Winged Rivers

Sweet times were had today!!

I thought I worked at 230 today. So I figured "If I leave the Faire at 130, I should be at work!"

So I went.

And had a lot of fun. XD

Carolyn was AWESOME and gave me her old corset and dress. Which I WUV. I didn't fully realize that they were mine 'til I got home from work, looked at it and realized, "HOLY SHIT. They're mine!!"

Anyway. So we dressed up and left; Me, Kuro, Carolyn, Kent, and their friend Josh (who is a really nice guy!). After a small stop at Wendy's for grub, we headed out to Mt. Pleasant (or in that general direction).

I'll admit right here I'm such a nerd. XD I wanted to go full tilt exploring of the countryside. I know it was all farmland and wouldn't be interesting but... I LOVE open fields. The wind blows softly, then harshly, then back down to a flutter. The cloudy sky opening up to me endlessly and nothing, abso-flippin'-lutely nothing around me. I love that feeling and have experienced maybe five times in my life thus far. I will never, ever get tired of it.

O Pennsylvania, how I love thee!!

(Aaaaaaah, fuck it. It's a journal post about the freakin' Ren Faire. I'm goin' full-geek out here)

I was very impressed with what they had built there, what with the wode lodgings 'n at all specifically for this time period. There were tons of geeks around these parts, especially with,

"Oh, hallo!"

A greeting from two poorly German-accented men with mugs of "ale" in their hands (for all I know it could've been REAL beer). They were quite enthused though in telling us about their German rap-ness. At first I was weirded out, but when they were telling us about which stage they were performing in, they made us laugh.

"OH yes, we're in the Globe Stage... Though I don't know why it's called that. It is not round shaped at all!"

"Perhaps it should be called the map stage, because it is so flat."

"Yes or-"

"Oh! I know, the Pear Stage!"

At this, Brother 1 looked at his mate and just broke down laughing. "Ah... Wha-? Pear stage?"

I was very much amused by this so after we wandered around and was awed at the craftsmanship of pretty much everyone, sat down to one of their shows.

HO.LY.SHIT. 'Twas hilarious! Their acted parts were cute, but the improv was splendidly AWESOME. They picked two great audience members for the act. I wish I could remember the dialogue, but I still have the impression that I was laughing so hard tears came to my eyes. They were absolutely great and I hated the fact that I didn't have any money to give to them (as this is their job).

Carolyn spoke very highly of the Washing Wenches so after eating some Soup in Bread Bowl (DELICIOUS stew!), we headed over. XD Once again, I was laughing very hard.

Coming from Tekko two years back, there was a vendor there that was used to doing Ren Faire tidbits. The two events are completely different socially. While Tekko is filled with anime fans who are comfortable with runaway glomps, quick pokes, and about a two foot personal bubble, Ren Faire are the type of hang on each other, poke and prod the squishy bits, and generally have little to no personal space.

I can't imagine how out of place that guy felt (even if I still don't like him too much), but seeing how the Washing Wench Pearl pretty much just went up to random people, drank from their beer cups and sat on laps, I felt a renewed sense of the term "fish out of water".

I digress. So anyway, the Washing Wenches were HILARIOUS. While the German rap brothers were sexually explicit, THESE women did NOT hold back! XD Any and all men they saw they made remarks or did crude body language.

When they nommed Kuro, it was pretty damn funny too. XD

At the end of the show, they had three flowers to three guys who would volunteer. After one round of no one showing hands (with the comment "Chivarly is DEAD."), Kuro eventually raised his hand along with two other guys. X3

First they had to yell really loud, then they had to do something embarrassing ("'Cause when does a woman EVER give anything fo'free?!"). Poor Kuro had to run all the way back to the small area of the show, pound his fists on his chest and scream something like "I AM A MAN!!" He then ran back and got his flower after having to use his teeth to get it out of the wench's teeth.

(Incidentally, I wuv this flower. *hugs*)

The other two had to do something worse. Guy #2 had to put on a pair of underwear and exclaim loudly "I can do anything in my man pants!" while Guy #3 had to chase Washing Wench Izzy around the area screaming her name and how much he wanted her.

Needless to say, I had a blast (I was forced to after all, or they would've splashed us with water! *laughs*)

And so 130 came along and I left the Ren Faire feelin' super happy awesome times.

Then I worked and came home to chillax. Good day was good.

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