back in the saddle

[anotheranon]

Or back on the piste, in this case - A. finally felt well enough to fence! I was a bit rusty, but it was good to get out there again.

I don't think I'm going to end up fencing this fall :( The semester starts in 3 weeks and I cannot responsibly cough up the $78 tuition + $20 fee all at once. I'll keep with the historic (I can find $8/week a couple of times a month or so).

I AM going to try and host an Olympic fencing viewing party - I've finally got most of the footage on tape (clocks in at around 2 hours), so I want to have folks over for food/nitpicking. Should be fun :)

In non fencing news, geekchick point out that the National Book Festival is coming up in October - dig the list of attending authors! And to the best of my knowledge, it's free - go me!

Comments

[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

Oooh! I haven't seen any of the fencing at all. Perhaps you could bring said tape with you when you come in September and could give me a blow-by-blow commentary on a bit of it.

And I have one burning question: do you dress like your icon above when you fence?????? :-))
:::waggles eyebrows:::

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Be very happy to bring the tape, but be aware - I've never fenced modern sabre in my life!!

Re: the icon - nooo.. that would HUUURRT! Interesting note though - in 19th c. dueling sabre, fencing bare chested with no mask was de rigeur - it showed you weren't afraid of getting hurt.

Had there been more female duellists, I suggest that the popularity of the sport might have lasted into the modern age ;)