So who is this Stam anyway?

Anime and golfing

For those of you who read my last entry, you can stop backing away and put down the white coats. There's no link between these two (this time).

It's just what I've been up to lately.

First of all, the local library lends out DVDs. Their collection is kind of limited and most of the time things are either a) on loan or b) reserved (or, of course, c) both). But still, I managed to come across a fair few items that I hadn't seen, wanted to see again, or didn't even know existed.

I've come across two or three anime pieces there, so far. One's Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. All about vampires and alternate histories filled with loads of weird and wonderful monsters.

The other was Earth Maiden Arjuna, which I picked up because I thought the huge bow she was holding was cool (and it was, too).

The last one looked good, especially as it wasn't just a one-shot, so I've now got volume 2 reserved (in line after someone else, so it might take a while).

I started making some comparisons, though. What is it about anime that has them create so many messed-up heroes?

First and foremost, there's Kira (?) from EVA (Neon Genesis Evangelion). Now that was one really, really messed up kid (worse, after watching Arjuna I had the theme song from EVA stuck in my head).
Then there's Heero from Gundam Wing. Total headcase there.
Kira from Gundam Seed wasn't a headcase, he was a basketcase.
And now the young lady from Arjuna?

Anyway.

Besides from that, I went out to a driving range with my Dad recently, just after my birthday. (For the uninitiated, a driving range is where you practice golf without having to walk around chasing your ball all the time.)

It was the first time in over eight years I'd picked up a club. Surprisingly, not only didn't I do too bad, but right at the end (I hit perhaps 70-80 balls in total) I managed to get the hang of things and put one ball 100 ft (or is it yards?) away exactly where I'd been aiming for the whole time. The other nine or so of the last lot also went straight thataway.

Then over the last two days I've run into the other side of that, '...first time in eight years...' Aching muscles in back, knees, legs. I must have been gripping the club harder than I thought, becausethe tendons around my thumbs are rather more unhappy with me than the rest of me.

Funny, that--it all felt fine when I was doing it...

Posted by adam at November 23, 2004 11:57 AM