w00t

[moonwise]

YOU GUYS, I'M GOING TO TAKE ARCHERY LESSONS AGAIN I'M SO EXCITED

I'm going next Friday to have my shot technique evaluated to determine whether I have to get busted back down to the beginner class or whether I can start back at intermediate.

Also, the current jones for Real Ghostbusters is making me want to do Science, which is probably a good thing because that's my job.

Comments

[rydain]

That's fricking awesome.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

It's been sixteen years, but I'm so looking forward to shooting again. :D

[dreamsmith.livejournal.com]

Archery!
Awesome!

I'd love to learn how to actually, really shoot, as opposed to lobbing wobbly, nerf-padded arrows at people.

(Although shooting at actual people instead of targets has a certain appeal all it's own ^_^!)

[arafel.livejournal.com]

It's a very meditative sport - the accuracy of your shot depends on how well you can focus and hold the bow steady until you release. Very good for upper body workout.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

WOOOOO!

[arafel.livejournal.com]

hells yeah!

[keelieinblack.livejournal.com]

Oh, so cool! I hope you have fun.

Unfortunately the only lesson I took away from my archery days was "keep your bow arm out of the way of the bowstring, idiot"--and even that one took a few spectacular bruises to sink in.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

They didn't give you an arm guard? Usually you wear a metal-laced pad on your holding arm in case your arm gets slapped. That sucks!

[keelieinblack.livejournal.com]

We had arm guards, but they were tiny cheap leather things (mine barely covered half the length of my forearm), so everyone got smacked on the arm at least a couple of times. Possibly the instructors secretly subscribed to the "better learning through pain" philosophy!

[wpl510.livejournal.com]

Archery is one of the three core events of the Zombie Apocalypse Triathlon- go for it!

[arafel.livejournal.com]

I had read that bows aren't that effective against the living dead! To kill a zombie, you have to destroy the brain, and an arrow won't do that.

[wpl510.livejournal.com]

See now, I'm not sure this is based on experimental evidence. A well-aimed arrow could in theory damage the brain and destroy vital connections- further study is clearly needed.

However, if the zombie apocalypse ever becomes an issue, I think these arrows would do the job.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

They are good against sewer monsters, though.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Trufax.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Awesome and awesome. Look, I use one of my archer icons!

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Spifftastic! Who is in your icon?

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Ollie! Green Arrow, from the Year One series, which is really awesome.

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

Go for it! 16 years is a log time to be out of something though. I guess you'll need the practice!

I only did archery once as a try-out, didn't keep it up for lack of time to do everything, but it really was fun.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

16 years is a long time, but I don't think I'll need to be taught how to hold the bow again. :)

Archery is a very Zen sport - challenging, but not necessarily stressful.