Viselia 2006

Ahh..the aniversery of the duck.

In celebration of my last Viselia Faire I started off with costuming problems. I had been working non-stop on my costume for 2 solid weeks and had managed to get caught halfway between everything. I had an Ionar, but no Peblums, Shoes that needed to be resewed and severly ripped trews. Not to mention a squian that was little more than a prop and a Liene that needs some major adjustments. In my favor this is a far better conditionthan I showed up to in Fresno City, but far from my Goals.

All that aisde, we came to Viselia to play and play hard. Viselia has always been an active if unlucky faire for our guild and we were determined not to have another Injuryfest like last year. It was also a faire to introduce two new ghillies, Aidiann and Fergus to the faire. We were rewarded with what was defintly a busier faire, with the ghillies sallying out on raids and the keathern commiting some trouble of thier own. The galloglaich got thier share of battle and some were even given the chance to play rearguard to a superior (well, maybe not) force. We also spent a goodly amount of time playing with St. Matthias, who had been promoted to 16th century version of the deparment of homeland security.

Altough I am now heavily sunburnt, I managed to enjoy myself immesnly. My Ionar is for the most part done, I still can't stand wearing the thing. I just hating putting a jacket over the chainmail.

History Test

Took the Tuath Ui' NIall history test today. After having failed it thrice, I finally manged to ace it and getone step closer to beign gatelisted for viselia faire! I also got to hang around as the higher ups discussed things to do at the next faire. I had'nt really just how sterenously plannned these events were. There was also discussion of payrates, (for the new pay gig) and bounties set for certain acts and deeds. Some discussion of the faire's story was done and I think my charcter's gonna have a blast at faire site.

Also, today was my dear sister's birthday. We all ambled down to Applebee's to wish her a happy 22nd and terrioze the restruant staff. My sister was in pretty top form for someone who had'nt slept in three years.

Once agian, she's getting a belated gift from me :p, but it's ok. Becuase big brother always gets the really cool gifts.

Frisbee Time

The thing I like about Bryan is that he has these comepletely High-school aged flashbacks. He called me up today with the anouncement that he had a frisbee.

"a frisbee?"

"yep! DO you want to go throw it?"

Sure, why not? So a half hour later; Me, David, Bryan and Elaine were all tossing a frisbee in a blatent atempt to screw each other up as we tried to catch a seeminly evilly minded flying disc traveling at 15Mph.

It was nice to see David again. I usually only get to hang out with him during airosft. He's still a punk kid, but he likes being a punk kid so we get along fine. I had'nt seen Elaine in almost 2 years. We used to be friends back in my days at FCC and she's a black belt Shou-shu instructor. She's changed a lot over the years, yet is still a spitfire.

All in all, we had a lot of fun and it was good jsut to simply hangout with some friends without anythign other than a good time on the schudle.

Prayer Labyrinth

I had an utterly interesting experience at bible study today. I received a message today stating that bible study was tonight and was being held at the church. Now I've been going to bible study for over a year and noone's ever bothered to contact me to find out if I was actually coming or not, so I was pretty intrigued. When I and a handful of other students showed up, we were presented with what Greg labeled a 'prayer labyrinth'. The labyrinth is supposed to date back to the early days of Christianity, but has an awful lot of modern touches to it. It was, however, doubtlessly a unique experience.

Imagine standing at the beginning of a small maze. New Ageish music is playing trough some headphones on your ears and the lights are dimmed except for a few spare candles placed here and there. You move trough the 'labyrinth' on your own, stopping at one of several points. Each point contains an object, ranging from a mirror to mere sand. The CD remonstrates an object lesson for each point, allowing you to meditate on the lesson and it's meaning to you. The labyrinth leads slowly inwards to a center point, where communion and a prayer is held, and back outward for more points of reflection. While definitely inspired by new age Meditative techniques, the is no devaluing the reflection that the labyrinth can give you. Questions about who and what I am and my legacy were presented and answers sought in prayer. It will take time for myself to understand the answer to my questions, but it was nice to be in an environment where they could come to the surface and be recognized.

I also received some insight on Sundays unfortunate event, but I still lack an idea of proper resolution. It is simply one of those things in life that have no easy answer.