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Turns out that I can just as easily trounce everybody on the new Mario Kart as I could on our N64 Mario Kart (which we finally set back up, though it's definitely not optimized for our current screen - I've got to got to got to set up our old SNES one of these days).

It's a little depressing to me that my list of talents is so... useless. I can:

1. Type 90 WPM in English with few errors
2. Apparently I'm okay at Mario Kart?
3. Make fast friends with most, but not all, cats and dogs (pretty sure this boils down to me smelling right)
4. Cook several dishes for one meal without getting flustered (almost the only situation in which time management works right for me, right up until the moment when it doesn't)

Also, I have a broad vocabulary.

These aren't bad things, but I'd prefer to have a talent for something a little flashier, like acting, politics, costumed vigilante crimefighting, gingebread house baking, or snazzy dressing.

Mario Kart, cats, dinner, and typing is just so... meh.

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