Guilty Pleasures

[triadruid]

Had a discussion with zylch the other day about catharsis and releasing tension. Video games were the subject of the moment, but she said they didn't work for her; 'real' violence had to be involved, such as breaking dishes.

Video games work to an extent for me, and nothing beats a real good workout or 'wrestling session' (of any sort). But my drive home today reminded me of another one: really loud music. My radio graciously obliged the Friday commute with a helpful dose of raucous rock.

Recent Music:
Nickelback, Figured You Out
Linkin Park, Numb
Metallica, Memory Remains
Seether, Gasoline

Comments

[capriciouslass.livejournal.com]

Throwing knives works for me. I have a nice thick target out back that gets a lot of abuse when I've had a bad day.

[zylch.livejournal.com]

I've never had a safe space to try throwing knives, but darts work alright in a pinch and archery does wonders for chilling me out. Breaking things just releases energy; shooting things makes me channel it. Unfortunately I haven't had access to an archery range for quite a while now :-(

[liquidfun.livejournal.com]

Shawnee Mission park has (or at least had, I haven't checked it out in a few years) an archery range ... if you were coming by the residence of chaosdruid for some reason, you might want to check it out.

[zylch.livejournal.com]

That's the same park where PPD was, yes?

[capriciouslass.livejournal.com]

Yep, it's 1/4 mi east of 87th lane; so very easy to get to from my house.
I even took a nice meandering drive through there yesterday myself.

[zylch.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm, and a year-long permit costs only $15. Now all I have to do is acquire a bow and some arrows, and I'll be all set.

[capriciouslass.livejournal.com]

You are always welcome to use the big wooden target here if the need arises. The neighbors have given up thinking of me as normal a long time ago, so my friends should frighten them just as much as I do.

[liquidfun.livejournal.com]

Hmmm ... does that mean I could do kata with live steel in the yard? Or do you think that would be taking it too far? I haven't accidentally killed anyone yet ...

why not?

[capriciouslass.livejournal.com]

We've worked up demo sword fights out back before. It only scared the guy that was painting the ceilings here a little bit...

Re: why not?

[liquidfun.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm sure sensei would have many good reasons "why not", all of which are valid ... but I've always had more fun with a tachi in hand than a boken. There's probably a character flaw in there somewhere.

Re: why not?

[zylch.livejournal.com]

the swordsmith I used to work for had a very good reason for using live steel: one generally pays a hell of a lot more attention to what one is doing if one could cause serious damage by doing it incorrectly.