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Musings of the day....

Went to the 2nd half of a wire-wrapping jewelry SCA thang last night. This particular style of wire and beads is something I could really get into - its simple and fast, and just perfect for long winter nights while watching a movie.

Very interesting subject and lovely people (again), but I am never at ease when socializing with new people, no matter how nice they are. According to this EQ test I'm quite good at theory, but not fantastic in practice - IMHO this sounds a lot like me, even considering that this test is simple and hardly scientifically based.

Sometimes I wish I could just hide out with my books, various handcrafts and cats, but unfortunately despite my misanthropic leanings I actually LIKE the company of some people, however inept I am.

I signed up at Costume Classroom for an Elizabethan Men's history/construction class. I was hoping that they would cover earlier than 1580 but I'm sure that anything I learn in this class will still be applicable to the earlier Tudor period.

I'm ambivalent about the SCA event I'm planning to attend this weekend - the weather has gone crap (i.e., cold) and I'm not sure that even with my layers of Tudor gown I'll be warm enough. I really do want to see the siege engine demo and the A&S competition though. Maybe I'll just go later in the day.

Been following the anthrax mess in the news. Its certainly sneaky and frightening but I think everyone is panicking too much - its fairly easy to treat if you get antibiotics right away. I'm more disturbed by the notion that everyone is stocking up on Cipro (drug-resistant bacteria, anyone?). No, I'll save my panic for if they find a way to transport something like Ebola or smallpox through the mails. Meanwhile I'm waiting impatiently for a book on DC ghosts I ordered to get here, likely held up by the closer scrutiny by the USPS. In October my reading interests go all paranormal....

<bangs head on table> got to stay awake, hopefully without the caffiene. Damned shorter days...

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Just got back from fencing and I think I'm doing rather well. I was able to "hit" some classmates who I used to have an impossible time bouting with, and all the foot movements, etc. are feeling more natural. Even the teenage boys didn't get on my nerves - usually they flail away like Jedi knights trying to look cool but I think some of them were actually trying to follow the rules tonight.

I really enjoy the sport and wish I could fence more often. I may try to get some of my classmates together during the "between semesters" period, assuming we can find someplace indoors to fence.

Finally recieved my book about Washington DC's haunted history. I'm looking for a ghost tour or something similar like the Montgomery County one I went on last year. At this point I imagine the Capitol's Black Cat is off limits, though I wonder if he's been seen lately (tradition holds that the Cat is seen in times of national crisis - I think the last time was the JFK assasination).

Meanwhile my real cats are staring at me because they want food, want to play with the pointer, and then want me to provide a warm place for them to sit on. Time for bed as I actually stand a chance of getting enough sleep tonight.