Comments | thebratqueen: Insanity, plans for Sunday

thebratqueen

Insanity, plans for Sunday

Dec 18, 2004 22:10

Thanks to all who gave feedback on the bit of insanity. I'm currently cornering it and poking it with sticks. We'll see if it manages to survive.

Tomorrow looms large on the horizon. This was originally supposed to be the day of the party at my dance school, which would have included me performing. It still is the day of the party, except ( Read more... )

help?, belly dance, snow snow snow!!

Comments 23

kaydee23 December 19 2004, 06:17:05 UTC

I've only touched an unloaded one maybe once or twice in my life and it just horrified me. I know I could never use when when it *counted*

Good luck. with the lessons.

lucifrix December 20 2004, 04:04:31 UTC

I had the same experience handling guns, but reasonable gun owners/lovers realize the sense of gravity and horror is exactly what holding guns SHOULD feel like. It's like firemen and fire--part of the learning process is the learning to respect how powerful and serious a weapon it is. People should never pick up guns without feeling a measure of concern--when they don't, that's how people get hurt.

kaydee23 December 20 2004, 04:12:24 UTC

I don't mind other responsible people legally owning them, but I don't want one. They terrify me and owning one would do me no good. All I would do is be terrified of accidentally shooting a neighbor, friend, relative, or small child.

I love your icon.

lucifrix December 20 2004, 15:33:25 UTC

I didn't meam to sound like I was trying to say you should have a gun--I don't ever want one either, for reasons like yours. I just think it's ironic that people who are appropriately scared of guns probably also are better gun owners, because they respect them and their power. It's sort of like parenting--people who think they would be lousy parents actually are often OK at it because they care enough to wonder how to get it right. It's people who are convinced parenting is easy and they'll be great at it that we need to keep an eye on.

Thanks for the icon love--it's the only way I can look at the man these days. :)

halimede December 19 2004, 10:14:25 UTC

In tonight's non-sequitur news, does anybody out there have advice about learning how to shoot a gun? Because apparently I'm being gifted with a lesson or two.

If it's anything like archery (and the husband who was a sharpshooter as a drafted soldier says yes, it applies), breathing and grounding and meditative techniques that you may have learned from yoga or whatever are helpful. Those help with focus and relaxation and not trembling and aiming and things like that. :)

thebratqueen December 19 2004, 14:14:57 UTC

Neat! I would never have thought of that. Thanks!

One good non sequitur deserves another... tianyu December 19 2004, 16:31:31 UTC

And to yank this around again, I have this undying urge to posit that it is impossible to eat with any sort of enjoyment or relish at a dance school party because one has to eventually end up in close contact with strangers dancing the night away. Does it reflect poorly upon me that my normal eating habits (i.e. shoving as much free food into my craw as possible) don't accomodate this? I dunno. But when I took dance lessons, that was like, the one thing that irked me about the parties. Fabulous fun though.

glamsith December 19 2004, 17:13:45 UTC

In tonight's non-sequitur news, does anybody out there have advice about learning how to shoot a gun? Because apparently I'm being gifted with a lesson or two.

When an automatic/semi-automatic is fired, he shell casing flies out of the gun. Skin blisteringly hot bits of flying brass. Different guns spit them in different directions. Consider this when choosing your neckline.

Also seconding breating/meditation/use-the-force aiming techniqhes.