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Pennsic in bullet points
(I'm home now and won't be catching up on a week and a half's worth of LJ. If there's something I should see, please tell me.)
+ Our camp (Polyhymnia) worked really well together.
+ Potentially-challenging land negotiations worked out in the end.
+ Goodies from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
magid!
- The weather the last few days sucked. I can't remember a Pennsic where I felt so enervated. I almost went home a day early.
+ Rain was mostly overnight, not during less-convenient times, and our road never became impassable like it sometimes does.
- 20+ gallons of water a day? Yikes.
+ I Sebastiani (commedia dell'arte) performance was a lot of fun.
- Except some unfortunate staging in the final act that meant we couldn't see anything from the side seats.
- And a really annoying sign-language interpreter.
+ I Genesii (commedia dell'arte) was very good this year; they've moved up a level or two in both plotting and execution.
? What's with the "I Something" naming pattern for commedia dell'arte, anyway?
+ Went to the "meet the BoD" session and it was mostly good.
- But some people really need to learn what sorts of things really, truly are not the BoD's problem (take it up with your kingdom, autocrat, etc).
+ From a BoD member after the meeting: "I wrote down nine good questions requiring followup and you asked four of them; who are you?".
- BoD members present did not seem to grok that they are raising, not lowering, exposure to lawsuits through some of their policies. (Though I guess someone wrote it down because I only asked four questions.)
+ Way more vegetables in camp meals than in the past. Also fish and vegetarian options, yay!
? All three propane sources (water heater, grill, stove) ran out while I was cooking. Unlucky much? :-)
+ Bourbon slushies. Who'd've thought?
+ Our choir performance went really well!
- But the lighting was terrible; could barely read music on stage because of floodlights pointed at us.
- And I didn't realize quite how bad it was until I flubbed our one-on-a-part piece because of it. :-( (Naturally, we had nailed it in rehearsals...)
- According to the person in charge, other configurations of those lights are not possible. Reminder for next year: get some sort of booklight to mitigate this problem.
+ An audience member commended me on my breathing (he commented that my diaphragm was moving several inches).
+ "Subtitles" during the Pennsic Choir's performance of Matona Mia Cara. I assume the vocal performance was good too (the rest of their concert was), but most of the audience had its attention elsewhere. :-) (I do hope the person responsible makes that "translation" available somewhere.)
+ Class by Cariadoc on Jewish civil/criminal law was interesting even though I'd read much of his material on his blog as he worked through it.
+ He turned to me a couple times for help. Cariadoc knows who I am?
+ Class on evolution of the haggadah was interesting. Teacher has a copy (via the Library of Congress) of Amram's haggadah (9th century); remember to ask about getting a copy of that. I didn't know Amram had a haggadah; I wonder if she has his siddur too.
- Another Jewish-themed class was rather disappointing. Oh well; can't win 'em all.
- Skipped some interesting-sounding classes because the class tents were way too hot for the previously-mentioned horrible heat.
- Failed to go dancing. (Scheduling conflict for the most interesting ball.)
+ "Pennsic planner" calendars distributed at July barony meeting were a big help.
+ "Flash mob" choral singing at kingdom party got a lot of compliments.
+ "Random acts of choir" in camp during dinner, party, random other times.
+ We had a few more visitors from the rest of the barony camp this year.
- But I didn't visit as much over there. Oops.
+ Got to seehlinspjalda, Mr. hlinspjalda, baron_steffan, mikekn, osewalrus, and sue_n_julia.
- But not for nearly long enough, and missed many others entirely.
+ Signs in the nearby privies by the urinals, changing approximately daily, including: "drinking fountain out of order", "real vikings hit their targets", "this is not a clout shoot; get closer", and "armrest low, also wet and smelly".
- Air mattress lost structural integrity on my antepenultimate night there.
+ Tear-down today finished by 12:30.
+ Upon filling in the sump and noting its resemblance to a (large) freshly dug grave, someone in camp erected a headstone ("RIP Pennsic 39") and planted flowers.
+ Good cat-sitters!
+ Our camp (Polyhymnia) worked really well together.
+ Potentially-challenging land negotiations worked out in the end.
+ Goodies from
magid!- The weather the last few days sucked. I can't remember a Pennsic where I felt so enervated. I almost went home a day early.
+ Rain was mostly overnight, not during less-convenient times, and our road never became impassable like it sometimes does.
- 20+ gallons of water a day? Yikes.
+ I Sebastiani (commedia dell'arte) performance was a lot of fun.
- Except some unfortunate staging in the final act that meant we couldn't see anything from the side seats.
- And a really annoying sign-language interpreter.
+ I Genesii (commedia dell'arte) was very good this year; they've moved up a level or two in both plotting and execution.
? What's with the "I Something" naming pattern for commedia dell'arte, anyway?
+ Went to the "meet the BoD" session and it was mostly good.
- But some people really need to learn what sorts of things really, truly are not the BoD's problem (take it up with your kingdom, autocrat, etc).
+ From a BoD member after the meeting: "I wrote down nine good questions requiring followup and you asked four of them; who are you?".
- BoD members present did not seem to grok that they are raising, not lowering, exposure to lawsuits through some of their policies. (Though I guess someone wrote it down because I only asked four questions.)
+ Way more vegetables in camp meals than in the past. Also fish and vegetarian options, yay!
? All three propane sources (water heater, grill, stove) ran out while I was cooking. Unlucky much? :-)
+ Bourbon slushies. Who'd've thought?
+ Our choir performance went really well!
- But the lighting was terrible; could barely read music on stage because of floodlights pointed at us.
- And I didn't realize quite how bad it was until I flubbed our one-on-a-part piece because of it. :-( (Naturally, we had nailed it in rehearsals...)
- According to the person in charge, other configurations of those lights are not possible. Reminder for next year: get some sort of booklight to mitigate this problem.
+ An audience member commended me on my breathing (he commented that my diaphragm was moving several inches).
+ "Subtitles" during the Pennsic Choir's performance of Matona Mia Cara. I assume the vocal performance was good too (the rest of their concert was), but most of the audience had its attention elsewhere. :-) (I do hope the person responsible makes that "translation" available somewhere.)
+ Class by Cariadoc on Jewish civil/criminal law was interesting even though I'd read much of his material on his blog as he worked through it.
+ He turned to me a couple times for help. Cariadoc knows who I am?
+ Class on evolution of the haggadah was interesting. Teacher has a copy (via the Library of Congress) of Amram's haggadah (9th century); remember to ask about getting a copy of that. I didn't know Amram had a haggadah; I wonder if she has his siddur too.
- Another Jewish-themed class was rather disappointing. Oh well; can't win 'em all.
- Skipped some interesting-sounding classes because the class tents were way too hot for the previously-mentioned horrible heat.
- Failed to go dancing. (Scheduling conflict for the most interesting ball.)
+ "Pennsic planner" calendars distributed at July barony meeting were a big help.
+ "Flash mob" choral singing at kingdom party got a lot of compliments.
+ "Random acts of choir" in camp during dinner, party, random other times.
+ We had a few more visitors from the rest of the barony camp this year.
- But I didn't visit as much over there. Oops.
+ Got to see
hlinspjalda, Mr. hlinspjalda, baron_steffan, mikekn, osewalrus, and sue_n_julia.- But not for nearly long enough, and missed many others entirely.
+ Signs in the nearby privies by the urinals, changing approximately daily, including: "drinking fountain out of order", "real vikings hit their targets", "this is not a clout shoot; get closer", and "armrest low, also wet and smelly".
- Air mattress lost structural integrity on my antepenultimate night there.
+ Tear-down today finished by 12:30.
+ Upon filling in the sump and noting its resemblance to a (large) freshly dug grave, someone in camp erected a headstone ("RIP Pennsic 39") and planted flowers.
+ Good cat-sitters!
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*CLUNK*
Wait....searching for jaw....ah, it rolled behind the cabinet
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
Ow! I think I hurt myself....
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To be fair, none of these people were on the BoD at the time and I never made a physical appearance at their office or in court. That's what agents are for.