The · Bear's · Den

About a month or so ago I got on facebook. Got a message today from a H.S. class mate that friended me on facebook (I don't remember her off hand but she was friended to several other clasmates I know. And I am horrible with names.)

"We went to our first SCA meeting Wednesday. My oldest kids are thrilled. Thanks Dale!
we are in the Canton of Ealdnordwuda
that meet at MSU in East Lansing 5 minutes from our house. How cool is that."

So linking that SCA video to explain my hobby seems to have paid off more than just having my non-SCA fb friends not think I'm totally crazy.

One of my friends posted a list of SCA Firsts which got me thinking about mine.

First Event I Attended: Scot's Revolt 1993

First Pennsic I Attended: Pennsic 22, 1993 - my second event.

First King and Queen I Remember Seeing: Dag and Ilsa II at my first event.

First Crown Tournament I Attended: It had to have been the Fall 1993 Crown that Finn won. It was in a school gym, there were over 80 fighters and it took forever. Modern Crowns seem so short now.

First Crown Tournament I Fought in: Fall 1997. Jafar won.

Amusing Side Note #1: It was the first time I wore a Waffenrock. All day I was complimented on how good my "new armor" looked. I had no new armor, just covered up what I had differently.

First King and Queen I Directly Received an Award in Court From: Edmund and Katryn I, I received a Purple Fret from them at Midrealm Court at Pennsic 1996. I had received my AoA from Princess Garlanda II in a regency Court of Jafar I and Catherine.

First King and Queen I Swore Fealty To: I do not remember, Osis I and Valthonja if not before.

First King and Queen I Heralded Royal Court For: Rangvaldr and Arabella at Baron Wars III.

Amusing Side Note #2: Made the "Rangvaldr our Queen" error with the first of the arts awards. He got the points for the save, standing up and saying, "You wear one long tunic!" while holding out the the skirt of his ankle length tunic.

Boom-Boom


SCA music video by Ingrid

Got some pictures from Cowboy last night and he said I can post them.

Baron Wars 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mailander/sets/72157622335909088/
Harvest Day http://www.flickr.com/photos/mailander/sets/72157622211549437/

Finally got done writing this up.

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Just read a post from Baronesss Helewyse to the Marshes list. From what she said Court will be after feast Saturday. This should work better for the de Bearsul side of my SCA Family. Sor Ustad and my protoge sister Rowan are getting married in Dayton Saturday after noon.

Ma came out to re-adjust the garb I plan to wear Sat. and we went an bought a couple of banner poles for some new banners she made. After she left I did more casting. Got the tokens for my elevation done, seven more Zuil (Baronial Award) medallions, and a couple of other pieces.

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Did some soapstone carving and pewter casting today. Got three good castings off the repaired Orde van de Zuil medallion mold. It doesn't want to fill the area unde the loop so I keep about one in five and throw the rest back in the pot. Gave the three good ones to my Baroness to give out with the award. Also carved the mold and started casting tokens for my elevation, have to cast a bunch more of those.

Paid my neighbor's boy to mow my lawn yesterday. Cedric, my nieces dad, has been cutting it the last two years but he is unreliable, especially when they owe me money, and it gets ugly long before he gets out. Cost me less than half what Cedric has been charging me as well.

So with the wonderful cool temp today I went out this morning to the weedwacker to the places where his rider could not go then I took the trimmer to the bushes around the front and side of the house. Have to take out a couple of trash trees later that have grown up behind the bushes and the house will actually look good for about the first time all summer.

Yesterday was the Swanton Cornfest (101st year). Ma picked up Mary, Shantel, Jasmine, and my nieces little half sister Mia and came out to my house. We grabbed chairs and walked over to Main Street to watch the parade. Mia was a candy magnet she is such a little cutie. She had trouble carrying the candy bag by herself when it was over, Ma took it back on the scooter. Then we went back to my house and Mary grilled ribeyes and brats from out of my freezer and made mac and cheese. Ma had brought veggies and brownies. We had to wait a while before going down to the park and get some real good corn on the cob we were so stuffed. Walked the Festival at the park for a while then got the corn and came back to my house to eat it. After that they had to take off the girls had a party to go to.

Still had the headache today but got up and went in town. My chiropracter is back from vacation and I had an appointment. I told him we gotta work on our schedules better he can't be off the week after Pennsic. My chiropracter is 6'6" and over 300# and once told me, "you need a bigger chiropracter, lucky for me there are none", the guy that covers for him is ~5'8" and maybe 150# and has never been able to adjust me.

The local gaming store has moved from farther down the street to two doors down from my chiropracter so I walked over. Picked up two varients of the Fluxx card game, Monty Python Fluxx and Zombie Fluxx. Then I went to the mall got lunch and saw District 9 and G-Force. Both were good in their very different ways.

Then I went to the Hrothgeirsfjordr meeting. After a quick business meeting several of us played Monty Python Fluxx while the others had rapier practice. Helewyse knows way too many Monty Python songs and can mantain a outragious Italian accent for way too long (both encouraged by cards in the game.) Next time we play with the zombies. Eventually we may even mix the two together, even if it does cause the penguin on top of the TV to explode...you heard me, that is what the Monty Python Rules says will happen if the two are mixed together.

And the headache finally has subsided after I got home from the meeting.