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Weekend wrap up
Nov. 14th, 2011 05:58 pmDespite a little rain on Friday evening, Mists Cynagua War turned out to be a fun event. Not a lot of folks - including those who had invited me to eat with them - ended up camping, however, Dafydd and Bridget have a four year old and a thirteen month old and motelling it was much smarter for them. So we did Appleby's instead.
Bobby, the four year old, has been hearing about "Makiwara" since his dad decided he wanted to do Japanese, and apparently thought the word sounds fun. He was shy for about five minutes and then I was his New Bestest Friend for the rest of the event. Dafydd's new garb came out well, including geta. He posted some pics of it over on the Tousando. Of course, he had to change into 14th c. European kit to go fight because his Japanese stuff isn't done yet, so I had to tease him about it.
Pallidus and Raj were also there in their shiny armor. I confessed to Pallidus later in the evening that the sight of that shiny, beautiful, correct, stepped-out-of-a-picture-scroll armor just made my heart go pitter pat - and I promptly FB-friended Clan Makita (their mon is four drill bits!) when I got home so I can help them and their friends get the bits that go under their armor together.
Brought along the drums - honestly, I mostly played the small Chinese one while seated in front of my tent. But mostly it was a hanging out and socializing sort of event. Court was lengthy - Their Highnesses of the Mists gave out a lot of stuff so they wouldn't have very much business for their imminent step-down next week. And Their Majesties made two peers: a Pelican and a Laurel, a couple from the Reno area for whom this event was more logistically feasible.
Bugged out reasonably early on Sunday, as soon as my canvas was dry enough to tear down and pack, then headed over to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hrj's housewarming. Her place is modern, airy and spacious and the yard is huge. Much gardening is planned. Her cousins described a production they'd just seen in SF, so hrj and I are going to the opera Wednesday night to see Handel's Xerxes, because it sounded intriguing.
Bobby, the four year old, has been hearing about "Makiwara" since his dad decided he wanted to do Japanese, and apparently thought the word sounds fun. He was shy for about five minutes and then I was his New Bestest Friend for the rest of the event. Dafydd's new garb came out well, including geta. He posted some pics of it over on the Tousando. Of course, he had to change into 14th c. European kit to go fight because his Japanese stuff isn't done yet, so I had to tease him about it.
Pallidus and Raj were also there in their shiny armor. I confessed to Pallidus later in the evening that the sight of that shiny, beautiful, correct, stepped-out-of-a-picture-scroll armor just made my heart go pitter pat - and I promptly FB-friended Clan Makita (their mon is four drill bits!) when I got home so I can help them and their friends get the bits that go under their armor together.
Brought along the drums - honestly, I mostly played the small Chinese one while seated in front of my tent. But mostly it was a hanging out and socializing sort of event. Court was lengthy - Their Highnesses of the Mists gave out a lot of stuff so they wouldn't have very much business for their imminent step-down next week. And Their Majesties made two peers: a Pelican and a Laurel, a couple from the Reno area for whom this event was more logistically feasible.
Bugged out reasonably early on Sunday, as soon as my canvas was dry enough to tear down and pack, then headed over to
hrj's housewarming. Her place is modern, airy and spacious and the yard is huge. Much gardening is planned. Her cousins described a production they'd just seen in SF, so hrj and I are going to the opera Wednesday night to see Handel's Xerxes, because it sounded intriguing.
