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There were a lot more people at Siouxland from MN than in years previous - lots of Chess Match folk, Zilch and Lolly, the Royal Guard, and Gilly Dew.

... I need to rave about Gilly Dew for a moment ... I absolutely adore him - It's so wonderful to see him interacting with little (and not so little) kids... there's this touch of awe as they sit with him in his nest, for truly, he is magic made flesh and blood.

Roleplay goal for this August - In-character, talk to Gilly and see if he will say what manner of faekith he is.

I tried out my new home - a REI Base Camp 4. It's very nice, I like it lots, and I will have plenty of room. Now, I need to get a reflective-tarp-thingy to put over it and maintainence stuff (lube for the zippers and waterproofing for the seams).

On a similar note, I found out I can take down my tent in full garb, in sunny, low wind, 80-some degree weather, by myself, in under an hour.

My great big happy - I finally screwed up my courage and stood on the side of a thoroughfare and sang ... *big nervous breath* ... and people liked it! And I didn't suck too much! I even got tips - after Woeful Tones of all things! ... but now I have a bunch of people saying I should do something with my voice, and I need to figure out how to accompany myself on a bodhran, which will be interesting - I am used to singing while I walk, not singing while I wield things in my hands.
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So, in about -1 minute, I should be getting picked up to head to the Siouxland Renaissance Festival...

Hrm. Still not here. Oh well.

My happy news of the day - I found the lyrics to Eowyn's dirge in the Two Towers! Yay! Unfortunately, I'm still at about a 5% word-recognition rate for Old English.... *sighs* Alas.

Heh, I'm looking forward to being able to experience two completely different RenFaires back-to-back(-to-back). I don't know that anything can top Scarborough, but it'll be nice to be at a smaller Faire that I'm not constantly getting lost in. And I'll be able to show some of the dances I learned to the Terps. I really hope we can occasionally use the Jenny variation this season .... *crosses her fingers*

Hrm. -8 minutes. Well, I should post and shut everything down for the weekend. Toodles!

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