07/30/00 -- A Faire bit of fun

Or, I'm not quite dead yet...

Just to let you know I'm not dead...  Went to Ren Faire today with Boo and Jonah.  It was the final day for this year's faire and was on the crowded side (we had the foresight to buy tickets before we got there which saved us standing-in-line time outside the faire).  The weather didn't stay overcast, so it was pretty warm which was fine while I was wearing a tank-top and my fishnet arm thingies, but got a little annoying after I shopped and wound up wearing a velvety dress and bodice.   But I had fun: got a fishnet patterned sunburn on my shoulders and upper arms, bought a goth-as-fuck faire outfit, and got fitted for custom moccasins that go all the way to my knees.  Now I just have to be patient until Christmas time when I'll get my moccasins.  I can't wait!  I want them now!  Alas, they don't deal in instant gratification...

If you want a Clarion retrospective, I think it's going to wait a little while.  I'm just barely managing to ooze back into my real life.  I still think, "Hey, I can go downstairs and find Jennifer and we can ..."  But, no, we can't.  I'm still not quite with it at work.  I'd rather be anywhere but the office when I'm there.  I'm just physically there, anyway.  Mentally I'm everywhere: Owen Hall, Van Hoosen, Chili's with Jennifer and Mark, Archives, Meijer...

I'm trying to finish a story.  I'm looking at stories to revise.  I'm trying to sort a novel out in my head.  I know how it is going to start (that was the easy part, I think).  I know vaguely where it is going to go.   I just have to sit down and do something with it.

So I'll stop stalling now.

Maybe Faire will work its way into my head and start something there.  At least plant a little seed of excitement over the part of my life that isn't writing.  The part I'm not really in the mood to deal with yet.