--I don't know where to add this so I figure this thread is as good a place as any:
I'm now 34 years old. I've served in the United States Air Force. I've been a Sheriff's Deputy and a Police Officer. I'm proficient with firearms (perfect score, last evaluation!), I've learned moderation skills, defensive tactics, and several times, when my department has conducted drug raids, I was the first person in or the person that kicked in the door. I've been in situations that scared the shit out of me. I've gone on some crazy calls by myself and survived. I don't think there's anything that I can't handle (it's what I tell myself, anyway.).
There are still people that I see from when I was in high school that make me revert to an awkward 14 year old with no confidence. I don't know why that is. All of my confidence seems to leave me. In my current job, I ask people for advice in situations that I could handle by myself in three seconds if I was by myself. It's strange. So, in a way, I relate to Samus. Here is a woman that has done some amazing things and yet, when she gets around her old boss, she takes a step backwards. From experience, it's totally realistic. Somebody out there knows what I mean.
