a few random things
I went to the salon on Friday and got my hair cut. Upon request, I handed my stylist my innergeek business card. She exclaimed, “Hey! I just gave you this hair cut!” It was neat.
It looks like I’ll be getting a bicycle next week as an early birthday present from my mom, who’s really into her racing-style street bike and has wanted to buy me a “real” bike for a few years. I’m not interested in hunched-over spandex-laden street biking, so I’ve selected an Electra Townie, which is a model that’s a couple grades above the cheapo bikes I’ve previously owned. I almost didn’t consider that model because of its name… “Townie” was a (sometimes derogatory) term used for year-long residents of my college town. I got over that, though, because it’s a really sweet bike. I have the highest aspirations to ride it to the grocery store and to the little town center that’s 1.5 miles from my house, where I’ll visit the library, post office, pharmacy, etc.
I attended an SCA event yesterday for the first time in a couple years, and while I think I had a good time overall, it wasn’t like events I remember fondly from my college years. The medieval reenactment population in Utah is much more sparse than it was in SW Ohio, and this particular group is much more family-oriented than the late Teens to late Twenties group I initially joined. It’s a great group for my friends who have kids, and it might suit me better if I actually had kids and/or had a husband who was more into it. There are still some fun aspects like being at a campground, seeing everybody dressed up in various forms of garb and armor, and eating a quasi-medieval feast with friends. But the whole experience doesn’t click with me the way it used to.
However, I still have an explicable desire to Create Pretty Garb. Talent notwithstanding.
Next weekend, my in-laws are visiting us in Utah for the first time since we moved here. We’ve kept the house in a much more presentable condition lately, but there’s still a lot to do this week. The front flowerbedis covered with bindweed again. The best remedy for that, next to “persistence and patience,” is to move.
Mario Kart Wii rocks the hizz-ouse.
During my blogging hiatus, I was enveloped in archiving family history… scanning and touching up old family photos and playing around with a free trial on ancestry.com. I still haven’t traced my dad’s family line back to Charlemagne like my uncle once claimed he’d done… I have some serious doubts about that being fact vs. plausible sensation.
I have a great genealogy article on how everyone actually is related to Charlemagne. I can dig it out if you are interested.
Be careful with that genealogy stuff. You might start sounding like a native.
(Just kidding, I like it myself).
See you this weekend I hope?
Sorry, but to me you just sound like an normal wife and all out action girl. Which is not a bad thing, honest, its cool, but I would hardly call it geekdom! To me, geekdom (true geekdom) is hating beinge away from the computer (remeber your Laptop is your only true friend,) never going on holiday unless you absolutely HAVE to. Living on your own and NEVER socialising. And being self contained in your own little world. Which describes me, perfectly!! I do love you blog, and have read loads of it, but being married, leaving the house to have your hair done, and especially socialising (YUK!) is hardly geekdom in my eyes!! Sorry if I offend!!
Steve, it took me two months to answer your comment. My reply was so long that I wrote a blog post about it.