So that I don't forget this later. At practice we had six people in armor: me, Magnus, Akira, Amber, Karl, and Tommy. Out of armor: Hamish, Fiona, Eva, Albrecht, the guy from Mistig whose name I've forgotten, Samuel, and Samuel's mom. Tristen and his fiance were there briefly to drop off the pell, which Magnus then took home. I played with my new ( Read more... )

A few months ago (I think it was January - I remember snow on the ground, so that must have been January) I finished building a pretty new shield. It's a center-grip small-kite-ish teardrop thing. Last night I went to Hamish and Fiona's and we built a practice shield out of plywood so that I can practice without destroying the pretty ( Read more... )

Two weeks ago we had a nice big fighter's practice, with visitors from out of town to fill out our ranks. 22 people in total, with 15 in armor - Abelard, Magnus, Leone, Tristen, Karl, Randall, Sir Kaydian, Sir Thomas, Sir Valerius, Ambrose, Gabrielle, Hamish, Nissan, Dru, Akira - and nine out of armor: Theresa, Dahrien, Alexander, DJ, Mrs. DJ and ( Read more... )

Thursday night at practice Tristen, Leone, Magnus, Murdoch, Karl, and Jean hit each other with sticks while Dingo, Hamish and I worked on the pell and offered suggestions. We commented on Karl's new 'orc helm', which needs to be re-worked; we got Karl to throw shots using his hips, and we talked about footwork in general. And it was good ( Read more... )

We had a lovely turnout last night at fighter's practice. Jean, Valerius, Magnus, Tristen, Karl, Murdoch, Randall, Rhys, and Ulrich all part on armor and beat each other for awhile while Hamish (who had loaned out part of his kit), Andrew Greencloak (who has been out of armor for a little while) and I (who am sick, and also had loaned out my helmet ( Read more... )

I'm sick. As a dog, one might say. I'm so sick that I'm snoring at night even *with* a CPAP blowing air down my nose and throat. I've driven Laura from the bed once that I know of, because I was moaning and restless and snoring and I don't know what all. (And saying 'Er' somewhat frequently.) I think I'm actually on the up-swing now - I've been ( Read more... )

Wednesday night I went to Madison for fighter's practice. I fought a few people - notably ('cause I knew their names) Hunter and Kaydian, then joined in a melee. 3 on 3, with me, Jean, and Svein vs Gerald, Hunter, and Hrothgar. After a couple passes we swapped Svein for Kaydian, and after a few more passes the other team switched Hrothgar for ( Read more... )

Last night's practice in Chicago was cancelled. This morning drifting and blowing snow made the drive to work loooong and painful. Tonight *should* be Jara practice, but I guess we'll see. Tomorrow night will be local practice, anyway ( Read more... )

Did I miss two weekends-worth of posts? I guess I did ( Read more... )

For Christmas, Laura got me components for a new computer and Ben put it together. To supplement this, our friend Henry (who was in on it) bought me a gaming keyboard and mouse. I've mentioned this before.

Henry also bought Laura a new gaming headset - a Corsair Vengeance 2100. ( Making it Work )