-StagsCon quote: "Sabine was here" (with a crown dotting the "i")-
No particular dreams that jump out at me from this week, except maybe the one where we were reenacting a gunfight while using partially smashed flip-flops as shields. It occurs to me that dreams are probably the inspiration for most modern art.
Yesterday, I went to StagsCon, which was awesome. Somebody from my fencing group was getting a Pelican, so that was pretty exciting. I also got to see a tushload of nobility from all across the Outlands, including HM Sabine, our current queen (HM Maelgwn III couldn't make it), their highnesses Bela and Ana, Caerthe's baroness Mary of Blackthorn, and the baroness's dog, Isabel.
But court was only a small part of the day; most of my time was spent in classes about marshaling rapier combat. A large part of this discussion centered around youth -- you know how parents can get when they start discussing safety vs. helicopter parenting vs. how to handle rapier authorization for minors. It turns out there are all sorts of icky legal traps to fall in, like giving first aid to a minor without first getting their parents' permission.
Fortunately, my group only gets the occasional minor (most of our recruitment base is from the local college where we practice), so I probably won't have to deal with too much of this. Funny how the most complicated parts of SCA come from the fact that we live in a modern world.
Reality check. Oh, and StagsCon met in the local college too, hence producing a discussion about school, hence producing the chalkboard graffiti quoted at the beginning of this post. HM Sabine has an amusing sense of humor. In one class, she had to keep leaving and coming back, causing us to all stand up until she either sat down or left, bringing the class to a screeching halt. Finally she got tired of this and came in with one hand over her face and the other frantically gesturing "Down!"
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