Halfway To Florida
Jan. 23rd, 2011 12:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
j_v_lynchGentle Readers,
I'm sitting here at Lotusice's house, just a little bit north of Baltimore. Craig and I are here for a WMA seminar/tournament. He's trying to make sure that people are aware of his (very good) interpretation of I.33 and is here doing his first time teaching outside of the Ottawa area.
For a 9 hour drive, it was pretty good, except for the expected white-outs around Pulaski (north of Syracuse). The strangest part is that it's pretty much completely down hill all the way here. At first I was confused as to how we could be going that far down but then I remembered that we were going towards the equator and so I guess it probably had something to do with curvature of the earth.
Anyway, Lotusice and family are lovely and showering us with hospitality. The kids and cats are friendly.
The event was pretty fun too. Craig's class went well. It was the first time I've ever been complimented on my skills as an assistant.
I also took a class on Dussak from Lee Smith who is from Vancouver, beating us for furthest distance traveled.
The tournaments were interesting in that they were judged and the combatants did not call their own blows. In fact they were not allowed to. That was interesting.
Also interesting is all of the people who sort of talk around the fact that they are in the SCA. When you get them to admit it, they act a little embarrassed.
I'm sure there is more but this is seeming pretty scattered so I should probably go to bed now.
Good night.
I'm sitting here at Lotusice's house, just a little bit north of Baltimore. Craig and I are here for a WMA seminar/tournament. He's trying to make sure that people are aware of his (very good) interpretation of I.33 and is here doing his first time teaching outside of the Ottawa area.
For a 9 hour drive, it was pretty good, except for the expected white-outs around Pulaski (north of Syracuse). The strangest part is that it's pretty much completely down hill all the way here. At first I was confused as to how we could be going that far down but then I remembered that we were going towards the equator and so I guess it probably had something to do with curvature of the earth.
Anyway, Lotusice and family are lovely and showering us with hospitality. The kids and cats are friendly.
The event was pretty fun too. Craig's class went well. It was the first time I've ever been complimented on my skills as an assistant.
I also took a class on Dussak from Lee Smith who is from Vancouver, beating us for furthest distance traveled.
The tournaments were interesting in that they were judged and the combatants did not call their own blows. In fact they were not allowed to. That was interesting.
Also interesting is all of the people who sort of talk around the fact that they are in the SCA. When you get them to admit it, they act a little embarrassed.
I'm sure there is more but this is seeming pretty scattered so I should probably go to bed now.
Good night.
