It seems there is a misconception about my gender.  At least according to http://genderanalyzer.com/.  Who would have thought that I blog like a woman?  So I guess it now my duty to up the “man quotient” here.  Lets start with the activities of the weekend, that should put some testosterone into the site!

I’m getting a concealed weapons permit, mostly due to timing and connections I’m going to the class this week.  While checking around to see if others would be interested in joining me, I come to find that unknown to me my dear brother already has gone through the class and has a gun as well.  But hey, lack of communication aside, means I have access to a gun!  So, we setup a time to head out and go shooting so the wife and I can get a feel for it.  That would be this past weekend, in case you haven’t put the two and two together.

We met him at a midway point, as rumor had it we were going offroad.  Once we got to the spot of choice, we setup and went through the basics of handling, loading, safety etc.  Then we all took turns shooting.  My first round was not the most impressive, but hey I’m just learning!  Was fun though.  Second round, with some more confidence and understanding I actually got several really good shots in.  But then my brother had to head back home, so we packed up.

One thing of note from that first trip, there was a group shooting down the road from us that was creating one of the most interesting unique sounds I’ve ever heard.  It’s hard to explain, but every time they shot the sound/echo traveled down the road to us like normal, but once it got a couple hundred feet past us it seemed to just go silent.  No return echo from the other side of the mountain, just stopped dead like it hit a soundproof wall.  Was creepy, and quite cool.

So, then later in the day my brother sent me a message saying a friend of his was bummed he couldn’t join us that morning, and was going out that afternoon to do some shooting and wanted us to come too.  Sweet!  This guy has a couple more guns, including the ever popular AK-47.  We picked up a couple of very small watermelons and a head of lettuce to use for target practice.  Bragging rights on my part, first time shooting a large gun (the AK) I managed to nail a watermelon!  Got a couple bullseyes as well.  Was a blast!  And in true Counter Strike fashion, we did the hand gun in each hand rapid fire thing.  While impossible to hit anything, was also inspiring.

So there.  I hope I’ve talked about enough manly things to sway the gender mark more in the proper direction.  Also, if anyone is interested in a concealed permit, my class is this wednesday.  The more the merrier.