The mid-afternoon sun caught Patrick’s eyes and made them water. The intense heat on his face reminded him of his mother, opening the oven to reveal something delicious baking inside. She’d been dead nearly two years, but the memories had not yet even begun to fade.

It had been a long, trying day for Patrick. Another fight, not of his making, had broken out, and as usual, he’d been the one blamed. ‘Disrespect for authority’, his last report card said.

“They can all blow me,” he muttered.

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Here you can see the Rakish Rogues, my favourite Renaissance band, doing their cover of Stephen Lynch’s ‘D&D’. Because Dungeons and Dragons is totally Renaissance… right? Special appearance by my friend’s dice. The Rogues always act surprised when they see that she carries the things with her all the time, ‘in case an unexpected game breaks out’ and she needs to roll initiative. Those guys crack me up. I will miss them; here’s to next year.

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Somebody… *coughAkinacough* had to comment to the Edward Cullen picture, so now I’m kind of stuck with it. I have nothing personal against the actor (other than the fact that he’s completely ridiculous), and I know he’s just trying to make a living in today’s economy, but he has come to embody the spectacular FAIL that is Twatlight. The only thing I will say in his defence is that the twit who plays what’sherface is an even more FAILtastic actor than he is.

In order to push him further down on the page, here’s another lul.

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There you go. Have a great day!

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This is a test of the LiveJournal Crossposter. Had this been an actual post, it would have some content that may or may not be of interest to you. It might have included random babblings about a wolf’s life, or some lulz for your entertainment…

Actually that does sound good. Let me get some lulz in here.

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There we go. Though I’ll probably take his ass down soon enough. Blech.

Broke ALL my websites in the space of an hour.

Fuck. My. Life.

Bisexual speed dating. I love it. Just when I was wondering if it would happen, it did. LOL. I heart this band.

Temposhark The World Does Not Revolve Around You (music video)

I've been ignoring LJ for ... I don't know how long.
I don't think I'll be reading the flist tonight either.

I don't know why.

I'm okay, though. I guess I'm on an unplanned leave from LJ for the time being.

You may or may not want to blame Twitter, and it may or may not be accurate, I'd be more inclined to blame real life.

But you may catch me on http://www.twitter.com/urbanwolf

Have a great weekend!

Sudden bout of insomnia FTW.

I like this guy.

jpsorrow, pbray, scbutler and Barbara Campbell need to do another signing within 2 hours of Harrisburg. That was fun.

Just sayin'.

I've seen some stuff in NJ, but when I googlemapped it, it was waaaaaay on the other side of Jersey. :(

On a musical note, Enter the Haggis really needs to come back to PA and not be at a festival that costs $54 for 3 hours.

Just sayin'.

*steps off soapbox and back to the sandbox*

Been a while since I did one of these.

Was sick with the not-pig flu last week. Missed two days of work, came back to a clusterfuck. Had to sacrifice camping because of those two vacation days I took. :P

Oh well, I can still go to Pittsburgh Irish Fest and Celtic Classic.

Finished reading 'Unquiet Dreams' by markdf. Excellent book, as usual. I really love the way he's crafted the alternate history of the Convergent World. At first you don't really see all the small nuances, the details, but as you read on, you get to discover these little tidbits that in the context of Convergence seem inevitable, yet did not happen in our world until later, or not at all.

Right after that, started reading 'The Cracked Throne' by jpsorrow. I am totally behind on my 'To Read' list, because I also have a 'To Watch' list of tv shows that I've lost track of since I moved and no longer have a tv set. Also, been hacking away at the violin and of course at my own novel. And then there's World of Warcraft.

Next on my 'To Buy' list are greygirlbeast's 'The Red Tree' and jimhines's 'The Mermaid's Madness' which comes out in a few weeks.

Also have to get scbutler's 'Reiffen's Choice' back from my dad, and start reading pbray's 'Devlin's Luck'. I am way behind as I got these books months ago, but, see above.

Also, blame Scythian. They're convenient.

I'm kind of getting excited thinking about all this reading, though. I miss when I was able to devour books two and three a week. And being able to reread my favourites, too. [Leg kick positions!! Thoooose weeeeere theeee daaaaaaaaaaays my friend! /Scythian flashback]

Anyway, at this point, I think I might just log off and do some reading. It's not like I have anything else pressing to do. Too late for waking up the neighbours with my deafening rendition of 'Ode to Joy' and need a fresh mind to write, which is why I do that in the morning over coffee. :)

Because I just shoved myself out of bed and I haven't had coffee yet.

Wednesday night was awesome but hot and sweaty.

Thursday night Scythian played for even longer and literally broke us. We could barely walk. They came back out for two encores just to finish the job, because they played Blair Athol faster than I'd ever seen them do it. They played Cubicles and Tylenol and Dany was singing RIGHT AT ME for part of the first verse. Uh, WIN? He totally did that because he knows that's my theme song.

And Mikey shook my hand because I love Boyko Dream. Hey, epic drum solos FTW.

And I need to wake up some more.

This is almost as good as the Picard Song.
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August:

• 5th, 6th: Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA. Likely to be found within a half-mile radius of Scythian at all times. Not to scare them or anything, they know us.


• 8th, 9th: Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire in Manheim, PA: Same as above.


• 22nd: Ceoltas in Harrisburg, PA: Shots McGee will be playing. Great cover band.

September:

• 7th - 10th: Annual guys' camping trip (pending confirmation). Out in the wilderness where there's no cell signal. Don't even try and hunt me down.


• 11th - 13th: Pittsburgh Irish Festival: Again with the Scythian.


• 25th - 27th: Celtic Classic in Bethlehem, PA: Scythian, Albannach, big time fantardery.
  

October:

• 10th: Sunflower Fest somewhere in Maryland: Celebrating Joey Crosby's wedding. Albannach will be there too. Woot!

December:

• 31st: Scythian's New Year's Eve Masquerade: Unconfirmed!

There will be other Ren Faire weekends to be announced. Also, looking for some more Albannach and/or Enter the Haggis to fill in the spots, but will all have to be weekend shows. The above taps out my paid time off.

With August just around the corner, the last week of July is dragging on. On the arts front, I haven't been able to write much beyond a few lines a week, which is depressing. I'm still practicing the violin, which so far so good, but not a real consolation for not writing.

Rejoined WoW. Grinding Timbermaw rep in Felwood.

Still working out, but eating too many sweets at work. I have to get that under control before I balloon again.

August. First weekend I plan on doing nothing. I have a haircut scheduled on Saturday, then I come home. And I'm not leaving.

Second week is when the madness starts. Musikfest Wednesday and Thursday, recovery Friday, Ren Faire Sat-Sun. Two day work week FTW.

August 22nd, Shots McGee play Ceoltas. Woot!

I don't know what else is afoot. Depends on how many weekends Scythian does the Ren Faire. Anyone wanna come along? You get discount tix in August for coming with a Season Pass holder!

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Disappointing, isn't it? I wanted one of those hoverboards...


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And funny how many pictures of Bill Gates doing 'gang signs' are out there. He must have a finger deformity due to working on computers all his life? Or something.


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[Note: The Spanish word for 'errand' is the same as the word used for those old-timey western stagecoaches. This will be relevant.]

So, after some arpee in the World of Darkness, I embarked on a set of errands which were tinged with the faint aroma of fail.

They keywords for this errand were 'gas, milk, cereal, booze, curry'. Now, the booze I would get across the street from the grocery store, and further down the road I would get the cash needed to get the curry. The plan was flawless.

My first stop was the state store for geographical reasons. In Pennsylvania, the state (or commonwealth, if you prefer) actually dispenses the alcoholic beverages, except for beer, which you have to get from a guy called a 'beer distributor' and I'm not sure about the wine because you can get that at the Giant (grocery store) and I get mine from the Ren Faire people anyway. We won't touch on the FAIL factor of the PA Liquor Control Board, because everyone who lives here whines about the same thing.

State store. I found the UV vodka right away, which is a key ingredient in my sonic screwdrivers and went to the cashier. He was an old dude, white hair, glasses, kind of grandfatherly. I handed him my ID before he even asked because I know the drill. Then I gave him my WoW VISA, which I've started using again only to pay it off at the end of the month just because I'm still bitter and I want to rack up the points. The cashier grinned, 'you play?'

No, I carry it around for the pretty. "Yeah."

"Who do you have on there?" And I thought that was a strange question to ask. Did he mean which server? Which faction? Which race? Class? I told him I have different kinds but mostly Horde.

Then he started naming his characters. I just stared. He said he had a priest and I found a place to interject. "I'm no good with priests, my highest are rogues in their 50's."

"Oh so you just started!"

Here's when it started feeling somewhat surreal. "No, I've been playing for a couple of years." Then, "On and off," I added.

"I've been playing for five years."

Good for you, grandpa. And it hit me, when did I become one of Those People? There was a time when I did nothing but watch TV and write my stories. I wasn't one of those people who 'had lives'. And now I'm encountering people who play way more WoW than I do, even though I love to play and I do make time for it (when I have the money), and they look at me like I'm not geeky enough for their crew. I'm not a n00b. :P So there.

Anyway. Another lesson learned came at the gas pumps. They're run by the grocery store people, Giant, and when you spend $100 on food you get 100 points and that gets you .10 cents of gas. If you're already buying your food there, which I do because it's the only place I've found that has everything I eat, you tend to use the points when you got them. I had also timed it perfectly, given that the points would expire today, and my tank was low enough for me to justify using them at all.

Apparently everybody else had the same idea. Note to self, don't go to get gas at the Giant on the points expiration date.

Got gas, got milk and cereal and soday and some Venom which I've never tried before.

Started on the way home.

Now if you've been paying attention, you might realise that I haven't. I got halfway home (good thing it's a 5 minute drive) before realising I didn't get cash, therefore I couldn't get the curry.

I turned around.

Learned that the ATM at that particular branch only gives out $20s. At least I'll have cash for junk food tomorrow.

As I drove home once again (keep in mind this is a 5 minute drive), I started planning the last leg of the Failcoach Ride. I would park at the Market and get my curry then drive back home. But I was listening to Enter the Haggis and 'Broken Line' was playing and then this part of the song came on:



Be glad to know that I avoided the whole 'jizz in my pants' phenomenon... barely. But by the time I crossed the river, I kept on going straight home, parked, took my groceries inside, put half of it away before I realised CURRY! Which now was starting to piss me off because I'd already tried to come home cashless, like my unconscious mind was trying to sabotage the entire quest.

I decided to walk without giving it much thought because this is Harrisburg and this is what we do.

I regretted that halfway to the Market. Black tee, jeans, middle of the day, not so much fun. I made it, though. And I has a curry. NOMNOMNOMNOM.

So I ended up on a wiki page about the ancient Scythians (don't ask, I'm into my first coffee). And I came to the part about their clothing. I found nothing about conical hats (long story), but I did see this:

The men wore quilted cotton pants with boots in which the ends were tucked in.

That explains so much about Joey's attire. ;)

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This was me at my cousin's house not too long ago. I'm still in therapy.

"Honey, I'm going to Canada. After church I'm going to stop for some groceries, and then get some anal sex while I'm at it. Bee ar bee."


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"On second thought, maybe I should go to Asia instead."


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