So, last Saturday friend-and-coworker Rebecca and I went out to the Renaissance Festival together. She picked me up about 9, we stopped at a gas station for Gatorade and got in a few minutes before ten. As we walked toward the center of the grounds (because I naturally gravitate toward the Bare Stage) we saw people in front of Bad Manor standing in a circle waiting for Spangoletta to start (that's...

This past weekend I attended the 4th Street Fantasy Convention , and these are my notes about what I found useful and interesting and what thoughts and ideas I had that were sparked from these panels: * How to Sound Smart on Panels. * How Has Fantasy Changed in the Last 20 Years. * Reasons Things Go Wrong ... In the Crafting of Stories. MP3s of the (so far) first two days of panels . ...

My karma, it is instant. A couple of days ago, I accidentally injured mischief03 while in martial arts class. Today, I accidentally injured myself. I lunged forward*, my knee turned out--and there was an awful pain in my knee as the joint did something it shouldn't ought to. I fell over, making the usual pain noises, swearing and so forth. There was much help and icing and eventually it felt...

I broke one of my favorite people tonight. We were working on arm-bars in grappling class and I got leverage at just the wrong angle and there was a pop-crunch noise and a really emphatic tap-out. Meep. I really hope it was just a temporary elbow dislocation or something else that will be fine on its own soon. And in the future, I will remember that mischief03 is a delicate flower...

Deleted from Chapter 10 716 / 2,730 (26.2%) Old Chapter wordcount: 2,730 New chapter wordcount: 1,937 Vicesteed Draft 1 wordcount: 207,877 Vicesteed Draft 2 current wordcount: 190,050 Which deleted scene is it anyway? Remove three miniature gold enamel roses from your hair and juggle them for ten passes. Feel pain at the mere thought of failing...

Maybe of interest to those whose schedules aren't convenient, but who are interested in studying martial arts or just generally getting in shape: my dojang has added classes over the lunch hour. They cover the same material as the evening classes. Students can attend all or either ( mischief03 is going to the noon class as well as three hours of evening classes. I'm working up to that level...