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Life and Renfaire
Friday was a good day; I got up early to meet someone as I was giving away a portable closet thanks to Craigslist. The guy who came to get it was well-spoken and, well, chatty. He talked with me for thirty minutes, but as he said, he's even better than Willamette Week, one of the local papers. Originally from Ohio, he'd spent many years in L.A. and has been in Portland a little over a year; from the clues in the conversation, I think we were around the same age. I came back upstairs and did email and beta'ed before heading over to my friend Yvonne's house. Her partner Jill had surgery on Wednesday; I didn't think she'd be home until Saturday, but she was the one who greeted me a bit groggily at the door. I cleaned their house for them; it was something I'd wanted to do to give back to them, and neither of them are at full physical strength. I'd gone to get Yvonne's 13-year old son from school on Wednesday and spent the evening, and Yvonne herself ended up in the ER before coming home around 12:15 a.m. At any rate, I was glad to be able to give back a little bit. Jill had been given some flowers and the three cats had absolutely gone to town. They are such adorable but terrible beasties! There was baby's breath everywhere when I showed up.
Today was Renfaire. Very exciting! I had my directions and then… football travesty. What should have been an hour and 45 minute drive turned into three hours to get to the Faire. I went through Corvallis, where Oregon State University is. It was also game day, before a home football game. There was an accident, there were loads of people. I had two or three primal screams in my car, the likes of which I've not had since I was driving across the desert of Arizona and California. But I made it there, and was in costume and felt so very much at home; it really was a wonderful time. There weren't as many stages and events as I would have liked, but there were some fun vendors and *loads* of fun people-watching. I did get a pin for myself ("Kilt Inspector") and I bought another couple for two people:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
wolfiekins and elfscribe5, keep an eye on your mailboxes, as there are wee gifts coming your way. The sun was very intense, and there was precious little shade. I had on my SPF 55 sunscreen on my face, and given that I was in velvet, it was built-in sunblock. I got a couple of wonderful compliments on my dress, but nobody actually recognized it! Maybe it's been too long since The Two Towers came out. There were people dressed in Renaissance garb, faerie garb, pirates, knights, neo-Goths, normies, even a Roman or two. Very eclectic attire. And next weekend, in Portland proper is the 2008 Portland Pirate Festival. I think I'm going to see if I can cajole evannichols into going to that with me, both for fun and also so I can wear my costume again. It's not pirate-ish necessarily, but these things tend to blend together. If you show up in any kind of costume, you get some kind of karmic points. I really, really loved walking around in my costume today and chatting with people. I felt so at home, even though I was in the middle of nowhere in Oregon. My drive home was gorgeous; I took the Kings Valley Highway up to Dallas, OR, and then over to I-5. Some beautiful country I got to drive on, though it's been so sunny for so long that there's a lot of dry grass around, which reminds me of Wenatchee.
Rather than go on and on anymore about my day, here are the pics I took. Enjoy!
Bagpiper
Thev and a Pirate, who will be at next week's event
Renfaire couple
View of the food and people milling around
Back view of a Knight, with an important reminder message
Celts!!
Thev allowed on a Celt's lap. ;)
A father and two sons, all dressed in the same time period. I thought they were lovely.
Musicians! A harpist and dulcimer player. She also sang, and had a hurdy-gurdy.
Who can resist a Knight? They jousted at 4 o'clock. I stayed for a while, long enough to receive some fabric flowers from a different Knight, but then I headed home. This one begged me to stay to watch them on their horses. They were from Colorado.
Intro of the Knights. There were four; only two in this picture, though. The one at the far end in blue and yellow is who I got my picture taken with.
I think I'm going to sleep in tomorrow!! I also watched "The Double Life of Veronique" Friday night and was just as moved by it as I remembered from the past. I have writings in both HP and Wraeththu to type in, but I'm a bit sun-drained. Today was also the first time, I realized, that I'd actually left the Portland environs since I moved here. Five hours on the road, in costume. It was such great fun, though. I already miss that kind of environment.
No news either from Reed or Pacifica. I don't know what's going on, work-wise. I was contacted by another staffing agency and I have an appointment with a very charismatic woman there at 10:30 Monday morning, hopefully to lead to an interview with another company shortly thereafter. I continue to hope that I'll make it to Reed, as I think I'd be a great fit with them. I also heard back from the State of Oregon about the first of two jobs I applied for; I seem to have qualified. I have no idea what that means; maybe it means I'll get an interview. I've never tried to work for The State, regardless of the state I've worked in, but Oregon seems rather complicated. Still, nice of them to let me know that I'm qualified for an Administrative Assistant position. Hopefully that will actually lead to an interview, but if not, that's okay too.
Much love to you all!!.
Today was Renfaire. Very exciting! I had my directions and then… football travesty. What should have been an hour and 45 minute drive turned into three hours to get to the Faire. I went through Corvallis, where Oregon State University is. It was also game day, before a home football game. There was an accident, there were loads of people. I had two or three primal screams in my car, the likes of which I've not had since I was driving across the desert of Arizona and California. But I made it there, and was in costume and felt so very much at home; it really was a wonderful time. There weren't as many stages and events as I would have liked, but there were some fun vendors and *loads* of fun people-watching. I did get a pin for myself ("Kilt Inspector") and I bought another couple for two people:
wolfiekins and elfscribe5, keep an eye on your mailboxes, as there are wee gifts coming your way. The sun was very intense, and there was precious little shade. I had on my SPF 55 sunscreen on my face, and given that I was in velvet, it was built-in sunblock. I got a couple of wonderful compliments on my dress, but nobody actually recognized it! Maybe it's been too long since The Two Towers came out. There were people dressed in Renaissance garb, faerie garb, pirates, knights, neo-Goths, normies, even a Roman or two. Very eclectic attire. And next weekend, in Portland proper is the 2008 Portland Pirate Festival. I think I'm going to see if I can cajole evannichols into going to that with me, both for fun and also so I can wear my costume again. It's not pirate-ish necessarily, but these things tend to blend together. If you show up in any kind of costume, you get some kind of karmic points. I really, really loved walking around in my costume today and chatting with people. I felt so at home, even though I was in the middle of nowhere in Oregon. My drive home was gorgeous; I took the Kings Valley Highway up to Dallas, OR, and then over to I-5. Some beautiful country I got to drive on, though it's been so sunny for so long that there's a lot of dry grass around, which reminds me of Wenatchee. Rather than go on and on anymore about my day, here are the pics I took. Enjoy!
Bagpiper
Thev and a Pirate, who will be at next week's event
Renfaire couple
View of the food and people milling around
Back view of a Knight, with an important reminder message
Celts!!
Thev allowed on a Celt's lap. ;)
A father and two sons, all dressed in the same time period. I thought they were lovely.
Musicians! A harpist and dulcimer player. She also sang, and had a hurdy-gurdy.
Who can resist a Knight? They jousted at 4 o'clock. I stayed for a while, long enough to receive some fabric flowers from a different Knight, but then I headed home. This one begged me to stay to watch them on their horses. They were from Colorado.
Intro of the Knights. There were four; only two in this picture, though. The one at the far end in blue and yellow is who I got my picture taken with.
I think I'm going to sleep in tomorrow!! I also watched "The Double Life of Veronique" Friday night and was just as moved by it as I remembered from the past. I have writings in both HP and Wraeththu to type in, but I'm a bit sun-drained. Today was also the first time, I realized, that I'd actually left the Portland environs since I moved here. Five hours on the road, in costume. It was such great fun, though. I already miss that kind of environment.
No news either from Reed or Pacifica. I don't know what's going on, work-wise. I was contacted by another staffing agency and I have an appointment with a very charismatic woman there at 10:30 Monday morning, hopefully to lead to an interview with another company shortly thereafter. I continue to hope that I'll make it to Reed, as I think I'd be a great fit with them. I also heard back from the State of Oregon about the first of two jobs I applied for; I seem to have qualified. I have no idea what that means; maybe it means I'll get an interview. I've never tried to work for The State, regardless of the state I've worked in, but Oregon seems rather complicated. Still, nice of them to let me know that I'm qualified for an Administrative Assistant position. Hopefully that will actually lead to an interview, but if not, that's okay too.
Much love to you all!!.
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