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Nov. 3rd, 2003
Because it's been that kind of a day.
Nov. 3rd, 2003 10:45 pmWhen you contemplate just how much height it would take to make a human body explode like a ketchup packet,
and you consider buying the dummy pineapple granade to send back to your client with their files, with careful instructions taped to the pin that says "Pull here,"
you know it's been that kind of day.
United States Marine Corps Rules For Gunfights
1. Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at least two guns. Bring all of your friends who have guns.
2. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive.
3. Only hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss.
4. If your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough nor using cover correctly.
5. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. (Lateral and diagonal movements are preferred.)
6. If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a long gun and a friend with a long gun.
7. In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.
8. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating, reloading, and running.
9. Accuracy is relative: most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on "pucker factor" than the inherent accuracy of the gun.
10. Use a gun that works EVERY TIME.
11. Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.
12. Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
13. Have a plan.
14. Have a back-up plan, because the first one won't work.
15. Use cover or concealment as much as possible.
16. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.
17. Don't drop your guard.
18. Always tactical load and threat scan 360 degrees.
19. Watch their hands. Hands kill. (In God we trust. Everyone else, keep your hands where I can see them).
20. Decide to be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH.
21. The faster you finish the fight, the less shot up you will get.
22. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
23. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.
24. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun, the caliber of which does not start with a "4."
- K.
and you consider buying the dummy pineapple granade to send back to your client with their files, with careful instructions taped to the pin that says "Pull here,"
you know it's been that kind of day.
United States Marine Corps Rules For Gunfights
1. Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at least two guns. Bring all of your friends who have guns.
2. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive.
3. Only hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss.
4. If your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough nor using cover correctly.
5. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. (Lateral and diagonal movements are preferred.)
6. If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a long gun and a friend with a long gun.
7. In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.
8. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating, reloading, and running.
9. Accuracy is relative: most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on "pucker factor" than the inherent accuracy of the gun.
10. Use a gun that works EVERY TIME.
11. Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.
12. Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
13. Have a plan.
14. Have a back-up plan, because the first one won't work.
15. Use cover or concealment as much as possible.
16. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.
17. Don't drop your guard.
18. Always tactical load and threat scan 360 degrees.
19. Watch their hands. Hands kill. (In God we trust. Everyone else, keep your hands where I can see them).
20. Decide to be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH.
21. The faster you finish the fight, the less shot up you will get.
22. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
23. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.
24. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun, the caliber of which does not start with a "4."
- K.
The best part of this whole freaking day was waking up to Boss's very unfocused face. Twice, because I fell back asleep after the first shake, and he woke me up again 15 later to make sure I wasn't late for my 'very important meeting.'
That and I think he just gets a kick out of trying to confuse a not awake Kragore.
Note the sarcasim dripping from the very 'important meeting.'
I will never work for the college again unless it's a fucking hourly rate. $25, minimum. Contract Pre-Fucking-Signed.
At this point -
They're cutting a panel.
They're adding text that they haven't given to me yet.
They haven't gotten me all the pictures,- somehow it was left up to me to contact the third party 'graphers and get it crap from them.
Any illusion that they were bottlenecking the info to me has dissappeared in a cloud of steam made of their hot air.
They haven't given me a contract, so tecnically I don't have to be doing this except for the damn guilty concious I have
This technically means they don't have to pay me.
And they still want it in the printer's hands Friday morning.
I'm so tired my joints are screaming.
I'm so
goddamned
tired
I want
to
scream
Hold onto the happy feeling, the one you woke up with sunday morning, the happy-accomplished-warm-comfy-fall morning golden light-with a cat purring -and a companion sleeping-feeling. Hold onto that, because that's all you're getting for a while.
Dervish wrote what nearly had me in tears... "That joy should be a natural state and not a stolen crumb is a revelation to me."
I only hope someday I can hold onto my crumbs a little longer.
- K.
That and I think he just gets a kick out of trying to confuse a not awake Kragore.
Note the sarcasim dripping from the very 'important meeting.'
I will never work for the college again unless it's a fucking hourly rate. $25, minimum. Contract Pre-Fucking-Signed.
At this point -
They're cutting a panel.
They're adding text that they haven't given to me yet.
They haven't gotten me all the pictures,- somehow it was left up to me to contact the third party 'graphers and get it crap from them.
Any illusion that they were bottlenecking the info to me has dissappeared in a cloud of steam made of their hot air.
They haven't given me a contract, so tecnically I don't have to be doing this except for the damn guilty concious I have
This technically means they don't have to pay me.
And they still want it in the printer's hands Friday morning.
I'm so tired my joints are screaming.
I'm so
goddamned
tired
I want
to
scream
Hold onto the happy feeling, the one you woke up with sunday morning, the happy-accomplished-warm-comfy-fall morning golden light-with a cat purring -and a companion sleeping-feeling. Hold onto that, because that's all you're getting for a while.
Dervish wrote what nearly had me in tears... "That joy should be a natural state and not a stolen crumb is a revelation to me."
I only hope someday I can hold onto my crumbs a little longer.
- K.