IndyGunworks
Grandmaster
I hadn't really considered naming it, but I pretty much personalize all my stuff like this so I want to come up with a name. I really like the meaning of "chasing Rainbows".... but I wont like the crap I will get from fishing buddies with that name, nor do I fish for rainbow trout. Here is what brought that name up in my mind, and the meaning is a perfect fit for me, but the words used to communicate that meaning are not. Here is the post.
I am a man of many projects. I am always starting a new project, often before I finish the last. and I always go in overboard. Instead of a swingset I built a full on 288 square foot playhouse with a 5 station swingset, and rockwall, and firehose bridge. all made out of 30 foot telephone poles.
Instead of building a hobby cannon, I built full size, to scale, with all the bells and whistles.
When I got into reloading I bought EVERYTHING right off the bat, and didn't stop until I "mastered" about every aspect of it, but have not reloaded anything for about two years.
We wanted some trees on the property, so I planted 150 of them, and put in a 15 tree orchard.
My wife wanted to start biking so I bought two bikes, carriers for each, outfitted them with mirrors, pouches, water bottles, air pumps, spare parts, special chain lube and helmets, all before we even took our first trip.
Whenever I pick up a new project, or hobby, I tend to go overboard and fully dive into it chasing some sort of satisfaction, or fulfillment that I often never achieve.
However I have been trying to get into kayak fishing for a lot longer than I plan most other things and I am finally getting into it. and like everything else I am going all in. I don't know if I will find the fulfillment of a hobby in this like I feel like I will, but the journey is half the fun.
Hence chasing rainbows. You can try a thousand paths, and search for a thousand years, and still may never find that "rainbow".
So that's why I really like the meaning behind "chasing rainbows" because I seem to chase my own version of rainbow fairly often, and seldom find what I thought I wanted to find.
But, its pretty obvious what sort of crap I would get from fishing buddies if I named the boat that. I would like to keep the word chasing, but want to substitute rainbows for something else that will have the same meaning. so those of you who have mastered the English language, help.
I am a man of many projects. I am always starting a new project, often before I finish the last. and I always go in overboard. Instead of a swingset I built a full on 288 square foot playhouse with a 5 station swingset, and rockwall, and firehose bridge. all made out of 30 foot telephone poles.
Instead of building a hobby cannon, I built full size, to scale, with all the bells and whistles.
When I got into reloading I bought EVERYTHING right off the bat, and didn't stop until I "mastered" about every aspect of it, but have not reloaded anything for about two years.
We wanted some trees on the property, so I planted 150 of them, and put in a 15 tree orchard.
My wife wanted to start biking so I bought two bikes, carriers for each, outfitted them with mirrors, pouches, water bottles, air pumps, spare parts, special chain lube and helmets, all before we even took our first trip.
Whenever I pick up a new project, or hobby, I tend to go overboard and fully dive into it chasing some sort of satisfaction, or fulfillment that I often never achieve.
However I have been trying to get into kayak fishing for a lot longer than I plan most other things and I am finally getting into it. and like everything else I am going all in. I don't know if I will find the fulfillment of a hobby in this like I feel like I will, but the journey is half the fun.
Hence chasing rainbows. You can try a thousand paths, and search for a thousand years, and still may never find that "rainbow".
So that's why I really like the meaning behind "chasing rainbows" because I seem to chase my own version of rainbow fairly often, and seldom find what I thought I wanted to find.
But, its pretty obvious what sort of crap I would get from fishing buddies if I named the boat that. I would like to keep the word chasing, but want to substitute rainbows for something else that will have the same meaning. so those of you who have mastered the English language, help.
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