I am/was a percussionist. I've been working on the piano (though I haven't touched a piano in months), but can also play some mallet instruments (xylophone, marimba, vibes, etc). I've had lessons in violin and drum, neither of which I can play very well any more. I can also make a noise on the flute. That's about it.

It's a tie between the following:

Real, authentic Japanese ramen. Not the crap you stick in the microwave for 2 minutes.

Spicy Szechuan Beef Stew

Most of the songs I listen to are not in English... Nor do I have a set favorite song. All the songs in my iPod are my favorites that I switch between.

This is the one that's been on repeat recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYp-YMd65_A

Someone advertised it on another game site and I joined through their link. Something like that. Don't entirely remember.

I like several equally

- Real, authentic Thai food(especially Tom Ka and Pad Tai)

- Real, authentic Chinese food

- Sea food, excluding squid and octopus

- Most pasta dishes.

I have a very severe allergy to anything with even the tiniest trace of tomato, so it's often very difficult to eat out. It's almost to the point I can't eat anything that was prepared in a place that uses tomato in some of their recipes

Eh, I don't know if I'd personally call this a talent myself, but many friends and family members often say I have an amazing talent and gift for writing stories. I kind of think they're giving me more credit than it's worth though, I've read probably hundreds of books that are so much better than my writing, but I've probably read a large amount that I feel isn't as good as my stories, so I don't fully know what to say about my own writing in my own words.

I guess my knowledge of dogs could be considered a talent.

Bear, my service dog is owner trained; she and I did puppy obedience at a training facility, and afterwards they gave me and Bear weekly assignments to help with certain things while she was an in training service dog, but for the most part she's completely owner trained. She's perfect at her job and how she behaves in public. She's also perfect around small children and never growls at anyone if they come near her when she's chewing a bone. Heck, she even allows someone to take away a bone as she's chewing on it and won't even growl, bare her teeth or flinch in retaliation to get her bone back.

So training dogs may be more or less another talent.

I don't really know if I have any extremely shocking moments, even the being reunited with my friend incident I'd say was more cool than it was shocking