The Rose's Grove

Passing the word along from ellid: Wal-Mart is now selling t-shirts with artwork that seems to have been ripped off from an SCA scroll.

The original entry and photographs of the t-shirt design are here over on sca. Folks who are in the society will note that, although the text is chopped up for collage-effect, the date of the original scroll (November, A.S. 33), and the name of the barony (Windmaster's Hill) are clearly visible.

As an amateur scribe, I'm feel badly for the calligrapher whose work has probably been stolen here. The current baron and baroness of the barony are aware of the situation, and the Society BOD have been notified (as has the legal committee), so I imagine we'll be hearing more about this in the coming days.

I know it's a long shot, but I have to add - If you're from the area - "Central North Carolina, primarily from the Triangle Area (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill)," according to the barony's website - and happen to know either the scribe who created the barony's A&S champions scroll in 1998 or the recipient of said scroll, Lady Anna Sabyn, please point them in the direction of the post linked above, as their input is needed!

So, as previously mentioned, today was Spring Fling. At Ravenna Park.

I didn't make it.

Why not? ( Here - a map will help. )

So, the moral of the story is that I really ought to learn to consult a map before I go someplace. Not after. Because it really doesn't do me a hell of a lot of good when I check after.

Also, ursule? Can I just buy you coffee sometime when we're both on campus? I'd really like to catch up with you, but me making it to events lately just doesn't seem to be working so hot. :/

I really hope I don't have this much trouble going to Amy's party tonight.

I survived being Seneschal of the College of Saint Bunstable for a year, and successfully passed on the job to the next victim leader, who I know will do a great job.

More importantly, the College survived my being Seneschal. No, I jest... barely. ;)

Seriously, the next time I raise my hand for a position that actually involves me a) doing paperwork and b) coordinating with a bureaucracy, someone please slap me. Or at least remind me of what a disorganized twit I am. But it worked out well! I don't officially step down until the end of July, but I've gotta say that I'm relieved, and very much looking forward to having the spare braincells to devote to SCA things that I really feel are my place in the society - like scribal work.

Looking at the Madrone Domesday book pages really made me aware of how much progress I've got left before I'm worth anything in this art. I want to do that kind of work, badly, and so I've decided that this summer I will buy the proper supplies for myself, and create at least a few illuminated pages on my own, as a way to practice the art. I want to do them in at least somewhat-period style, but one of the projects I want to do is a passage from either the Silmarillion or the Lord of the Rings, and then the other is a piece from either the Havamal or Voluspa. For the LotR thing, I'm considering the two trees from the Silmarillion, with an associated passage, possibly a bit about Earendil (maybe with the original poem in Old English in addition to text from the Sil? Or possibly something about Varda, or the Rohirrim. I know, lots of possibilities. Hell, maybe even the first page of the Hobbit.

It'll all depend on what I come up with when I start sketching, I expect. But I'm really looking forward to trying it out.

Edit: Oh, and in case anyone was curious, here's my contribution to the College of Saint Bunstable's pages for the Domesday Book. It's our heraldic achievement - ( Explanation for those who are interested ) It looks a lot more choppy than I'd wanted it to, but it's not too bad for my first piece of completely original page of illumination.

And, to show how far I have to go, here are the pages that show how it really ought to be done. That's the Barony of Madrone's finished pages.

Paper #1 turned in. Almost fell asleep while waiting for bus to come home. Finishing paper #2 now, and then will turn in, come home, and... I don't even know, at this point. Sleep, possibly, until Baronial business meeting. Hopefully not sleep at Baronial business meeting, as that would be bad.

Happy Pi Day, everyone.

And a very Happy Birthday to coramegan, should she happen to see this entry!!!

Went to July Coronation this weekend, somewhere down past Yelm. The site was huge, and our group was camped WAY at the other side of the site from the eric and court and all, which was kind of annoying. That would have been fine, if it hadn't been so HOT. CT's little thermometer hit it's maximum at 99.9, and I heard somebody else say it was 102, around about 5 in the evening.

The last royal court of Davin and Groa was supposed to start at noon. In true SCA fashion, an announcement went out delaying that to 2:30. Then, things got bad. Court didn't start until 4:30. The part we were all waiting for (Badger becoming Black Lion) didn't happen until.... geez, probably 7 or 8, I think. Misty and Halla and I went wading in the river, though, which was probably the main thing that kept me from passing out from the heat. And then we had dinner, which was nice, and I set up the borrowed tent and went to bed.

Everything today went on-time, since the new king and queen (Gunnar and Gabrielle) seem determined to keep things prompt and on-schedule. I like them already. We packed up, I wandered merchant's row for a while, and then went out to Mexican on the way home. Then I enjoyed a shower, checked up on the internet, and chatted with Derek, Kate, and Feylene.

Only one hour of work tomorrow, and none on tuesday... hopefully I'll be able to get some stuff done, and maybe rent a movie, too. I want to start painting more charters, too, like I did for Tacky Tourney... looking at the scrolls at Coronation reminded me of how much I want to do the scribal stuff. If anything is my calling in the SCA other than just hanging out with my friends, then this is it. And I've got so much time right now... I could get one or two scrolls done no problem, I bet.

Saw a bunch of shooting stars last night, too, and the Milky Way. I so love camping....

Role-playing last night went very well, and I had a lovely day today trying to catch up on my reading (not going well...) and posting on the online RPG. Loads of fun. Amazingly good angst and emotional stuff going on over on the RPG, in addition to all the fun the other characters are having. I'm totally enthralled....

Quote of the day (from last night's game session):
"I don't tell you how to stab things, so don't tell me how to guide things."

Looking forward to a week of running around trying to get things done... taxes, paperwork for event in June that I'm autocratting, readings for classes, picking up blank for a scroll I'm coloring, getting ready for the con that I thought wasn't until the end of the month.... things like that. Insanity, as usual.