Some Recent News
As title implies, nothing too exciting has happened recently (no escaping fireballs, no chasing bad guys in a wild car chase, no out-running a gigantic boulder, etc.). However a lot of little interesting things here and there are going on for me.
Although SJSU still has 2 more weeks until it starts, I've been going to ROTC at SCU since they've already started. I really don't need to be there since my own school hasn't started yet. However, since I'm the CSM for this quarter, I feel that I should be there regardless. See, based on some experiences I've had in life, no matter how inconsquential you may feel that your presence may be, if you're in a leadership role, you should be there regardless. Absentee leadership doesn't really convey any seriousness on the part of other people (regardless of whatever you say). I feel that actions speak louder. That's all.
On another news, I was training at the range with my service 9mm (M9). Got an IDPA match this Saturday. I'm trying to clean up my target acquisition and my DA trigger pull. I can certainly tell you that this is different from bull's eye shooting in that there is a more acceptable amount of deviance from the "X" ring with time and speed being at stake.
It makes sense if you ask me. If a threat is present, taking your sweet time to hit the very center of a target isn't that large of an advantage and can probably get you killed. So, the idea here is that you need to land a shot (sometimes two) into a ring at the center torso so as to effectively strike the center-of-mass with a mimimized chance of hitting an innocent bystander. If this fails to stop the threat, SOP dictates that you should aim for the head. This scares me a little, but that's how it been for a long time.
On something that is less martial in nature, I met up with Pastor Fong of CCIC. He's a pretty cool guy. Had a nice long conversation of theological nature over lunch. I'll be meeting with him next week to talk some more. I have a strange feeling that something interesting is to be gained here. Just a hunch.
In our little world of poker yesterday at Mike's, it ended with me versus Jimmy. Now, I don't know why, but I start thinking really irrationally when I'm forced to ante up in the start of a hand in the later hands. I lost a lot of hands this way. After thinking about it, it really isn't that much different from when all of us were still at the table. Revelation: So what if there's a high ante in the beginning?? Sometimes, you just have to walk away from even that. I'm glad we weren't playing with real money. I'd be smarting right about now. However, I did like going head-to-head against one person in the end. The challenge of trying to figure out your nemesis is quite interesting.
As title implies, nothing too exciting has happened recently (no escaping fireballs, no chasing bad guys in a wild car chase, no out-running a gigantic boulder, etc.). However a lot of little interesting things here and there are going on for me.
Although SJSU still has 2 more weeks until it starts, I've been going to ROTC at SCU since they've already started. I really don't need to be there since my own school hasn't started yet. However, since I'm the CSM for this quarter, I feel that I should be there regardless. See, based on some experiences I've had in life, no matter how inconsquential you may feel that your presence may be, if you're in a leadership role, you should be there regardless. Absentee leadership doesn't really convey any seriousness on the part of other people (regardless of whatever you say). I feel that actions speak louder. That's all.
On another news, I was training at the range with my service 9mm (M9). Got an IDPA match this Saturday. I'm trying to clean up my target acquisition and my DA trigger pull. I can certainly tell you that this is different from bull's eye shooting in that there is a more acceptable amount of deviance from the "X" ring with time and speed being at stake.
It makes sense if you ask me. If a threat is present, taking your sweet time to hit the very center of a target isn't that large of an advantage and can probably get you killed. So, the idea here is that you need to land a shot (sometimes two) into a ring at the center torso so as to effectively strike the center-of-mass with a mimimized chance of hitting an innocent bystander. If this fails to stop the threat, SOP dictates that you should aim for the head. This scares me a little, but that's how it been for a long time.
On something that is less martial in nature, I met up with Pastor Fong of CCIC. He's a pretty cool guy. Had a nice long conversation of theological nature over lunch. I'll be meeting with him next week to talk some more. I have a strange feeling that something interesting is to be gained here. Just a hunch.
In our little world of poker yesterday at Mike's, it ended with me versus Jimmy. Now, I don't know why, but I start thinking really irrationally when I'm forced to ante up in the start of a hand in the later hands. I lost a lot of hands this way. After thinking about it, it really isn't that much different from when all of us were still at the table. Revelation: So what if there's a high ante in the beginning?? Sometimes, you just have to walk away from even that. I'm glad we weren't playing with real money. I'd be smarting right about now. However, I did like going head-to-head against one person in the end. The challenge of trying to figure out your nemesis is quite interesting.
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