day at the Faire
Oct. 7th, 2007 04:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anotheranonNo, I DIDN'T dress, but it's just as well - it was very hot and very dusty. I am still sneezing/tearing/coughing black gunk. Will someone please tell the weather fairies that it's October already? I was so wiped by the time I got home that I ate and crashed early... and woke up at 3 am craving water after being in the heat all day. Note to self: beer is counterintuitive in hot weather, no matter how wet or watery it is :P
Ok, venting part over - mostly it was a grand day out. I got to see my friend C. for her birthday along with her dude A. We ran all over faire with my old college buddy J. and his new girl (YAY! He needed to meet a nice girl!) and further finally encountered![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
vree, skill_grl, dreamtigress and company for Vree's birthday!
I did a number of things I don't usually do at Faire: I finally saw the jousting after several years of always managing to miss it. I'm always impressed but such a close partnership of human and horse for a common objective - running a lance through a ring is one thing on one's own, but when you're having to closely collaborate with another species to do it? That's a different kind of accomplishment, IMHO.
At J.'s request, we also sat still long enough to take in some of the music. In the past I've focused on theater and shopping, overlooking the music at faire as window-dressing instead of an event on it's own, which is a damn mistake because the bands are very good and quite funny - they joke with the audience so it's not like they're on a pedestal up and away.
D. and I danced energetically with the former to the last song of the night - two drummers = stomping beat = good for dancing. Good vibe too, and creative - who knew belly-dancing to bagpipes would work so well? The people watching was most excellent, with pretty alternapeople of most sexes representing :)
I also, conspicuously, didn't shop - normally I come away with some knick-knacky thing I never look at or jewelry I never wear, but I behaved. Sure, I window shopped and picked up cards, but no impulse buying, so I'm chalking that up as a "win".
I've come to the simultaneous conclusions that taking I'm my garb too seriously (especially for renaissance faires, where accuracy is an afterthought) AND that I am on the right track in creating a base "wardrobe" of garb that I can wear comfortably (and sweat in!). I asked a regular of this particular event how she survives the hot weather and her advice was: natural fibers and "suffer" - and oh yeah, men's gear is easier to move in and "more fun" :P
So, gotta get swingin' on a doublet with removable sleeves, but not before completing what I've already got going:shemhazai's NoNewSoMo (finish all unfinished projects) idea is a good one, so I'm off to stitch a bit on that smock!
Ok, venting part over - mostly it was a grand day out. I got to see my friend C. for her birthday along with her dude A. We ran all over faire with my old college buddy J. and his new girl (YAY! He needed to meet a nice girl!) and further finally encountered
vree, skill_grl, dreamtigress and company for Vree's birthday!I did a number of things I don't usually do at Faire: I finally saw the jousting after several years of always managing to miss it. I'm always impressed but such a close partnership of human and horse for a common objective - running a lance through a ring is one thing on one's own, but when you're having to closely collaborate with another species to do it? That's a different kind of accomplishment, IMHO.
At J.'s request, we also sat still long enough to take in some of the music. In the past I've focused on theater and shopping, overlooking the music at faire as window-dressing instead of an event on it's own, which is a damn mistake because the bands are very good and quite funny - they joke with the audience so it's not like they're on a pedestal up and away.
D. and I danced energetically with the former to the last song of the night - two drummers = stomping beat = good for dancing. Good vibe too, and creative - who knew belly-dancing to bagpipes would work so well? The people watching was most excellent, with pretty alternapeople of most sexes representing :)
I also, conspicuously, didn't shop - normally I come away with some knick-knacky thing I never look at or jewelry I never wear, but I behaved. Sure, I window shopped and picked up cards, but no impulse buying, so I'm chalking that up as a "win".
I've come to the simultaneous conclusions that taking I'm my garb too seriously (especially for renaissance faires, where accuracy is an afterthought) AND that I am on the right track in creating a base "wardrobe" of garb that I can wear comfortably (and sweat in!). I asked a regular of this particular event how she survives the hot weather and her advice was: natural fibers and "suffer" - and oh yeah, men's gear is easier to move in and "more fun" :P
So, gotta get swingin' on a doublet with removable sleeves, but not before completing what I've already got going:
shemhazai's NoNewSoMo (finish all unfinished projects) idea is a good one, so I'm off to stitch a bit on that smock!
