Musing On A Sunday Afternoon.

.....We were over at Gwen's last night and watched 'Army of Darkness'. Lot's of quotables from that movie. Definitely a guilty pleasure as it is a very BAD movie! :-) But funny none the less, at least to me. :-) I had to go and find a few icons for this today. :-) This icon has one of my favorites from the movie. :-)

.....I'm not sure if this is making up for it, but I caught 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen' on T.V. A Terry Gilliam favorite of mine. Not necessarily a 'good' movie either (I'm not entirely sure what the critics thought of it). But it's one of those movies I can see a million times and still watch it again. :-)

.....Was drooling at the Amazon Web-Site and saw that Guy Gavriel Kay is coming out with a new book soon. 'Under Heaven' is the name of it. Looks like it is going to be set in a Ancient Chinese setting. Kay is one of those authors who can be really, really good or really, really boring. I absolutely love 'The Fionavar Tapestry' trilogy. 'The Sarantine Mosaic' is excellent! But I was bored with 'Tigana' and 'A Song for Arbonne'. 'The Last Light of the Sun' (a 'Norse' retelling) was an absolute bore. We'll see how this one turns out. I haven't read a whole lot of good stuff lately and am in the mood for some good epic fantasy.

.....Definitely a lazy day. Only completed a few chores (cleaned litter boxes, took out the trash and cleaned the kitchen). I should probably do more, but probably will not. Three day weekends are definitely rejuvanating. :-) And it was a long and frustrating week last week, even without the Big Boss on site. Next week does not look promising either.

.....I did call Mom to see if she wanted to get her weekly shopping done. She stalled for a few minutes and then sheepishly asked if I would call her tomorrow as she wanted to finish watching the Daytona 500 on T.V. I hung up laughing. The Rogers' family Oklahoma roots shine through once again. Reading Tolkien is probably the only thing that prevents us from being total White Trash. :-)

.....TBT and I went to Druim Doineann's 'Holly and Ivy' event yesterday. TBT went there to teach a couple of classes. I probably should have stayed home and done some chores, but TBT was planning a discussion on the subject of a Royal Patron. I was interested in hearing this discussion and seeing what kind of questions would be asked by the citizenry of Druim Doineann, so I tagged along.

.....I was remembering the time when Dragon's Laire was interested in having Royal Patrons and we sought out Earl Sir Strider and Countess Kathryn to fulfill this roll. There were some objections to doing this back then and I was curious to see if Druim Doineann had the some sort of dissension. But really I should have known better. Dragon's Laire in the late '80's was a much different place than Druim Doineann in 2010. The citizens of Clallam and Jefferson Counties have a different mindset than those who reside in Kitsap County. Comparing the two for similarities would be like comparing apples and mushrooms for taste. They just shouldn't be compared.

.....TBT emphasized how a Royal Patron could bring the Kingdom into Druim Doineann and introduce people and concepts and arts and expertise that wouldn't normally travel to Druim Doineann. This would be of great advantage to Druim Doineann. They want to learn new art and new ways of doing things, so I could see this as being a good thing for them.

.....They mentioned the fact that they have a very rural outlook on things and don't necessarily want to change that a great deal. I hadn't thought of that per se. One of the things that really drew me to the SCA was the pageantry. The chivalry and 'aires' and formalness that comes with dealing with great people and noble concepts. These are things that bring a little thrill to my being as they are things that touch my soul.

.....I'll have to give this some thought and remember it when I think of Druim Doineann. The things they want aren't necessarily the things I cherish. After the discussion I looked at my conversations with them, and observed the conversations they had with each other, in a new light.

.....Lots of good conversation during the day with Her Excellency Brighid, Conchobar and Eilidh, Ki and Eliza, Madrun, and others. A good day all in all.

.....A long day too. We made it back into Silverdale around 6PM and went looking for someplace to have dinner. Silverdale was just packed with people out for a Valentine's Day dinner! All of our favorite places were crowded. We finally ended up going to our 'Crappy Chinese Buffet' as we hadn't been there for a while. And I was reminded why rather quickly. :-)

.....Then we ran over to Gwen's to pick up Rhys, where we found the entire household caught up in Farmville! A whole new batch of corrupted people! :-) We watched 'Army of Darkness' and then caught this week's episode of 'Project Runway'. Sigh, another guilty pleasure of mine. Kinda embarrassing too. The guys at work I think would tease me completely if they knew I watched it. :-)

.....Hard to believe that next week is Candlemas. I'd like to pull out my gemshorn and play some at the event. I do not think I'm doing any judging, but there will be some interesting things there to see. If I'm properly motivated, maybe I'll bring some dance stuff too.

.....Maybe we can persuade RedBow to bring one of her new Ocarina's and play something for us too. :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.