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| Endlich!!! |
| 08.01.04 (7:40 am) [edit] |
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so just after one year of planning, plotting, and working hard the Incipiant shire of Aventiure is no longer incipiant. It was announced at Celtic Sheep and Garter raid, much to our annoyance , and only one person was there to come forward, MC who is brand new. Since we've known about this for ages I don't really understand why it couldn't have been announced where there were a few more of us around, but there you go. You can't fight city hall you can only bulldoze it down. I think that for MC it must have been something special as she is really new a bit uncertain and this will mean something special to her..... still in the end the how doesn't matter it's is so. We are really for real official and in record time! Now we are in full swing for a glorious tavern event in Luebeck in the second oldest building around, and after that who knows. It's a strange feeling as though a cycle is complete, Something Marcus had said he would like to see happen before we too leave. And not it has, if the event goes off then that will be all our self made obligations done. After that it's Swizerland, scribe's handbook and other scribal treats , coin making and a house of our own. I'd even settle for a nice Rustico as long as the kitchen worked and the out house is an in house. My arm is slowly getting better and the throat too, been really frustrated by how much pain can hold you up. I guess that's why you get time off work so you can heal and rest and I did. My second bout of physio tomorrow the ice-nuke-and shock treatment, it's so cool what they can do these days to make you better. In the mean time I haven't felt very social, no wonder and Marcus is really busy with work stuff. It's summer finaly with pretty, hot weather...no complaints form me about that. we may go to a couple of flea markets today just to see what's what and then if we have the energy DOM. Now time is running away and it's very strange to knwo that in 5 months or so we will be in a different place with different lives starting all over again. I don't really know how I feel about it. and so I need to go get my second cup of coffee and think about how to spend the day.... until then be excellent to each other. |
| whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa |
| 07.31.04 (8:08 am) [edit] |
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tall ships in Halifax and I am not there! whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :cry: sniff sniff check out the harbour cam link on the left, the cbc page god I miss it like crazy, but right now I wouldn't climbing any rigging..... still, I have my knife and spike set handy just in case. I tell myself one day I'll do all that again...one day..... until then, be excellent to each other. |
| sunny sunny |
| 07.30.04 (7:34 am) [edit] |
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Well... I suppose if there is a bright side to this arm hing it's that I am written off sick while the weather gorgeous is, sun and warm and it's very pleasant. Get soime laundry done , do some physio onthe arm. sit and read a book etc... I have a ton of work to do at home, scrolls and research and laundry and and and but most of it will wait till I can do more stuff.Sometimes there is a reason for enforced rest. My rare book finally came, the Images in the marines of gothic manuscripts, and it's nice to have some time to sit and peruse though it. I am so glad to have this book, all the stuff I love doing in scrolls is inthis book and it's a treasure chest of wealth, that and the other two books I have on marginalia are fabulous, and now I have time to read it. I htink it would be cool at some point to give a lecture or write a paper on some of this stuff too, tie some of H. Bosch's images to the fantastical imagery he did together. I also think that more people in the SCA would find it interesting since a great many of the marginalia have some sort of meaning in realtion to the time period in the form of an allegory or common saying or what ever, hidden meanings in a hidden world. I could sit and easily pass the day in this world. :) so in the meant ime I will get my day such as t is started .,... ice some exersizes and a cup of bone degenerating calcium leeching coffee.... until then be excellen to each other. |
| and the winner is.... |
| 07.29.04 (3:29 pm) [edit] |
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well only if this was a stupidity contest.... after a very long morning at the orthopedic doc's to learn while I haven't torn the rotater cuff muscles I have very nicely hurt them and after a shot for the pain which isn't really doing as much as I thought it was, and aftre my first bout of physio ( all because i whacked at the king's helm with a stick) I have to admit, it sucks to be me. so I had physio, a big needle and there's more to come. all in all it's been a painful day tonight will be about trying not to move too much and watching mindless tv. hope for no adverse reactions or anything.... argh I can't even make scrolls. arghhhhh I know whine whine whine I am glad I didn't dislocate it man that must hurt like a son of a bitch. other thanthat the weather is gorgeous and the doc was super nice. until then, be excellent to each other |
| ouch |
| 07.28.04 (6:40 am) [edit] |
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so somehow while bashing the king with a big stick to test his new helm at his request ( long story) I managed to tear something fairly crutial to the movement of my left arm and shoulder..... and it's frigging hurts like hell. so what's the moral of this story???? Don't hit the king with a big stick, even if he asks you to. nice helm though. Until then be excellent to each other. |
| pah |
| 07.26.04 (7:03 pm) [edit] |
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Mondays suck. until then be excellent to each other |
| uh huh well I always wanted pointy ears |
| 07.19.04 (9:02 pm) [edit] |
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Possessing a rare combination of wisdom and humility, while serenely dominating your environment you selflessly use your powers to care for others. Even the smallest person can change the course of the future. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm gotta love these quizzes be excellent |
| a love so extraordinary |
| 07.19.04 (8:57 pm) [edit] |
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"Your eyes light up when you see him" funny to see something through someone else's eyes. I woudl have never thought that you could see that but I guess you can. I waited my whole life for marcus to be a part of my life and vice versa. Strange how you can know something without really knowing it, how a part of the puzzle is finally falling into place. :) Right now he's on the road again and in Solingen, we sms to tell each other we are safe and then spend an hour noodling on the phone doing daily stuff like watching tv and idle banter about work, the words are sort of just here but we hang on to that telephone life line like it was everything that binds us. We met apart, fell in love without having ever touched or kissed or even seen one another in real life and carried on a really strong relationship depsite an ocean, two different cultures and languages and every day I love this person more. How can such a thing be so strong when everything else seems to fall apart. Faith I guess. and love unconditional in your face love. Now I know people will tut tut and shake their heads and stuff but my brother will get it and so will my mum. Unconditional hang on for dear life no matter what till death us do part or the world ends love. It's not earth shattering or hand trembling ,well, we got past that part but it's so powerful it will survive distances and winters and tempertantrums and boredom. It is just there, and like sunlight he brightens my whole world, like star light he adds a touch of magic to every day things, like a fairy tale he rescues me with frenchfries and fresh ground coffee, he helps me henna my hair and rubs my feet, makes me cups of tea and sneakily adds me into his online game to the point where it's almost fun and I want to play too. he is my other part, that half which makes me whole and while I could maybe live alone without him I would never want to try that. and tonight he is far away and I miss him. and that is all I have to say about that. until then, be excellent to each other. |
| sing song |
| 07.16.04 (6:33 am) [edit] |
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Last night House Blackwood + friend held it's first ever in this kingdom bardic circle and it was guess what.... fun and productive. Two guitars and lots of songs and lots more of Eles encouragement. I haven't sung that much in years was cool but also hard on the voice I am so outta practice...next time we need to do a warm up. And it's Friday, yay. it's also raining - no surprise there but it's that newfoundland RDF kinda day so it just reminds me of home. I stuck on the Irish decendants cd while tidying up and suddenly found myself bawling my eyes out. I think i don't listen much to my "celtic" newfoundland east coast music any more bcause it makes me REALLY homesick. I wonder sometimes if that a part of why we put off visiting because I knwo once I go back it will be too hard to leave again. who knows. It so weird t keep moving and I keep missing places and people and no matter where I go now, home is always somewhere else. What is home exactly anwyway? well anyway, the bardic was fun and the weather is not so bad and it's friday yay. until then be excellent to each other. |
| wo bleibt die sonne???? |
| 07.13.04 (10:33 pm) [edit] |
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yup that's it in a nutshell folks... where is the sun? Every second day it has rained. and most of the time it's cool around 15-17 degrees. 5-9 at night. Every day when I look at wetter.de www.wetter.de there is a weather warning or alarm for somewhere in Germany, usually the whole country so I have to ask where the heck is summer. it's a bit like the monty python film holy grail, spring by passed summer and went straight into autumn. I don't mind the storms that much actually I like the wild weather at least it's DOING something but the cool cold damp is not fun. in the meantime I slowly feel better and get back to normal life. Haven't done much today except work and then come home cook supper and kinda beach on the couch. I feel like a big fat lazy git but I did tons so it's a silly feeling. Enjoy the few togther hours on the couch just hanging. time is ticking and soon things will be hecktic enough. hope everyone is well out there in blog land hugs and love to the family! Miss you guys a lot! until then, be excellent to each other! |
| sick puppy |
| 07.12.04 (7:31 am) [edit] |
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Sometimes when the forces of nature are all lined up against you it just sucks and you just have to say okay you win. So today they win and I stay home sick. It used to be long ago that feeling sick on monday meant you partied the weekend away not any more. I don't remember the last time I "partied away a weekend". Now it's back pain and stomach problems from the pills I take for the back pain and when everything lines up just right it's stay at home and die on the couch time. I hate being sick :( until then, be excellent to each other |
| Lazy ass saturdays |
| 07.10.04 (6:50 pm) [edit] |
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So here we are, in the car to drive to the Italian place to buy Andre Sambucca and us some coffee beans and we end up taking an HOUR to get half way ( 14 km traffic jam) so what do we do? We change our plans and go to the Schlachthoff flea market and the BOK restaurant instead. Great thai food and a really outta this world find anything flea market, we came home empty handed with fully bellies and a stop on the way home at the video store meant we could watch season one of Sex and the City all night. It's raining, it's cold and it's grey but i am spending this saturday curled up on the couch with a bottle of good red wine, my fantastic handsome european husband and the tV. and that's about that. I hope everyone else out there is having a fabulously lazy weekend. until then, be excellent to each other. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D |
| snooty tempremental artists |
| 07.09.04 (8:10 pm) [edit] |
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title says it all. glad I ain't one. ( or am I?) sheesh one more year to go. then I am free. no more of this crappy babysitting and placating and putting up with "tempremental artists." ratten am boden... das bin ich nicht. tja und Tschuess! until then, be excellent to each other :( |
| getting old.....er |
| 07.07.04 (6:38 am) [edit] |
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so we went to work, did the whole day birthday madness for jayson who turned 21 and it was a blast. but I came hope at 6ish and I crashed. that was it folks on the couch out like a light then at 9 somthing I went to bed and I woke up this morning thinking jesus what hit me? getting older... and it's not like I party at events either, I don't. too afraid of the evil migraine fairly. anyway now it's back to normal I hope. scrolls to do and assign, work to go to on a daily basis, events to plan and have fun at, mails to write, a family to miss ( hi mum) the usual. I have 108.5 work days left. and in 5 months and something days we leave for Lugano, time is tic toc ticking faster than I want to know about. but right now all I care about is my second cup of coffee so that I can wake up enough to find my socks. *yawn* until then be excellent to each other. |
| House Blackwood does Nibelungen |
| 07.06.04 (6:54 am) [edit] |
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So there are some none rules ..more guidelines really about this crazy household and one of them is that while we do not always agree with each other , we no matter what still love one another because we are after all a family. The other guideline is , you need to be insane to be a member. Not clinically for real insane but in the SCA there is a certain amount of service madness that goes on. So our most insane members at the moment are me and Ele who has now been dubbed by HRM Honor and her son as Ladyelly. Ele, was taken on as a Protege by Master Aethstan right before the rose tourney which was all torch light and magic. She has autocrated two events and been graced with the Dragon's Tear for both, she smiles and nods even when she is ready to do serious bodily harm to someone and she is one of the most open hearted people I know. She is so like a sister to me. What I really love about Ele is she says exactly what she means, no skirting around the buisiness get right to the point. I learn so much from her about being straight forward. What I don't know about Ele seems to surprise me at every event when she comes up with the kookiest things to make it better. Just ask Jingle without a bell and the bard box. What she did at and for Nibelungen was amazing and for many people she was the reason it was so relaxed becaus ethe Autocrat was not relaxed, or organised or friendly in fact he was a bossy unpleasant person who managed to alienate many many people. Funny how that goes. He used to be a really nice guy but he changed when he became a squire everyone has noticed it and commented on it and it's really sad because the change is not for the better. Then we have Leo who now fights and wins roses and brings elefang and makes a spoon for it, whith whome youcan have LONG LONG talks heartfelt talks about this an dthat and still say "I was really mad at you for that but in the end I think you were right, however if you ever do it that way again I am out!" and still be friends. and I learn that from Ele. And maybe he understands how Ifelt about some things and why it was so hard for me, and maybe now I understand some more about him and why he was the way he was and it's all about secretes that we keep for what ever reasons that sometimes need to come out. Now he knows that while he pissed a few people off, they don't hate him, they we stillad ore him but now he is for me at least a more human more rounded person and I suppose I am that way for him, as our flaws and faults come out and we start to see each other as human and not Oh bridget you are so wonderful... oh Ele you are so wonderful. Oh Leo you are so wonderful Oh Marcus well he is wonderful :) we see each other as human beings and we love then with all the falws as well as the perfections. and that's what the household is about, it is a refuge a home and a family to cling to when your knee is scraped, or your best friend leaves you, or certain fighters don't take blows or no one cleans the camp but everyone wants to eat your food... Now we have a new sister, Ally McPole is her nick name, just the right mix of earnst and heart with twisted sense of humour and smarts. She fits right in. I think now that the shire is up and doing good on its own it's time the house started doing house stuff again. Skarf is still alive and kicking and will start to have some time away from work later on in the year so that we can all do silly bbq ( if it ever stops raining) and watch silly scaish movies - a knight's tale, and willow and so on.... What has happened to us at least the 5 origional house members still here is a lot and in the last two years and it is almost 2 years to the day at Nibelungen that we formed the BW chapter here, is a lot for people to go through. And to quote from a neighbour, "some bridges were burned that will never be replaced, and some new bridges were formed, and maybe it all had to happen so that things could grow." and maybe he's right. all I know is that I don't loath them any more, I don't like a few people but that's okay. and we have bigger and more immediate things to concern ourselves with. Now we work on an own event and try to deal with that. until then, be excellent to each other. |
| home from the Nibelungen wars |
| 07.05.04 (10:44 pm) [edit] |
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so home from the wars... the top ten + list of things that were just so....in NO particular order of importance.... 10 - doing last minute scrolls and letters of writ in the windy rainy cold is not a lot of fun, but rum cake and the company was. 9 - watching one's partner in crime get his just reward when he is sooooooooooooo not expecting it and being able to do the scroll right under his nose and he never notices is just the best. 8- creating a new house member with the queen's (sort of)blessing is wonderful. 7- camping at royal invitation away rfom the masses is very very very nice. 6 - the primus stove rocks!!!!! next amazing toy will be a heater for the tent. 5. pancakes that wish to become one with the frying pan do not rock. 4. Lucy is the very coolest small dog with huge heart I know and have ever known and there's a reason she is on ALL the scrolls this reign. 3- it is interesting to watch the faces of your enemies when you do something they think is nice for them. 2. Thank god no matter what ,in the SCA there is always a pair of helping hands. thanks to those two amazing gentles who helped us get our monster tent down before the rains. 1. Be very careful about pissing off a scribe for you too can be marginalised. 1b. Tikki torches are meant to be lit not sat upon. 1c. an event so great that it inspires a song about the royals on the way home in the car has just gotta be the best..... it was cold, it was hot, it was dry it was wet it was without a doubt the best event I have yet been to. Many tears both good and sad, new friends found and old enemies if not forgiven then somewhat let out of the freezer, Old personas taken out of the closet, voices raised in song and much discussed both good bad and otherwise insane. Hips sascheyed dishes served, friends hugged, lessons learned and inspite of the words I am going to bed now, conversations that went on until 4 am and the dawn rising. A Queen and a King to die for, a new found family member to adore, many scribes and artisans bonked on the heads, seal cups, many many far too many gracious thanks, excellent food, marzipan till you puke, did I meantion the most amazing rum cake, a warm bed... an even warmer husband who warms my ice feet and hands, Elefang and the spoon of love and so much more. I love you guys thanks for making this such a fun time. until then , be excellent to each other ps. Pictures to follow shortly keep an eye on the www.shire-aventiure.de site. |
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