Friday Miscellania.

[arontius]

.....It was good to see The Beloved Tamm (TM) geek out with friends last night. With just Rhys and I at home, she needs to have the opportunity to have an ADULT CONVERSATION every now and then. And just for the record, I did not feel 'run off' by anyone. It looked like Tamm was having great fun and I did not want to interrupt. Besides, I answered e-mail and then promptly fell asleep. :-)

.....Off to a Pelican meeting tomorrow at Ursulmas. Hope that the snow stays to a minimum. I don't mind driving in it, just makes any commute that much longer. Plus, we'd really like Rhys to get some more 'kid time' with Nimue and family, and snow would put a real damper on that.

.....Is Mistress Khalja going to be at Ursulmas? I need to find out. She said that she might be able to fit my armor into her load of stuff going to Estrella. I have to talk to her about it and see what arrangements I have to get made, and how much it is going to cost. I'm getting excited though. Can't wait to go! :-)

.....Was putting on armor the other day and ran across a favor that Dame Ellen had made for me a while back. It was a really nice gesture and I certainly appreciated it. It was always a reminder that someone really always has cared about who I am and what I did. I asked The Beloved Tamm (TM) the other day if she would make me a favor to wear. I thought that maybe she would laugh or look at me as if wondering why I needed one. But she actually seemed happy to take it on as a new Project. Some people seem to have the opinion that 'favors' are not what 'serious' SCA players do. But, I don't agree. Maybe it is just a romantic idea on my part. But I like the symbolism involved. The chivalry and the reminder that you do not champion a cause or call forth a challenge just for yourself. Doing something for another like this makes you responsible for a little bit of their honour as well. Gives you a different, and more awesome, aspect of this game we are playing. Kinda gives you goosebumps if you think about it at all. :-)

.....Thinking of challenges, the following Saturday is Candlemas. Traditionally, that is when the call goes out for Sargeantry candidates. I haven't heard anything from Her Excellency Brighid, so I'm guessing that She is still mulling over the whole concept. I understand why She is unsure about how to progress, but I don't necessarily agree with all of Her reasoning (but it is O.K. for friends to disagree, right? :-)). I DO agree with Her that the whole concept has changed since its early days. But for my part, I relish the challenge of seeing whether or not I have the knowledge and skill-set to actually BE a member of the Sargeantry. It's something I have wanted to do for a long time. Not as any sort of 'peerage stepping stone', but for everything I would learn and experience in the process. If Her Excellency decides that She really doesn't want to take this on this year, maybe She wouldn't mind if I went to another for the challenge? I'll have to talk to Her about it.

.....Gotta run, looks like a busy Friday already. But it IS Friday! Yeah!!!

.....Arontius / Aaron.

Comments

[tsuruko-sensei.livejournal.com]

I'd love to talk to you about it. Yes, it sure has changed over the years.

Sargentry

[fear-the-cow.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm still around. And I actually *have* most of the material associated with it. If you ever do decide to have a serious discussion about it, I'd love to weigh in - having been on both sides of the fence so to speak.

-Jacques

Re: Sargentry

[derekl1963.livejournal.com]

I'd love to be a fly on the wall for those discussions... I've always been fascinated by the Searjeantry.

Re: Sargentry

[fear-the-cow.livejournal.com]

"I've always been fascinated by the Searjeantry"

Well, I'm sure that's all because of *me*. :)

Seriously though, it is really a matter of the group. It is different things in dirrerent baronies, and difeerent things in the same barony depending on who is running things.

A lot of it is up to the powers that be, but at the same time, you have to have a group of individuals who are willing to make it be that way as welll.

Sargentry has been a pretty quiet subject in DL for a while as far as I know. I'd love to see it take off and be what it was (in terms of numbers) when I was still a Gallant. But that is up to TE and the remaining sargentry.