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lykomancerArchery's gonna be one of those things, I can tell already.
Someone needs to tell the professor that the first few times you assist someone it's helpful, but after that it's just embarrassing.
What? Do I look that fuckin' stupid that I need someone to "help" me every time it's my turn for almost every single shot?
Jeeeezus, mister!
I know I'm incompetent with the bow. You don't need to rub it in.
"Stand like this. Pull toward your face... no, toward your face. Just use two fingers. Get the string to your cheek. Tilt the bow... tilt it... no, not that much! Let go of the arrow. Tilt the bow. Breathe. Now..."
It's just too much right off the bat. I can stand right and pull the bow fully, but I can't pull it completely with two fingers-- my hands aren't strong enough-- and I don't want to draw the string anywhere near my face due to a not-unreasonable fear that I will rip out my labret piercing. I'm right-handed, but left-eye dominant so I know my aim's gonna be a little off, but I still want to focus with my left. I can't *not* hold the arrow because otherwise it swings off the bow toward left-field (literally), and again, I think this is because my hand isn't strong enough to hold it straight. And tilting the bow doesn't help for some reason. The damn arrow still leaves the bow to point wrong.
The upshot of this is that I could, in theory, successfully shoot things that are about two to three feet taller than, and about six inches to a foot further left than, the target. And I can embed the arrow deeply into whatever I manage to hit.
Yes, I have tried to aim further down and further to the right. It doesn't help.
Ok? So, please, please, please... DON'T "HELP" ME ANYMORE! It doesn't help. It makes me feel stupid.
Monumentally stupid.
It does not encourage me. It does not make me understand that maybe this is a complicated procedure. It does not inspire me.
It makes me feel stupid, and that's all.
And feeling retarded does not make me want to continue. It makes me consider driving one of the arrows into my ears in a desperate suicide attempt. (It would make me wanna shoot you in the ass... but, alas, I could not hit it even if I wanted to.)
I want a rifle real bad right now. I can hit things with a rifle.
I also want my hand to stop hurting, but that's not gonna happen.
Grr...
Someone needs to tell the professor that the first few times you assist someone it's helpful, but after that it's just embarrassing.
What? Do I look that fuckin' stupid that I need someone to "help" me every time it's my turn for almost every single shot?
Jeeeezus, mister!
I know I'm incompetent with the bow. You don't need to rub it in.
"Stand like this. Pull toward your face... no, toward your face. Just use two fingers. Get the string to your cheek. Tilt the bow... tilt it... no, not that much! Let go of the arrow. Tilt the bow. Breathe. Now..."
It's just too much right off the bat. I can stand right and pull the bow fully, but I can't pull it completely with two fingers-- my hands aren't strong enough-- and I don't want to draw the string anywhere near my face due to a not-unreasonable fear that I will rip out my labret piercing. I'm right-handed, but left-eye dominant so I know my aim's gonna be a little off, but I still want to focus with my left. I can't *not* hold the arrow because otherwise it swings off the bow toward left-field (literally), and again, I think this is because my hand isn't strong enough to hold it straight. And tilting the bow doesn't help for some reason. The damn arrow still leaves the bow to point wrong.
The upshot of this is that I could, in theory, successfully shoot things that are about two to three feet taller than, and about six inches to a foot further left than, the target. And I can embed the arrow deeply into whatever I manage to hit.
Yes, I have tried to aim further down and further to the right. It doesn't help.
Ok? So, please, please, please... DON'T "HELP" ME ANYMORE! It doesn't help. It makes me feel stupid.
Monumentally stupid.
It does not encourage me. It does not make me understand that maybe this is a complicated procedure. It does not inspire me.
It makes me feel stupid, and that's all.
And feeling retarded does not make me want to continue. It makes me consider driving one of the arrows into my ears in a desperate suicide attempt. (It would make me wanna shoot you in the ass... but, alas, I could not hit it even if I wanted to.)
I want a rifle real bad right now. I can hit things with a rifle.
I also want my hand to stop hurting, but that's not gonna happen.
Grr...
