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Writer's Block: Two Truths and a Lie. Answers!
Here's the statements I made yesterday for the Two Truths and a Lie question:
1. I seriously considered forensic anthropology as a career path.
2. I was once detained in Heathrow Airport under suspicion of being a terrorist.
3. I've had a near-death experience.
1. I seriously considered forensic anthropology as a career path.
Yup. After undergrad, I was very interested in it, but ended up heading to museum studies as it showed the better chance of getting a job. Which turned out to be a good choice - there are few to no jobs in forensic anthro where you don't teach, which I turned out to hate with a fiery passion, and the few jobs there are were overwhelmed with competition. Which has probably gotten even worse with the advent of forensic TV shows.
2. I was once detained in Heathrow Airport under suspicion of being a terrorist.
True! During the first Gulf War, my dad and I went to Kenya and Tanzania, because he'd been invited to speak at a GPS conference the UN organized in Nairobi. We'd lived in the Serengeti National Park when I was a kid, and my mom said I should go with him instead of her, as my memories would be fuzzier. We planned to spend the second week on safari in the Serengeti, photographing madly, and Dad brought his 500mm lens with us. And, more to the point, his homemade shoulder mount that consisted of an aluminum stick with a shoulder rest, a wooden handle at the other end, and a remote shutter release wound around it and duct-taped to the other end. And he made me carry it in MY baggage.
We flew in to Gatwick Airport and transferred to Heathrow for the flight to Nairobi, and when going through security, which was extra-high because Operation Desert Shield was about to become Operation Desert Storm, I was pulled aside, frisked quite thoroughly, and made to explain what the hell this was in my bag. And then required to take it apart to prove it was what we said. All very politely - far more politely than the equivalent American security personnel would have been - but still quite firm.
I made Dad carry the shoulder mount in HIS baggage on the way home.
3. I've had a near-death experience.
Nope. :) Not even close.
1. I seriously considered forensic anthropology as a career path.
2. I was once detained in Heathrow Airport under suspicion of being a terrorist.
3. I've had a near-death experience.
1. I seriously considered forensic anthropology as a career path.
Yup. After undergrad, I was very interested in it, but ended up heading to museum studies as it showed the better chance of getting a job. Which turned out to be a good choice - there are few to no jobs in forensic anthro where you don't teach, which I turned out to hate with a fiery passion, and the few jobs there are were overwhelmed with competition. Which has probably gotten even worse with the advent of forensic TV shows.
2. I was once detained in Heathrow Airport under suspicion of being a terrorist.
True! During the first Gulf War, my dad and I went to Kenya and Tanzania, because he'd been invited to speak at a GPS conference the UN organized in Nairobi. We'd lived in the Serengeti National Park when I was a kid, and my mom said I should go with him instead of her, as my memories would be fuzzier. We planned to spend the second week on safari in the Serengeti, photographing madly, and Dad brought his 500mm lens with us. And, more to the point, his homemade shoulder mount that consisted of an aluminum stick with a shoulder rest, a wooden handle at the other end, and a remote shutter release wound around it and duct-taped to the other end. And he made me carry it in MY baggage.
We flew in to Gatwick Airport and transferred to Heathrow for the flight to Nairobi, and when going through security, which was extra-high because Operation Desert Shield was about to become Operation Desert Storm, I was pulled aside, frisked quite thoroughly, and made to explain what the hell this was in my bag. And then required to take it apart to prove it was what we said. All very politely - far more politely than the equivalent American security personnel would have been - but still quite firm.
I made Dad carry the shoulder mount in HIS baggage on the way home.
3. I've had a near-death experience.
Nope. :) Not even close.
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I'm going to have to ask about your DW/LJ settings at some point. I can't get mine to play nice.
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I thought I had it set to auto-cross-post when I posted to LJ, but nothing's showing. It DOES post to LJ if I post to DW, though.
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