{"id":438,"date":"2008-07-28T00:48:36","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T05:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/?p=438"},"modified":"2022-09-11T00:40:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T00:40:38","slug":"from-the-would-you-believe-dept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/2008\/07\/from-the-would-you-believe-dept\/","title":{"rendered":"From the "Would You Believe?" Dept."},"content":{"rendered":"

I am trying (seriously, I am…) to get my possessions organized to take or ship out to Seattle for my first long-distance, long-term move, but I keep getting distracted by the things I am finding in my closets…<\/p>\n

Here’s a couple things I took pictures of because I think they represent things I’ve done in my life that even some of my friends would probably not know about me. Help me waste a few more minutes of my last two packing days reliving a bit \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Would You Believe: I was in Order of the Arrow in Boy Scouts?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Order<\/a><\/p>\n

Yeah, not only did I actually go outside when I was in high school, but I defied the geek stereotype so far as to actually be recognized for it.\u00a0 (Order of the Arrow<\/a> is the “National Honor Society” of Boy Scouts)\u00a0 Though in the interest of full disclosure, I did not pursue it further, and am only an Ordeal member. The other arrows here are one I received when I completed Cub Scouts, and one that I fletched myself for the Archery merit badge.<\/p>\n

Would You Believe: I earned NRA Shotgun Sharpshooter and Rifle Marksman qaulifications?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"NRA<\/a><\/p>\n

Another throw back to the Scouting days, I spent a fair bit of my summer camp weeks at the gun range, earning the Shotgun Shooting and Rifle Shooting merit badges. In the process I earned my NRA Shotgun Sharpshooter<\/a> (17 of 25 targets six times) qualification, and NRA Rifle Marksman<\/a> (2 courses of 150\/300 3-position light rifle) qualification.\u00a0 Only had to go back once to the canteen to buy more shotgun shells \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Would You Believe: I was an over-achiever in High School?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"High<\/a><\/p>\n

Yeah, actually you probably would believe that :-\/ But my mom made me this awesome banner my sophomore or junior year of high school, and it was a lot of fun filling it.\u00a0 Most of the medals are from math competitions and Solo & Ensemble for band, to be honest, but there’s a fair bit of other things mixed in for one-off events and scholastic stuff.<\/p>\n

Would You Believe: I was Senior Ball King?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Senior<\/a>\"Senior<\/a><\/p>\n

True story.\u00a0 Don’t really know how…\u00a0 (My sash is in the above picture by the banner)<\/p>\n

Hm, well, that was good for killing 20 minutes \ud83d\ude42 I suppose I should go back to sorting out junk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am trying (seriously, I am…) to get my possessions organized to take or ship out to Seattle for my first long-distance, long-term move, but I keep getting distracted by the things I am finding in my closets… Here’s a couple things I took pictures of because I think they represent things I’ve done in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[35,48,59,65],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1570,"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions\/1570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mccambridge.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}