I confess I was just out back, burning off some pent-up steam by practicing destroying random stuff with my 12-foot bull whip. I confess that the awesome power that can be generated by such an instrument always astounds me. I confess that I knocked several slats of the wood lattice that is on the side of our back deck, which I probably shouldn't be doing, since we're renting this place. I confess that as that thought entered my mind, I knocked off one more slat before moving onto something else, just to vent a bit of spite. [I'll fix them later. EDIT: Crap, I just went and looked, and several of them were completely shattered (destroyed); I'll need to get new ones from Home Depot. Damnit.]
I confess that during a particularly aggressive strike, I managed to catch myself right on the back of the neck hard enough to make me bleed ('tis a tricky instrument to use, and will punish you when you fail). I confess that hurt (stung) like hell, but I confess that I laughed out-loud when it happened. I confess I'm a bit out of practice, and need to work on that.
I confess I feel just a bit better now. [EDIT: Oh, as a random tip of completely useless information, a bullwhip in the hands of someone who is properly motivated makes an excellent make-shift weed whacker, and is excellent excersise to boot. EDIT EDIT: Except with blackberry vines, which are too tough to consistently knock through, and just tend get the whip all tangled in thorns.]
[Don't worry, I was wearing safety goggles.
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Good fortune,
- Icarus the Inadvertent Masochist
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