I think I'd just be dead

I've been re-watching Lost lately (I think I mentioned that in a recent blog post), and it's a lot of fun. But there's one big problem, and it's the same problem I run across as I read The Hunger Games with my eldest kiddo (we need to finish this week in time to see the MOVIE!) and even whenever I re-read Outlander.

So what's the problem?

All of these shows/books (and so many others) make me realize that if I were dumped on a desert island, tossed into a kill-or-be-killed game, or thrust back into time, I would quickly be a goner.

Why?

Because I have very few practical skills. I can shoot a gun, but unlike Lost, I think most desert islands are not inventoried with a supply of 9mm weapons. I have no idea how to fish without a line (for that matter, it's been ages since I fished with a line). I don't know how to field dress a wound. I don't know how to trap rabbits or figure out what I can eat in the wild (I mean, I know you can eat dandelions…but, well, how?).

Basically, I'm screwed.

Now, for most people, this would probably not be a problem. But my imagination is more than willing to come up with a variety of scenarios that make it really, really necessary for me to have all these skills. And I don't.

So do I take survival classes? Do I keep an emergency time-travel kit in my purse?

I tell you, it's a conundrum.

So how are your desert isle survival skills? Would you survive The Hunger Games?

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