I will try and play the Things you may not know about me game. I started out doing this because my friend Rika Loftis tagged me with the number 9. I wasn’t going to do it at first but then I started thinking about some of the things that have made me the person that I am. I admit I have a very healthy ego but I am not conceited…I am only convinced. I am not a braggart nor am I arrogant. I know that I, just as we all do, have my flaws and/or weaknesses. I believe everyone should know their strengths and weaknesses. So here it goes. These are all true. Some of you may recognize things and others will wonder why I have not mentioned you. Know that every one of you, in some way, have made me the person that I am. These are 9 things you may not know about me. 1. I once rode a motorcycle from Alaska to Florida; by myself. I, for some reason took the long way; down to California and then over. I had a portable cassette player, a Madonna cassette tape, as well as a Phantom of the Opera soundtrack. When the batteries died I found myself alone, in need of company, and ended up talking to and answering myself for the rest of the trip. I made it to the half way mark of my trip (New Mexico) and disaster struck. The whole point of the trip turned completely sour and I was left alone, with a broken heart, and nearly out of money at the half way point. I didn’t have enough cash to turn around and go back; so I continued on. I had no idea what I was going to do. I fell into a careless state of hate filled depression. I continued down a reckless path. That day and through to the next, I drove almost rode 24 hours straight, exhausted I finally came to a camping park in Little Rock, Arkansas. There was only one light post within the park and I saw no one else within. I chose to make camp near the wood line. I threw out my small two man pup tent and tried to catch some sleep. The distant light had created shadows on the wall of my tent. As I closed my eyes, I saw something’s shadow move across my tent. I grabbed my knife, a serrated edged Gator, and crawled out to confront my attacker. It was extremely dark and I had a small flash light. I cautiously searched the area. As I rounded a tree the light fell upon a crouched figure with wild hair covered in filth. The person had no shirt on, ripped up shorts and the dark bags under his eyes were stretched down at least 3 inches. His teeth stretched unnaturally into a very large toothy crazy like grin. I yelled and more than likely screamed in fright. The light shifted from my movement and I tried to direct it once again back towards the crouched maniac. Of course when the light returned the figure was nowhere to be found. I was totally freaked out and near terrified. I wasted no time. I hustled over to my camp, collapsed the tent with everything in it, tied the opening shut and threw it on to the back of my motorcycle. I rode out of there like a bat out of hell and found the nearest well lit gas station. I ended up sleeping under the light behind the gas station. Only after I had calmed and took an introspective look at what had happened did I see things a bit clearer. I recognized the crouched figure behind the tree you see. It was me. It was the person I could be or would be if I gave up on everything; if I gave into the self destructive despair and hate that I wanted to embrace. Don’t get me wrong…I still Hated for a very long time but it was completely without despair. 2. There was a time when I could bench press 355 lbs at the end of a workout, I have run a 4:29 mile, and I have climbed a very large mountain to rescue a patient with a broken neck. Granted not all at the same time. I was a bouncer for 16 years, One night I, with my friend Joe Chavez, battled or fought 13 Chinese people at one time, and won. I have held, with the other 3 guys on the 2 mile relay team, a school record for the last 25 years. I have the ability to find four leaf clovers with the simplest of ease. The most I sleep a night is 4 hours without waking. During my Freshman year at College, I ran on a partial but very healthy Athletic Scholarship for Track and Cross Country at Austin Peay State University. I turned down a better one the following year. One time when I was practically starving to death, a friend and I went to a convenient store. I had no money and no food. I stole a hand full of candy bars and a pack of Hotdogs from the cooler. 3. I have been the star witness at a murder trial. No, I was not on trial. When I first learned the game Sudoku I got tired after playing one day and took a nap. When I fell asleep I continued to play Sudoku in my dream. In the dream I figured out a pattern for arranging and completing a board. When the last number fell into place the finished board flashed and I woke up. I remembered what had just happened and went into the living room in search of a piece of paper. I tried to explain to my wife what had happened but decided to just draw an empty Sudoku board instead. I then proceeded to fill the entire thing out in less about 45 seconds. It was in perfect Sudoku form. Once complete, I turned and showed my wife what I had done. Her response I believe was “There is something definitely wrong with you.” I could not disagree with her at the time. I can still put it all down on paper to this day. 4. I get choked up or flooded with emotion if I hear a song performed in a beautiful voice. It is primarily just women’s voices that do it. If I watch a chic flick I get pissed off if there is not a happy ending. 5. I have successfully resurrected the dead. That being said…on the flip side I have made the Pronouncement of Death on more people, of all ages and all states of being, than I have fingers and toes times 2. These are not people who have died on me, these are the ones found dead or with injuries not compatible with life. I have little to no emotions when I do this…nor do I feel sad about it. I can eat whatever I want immediately afterwards, I have no nightmares and I sleep like a baby. 6. I have freaky scary intuition. Over time I have learned to listen to what my gut is telling me. I will point out that it has been through trial and error. Sometimes though you just don’t want to listen to it or believe it. The proof or moment of acceptance came to me on an Emergency. I am not professing to be a psychic or medium, or anything of that nature. All I am saying is that if I am telling you I have a bad feeling, then it might be a good idea to listen. It was the middle of the winter and there was a very strong wind storm blowing on a crisp clear day. We got a call that a man had fallen at a construction site and was somehow trapped. We arrived on scene and made our way towards the patient. The wind was blowing like crazy and the patient had been working on a section of a two and a half story cinder block wall. The wind had blown and he had fallen to the ground on the outside of the wall. 4 to 5 cinder blocks had come with and landed on him; thus trapping his leg. The scaffolding was covered with a clear plastic sheet and positioned on the inside of the wall. As I came to the corner of the wall with my equipment, I got this very strong feeling. I stopped. The engine crew had already reached the patient and was trying to stabilize him. I was on the two person ambulance crew. I stopped at the corner of the wall and looked up. I watched as the wind blew at the interior scaffolding, the sheet of plastic and the cinder block wall. For just a second I saw or felt what was going to happen. I turned and without any plausible proof, began calling for an emergency move. This meant for us to just grab the patient, if we could free him, and go, if not then leave him. All crews were to evacuate immediately. I crossed the distance and helped grab the man, throw the bricks off and continued to tell everyone to get the hell out of there. Everyone listened; the engine guys snatched the patient up and threw him on a backboard. Once every one was clear, they carried the guy to the ambulance, and some of the crew members began asking me what the hell that was all about. I told them the wall was coming down and we needed to get clear. They were of course skeptical. This brief exchange happened in less than a minute or two and I helped put the patient onto the gurney. As if on cue, the wind barreled into us much stronger than it had previously and I watched as it hit the building, scaffolding and plastic. The wind struck with such force that the wall in which we had been next to fully collapsed. It collapsed in the exact area in which we had just been. The collapse continued with a domino effect; it pulled down the corner in which I had had my moment, continued down the entire length of the front wall, and then around the next. Cars and trucks within the collapse zones were smashed and damaged. At the gurney, my partner and I watched and protected the patient in awe as it all happened. Once the collapse was done, we loaded the patient in to the back of the ambulance, and we took just a second or two to gather our Chi… We turned, gave each other a knowing look and started trying to save the man’s leg. So that was the proof that I needed. That was the moment I decided it wasn’t just coincidence that I got these feeling. 7. I have heard the sounds of the world fade to a murmur and watched as time around me has slowed. (Different emergency. This was a Swift Water Rescue) I have seen reality adjust for me when I was faced with a life or death decision. I know it can be done. 8. I was writing late into the morning at the fire station one shift and I needed a smoke break. It was winter and I stepped outside into the cold. It was 4 am and I was surprised by the music echoing across the air of the military installation. It was a kind of Indian or Native American Chant Ritual. The kind you hear in the movies and it was fairly loud. Trying to pin point the direction in which it was coming I turned to the right. I suddenly came to an abrupt halt. On the street, standing not more than 20 feet from me was a very big grayish wolf. For some reason I wasn’t actually that surprised and I waited for it to do something. It watched me and I could see the steam coming from its breath. We stood that way for a short time and I had a feeling of Knowing come across me. That’s the only way I can describe it is a Knowing. Then just as quickly it turned and ran away, out of the circle from the street light and into the dark. It was a very cool experience. I have no idea where the music was coming from at 4 in the morning but it continued and I went back inside the station. I think I may have met my animal spirit. 9. When I write books I become thoroughly involved with the creative process. I put so much into writing them that I sometimes believe that they happened. Sometimes the events come to me as memories. I know they aren’t real but just for a second I have to question what I am remembering. I write kickass stories and I think I could become very successful at it. I could accomplish this if I was better at Promoting, Advertising and Marketing. I believe I could be on the best seller list if I would just commit to the entire process. I think I am afraid of actually being discovered, because if I am…then I can no longer see it as just a Hobby. Okay there are my 9 things you might not know about me. Every one of them is true. Enjoy. I am not one to pass on a number if you Click Like. So...don’t expect one. Unless of course you want one then let me know and I’ll give you one. Cool. Dale Reierson
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 02:45:28 +0000
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