Tag, you’re it! |
Well, I'm a sucker, I guess. I snickered because Martina hadn't tagged me, without realizing that her damn wiener sister had already nailed me. Grrh. TEN THINGS ABOUT ME YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW: I ...
Posted by Cris J on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:38:00 PST |
Mourning the Loss of a Childhood Idol |
It's funny how things hit you when you're not expecting them.I'm not really known for being a very sentimental guy. If anything, I probably come off as a bit remote, to most people. Opening up about h...
Posted by Cris J on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:19:00 PST |
Day 7 of Estrella War. Monday Feb 20 |
Monday is bug-out day. Some of the real quitters have packed up the night before and are already sitting at home by now. I cannot drive when I am drunk and tired, though, so we take it nice and easy. ...
Posted by Cris J on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 12:14:00 PST |
Day 6 of Estrella War. Sunday Feb 18 |
Sunday, bloody sunday.Last night we went to the royal court. Martina was chosen to present a new charter for a Falconry guild to the King and Queen of Caid (I live in that Kingdom, within the SCA...lo...
Posted by Cris J on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 12:04:00 PST |
Day 5 of Estrella War. Saturday Feb 18 |
Saturday. Finally, most of the other nuts are here, and the spending has really hit its stride. Customers come by the booth in drifts like dirty, reddish-brown snowmen, looking for respit from the war...
Posted by Cris J on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 11:51:00 PST |
Day 4 of Estrella War. Friday Feb 17 |
TGIF (yeah, right...I've been here for three days. I'll thank God when it's Monday).Business is booming. My drop shipment of extra games has arrived. Most of the dust is finally out of the kitchen and...
Posted by Cris J on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 05:30:00 PST |
Day 3 of Estrella War. Thursday Feb 16 |
God damn it. I lost my text.I'll do it again. Dammit. This is exactly how the week was going. We had more help show up. Mindy came in the night before. She's in my friends list as "Black Rose Falls." ...
Posted by Cris J on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 05:16:00 PST |
Day 2 of Estrella War. Wednesday Feb 15 |
Dawn brought us a festive breakfast of fried spam. Don't knock it until you've tried it....We set up our respective sales booths and the first of our help arrived. Martina's first booth-tard (or "lack...
Posted by Cris J on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 04:39:00 PST |
Day 1 of Estrella War. Tuesday Feb 14 |
We drove. And drove. And just to break the monotony, we drove occasionally. Actually the trip was a very uneventful 6 hours or so. We arrived at the site of Estrella War about an hour before dark, rea...
Posted by Cris J on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 04:20:00 PST |
Off to Estrella War! |
Not much of a diary-keeper, but I'll give this a try anyway. Next week I'm off to Estrella War. For those of you not in the know, Estrella War is an event for the Society for Creative Anachronis...
Posted by Cris J on Sun, 12 Feb 2006 06:16:00 PST |
