A Desire for Staggering Talent

I am going to hazard a very safe guess: Most of us would want to possess a talent of enviable proportions. Actually, I think many of us would like multiple talents of this sort. There are many reasons why we would like to have such skills, but I think there are at least three elements at play, at least in terms of my own psyche: insecurity, a histrionic nature, and a curiosity to know what that skill feels like when it is employed. Feeling confessional today, I thought I would share this short list of those talents I wish I possessed.

I believe I have said this before, but if I could be a member of a musical group then I would prefer to take the role of lead singer. Certainly, this confession reveals all manner of things about my personality and superficiality. Before you get too smug in your certainty of my emotional state, however, consider that I would like to have a voice of a particular quality. Surprisingly enough, that quality is a depth of tone. Now I am not talking about the average deep voice one hears in some popular music; I am talking about a truly deep voice of the sort possessed by Paul Robeson or Thurl Ravenscroft. Years ago I hear the Chorovaya Akademia perform live. One member of the group, their bass, had a voice so deep and rich that I felt shivers as his notes ringed the balcony around me. When I hear a voice this deep I want to be able to produce sounds of the same sort. Unfortunately, I have neither the training nor quality that I desire. Still, had I that talent I might sound like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMZih9eQThw

Surprisingly, I do not harbor desires for many athletic talents. Maybe this is because I was a decent high school athlete, or possibly because I still stay active. All the same, every once and a while I see a sport that I have no idea how to play and would like to possess the speed and power related to it. I used to harbor a small interest in surfing, but now I think I might want to possess the skills of a world-class rugby player. Being that I am rather small of stature, I would look a bit odd on the field. As for a visual, use this one of Shane Williams, but think leaner.

Having said all of this, I cannot be the only person with such impossible desires. What, I ask, are yours?