Assault & Battery II
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Woah - Arnies bloggers seem to be breeding or something (an idea I take umbrage with seeing as I ain't getting any action from it 
) as bo0mer (what? Changed his name? Oh, right 
) Sorry, Belladonna has joined the bloglist, as has the Mighty Moderating Powerhungry Ranger that is R22Master. Welcome, gentlemen, welcome indeed 
Hmm. Less than 24 hours until I have a Tanaka M700 AICS in my inevitably sweaty fisties. MMMMmmm-MMmmm yessirey, thats gonna make me into one big-*albartroth* real-life smiley: one happy muddyfunster indeed 
Versa-pod & Marui proscope ready to roll too, I should have a pretty cool sniper rifle ready for the next game - and by hell its been a while! I feel like I haven't skrim'ed for eons; this is a problem that requires rectifying. And herein lies the problem...
I just can't be arsed to charge batteries. Again. This one thing has kept me from going to at least 2 skirmishes in the time since I last did actually make it. Of all the bloody simple things I could do with my time I still wont ever charge a battery off my own back; I don't even procrastinate about it like I do about other things I normally want to avoid or put off; I simply do not register it as a task worthy of my attention - it Does Not Make The List.
In fact I would rather, in my mind (and before my wallet registers it's vote on the matter), just buy new batteries at this point even though the last ones are totally (well, mostly) salvagable. I know that spending a couple of hours sat down working charge times out for them all and getting them all cued up and ready to charge wouldn't be difficult. Not difficult. Just nigh-on impossible.
This has to be a case of some bizarre tropical disease, right? Found among the fecund swamps of a seductive equitorial paradise/nightmare is one crazy little bug bloated with insidious poisons that attack whatever part of our consciousness that generates rationality, cutting it off from the world at large without showing any otherwise signs of illness??
Actually, its not anywhere near as unlikely/ridiculous/narratively superfluous; there are 2 good reasons why I haven't bothered to simply discharge and charge the batteries for over 2 months now, and one of them is that I can't discharge them too well without a discharger. Well, without an easily comprehendable charger that doesn't require the combined intuition of a coach-load of feminists to even work out (stand up, TLP Pro-charger, ya worthless sack o' faeces!).
The other good reason is that I'm a tiny wee bit miffed, disheartened, and generally unhappy at the inauspicious prospects of the skirmish for which I am a-battery a-charging; namely that I have to put all the effort into other people's days out, and that I will be doing so after I'm already being really quite useful for them & their prospects of weekend entertainment, when you think about it, & certainly quite amenable about doing quite a lot of people quite a lot of favours 
I do love to help people out in any way I reasonably can, and I love to bring something to people that they both enjoy for what it is and also probably wouldn't have known or done if it wasn't for me. Thats great, its a good thing to do and may somehow help to counterbalance all the evil Karma I've amassed from my years of debauchery and sin 
That doesn't cut quite so much ice with my internal monitor, however, who clocks all the expenditure, time, effort and `skill` *internal monitor stifles a laugh* I've spent on Any Given Sunday and just doesn't see the credits coming back on the balance sheet to work it all out. I don't want paying and I don't want overt gratitude, but to see that people have been inspired enough to sort some of the process or equipment out themselves: well thats all anyone would need to see to know that its all worthwhile, and that new people now understand and genuinely appreciate the sport
But it does kinda get on top of you, and being aware of the situation as a whole subconsciously prevents any furtherance of it: spending god knows how long trying to work out the correct charge rates on a charger that seems to make no sense, remembering that I had to pay for the equipment and guns in the first place & then get it all set up for each game for each person, having to troubleshoot the gear and guns of up to half-a-dozen people for 6 hours, and then have the problems that have arisen therefrom in the form of repairs, cleaning (which really just does not happen due to the same, silly situation). Its all just a question of practicality, really, and until I have 6 people with a clear idea of what they are going to use and how to get it all ready AND how to get their backup batteries, mags, food/drink supplies, fag lighters, ammo, gas, comms, duck tape, maps, plans, orders and headspace together without any prompting or resupply from me, I'll find myself a little bit under pressure!!
Damnit next time I'm just going with Shard & Jas, people who actually know what they're doing All I want is to play soldiers in some woods somewhere is that so much to aaaaasssskkkkk???!!
Ahem.
So I'm getting this AICS right, did I mention that already? Actually I've even not-quite-recovered from the recent barrage of purchases and I'm happy as anything with my shiny new M945, Delta Elite, SW1911, Police Positive and Scoremaster. Its GBB heaven round at mine at the moment, just hoping this little rant can help clear some headspace so I might get around to having the gear all ready for the next possible skirmish
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