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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
9:48 am	its been awhile So I decided to post again , for the first time in something like 23 weeks. I have been trying to keep busy, between work , SCA events, camping, fishing, girlfriend etc... Work has been sporadic this year . The crappy economy hits resource based companies pretty hard and the lumber industry especially so. Lots of mills in B.C. and Alberta have closed for good and all the others have taken some down time and/or layoffs. We had both where I work. We layed off the grave yard shift in the planner and sawmill losing close to 50 ppl , then they have eliminated another 12 jobs over the year since losing the graveyard shift. We have also had our share of layoff times. We have been on 3 day work weeks since the middle of january, and have had week long lay offs 4 times this year already. I just got back to work on monday after a 2 week lay off , and we also had 2 weeks off in july, a week in February and a week in March. Heres hoping thats it for a while. I have been seriously considering taking Lisa and Neeno's invitation to move to Edmonton and work there. But as lonog as Im still making money I cant leave the job with benefits and 20 years seniority. We will see what the future holds i guess . With the sporadic work I havent done as much eventing as I would have liked. I have this year been to Winter War with Suna, Castra (did you know she had a sister!)and Natalia, that was an adventure! Penguins Crusade was a good event with friends from the lower mainland coming up for it(Elora and Warrick) May Champions in Cold Keep was a another fun time , got to hang with Ramirez, Don William , Gemma, as well as the Cold Keep locals, Henry, Finn, Celeste, Natalia etc... Avacal/Tir Righ War was an awesome event ! carpooled with Suna and Faslen so it was not a boring ride down and back. Thanks in part to Faelens air guitar, key boards,drums tamborine etc... when he thought we were asleep while he was driving. The event had awesome weather, the fighting was good, the partys were good , lots of good food thanks to the ladies of the encampment, suna and castra. Fields of Gold was another good time as well. Prince Raknar and Princess Ciarra came up for it as well as many good folks from Cae Mor, and Cold Keep. Got to hang with some friends from the okanagan as well as they were on Ret for Thier Highnesses. It was good to see Ewen, Porzia, and Kristophe again and get some fighting in with all of them . I also recieved an award at the event, The Hafoc! Next up on the event calendar is Vinfest, Autumn Celebration ,Burning Man , and St Crispins, which i am Autocratting again. Camping this year hasnt been as often as I would have liked . Went on the 15th annual MAy Long Weekend Campout. The usual stuff happened, fishing derby, poker tournament, turkey dinner with all the fixins, and other completely random drunkin shenanigans! I also went out to Bear Island for a weekend, its 10 Km past Granisle on Babine lake. Went with the girlfriends and her kids along with her cousin and her husband and kids. The weather was windy, and rainy at times, no fishing due to wind and rain. I spent a few days out at the cabin on Takysie lake during one of the lay off times and caught a bunch of fish, threw most back as they were too small. Spent a day out at Babine begining of the month with friends and did some Sockeye fishing, got my limit and headed home by evening. Will be camping again at the end of the month out on a ranch in rural Vanderhoof area. One of my buddies is getting married out there and Im in the wedding party , so camping with a suit should be interesting. All the usual hooligans will be ther so should be a blast! Thats all for now kiddys , im off to smithers to pick up my suit at the cleaners. Ciao Wil/Liam ps. all spelling and grammatical errors are for Allisons enjoyment! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, October 26th, 2008
9:38 pm	Feast of St Crispins So , our shire had its annual Feast of St Crispins event on saturday. This event hosts our open Rapier championship, A&S Championship, Bardic, and Brewing competiones as well, as a sit down feast. Also this year we had the pleasure of hosting TRM King Owain, and Queen Adwen Wrenn, as well as HH Natalia, Princess of Avacal. So Josephine ;as outgoing Rapier Champion, ran the rapier scenarios. We had nine fighters. Castra, Elora, Callum, Alys, Piers, Hjordis, Ysabell,  Tewl and myself. After some warm ups we started with a 20  minute Cadet Style Tourny, which Tewl won. It must have been close between Tewl and I  as I only had 4 losses I think. Next we did a London Masters Tourny. I won this scenario clean with no losses.  Tewl and I fought it out ,first to three wins for the title. I took it three kills straight. The fighting was good and clean with only one blown shot that i noticed, and given the source , is pretty good.  This was the first official tourny for 3 of my students , and they fought very well. I kept getting compliments on their skill , or chivalry, or technique etc.. It was good to hear as they were really nervous going into it. I am a proud to have them.  During court while I was getting officially announced as Shire Rapier Champion , Her Majesty Wrenn presented me with tokens to give to my inspirations for the day , who were my students. After Court i gifted these beaded neckalces to Ysabell, Piers, Alys and Hjordis. Alys also won Most Chivalric in the tourny and was also gifted with a necklace for her inspiration , her husband Piers. I later learned that Piers was a close second for Most Chivalric. Awards also handed out during court were Goutes for Markus, and Siban of Cold Keep , and a Jambe for Wulfred of Leeds, from Cae Mor.  A number of AOAs were given out as well with Nicholous , Alys, Piers, Hjordis , and Madyn ;all of Boar Mountain Hold, receiving the accolades. Announced the new A&S Champion of Tir Bannog was Alys Lakewood, and we have already planted the bug in her ear about sugestions of new regalia for the title.  It was also Announced that Tomodei of the Wolf Pack (Ogre) from Tir Bannog won the Heavy Prize Tourny, and Medb from Cae Mor won the archery Buy an Arrow Tourny . This is an excellant fundraiser. Arrows are 1$ each and you can shoot as many as you like at a blank sheet of paper. There is a mark on the backside of the sheet that only the Archery marshal knows of . At the end of the shoot whom ever got closest to the hidden target wins half the money and the other half in this case went towards  construction of the Great Hall on the FIelds of Gold Site.   Later there was an auction with over $700 raised fo rthe Great Hall construction. There was also an open discussion initiated by Their Majesties about the shires of the north working towards becoming a barony, as a step towards Tir Righ becoming a Kingdom, This would help the north receive more recognition and influence upon the royals of the land. We had  in the past approached this very topic already and the words of the King and Queen re-ignited the fire towards that goal. It was a great event and fun was had by all . It was good to see the royals present and even better to see them armor up and do pickups with all the heavies , offering advice and instruction to all . One of the better events I have been to in recent years. Liam  (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
11:13 am	Autumn 2008 Ok so since my last post not alot has happened. At least in comparrison to everything before my Summer 2008 post. So Clinton had Shitty weather! I arrived the saturday of work week and it rained. As it did everyday of work week. There were over 200 ppl on site for the begining of work week. Big Eric was the main guy for running the work crews, and he had Pierce and I working on the bake house , and various other small projects. It was good to hang with my Don and get to know each other better with out it being an event and having a time crunch to worry about.  One Wednesday of work week we headed into !00 Mile House as we both discovered we didn't pack enough socks for the 10 days we would be on site. Smart eh?  So Pierce and I picked up some socks and other supplies ,then had lunch at probibly the best Fish and Chip place in B.C. Thats right people on the Island and Lower Mainland, better than your fish and chips! If you are ever passing through !00 Mile House and are thinking about food , definatly stop for fish and chips, you won't be disapointed. Anyway ,back to Clinton War. So on friday the rest of our House/encampment showed up, in the rain! Poor bastards! luckily most of the tents were sent ahead with Pierce, and myself .So 3 of my fencing students came to their first Clinton War as well. I had them set up across from my tent sandwiched between the Gunn Club and Jesso, " not Kate anymore"  Olson, and her band of newbies. Good for you Jess in bringng the newbs !! Socially i drifted between Clan O'Briain , the Gunn Club, Not Kate's, the Dew Drop Inn, and the Tavern. Had some good times in the Tavern on sunday night . Drunken Dons playing dice, too funny. Ask me in person sometime about What Don Kierran , or Don Godfrey had to do when they lost at dice. Wow look at me ramble Ok so after Clinton i had a month or so before the next SCA event.  On the Sept Long weekend the whole family went out to the cabin on Takysie Lake to celebrate my Dads 61st Birthday. Even my Uncle Robin  and girlfriend ,from North Van came up for close to a month.  They spent most of it at the Cabin and relaxed and fished their asses off! Then I had a busy 10 days . I went to Cold Keep for their annual autumn event, it was Norse themed this year. The Mabon Allthing they called it. Henry Hawkyns and I served the feast that night as Finn, and Celeste's servers didn't show up . We had a blast hangin out in the kitchen and chatting with everyone else while serving . Got to see some friends get some well deserved awards from their Highnesses of Avacal. I also helped Henry during his marshalling class earlier in the day , and competed in the small 3 man tourny we held after the class. Which i won! Henri De Chartrand and Don William Bennet were my 2 oponents  The next day was a brunch with over a dozen of us from the event followed by a trip to fabricland ( they're having a moving sale) , then to Finn Mc Lirr and Celeste St Cyr's for the Sunday Social , got home close to 10  pm., Monday was a relaxing day of Starbucks and window shopping in the big town of Prince George. Tuesday evening was the Alice Cooper concert. Thats right I saw Alice Cooper , and he rocked , it was freaking awesome!! and their were 10 sca ppl at the show , pretty cool. Wednesday was dinner with Danielle and Cathy at the Keg. Thursday was payday so i bought all the shit i had been eying up since monday. Mostly leather and supplies for projects i'm working on.  Alison, I have all the stuff to make that harness you wanted for Kyle. And Shannon I am almost done the "gimp" mask you wanted with the zipper mouth. Have fun girls! On friday i left for Vinfest in Grande Prairie with Aminah, Dea , and Koga, 3 young Wolf Pack members. Was an intersting ride to say the least. The event had a great feast, and an excellant turn out . The rapier tourny had 11 fighters in a round robin format. However each bout was a best of 3 . The top 2 were myself and Robert of Clan Gunn, Avacal Rapier Champion. Henry Hawkyns sugested a "Terrible Threes"  format for the finals. The idea being you have to beat your opponent 3 times in a row to win the tourny. after about 30 fights we took a water break ,and decided not to listen to Henry's advice anymore. We did a best of three , and Robert won in the third pass. I was happy with my fighting that day , and had a lot of fun. We fought in front of their Highnesses of Avacal and Her Royal Highness Inga. Inga more than once called out during the fighting in the finals and said i get bonus points for my fighting style ,after a particularily  flashy kill/attack.  Inga is like Bacon , she makes everything better lol No other events till October 25th, Feast of St Cripins in my home shire of Tir Bannog Thats all for now folks ps. all spelling and gramar mistakes were left in for Allison's enjoyment (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 19th, 2005
5:04 pm	Penguins Crusade info Here is the link to the event copy http://www.antir.sca.org/Upcoming/?Event_ID=1188 (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, April 18th, 2005
5:45 pm	Jasper Kyle did you go to the Rapier symposium in Jasper? If you went ,did Jack happen to give you my swords to bring back with ya? Its been over a year and I'd like to stab ppl with them. W.S. Current Mood: naughty (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, March 31st, 2005
12:46 am	hmm. You scored as Horse. You are the Horse. You are powerful and fast. You value your freedom and like to keep yourself busy whenever possible. </td> Horse 100% Dog 100% Bull 92% Bear 92% Dragon 92% Fox 92% Eagle 83% Wolf 75% Salmon 75% Ram 67% Stag 58% Deer 50% Crow 42% Snake 33% Which animal totem best suits you? created with QuizFarm.com Current Mood: content Current Music: All MY Life - Foo Fighters (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 19th, 2005
12:28 am	bring it on bitches I challenge all!!! Sword Guy is a Fire-Eating Robot Monkey ...with a Battle Rating of 9.0 To see if your Food-Eating Battle Monkey can defeat Sword Guy, enter your name: Current Mood: mischievous Current Music: Yellow , by Cold Play (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
12:42 am	You scored as The Unicorn Clan. You are a member of the Unicorn Clan! You are proud of who you are and your roots, and have a strong need to help those around you. You enjoy to travel, seeing new sights and enjoying nature. </td> The Unicorn Clan 94% The Mantis Clan 78% Ronin 78% The Crab Clan 72% The Scorpion Clan 72% The Lion Clan 61% The Crane Clan 50% The Phoenix Clan 50% The Dragon Clan 17% What Legends of the Five Rings Clan are you? created with QuizFarm.com (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, October 17th, 2004
7:13 pm	Horror Movie, Starring You! by amitiel Username Birth Month Kink You will be trapped in... Psycho Virtuous girl who survives xoozle Goofty nerd who nearly dies nemkess Handsome jock who dies horribly norcorider Busty babe who has sex with you chaoticmatter Evil depraved killer mami_san Rabid animal on angeldust ter_san88 Child of satan hug_n_rokk Chance of Survival: 20% Quiz created with MemeGen! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, August 15th, 2004
8:22 pm	post Rapier workshop Ok so the event rocked in my opinion Our rapier class was 5 and 1/2 hours God Damn was I a sweaty mess we took a break for a while then did some pickups I didnt stop till the fighting got sloppy I nailed Aramus with a hard shot followed 2 passes later by an even harder one by him It wasnt intentional just exhaustion catching up with us He hit me soo hard the steel mesh of the mask chipped a tooth Good thing I didnt have my mouth closed as i was gasping for breath it would have split my lip for sure Shortly after supper was called It was a pot luck and a good one too The chicken was good the squash and carrot soup rocked the meatball sauce was good but Shane-o-Macs flapper pie kicked serious cavalier ass Good job Artamis Friday night was just a social thing everyone showing up setting up saying their hellos and catching up with friends I did some drumming with Magnus man was he a mess It was good to see the 4 wolfpackers there Saturday was kinda in limbo till noonish when the classes started Gretta and I went to Josies to shower man was that nice we had some really good instructors for this event Don Prospere Montegue taught rapier A lot of his class dealing with drills and the philosophy behind good rapier fighting Some good stuff to work on in practice as well including letting your self suck and not being affraid to ask for assistance and critics from fellow class mates I think it could open up some good dialogue in our practices Viscount Oak Einar taught the principles of a good fight stretching and how to prepare the week before a tourny a day before and just before Basically how to mentally prepare your self Overcoming what I call tourny head which is basically psyching your self out before the tourny even starts He then put the guys through their paces showing them some moves and kinda tweaking their moves to offer better coverage or what have you Viscountess Thora taught scroll construction and layout Everything from the illumination art to calligraphy and how to make it all fit together in a unique and presentable form William Bennet also was there from Montengard Calgary He has been in the area for a week visiting Michelle and showed us some stuf at our last practice which i tried through out the weekend and it definatly put people off guard at times William and Prospere are both excellant teachers I would prefer either of them over any others to teach us at the next Penguin Crusade Jenny and her sister Heather came to the event It was Heathers first introduction to the SCA She had never seen either of the fighting before or the costums and took not only Thoras scroll class but also Bethas glass bead making class As did Jenny They both said they enjoyed the whole event to thats cool It was my first time meeting Jennys sister and I think were cool I gave her a rapier lesson on sunday afternoon and she seemed to really like that Man do not make this girl mad Taddg snuck up behind her and dumped water on her then the race was on She caught up to him and tackled him to the ground She is on a rugby team and grew up on a working farm this girl knows how to look after her self and is not timid in any way That was pretty much the end of the waterfights which had gone on for a while previous The water fights were started by Elora and her friend Kiyah when they threw water soaked sponges at me then eventually others got involved All in retaliation for getting them on the sunday of Fields of Gold which ended in Kiyah Elora Jenny and myself soaked Good thing it was hot out After packing up a bunch of us went to get dinner Tewl Betha Elora Kiyah Gretta Ella Therrin Yuki and Myself went to BPs We were all starving after not eating since breakfast Jenny will be here friday before I go to work and we are heading to Cae Mor first thing Saturday to their Day of Champions event We will be stayin at Wulfred and Rhiannins house So no camping stuff ie tent foamys bedding extra blankets camp stove groceries etc Just an overnight bag and my fight kit Which reminds me I need to do laundry now before then Gotta clean the house now too as this will be her first time to my pad We are planning on hitting the Fishermans Catch on the way home as we both are big seafood fans My best fights this past weekend included Vincent Aramus William B Elora Therrin and Phaelan Had some great fights with Tewl and Taddg but they werent consistantly a challenge as the others listed were. Shannon showed good agression and her form was good She like Alison Jess and Yuki need to go to practices consistently to improve they appear to be at plateus fighting wise That will change once they get into a practice schedule By Christmas and again at Clinton I want to see noticable improvment in their fighting Yuki wants to go to practice consistantly which is good news so I can talk her ear off while on the drive as opposed to talking to myself I will be sending an email to Gwydion to make sure he kicks Jess and Shannon in the ass and gets them to practice more often Wish I knew someone in Victoria to Kick Alisson in the ass as while Guess I will just have to hassle her on msn Well I guess thats it for now !!!((())))_ _ _ _ '''"""";;::????///........,,,,,,`` Current Mood: exhausted Current Music: Scorpions - Rock Me Like A Hurricane (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 11th, 2004
6:20 am	Obscure post Obscure Current Mood: anxious Current Music: none ,zero ,zipp (Comment on this)
6:18 am	Workshop Update Workshop update: Greetings to one and all: Sorry if you get this e-mail more than once ! We need to have a rough idea on numbers for this weekend! Please e-mail me back if you are coming, need accommodations, or need to be fed. The Inn will need some idea of numbers so that they have enough food without getting too much and wasting. There is going to be A&S classes, Heavy and Rapier workshops and a lot of socializing ! You must come even if it is just to see the HUGE , IMPRESSIVE, very cool changes ( expansion ) on the Red Wolf Inn !!!!! Hope to see lots of people there. Your Humble servant, Betha This weekend is gonna rock!!! (Comment on this)
Monday, August 9th, 2004
3:50 pm	Fight practice To those who didn't know , there will be another cadet at todays fight practice.So... that means full legal armor kiddies.No shorts ,no t-shirts.The cadet in question is William Bennet from Montengard(Calgary)He will be in the area all week i believe.This man is an excellant fighter.If you want practice against a taller and faster fighter before Prospere gets you then this is the man to train with.I believe William is around 6'4 and Prospere is around 6'7.We all remember how we did against Oak at St Crispens and he is only 6'2ish Also there will be an event this weekend at the fields of gold site.This is the workshop the Michelle was sooo adamant about during her little speach at fields of gold.There will be Sir Oak teaching Heavy fighting.Don Prospere teaching Rapier,Viscountess Thora teaching caligraphy, and Illumination.As well as Baroness Amanda and Alaina Cordovia.Posibly teaching period pigments. Roland Drakkar might come as well to help with the Rapier stuff.Oak and Thora will be on site Saturday morning.This is a camping event.Most people will be getting there on Friday afternoon/evening.Wulfred and family will be there to man the Tavern so food and drink will be available for those who don't wish to cook. See you tonight.If you need a ride you better call ASAP. Current Mood: predatory Current Music: hum of comp fan (Comment on this)
Thursday, August 5th, 2004
5:44 pm	Thats right Ass Clowns!!! How evil are you? Current Mood: quixotic (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 20th, 2004
3:15 pm	Attn: Dan(Naked Pyrate) Dan I dont know if you remember or know that I took your sword home last fight class I was at With the intent on fixing the handleguard wiggle problem Well Im happy to announce that it is fixed I made some leather washers and put them on before the handle then the pomel nutI made an extra one in case they compress and it starts to wiggle again you can just add the last oneI have your sword at home here and I won't get back to Telkwa till Saturday when I pick up Michele for Clinton Did you want me to hang on to it or put it in the fight box Will' ''''"""";;::://?..,,,!!! Current Mood: chipper Current Music: Mathew Goode Weapon (4 Comments |Comment on this)
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Monday, June 28th, 2004
6:09 am	For the record putting all the punctuation at the end of the post was Alisons idea You happy now Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: sound of rain on shed roof (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 27th, 2004
8:05 pm	So the last 2 weekends were spent out at Takysie lake Thats where the family cabin is and we were building a new dock The last weekend was spent in the hot ass sun building the frame The dock is 5 by 32 built with a 2by10 frame to support the decking and a 2by6 frame underneith to support the styrofoam billets which provide the floatation Its fucking heavy Went to fight practice on monday,wasn't on my game A little burnt out from working in the sun the whole weekend Had a disagrement with Michele about whether a shot was flat or not and if it was flat whether it would still be a kill I think I was right Kyle did as well but I was smart enough to let it go after a few minutes Kyle not so much You cannot argue with Michele she knows all just ask her Much like someone else I know After the thunder struck and we went to find Conner over by the lightening started fire we watched a movie The Count of Monte Cristo After an uneventful week I went back out to the cabin to finish the dock project On friday night we got the neighbor over with his loader to pick up the dock and launch it for us Good thing too it would have taken most of the day without any heavy equipment He then picked up the old burner chain we are using for an anchor onto the old dock The damn thing was about 70 ft long we had to cut about 20 ft off On saturday we ripped up the old dock the neighbors had built years before we bought the property Pounded 2 posts into the lake bottom with help from my buddy Kevin who came out for the day to work on the dock with us Jess and Al met him briefly today at the festival before I left them to wander the site After putting the posts in we put 2 2by10s across the span and lag bolted them in place then we skidded the dock approach over from the other dock site with dads truck and using a block and tackle swung it onto the 2by10 supports We now have an approach to the dock Next Kevin and I put on half of the dock decking so that we would have something to work from While we did this Dad built the ramp from the approach to the dock complete with hinges and a pivot once kevin and i floated the new dock over to the approach and dad installed the ramp we then floated the old dock over with the anchor on it We tossed the 50 feet of burner chain into the lake then ties the new dock to it We were done for the day Kevin left around 7pm We went for dinner then early to bed Sunday morning dad and i finshed putting the decking on the dock in the rain packed up our stuff after breakfast then went home catching the 1230 ferry across Francois lake Got home had a shower headed to Midsummer Got there to find out from Al and Jess that I missed my buddies set Oh well I heard that they were awesome Pink Fraud was their name Ive been to a couple of their practices anyway Sat with Al and Mel and Jess for a bit till I spotted my other friends and we took off to check out the merchants before they all closed up shop Went and hung out with their group for a while and watched the video of their set Then went and bought a cd from the sound guys as they recorded every set Watched CDK Didn't know Graeme was in a band Michele just PMed me on msn messenger Damn now she can bug me online too Going to fight practice on Monday hope there are lots of people there so I can fight differant people I get stale fighting just Kyle and Michele Ran into Darcy and his folks at the festival and told them about Fields of Gold no one had even mentioned it to them They will be there now though You would think the heavies would have mentioned it to him Just cuse a couple of them are moving doesnt mean they should stop promoting local events I mean its only our Heavy Championship Kyle why didnt you tell Darcy Afraid he will kick you ass in the eric So Im really looking forward to Fields of Gold There should be some good southern fighters coming my girlfriend will be there as well as Shannon wenching That should be interesting Unfortunatly Lisa and Neeno also known as Cinara and Valerious wont be there They went to Quad war They invited me but I couldnt afford it what with Mermaids and Clinton this month as well Think i just might go to the Kispiox music festival in July as well Its the weekend before Clinton work week starts July is gonna be a busy month I guess Britta was the only one to show for fight practice tonight so her and Michele just watched a movie Oh well I get to stab folks tomorrow Till next time Chilluns Remember 86 percent asshole bitches here is all the punctuation you will need to make the above post gramatically correct ::;;;;;'''''''''''''',,,,,,,,,,,,,.........!!!!!!!%%```??? Current Mood: drained Current Music: sound of computer fan (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 17th, 2004
8:11 pm	post Investiture So its been a few weeks.Not much has happened lately.That is until Investiture came around.I went to a practice on the monday(first one a a while due to money issues),tried some new things(slightly differant stance,main gouch position and guarding)it seemed to work OK. Kyle kept getting my arm by coming in low then up and inside my guard using the false edge to take my sword arm.Bastard!!!Well the event day finally rolled around.Got off work at lunch,went home, changed, shit,shower ,shave,finished packing ,bought food and booze,mix, got ready for my ride to show. They were true to SCA form being an hour late.Once we unpacked and re-packed we finally hit the road.Kyle and I watched dvds on the way there.We finally got to the event,and checked into our cabin,unpacked the van ,got into garb,and finally hit the gate. Once we checked in we started to wander around and found Tewl and Betha.Chatted with them a bit.Found out their daughter (Elora/Angela) was coming for the event as well. I still hadn't fought her yet.We then found Randolf and Lasarainna and spent the rest of the night talking to them. Now these are some exceptional people. Randolf is an excellant fighter with a unique style,studies a lot of period manuals,as well as many other martial arts and fighting styles over the years.Hes also into rock climbing(Kyle found this very exciting) and scotch as well as good beer.He also studies side swordand and put on a small demo with Guido Baldo before the rapier tourny started. Lasarainna is Hot!!!Just thought I'd get that out of the way first.An excellant fighter,easy to talk to, she is so down to earth.Some Dons and Cadets seem un-approachable but not her.Next time your at Michelle's ask to see her rapier fighter calender.Lasarainna is the one who made it.She makes them every year and sells them on the AnTir Rapier Combat site.She is a professional artist,with works in galleries and museums all over the world ,and even as close as Smithers.She did the art work on a brand of yogurt that they sell at Safeway.Can't remember the name but i'm sure i'd notice it if i saw it.She gave me shit after the tourny.Why you ask? Cuse in the warm up fights she was kicking my ass, but during the tourny I won most of the times we fought. We did some pick up fights after breakfast and lists opened.We fought over by the cabins away from the heavies as not to take away from their fighting,it is after all their event.Got to face Gwydion, Randolf,Lasarainna, Amalthea, Cinara,Eric,Callen and Cataline all before the tourny.It was awesome, even with out the tourny and we did pickups all day I would have called the event a success.After the warm ups we checked out the merchants and bought lunch.Watched the heavies for a while and then got ready for our tourny. There were around 18 fighters in the cadet style tourny. Basically everyone is in the Eric at the same time.You fight as many people and as many fights as you can.The looser of each fight goes and reports to the lists people.We fought for 45 minutes straight.While the looser reports the winner is looking for another opponent,perks for winning.The more fights you win the less time you spend waiting in line at the list table.They kept track of how many fights you had, how many wins and how many losses.I did not win most wins.That went to Maestro Guido Baldo Da Quilla (sp?)with only 4 losses.I already commented on this in a response to Kyles event post.I did however have most fights with 67.Winning just over 50% of them .I don't know my official placement in the tourny,but I've been told it was quite high.I fought everyone at least twice except Alicia the Willful, whom I never fought at all.Her Shire is hosting Mermaids and we've made a point to set up some fights there. After the tourny we hung out at Tewl and Bethas encampment,this is after the 2 hours of court mind you.A few ladies came and struck up conversation with us while i was waiting for my dinner.They ran the beaded jewelry merchant table.It was their first event,they were a little over whelmed by how indepth and intricate some people took their sca lives and personas.But they are now Offically hooked. They're already planning for clinton.Then the drinking started.And the rain started. And Guilliam de la Flamberge' started creeping out the girls.We eventually ditched him after helping the girls set up their tent.We grabbed our booze,and headed for the gazeebo.we spent pretty much the remainder of the night there. We had many visitors while in the gazeebo,from a Russian Heavy fighter who had excellant elderberry mead to Don Kierran Gunn, to a couple wolfpack/cold keep ladies.Who were disapointed to hear about Grishna dropping out of the SCA.Grishna is the guy Kyle bought his heavy armor from. There were also various others who had various home made concoctions,all quite tastey I might add.So I was Kyles official guardian for the weekend,I didn't mind cuse he did an excellant job as a wing man. Huzzah!!!I think he drank more than I did.But then again I was otherwise engaged.Got some ribbing from Betha in the morning after she spotted me at about 4 am going to the can.You see I was coming and going from the girls tent not my cabin.Oh well you only live once.So I have a new friend named Jenni.She might come to Fields of Gold in a couple of weeks.On Sunday it was sunny ,but threatened to rain.I video taped the Heavy Fighting Championship of Tir Righ Tourny for Valerious,as Cinara was waterbearing.He made it to the semi finals.He met a lot good fighters and Knights and is starting to become a well known fighter of the north.He is hoping to be Squired someday.I think he would be great at it.When he puts his mind to doing something he becomes a perfectionist.After the tourny was more court.Sir Owain was awarded the Boars Tooth(a big ass spear)and a cloak as the new Tir Righ heavy Champion.Don Guido Baldo won a beaded necklace for winning the rapier tourny and presented it to the Princess(ass kisser)The new Prince and Princess were sworn in and gave out their first awards.Shortly after court was over the rain started again.We packed up in just over half an hour ,said our good buys and hit the road again. I was home before 10pm .I've talked to Jenni on the phone and we've been chatting on msn most of this week.Looks to be a good summer.I still got scratch marks!!! Current Mood: calm Current Music: sound of clothes in dryer (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 10th, 2004
3:52 pm	What? You Gotta a Problem With That? I AM 86% ASSHOLE/BITCH! I am one of those people that love to hear the sound of their voice. That and my lousy attitude make for a mixture as toxic next-day-mexican-dinner-ass-drip. <a Thats right Fuckers!!! Current Mood: cynical Current Music: None (2 Comments |Comment on this)