Event update...
Miserable smegging pains in the smegging ass smegging ......
ARGHGHHH!!!!
Need to vent an overload of emotions.
Event was fine.
Lots of friends I don't get to see too often. Met some new people. Friend really liked the German boardgame I made her and I even got a chance to play it with her and two other friends of mine for about half an hour before the friend I gave the game to wipe us all off the board. Drew quite a crowd in the process because of the trash talk we were throwing back and forth while playing.
Then it came time for court.
The Baron and Baroness made it official; they are tendering thier resignations and a new baron and baroness need to be chosen.
Got a little tearful at one point for a lot of us. I had a really hard time with it because I have sat down with the man and heard his side of the garbage that has been dumped on him and his wife and because of that have one sore spot over what they have been put through.
In a nutshell a lot of crap hit the fan. It lead to this resignation being forced ahead of schedule and not entirely on thier terms.
It also has taken away the chance for them to have some dignity in thier stepping aside and its a small group of people who want things thier way that seem to not care how much damage all this has caused.
Okay.
There I am feeling all emotional.
Baron is trying to state his peace without crying himself.
Court carries on and things become a little more relaxed. It took me a few moments just to get some control so that tears didn't start flowing. A small number of friends noticed but they all understood. No problems.
Now the boat rocker.
At this event one of the focuses is recognition for what went on in the past year. The SCA has three orders set up has the highest in the three main branches of endeavors we chose to recgonise withtin or society.
Knights for fighting. Laurels for arts and sciences. Pelicans for service.
We have only one Knight in the barony and he wasn't there but the other two orders, whose members are refered to jointly as 'peers', had members present.
The peers have a tradition at this event of giving a token to someone within the barony who they have noticed for exception within thier particular field of endeavor.
So all the Laurels got up and they gave the token to a friend of mine and everyone clapped and cheered because the whole heartedly agreed with them.
Then the Pelicans got up.
And after a long speech filled with hints to who they had chosen for the token this year, my name is called out.....
Already all messed up and now this ....
Smegging hells....
Teary eyed and feeling very flushed I managed to get up to the front, not make a complete fool out of myself, do all the appropriate bowing and following of protocol, and get back down to my seat in one piece.
But after I sat down....
I couldn't stop shaking. I had a hard time talking. I most of teared up a dozen times.
One poor friend had to witness me come within a millimeter of completely losing it, thank goodness for his understanding.
So now I feel emotionally exhausted and I'm trying to resist the temptation to drink something with alcohol. Would be bad for the blood pressure.
Oh well. It has most definitely been a day.
Later All
ARGHGHHH!!!!
Need to vent an overload of emotions.
Event was fine.
Lots of friends I don't get to see too often. Met some new people. Friend really liked the German boardgame I made her and I even got a chance to play it with her and two other friends of mine for about half an hour before the friend I gave the game to wipe us all off the board. Drew quite a crowd in the process because of the trash talk we were throwing back and forth while playing.
Then it came time for court.
The Baron and Baroness made it official; they are tendering thier resignations and a new baron and baroness need to be chosen.
Got a little tearful at one point for a lot of us. I had a really hard time with it because I have sat down with the man and heard his side of the garbage that has been dumped on him and his wife and because of that have one sore spot over what they have been put through.
In a nutshell a lot of crap hit the fan. It lead to this resignation being forced ahead of schedule and not entirely on thier terms.
It also has taken away the chance for them to have some dignity in thier stepping aside and its a small group of people who want things thier way that seem to not care how much damage all this has caused.
Okay.
There I am feeling all emotional.
Baron is trying to state his peace without crying himself.
Court carries on and things become a little more relaxed. It took me a few moments just to get some control so that tears didn't start flowing. A small number of friends noticed but they all understood. No problems.
Now the boat rocker.
At this event one of the focuses is recognition for what went on in the past year. The SCA has three orders set up has the highest in the three main branches of endeavors we chose to recgonise withtin or society.
Knights for fighting. Laurels for arts and sciences. Pelicans for service.
We have only one Knight in the barony and he wasn't there but the other two orders, whose members are refered to jointly as 'peers', had members present.
The peers have a tradition at this event of giving a token to someone within the barony who they have noticed for exception within thier particular field of endeavor.
So all the Laurels got up and they gave the token to a friend of mine and everyone clapped and cheered because the whole heartedly agreed with them.
Then the Pelicans got up.
And after a long speech filled with hints to who they had chosen for the token this year, my name is called out.....
Already all messed up and now this ....
Smegging hells....
Teary eyed and feeling very flushed I managed to get up to the front, not make a complete fool out of myself, do all the appropriate bowing and following of protocol, and get back down to my seat in one piece.
But after I sat down....
I couldn't stop shaking. I had a hard time talking. I most of teared up a dozen times.
One poor friend had to witness me come within a millimeter of completely losing it, thank goodness for his understanding.
So now I feel emotionally exhausted and I'm trying to resist the temptation to drink something with alcohol. Would be bad for the blood pressure.
Oh well. It has most definitely been a day.
Later All