Some of the weirdest things I've discovered have happened out of boredom. While visiting in Texas we were staying at our family owned farm that looked like it belonged somewhere in the desert. I was eight years old and was without cable for the time being. I was about to go crazy. The only two movies that my Grandpa owned were Old Yeller and Shirley Temple. I watched those two movies over and over again until I knew every line to the movie.

Slowly dying from boredom, I decided to lay on the couch while my mother was playing the piano. It was very soothing for me, it almost made me  fall asleep. But it was the middle of the day so it couldn't get the job done. I sat there for awhile and started playing with my belly button. I’m not sure why but maybe it was amusing to me. My mother noticed and told me to stop that. I asked why and she had told me if I keep messing with my belly button I'll poke a hole in my belly and die. Being eight years old, I believed her and stopped because I didn't want to die just yet.

A couple hours later I noticed that my belly button was pretty red compared to the rest of my body. I had thought I was gaining some superhero powers or something. So my thought process told me to keep playing with my belly button so I could unlock my full potential. Turns out that skill I acquired was not any form of superpower. The only skill I learned was that I can flip my belly button inside out. I honestly thought it was normal until I got to middle school and did it in front of my friends. They thought I was a freak of nature because I was the only one that could do it. I just told  them they were just jealous because they didn't have a special belly button like mine. My friends also tried flipping their belly buttons inside out, but they said it hurt to much which I thought was strange because I don't feel any pain when I messed with mine. So even though this skill absolutely useless, I think its pretty cool because it’s unique. It’s something I can put on my skill list which is actually pretty short.