Paintball Extravaganza

Yes, I officially had my first game of paintball today. What are my initial thoughts? Holy crap it hurts. Second thought? Boys suck. Why do boys suck? Because the majority of them didn't follow the rules. There is this one rule about mercy kills. If you are within twenty feet of someone you have to yell Mercy Kill and offer two options: they can run, or they can surrender. Well, I would be fine with dying, but no, the guys felt like shooting anyone on close range which hurts like a bitch! I have seven bruises on my body, the worst on my hip.

Why is it men seem to enjoy warfare so much. My friend and I were discussing afterwards, how scary we found the game at first. I mean, the idea that you could be shot very close with unpleasantly painful objects. And the whole running, hiding, jumping whatever. Good fun in theory, but if you were to be in real war where just one bullet could kill you, well that just scares the bejeses out of me. And yet the guys loved it, and in fact men are the ones involved in the wars. I know that women traditionally weren't allowed to, but women in general would have no desire to initiate warfare in the first place. I still maintain that if women were running the world, a hell of a lot more people would still be alive. It might even run itself better.

On a different note, we have a spokescouncil meeting tonight, and I am now going to be involved in it more intensely next year as I am chairing a group. It's not altogether different to the volunteer work I'm already doing, so we shall see. It'll be fine.

Anyways, off for some much needed sleep. Rest is what I need!