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Heya guys.

So you remember me saying I was feeling down? Well I found (well, I already knew about it, just didn't think to try it) something that makes me feel better; shooting. As you may remember, I inherited some guns from my grandpa when he died. So the other day Aaron (who also just bought a gun) decided to go shooting. We looked around and found an indoor range not too far away, and headed out. Stopped on the way for some ammo, and then got to the range. I was a little nervous walking in, because I had never shot in a range before. Usually when I would shoot, it would be at someone's farm or something, but this was more formal and kind of intimidating. Plus, it was a new gun, and I wasn't sure what to expect.

We went in, payed for a lane a piece and some targets. Then we walked into the range and got things set up. I was still nervous, but excited too. Once I got everything set up and loaded, I raised the gun, aimed at the target, and took a deep breath. Since it was my grandpa's gun, which he'd never shot, I said in my head 'this is for you, grandpa', and pulled the trigger. At this point, I'd love to say I hit the bullseye, but I didn't. Being a new gun, it took me a few shots to get used to it, but soon I started hitting dead on, or close to.

When I was a kid, I'd always go shooting with my grandpa. He was a huge hunter, and had dozens of guns. I remember the first time I shot a .22 up at the cabin in the woods with him. The same gun, in fact, that he first shot when he was about 10, that is now sitting in our gun safe. When I got a little older, he taught me how to shoot a shot gun, and then how to shoot clay pigeons. I have a lot of good memories of shooting with him. Although, not of hunting. I never was big into hunting. The only time I went, we went squirrel hunting and I didn't like it. I thought it was too much sitting in the woods being quite, and not enough shooting. I'd much rather spend a day shooting at targets than sitting around waiting to kill an animal.

We spent about an hour at the range and then called it quits. I never realized how expensive it is to shoot a hand gun. Over the course of that hour, I spent $50 in ammo, and only shot about 100 rounds. Plus the $20 for the range. Not something I'll be doing every day. But I walked out of there feeling really good. It was something that I never got to share with my grandpa, but it felt like he was there anyways.

On Sunday, my friend Josh and I went to the LynLake Festival. Basically, they shut down a major intersection of South Minneapolis and have a huge party all day. They have music, food, merch booths, and random activities. I had never been, because I'd always forget when it was, and remember right as it was ending. So this year I wanted to make sure I made it.

Picked up Josh and made it there around 3:30. We really wanted to see Heiruspecs play, which was at six, so we had some time to kill. We just walked around people watching and having a good time. Josh liked that it was one of the few times you can walk down the street drinking a beer, right next to a cop, and not get in trouble.

We ran into some other friends and staked out a good place to see the stage. While standing around, I caught sight of a very interesting billboard.


That's probably the funnest piece of graffiti I've seen. I think the Spitting Cobra's have been practicing!

Anyways, Heiruspecs finally took the stage, and blew my mind. I'd never seen them before, and had only heard a handful of songs, but I was very impressed. They're a local hip hop group from St. Paul, MN.

After their set, the festival was over, so we headed home. Shortly after, I got a headache, and my last post came about.

Today, I hung around with Erik for a while. Since his last day of work was last Saturday, he had nothing to do and was just hanging around. Once Demian got off work, the three of us went for a small bike ride around the city. We spent about an hour or so hanging in Loring Park talking and having a good time. Then we decided to bike down to the lakes for the sunset. We got there just in time, and saw it go down, which was pretty cool looking. We hung around for a little longer, then made our way home.

Tomorrow, Erik and I, and maybe Anthony, are going to go water skiing...Finally. I've been trying to go since the ice came off the lake back in late March/early April, but it just hasn't happened. Between my dad being out of town for work and the weather sucking, it didn't work out. But now that Erik isn't at work all day, and it's back to being nice out, we can finally go. But I'm sure I'll regret it since the water is still cold, and my body will hurt pretty bad on Wednesday.

Well I guess that's about it.

Hope you guys are well!

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_Kevin



What's really cool about them, is the scratching you hear isn't done on a turntable like everyone else. It's done by voice. So the second vocalist you see is doing it.