And here is the fun part of the fair, the metal-clad people beating each other about the head and torso with long hard objects.

In the interest of giving credit where credit is due, the group's apparently known as Swords of Chivalry and they do a lot of reenactment type things.

( Cut for a serious load of pics. )

The things I see in this city. An hour ago I woke up to find a window washing brush tapping on my window like it wanted money.

Sorry I'm late again, but here are the pictures from the fair last weekend. I'm putting up the non-combat pictures from last week's fair first, because there's a lot of pictures and this is simpler.

( Cut for the obvious. )

Is there some sort of specific British and/or European convention regarding the holding open of doors? Back home I hold doors open for people of all genders and ages if it's convenient for me and them (but especially if they look like they need the help), but here people seem to be less fond of it. I've had a number of people actually open the ( Read more... )

You know what's fun? Walkiing around the neighborhood in the falling snow and enjoying the way the sparkling flakes dance around the streetlights.

You know what's not fun? Slipping down the hill next to the indoor pool and doing something weird to your leg so you spend the rest of the evening with a limp. Totally worth it, though!

( Yeah, so my camera's bad with night scenes. )

This is technically from yesterday evening, but things seem to look shinier at night anyway. I might get a few more snapshots if I go out tomorrow.

( Cut for reindeer pelts and passive aggressive cookies )

Well, last night rocked.

( Cut for photos and rambles. )

Living next to a pub does have its interesting moments. There was a crowd of younger men under my window earlier this evening, all yelling and pointing and accusing some guy of...doing something to some guy named Joe, I couldn't quite understand them. They all went around the back of the pub and a few policemen wandered over a few minutes later, so ( Read more... )

Rath's been introducing me to horror movies and last night's fare was Dark Floors, the Lordi movie. The dynamic's a little different when you're actively eager for the monsters to show up because you're a fan of them on a personal level, but they managed to keep the creepy fully intact. The ending was utterly fucking disturbing (albeit not making a ( Read more... )