Month: September 2024

Michigan Renaissance Festival, 9/14/24

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Holy shit.

Road trip cat picture

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Gideon says hi, and wishes we were home, but we are not. We are still driving to Michigan, in fact.

In which we have a winner

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… by a landslide, I will be wearing the cowl to the Renfaire this weekend. It got twice as many votes as second place (the hat) here and was the overwhelming favorite on the Discord I posted the question to as well. So that’s settled.

In which I am out of my damned mind

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We’re going to the Michigan Renfaire on Saturday, which … which means I have made some decisions, is what it means. Bad decisions.

I owned zero of those garments other than the shoes on my feet (which don’t quite fit the theme, but whatever) before deciding we were going to a Ren Faire. Now I own all of those things, plus a sporran that I’m not wearing in this picture.

Problem is, I need headgear. This is where you, and some terrible bathroom selfies, come in.

Headgear option A: Hat. Irish! Irish people don’t wear kilts. Advantages: easy, black, classy. Disadvantages: no neck covering, may not fit the theme.

I gotta get that leather string stretched out so it stops spiraling like that.

Headgear option B: Silk du-rag. Advantages: Easy, black, covers the neck. Disadvantages: A little more piratey than maybe I want.

My bathroom mirror? Filthy.

Headgear option C: Cowl. Advantages: A touch more renfairey, covers the neck, also covers the collar of the shirt which I don’t love. Versatile; I can take the hood down if I want, where the hat and du-rag will need to be carried around if I’m not wearing them. Disadvantages: Blue, but not matching the blue in the kilt, kinda feels dorky in a way the rest of the outfit doesn’t, makes me make that face, possibly more complicated to keep on/ in need of constant adjustment throughout the day. (It wears like a scarf, with long tails down my back.) Uncertain: Warmer, which may be a good or bad thing depending on weather.

So. What am I wearing? YOU DECIDE:

Today sucked

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I win the bad teacher award for today, and I probably badteachered enough today to win the bad teacher award for the month, and I was so stressed out during my lunch break today that I didn’t eat, which … well, you saw yesterday’s post, you can imagine how infrequently I skip meals.

My wife and also my son for some Godforsaken reason both want to watch the debate tonight. I am probably going to go out onto the front lawn and drive nails into my dick instead, but we’ll see.

In which being sick has its advantages

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Two facts, both of which are true: First, I have lost eight pounds since September 6th, which I recognize is neither healthy nor, most likely, sustainable, but it’s still super fun, and second, this is the first time my weight has been under 300 pounds in at least three years and very likely more like four or five. It’s just that I’ve only had the electronic scale since April of 2021.

Some of that is gonna come back. Hopefully I’ll stay under 300, though. I’ve come super close a couple of times and it was a hell of a relief to break that barrier even if it took several days of being sick to achieve it.

Still gonna review the Willow book. Maybe not until tomorrow or Wednesday, though.

In which Willow continues to impress

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This is emphatically not a review, mostly because 1) I’m still about 130 pages from the end, and 2) I’m still dog-sick and have already taken tomorrow off, but I’ve spent most of my waking hours today with Willow Smith & Jess Hendel’s Black Shield Maiden in my hands, and thus far I’ve quite enjoyed it. And the cover is pretty as hell, so feel free to stare at it for a while while I go finish the book so that I can review it tomorrow.

Not dead yet

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I have definitely been much sicker than I am right now, and much sicker than I was last night, which was considerably worse, but being unable to sleep for six hours because all of my teeth hurt for no clear reason was a novel experience that I don’t care to repeat.