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Veteran's Day and an Etiquette Question
2003-05-28 - 8:25 p.m.
Core Dump on Nothing in Particular
I thought I'd get back in the habit of writing again. Why? Beats me. I'm sure everyone got along just fine without me, but I'm in the mood (and I finally have a few spare minutes to talk about basically anything that comes to mind. I know you missed me. Really. You don't have to tell me, I know you did!
Well, I've already started the beginning of my process for my next A&S project. I sorta have a reputation (tiny as it is) to live up to. I've done some reading and a little bit of writing (about a page or so) and now I need to let it germinate into actual documentation. That's how it works for me. I read, then I wait, then it just basically pours out of my head through my fingers then onto a word processing program and finally onto paper.
Somewhere in the process, what I read solidifies itself into something coherent and once that happens, all I need to do is type and then clean up the grammar. It's how I've always done it.
Once, in High School, tried to write a term paper the right way, and the teacher took pity on me and gave me a D for effort (it was on Jackson Pollock the painter). The following year, we had to come up with a topic and then the paper was due on a certain date. They didn't care how we got to the final project as long as we had one. I got an A.
So far, I've been doing some very basic weaving projects, and I'll probably stay in the basic structures for a while, but that's just me. That's how I plan to learn my craft, from the ground up.
My next A&S piece will be at Pennsic and it's "just" a twill (the same twill as the Shinrone Gown, to be exact). I have to admit, now that I'm beginning to get over the fear of documentation, it's not as bad as I thought it would be.
I really wish the rain would end. I've got a pavilion that's basically balled up on the front porch waiting for enough of a non-rainy day to spread it out to really dry out. We've got to do some cleaning on it too, and I can't remember the solution to clean the canvas if my life depended on it. It's sunforger and it's the type that's mildew resistant, fire retardant and something else I can't remember off the top of my head... if anyone knows the "recipe" feel free to leave it in my guestbook or email me.
The dogs are home from camp, and I have to say that I prefer them at camp to actually taking them to events where I have things going on. That was just a disaster waiting to happen. Period. I've also decided that I'm not going to try to do 14 things at one event. I give Gorm a hard time because he can't choose a weapons form for a weekend. Well, I'm just as bad, except it's not a weapons form, it's usually service and A&S in some combination.
I got a chance to see the baronial favors I made this weekend and I have to say that I'm pretty impressed with myself. I hadn't expected them to turn out as well as they did. I got one right! That's good!
Work is, well.. work. I'm still not overjoyed, and I'm still searching for something else, but until then, it's a paycheck.
Please don't forget to answer my survey... it's research for a small business idea... all comments appreciated, no reasonable offer refused!!! It won't take five minutes, I PROMISE!
