Richard Watkins:  

T M I / Isn't that Special - I have always really enjoyed interacting with people and making them smile. Some of you may not know this about me ( and not that you care) but my dad raced hardtops and midgets at San Jose Speedway and all the other tracks around the bay area before becoming the flag man.I raced quarter midgets when I was 8, 9 and 10. I had a red satin racing jacket with "Little Richard" embroidered on it. I've almost always been lucky. Somewhere along the line I developed an in your face kind of show off attitude. It's probably due to coming from a dysfunctional family. I wanted to prove that I was OK. I have alot of underlying anger left over from my childhood probably related to being a victim of heightism. Yada yada yada , in 1979 I did the EST Training and achieved total enlightenment. I had a near death experience earlier this year and see life and people with more appreciation. I love you and really hope you are okay. I am far from perfect but I hope the world is a better place because of me. I lived at home and attended west valley college for three years at the old Campbell Elementary campus before moving to the new campus in Saratoga. I graduated in the spring '70 (liberal arts) and transferred to SJSU. I struggled due to my trouble writing and went on strike to protest Nixons invasion of Cambodia and never went back. I changed my major from education to nursing (my mom was a nurse) and returned to WVC to take the science courses required. I earned an AS in physical science and applied to nursing school but all the programs were impacted so I applied to Montana U and was accepted. Meanwhile I got my girlfriend pregnant, cancelled my plans of vagabonding in Europe with Roger Draper and going to nursing school and got married and went to work at A lumber yard running the saw. I was too young to be a husband / not ready for marriage but did the right thing ...Expand for more