yikes!

[winterbadger]

I really am terrifically out of condition, even for me. I went out for a ride this morning, and it took me ages to get any sort of rhythm going. I was *tired* and had to take several breaks, which isn't usually the case on my morning route (~5.6 miles). I really *need* to start making this a daily habit, or some morning I'm going to roll out of bed and say "Jabba tu-wonga, Nicholas!" to my waiting cat...

I had a very nice but unproductive weekend. I got almost nothing done, with the exception of a trip to the farmers' market with Da Grrls on Saturday morning and a trip to the recycling center with redactrice on Saturday afternoon. She was a terrific help shifting all my cardboard and paper; it's so nice to get all of that out of the house and back into the recycling stream. Sunday I went (delayed by my own tardiness and a Beltway accident) up to MD and spent the afternoon shooting several of gr_c17's arsenal of exotic weaponry. He can correct me on the makes and models, but we tried out a rifle, two carbines, and two revolvers. I'd never shot a modern pistol before, so that was quite interesting. We had a late lunch, and I came back and read and napped until evening, when shy_kat made a delisvious dinner that I was invited to. I helped clean up, then she and I played a card game until bedtime. A very pleasant day!

I've hijacked "Wicked" from their library pile and am munching it up--it's quite enjoyable, and a terrifically interesting way to approach someone else's story, taking all the background (I remember a bit of Oz from being addicted to all of Baum's books in grade school) and subtly reshaping it.

OK, time for a shower and work.

Comments

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

Sounds pretty productive to me, even if what you were producing was fun and good company :)

[winterbadger]

That's certainly true. No laundry was done, however, or vacuuming, or other household cleaning, and I still have a pile of boxes of personal papers I need to go through and throw out lots of. And tow cats need their claws clipped, still. And I need to put games and things on eBay. And I got no wargame figures painted.

But I did have a nice time with good friends. :-) And did some napping. And petted lots of cats. :-)

[carolinab.livejournal.com]

I read Wicked for my book club and I didn't really "bond" with it. Maybe it's my childhood of too much of Disney-ized fairy tales. :) I really like Robin McKinley's versions, though.

For those that care...

[gr-c17.livejournal.com]

Rifle - "Model 1917"
Carbines - "M1-carbine" & "No5 Jungle carbine"
Revolvers - "Colt Bankers Special .38" & "Charter Arms .38 special"

We both need more practice of course ;)

Re: For those that care...

[winterbadger]

Thank you!

Even more for the curious:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1917_Enfield_rifle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_carbine (semiauto only, of course)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_Carbine (this one kicks like a bitch!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_revolver
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_Arms

I am all for more practice; I think Mr Peter might enjoy it too!