CAITLIN'S RETURN FROM THE VOID
That’s right people I’m back! And I shall begin to post regularly again! I am about to embark on a wonderfully pithy explanation of what I’ve been doing for the last 4 months but if you wish to know exactly why I got sucked into the void please skip down to the paragraph marked |*|. All is explained there.
In The Arts: I went to a Body Art competition sponsored by Weta Workshop. Think painting your body like when you were a kid (or was I the only one who did that?). The stuff I saw was amazing. The pictures I took don’t do it justice but have a look. Oh, and I met Richard Taylor there. Yes hate me.
World of Shopping: I bought a pretty mask by a modern Maori sculptor. Isn’t it lovely? I like wood.
Christmas: I’m saving what happened on x-mas for later. It relates in paragraph |*|. I will say that being able to wear a tank-top on Christmas day because it’s summer is just plain weird. That aside my Jesus-Day was fantastic.
Wedding Part II: As you may or may not know, my elder sister got married this past September. Her husband is from South Africa. We were all invited to SA for New Years to meet the new family and to see were Trevor had been spawned. GREAT TRIP! We saw lots of pretty animals. Met the new family. Partied on New Years Eve (the staff were a blast). SA is so beautiful. You must go some day.
Elephants swimming? Nope they're fighting. They just felt like doing it in the water.
We watched these elephants for about a hour while they fought in the water. It was amazing.
Bad picture I know, but she was so pretty.
He looks like an old man wallowing in the mud. So cute.
Work: No professional stuff yet. I just finished working on a show with a group of completely useless people. I had to explain to them the role of the Stage Manager and then they informed me that we were going to run the show with out one. I never want to work with amateurs again. Independents, fantastic. Amateurs, please shoot me.
Fun With Swords: That’s what I said; swords. I’ve joined the Wellington Medieval Guild. It’s a medieval reenactment group. We study the arts and crafts, combat styles, food and clothes of the time period. And the best part is that every once in while we dress up in period clothes and frolic with each other in public. Have I found the perfect place for me or what?
Feast - there is a yearly feast and I was a server for it. I had to call everyone 'My Lord' or 'Lady.'
Me serving Boyd hot wine.
The Serving Wenches of the Feast. Kate, Alpha and Me.
Kate, Kirsty and Colin.
Harcourt Park Jousting Tournament - A weekend long event of Knights waling on each other. Fun!
Full Plate Amour. Perfect for Jousting.
Knights going down the lists. This is what I call a contact sport.
Horse behaving badly. For the some reason the horse didn’t want to continue. So he went from a full gallop to a stop. The knight flipped right over the head. Ouch!
T-Shirt me likely! She's one of the knights also. Girl Power!
Manakau Medieval Fair - Lots of shopping, but the female garb wearers got bored. So we decided to have a Wench Fight. Kirsty went out into the middle of the ring with Justin (pretending to be a couple) and then all the other women ran out and started fighting over him. After awhile the other male fighters came out and carried off all the women. The last woman standing claimed Justin. The crowd loved it.
No, I didn't hit her.
Good swirl!
Get the Knight!
|*|: For those of you who took the time to read all of the above and look at all the pretty pictures, well done. You get a Caitlin Cookie next time I see you. As for the rest of you impatient louts who skipped down to this section, what’s wrong with you?! Was I not pithy enough for you?! I try to be entertaining; I even put in picture to make it easier. No cookies for you.
Anyway the void is named Drider. And he’s a boy, with brown hair and eyes and he’s mine. We met at Guild… all right girls I’m going to give you all the gooey information cause I know you want it. Boys you can skip ahead to the funny bits if you wish to. I wont be angry. When I first started going to Guild I noticed Drider right away. Charismatic guy in the corner dressed in black. Of course I was going to drool. But in very typical Caitlin fashion I did not engage. Why on earth would he want to take to me? There is another guy at Guild named Colin (see above Feast photos), whom I had become friends with. Colin is also friends with Drider. Colin was safe zone. I flirted with Drider with safe zone around. I like safe zones. They make doing scary things like flirting with boys sooo much easier. So, we flirted and talked for a few weeks at various Guild functions and then Christmas rolled around. I stayed in NZ for Christmas. Holidays, summer, weird. But good things happened. I went over to my friend Kirsty’s flat for Christmas Day food and libations (again see above Feast photos) and Drider was there. Yay! Social occasion for flirting that wasn’t Guild related. I’m not giving you any more details. Lets just say that by the end of the evening I had a boyfriend and Drider’s a good kisser. giggle.
Welcome back to all of you who skipped the gooey details. To the rest of you who stayed with me, I hope you enjoyed what I gave you and if you want more I will accept bribes. When I got back from South Africa I almost immediately started living with him. Which caused some interesting ripples in his family. Now comes the bit that makes you go ‘What the Hell is this girl thinking!’ Drider has a 15-year-old ward named Nate. And he was living with us at the time when I first moved in with Drider. Nate has since moved out and is now living with Drider’s ex-wife, Kat, AND her 6-year-old daughter, Alaia. That’s right people you read it correctly. I’m dating a Daddy. I’m the evil girlfriend thing. But not really cause Drider and Kat are still friends. And Kat likes me. Alaia does too.
Drider, Alaia and Me. This was at Alaia's 6th B-day party. She wont give me cake ;-(
This was fun. We bounced around the flat for a while with her in my backpack. Giggle.
Alaia and I at a Medieval event. I made her a Period dress so that she matched Drider and I. We all looked so good.
God I'm Short! The big guy in blue is our friend Jason. I love the scale here. Jason-Me-Alaia. She at least is still growing.
Nate: Drider's ward and cousin. Such a cute little Goth. He's going to let me make him a Victorian Period corset. Excellent.
So that’s my void. A man, his daughter, an ex, a Goth and swords. But before I go I wish to leave you with this final image. Love you all.
You think it's just a bathroom but take a close look at the vent for the shower on the roof. Rather than spend money on the real part they just stuck a muffler up there. So Kiwi.
In The Arts: I went to a Body Art competition sponsored by Weta Workshop. Think painting your body like when you were a kid (or was I the only one who did that?). The stuff I saw was amazing. The pictures I took don’t do it justice but have a look. Oh, and I met Richard Taylor there. Yes hate me.
World of Shopping: I bought a pretty mask by a modern Maori sculptor. Isn’t it lovely? I like wood.
Christmas: I’m saving what happened on x-mas for later. It relates in paragraph |*|. I will say that being able to wear a tank-top on Christmas day because it’s summer is just plain weird. That aside my Jesus-Day was fantastic.
Wedding Part II: As you may or may not know, my elder sister got married this past September. Her husband is from South Africa. We were all invited to SA for New Years to meet the new family and to see were Trevor had been spawned. GREAT TRIP! We saw lots of pretty animals. Met the new family. Partied on New Years Eve (the staff were a blast). SA is so beautiful. You must go some day.
Elephants swimming? Nope they're fighting. They just felt like doing it in the water.
We watched these elephants for about a hour while they fought in the water. It was amazing.
Bad picture I know, but she was so pretty.
He looks like an old man wallowing in the mud. So cute.
Work: No professional stuff yet. I just finished working on a show with a group of completely useless people. I had to explain to them the role of the Stage Manager and then they informed me that we were going to run the show with out one. I never want to work with amateurs again. Independents, fantastic. Amateurs, please shoot me.
Fun With Swords: That’s what I said; swords. I’ve joined the Wellington Medieval Guild. It’s a medieval reenactment group. We study the arts and crafts, combat styles, food and clothes of the time period. And the best part is that every once in while we dress up in period clothes and frolic with each other in public. Have I found the perfect place for me or what?
Feast - there is a yearly feast and I was a server for it. I had to call everyone 'My Lord' or 'Lady.'
Me serving Boyd hot wine.
The Serving Wenches of the Feast. Kate, Alpha and Me.
Kate, Kirsty and Colin.
Harcourt Park Jousting Tournament - A weekend long event of Knights waling on each other. Fun!
Full Plate Amour. Perfect for Jousting.
Knights going down the lists. This is what I call a contact sport.
Horse behaving badly. For the some reason the horse didn’t want to continue. So he went from a full gallop to a stop. The knight flipped right over the head. Ouch!
T-Shirt me likely! She's one of the knights also. Girl Power!
Manakau Medieval Fair - Lots of shopping, but the female garb wearers got bored. So we decided to have a Wench Fight. Kirsty went out into the middle of the ring with Justin (pretending to be a couple) and then all the other women ran out and started fighting over him. After awhile the other male fighters came out and carried off all the women. The last woman standing claimed Justin. The crowd loved it.
No, I didn't hit her.
Good swirl!
Get the Knight!
|*|: For those of you who took the time to read all of the above and look at all the pretty pictures, well done. You get a Caitlin Cookie next time I see you. As for the rest of you impatient louts who skipped down to this section, what’s wrong with you?! Was I not pithy enough for you?! I try to be entertaining; I even put in picture to make it easier. No cookies for you.
Anyway the void is named Drider. And he’s a boy, with brown hair and eyes and he’s mine. We met at Guild… all right girls I’m going to give you all the gooey information cause I know you want it. Boys you can skip ahead to the funny bits if you wish to. I wont be angry. When I first started going to Guild I noticed Drider right away. Charismatic guy in the corner dressed in black. Of course I was going to drool. But in very typical Caitlin fashion I did not engage. Why on earth would he want to take to me? There is another guy at Guild named Colin (see above Feast photos), whom I had become friends with. Colin is also friends with Drider. Colin was safe zone. I flirted with Drider with safe zone around. I like safe zones. They make doing scary things like flirting with boys sooo much easier. So, we flirted and talked for a few weeks at various Guild functions and then Christmas rolled around. I stayed in NZ for Christmas. Holidays, summer, weird. But good things happened. I went over to my friend Kirsty’s flat for Christmas Day food and libations (again see above Feast photos) and Drider was there. Yay! Social occasion for flirting that wasn’t Guild related. I’m not giving you any more details. Lets just say that by the end of the evening I had a boyfriend and Drider’s a good kisser. giggle.
Welcome back to all of you who skipped the gooey details. To the rest of you who stayed with me, I hope you enjoyed what I gave you and if you want more I will accept bribes. When I got back from South Africa I almost immediately started living with him. Which caused some interesting ripples in his family. Now comes the bit that makes you go ‘What the Hell is this girl thinking!’ Drider has a 15-year-old ward named Nate. And he was living with us at the time when I first moved in with Drider. Nate has since moved out and is now living with Drider’s ex-wife, Kat, AND her 6-year-old daughter, Alaia. That’s right people you read it correctly. I’m dating a Daddy. I’m the evil girlfriend thing. But not really cause Drider and Kat are still friends. And Kat likes me. Alaia does too.
Drider, Alaia and Me. This was at Alaia's 6th B-day party. She wont give me cake ;-(
This was fun. We bounced around the flat for a while with her in my backpack. Giggle.
Alaia and I at a Medieval event. I made her a Period dress so that she matched Drider and I. We all looked so good.
God I'm Short! The big guy in blue is our friend Jason. I love the scale here. Jason-Me-Alaia. She at least is still growing.
Nate: Drider's ward and cousin. Such a cute little Goth. He's going to let me make him a Victorian Period corset. Excellent.
So that’s my void. A man, his daughter, an ex, a Goth and swords. But before I go I wish to leave you with this final image. Love you all.
You think it's just a bathroom but take a close look at the vent for the shower on the roof. Rather than spend money on the real part they just stuck a muffler up there. So Kiwi.