Just smile, look innocent, and shrug, and you can get away with whatever you want. they will never suspect you of counting in a million years.
If you learned to count cards you could probably win a lot of money. Stay away from the sucker side bets (I know you love the pair square, but try to resist!), and stay away from the $1 commission games, and I think you will do pretty well.
You seem to have a pretty good grasp of basic strategy. Yeah, when I see people stand on a soft 16 or below I just kind of wonder what they are thinking.
