OK, still cleaning out the basement. It's been going fairly well, considering. For one thing, it was just the storm drains that backed up, *NOT* the sewer. That in & of itself makes a *huge* difference (such as the horrible smell we noticed right off faded quickly- which would not have happened with sewage). We still cleaned the floor with ( Read more... )

Today, I am resting. I pretty much have to as I am too tired & sore to do any work. So I've got my Twilight DVD in & I'm trying to get caught up on all the e-mails I haven't been reading while I've been trying to finish a commission & doing all the Arts & Drafts stuff. I even have a box of Sno-Caps to go with the movie. (They're my favorite movie ( Read more... )

I'm back from Pennsic ( Read more... )

Wow. Remind me never to lead a rite the same weekend I'm supposed to be somewhere else ever again. Especially if that somewhere else is Pennsic. There's a lot of preparation involved in running a ritual. There's a lot of preparation involved in going to Pennsic. Trying to do both at once ends up with things like forgetting to bring pillows. ( Read more... )

It's true. If you're crazy, everyone knows who you are. Or so we decided Friday Night- "we" in this case being me, Tadashi, Mel, & Tina. They thought I was a good example of the theory in action, as I am crazy & *lots* of people know who I am. :-D Seeing Tadashi again was such a blast- I miss having him around, especially his zany sense of humor ( Read more... )

Quick Follow Up on a news item I posted about before, in which a school principle was banning a student's senior picture because he was holding a prop sword, claiming that it violated the school's zero-tolerance policy on weapons. The student is a member of the SCA & had his picture taken in garb ( Read more... )

OK, so it's 45 minutes in & we still haven't had a single kid yet. Mom thinks it's because it's raining- to which I say then the neighborhood kids must be total wimps. We went out in *blizzards* when I was a kid. :-P

So, in my boredom, ( here's my plan to take over the SCA )

Another goofy dream, this time at an SCA event ( Read more... )

First off, I need to pay closer attention to some things. For one thing, UMass Dartmouth had me confused as well- this would be *THE* Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire. So much for less snow. Still, excellent place to have on my resume ( Read more... )

So yesterday, I said to my Mom "I've taken it easy for almost a week! How much longer am I supposed to have to rest ( Read more... )