From Phoenix you are a 'relatively' short drive from all of these places: Grand Canyon Las Vegas Mexico Your Friend Todd's Place San Diego L.A. Mexico (did I mention that twice?)
The southwest is turning out to be a REALLY interesting place to live. The pervasive Indian culture here is SOOO much different from the Indian Culture I grew up with in the Northwest. While I still love the Pacific Coast Indians for their goregous art and style some of the Hopi artifacts I have run across are truly goregous!
There is even a 'vortex/ site nearby. This is a place that the earth's energy lines supposedly intersect providing people with extra astral powers or something like that. It is in a beautiful resort town named Sedona which is just about 1 hour north of my place. There is lots of great artwork and such and every time I have been there I see hippy-ish people walking around with crystals on their head to 'channel the energy'. Weird, but cool at the same time!
I almost forgot! There is also the Lovell Observatory which houses one of the largest telescopes in North America in Flagstaff (1.5 hours north) and (3 hours away) a place called Meteor Crater which is the most well preserved metor impact site in the world! It is this really cool 1 mile wide crater in the middle of nowhere that was formed when a small meteor impacted the earth. Really cool stuff!!!
Next year, though, SO getting a job at the MD Ren Faire for weekends. I've got the acting training (but sadly NOT the degree... stupid parental control freaks...) I just wish I had been able to stay an extra year to get my combat certification. Maybe I can ask the guys at the faire if there's a local place around that I can get lessons and maybe certification at... I miss swordfighting SO much. And now with the weight loss, I can move around alot easier again.Well, I can speak from experience on this issue at least
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I was actually going to try and approach you guys this weekend about if you all knew of any swordfighting groups around, but I would be honored if you guys helped me out. I'm a few years out of practice, but I'm a fast learner and willing to learn more than what I already have experiance under my belt.
I'll come find you sometime this weekend and we can talk more, neh?
Have you considered maybe getting a night job at the mall, if there's one close to you? Maybe you can find a store there with more flexible hours. Or maybe B&N?
You could always come fight with us in the SCA. There's a group everywhere. We have rapier and heavy combat, but the heavy combat is rattan instead of live steel.
A lot of the rapier folk also do Tattershall classes and whatnot. Self defence through stabbing your attacker with a dagger/sword. I think they call them sidesword classes universally. Tattershall's the master that our local guys study the works of.
I actually tried to be in the SCA in NY (Westchester/Long Island), and the group was GREAT, but the meeting place was a bit too far from me to be able to participate in as much as I wanted to, and then work got evil and I didn't have the energy.
OMG YAY for you and losing more weight! *gets out the pom-poms and cheers her on!* That's AWESOME! Actually, everything sounds awesome for you right now!!! *huggles on her!*
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I know! I was so afraid that I had fallen off the wagon cause I've been eating a LOT of crap. But I run up and down a flight of stairs at least 4-5 times a day, plus do a LOT more walking these days. And I have been doing my best to do the salad at lunch thing to make up points at breakfast and dinner.
OH! You and I gotta chat to figure out a Duncan meeting Face bit in the reception this weekend!
OMG. *headdesk* I don't know how I'm gonna manage it all, with a Duncan/Athos/Cassandra/Connor meeting at the reception, plus all of my muses at the friggin' Tammys. *headdesk* Oh, and RL. Yeah. That tiny thing I keep forgetting about. *sigh*
I'll try! But I can't guarantee anything. (And I'm logged in as someone else too, so default icon! *L*)
My default icon is pretty then yours! *smirk* then again, i like Lindsey better than Buffy, so I'm biased *ducks*
That's ok. I just have been patiently waiting for them to meet, since Duncan was involved in the whole kidnapping thread, but never got to actually be a part of Face's rescue party and meet him there.
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Phoenix, AZ is BEAUTIFUL in April (if you file your taxes early you'll have your $$ back in PLENTY of time to plan a trip out here!)
We bought a timeshare vacation place thingy so we even have a REALLY SUPER NICE resort available to us for you to use!
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Grand Canyon
Las Vegas
Mexico
Your Friend Todd's Place
San Diego
L.A.
Mexico (did I mention that twice?)
The southwest is turning out to be a REALLY interesting place to live. The pervasive Indian culture here is SOOO much different from the Indian Culture I grew up with in the Northwest. While I still love the Pacific Coast Indians for their goregous art and style some of the Hopi artifacts I have run across are truly goregous!
There is even a 'vortex/ site nearby. This is a place that the earth's energy lines supposedly intersect providing people with extra astral powers or something like that. It is in a beautiful resort town named Sedona which is just about 1 hour north of my place. There is lots of great artwork and such and every time I have been there I see hippy-ish people walking around with crystals on their head to 'channel the energy'. Weird, but cool at the same time!
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A lot of the rapier folk also do Tattershall classes and whatnot. Self defence through stabbing your attacker with a dagger/sword. I think they call them sidesword classes universally. Tattershall's the master that our local guys study the works of.
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I know! I was so afraid that I had fallen off the wagon cause I've been eating a LOT of crap. But I run up and down a flight of stairs at least 4-5 times a day, plus do a LOT more walking these days. And I have been doing my best to do the salad at lunch thing to make up points at breakfast and dinner.
OH! You and I gotta chat to figure out a Duncan meeting Face bit in the reception this weekend!
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I'll try! But I can't guarantee anything. (And I'm logged in as someone else too, so default icon! *L*)
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That's ok. I just have been patiently waiting for them to meet, since Duncan was involved in the whole kidnapping thread, but never got to actually be a part of Face's rescue party and meet him there.
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