Hello to all ...

Yes I am alive and back again. A few comp problems a lost phone and life in general plus my hibernating attitude insured a "winter of no discontent". Life is ok, I am ok, and as the renn faire is about to begin again for me, I hope to see many of you.

...and I know it!!!!

I am going to try and be in twenty different places, do twenty different things, and see twenty different people all at the same time. At the same time as that I am going to try and enjoy my last weekend of faire this season. Yes folks, last weekend, aside from the one day event at Cloisters.

Money is getting tight and I really do not see myself going anywhere else. On top of that I need to concentrate on getting a job, getting the house I live in ready for fall and winter (I have three gutters that need replacing or fixing I dont know, I have to climb up this week and find out), and I am really really really going to try and find some way to promote myself and sell some art.

In all of that time I need to find TIME for my self. I know what kind of beast I can turn into if I do not leave time for myself to do things I enjoy and be with people I want to be with.

The general sadness of the upcoming end of faire is starting to creep up on me. Two weekends left for me to live as I want to live. Oh well ... all good things must end. In the meantime ...

The Blue Boar
My god. I never thought I would become a barfly, yet I have. With two weekends to go, I am going to catch a few shows. I have way too many friends acting at NYRF for me not to see them doing what they love to do. But the siren's call of the Blue Boar keeps on calling me. The problem is that most of my friends hang out there almost the entire day at one point or another, so to see them all I just stay there. Well there is one more reason and she is a gorgeous one too but that is just a final link in the chain that keeps me there.

Friends of Faire
My god what a change. I remember the first season and there is no comaprison. I am so happy to see FoF have matured as much as it has and can not wait to see where it goes. I need to do more with FoF too, which means spending less time at the Blue Boar as well :)

Faire in General
It rocks. Hands down it simply HOME. No matter how many faires I have been to, I never feel the way I feel at NYRF. From walking in at gate and the smiles of my friends and just people I know by sight alone all the way to the paths and walkways that seem to carry me without effort wherever I want to go.

Faire management is not sleeping either. Every new addition, every building I see go up just widens the smile on my face. Last year it was the Blue Boar, this year it is the sit down restaurant (have to try it out) ... the fountains and waterfall, all of it coming together to make my faire a hell of a lot prettier, nicer to visit and just plain and simple fun.

Sure am gonna miss it. Lets face it ... I am a "Homer". Home is NYRF, and that is where my heart will remain after Sept 23.

But my 1st ... and what a way to spend it, in the company of a beautiful woman and seeing things through her eyes. The entire weekend was spent in the company of Iron Molly Black and I am very happy she came to spend her birthday at the faire I call home. Hopefully she had at least half the fun I did, because then I would be sure that she had a good time. I do know that my friends at Bullseye most likely have fallen in love with her though.
The weekend started slowly as we walked around a bit, and she did some shopping and visited with a group of singers she is familiar with that are also at NYRF. After that we went to the Blue Boar and sat around with friends having drinks and laughing the day away. Most enjoyable was watching Rhi and Molly play with the soul of a mundane. And when I say play I mean play like two succubae who had been released from hell after a thousand year lock up. Poor man had no idea which way to turn or what was up and what was down. Most enjoyable was watching him get fiended for the dirst time as it brought back memories of a time long ago before guilds regulated what was acceptable and what was not.
Sunday was a day that dawned cloudy and stayed so the entire time. A few drops around five or so scared the people away which made getting home later much easier, as there was no traffic at all to speak of. But I jump ahead of myself.
On Saturday I rejoined FoF after a year's absence and on Sunday we had a meeting at the garden at noon to elect officers for the upcoming year which I went to. No one was changed and two of the positions challenged were kept, though two Sergeants At Arms were chosen, me being one of them as I volunteered for the position. After that I went back to the Blue Boar where I met up with Molly and others, and sat around for most of the day.
I did though catch the wrong show and the wet chemise contest afterwards. As always people are lechers and I am one of them I must admit. The ripping of the chemises as the two girls started a playful cat fight to see who would win gained a lot of attention, as well as a lot of camera flashes, including mine. Sorry folks, those pics will stay private till they are cleared by the lassies' involved. If not cleared by them, then they stay private to me only.
But no matter how much flesh was exposed on stage, I will say that the entire weekend will be remembered for one reason and one reason only ... And she knows it too ... LOL

x-posted from LJ

has anyone put any photos up yet? anywhere?
I've done a small tease on MySpace and Renspace but as I have over 200 of them I need to find me a cheap (i.e. FREE) web-photo page building program. Once I found it I will be uploading them to same place I throw the junk I draw on de web and then y'all can see my life at pennsic...considerin that almost all of my pics are from in and around camp.

Anyway ... off to work, and then from there heading to Tux. RenFaire tommorowwww darlings .... :)