From the Depths of the Camera Phone

The in-progress longbow that's being built and should be done by the weekend so I can go and bond with it. Walnut limbs with an elm core and a walnut riser with a maple accent stripe.

This was from back in January when I felt like annoying one of the more arrogant compound shooters. Now if I could do this more consistently at both IKAC and the more official spot-shoots!

NFAA 300 and FITA 600

Click on the title for the pictures. And no, I don't have any (non-embarrassing) pictures of myself -- apparently the photographer caught me as I was about to sneeze. Still, though, there were some good pictures (I think at any rate). I shot my personal best NFAA 300 round (blue and white target) and my first ever FITA 600 round. It was supposed to be a FITA 450 round but we were moving along so fast that it turned into a 600 round (15 more shots total).

I finished the 300 with a 218 and the 600 with a 376. The 600 round was much more difficult but I shot very well considering that the small rainbow targets combined with bad fluorescent do make me slightly nauseous. I like the blue and white NFAA targets more, but I'm hoping that I can raise my IKAC / Royal Round scores by practicing on the 40 cm FITA faces instead of the standard 60 cm FITA faces.

First 2010 Long Hammock

Double Ouch!

As of this writing, I never thought the combination of garlic, habaneros and lots of squats and lunges would hurt so much. The squats and lunges do feel good in their own sick way and I'm starting to see a bit more definition in my legs ever since I started incorporating them more aggressively in my workouts the past month or so. And why garlic and habaneros? They, along with zinc supplements and citrus fruits, make for a great way to either avoid or nip colds and just about anything else non-digestive in the bud nicely.

In other news, things are slowing down a bit in the Morgenstern epic but let's just say right now, I'm standing alongside a bewildered mechanical engineer who's faced with the choice of either staying imprisoned with a bunch of corrupt officials or escape with a bunch of heroes who are more likely to get into trouble than get out of it. I'm also following along a master archer who's walking the fine line between honorable but merciless vengeance and blood-crazed savagery... and she's being targeted by the Clawed Fury even more than before.

Hoggetowne Part 2

Click on the title to see the rest of the pictures although I didn't really get to take too many pictures the second week. Let's just say I've had more than my fair share of yelling, heckling, and bending over to pick up arrows.

Last Day of Hoggetowne

My pics will be up later once I get my camera back... Someone got tired of running around as a monk but I thought I'd keep up with the garb. Courtesy of my friend Aesa.

A Flicker of Cerebral Activity

First, I was just pretty much blown away by Creek Mary's Blood from Nightwish's End of an Era. Click on the title to see/hear it.

In other news... I'm in the midst of running sensitivity tests on my CART and ANN models and now finally have a real validation data set to work with. What can I say? Research oozes forward like a pudding (sorry, NetHack reference), which beats being sessile like a fungus!

As far as the Morgenstern epic goes, let's just say I'm standing alongside an impulsively curious youth who's trying to stay focused on her spying mission...

Courtesy of Aesa...

This was from a friend's camera. Hope we'll have more pictures rolling in!

Hoggetowne Medieval Faire 2010, 1/2

Survived week 1 of Hoggetowne Medieval Faire. One more weekend to go! Saturday was buggery weather -- lots of rain and wind, but Sunday was gorgeous, albeit cold. As always, click on the title for the full suite of pictures.