Seattle is gray again!

I think this crazy thing they call summer in Seattle may have come to an end. Being punctual, it ended promptly on Labor Day. It wouldn't do to have people not able to wear their white shoes when the weather is still summer-y, after all. :)

We'll see if it stays chillier and gray or if it goes back to the summer weather (meaning 70s-80s, but always with a nice breeze and cooling off substantially at night)...

Had a lovely weekend, though! Jerome got his ears stretched just a wee bit more on Friday night (I'm still holding out for the day that I can get the 6 gauge tunnels in mine!) and then we sat around and watched "Boondock Saints," because we could. :)

Saturday, I made him a kilt, since we had decided that (a) we were done with the Vampire game, (b) would instead be heading to the Werewolf game, and (c) were planning to play Scottish Fianna. :) His kilt is awesome, and he has since decided that it is his favorite thing to wear around the apartment. He would wear it outside, too, if it had pockets. :) The Werewolf game is also awesome, and has every sign of becoming more so as we go on.

Sunday was Robert's party down in Gig Harbor, which was a lot of fun, despite the hour + each way drive. It didn't seem so far away when I stayed in Tacoma and went to his Halloween party a few years ago, but I now understand why people think Tacoma is so damn far away... cuz it IS! It's easily 30 miles from where we live, and then Gig Harbor is another 20-30 miles beyond Tacoma.

Monday, then, was spent mostly recovering from the running around of the previous couple of days. I got caught up on writing my articles for Shop Etsy, and have started working on some more crafts... as if I needed to get more stuff into my Etsy shop... :) Well, I don't, but it's okay, because I'm doing two local craft fairs this fall.

The first is the Seattle Punk Rock Flea Market, which is on September 15th, at 2407 1st Avenue (in Belltown). It runs from 10 a.m. till midnight, and costs $1 for shoppers to get in. But they will be having bands play starting at 6 p.m. Unfortunately, I have to clear out before the bands start, because that's also the night of the next Scion game. Ah well, c'est la vie.

The second is I <3 Indie Holidays, which is on November 24th (Saturday after Thanksgiving). I don't have many of the details on this one yet, as I'm sharing a table with three other ladies from EtsyRain, and one of them took care of all of the registration for our booth. I'll post more details when I have them. :)

Speaking of crafting and such... I'd say now is about a good time to start placing custom orders... sooner is better than later, especially on anything that may take me more than a few hours... :)

Surprisingly busy weekend, for feeling like I didn't really do a lot. I suspect that I really did, I just always feel like I didn't do much. Jerome worked for the majority of the weekend, so I sat around at the apartment quite a bit. :)

But I made a bunch of new cards made to list on Etsy, and I got some clothes listed on eBay. Not much writing mixed in there, because I just couldn't make myself sit down and write. I need to, though, because I've still got a few articles to write for Shop Etsy. Once those are done, I need to start scouting for more folks who are interested in having profiles done of their shops. Shouldn't be too hard, most Etsy sellers love publicity. :)

I've discovered a couple of gaming related things over the weekend. One is that it's much more fun to be an Eshu when you're out and about, getting into trouble with other Eshu. :) (I'm also anxiously awaiting my background XP for that character, so that I can buy some more abilities and such, because I'm kinda sad and pathetic right now. :) )

The second realization is that I really don't like the Camarilla, at least not when it is run correctly in a large LARP setting. It's very much anti-Democratic sensibilities (speaking in terms of the government system, not the political party). The little guys can't do a damn thing. :(

That being said, I think I'm gonna switch over to the Werewolf game that runs at the same time as the Camarilla game. Jerome is undecided at the moment if he wants to join me there, switch characters in the Cam game, or stick it out with his Malkavian. I told him to do what he wants to do in this case, because though I love gaming with him, our characters tend to not really get along, so it's not so much gaming with each other as gaming near each other. :)

Not sure what's going on this week, but next Monday is Labor Day, so hurrah upcoming long weekend! :)
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Ugh... Friday, and I'm already bored type person. I finished the big project that I was working on yesterday afternoon, and thus I have pretty much nothing on my plate for today. Well, there's some filing to do, which I'll get to in a bit, I suppose. :)

Tonight, we get to run a few errands, and maybe I'll get to write my background for my Vampire character. Tomorrow, I need to write some more articles for Shop Etsy, and then I've got Changeling and Vampire in the evening. Sunday should be mostly laid back, as per the usual. I'm mostly just hoping that if it does rain on Saturday again, that it won't be as cold, or that I'll be better dressed for it. Last Sunday I was all kinds of miserable with a bit of a cold. Luckily, it went away pretty quickly. :)

Well, at least it looks like it will be a lovely day today. I just wish there was a park where Jerome and I could have lunch on Fridays. He only gets half an hour for lunch on Fridays, so I will be taking him his lunch at his school, but being able to meet at a park half way would be so much nicer when it's all lovely out. :)
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Oh, lookie at that, I've just discovered that I have a goal for the Vampire game... :)

*taps fingers together, Mr. Burns style*

EXCELLENT!

First off, I'm not sure I like these new cake Oreo things, whatever the heck they're called. We kept seeing commercials for them, so we decided that we needed to try them. I am not impressed. Give me my Little Debbie Fudge Rounds instead. :)

In gaming news, I'd say right now that I'm 2 for 3. Scion on Friday was fabulous as always. Changeling was also fun. Vampire, I didn't have as much fun with, oddly enough.

I suspect that the first part of the problem was running around like a crazy person before the game, trying to change my clothes in the car, and then getting a phone call from Jerome that I couldn't take, because I was 4 floors underground. On top of that, I forgot to eat dinner, so I was a bit hungry. And then I was feeling like I was going to pass out or throw up, followed by feeling like I was freezing. So all in all, I wasn't in the greatest shape for an outdoor game. Oh, and there was no where to sit, other than the ground. :(

Also, the game itself seems a bit insular, a lot like the first OWBN game I ever went do. Jerome was whisked away by his fellow Malkavians within moments of getting in game (and he had fun with them), but it took me a good half hour before I found any Toreador to approach. One of the older Toreador then pawned me off on another brand new Toreador, and we had fun chatting, but I really didn't feel like I was doing much. I think the big size of the game really contributes to that--in a smaller game, there are so few people and so much to do that everyone can find something to do. In a big game, a few people take care of stuff, and leave everyone else to socialize... which they then do in small groups that don't welcome newcomers. Argh.

At any rate, next time, I'm going to bring chairs and wear more clothes. The chairs may have the unintended effect of rooting me to one conversation, but perhaps I can put them in a good spot. :) Oh, and I gotta remember to eat. :) (And maybe bring my iPod, just in case I really can't find anyone to talk to...)
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Ah, only my sister... Megan just called me to get directions to the Lemp Mansion. She's apparently driving around in St. Louis with Dad, and called me to see if I knew how to get there. Of course, I had no clue, but I did have the powers of the interwebz, so I got them directions. Go me! :)

(Oh, hey, now it makes sense... Dad's birthday is Sunday... that's why she's in St. Louis! :) )

Tis Friday, and I am happy. :) Scion tonight, Changeling and Vampire LARPs tomorrow night. w00t and such! :) Aside from that, I have a bunch of writing to do, and perhaps I should work on some crafty stuff at some point. Perhaps. :)

In the meantime, though, it is the birthday of one of my co-workers today, and she is ordering in a massively huge lunch for the office, involving all sorts of tastiness. I am sure I will be stuffed at lunch, and then eat more in the afternoon before I go home. :) Today is also Aiden's birthday (my friend Assie's son), though he will not be giving me lunch or any other meal. It's okay, he's only 2. :)

I haven't done End of the Work Week Wisdom in entirely too long, and I don't have any great ideas at the moment, so I'll leave you without it for this week. I'm hoping to get back in the habit again soonishly, however. :)
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Yes, that's right, the ScaryWhiteGirl is headed back into a LARP, from the depths of which she is never likely to fully return... :)

Okay, so I will actually return from the LARP, but yay!squee!w00t!, I found us a LARP. Or six.

At the Abney Park show on Saturday night, I got many compliments on my goggles, which are a fabulous pair of Russian goggles that I picked up on eBay. They are simply lovely. :) But anyway, the first person to compliment me on my goggles was standing fairly nearby me, chatting with another girl who was going to the show, and though I wasn't trying to eavesdrop, once I heard the words "Vanish from the Mind's Eye," they had my undivided attention. As soon as they reached a lull in their conversation, I blurted out "LARP or table top?", to which they responded "LARP."

HURRAH! :) The conversation then sped up to a mile a minute as I started pulling details out of the both of them. As it turns out, Emerald City Chronicles is the Camarilla Vampire game under the umbrella of the Emerald Chronicles. Said umbrella keeps five different games out of the rain... and they're all old World of Darkness! HURRAH! :)

The sixth game, as mentioned above, is actually the guy's Firefly LARP, to which I was invited, but sadly had to decline. Jerome's work schedule is a little bit unstable at the moment (which may bode poorly for the Scion game), and I think it will make my life a whole lot easier if I only go to games that are in relatively close proximity to home. Yes, the buses go everywhere in this city, but I've heard that they are odd on the east side of Lake Washington, and, well, that's where said Firefly game plays.

The EC games, on the other hand, are at UW, which is not too far at all from where we live. And oh my. Are there ever games. From 6-9 p.m., there are three games to choose from: Sabbat, Mage, or Changeling. Trust me, that is not an easy decision for me. And from 10 p.m.-2 a.m., there are two games to choose from: Camarilla or Werewolf. Gah! Again!

Right now, I'm going with Changeling in the early slot, and Camarilla in the late slot. What I think I like most about this is that if I decide that one or the other (or both) aren't my style, I have a few other games to try out to see how they fit. But I think I'm gonna like the two that I chose. The Cam game STs have been very quick to respond to my questions, and that makes me a very happy camper.

More on this later, I'm sure. :)
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