Music

Music is becoming an increasingly large part of my life, and in turn, an increasingly large portion of my Dagorhir life. I've been a "late bloomer" in a lot of things, and music is no exception. I never really had a set genre of music that I liked the most, however since about 2007 I'd been listening to a lot of rock from the 60s 70s and 80s.

It wasn't till May/June is this year that I discovered my true musical passion: Celtic folk and folk rock. There is just something alluring about the stories told by the songs.

*Will finish later, first period bell is about to ring*

Archery

I have recently take a strong liking to archery. It really seems to fit my persona, and I enjoy it. I was never really talented with sword 'n board, so I took my interests elsehwere.

I have been arching since I could pick up a bow. My father is a bow hunter, and so are most of his friends. I grew up 2 minutes from the Easton Rod and Gun club. Some of my best outdoor memories were at the 3-D Archery Shoots there. (3-D targets.) As you may have already deduced, I had A LOT of exposure to bows and guns. I have many memories of target practice there. When I first discovered Dagorhir I was thrilled. When I found out about archery, I was even more enthralled. I can remember attempting to makes sets of arrows; never succeeding. In past months I decided to pick it up again.

My first few times arching with *legal* arrows was qutie enjoyable. However, I was greatly distressed to learn that many people abuse and cheese the archery rules; people's honor virtually disappeared when they picked up the bow.

So I've made it my goal to try to become an honorable archer. Make fair calls, and make ammends if I make a mistake. I think it would be great to help give archery a better name.

One thing I noticed, is that some are ignorant/ignore the archery rules. Some people think that a glancing arrow hit does not count? Wrong. It it clearly written in the rules that a deflecting (glancing) hit counts.

4.5.3.6 - If an arrow is deflected, even minutely, it is considered to have hit.

It's amazing how even after being told the rules some folks don't follow them. Alas, that is a different story.

Conclusion: I hope that I can help to give archery a better name by acting honorable and being fair with my calls.

Thanks for reading!

...and so it begins.

Today I created this blog. I created it during my B Block Poetry of Song class while we were creating other blogs. After I finshed, I decided to create this one.

I have high hopes about this blog. I want a place for me to share my thoughts and opinions, and encourage others to do the same. Here I will review practices, battles, events, discuss present issues, and share my insights into several different areas of Dagorhir.

So here's to a great start. Hopefully I will inspire otheres to do the same.