I am going to a firearms training class on Saturday. It includes 1 hour of practice shooting.


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Necessary preface: I've been golfing! Matt's friend Adam has been teaching us.

Before going to the driving range yesterday, Adam wanted to go to Golfsmith and get a new driver. Matt wanted to get a whole new set of irons, having found a set of Pings that he was craving. I just wanted my first driver.

After some convincing, Matt realized that he needed more practice before considering better irons. A sand wedge, however, would be an excellent choice since his set didn't come with one. Adam liked the driver, but didn't like the price. I tried out three drivers that Adam picked out for me. From the first swing, I knew I wanted the third, a Callaway Hyper-X. Unfortunately, the register told us that it was a $300 driver. I left without it.

Later that day...

Adam offered to let me try his driver, since he knew I had been looking forward to swinging a driver. One minor detail - he's a lefty. Why should I let something silly like that stop me? So I teed up and went for it. And went it did. The issues that I'd been having - keeping my hind foot planted on the ground, bending my elbow like a crazy chicken golfer, swinging through my core - suddenly melted away. Okay, so I wasn't perfect. But I was a hell of a lot better and swinging more naturally. After further experimentation, Adam declared me to be a natural lefty golfer!

Eventually, we finished laughing, and I realized that I'll need to get new clubs. And I'm definitely getting the Hyper-X. When it goes on sale.

Due to a looming production push, I haven't been getting out of the office much lately. Needless to say, I was in the office, on the ninth floor when things started shaking. The worst part? I was in using the bathroom at the time. Perfect timing as usual!

Now back to work :-(

And while I'm at it, I think I'll also spend the 3rd, 5th, and 6th there.

Here's the current plan:
Saturday will be spent close to home, for the benefit of those named Jessica.
Sunday will be in Manhattan, for the benefit of everyone else.

Email me (redacted to save me from the internet) for further arrangements, since planning on lj always gets messy.