Weekend

The weekend was an interesting one. I can say that I had a good time. Although it was kind of long and had lots of driving time. On Friday Kate and I headed up to to Dante and Djinn's house. We got there and about a half an hour later Antonio got there. Kate and I slept in the sewing room on an air matress. Antonio slept on the couch.

I rode with Antonio to the event while Kate Dante and Djinn were in the van. It was interesting to ride in his Honda Civic. It reminded me of all the years I spent driving a miniscule car. We had to crack the windows every now and then to keep them from fogging up. The event itself was cool, I've never been to an event like it before. It was set up like a tavern, complete with wenches. Kate couldn't be a wench because she wasn't 21. I was happy about this because this meant that I didn't have to watch ugly, old, drunken men fawn all over her(although she did get a little bit of that). But all it really meant was that she couldn't serve booze. She went and volunteered in the kitchen and as a server of food. So she still managed to disapear for almost the whole day. The fighting was interesting. I wish I could have warmed up more, because when I'm facing people like Celric and Dante I need to be at the top of my game. Celric has a group of melee fighters that he calls the Dragoons. He said that he was thinking about letting me join. But I don't know if I want to at this point. I have a lot of different friends, and I'd like to avoid conflicts of interest and loyalty on the field. Although it might be cool to belong to a group that is recognized. But as much as I like melee fighting, I like to be on my own when in a melee. I run around pretty fast, shift positions/angles of attack etc, and having to stay in a group or try and have a group keep up with me isn't always that fun. But I should probably learn to be a good melee fighter instead of just a good single fighter that disruptes the other teams melee plans. Anyway I didn't win any of the melee's, I was one of the last four in each fight though. And I won best death for being the first to actually keel over and act dead. After the melee's were over we went outside and did some pickups. I got to usher a reauthorization too. I didn't think the girl should have passed but Djin(who was being a marshal) sounded like she was looking for something specific in this person's fighting talked a lot about something she was doing wrong. And her trainer was there too so I just thought that they were going to let her in and then tell her trainer what to work on. But I would not have passed her, she wasn't ready, she could move ok but when she would throw shots she wasn't in control. But Djin and Duardo over-ruled me. The dinner was good and there was all kinds of games to play, board games and darts etc. Celric is a really funny drunk man. I am amazed that he is still alive because he says some of the most outrageous things. He is fun to banter with and talk to though. Dinner was very nice, I really need to get a mug of my own though. Maybe there will be some vendors at Caer Maer. I hope I can make that event, even though my parents will be out of town. I'll probably have to daytrip it.

On the way home Kate fell asleep in the car and Djin was really tired. Kate went to bed and passed out while I took a shower and then went to bed too. On Sunday we went to the mall so that Djin could drop of an application. She's a nice girl and can be very sweet. But if I was a boss I would not want her working for me. She is waaaay to high strung and headstrong. The sad thing is that it's probably a reaction to all the medication she is on. They kicked us out when we got back to the house. Dante and Djin are fun to go to events with but they aren't as much fun to socialize with. But oh well to each their own. We got back right at 9, we had talked about going over to Julies to watch a movie and taking Kate's laptop so that she could get her homework done. I think she did manage to get some work done. About the time we rolled up I started getting a craving for some hot wings. But it was best just to go along and watch the movie like we planned. It ended up being an interesting night.