It's Thursday!

[arontius]

.....It's Thursday and it is a wonderful day, no matter what really happens. :-) The Crier is DONE and shipped off to the printer in Idaho. Man alive, I've never had as many problems putting together a Crier as I had with this issue. Anything that could go wrong, did. the calendar had to be rebuilt. Autocrats were especially bad this month at missing information. My Crier file corrupted and had to be rebuilt. But it's over! My 24th issue. Only 12 more left to go!

.....As it turns out, there was a silver lining to The Crier being late. There is an event next month that Their Majesties want to attend. But an EIF was not on file and no copy was submitted to The Crier. There were some frantic phone calls and e-mail traffic (and IM'ing) last night, but everything was wrapped up and I slid in their copy about ten minutes before I uploaded the page to the Idaho Falls facility. Wow! Talk about last minute! They lucked out! Kharma is definitely on their side. I think that I want to go to their event now and buy some lottery tickets on the way. :-)

.....Working The Crier last night of course meant I had to miss Fight Practice. I wasn't sure about starting up again on the night of the final Duramen Tourney in any case. But I got some abuse from several others for not being there, good excuse not withstanding. There will not be any excuses to hide behind next Wednesday, so I expect to get the crap beat out of me. Sigh! Better put in some extra padding sometime between now and then. I'm going to need it. :-)

.....Tonight is the Wyvern Meeting in Poulsbo. The Wyvern's are the Dragon's Laire 'Order' of Service in the Barony. We meet on an infrequent basis to discuss membership into the order. How to get organized so that someone is actually tracking candidates. Setting up for ceremonies at upcoming events (which ensures that we have medallions ready and speakers for the 'candidates'). The last meeting was excruciating. It was on a Monday after a long day of work and I had to concentrate just on not falling asleep. But because of that I didn't speak my own mind on several issue. I may see about getting out of work an hour or so early today so I can go home and take a nap before the meeting. Hey, it's a good excuse.

.....Looking forward to the weekend. Laurellen is coming over for movies. 'Lord of the Rings' is in the queue. I'll have the popcorn ready! Laurellen says that I cannot hiss at the screen when Liv Tyler comes onto it. :-) But maybe we'll negotiate so that I can throw popcorn at the TV instead. It doesn't make any noise so it should be allowable, right? :-)

.....Next week will be devoted to clearing the queue of circlet orders (three each) and getting myself squared away with Scroll-work for Their Excellencies. I will go on out to the Baronial Scribe and grab a bunch of scrolls to pass out (and mail, we have painters in Spokane not. We're EXPANDING! :-)). Mariette has at least one new charter done. I hope to twist THL Conchobar's arm enough to come up with a new charter as well (he tentatively agreed earlier, but has been waffling, so I'll have to work on him).

.....I have some ideas penciled for new Ceremonies as well. Was looking for a reference in one of the Icelandic Sagas and found a way cool description of a sea battle that will lend itself well (with some local embellishment) to a ceremony. It is rather on the longish side. So I'll write a long version and this time will immediately write out a shortened version. It's on the agenda though. Alongside the next volley of the Sonnet War. I've been itching ot sit down and get that written for a little while now.

.....Gotta get Lobelia ready to go for September Crown as well. I'm taking that Friday off (I put in a leave chit for it last year :-)). So I think that I'll take off early and make a day of it doing a leisurely drive of Whidbey Island. Deception Pass is really cool.

.....Well, time to start the day, I can hear something coming my way now. See you all later.

.....Aaron / Arontius.

Comments

[angharadalbanes.livejournal.com]

Regarding the Wyvern Meeting: Sit next to me, and I'll prod you awake if needed, 'cause I think we're on the same page about a few folks.

Regarding LOTR: Are y'all watching the whole trilogy? One of these days, when the kids are older, I plan on inviting the two of you over for a trilogy viewing on our big screen. No hissing allowed, of course, but sighs of appreciation for Sir Ian McKellen and Bernard Hill will be permitted. ;-)

[mrq-laurellen.livejournal.com]

Wow, are you really sure you want both Arontius and I at an LOTR viewing? We're just as likely to have a protracted discussion about the aspects of the movie as watch it. :)

MST2K? :-)

[arontius]

Actually, it would be more like 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' for the Tolkien geek crowd. :-) But sounds like fun! :-)

Arontius.

[the-thread-lady.livejournal.com]

I'll take the other side.

When you do LOTR the marathon, let me know. I want to sigh over Hugo Weaving.

Hissss!

[mrq-laurellen.livejournal.com]

I never said that Liv Tyler was off limits as far as hissing was concerned. I only ever said that maybe we shouldn't hiss at her.

The replacement of Glorfindel with that Hollywood hussy still rankles, several years and viewings later.

Re: Hissss!

[arontius]

Hmmm, I almost ALWAYS start booing when Faramir comes onto the screen. Peter Jackson butchered Faramir as far as I'm concerned. So popcorn WILL be thrown. :-)

Arontius.

[schaezen.livejournal.com]

I have not yet had my all-3-extended versions in one day viewing session; much complicated by the fact that I have no TV and have to depend on someone else to have a session. One of these days, though...

So, um, is your couch taken for September Crown?