I learned it... at knight school.
So I had yet another adventurous weekend of fun! On Friday after work, I drove up to my cousins' so that we could go to the Renaissance faire on Saturday. The morning dawned dark and stormy, but we went anyway, hoping it would clear. When we got there, it was still raining, but not as hard, so we went in to the almost empty faire, where vendors were huddled under their tents. About 15 minutes after we got there, the sky opened up with another deluge, complete with teeth-rattling thunder, so we sheltered in an armorer's booth. After that passed, it rained rather lightly for another hour before it finally stopped, and the sky gradually cleared to yield a sunny, extremely muggy day. I almost missed the cool rain! The day was a fun adventure anyway. I bought myself a costume for the next faire we go to, and all the ones we'll be going to in the future - I don't have a picture yet, but it's a long grey-green dress with pretty bunched sleeves that flow away from my elbows, along with a cream bodice with a curly golden pattern all over it, which laces up VERY TIGHT and makes my, ahem, endowment very apparent. *grins* It's totally sexy and I'm really excited to wench it up at the next faire, mwahaha.
My favorite part though was the HORSELESS JOUST. The horses would have hurt themselves in the deep mud, so instead the "knights" ran around poking each other with lances. It was hilarious.
This was in the tent we sheltered in during the heavy storm. It is just SO TRUE, I had to document it. :D I even thought about buying it!
Me and my adorable cousin Hazel.
There was a fire eater! He was pretty hilarious.
Knights running around poking at each other with sticks! It was very Monty Python-esque and I loved it. :D
At one point the little squires got on the knights' backs and flailed at each other with foam pool noodles. Hilarity. Heeee.
And when this knight won, he crowned Hazel the queen of love and beauty! Awwww!
Also during the weekend, Meg started watching the Angel DVDs I lent her - she's never seen it before, despite being a massive Buffy and Firefly fan and a general Whedon accolyte! We blazed through 6 episodes during the weekend and I think she loves it. We even watched I Will Remember You, because I had a moment of masochism, and owwwww my heart. I love that show so much. ♥ It's extremely bizarre to see David be all young and broody and foreheady, though, after watching all this Bones. He kind of seems like a different person! I love both versions though. :)
Then today Meg and I went to IKEA!!!!! Woo!!! It was an extremely successful trip, as you can see:
Those boxes contain 4 major pieces of furniture, and I got several other odds and ends, but the whole thing only came to $650! IKEA, ilusomuch. Meg and I had an absolute blast, even when we had to haul all those boxes into the back of the van in the ~90 degree muggy heat (ughhhh).
This bed and nightstand combo, but in a lighter brown. I just love how the pieces blend together, and the bed is awesome and low and I just love it.
This is the brown that I got the bed and nightstand in, and this is the matching dresser I got. It's pretty plain, but I think I'm going to add cool metal drawer handles at some point.
A very cool desk and bookcase combo! I love how they work together, and how they can lend such an interesting shape to my room. I plan to use the bookcase from both sides. And the desk is super super wide, which I really appreciate!
A cheap yet comfy office chair that I hope I end up enjoying!
And finally this super nifty floor lamp with paper shade.
I love all of it SO MUCH and I can't wait to put it all together in my new room! Eee!
I was planning on going out for drinks with some of the girls in my program tonight, but I got home from IKEA around 4:30, sat down to catch my breath, then headed straight into my lab where I worked for almost 2 hours. There were some things I just really needed to get done. Then I got home and ate and showered but at that point I was like.... I want to lie in my bed and make an LJ post and watch Bones. Really. So I decided not to go. :( I'm going to plan a night out for next week though since it's my biiirthday, yay!
I hope you all had fun weekends too! ♥
Finally, I want to say a belated-in-her-time-zone but no less heartfelt HAPPY BIRTHDAY schneestern!!! ILU. ♥
My favorite part though was the HORSELESS JOUST. The horses would have hurt themselves in the deep mud, so instead the "knights" ran around poking each other with lances. It was hilarious.
This was in the tent we sheltered in during the heavy storm. It is just SO TRUE, I had to document it. :D I even thought about buying it!
Me and my adorable cousin Hazel.
There was a fire eater! He was pretty hilarious.
Knights running around poking at each other with sticks! It was very Monty Python-esque and I loved it. :D
At one point the little squires got on the knights' backs and flailed at each other with foam pool noodles. Hilarity. Heeee.
And when this knight won, he crowned Hazel the queen of love and beauty! Awwww!
Also during the weekend, Meg started watching the Angel DVDs I lent her - she's never seen it before, despite being a massive Buffy and Firefly fan and a general Whedon accolyte! We blazed through 6 episodes during the weekend and I think she loves it. We even watched I Will Remember You, because I had a moment of masochism, and owwwww my heart. I love that show so much. ♥ It's extremely bizarre to see David be all young and broody and foreheady, though, after watching all this Bones. He kind of seems like a different person! I love both versions though. :)
Then today Meg and I went to IKEA!!!!! Woo!!! It was an extremely successful trip, as you can see:
Those boxes contain 4 major pieces of furniture, and I got several other odds and ends, but the whole thing only came to $650! IKEA, ilusomuch. Meg and I had an absolute blast, even when we had to haul all those boxes into the back of the van in the ~90 degree muggy heat (ughhhh).
This bed and nightstand combo, but in a lighter brown. I just love how the pieces blend together, and the bed is awesome and low and I just love it.
This is the brown that I got the bed and nightstand in, and this is the matching dresser I got. It's pretty plain, but I think I'm going to add cool metal drawer handles at some point.
A very cool desk and bookcase combo! I love how they work together, and how they can lend such an interesting shape to my room. I plan to use the bookcase from both sides. And the desk is super super wide, which I really appreciate!
A cheap yet comfy office chair that I hope I end up enjoying!
And finally this super nifty floor lamp with paper shade.
I love all of it SO MUCH and I can't wait to put it all together in my new room! Eee!
I was planning on going out for drinks with some of the girls in my program tonight, but I got home from IKEA around 4:30, sat down to catch my breath, then headed straight into my lab where I worked for almost 2 hours. There were some things I just really needed to get done. Then I got home and ate and showered but at that point I was like.... I want to lie in my bed and make an LJ post and watch Bones. Really. So I decided not to go. :( I'm going to plan a night out for next week though since it's my biiirthday, yay!
I hope you all had fun weekends too! ♥
Finally, I want to say a belated-in-her-time-zone but no less heartfelt HAPPY BIRTHDAY schneestern!!! ILU. ♥