FOOD!

Okay so coming form a long line of Walker's I can proudly say that we love food. Food is always tied in to anythign that we do. From Thanksgiving, to other holidays to little get-togethers and so on.
My family is always on the move, rarely are we all home together at the same time, so when we are we eat together. Or we try to anyway. The one thing that you will always find on the grill, in the fry pan and eventually on the plate, is meat and potatoes. Oh man, a meal just isn't a meal without that steak and taters. In the words of the Land of Lean Beef commercials, we are frequent visitors, and there is always a fork in the road.
Since we are all always so busy we do try to take time at least once every couple weeks to either go out or sit in and eat together.
I guess to some this might sound strange, but my family has always been about hunting and fishing mainly for the tradition of going out, having fun, and bringing home some meat for the table. As my favorite saying goes, "I love animals, right next to my potatoes and brown gravy."

Shooting is a Community

You may be asking yourself, shooting, how is that a community? Well, a community is mearly something that holds people together, and if you visit any Sportsmen's Club around the country all the people you will meet are held together by an addiction to gunpowder and lead.

Sporting Clays shooters especially are a tight knit group of people. You will never run across nicer individuals that even when at competitions, want nothnig more than for you to do the best you can. They will always smile and say a friendly hello, and even offer to help you out when you need it.

Everyone that you will find in this shooting community shares the need to make noise and break things. HA HA, why else would we all gather to shoot shotguns at clay targets flying through the air? But by far the most important thing that we sahre is our shooting ethics. Ethics are defined as: "The science of morals in human conduct". When it comes to target shooting, they are there for us and our companions safety. They can also change with time and place. Most rules of conduct are simply common sense and good manners. Some people have not had the chance to learn good shooting manners, others simply have grown up in a society with different values. The simple purpose of shooting etiquette is to ensure that all participants will enjoy the shoot.

Although shooters of all ages typically always get along when shooting together, during competitions, it all can change. I've seen guys that are just as nice as can be on a typical day of shooting practice, and then a competition comes and they seem like they're down your throat over any mistake that you make. Unfortunately, some in the shooting community take it way beyond the fun and focus strickly on the money and winning aspect.

I know that I fit in with this group, just about as well as I could fit in anywhere. One of my greatest joys is shooting, it's my favorite thing to do on the weekends. If I'm not up at the club shooting or working, I'm just there BS'n with everyone else. I believe that this community is where I belong, for more reasons than me just enjoying the sport. The people are amazing, teaching and introducing new shooters is rewarding, and that look in the eyes of the kid that just hit his very first target with his very own shotgun gives you the most amazing feeling. I am a part of this community because it's who I am, and it's how and where I was raised, and I love it.

Stop by our site, or even drop in our club and see the atmosphere that I'm talking about. http://www.gfsclub.com/.

It's me and Buddy!!!!! He is the goofiest dog ever, I have never met a dog with as much personality. Unfortunately, he's not mine...but I still get to see him all the time and man, he goes absolutely NUTZ when i pull in teh driveway, lol. Luv Ya Bud!

A Simple Thank You...

Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some people stay for awhile, leave footprints in our hearts and we are never, ever the same.

I want to say thank you to everyone that has left footprints. You know who you are, and you all have done your part in shaping who I am today. You've helped me through the worst of times and been there with me in the best of times.

Thank You.

English 101D Assignment

What i found in my wallet...

Well first of all, my wallet is camoflauge leather, inside i found the following:

• A National Sporting Clays Association window decal
• Receipts
• $1 off coupon for McDonalds
• Driver's License
• Hunting/Fishing Licenses
• Debit and Credit cards
• Subway and Regal Cinemas Card
• Multiple club/orginization membership cards
• Bank Account Numbers
• Multiple Gift Cards
• Social Security, Health and Car Insurance Cards
• Friend's Business Card
• Electrical Aprentice Card
• Multiple Photos of me and friends, pets and family.

Sounds like a pretty heavy item doesn't it? Notice how I never mentioned any cash? LOL.

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Questions to answer:

• Taken separately or together, how do the contents of your wallet construct an image of your identity?

Well, looking at all the membership cards, the decal, the pictures, and the general color of my wallet would tell you that I am a person that really enjoys the outdoors. From shooting sports to elk, habitat, and general wildlife conservation.

• What assumptions might someone make about your personality, values, or identity based on what you carry?

One could conclude that I am a somewhat orginized person, in that I keep all my information together in one place. They would see that I value my friends and family enough to carry photos of memorable moments. Also that I utilize our natural environment and want to see it thrive, in the sense that I belong to multiple non-profit, wildlife and habitat conservation orginizations (Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, NRA, etc).

• If all they had to go on is your wallet, what would people miss or be unable to know about you?

Well the general aspects of my quarkey personality that kind-of only comes out when you get to know me. Also the various activities, and things that I enjoy doing from day to day in my spare time. They wouldn't have a first hand insight to my friends, whom I believe really give you a major insight into who I am as a person.

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All-in-all finding someone's wallet could tell you a little bit about a person, but it's contents would really only touch on the edges of a person's true identity. Our identity consits of our personality, our social groups, how we handle situations, activites we are involved in, and so much more. So to truely see someone's identity you would have to get to know them and, well, kind of observe them in their daily life. And NO, I'm not talking about stalking someone, lol.

ARGG!

Ok I'm sitting on the couch in the living room and this cceiling fan is driving absolutely nuts! Ha-rum, Ha-rum, Ha-rum, Ha-rum, that's what it sounds like. Annoying Huh?! lol, ok wow i gotta leave this room or im gonna go crazy.

Okay so last week on New Year's Day, me and one of my best friends went over to the Machias Gun Club to shoot their New Year's Trap Shoot. We shot 50 targets in the mornin' and 50 in the afternoon, and I was SO EXCITED at the end of the afternoon 50! I shot a high score of 44/50, and took the event. I was just on cloud nine, that's the first event I've shot a 24/25 and ever won a competition, I've been shootin for a while but not really regularly, but I was way physced. I pulled out the day with a 79/100, and my friend who went with me took the High Score for the day with an 87/100.

So tomorrow, or i guess today (however you wanna count that) we have a 100 bird shoot at our club up in Granite and I am way stoked to shoot it! So, i guess that means i gotta stop dinkin around online and go to bed so i can get up and be ready to shoot. Wish Me Luck, LOL!