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.
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.
God... that outfit turns me on and I am STRAIGHT!! You are hot!! :-)
MichelleGood to see you too.
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