7216 – Ren-fest 2005 pics


Beautiful day for the Ren-Fest yesterday. I got a lot of sun, fresh air, and I had a lovely time. Quiet waters park is especially lovely… lots of trees, lake front and cool breezes. I have a bit of a sun burn on my face and arms, despite my efforts to keep in the shade. I blame the bleacher area for the joust.. acted as a bit of a solar oven. I need to get one of those wide-brimmed Amish hats to keep the sun off.

Don’t know why I’m up so early, but Newt is too.

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This is what gets you through the day. Water. It was that or beer, and I’m not a big one for drinking beer at 10am. We had hummus and tabbouleh on pita with apples on the side. yum.

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Camouflaged fey-folk. Foxi toting the “Your don’t see us” banner.

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Cunning Camouflage here, too. A twig disguises her as a tree.

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El Babe-o of the Day-o. Sweet girl running the leather mask concession. Redhead in a maroon dress, flirting. I don’t care if it was just good salesmanship, *Rawr* says I. She was my short-term instant crush of the moment. hubba-hubba.

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Dude whose helm didn’t pass clearance into the Mask-tent. Pretty nifty for homemade gear.

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The most skillful knight at the tourney… not only was he tops at jousting and baton, but he had a great singing voice when he introduced himself.

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Preparing for some Baton-fighting… A helmet is a must!

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One of the girls in the crowd looked a lot like meredith to me. The Knights were playing tic-tac-toe in the sand with their halberds earlier, but the pseudo-mere girl got her head in the way.

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Point of impact shot. It’s a shame that the privies hide the lances so well.

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I love to see the happy kidlets running around!

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Very odd… this girl looked about 25 when I took her picture, but in post production, she comes off as about 14. We were on a similar travel track… I couldn’t swing a rock on a 20-foot string without hitting her at any given time.

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Lucy, still up to her shenanigans, about ten years after this pic was taken.

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Dangerous Dan on the Slack rope. note the tiny umbrella and awesome tree cover.

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Walking the slack rope in swim fins, juggling knives, playing the harmonica. Dangerous Dan also had a lot of great banter about being a retired clown and why being a major in the liberal arts isn’t always a good idea.

After spending about five hours at the fest, it was time to move on. 2pm made the sun very strong indeed. Dan and I retired to our favorite watering hole for about three hours, and hung out for a bit in the shade. I had some pub food (grilled cheese and french fries)and a light beer, Dan had a gin and tonic, and stole some of my potatoes. We discussed why Dan hated Constantine as the worst comic-based movie since Spawn.


Still having sporadic power issues at the house… it’s starting to peeve me more than a bit. I need to pick up a new battery backup and then those issues will be covered.


Things Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age


1 year ago – Newt-vet pics, Carpathian undead, radar on chip, Aerial Recon Archives, exorcist in 30 secs (by bunnies), punctuation meme

2 years ago – Gali sends me fan mail from Israel, ape music in my mind

3 years ago – playing the numbers, the bolters, euphemism generator, lj-ref link-list. (including 6 degrees), being romantic, superman 2, magic item poll, street signs of the world

4 years ago – filepile, interview, SQL issues, Kung fu Oz, CJ & Herman – part 2

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