Renaissance Fair (and other things)
Well, I just spent 2 days outside of the canyon where I live, dressed as a squire or something, walking around in Ugg boots. And I paid money to do it. Ahh, but what fun it was. And seeing as this is my blog, and I'm particularly bored this evening, I shall write everything I want to about it. Then, it's on to other matters.
Okay, first day. I wake up at 6 am and get dressed. I play with my puppies for about an hour (they were so happy), and then get them back in their cage so I can go eat. I get dressed for the Fair, weapons, staff, and all. My sister, mother, and I all get in the truck and go. We pick up my sister's new boyfriend-ish-friend, who has cat-eye contacts, and drive to the Fair. Well, we get in and stuff, and I end up spending most of the time walking around with my sister and her friends (not sure how that happened, exactly...). I see friends from school around. Dom, Collon (Collin? I don't remember), Noel, Trey, etc... Finally I run into Sam, and he and I wander around together for a while. By the end of the day, we're at a weapons demonstration, and he's up there fighting with a girl in a weapons guild. Quite interesting. He may be signing up for it.
Then I went home, my sister spent the night at a friend's house, and all was calm.
Next day. Similar thing, except no staff and an added water bottle thing. Also, no sister. We get there, and I see my friend Preston, even before we get inside. Anyway, we talk and stuff, he and his friend go off, and I wait for my friend Morgan (the cool freshman, since he was the only freshman at our school who really knew much, and he does know much, indeed.) right inside the entrance. He eventually gets there, with no special clothing, same as most of my friends... Anyway, we wander for a while, and then something funny happened. A girl I had met at Live Oak, one of my sister's friends, named Alice, was walking right in front of me. She had been there the day before as well, but I didn't expect her to come back. Anyway, she turns around and says something about me stalking her, you know, that kind of joking thing. I'm completely startled because I didn't see her at all. Not hard to do since she's 4 foot 11. Anyway, we stand around talking, and then we go sit in the shade and talk. She, Morgan, and I spend most of the day together, talking about nerdy things, which is really cool, since it's hard to find a female nerd, geek, whatever. We also meet up with some other friends from school, all nerds as well..
---Geeks... nerds.... Not sure which to use....---
Anyway, so it's cool, we're all having fun in our nerdy way, calling people GM's and Hax0rs, etc... Before I go further, I should mention that there were people with signs reading "Ask Me," whom could be asked about whatever you wanted. We asked most of them the age-old question, "Pirates or Ninjas?" Two of them the first day said Pirates, because pirates always travel in large groups and have guns, and one said they both had their own place on earth and could not be pitted against each other. The second day, Alice got up and asked one: Morgan and I followed to hear what his decision was. He said "I have thought this over for a long time. My answer is:"
Okay, first day. I wake up at 6 am and get dressed. I play with my puppies for about an hour (they were so happy), and then get them back in their cage so I can go eat. I get dressed for the Fair, weapons, staff, and all. My sister, mother, and I all get in the truck and go. We pick up my sister's new boyfriend-ish-friend, who has cat-eye contacts, and drive to the Fair. Well, we get in and stuff, and I end up spending most of the time walking around with my sister and her friends (not sure how that happened, exactly...). I see friends from school around. Dom, Collon (Collin? I don't remember), Noel, Trey, etc... Finally I run into Sam, and he and I wander around together for a while. By the end of the day, we're at a weapons demonstration, and he's up there fighting with a girl in a weapons guild. Quite interesting. He may be signing up for it.
Then I went home, my sister spent the night at a friend's house, and all was calm.
Next day. Similar thing, except no staff and an added water bottle thing. Also, no sister. We get there, and I see my friend Preston, even before we get inside. Anyway, we talk and stuff, he and his friend go off, and I wait for my friend Morgan (the cool freshman, since he was the only freshman at our school who really knew much, and he does know much, indeed.) right inside the entrance. He eventually gets there, with no special clothing, same as most of my friends... Anyway, we wander for a while, and then something funny happened. A girl I had met at Live Oak, one of my sister's friends, named Alice, was walking right in front of me. She had been there the day before as well, but I didn't expect her to come back. Anyway, she turns around and says something about me stalking her, you know, that kind of joking thing. I'm completely startled because I didn't see her at all. Not hard to do since she's 4 foot 11. Anyway, we stand around talking, and then we go sit in the shade and talk. She, Morgan, and I spend most of the day together, talking about nerdy things, which is really cool, since it's hard to find a female nerd, geek, whatever. We also meet up with some other friends from school, all nerds as well..
---Geeks... nerds.... Not sure which to use....---
Anyway, so it's cool, we're all having fun in our nerdy way, calling people GM's and Hax0rs, etc... Before I go further, I should mention that there were people with signs reading "Ask Me," whom could be asked about whatever you wanted. We asked most of them the age-old question, "Pirates or Ninjas?" Two of them the first day said Pirates, because pirates always travel in large groups and have guns, and one said they both had their own place on earth and could not be pitted against each other. The second day, Alice got up and asked one: Morgan and I followed to hear what his decision was. He said "I have thought this over for a long time. My answer is:"
"NINJAS"
I was very happy indeed, as I am a Ninja fan myself, as is Morgan. Alice is still deciding. Anyway, the Ask Me man also gave us his reason.
(This was all in Old English talk, with the 'ye's and the 'thine's and all that.)
"Studies show that it takes at least three seconds for a pirate to pull his gun from a belt or holster. It takes 2 seconds for an Italian to draw a sword, and a Ninja less than one second. Therefore, a single Ninja could take out at least 3 pirates before one had his weapon out."
Of course, he added, "Which would I rather be? A Pirate of course!" They do drink, pillage, rape plunder, etc... So he has a point. Ninjas must live in secrecy and seclusion. But at least they have honor.
Anyway, that right there made my day. Ninjas are better. The Ask Me man said so. The other ones were answering which they would want to be, or which would win in a fight (usually there'd be about thirty pirates together, a whole crew, against one Ninja, who of course has enough honor to call them all out to fight, instead of stabbing them all in their backs before any of them is aware of what is happening). So anyway, that happened. If you need more proof, please visit Real Ultimate Power, and GET PUMPED... Yah it's stupid, but it's really funny. And Ninjas really are better.
Speaking of which... My computer teacher, Mrs. Fetcho, had this great idea that Vikings are better than both Ninjas and pirates. Which is probably true. But I learned something at the weapon demonstration on the first day of the Fair. Vikings used magic mushrooms before a battle so they'd be beyond fear and trippin hard. So they were hallucinating and drunk and all kinds of stuff. Then they charged at all the people and probably looked like giant evil monsters from hell or something. That's why they conquered so many races. Anyway... Back to whatever I was talking about.
Oh yes... Anyway... We were watching a show at the Fair, sorta. Mostly we were all talking (being nerdy/geeky/whatever). Another sort of funny thing happened. I saw a girl I know from school pass by. I see her most every year at the fair, and usually say hi. Anyway, I shouted out her name (which, by the way, is Sophie) and it confused her, because she didn't see who was talking. I'm sure it happens to everyone very often, so you know what it's like. It's still sort of funny though. Anyway, she comes over and says hi and stuff (after realizing who had shouted her name), and somehow I'm declared popular... Ech... Popular is something I hope never to come near to being, but anyway. It was funny in it's own way, especially since it was all nerds who I was talking to. I found it funny, anyway.
So Sophie and her friend continue on down the path, and we all hang around for a while, and then my mom comes and tells me it's time to go. I walk to the entrance and sit down. My sister and her sort-of-boyfriend-person, Beau, arrive and sit down. The peasant's guild passes by singing "na na na na, hey hey, goodbye". It was very humorous, but completely inaccurate... Most of the Fair isn't true to the time. Eventually, we get home and I go to bed pretty quickly because I'm really tired.
So that's what happened then. I'm going to write a second entry after this for other stuff, because this one is long enough as it is. That'll be up tomorrow night.
Love & Peace
RealityRipple
After note: I decided not to write any more, since there's not much more to say. I'm sort of in a bad mood for a reason I'll explain later.
(This was all in Old English talk, with the 'ye's and the 'thine's and all that.)
"Studies show that it takes at least three seconds for a pirate to pull his gun from a belt or holster. It takes 2 seconds for an Italian to draw a sword, and a Ninja less than one second. Therefore, a single Ninja could take out at least 3 pirates before one had his weapon out."
Of course, he added, "Which would I rather be? A Pirate of course!" They do drink, pillage, rape plunder, etc... So he has a point. Ninjas must live in secrecy and seclusion. But at least they have honor.
Anyway, that right there made my day. Ninjas are better. The Ask Me man said so. The other ones were answering which they would want to be, or which would win in a fight (usually there'd be about thirty pirates together, a whole crew, against one Ninja, who of course has enough honor to call them all out to fight, instead of stabbing them all in their backs before any of them is aware of what is happening). So anyway, that happened. If you need more proof, please visit Real Ultimate Power, and GET PUMPED... Yah it's stupid, but it's really funny. And Ninjas really are better.
Speaking of which... My computer teacher, Mrs. Fetcho, had this great idea that Vikings are better than both Ninjas and pirates. Which is probably true. But I learned something at the weapon demonstration on the first day of the Fair. Vikings used magic mushrooms before a battle so they'd be beyond fear and trippin hard. So they were hallucinating and drunk and all kinds of stuff. Then they charged at all the people and probably looked like giant evil monsters from hell or something. That's why they conquered so many races. Anyway... Back to whatever I was talking about.
Oh yes... Anyway... We were watching a show at the Fair, sorta. Mostly we were all talking (being nerdy/geeky/whatever). Another sort of funny thing happened. I saw a girl I know from school pass by. I see her most every year at the fair, and usually say hi. Anyway, I shouted out her name (which, by the way, is Sophie) and it confused her, because she didn't see who was talking. I'm sure it happens to everyone very often, so you know what it's like. It's still sort of funny though. Anyway, she comes over and says hi and stuff (after realizing who had shouted her name), and somehow I'm declared popular... Ech... Popular is something I hope never to come near to being, but anyway. It was funny in it's own way, especially since it was all nerds who I was talking to. I found it funny, anyway.
So Sophie and her friend continue on down the path, and we all hang around for a while, and then my mom comes and tells me it's time to go. I walk to the entrance and sit down. My sister and her sort-of-boyfriend-person, Beau, arrive and sit down. The peasant's guild passes by singing "na na na na, hey hey, goodbye". It was very humorous, but completely inaccurate... Most of the Fair isn't true to the time. Eventually, we get home and I go to bed pretty quickly because I'm really tired.
So that's what happened then. I'm going to write a second entry after this for other stuff, because this one is long enough as it is. That'll be up tomorrow night.
Love & Peace
After note: I decided not to write any more, since there's not much more to say. I'm sort of in a bad mood for a reason I'll explain later.
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