Weekend Update - CTRF

[brickhousewench]

This weekend at faire was…. Odd.

Saturday I was planning on being a patron with allgudallthetim and guy_todd. And then Sunday I was going to be Magda and spend the day with the Guild in the encampment.

Comments

[ravena_kade]

I often know that weird feeling of not belonging at faires.

I don't know if I am too critical at faires now because most of the acts seem goofy, but I think it is because they are not expensive to hire. I now tend to stop and listen to the musicians.

[brickhousewench]

I hear you. It's just weird for me because at one point I was SO intertwined with this faire. And I miss feeling like I belonged somewhere.

[kass_rants]

I know you know this, but sometimes our lives change subtly and that steers us away from people with whom we were once close and the things we did together. Or sometimes things change dramatically and you just can't do anything to stop it. I know that reenactment changed for me when a lot of the people who hung out after the public went home acquired wives who weren't in the hobby so they had to leave to get home to their wives as soon as the public left. I know that the SCA changed for me when we started being merchants and suddenly you're in another world behind the booth and you're not quite "inside" anymore and you have to hold your tongue and not start throwing punches when someone stands in front of you and insults you. But the biggest thing has been people having kids. Their priorities change, and you find you have nothing to talk about. That's happened to me with more friends than I care to count. And it's okay. It's normal. When you have kids your life should change. But I'm not the kind of person who can sit there

[brickhousewench]

Yeah, I'm just not quite sure how to shake things up so that they're fun again.

Stuff to ponder over the winter I guess...

[kass_rants]

You'll find it. And when you find it, it will be your type of fun, not trying to bring back the past.

I'm going through a similar thing as you know. Trying not to blame people for changing. Trying not to blame the times for changing. Just trying to capture joy in something new.

We'll get there. =)

[temperlj]

Yeah, so much to say here but better said in person.

[brickhousewench]

So, we should plan another trip to the MET, no? Do our bit to stimulate the NYC economy and help them recover from the storm?

When you guys get back from FLA, maybe we can plot...

[allgudallthetim]

I know how you feel, with things not being the 'same'. I mean, I have only been going since 2003, and *I* feel the difference in the change of faces! I don't see the same faces I got to see the first time around, and I miss them.....I am so glad we saw Raven, as she is a big connection for me there. She was so kind to me the first time we met, when Walter was doing the costuming for the Viking invasion, so I am so glad I still get to see her, at least. But it has changed, and it is sad...even though I know change is inevitable and can't be stopped....