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We ended up at Feast of the Hare for four hours, which was the right length of time. I found it a little hard... like jumping into cold water... I left Ottawa under so many strong emotions, and so quickly. I didn't get to talk to everyone I would have liked to, but almost. People were very friendly, and exactly how I left them. It was like three months had passed instead of eight years. A bit uncanny really. Bug was a hit in her Elizabethan outfit and I was so proud to be able to show off my handsome hubband and my adorable bug! Paul fought in his first ever tourney, took out a knight, and received many bruises plus a whole bunch of instruction after the tourney. He was in little fighter-geek heaven. Sorry Borealis, your instructional aspect is so not comparing well to the eastern kingdoms. Today we went out for walk in the glorious weather and I had a long nap. I picked up a cold at Hare and I'm glad I made the decision not to let Bug circulate. Tonight we return to Montreal. I've decided I need, as we say to Paul's teenage son, an Attitude Adjustment concerning Montreal. I'm going to try a little harder to make this relationship (me + Montreal) work. Bug's new habit is trumpeting like an elephant, which involves a complicated lip/bubbling/vocal combination. It's very funny. Tags: bug, costuming, hare, montreal Current Mood: contemplative
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I don't even know where to start. I had a blast. The week of spending 10 hours a day on emails seems to have been worth it. I made it into the order of the White Wolf Fian ( project links behind cut ). It was a long year. 3 new challengers too! *squeeee* Emily read something in court on behalf of the children of the Barony. So much heart strings pulled. *dies* I dragged gaynip up and down stairs all day long. She put in about a 9 hour lady-in-waiting shift with a possible hang over. AND j_v_lynch and I barely bickered at all!! Court was... so wacky. I laughed so hard I cried. It was insane. Today was a Baronial Counsel meeting. We covered a lot of stuff. ladyblacksmith gave me some really fantastic award recs afterwards. Must remember to tell Lynch. Lydia is sick. Fever and cough. I am certain she over did it yesterday. She plays very hard. I'm exhausted.
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Saw this article today, thought I'd post it because, well, because it supports one of my personal dieting mantras*. "No fruit juice!" is something I'm militant about. To my mind drinking fruit juice is exactly the same as drinking regular soda - a giant calorie bomb of sugar with no feeling of fullness. The process of making juice is the process of extracting the beneficial part of the fruit - the fiber - and leaving the part that's there to make humans want to consume it - the sugar. There's nothing magical or special about fructose that makes it healthier than the sugar used in soda. Sugar is sugar, it all exists to carry calories into your body. If you are dieting and thinking that having fruit juice is your healthy option, you are shooting yourself in the foot. Ounce for ounce, soda has fewer calories, and neither one is providing any significant health benefits. You might as well have a Coke and a smile, because (from the article), "The upside of juice consumption is so infinitesimal compared to the downside that we shouldn't even be having this discussion," said Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at UC San Francisco. * Nobody said I had to be impartial!Tags: diet
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A dilemma.
Auditions for Urinetown are Nov. 28, show is in March. Audition for Producers will be...march-ish, for a show in July. That could mean it is impractical to take an ASL class in the spring, I am not sure I can devote a night a week if I get into both shows. This bums me out a bit, I am still enjoying ASL classes more than any other schooling I have ever done. I really want to do level 4, but it's a hard lesson to learn in life that you can't do everything.
Now, there is a chance I won't get into Urinetown. Not for lack of talent I think, but it's primarily a Carleton U production, and I suspect they favour Carleton students if they get enough of them with talent to audition. I didn't get the part in Batboy, even though I am pretty sure I did a kick ass audition. So, if I don't get into Urinetown, I will then have a tough decision. I could take ASL, and hope I can jig the schedule for Producers such that it conflicts as little as possible, but I'd still probably end up missing the end of the course schedule. This also assume of course I get into Producers, which also isn't a guarantee, but I think I have a good chance at least at a chorus role.
One thing at a time I guess.
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