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*takes a deep breath*
Sep. 22nd, 2004 02:06 pmI realize I haven't kept people updated, I'm sorry.
I will not be with The New World Crafts anymore, instead, I will be going to the Texas Renaissance Festival with a great group of people, John Coiner's Pottery. I will be working their non-pottery booth at TRF, bedecked in silks and scarves and belly-dancing jewelry (now I'll need to learn how to belly-dance!).
The future is always in flux. I cannot say what tomorrow will bring. However, I hope to work the Arizona show, then Scarborough, then possibly Colorado, returning to Minnesota after that.
If anyone has any other questions/comments/ponderings/concerns/whatever about my life, the circuit, or anything, feel free to post. I shall answer them eventually.
This will be the last time I have regular internet access for the forseeable future.
It is begun.
I will not be with The New World Crafts anymore, instead, I will be going to the Texas Renaissance Festival with a great group of people, John Coiner's Pottery. I will be working their non-pottery booth at TRF, bedecked in silks and scarves and belly-dancing jewelry (now I'll need to learn how to belly-dance!).
The future is always in flux. I cannot say what tomorrow will bring. However, I hope to work the Arizona show, then Scarborough, then possibly Colorado, returning to Minnesota after that.
If anyone has any other questions/comments/ponderings/concerns/whatever about my life, the circuit, or anything, feel free to post. I shall answer them eventually.
This will be the last time I have regular internet access for the forseeable future.
It is begun.
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Sep. 1st, 2004 07:36 pmIt's a rather odd feeling to be homeless.
I know I'm not really homeless - my mother's house is always open to me, and I have my tent and car, but the feeling I had after turning in my keys to my landlord... of not having a permanent home base... very odd.
Well, I haven't really given you guys a proper update in quite a while, so put on your reading glasses - this one is going to be a doozy.
I am now permanently out of my apartment. No more landline, no more regular internet access, no more refrigerator even. The current plan is to spend about half the week in my tent, and then on Wed and Thurs nights stay at my mom's - Wed night gaming goes until midnight, and I have class on Thurs nights. But, we'll see. I'm already getting tired of the 75 minute commute from site to work, so I may end up staying at my mother's more often.
I do have a cell phone now. I was originally going to go on a family plan with Verizon, but it turns out that between my mother and my brother, they come within an hour of the plan allotment, so bumping up the minutes plus the addition of a second line would have been $40/month and for that I figured I should just get my own plan. So I went with AT&T because that way I can take advantage of the free in-network calling to my boss.
Which brings me to the next big thing... Ernesto kicks so much ass! First weekend he introduced me to a woman he knew from Texas... she was running a new booth here at MNRF, and looking for more employees as they are expanding their shops, particularly roadies, with an eye towards future managers... *grins*
So, I'll be working at The New World Crafts, and hopefully managing soon, as well. They sell lovely wooden items - bowls, plates, vases, etc, as well as carved fruits, flowers, and animals. They're all made from South American woods like ebony and purpleheart and others that I'll learn the names of soon, and usually many woods are incorporated into the same piece.
So, that's my *really* big news. It's also the driving force behind my getting a cell: When I assumed I'd just be a shop slave somewhere, I couldn't really see how having a cell phone would be all that important. Managing though, is an entirely different story!
*grins*
*crosses fingers*
So, wish me luck on that... I know I'm looking forward to it... it's neat and exciting, but scary too.
Other news...
I changed my cars oil on Friday, and she has a name now too.
I still have *way* too much stuff... now I'm going to need to spend a good bit of time weeding out crap from what I'll be bringing on the road... at the moment it looks like I have my tent, sleeping bag and mattress, 2 tubs, a backpacking backpack, and a couple grocery bags of stuff, which is far too much.
I'm looking forward to having work and class done and over with so I can only have a few things in my life... *nods* much less confusing, much less stressful. One hopes.
I'm sure there're other things I could update on, but I spent 20 minutes trying to compose a short email on my cell phone, and my brain is kinda fried... feel free to ask me about anything I missed!
I know I'm not really homeless - my mother's house is always open to me, and I have my tent and car, but the feeling I had after turning in my keys to my landlord... of not having a permanent home base... very odd.
Well, I haven't really given you guys a proper update in quite a while, so put on your reading glasses - this one is going to be a doozy.
I am now permanently out of my apartment. No more landline, no more regular internet access, no more refrigerator even. The current plan is to spend about half the week in my tent, and then on Wed and Thurs nights stay at my mom's - Wed night gaming goes until midnight, and I have class on Thurs nights. But, we'll see. I'm already getting tired of the 75 minute commute from site to work, so I may end up staying at my mother's more often.
I do have a cell phone now. I was originally going to go on a family plan with Verizon, but it turns out that between my mother and my brother, they come within an hour of the plan allotment, so bumping up the minutes plus the addition of a second line would have been $40/month and for that I figured I should just get my own plan. So I went with AT&T because that way I can take advantage of the free in-network calling to my boss.
Which brings me to the next big thing... Ernesto kicks so much ass! First weekend he introduced me to a woman he knew from Texas... she was running a new booth here at MNRF, and looking for more employees as they are expanding their shops, particularly roadies, with an eye towards future managers... *grins*
So, I'll be working at The New World Crafts, and hopefully managing soon, as well. They sell lovely wooden items - bowls, plates, vases, etc, as well as carved fruits, flowers, and animals. They're all made from South American woods like ebony and purpleheart and others that I'll learn the names of soon, and usually many woods are incorporated into the same piece.
So, that's my *really* big news. It's also the driving force behind my getting a cell: When I assumed I'd just be a shop slave somewhere, I couldn't really see how having a cell phone would be all that important. Managing though, is an entirely different story!
*grins*
*crosses fingers*
So, wish me luck on that... I know I'm looking forward to it... it's neat and exciting, but scary too.
Other news...
I changed my cars oil on Friday, and she has a name now too.
I still have *way* too much stuff... now I'm going to need to spend a good bit of time weeding out crap from what I'll be bringing on the road... at the moment it looks like I have my tent, sleeping bag and mattress, 2 tubs, a backpacking backpack, and a couple grocery bags of stuff, which is far too much.
I'm looking forward to having work and class done and over with so I can only have a few things in my life... *nods* much less confusing, much less stressful. One hopes.
I'm sure there're other things I could update on, but I spent 20 minutes trying to compose a short email on my cell phone, and my brain is kinda fried... feel free to ask me about anything I missed!
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Aug. 5th, 2004 07:49 amShort Update:
Still wading in shit. Can't wait until I get rid of it. Some people want things from my list, so that's good. I'm still going to need to haul most of the furnature to HAP though.
This weekend I get to steal my mothers car while she's in NY at a cousin's wedding. So, Fri and Sat are going to be full of errand-running, stuff disposing, and maybe even car buying. I looked at CarSoup and there are more likely candidates up, yay.
Saturday night will be my first night on site, and Sunday my first full day. I'm planning on sleeping down there on Sunday as well, so Monday I'll get to see what it's like to commute up - that will be interesting.
Next week, bright and early Tuesday morning, I catch a flight to NY to go hook up with Mom, and then Thursday we start driving back. I'm hoping to do at least 12 hours of driving on Thursday, and be past Chicago before getting a hotel (if we get one). Mapquest says it's an 18 hour drive.
Then, on Fri, I go down to site, and on Saturday, Fest! Woot!
Still wading in shit. Can't wait until I get rid of it. Some people want things from my list, so that's good. I'm still going to need to haul most of the furnature to HAP though.
This weekend I get to steal my mothers car while she's in NY at a cousin's wedding. So, Fri and Sat are going to be full of errand-running, stuff disposing, and maybe even car buying. I looked at CarSoup and there are more likely candidates up, yay.
Saturday night will be my first night on site, and Sunday my first full day. I'm planning on sleeping down there on Sunday as well, so Monday I'll get to see what it's like to commute up - that will be interesting.
Next week, bright and early Tuesday morning, I catch a flight to NY to go hook up with Mom, and then Thursday we start driving back. I'm hoping to do at least 12 hours of driving on Thursday, and be past Chicago before getting a hotel (if we get one). Mapquest says it's an 18 hour drive.
Then, on Fri, I go down to site, and on Saturday, Fest! Woot!
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Jul. 31st, 2004 01:48 pmEek. Starting to panic again. It's almost August.... I just turned in my last months rent, and a letter saying 'Thanks for the great caretaking, but...," and my brother was just over to help me look for cars...
That was intereting... we looked at CarSoup and a donated-car auction place, which was pretty interesting...
I have had this idea in my head that I want a Saturn, so I was thinking that this 1993 one seemed pretty nice, but then Robert suggested putting it lower on my list due to the fact that it's almost at 200k miles. His favorite was a Toyota Camry. I guess so far on my list of makes to keep in mind are Saturns, Toyotas, Hondas, and Oldsmobiles. Getting an Olds would be odd, just because my mom has a Cutless Ciera, so if I got one of those it would be like I was still driving my mother's car... I don't know. And they do seem a bit bigger than what I want, but Robert has been pretty empathetic on saying that I probably actually want a bigger car than what I think I want (He's already talked me out of getting a two-door).
Car! Scary! Ahh!
And then, moving into the Festival grounds tomorrow... I realized just how much stuff I have... I'm no longer swimming in shit, I'm just wading in it, but that's still pretty gross. I posted to the MRFFriends listserve the latest list of my stuff, so maybe a couple people will want to take the furnature off my hands, otherwise I get to haul it to the HAP for various immigrants and all.
I'm getting really ruthless... All morning I've been eyeing my CD collection, going, "Hrm... I don't really need those, do I?" ... eep. Yesterday I casually tossed a t-shirt I love and adore, that has had a slight hole in it for a couple months now. A week ago, I couldn't bear the thought of trashing it; yesterday, I just went, "Meh." And out it went.
I'm going to the Convergence Volunteer Appreciation party later tonight, and then packing like a fiend for tomorrow morning.
That was intereting... we looked at CarSoup and a donated-car auction place, which was pretty interesting...
I have had this idea in my head that I want a Saturn, so I was thinking that this 1993 one seemed pretty nice, but then Robert suggested putting it lower on my list due to the fact that it's almost at 200k miles. His favorite was a Toyota Camry. I guess so far on my list of makes to keep in mind are Saturns, Toyotas, Hondas, and Oldsmobiles. Getting an Olds would be odd, just because my mom has a Cutless Ciera, so if I got one of those it would be like I was still driving my mother's car... I don't know. And they do seem a bit bigger than what I want, but Robert has been pretty empathetic on saying that I probably actually want a bigger car than what I think I want (He's already talked me out of getting a two-door).
Car! Scary! Ahh!
And then, moving into the Festival grounds tomorrow... I realized just how much stuff I have... I'm no longer swimming in shit, I'm just wading in it, but that's still pretty gross. I posted to the MRFFriends listserve the latest list of my stuff, so maybe a couple people will want to take the furnature off my hands, otherwise I get to haul it to the HAP for various immigrants and all.
I'm getting really ruthless... All morning I've been eyeing my CD collection, going, "Hrm... I don't really need those, do I?" ... eep. Yesterday I casually tossed a t-shirt I love and adore, that has had a slight hole in it for a couple months now. A week ago, I couldn't bear the thought of trashing it; yesterday, I just went, "Meh." And out it went.
I'm going to the Convergence Volunteer Appreciation party later tonight, and then packing like a fiend for tomorrow morning.
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Jul. 28th, 2004 06:28 pmHey, how about I post a real update for once?
Things are progressing towards doing the circuit fairly well. I've gotten rid of a bunch of stuff. Today I did some general housecleaning and packing, doing laundry and picking through clothes to keep and get rid of, dishes and doing the same, and going through my kitchen cabinets, identifying stuff that was way too old that I needed to toss (2 yr old spices, month-old cream cheese, etc). I also went through my fabric again, and there's more of it going to Goodwill now, and even more getting tossed.
I added a couple of things to my list of things that I think other people might want... I really need to email Schug and see if it's ok for me to post to the MRF friends list...
I'm a lot more optimistic and excited now that I know I have a tent space... I was just so worried that I wouldn't, and I'd need to be commuting constantly, and all sorts of bother. With that one little thing, everything seems much more feasible now.
Chess Match is going interesting... I must bow to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
unknownpoet78's superior staging knowledge and admit that simply turning around to faint works soooo much better... at least, the Cappaferro crew thought it was spiffy. *blushes* I still need to work on my character stuff... it occured to me on Monday that something I'm doing with her reactions might be inconsistant, and I should be more susceptable to Alaric's 'love' rant. (*grins* But who wouldn't want to be susceptable to Alaric... mmm, yum! *laughs*) (*slaps wrist* Bad white-sider! Bad!)
I'm wondering how tenting is going to work... Will I set up a platform for my tent and how do I do that? Isn't there some sort of reflective tarp-thingy someone recommended I get? What sort of eating and cooking stuff should I bring? I'm glad I'm going to have this bit of overlap with housing, so I can slowly realize all the stuff I need, and get it there without having to constantly run home to mommy or something.
I'm starting to get to the point where I'm missing-in-advance my EQ buddies... I've started writing my goodbye-for-now story, which makes me all reminiscent and stuff. I still need to work on Dell's story a bit, but he didn't give me much to go on with his last letter, so we'll see how that goes... I know Fey wants me to write more.
Hrm.. can't think of anything else offhand... be well, people!
Things are progressing towards doing the circuit fairly well. I've gotten rid of a bunch of stuff. Today I did some general housecleaning and packing, doing laundry and picking through clothes to keep and get rid of, dishes and doing the same, and going through my kitchen cabinets, identifying stuff that was way too old that I needed to toss (2 yr old spices, month-old cream cheese, etc). I also went through my fabric again, and there's more of it going to Goodwill now, and even more getting tossed.
I added a couple of things to my list of things that I think other people might want... I really need to email Schug and see if it's ok for me to post to the MRF friends list...
I'm a lot more optimistic and excited now that I know I have a tent space... I was just so worried that I wouldn't, and I'd need to be commuting constantly, and all sorts of bother. With that one little thing, everything seems much more feasible now.
Chess Match is going interesting... I must bow to
unknownpoet78's superior staging knowledge and admit that simply turning around to faint works soooo much better... at least, the Cappaferro crew thought it was spiffy. *blushes* I still need to work on my character stuff... it occured to me on Monday that something I'm doing with her reactions might be inconsistant, and I should be more susceptable to Alaric's 'love' rant. (*grins* But who wouldn't want to be susceptable to Alaric... mmm, yum! *laughs*) (*slaps wrist* Bad white-sider! Bad!)I'm wondering how tenting is going to work... Will I set up a platform for my tent and how do I do that? Isn't there some sort of reflective tarp-thingy someone recommended I get? What sort of eating and cooking stuff should I bring? I'm glad I'm going to have this bit of overlap with housing, so I can slowly realize all the stuff I need, and get it there without having to constantly run home to mommy or something.
I'm starting to get to the point where I'm missing-in-advance my EQ buddies... I've started writing my goodbye-for-now story, which makes me all reminiscent and stuff. I still need to work on Dell's story a bit, but he didn't give me much to go on with his last letter, so we'll see how that goes... I know Fey wants me to write more.
Hrm.. can't think of anything else offhand... be well, people!
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Jul. 27th, 2004 12:40 amYay!!!!!!
Thank you,unknownpoet78 for mentioning the campground thing... it prompted me to check my mail... I have a spot too!!! Yay!!!!
<----- is soooper excited
Yay!!! This means I don't need to worry about maybe not having a place to live!! Yay!!!!! Or having to live with my mother!!! Yay!!!!!!
<---- does a happy dance
Crap, this means I need to start looking for a car.
/shrug. Oh well.
Yay!!!!!!! I have a campground space!!!!!!
<--- makes a concerted effort to calm down
Um.. so, the reason why I actually meant to post was because I've made my first list of crap I want to get rid off... all of y'all, please feel free to look at what I currently have up, and let me know if any of it sounds interesting...
Take my stuff, please!
Thank you,
unknownpoet78 for mentioning the campground thing... it prompted me to check my mail... I have a spot too!!! Yay!!!!<----- is soooper excited
Yay!!! This means I don't need to worry about maybe not having a place to live!! Yay!!!!! Or having to live with my mother!!! Yay!!!!!!
<---- does a happy dance
Crap, this means I need to start looking for a car.
/shrug. Oh well.
Yay!!!!!!! I have a campground space!!!!!!
<--- makes a concerted effort to calm down
Um.. so, the reason why I actually meant to post was because I've made my first list of crap I want to get rid off... all of y'all, please feel free to look at what I currently have up, and let me know if any of it sounds interesting...
Take my stuff, please!
Hey, here's a thought! I just might actually write my own LJ entry today instead of just reading my friends... *shock/surprise*
Life updates:
I now have gotten rid of another 4 grocery bags of Goodwill donations, 2 bags of trash, 2 boxes of used books/CDs, and moved all my homebrewing stuff to my mom's basement. Woo! I think next goals will be to ... um... *looks around* Damn. Um, I don't know. I suppose just get rid of more throw-away-able stuff, and then start on the major stuff in a couple weeks.
I am a lazy bum.
There're so many things I've been putting of doing, like... well, now that I think about it... ... there, called a couple people - andnightjasmine, get off your phone! - and I am now registered for Everyone's Return, the next class I need to take for HRBlock, yay!
*peers over at her stack of dishes* Now... just one more thing... hrm.
I'm making next to no progress on remaking my blue gown for the Renaissance Festival. *sighs* It's just really hard to be motivated when I know I'll need to wear my green gown all the time, for the Chess Match.
Speaking of, I finally started fainting during the puppy-getting-hit-by-a-bus scene! *grins* This is lots of fun - I just need to work on paling a lot more, and *not* hitting my lower back intounknownpoet78's knee when I go down... ow. Also need to work on the angle so the audience can see me when I faint, but I don't care about that so much. If Dayna says otherwise though, well, then, of course.
Hrm. That's all I can really think of right now.
Life updates:
I now have gotten rid of another 4 grocery bags of Goodwill donations, 2 bags of trash, 2 boxes of used books/CDs, and moved all my homebrewing stuff to my mom's basement. Woo! I think next goals will be to ... um... *looks around* Damn. Um, I don't know. I suppose just get rid of more throw-away-able stuff, and then start on the major stuff in a couple weeks.
I am a lazy bum.
There're so many things I've been putting of doing, like... well, now that I think about it... ... there, called a couple people - and
nightjasmine, get off your phone! - and I am now registered for Everyone's Return, the next class I need to take for HRBlock, yay!*peers over at her stack of dishes* Now... just one more thing... hrm.
I'm making next to no progress on remaking my blue gown for the Renaissance Festival. *sighs* It's just really hard to be motivated when I know I'll need to wear my green gown all the time, for the Chess Match.
Speaking of, I finally started fainting during the puppy-getting-hit-by-a-bus scene! *grins* This is lots of fun - I just need to work on paling a lot more, and *not* hitting my lower back into
unknownpoet78's knee when I go down... ow. Also need to work on the angle so the audience can see me when I faint, but I don't care about that so much. If Dayna says otherwise though, well, then, of course.Hrm. That's all I can really think of right now.
Ick. I've now seen the first of the digital pictures of Scarborough from Memorial Day weekend, and I really really really need to make a real snood, and make a matching hat, instead of borrowing someone else's. /shudder
The only other nitpicky thing is that my corset is fairly visible. /sigh
On the plus side, my silk chemise drapes quite nicely! Yay!
Hrm.... two emotes so far... it is now blatantly obvious that I played EQ yesterday.
Well, I have a few minutes before I head off, so I think I'll try to write my letter of intent for this Live Journal...
*****
At present, my Ultimate Goal in life is to go on the Renaissance Festival/Faire circuit, and I started this Live Journal with the intent to let friends and family know how I'm doing while I'm on the road, and to keep track of my progress in reaching that goal.
*****
*blinks* Hey, that was a lot shorter than I was fearing.... awesome!
Yesterday was very productive - I spent a few hours cutting partlets and putting things into storage bins - I have updated my To-Do list appropriately.
The only other nitpicky thing is that my corset is fairly visible. /sigh
On the plus side, my silk chemise drapes quite nicely! Yay!
Hrm.... two emotes so far... it is now blatantly obvious that I played EQ yesterday.
Well, I have a few minutes before I head off, so I think I'll try to write my letter of intent for this Live Journal...
*****
At present, my Ultimate Goal in life is to go on the Renaissance Festival/Faire circuit, and I started this Live Journal with the intent to let friends and family know how I'm doing while I'm on the road, and to keep track of my progress in reaching that goal.
*****
*blinks* Hey, that was a lot shorter than I was fearing.... awesome!
Yesterday was very productive - I spent a few hours cutting partlets and putting things into storage bins - I have updated my To-Do list appropriately.
Ahhh! It's all happening so quickly!!!
Jun. 3rd, 2004 04:56 pm*laughs*
Man, I can't even take one day off without all of a sudden panicking about all the things I need to get done... Only one month until CONvergence, and I still need to make the handout for my Bodice Lacing Variations workshop, not to mention all the things I need to do before Fest in August: make my and Patty's sleeves, a couple new chemises and a few partlets, and my blue gown, get rid of 90% of my belongings, and other things too. Ahhh!
*takes a deep breath*
Ok, I'll calm down now.
Goal for the evening: RP with Cor in Everquest if he has time, cut out my sleeves, take out the trash, and get rid of 10 more things. Wish me luck!
