So I volunteered to produce a hand-out for the Grey Camp at Drachenfest and I love and loathe the job in equal measure. I mean, I get to put in such awesome shit like ( Read more... )

it pours. Which is not fun if you're out camping ( Read more... )

... stellte sich heute im Gespräch eher zufällig heraus, dass unser neuer Mieter der Bruder einer berühmt-berüchtigten Capitana aus dem Blauen Lager ist und gelegentlich Ausrüstung für sie baut.

XD

Und ich grüble wochenlang darüber nach, wie ich einer links-christlichen Großfamilie wohl am besten mein exotisches Hobby erkläre...

... absurd but true: After March's creativity spree, now that I've spent a couple of weeks predominantly in the garden, I feel like I haven't done anything artsy/craftsy in AGES. It's only weeks. Pfffff ( Read more... )

... WHY DID I JUST SPEND TWO HOURS WATCHING OLD MEN IN DRESSES TALK IN LATIN AND PRANCE AROUND UNDER BLUE ROMAN SKIES. OK, not exactly prance. You know what I mean. WHY IS THIS PAPAL STUFF SO ADDICTIVE.

I'll admit it: I'm a sucker for ritual. And for living history. And for costumes. And they're good at all of that. That was probably real gold ( Read more... )

First things first:
( Happy belated birthday, Fusselbiene! )

... die mich mal nicht fuchsteufelswild machen.
So wie der hier.

Es gibt beliebte Erklärungsversuche, laut denen LARP eine Form des Eskapismus aus einer immer mehr mit Anforderungen beladenen Welt darstellt. Man sieht Spieler dabei als vom Leben überforderte Menschen, die sich in eine alternative Welt und in andere, mächtigere Selbstkonzepte ( Read more... )

Test run succesful.


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... well, LARPie as it's only a two-day thing. Sort of a test run for the big events in July - to see how he likes camping and grown-ups behaving even weirder than usual...
Of course, it's the weekend where the rain clouds return after two exceedingly sunny weeks. Wish us luck!

I never understood how people found it difficult to keep up with others after the birth of a child; and I thought, considering that I'm already living mostly in isolation, that my social contacts/ time away from home could not actually get any less; but now I see how that happened, and that they/ it can ( Read more... )