Now to the REALLY fun stuff
So that catches me up till March 21. The months of April, May, and June are all about planning for the summer festivals, and playing Guild Wars 2 with Joel. I've planned out my summer to go to the Oregon Country Fair, FaerieWorlds, the Whitaker Block Party, Beloved Festival, and Pacific Fire Gathering!
OREGON COUNTRY FAIR: July 11 - 13
When I looked at camping, the website said that camping was only for volunteers at the fair, so I made plans to drive there (2.5 hours) and back each day. I posted all my rides on zimride.com, and got quite a few passengers - enough to actually pay for my gas the entire weekend!
The fair was awesome! I wore my satyr costume each of the 3 days. It was just so fun to walk along the crowded pathways, and have everyone light up at the sight of me! I also got some really great photos of me with other people in costume. Before I went, I actually made myself an excel spreadsheet of all the shows I wanted to watch, and still couldn't fit them all in! The shows I went to were awesome. I enjoyed myself so much. I also met 2 girls, one of whom I found was going to Faerieworlds, so we agreed to meet there.
I also found out from some people there that the Canterbury Renaissance Fair was the following weekend!
CANTERBURY RENNAISSANCE FAIR: July 19
I had a lot of fun here. It wasn't quite as cool as OCF, but still awesome. And the jousting/swordfighting demonstration was really fun to watch! At some point I hung out at Oberon's Tavern there, and met some people. On my way home, there was a car accident, and I looked over and recognized the girl I was talking to at Oberon's. So I pulled over, and eventually gave them a ride back to Portland. I was very proud of my little Honda Fit - it fit their stage and both of them all the way home!
FAERIEWORLDS: July 25 - 27
This was absolute magic. I'm going to try to remember all that happened, and when, but I'll probably screw it up.
Friday, July 25: I left around 8am, got there around 10am, and set up camp. I brought my porta-shower, because I heard there were no showers there. I got registered, went in to tour the grounds, and went back to take a nap before the actual event started. Right at the start, I went to get henna'd because I wanted it all weekend. Then wandered the venders until the opening ceremony. During the opening ceremony, they invited me to participate! So I walked around the circle with a hobo stick :). Then we all did the spiral dance - was very fun. Right after that, I met a guy who was playing the pennywhistle, so he showed me a few tunes. Then I ran into the girl I met at Oregon Country Fair (Sablan), along with a new friend she was with (Sarah). We hung out that day, visiting vendors, hanging at the bar, etc. We met (Eden) by admiring her newly-bought staff. We danced to Omnia at 10pm, and hung out by the stage afterwards, with Sablan practicing her hula hoop. We met Aviva there - she showed us some hula tricks. Steve from Omnia was having a smoke break, and joined us walking the grounds. Aviva was completely star struck lol.
We were starting to head back to the camping site, when a guy (Atreyu) comes up to us and says to Sablan "you look cold, I just wanna wrap you up in my bear rug". So, we go back to his camp and we get his bear rug - and his 5-pound bag of weed, of which 2 pounds are left. Aviva says she has to go back to her hotel, so we walk her to the parking lot, and discover there's a barn there. We go explore the slightly spooky barn, make animal calls to people from it, and have a good time. We drop off Aviva, and on the way back, we come across a generator powered light, and Atreyu stops and says: "Do you want to play a game that involves the most erogenous organ of the body? It's your brain!" He sits down, and gets out story dice! Playing story dice with Atreyu was HILARIOUS! He just comes up with stuff that's completely sideways!
When the story was complete, we headed back to my tent, and had a big cuddle puddle till the morning. Atreyu had to get up early to work, and we slept in.
Saturday, July 26: We got up late, visited the vendors some more, hung out at Oberon's with Eden, and just relaxingly spent the day - I can't remember all that happened that day, but a lot of it was spent at the flow toys section trying to learn to spin poi. We ended the night with me telling Sablan, Sarah, and Eden my complicated story with Heather. Afterwards, Eden had to go, and Sablan wanted to roam, but Sarah and I stayed in the tent and talked. Sablan came back after a while, and we all slept in again.
Sunday, July 27: Sablan and I slept in, and caught up with Sarah later. That day was REALLY hot. So hot I actually had to cry uncle and change out of my satyr costume for a while. Later that night Steve from Omnia came to join us again. He invited us backstage in the teepee after some shopping, and told us about some of his childhood. Then we all went to Oberon's and hung out, then went back to camp to sleep.
Monday, July 28: This was just packing up camp and leaving. It. Was. Magical!
OREGON COUNTRY FAIR: July 11 - 13
When I looked at camping, the website said that camping was only for volunteers at the fair, so I made plans to drive there (2.5 hours) and back each day. I posted all my rides on zimride.com, and got quite a few passengers - enough to actually pay for my gas the entire weekend!
The fair was awesome! I wore my satyr costume each of the 3 days. It was just so fun to walk along the crowded pathways, and have everyone light up at the sight of me! I also got some really great photos of me with other people in costume. Before I went, I actually made myself an excel spreadsheet of all the shows I wanted to watch, and still couldn't fit them all in! The shows I went to were awesome. I enjoyed myself so much. I also met 2 girls, one of whom I found was going to Faerieworlds, so we agreed to meet there.
I also found out from some people there that the Canterbury Renaissance Fair was the following weekend!
CANTERBURY RENNAISSANCE FAIR: July 19
I had a lot of fun here. It wasn't quite as cool as OCF, but still awesome. And the jousting/swordfighting demonstration was really fun to watch! At some point I hung out at Oberon's Tavern there, and met some people. On my way home, there was a car accident, and I looked over and recognized the girl I was talking to at Oberon's. So I pulled over, and eventually gave them a ride back to Portland. I was very proud of my little Honda Fit - it fit their stage and both of them all the way home!
FAERIEWORLDS: July 25 - 27
This was absolute magic. I'm going to try to remember all that happened, and when, but I'll probably screw it up.
Friday, July 25: I left around 8am, got there around 10am, and set up camp. I brought my porta-shower, because I heard there were no showers there. I got registered, went in to tour the grounds, and went back to take a nap before the actual event started. Right at the start, I went to get henna'd because I wanted it all weekend. Then wandered the venders until the opening ceremony. During the opening ceremony, they invited me to participate! So I walked around the circle with a hobo stick :). Then we all did the spiral dance - was very fun. Right after that, I met a guy who was playing the pennywhistle, so he showed me a few tunes. Then I ran into the girl I met at Oregon Country Fair (Sablan), along with a new friend she was with (Sarah). We hung out that day, visiting vendors, hanging at the bar, etc. We met (Eden) by admiring her newly-bought staff. We danced to Omnia at 10pm, and hung out by the stage afterwards, with Sablan practicing her hula hoop. We met Aviva there - she showed us some hula tricks. Steve from Omnia was having a smoke break, and joined us walking the grounds. Aviva was completely star struck lol.
We were starting to head back to the camping site, when a guy (Atreyu) comes up to us and says to Sablan "you look cold, I just wanna wrap you up in my bear rug". So, we go back to his camp and we get his bear rug - and his 5-pound bag of weed, of which 2 pounds are left. Aviva says she has to go back to her hotel, so we walk her to the parking lot, and discover there's a barn there. We go explore the slightly spooky barn, make animal calls to people from it, and have a good time. We drop off Aviva, and on the way back, we come across a generator powered light, and Atreyu stops and says: "Do you want to play a game that involves the most erogenous organ of the body? It's your brain!" He sits down, and gets out story dice! Playing story dice with Atreyu was HILARIOUS! He just comes up with stuff that's completely sideways!
When the story was complete, we headed back to my tent, and had a big cuddle puddle till the morning. Atreyu had to get up early to work, and we slept in.
Saturday, July 26: We got up late, visited the vendors some more, hung out at Oberon's with Eden, and just relaxingly spent the day - I can't remember all that happened that day, but a lot of it was spent at the flow toys section trying to learn to spin poi. We ended the night with me telling Sablan, Sarah, and Eden my complicated story with Heather. Afterwards, Eden had to go, and Sablan wanted to roam, but Sarah and I stayed in the tent and talked. Sablan came back after a while, and we all slept in again.
Sunday, July 27: Sablan and I slept in, and caught up with Sarah later. That day was REALLY hot. So hot I actually had to cry uncle and change out of my satyr costume for a while. Later that night Steve from Omnia came to join us again. He invited us backstage in the teepee after some shopping, and told us about some of his childhood. Then we all went to Oberon's and hung out, then went back to camp to sleep.
Monday, July 28: This was just packing up camp and leaving. It. Was. Magical!