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Sep. 1st, 2011 06:27 pmThere's no reality check quite like an insane work load at work. My being out sick a day and a half in the middle of payroll AND an out of control hiring binge didn't help, nor does the fact that Nancy's trying to train her replacement. Hopefully tomorrow will give me some catch up time as most of our union employees will be off.
Someone asked what mode of address my impending rank-jump will entitle me to. I referred her to Sengokudaimyo's website http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/miscellany/address.html
Now, contrary to popular belief, I don't have this stuff memorized, nor do I understand ALL the linguistic subtleties. So I was startled and pleased to discover the following note:
"“Nagon,” meaning “counselor,” is the umbrella title for three ranks of counselor to the court. Given that the functions of peers can correlate to this, I recommend using shônagon (“lesser counselor“) for single peers, chûnagon (“middle counselor“) for double peers, and dainagon (“great counselor”) for triple peers."
Sei Shonagon, author of The Pillow Book, is often a dangerous role model, being snarky, gossipy and vain of her cleverness. That said, her diary is a goldmine of information about life in the Court and exhibits glimmers of poetry along with the mean-girl attitude. I go back to it often and I recommend it as a fun read.
Anyway, according to the Sengokudaimyo chart (which surpasses the one endorsed by the SCA Heralds website), there are a number of options for my future rank, but I may be referred to as "Saionji Shônagon!" HOW COOL IS THAT?????
http://heraldry.sca.org/titles.html says I get to be called "Sensei." It's simpler and has its own cachet/baggage/what have you, I'll grant you. BTW, a few months ago, I wrote to the web master listed on the SCA Heralds website to ask what it would take to have them do something about the Japanese alternate title list, was told my message was forwarded to the Pelican Sovereign of Arms and never heard another peep.
(Whiskey tango foxtrot? LJ formatting is GONE.)
In the interim, there is a good deal of bouncing off walls occurring on various lists: the reaction is gratifying and humbling at the same time. Folks from out of kingdom are talking about trying to come, which would be beyond awesome. I figure I can catch up with some of the others at Great Western War and/or Estrella.
I met up with layla_lilah last night for a celebratory sashimi binge at Kirala in Berkeley, where we caught each other up on news and she handed me a bag with a Daiso tatami mat in it from crimsongriffin. The note inside cited the "Japanese-gift-giving-death-spiral" in which two parties keep exchanging gifts until someone goes bankrupt or dies. (I'd sent a book off to Pennsic for her.) Said mat is unrolled on the carpet in my living room and the whole apartment smells like fresh rice straw.
The food? Oh, it was lovely. We split some grilled robata items: sardine, miso marinated salmon, chicken with umeboshi and duck with scallions, plus some nigiri: ikura with quail egg, scallop sashimi, uni (which I'd never had before) and red crab. I'm glad I tried the uni, but I was underwhelmed by it. Everything else was great, and we had a celebratory carafe of Bishonen sake.
While I wish Gaius was still around for all this, there is ONE thing I don't have to worry about. He had a pewter laurel medallion he'd picked up somewhere along the line but never wore because he liked the gold toned one better and said he'd save the "silver" one for me. IIRC, I looked appalled and referred to it as the friggin' hubcap. Seriously, it was at least two inches in diameter.....
OK, not buying it, but DAWWWWWW! THAT'S a cheerful monkey!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-Netsuke-Okimono-Monkey-Drinking-Sake-Noh-Mask-/200646988088?pt=Asian_Antiques&hash=item2eb77e1138
Someone asked what mode of address my impending rank-jump will entitle me to. I referred her to Sengokudaimyo's website http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/miscellany/address.html
Now, contrary to popular belief, I don't have this stuff memorized, nor do I understand ALL the linguistic subtleties. So I was startled and pleased to discover the following note:
"“Nagon,” meaning “counselor,” is the umbrella title for three ranks of counselor to the court. Given that the functions of peers can correlate to this, I recommend using shônagon (“lesser counselor“) for single peers, chûnagon (“middle counselor“) for double peers, and dainagon (“great counselor”) for triple peers."
Sei Shonagon, author of The Pillow Book, is often a dangerous role model, being snarky, gossipy and vain of her cleverness. That said, her diary is a goldmine of information about life in the Court and exhibits glimmers of poetry along with the mean-girl attitude. I go back to it often and I recommend it as a fun read.
Anyway, according to the Sengokudaimyo chart (which surpasses the one endorsed by the SCA Heralds website), there are a number of options for my future rank, but I may be referred to as "Saionji Shônagon!" HOW COOL IS THAT?????
http://heraldry.sca.org/titles.html says I get to be called "Sensei." It's simpler and has its own cachet/baggage/what have you, I'll grant you. BTW, a few months ago, I wrote to the web master listed on the SCA Heralds website to ask what it would take to have them do something about the Japanese alternate title list, was told my message was forwarded to the Pelican Sovereign of Arms and never heard another peep.
(Whiskey tango foxtrot? LJ formatting is GONE.)
In the interim, there is a good deal of bouncing off walls occurring on various lists: the reaction is gratifying and humbling at the same time. Folks from out of kingdom are talking about trying to come, which would be beyond awesome. I figure I can catch up with some of the others at Great Western War and/or Estrella.
I met up with layla_lilah last night for a celebratory sashimi binge at Kirala in Berkeley, where we caught each other up on news and she handed me a bag with a Daiso tatami mat in it from crimsongriffin. The note inside cited the "Japanese-gift-giving-death-spiral" in which two parties keep exchanging gifts until someone goes bankrupt or dies. (I'd sent a book off to Pennsic for her.) Said mat is unrolled on the carpet in my living room and the whole apartment smells like fresh rice straw.
The food? Oh, it was lovely. We split some grilled robata items: sardine, miso marinated salmon, chicken with umeboshi and duck with scallions, plus some nigiri: ikura with quail egg, scallop sashimi, uni (which I'd never had before) and red crab. I'm glad I tried the uni, but I was underwhelmed by it. Everything else was great, and we had a celebratory carafe of Bishonen sake.
While I wish Gaius was still around for all this, there is ONE thing I don't have to worry about. He had a pewter laurel medallion he'd picked up somewhere along the line but never wore because he liked the gold toned one better and said he'd save the "silver" one for me. IIRC, I looked appalled and referred to it as the friggin' hubcap. Seriously, it was at least two inches in diameter.....
OK, not buying it, but DAWWWWWW! THAT'S a cheerful monkey!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-Netsuke-Okimono-Monkey-Drinking-Sake-Noh-Mask-/200646988088?pt=Asian_Antiques&hash=item2eb77e1138
