evile: hi! *hugs* how was the rest of your evening?
SkyeDS: lovely - although after we did the requisite shopping we were
home way too late
SkyeDS: and found the horses out when we got home
evile: oh, my gosh! They were OK, though, right?
SkyeDS: yes thank gods
evile: I'm glad!
SkyeDS: I'm afraid I'm going to find out months from now that Mirage
went visiting with the studcolt next door
evile: it's always possible.
SkyeDS: I'm hoping that Jesse and his electric fence will have
prevented that.
evile: me too!
evile: Meg was in kind of a foul mood; we ended up not staying long
at Opal's.
evile: anything juicy happen after we left?
SkyeDS: not really, just good conversation
evile: *nod* cool. I am hoping Seamus has finally learned the fine
art of not being a complete pervy wierdo right from the getgo.
SkyeDS: brb
SkyeDS: was on the phone to rick wilson - red river faire
evile: cool. :) How's that going?
SkyeDS: sounds real good.
SkyeDS: they're jousting in an open field which means that all I have
to do is bring the portable set up I'm making
SkyeDS: I was going to invest in a full size training round pen (made
of panels)
SkyeDS: and then it occurred to me, if I got 2x2s, seisal rope, rebar
and eyehooks
SkyeDS: I could have any kind of enclosure I want
SkyeDS: anywhere I want
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: that would include jousting lanes with counter barriers
SkyeDS: a rectangular small dressage arean
SkyeDS: arena
SkyeDS: or a round pen
SkyeDS: many more uses, much more portable, a hell of a lot cheaper
SkyeDS: that works for me
evile: sounds good.
SkyeDS: now, as a round pen for training, it's only going to be
useful for my horses
SkyeDS: I couldn't start a new horse there or put a bad habit therapy
rehab in it
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: because it isn't going to provide the right kind of barrier
for a horse intent on testing it
SkyeDS: but since I don't have any of those right now, who cares
evile: yup.
evile: well,and assumng you ever did get another horse, you probably
wouldn't take it out on the road to do contests and shows until it
was as docile as Mirage and Jessie.
SkyeDS: what I'm hearing from Sabrina (RL) and Rick (RR) is that they
are more after fantasy than actual period
SkyeDS: and I told them well, rest assured that if any period nazis
come sniffing around, I'm ready for them, I am an SCAdian (as well as
a paralegal and English teacher) and I've done my research
SkyeDS: but I'm not going to spoil it for the audience, the nazis can
come find me, I'm not going to go looking for them
SkyeDS: Scarby has always had fantasy and even TRF has fantasy now
that it's been bought out.
evile: good.
SkyeDS: and last year or year before Excal combined King Arthur with
Robin Hood fer cryin out loud. That's pretty fantasy right there.
evile: yup!
evile: It occurred to me (much too late) that I didn't set the best
example for the newbies on how to behave at poly dinner. :(
SkyeDS: did I miss something?
evile: showing people my toy...no wonder people like Seamus and Mr.
No Pants Pagan think it's OK to talk filthy & ask people too-personal
questions.
SkyeDS: oh I don't know, I thought it went over well, everyone had a
good time with it
SkyeDS: it was consensual
SkyeDS: I wasn't present for Seamus or MacPants, but my surmise is,
what they were subjecting people to wasn't consensual
evile: yeah...but it sent a message to the newbies that they can act
like that...when the fact of the matter is nobody knows them well
enough to permit it comfortably. I feel bad holding people to a
higher standard of behavior than I maintain myself.
SkyeDS: I'm sure in front of a different audience you'll do
differently
evile: it was a public place, children & mixed company, I should have
thought before I did it. I will do better next time.
SkyeDS: I know when I'm a newbie I try to be very sensitive to do as
the Romans are doing when in rome
SkyeDS: just because a small group wherein the children weren't
immediately in attendance, that's one thing
SkyeDS: but even I know that in a different restaurant, with a
different mix of people, with children more immediately present
SkyeDS: I couldn't do/say the same things
SkyeDS: what I mean to say is, I'm pretty socially dense and even I
can figure out such things for myself, without examples being set for
me.
SkyeDS: (and not doing a good job of saying it, as usual)
evile: *nod* Well...I'm going to do better at behaving properly next
time I'm out and about...there are more private places up on the
patio where I could ahve taken people to show them my new toy,
unobserved by people who didn't want to see it, or will get the wrong
idea of how people behave at poly dinner.
SkyeDS: nods. no harm done, won't happen again, all's well that ends
well :)
SkyeDS: that's the way I felt about my last such snafu, which was
much more worse than yours (according to everyone else involved
anyway - some of whom are still holding grudges so the grapevine says)
evile: hope so. I think I saw seamus taking pictures with his cell
phone. god only knows what hes' goign to do with them.
SkyeDS: which one was seamus?
evile: sitting to my left, after Dave. Between DAve and Jadey.
SkyeDS: I guess I wasn't paying good enough attention - what else is
new
SkyeDS: was Jadey the one talking to Andre about kids and gaming?
evile: *shrug* I don't remember what she was talking about. Probably
kids. Dunno about gaming. She was the blonde in the green blouse
SkyeDS: what does Meg do at Opal's? I thought the pagans met
upstairs. I know I've heard Terri complain about it...
evile: not pagans. PNO is the 13th
SkyeDS: oh - that makes more sense.
evile: *nod* it's a regular Thursday thing for her boyfriend's group.
evile: ooh! Amazon finally came through--I got my copy of Kinkycrafts
yesterday :)
evile: lots of stuff that requires power tools and whatnot,but some
stuff that makes you go "hey, why didn't I think of that??"
evile: *happy dance* just got some flash cotton on ebay :)
SkyeDS: god I hate that
SkyeDS: doctors who call while hugh is gone
SkyeDS: and want to question me about details of his practice that I
have no clue about
evile: that's annoying!
SkyeDS: I ask if I can send them an information packet but they'd
rather me just read it to them over the phone
evile: ugh!
SkyeDS: and then want details that there's no way I could give them
even if I knew what they were because it would violate confidentiality
evile: jeez!
evile: I really wish I could go to Drandmir's thing tomorrow :(
SkyeDS: I have work to do.
evile: Oh...do you need to sign off ICQ? or do you want me to stop
typing at ya?
SkyeDS: no
SkyeDS: I mean I can't go to Drandmir's event tomorrow
SkyeDS: because I have work to do
evile: Oh, OK. I thought you meant I was intruding on you now.
SkyeDS: no.
evile: :)
SkyeDS: I would be afk were that the case.
SkyeDS: boss not here :D
evile: Oh, OK then :)
evile: ugh. Today is just *crawling*. And oh, joy, a coworker's sons
are here. a 12 year old and a...less than a year old. bleh! So
naturally we all have to stand around and gawk at the new baby. BLEH.
SkyeDS: hugs
evile: it's just so irritating. I can't wait to get the hell HOME. I
have a lot to do and not much time. *sigh*
SkyeDS: I would have been happier to stay home period today
evile: yup. tired today, even though I did manage to get to bed at a
decent hour. First time all week :P
evile: Chance showed us a really nice walking trail near WF. It went
by some condos, and then out to the Town Lake trail. Very pretty :)
Some shade, too.
SkyeDS: :D
evile: She has such a free spirit, she just goes where she wants and
meets people and it's like she always belongs wherever she finds
herself.
SkyeDS: do you think anything keeps you from doing exactly the same?
evile: upbringing/experiences/expectations/lack of
confidence/...something.
SkyeDS: I want to take a long hot bath, have a massage, and fall
asleep watching a movie
evile: sounds like a nice evening. I need to clean the tub before I
can do that.
evile: & start laundry, and get the guest room ready and hopefully
get in a few minutes of exercise before SAADE
evile: *sigh* Lots of stuff to do at home, lots of stuff I'd _rather_
do than that.
SkyeDS: nodnods
evile: I've been absolutely starving the last couple days. I think my
metabolism is getting higher as a result of exercisng & now my thighs
are fighting for their right to thunder.
SkyeDS: onyxlynxx didn't seem to be in a good mood last night either
evile: No. I think Meg had pushed soem of her buttons, too.
evile: Well, I got here slightly early, so I'm leaving slightly early
as well.
*hugs* have a super weekend :)
