Hehe well, I was shooting my bow again today and I seem to have developed muscles faster than I could have hoped. My fourth day shooting it and since yesterday I have managed to get two more inches of draw. (and shooting this bow is stopping the "clicking" that my shoulder had been doing when I moved it. The compound bow seemed to make it worse, but its drastically improving now...I guess because of the strengthened muscles. Somehow I don't even get stiff arms )I don't know how this happened,
I got an armguard from my mom, and my gram gave me a shooting glove, so I was shooting my longbow again today. I CAN HIT THE TARGET!! YAY!!! I figured something out-if I aim *first* and then draw the bow, it works alot better. I just have to be able to keep the bow still as I draw it, that's the challenge. ::happy dance::
I went to the festival with my grandparents (it didn't rain) and got all the stuff I needed for my bow. I met Tom Jennings (inventor of the compound bow!) and he signed my ticket. That same ticket won a door prize worth $725! That NEVER happens to me! I'll never win anything again in my life now! :PMy host has assured me that the company changing hands will not affect service. I can't be sure, but I'll take his word for it for now.
Well, my forum got back up and running very quickly, thanks to my excellent host. The only problem is, now my host is selling the company to someone else. This could mean that its going to get better, or worse, or there's the rare thought that it may stay the same. I hope it gets better, or at least stays the same, but there's the possibility that I could lose my board, especially if the new admin decides to make the site *not free* anymore (which IMO would be a dumb move. But you never know).
I was going to go with my friend, but it's raining! that's no fun!I wish my grandad would find out if the bowshop around here can fix up my good cedar arrows...
Is anyone else with a Phpbb forum having problems with it? My entire host is down, as is my friend's. Even the support forum is down, there's nothing I can do. Got lots of study hall today, I hope I can get at least a good part of my lab report done at school. I don't mind doing the english essay at home. I think my mom thought I was a bit strange last night...I was doing an excercise to strengthen my diaphram for singing...it involved putting two really big books on my stomach while lieing
One of my chickens has bugs (tiny, little mites. Ick!) and she won't eat. I thought she just wasn't hungry for a while, because she hasn't been eating, but I picked her up and she (once the heaviest) now only weighs about half a pound! And she never preens, not that she ever did I'm really glad I get to write an english essay on my New Favorite Poem (Ulysses by A. Lord Tennyson. I posted a snippet of it here...I could write a whole essay on just that snippet lol). I'm starting to like this
Lift my eyes to bright sunriseStretch my silver wingsSoaring on the crystal breezeAnd my spirit singsTo close to the blinding lightI am unpreparedToo much truth and all too soon Why am I so scared?What it was that once I soughtIs the death of meTruth is not what I believedHow can this thing be?Falling now these shredded wingsBent and broken, flimsy thingsPlunged into darkness, all hope fadesSunset on my glory daysLoss of innocence
As I sleep
Wrapped in silver wings
Dreaming of simpler things
Of days gone by
And how time flies
Of life, and love
And joys denied
And as I wish
Not to wake
To stay forever
In this state
Where birds all sing
And joy abounds
And true love always
To be found
And as I wake
To new sunrise
And look around
With sleepy eyes
Try not to be caught
By surprise
When life stares me in the face
And I want nothing more
Than to go back to that place
Thank Gods it's Saturday. I'm really glad I got out of going to my cousin's Bday party...it's like a four hour drive both ways to get there...and stay in a cramped house with a bunch of small children running around. Fun. Although the only reason I got out of it is because my mom is sick and I'm really not happy about that I'm thinking of doing a series of drawings or paintings of the Roman Gods. I love Greek and Roman mythology although for some reason I never got around to doing any art invo
I just heard from my friend, the one who I hadn't heard from in forever and was very sick. He's doing well, just didn't have access to a computer for a while. Haven't been having the greatest of days, but that one email just made my night!
OK, I didn't expect to be an expert immediately or anything, but you'd think I could at least hit the darn bale consistantly by this point! I mean, I've been shooting this thing for hours! Oh, and must get tab or glove and arm guard. My arm is PURPLE from 4 inches above my elbow to about...5 inches above my wrist! :lol:I think I need to stop being so hard on myself
I DID get the bow...A WEEK EARLY!! and I have no clue how to aim it, but I can manage to hit the bale, even if not the target I'll learn...because it was a struggle to make myself put the thing down, even though I have permanent grooves in my fingers now hehe. Stringing and unstringing WAS a real treat too :lol:Boys in my shop class "helped" and basically ruined two of my projects...
Today I am thankful to be alive. I am thankful for that which the gods have given me. I just wish I didn't have to go to school. School= SSSD^3 :PI still haven't heard from my friend, and I'm a little worried but, hey, no sense worrying. If I had kept up the amount of nervousness I had before, I'd be dead by now.I'm moving to Minnesota in the fall (I might have mentioned it?) and I can't wait. I don't handle cold well so it will be an adjustment, but there are so many good things waiting there
What goes on when we close our eyes? What are we doing when we think we are asleep? Those knights and dragons, warriors and faraway lands on worlds beond the sun are real. If they aren't real here, physically, they are real only in that they are real to us. What is the significance, to us, of these lands of our dreams? Are they simply an escape from the waking world of biting reality or are they something more? Do our lives of faraway lands only seen in the night through sleeping eyes matter as
Glitter tears on porcelain skinScarlet drops of shameUnbreakable bonds;BetrayalYou left me to wilt;Wither and dieWith scarlet tears on my porcelain skinShame in my eyes;Too much to hold insideGlistening scarlet runneth overCut by these unbreakable bonds I lieYou left me to dieBetrayalI called for youBetrayalI cry for youBetrayalScarlet tears of shame Left to dieUnbreakable bondsOnly you can break these bondsDry these scarlet tearsI called for youYou left me to dieThese unbreakable bonds my shame
Looks like I *AM* going to get the Viper! YAY!!!! :: dances:: I'm actually awake and happy at this moment, which I'm sure will change as soon as I step foot in school On a more serious note, I really hope I hear from my friend soon. Last I heard he was really sick, and I haven't heard from him or his wife in over a week. I was really worried about him, but now I'm not. Somehow I know he's either OK or at peace. I just wish I'd hear from them.
O valiant one who rose to free your peopleThrough conquests far and wideActs of valor unparalleledTo stand the tests of timeIt is you to whom I give my lifeMy victories are yoursYour will is my dutyI can have no otherYour love and your causes are mineO fateful dayThe ultimate betrayalTrusted friends and RomansSpilled your bloodAnd took what you spent so long to buildRipping it in twoThey turned friend against friendBrother against brotherAll for the powerThey deserve not to holdAnd for you I wee
I can't stop thinking about that Viper longbow in Cabellas. I hope I do end up with it, and soon, before winter (I don't know of an indoor range around here, and we get alot of snow in Northeastern PA). I may end up with some used thing (I put my Pap on that one...it'll give him something to do) but I WILL HAVE ONE and I will not move to Minnesota next fall untill I do.I should get to bed, because I have school tomorrow (I wish I knew why I was taking two AP courses when I'm not even going to co
