Paintball

This morning there was a scheduled power outage that lasted from early morning until about three in the afternoon. The same organization that sponsors the hikes/kayaking trips also does paintball Sunday afternoons. One of the guys that works there is also on my softball team and asked if I wanted to come out. Since pretty much the whole base was shut down I accepted his invitation. Because there's not a whole big area around here that we can play in, the OREC uses the out field of the softball diamonds and places several bunkers to maneuver around. About half way through our day a reporter from the local military TV station AFN (American Forces Network, which broadcasts shows from the US over her so we can watch them) comes over and asks if they can shoot our game for a report he was doing. With strict gidelines about wearing protective clothing and masks he wasn't allowed close, but that was the shot he needed, so we just emptied our guns and shot air at each other while he filmed us going through the motions. It was like he was directing a movie out there with all the stuff he wanted us to do. I never thought acting would be so hard. I expended more energy running around the camera than I did in an actual game. Once he got all that he needed we continued playing until the paint supply was vanquished. I only have a few welts on my chest and arms but they should vanish within a few days. Nothing like expelling some stress with paintball guns on a hot Sunday afternoon. Side note: I watched the clip from the news and it only had about 15 total seconds of us actually playing. Time well spent I guess.