Afterthoughts...

[alexpgp]

Today's weather was strange. I got up this morning to find snow (or perhaps sleet) had been blasted over the local terrain and had accumulated in various nooks and crannies on the verandah. At various times during the day, I could see flurries flying out in the parking lot, and a few flakes managed the trip all the way down only to end up on my windshield as I drove to the downtown post office to pick up client mail. Three inches of snow fell up on Wolf Creek Pass, which is good news for the snow crowd. By late afternoon, the weather had settled down to just being cold.

I've run about 20-30 "rounds" through Drew's paintball getup every evening for the past few days upon returning home from the store. The first few days, it was a little frustrating, because neither the "quick-kill" aiming technique I learned in the Marines (a "real-world" technique for engaging targets quickly and effectively) nor the more traditional "marksmanship" approach (line up front and rear sights on target, squeeze trigger... very academic) seemed to work very well. Today, everything finally "clicked" and I was rewarded by seeing pretty much every ball hit what I aimed at, using the former approach.

I also finally managed to download some recordings I made of Huntur last Monday night after dinner at the kids' place and edited one down to a short, precise, crisp message intended for Galina (MP3). The kid has a future as a radio announcer, methinks. :^)

Among the authors I like to read is Clive Cussler. I picked up Shock Wave at a garage sale recently and made the "mistake" of starting to read it. I say "mistake" because although I really enjoy the stories (except for when he gets environmentally preachy), I really don't have the time to spare to read them, and they are of that rare class of tale that simply defies you to put the book down! The result, more often than not, is time taken away from other, more important tasks. Shock Wave shall be an exercise in self-restraint, where I shall not allow it to interfere with what needs to be done.

We'll see.

Cheers...

Comments

Paintball

[tamaraland.livejournal.com]

I found that my first few efforts at shooting paintball guns resulted in tragically bad accuracy largely because my style included bracing for the entire effect of using conventional weapons, including recoil. After a couple outings I was doing fine with the paintball gun, but was quite nearly knocked to the floor the next time I was shooting with ammo on a range.

Re: Paintball

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

Hmm. That might help explain the awkwardness (that, plus being out of, um, practice). I'll keep your words in mind when next I shoot with real ammo.

Cheers...