skills

If the world was ending and we were signing up to board the spaceship to begin civilization anew, here are the skills that I would list to make me an attractive candidate, in no particular order:

• I am good with my hands
• I can make something out of nothing (in a constructive way, not a whiny way)
• Apparently I'm fertile
• I have a very strong back
• I listen well
• I learn quickly
• I have all of my vestigial organs and wisdom teeth (which may not be a skill, but could be useful)
• I am a light sleeper and can be an early riser
• I'm patient
  
• I'm observant almost to a fault
  
• I could probably grow things if it was my job to do so
• I am frank
• I have good teeth (again, not so much a skill as a helpful characteristic when perpetuating a species)
• I can get groups of people together and move them with very little effort
• I have the capacity to fast for lengths of time
• Not particularly modest
  

If I had to admit some things that would detract from my candidacy, they would be:

• If hiding, I get the giggles and sometimes fart
• I may be getting a bunion on my right foot. Maybe.
• I am not so great at mental arithmetic
• Physics. Also not my strong suit
• I'm fair-skinned and therefore might not do well on Mercury

All told, a net positive I'd say.