{"id":2402,"date":"2002-06-29T16:47:20","date_gmt":"2002-06-29T21:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2402"},"modified":"2002-06-29T16:47:20","modified_gmt":"2002-06-29T21:47:20","slug":"medieval_times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/06\/29\/medieval_times.html","title":{"rendered":"Medieval Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d thought that Margie was going to be at a baby shower today, but it turned out instead we were off to the local <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coloradorenaissance.com\/\">Renaissance Festival<\/a>.  Lori arranged the get-together (a thankless task), and we went with her, Dave G., Doyce &#038; Justin, and Rey &#038; Juli &#038; Tristan.<\/p>\n<p>Every time I go to such an event (whether it&#8217;s here in Colorado or in the past at the Southern California RennFaire), the same thoughts run through my mind over the course of the day:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Does this outfit still fit?  Oh.  Oh, well, it will probably be hot, anyway.<\/i>\n<li><i>Jeez, it&#8217;s hot.<\/i>\n<li><i>Look at all the pretty jewelry, clothing, pottery, and other crafty things.<\/i>\n<li><i>Look at all the ugly jewelry, clothing, pottery, and other crafty things.<\/i>\n<li><i>Look at all the overpriced jewelry, clothing, pottery, and other crafty things.<\/i>\n<li><i>Jeez, it&#8217;s hot.  That guy in the chain mail must be broiling.  Ditto for that guy in the leather.  Or that guy in the monk&#8217;s habit.  And isn&#8217;t she going to get those awfully sunburned?<\/i>\n<li><i>Mmmm.  Turkey legs.  Toad-in-a-hole.  Turkey sausages.  Lots of yummies.<\/i>\n<li><i>Jeez, it&#8217;s hot.  Maybe I&#8217;ll get a beer, too.<\/i>\n<li><i>Hey, I could buy that to replace that piece of outfit that, er, shrank.<\/i>\n<li><i>Hey, I could buy that for &#8230; oh, never mind.<\/i>\n<li><i>Jeez, it&#8217;s hot.  Just as well I&#8217;m not in my outfit.<\/i>\n<li><i>Oh, we just missed the show I wanted to see.  Oh, well, it&#8217;s too hot sitting out there in the sun.<\/i>\n<li><i>So should I buy that?  Or that?  Or how about that?  Aw, it&#8217;s too hot, I&#8217;m not walking back to the shop where that was.<\/i>\n<li><i>Hot.  Need another beer.<\/i>\n<li><i>Boy, I wish I had a really cool outfit like that.  Even if it didn&#8217;t occur within five hundred years of the Renaissance.  Or didn&#8217;t really look like that.   Boy, he must be really hot.<\/i>\n<li><i>Okay, time to go.  Hope the A\/C works in the car &#8212; it&#8217;s sure hot.<\/i><\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s generally fun, usually expensive, and always, <i>always,<\/i> broiling, scorching hot.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this time, we had to add the occasional <i>&#8220;Where&#8217;s Katherine?!&#8221; <\/i>to the mix.<\/p>\n<p>Out side the front gate, they had an (oh-so-period) sun fly, about twenty, thirty feet long, with misters underneath it, to provide a break from the <i>(Jeez, it&#8217;s hot!) <\/i>heat.  <\/p>\n<p>After I&#8217;d just walked through it with Katherine, and the rest were beginning to, a huge gust of wind <i>flipped the damn thing over,<\/i> sending flying through the air, right at me and &#8230; <i>Katherine<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first &#8220;emergency situation&#8221; I&#8217;ve ever been in with Kitten where &#8220;push her down and interpose your body!&#8221; seemed like the thing to do.  At least that&#8217;s what I did.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the tent didn&#8217;t quite reach us.  But it was a nice bit of excitement to cap off the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d thought that Margie was going to be at a baby shower today, but it turned out instead we were off to the local Renaissance Festival. 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