Thursday, October 9th -- I had put in for a training session which starts Monday.  I was originally told that it was approved.  Since I still hadn't heard anything about flights or room confirmations, I checked with my boss.  There was a budget shortfall and since my training was literally the last item on the budget for the fiscal year, it got ( Read more... )

The problem with trail-blazing is there's no one to ask for directions.  Knowing what was done in period doesn't always mean knowing how it was done.  The two fields that suffer the most from this problem are performing arts and cooking.  Cooking has the advantage that there are some cookbooks surviving, a How I Did It book.  But often, ( Read more... )

The puppet show is finally put away after the weekend performance.  Yes, it takes over an hour to put everything away in its proper box.  I feel like I'm on a TV game show based on Tetris whenever I have to do this.  The problem is, its starting to outgrow its original storage space.  If you've seen the first Harry Potter film, the closet under the ( Read more... )

Tues, Dec 10. The company Christmas party.  A one-piece chicken dinner followed by three and a half hours of bingo!  I can't remember the last time I was so bored.
Wed, Dec 11.  An early Christmas present, they closed the facility due to the weather. I had a day off.  I was hoping to put up Christmas decorations, but settled for doing cleaning and ( Read more... )

The trouble with being an artist is that I can visualize far faster than I can actually create.  I got some more puppetry work done last night. So far both the shadow puppets and bunraku puppet are progressing as I visualized them.  The problem is, at this point, I can't afford any setbacks.  The play is just over a month away.  I don't have the ( Read more... )

Overall, a relatively uneventful weekend.  I had been invited to be 'color' at Muddy Viking, an extreme 5K, but on Saturday morning, I was too tired to get out of bed so I slept in, instead.  Chores were done.  Then off to my mother's house because there was a blacksmith meeting on Sunday ( Read more... )

Another Harvest Raid has come and gone.   I've written literally dozens of articles on how to play period games.  On Friday night, a mancala set sat unused while people played Chez Geek (similar to Munchkin), Cards Against Humanity (R rated version of Apples to Apples), Jenga, and Castle Keep (admittedly, a child's game to keep the children amused ( Read more... )

I realized it's been over a month since I've posted anything significant here.  So, a summary ( Read more... )

MondayMy immediate boss and and my boss's boss both took Mon thru Wed off to attend a conference.  The work left behind for me took less than half a day.  Spent the rest of the day on file clean up.  I heard about the Marathon Massacre on my way home on the radio.  Obama won't say 'terrorist'.  I will.  Terrorist. Life in prison without possibility ( Read more... )

Thurs. April 11 -- The antepenultimate choir practice (3rd to last) ;)  We put a laptop in front of the choir so the Hael choir and Debatable Lands choir could sing together.  It's really coming together.  It's going to sound good.  I missed the shire officer's meeting where my event bid was discussed.  The group accepted it with changes.

Fri. ( Read more... )