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msmemory_archive) wrote2005-07-18 03:04 pm
msmemory_archive) wrote2005-07-18 03:04 pm
Great Northeasterners
GNEW was hot. Really hot. I am not adapted to heat any more. When I was a child, my family got along perfectly well just by loafing around in the shade, and putting a fan in one window upstairs to draw a breeze through the house. Now, the moment I try to do anything (shop, cook, sleep) without my air conditioning, I'm unhappy. There are definitely more Roman clothes - chiton/stola etc. - in my future. Sleeveless wins over fitted long sleeved, even if Roman is not my period. Maybe I should become nocturnal?
Good stuff happened on the battlefield:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jducoeur qualified in Sword & Shield ("generic heavy list") and in Combat Archery. This will be the first Pennsic he has fought in since we have known each other, 20 years. Parts of his kit date back to before then, when he was first pursuing fighting. I'm very proud of him, and eagerly look forward to presenting him with a favor to wear on the field. (Rashly, I've also offered him a tabard, but doubt that will be ready for this war.)
Good stuff also happened in Court, including Maunches for two of my friends and a Crescent for another. But I thought there was going to have been a second, particular, Crescent. Grumph. I hope the winter Crown takes care of that.
Awhile ago, I made a casual (stammered, unrehearsed) but heartfelt invitation to someone to be a protegee. We spoke all too briefly this weekend, but she is still thinking about it. I am pleased and flattered: I hold her in high esteem and am not entirely sure she needs any mentoring to advance steadily toward the peerage. Whether or not she accepts my invitation, I think she has/will have a positive impact on her household and kingdom, and am glad to call her friend. (Not naming her here until/unless she accepts.)
Ordered yet another dress from Thorny Rose on Saturday night. She's got my number: the display model of her new side-laced Italian style was in tones of dark red brocade, in my size. She'll hem it for me and have it ready for Pennsic.
Justin and I were wandering around on Saturday night, looking for a party or friends or other moderate mischief, when we ran into much of the rest of our camping group on the road, all headed to Duchess Katherine's and Mistress Carolyn's combined birthday party. We went along, and had a very pleasant time involving many bards, Katherine herself singing "'I'm a Duke And You're Not", birthday cake, and champagne. Nikolai has an amusing device nicknamed the bottle-go-round that holds six liquor bottles and dispenses from them on demand, a measured shot at a time. After things broke up there, we visited the Bree group and chatted with them til I fell asleep in my chair. (oops)
Good stuff happened on the battlefield:
jducoeur qualified in Sword & Shield ("generic heavy list") and in Combat Archery. This will be the first Pennsic he has fought in since we have known each other, 20 years. Parts of his kit date back to before then, when he was first pursuing fighting. I'm very proud of him, and eagerly look forward to presenting him with a favor to wear on the field. (Rashly, I've also offered him a tabard, but doubt that will be ready for this war.)Good stuff also happened in Court, including Maunches for two of my friends and a Crescent for another. But I thought there was going to have been a second, particular, Crescent. Grumph. I hope the winter Crown takes care of that.
Awhile ago, I made a casual (stammered, unrehearsed) but heartfelt invitation to someone to be a protegee. We spoke all too briefly this weekend, but she is still thinking about it. I am pleased and flattered: I hold her in high esteem and am not entirely sure she needs any mentoring to advance steadily toward the peerage. Whether or not she accepts my invitation, I think she has/will have a positive impact on her household and kingdom, and am glad to call her friend. (Not naming her here until/unless she accepts.)
Ordered yet another dress from Thorny Rose on Saturday night. She's got my number: the display model of her new side-laced Italian style was in tones of dark red brocade, in my size. She'll hem it for me and have it ready for Pennsic.
Justin and I were wandering around on Saturday night, looking for a party or friends or other moderate mischief, when we ran into much of the rest of our camping group on the road, all headed to Duchess Katherine's and Mistress Carolyn's combined birthday party. We went along, and had a very pleasant time involving many bards, Katherine herself singing "'I'm a Duke And You're Not", birthday cake, and champagne. Nikolai has an amusing device nicknamed the bottle-go-round that holds six liquor bottles and dispenses from them on demand, a measured shot at a time. After things broke up there, we visited the Bree group and chatted with them til I fell asleep in my chair. (oops)
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