glad I’m not the only one who wasn’t good at that stuff!
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I have to set reminders, too! True story: I had a reminder on my phone for SIX MONTHS to update my dogs’ microchip information before I actually did it. I’m terrible with that stuff.
I opt out of high school sports conversations, too, considering my one claim to fame was getting hit in the face with a line drive junior year. That ended whatever miserable athletic career I had.
I have always hated math! I got through pre-cal my senior year and then my one math class in college and I was DONE. I can do basic calculations and that’s all I need in life.
Oh my gosh, I do the using the water from the leaking ice cup to clean the cup holder thing too! It totally works! Our car is so gross right now, and every time I think about cleaning it, I’m like nahh I’ll do that later.
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I have the same attitude about my car! I did vacuum it about a month ago because it was filled with sand from a trip to the beach but it’ll probably be another 8 months before I do it again. I just don’t care and it’s pointless.
OMG math! I’m so so bad at math and I hate it too!
I’m bad at most of the other stuff too but not as bad as I am at math.
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Math is terrible. I get that basic math is important but algebra and geometry and all that stuff? Why do I need that? I could think of 871 things I should have learned instead of that.
Bunny Ear Friends For Life!!!!
I am not good at remembering to do things anymore either. I blame it on my vitamin B deficiency, but it’s probably also because I am getting old.
I hate hate hate cleaning my car, I am fairly good about wiping down the dash and stuff…but the outside? Like twice a year if I am lucky!
Nadine recently posted…Confessions
I know my memory problems are because I’m old. It’s said. When I’m in my 70s, I am so, so screwed.
I can’t whistle either! And I honestly don’t know the difference between those 2 shoe tying methods. I tie my shoes in double knots and then slip them on and off, so I almost never have to do it!
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I typically wear flip flops so no tying involved 🙂 When I wear my workout shoes and when I was teaching Erica to tie hers, it’s the only way I can do it.
I cannot draw worth a dime, though I keep trying because my mum was a fabulous at it and I keep hoping the genes will kick in lol
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My middle sister can draw and she’s the only one. I don’t come from a line of artists…and it shows :/
Bahahahah… the melted ice in the cup holder! My car is a mess 90% of the time. I mean, I’m only in there when I’m driving… I’m not relaxing and hanging out in there so I don’t really care. And it only gets washed when it rains.
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If rain isn’t for washing cars, what is it for? I really only take my car through the car wash after a lot of snow or too many drives up to the cheer gym and the dusty road changes the color of my car from black to brown.
i go against every asian stereotype including being good at math. i SUCK so hard at math; i’m a disgrace to my peoples.
thanks for linking up!
-kathy
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HAHAHAHA!!! This comment made me laugh so hard. Math is the worst!!!
I’m with you on match- totally baffles me. And spreadsheets- hate them.
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My problem is that I am so slow. I always imagine myself in a game show where you need to buzz if you know the answer. I would come last in such a contest even though I knew all the answers.By the way, I never understand people who wakes to a beautiful day at the weekend and thinks “nice day to wash the car”.
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I was always the last one picked at sports in school and it wasn’t until the last few years that my reflexes have started getting quicker, which really is only a by-product of having to catch my cell phone since I drop it so much.
I can’t even draw good stick people. It makes me sad and jealous of people who can draw, they were so entertained in class. Instead, I would sit in class and do word connections and write down the words that popped into my head. Sometimes the connections were bizarre and it never took long enough.
And I can’t kiss ass either. Based on my facial expressions, you know EXACTLY how I feel. I can’t even pretend. I’ve been told I need to get that under control, but I’ve yet to figure out how. Whatevs, bitches just need to stop being stupid, then there wouldn’t be anything to control.
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