Stll Panicking :: Shooting Is Great Stress Relief :: AR15 Virginity Lost
Still panicking about the test. Have been talking to my dad and (via him) some CBP and ICE agents, and it may be possible to decline the physical test and remain on the list to be scheduled for one at a later date, which would allay all my "oh God, I'm going to die" response, since it would put me back on the fitness program schedule I was expecting. Will know more on that come Monday.

In the mean time, I've been hitting the treadmill, crosstrainer, and bicycle machine (my ass is bruised from that one) like mad, and trying (thus far unsuccessfully) to do perfect form push ups. Today I got together with some of the guys from work and we went out to Smitty's farm to do some shooting, using pumpkins as targets. It was a blast, and despite the bruised shoulder (12 gauge shotgun slugs kick like a son of a bitch, and 00 buck is a bit rough, too), it was totally what I needed to blow off some steam. Push ups this week will suck, but they already sucked so no change there, really.

And I'm no longer an assault-rifle virgin. Here's a video of me shooting an AR15 for the first time ever (right click on the link and "Save As," it's about 5.7 MB, and I apologize for the shitty resolution and all that - cellphone cameras are not made for video). It was a lot of fun, and I slaughtered a pumpkin with it. (It's Aaron's gun, by the way, and Ted is the one yelling that I'm poaching on his pumpkin.)