No, not just SCA camping ( Read more... )

I haven't fenced since Pennsic, and not very much besides that in the last year-plus. So I fully expected to go 0-6 for the round-robin pool at A&S Wars. I was okay with this as long as I didn't get injured and didn't seem completely defenseless (I was representing the children of the barony, after all!) I did not expect to go 4-2, not feel ( Read more... )

Relieved that "St. Nicholas Is Coming to Town" turned out pretty well. I wasn't worried about us pulling it off well (though it probably wasn't my best performance personally), but I'm relieved that now I won't be getting the shit kicked out of me on a weekly basis. :) I know there are some of you for whom it was the first time you saw us, and I ( Read more... )

It is my delight to remind everyone who is or might be considering the Debatable Lands Twelfthnight celebration this Saturday that the one and only I Genesii commedia dell'arte troupe has a hilarious (well, we think so) holiday performance planned for after court that evening. We hope to see you there ( Read more... )

Went to fencing practice today for the first time in forever. It was a fine way to spend the afternoon. I am clearly rusty and out of shape, though perhaps not as bad as it could have been. My endurance is way down, and my back is bothering me more than it usually does post-practice. (Not 100% sure, but I believe it is that my complete lack of ( Read more... )

My Pennsic was pretty quiet, actually. I don't think it even merits a cut ( Read more... )

When I was in high school practicing for a theater performance, the teacher in charge had a customary cookie: the curtain call. When it was time to practice the curtain call, it was because he felt we were ready to go -- if opening night was the next day, we would have been able to put on a great show ( Read more... )

1) What is one of your favorite things to do alone at Pennsic ( Read more... )

Congrats to alfiechat and Hrefna for court awards, and fredeburg for a great job on the fencing field!

Happy birthday to cr_alexander and unique_name_123!

Sorry we skipped out before court yesterday. devreux & I had a long week, and we were tired of being out in the rain ( Read more... )

Today, for probably the first time ever, the part of me that hurts the most after practice is...my voice.

All the fencing I did today was a few passes with frrom. Most of it was spent teaching beginner stuff to the four new people we had today, only one of which was from the Pitt demo. (I'm sure we'll get more from there over the next couple weeks ( Read more... )