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Erika

Location:
Austin, TX

Home or favorite faire Scarborough & TRF

About Me Does anyone actually read these things? I'm a pretty normal person during business hours--job, house, pets, very normal in appearance. I've outgrown the 'look at me, I'm a freak' phase of my late teens/early 20s, but I still like dressing up and having fun. Most of my hobbies and interests have some element of theatrricality to them.

Music Mostly 80's 'alternative' or 'goth' music. For faire, I love the Brobdingnagian Bards, the Bedlam Bards, The Rogues, Corsairs, Flying Fish Sailors, Tartanic, EMuzeki (they broke up, but Wine and Alchemy, Mark's new band, is AWESOME)

Movies I love costume flicks, of course. Anything historical or fantasy. Anything Jim Henson has ever done :)

TV I don't watch TV.

Books Science Fiction, Fantasy, Biograpies of interesting people (anyone pre-1700s or so!). If you haven't read Judith Merkle Riley's historical fiction/romance, you should!

Likes Traveling, Renaissance Festivals, Amusement parks (especially rollercoasters!) reading, camping, Yoga, Coffee, wine, cheese, toobin', feasting, laughing, spending time with good friends & people I love.

Dislikes WORK! hot weather, biting insects, flat tires, hypocrisy, lying, cheating, and abusive lunatics.

Hobbies Renfaires, reading, gardening (I have a black thumb, but I like to try), home redecorating, cooking, The Internet.

Vices Caffeine. The Internet. Wine & food. Gossip (I'm REALLY trying to break this habit.) Stubbornness

Virtues Honesty, loyalty, stubbornness (it's both, depending on how I apply it!)

Heroes Pippi Longstocking, Aleister Crowley, The Dalai Lama, my aunt L. & uncle B., the first person to eat an oyster.

AIM ID bramblekite

Yahoo ID eekatfreaksdotnet

Here For Friendships

Relationship Status Committed Relationship

Orientation Straight

Children Not for Me

Body Type More to love

Height 5'6"

Religion Mind Your Own Business

Ethnicity White / Caucasian

Smoke No

Drink Socially

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CTRF 2009

Thursday, February 26, 2009, 10:03 PM CST [General]

I went to Central Texas Renaissance Faire this past Saturday with a small group of friends. The weather was perfect--sunny and breezy, just a tiny bit cold. I got to wear my cloak!

We arrived around noonish, had some lunch, sat around the tavern with our BYOB-ness, then wandered the faire.

Thax played drums during a bellydance show, and had a great time. He also got some good shopping done.

I, unfortunately (or fortunately), had enjoyed too much rum and coke to be an effective shopper.

The Auction at 3 was fun to watch. I won a key fob.

This is a great little faire with a lot of potential and a lot of heart. Good folks out there, but it's still small. It's definitely more fun the more friends you bring along. There was a lot of mud going in, but after a few hours of sun and wind, the ground got pretty dry.

It will be open again for another few weekends in June, I think. I hope to make it out again.