Under Nevada Skies

Apr 13, '08 10:02 AM
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Rules and Regulations: 1. List 10 random things or habits on your page. 2. Tagged bloggers need to post 10 things and post these rules. 3. Choose 5 people and list their names. 4. Leave a comment on their page telling them they were tagged and to read your blog.....10 random things/habits.

OK, I'm not following all the rules. Post answers if you like.

1) I participated in the US portion of the drafting of one of the Hague Conventions. Number 33 on their list. http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.listing
2) Where I used to work, I wrote the wrote the contracts to the former Soviet states for the Initiative for Proliferation Prevention. ( A nice summary is here: http://www.ne.anl.gov/activ/programs/IPP/index.html)
3) I received two grand prizes for art in one year.
4) I used to be terrified of needles/shots.
5) I have a plate, screws and bone graft in my right foot. (No more skiing for me!!)
6) Dad always called me "beetle."
7)I was in a third world country in the midst of their civil war in 1986.
8) I was standing next to a gunman when he decided to hold up a Wells Fargo Bank in Berkeley, California in ~1973.
9) I was held up at gunpoint by a young man in ~1981 and the only words that came out of my mouth were "No hablo ingles" and WALKED AWAY from him.

10) I know six Nobel laureates.

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thecloser42 wrote on Apr 13

Very cool...wow!!!

healingtouchbysuzyq wrote on Apr 13

You are truly amazing.....

mamabearcherei wrote on Apr 13

Now.. what is it that you are most proud to have accomplished?? lol! This is where left brain vs right brain comes in.. Grrrrrrrrrrrrin!! (Yea.. I'm being a pain!! lol)

Loved your answer to the gunman! And, why did your dad call you beetle?? Did you crawl like a beetle or something?? (one of mine did). Sounds like you spent some time in central america in the eighties! Cool! It's kind of forgotten history.. heck.. it was a forgotten war.. WHILE it was happening.

docshawnc wrote on Apr 13

Great list! Chrerei got me too so I already did this tag - sorry:)

ladykatya wrote on Apr 13

hahaha OK, I'll get to it later today, I been tag 2X today. hahahaha Oh boy!!!!!

thecloser42 wrote on Apr 13

Hmmm. I am not nearly as exciting as the person who tagged me, but here goes.

1. I give blood to the American Red Cross twice a year fully knowing that they might have a hard time getting it from me. My veins have a propensity of collapsing, but I try anyways and usually am successful.

2. After September 11th, I took the pistol/rifle records of each member of the Coast Guard on the West Coast and recorded how well they did at the range on an excel spreadsheet. Armed with a laptop, I worked around the clock for almost 72 hours and I captured all of them. I was awarded an Achievement Medal by the Commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area for my efforts.

3. When I was young, I got caught in the rain with a big boom box in my hand blasting VH and a car beeped at me. When I looked up, I didn't see the pot hole coming in the distance and tripped over it. The boom box suffered the agony of defeat, and I crawled home on my hands with a severly swollen ankle. The injury ruined a promising high school football career, because it never felt right again. It clicks to this day.

4. While in the Persian Gulf the ship went to General Quarters and I experienced smoke below decks for the first time. By the time I got to the flightdeck the fire was almost 800 feet long. It took us 4 hours to put it out and after it was over, we prepared for a day of flying like nothing had happened the night before. I learned to sleep with my eyes open that day.

5. I was nominated for Pacific Area Sailor of the Year in 1999.

6. My friends call me the Yak. I am big and gentle hearted, but as many have reminded me also a hairy bovine creature found throughout the Himalayan regions of South Central Asia, the Quinghai-Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia.

7. I have a degree from St. Mary's College of California in Business Management, but my dream is to have my Masters in Organizational Psychology. I enjoy watching visions come together.

8. I was on the personal staff of a two star Admiral which fullfilled one of my dreams to be part of an upper level management team. It was one of the hardest, but most rewarding assignments. During the course of the assignment, I went to the inauguration of Arnold Schwarzenegger, met the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, and General Ralph Eberhardt of Northcom.

9. With 9 friends maintained security while detaining 172 frustrated and tired Chinese onboard a fishing vessel. It demonstrated how great others feel the United States is because they were willing to take such a long trip knowing that there was a possiblity that they could get caught, detained and returned to their home country. Very humbling and very thought provoking experience.

10. I was stationed off shore while a third world nation was in the midst of their civil war.

ladykatya wrote on Apr 13

you look goos there in front of you art Julie.

here is my tag http://ladykatya.multiply.com/journal/item/518/Tag_Twice_?replies_read=3
thanks and lots of love

jabberrocky wrote on Apr 13

ok go to my site and see my entry

undernevadaskies wrote on Apr 14, edited on Apr 14

Cherei: Well there are personal and public accomplishments that I've been glad I've done. I'm glad that we went to El Salvador (that is where the war was in 1986) to adopt our son. The orphanage was way overcrowded though the nuns and helpers really seemed to love the kids. If Ross had stayed he probably would have been "drafted" into the army at 15 or 16. Publicly, I think a couple of the service projects that I've done have left an impression on me and helped others: One was indeed working on the Hague convention and the other was twice I went to Mexico with the group, Corazon, to build homes for the poor.

I have no idea why Dad called me Beetle.

In 1986 in El Salvador, it was several months after President Durate's daughter had been kidnapped. The government was pretty much in chaos. At night you could hear the gun fire. Troops were all over the place. The road from the airport to town was lined with troops. Even the McDonalds (they had a Micky D!) had a guy at the door with a shotgun along with all the other restaurants. Some restaurants had several gunmen at the door. The CIA compound was so obvious -- had Salvadoran flags hanging from the fence every two fee. (Remember that the US was deeply involved in the Salvadoran war. The US backed the Salvadoran Government who was battling the FMLN who was backed by folks the US government didn't like.) The army compound was in the middle of town and wounded were constantly going in and out. Looked like photos from our civil war. The presidential compound, had gun towers all around it and a very high wall. (We were in the same neighborhood and didn't have much of a choice about where we were staying.) Going into City Hall even the women were pat searched. Helicopters took off and flew overhead all the time. The FMLN liked to bomb anything having to do with the country's infrastructure-utilities, government buildings, and the US embassy. The embassy was heavily fortified with concrete barriers, lots of Marines, and some sort of anti-grenade netting around the building. As in most wars, both sides did very bad things to each other. Entire villages were wiped out by the army. Glad we got Ross out. War is an ugly, horrid thing and is VERY BAD FOR CHILDREN.

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