Saturday was a great event. If I hadn't been so exhausted I could have used another hour or two to shop and look around the displays more than I did. I pretty much focused on C&I and judging.

I was most particularly pleased with the display table by harleenquinzell and zihuatenejo. I don't even have to specify which half of zihuatenejo because both of 'em displayed stuff. ( Read more... )

( Interests Collage! )

Before the bitching commences, I would like to congratulate Lady Sunneva, (half of zihuatenejo) recipient of the Coral Branch at War of the Wings. Vivat!

Also, I got back the paper about iron gall ink, and am most pleased with the results. I would like to thank the chemists who consulted, because the teacher really liked those details.

( Let the bitching begin! )

I was supposed to be doing homework all day yesterday but couldn't concentrate at all. This despite the fact that I kept repeating "I have 3 one-page papers, one three page paper, a ten-page paper, three presentations and a final in the next three weeks. Wait... maybe that's WHY I coudn't concentrate. Panic never helps ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a great event. Nice site, perfect number of attendees, really good feast (I got so full I couldn't even attempt to eat the last two or three dishes) and the apprenticing ceremony went really well. Okay, so I forgot to say about half of what I had planned. Okay, all right already, maybe planned is too strong a word. Sort of thought ( Read more... )

Last night we had a planning meeting (gosh, doesn't that sound so formal!) to work on the apprenticing ceremony coming up at Midsummer's Twilight Tourney. I don't know how much actually got done, but it was great fun. I fixed breakfast for dinner, and it was quite a hit. I swear we hit that food like we hadn't been fed in weeks. We devoured a pound ( Read more... )

The weather we've been having in this part of the country is most unusual. Sometimes it seems like people say that every year, but if so they're usually complaining about it getting hot so early. This year we're already at mid May and it's still in the 50's every night and has been in the low to mid 70's during the days. There was one hot week in ( Read more... )

From crevette about liking her job: I wouldn’t expect those words to cross my lips about any job that doesn’t involve adorning a nekkid Orlando Bloom with Cheese-in-a-can and strategically placed Triscuits ( Read more... )

Oh, what a... typical Ymir. Well, I guess that's not entirely true. It's about half and half in terms of good weather/bad weather. This year was the second worst I can remember in terms of weather, with the worst being the year we were invested as Baronage of WH. Nikulai yesterday described the rain on that memorable day as a "deluge" and from what ( Read more... )

I've been wanting to get together with my apprentice and my now-going-to-be-apprentice (we're engaged! Yea!) because I hadn't seen them in SO long. Tonight we finally managed. Woo hoo! I took a pie over... hoo, boy. See, several months ago I had this desert at a local restaurant, and it was an occasion of sin. Normally, if I'm full I don't have any ( Read more... )