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As a writer for www.fangirlnation.com,
I have been having a blast bringing geeky news, reviews and geeky
craft how-to's to the community. At Fangirl, it is our mission to encourage girls to
love what they love without shame or fear. ( I have written
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As a young girl, my father sparked my
interest in sci-fi, fantasy and other “geeky” pursuits. Being
raised by him, it was just the norm. I didn't even know I was a
“geek” until high school, when I met others, male AND female that
were like me. They were simply my interests, the things that I loved.
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Never could I have imagined the the
recent events that have swept through our community. It breaks my
heart that a contigent of people, no matter how small or how large,
could be so violent, so full of rage. That female fans, creators and
industry workers are being driven to silence and fear, is horrifying.
I truly do not, cannot understand, why we are any different than any
other fan. Why do the organs that inhabit our bodies determine what
we allowed, or not allowed to love? I was raised to believe that we
are all people, all humans, and despite our gender, our only
limitations are those we share as a species (i.e not being able to
fly unassisted). These sorts of events hurt everyone, both genders
and the community as a whole.
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Despite this sad turn of events. It has
been a joy to be surrounded by the gals of FangirlNation, a
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“We embrace all levels or fandom,
nerdery, geekdom and culture, knowing that in the end we are all
passionate about something. We banish the concept of “fake geek
girl” knowing every woman deserves the chance to love what she
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We are Women. We are Fangirls. We are
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This is a topic that means so much to
me, and we are going to be bringing this message to Comikaze 2014
with our first panel “Why Female Fans Matter”</div>
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Anyone can be a fan. Everyone should be
able to love what they love. Please come celebrate yourself for the
amazing, passionate person that you are. Saturday, November 1<sup>st</sup>
at 1:30 PM in room 306AB</div>
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These are my entlings, just babies, but
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Thanks for dropping by! I can't wait to show everyone my next project!</div>
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These little guys are available <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/shroudedgrove" target="_blank">here</a>! Help support artists and feed all the hungry goblins mucking about my house!<br /><br />~By GoblinGal</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932791264917536146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061927017315140475.post-27829746063668081172014-08-22T12:01:00.002-07:002014-08-22T12:04:56.831-07:00How to Make a Dalek Trash Can!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning everyone! Just a quick
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Dalek into your home (or office.) That's a totally good idea, right?
As I have mentioned <a href="http://goblingal.blogspot.com/2014/06/writing-at-fangirl-nation.html" target="_blank">previously</a>, one of my many jobs is writing for
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I love him, seriously. My husband has
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Check out the how-to <a href="http://fangirlnation.com/2014/08/22/goblin-gals-crafty-corner-dalek-trash-can/" target="_blank">here</a> and don't
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So often when I am feeling blocked or
frustrated all it takes is going somewhere that makes me happy, somewhere that
gets my creative juices flowing again. For me, that means nature, particularly
trees and water. If I’m having a block I love to go to an arboretum or nature
center. I step inside, breathe in, and instantly feel more calm. It doesn’t
have to be a vacation, or far away. Find a good local spot you can go to feel
inspired and relaxed.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> 2)</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><u style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>Leave Your Work Space for Awhile</b></u></div>
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Sometimes the physical environment we are
working in contributes to the block. If you are hanging around in your home or
office, surrounded by the projects you feel you should have finished already,
you may actually decrease in productivity. It also makes procrastinating
easier. Does this sound familiar? “Man, this isn’t going well. Oh hey, that
sure is are lot of dishes in the sink…I should really do those.” Four hours
later, you have a squeaky clean house, but a project no where near finished. Go to a
coffee shop, a local library, or heck, just go out on your patio or porch.
Give your brain a change of venue, and eliminate those distractions and ways to
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">3)<b> </b></span><b><span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><u style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Don’t Work While Watching TV</u></b></div>
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I am very guilty of this one. I just want
some background noise, so I put the TV on while I work. Next thing I know, I am either completely watching
the TV or I realize that I <i>am </i>working, but about three times slower than usual. At very least don’t put on the latest episode of “Game of Thrones” (or anything that will steal your attention). If you're not in a rush, and don’t mind going at a slower pace, that's fine, but if you are
really against a wall for a deadline, avoid the TV. If I
feel I just <i>have</i> to have background noise to focus, I tend to put on music instead,
or travel or nature shows. These things are pleasant, may help keep me inspired,
but stay in the background where they belong. Also try turning the volume down lower than
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Sometimes the harder you push and try to
focus, the stronger the block becomes. Sometimes a simple walk outside, or
lunch with a friend will cause the solution to your problem to just pop into
your brain (only as soon as you stop thinking about it of course). Just make sure that it is a disciplined break and it doesn't slide
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">5)</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <b> </b></span><u style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>Compartmentalize & Discipline</b></u></div>
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If you have already tried a lot of these,
and they haven’t worked, you may be in the realm of needing to give yourself a
swift kick in the pants. Commit to working on something. Give yourself consequences
if you don’t (or just remind yourself of the consequences that may already
exist). Often you may feel overwhelmed; there are too many things to do, so you
just do none of them. Don’t make yourself a pledge to finish all the things, it
won’t work. Pick a single project, and commit 30 minutes, if even to just start it.
Just tell yourself “Just sit down and
start it, just try for 30 mins, and then if it doesn't work, we can take a
break or try something else.” This trick works wonders for me. Sometimes I do
only work the 30 minutes. What usually what ends up happening is that with less
pressure. I end up getting way farther than
anticipated, and usual working way longer than 30 minutes. If you compartmentalize
and focus, and give yourself permission to take breaks, it takes a lot of the
pressure off. In my personal experience, that pressure is one of the key ingredients
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Thanks for reading, and I do hope this helps
you wrangle that pesky muse! Feeling depressed about your run off muse, and would prefer to procrastinate a bit longer before you get to work? Like lists? Check out my post of <a href="http://goblingal.blogspot.com/2014/07/7-things-you-shouldnt-try-if-you-are.html">7 Things You Shouldn't Try if you are a Crafter with a Cat</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932791264917536146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061927017315140475.post-80555547161665517642014-07-06T00:03:00.001-07:002014-08-20T11:25:50.123-07:007 Things You Shouldn't Try if You are a Crafter with a Cat.<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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Crafting is a wonderful creative outlet
for many of us. Some of us, arguably the slightly insane among us,
have decided to try maintain this hobby while also owning a cat.
Perhaps not our most intelligent move. Besides the fact that every
cat seems to come equipped with the extrasensory ability to inform
them the exact moment you start to make something, (even from 3 rooms
away, or while asleep.) every project quickly becomes an uphill
battle of “how much fur can I keep out of my project?” Want to
cut out that new pattern? Not likely! Yet, we love our furry little
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Over the years I have learned a few of the do's and don'ts of crafting with cats. Here are a few things you maybe shouldn't try.</div>
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<u><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1) Having a piece that does not incorporate cat hair.</b></span></u></div>
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You should be grateful, really, that bright colored zombie box is clearly bad for you. Try participating in healthier activities. Like cat petting. </div>
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Really? You really thought you could get away with this? This combines many of a cats's talents, interrupting, sitting on things, AND hair coverage. No way will they let that opportunity slide.</div>
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So here are a few of those armatures I was talking about starting, <a href="http://goblingal.blogspot.com/2014/06/sauron-hair-sticks-and-status-update.html">Here</a><br />
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It may be 12:40 AM by by golly I made them. I'm a little sleepy now.
Sleepy enough to be saying things like “by golly.” I have one
more I'd like to make, but it's a humanoid figure, so naturally I'm
saving the hardest for last, haha.<br />
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They are going to be snake hides to keep the little guy or girl
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Me being me, I can't just have rocks
and branches and a forest, no no. It must be themed. Everything must
be themed! So sayeth I! If I could be a millionaire, and have every
room like Disney leveled themed, I would. You bet your sweet ass
there'd be a tiki room. Birds would sing words<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana;">,
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would croon, the whole nine. Man I really gotta stop writing these
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The terrarium shall have a tiki/jungle/witch doctor sort of a
theme. Why? One, that's awesome! Two,<br />
I'm going to be naming said future snake “Hex.” Why “Hex”
I will pretend you asked? The snake is to be named for both the
folklore and stereotypes around snakes AND a terrible awful geometry
joke between my husband and I. Also, it's a bad-ass name for a snake.
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It's a Stumpkin, also from WildStar. It will be a slightly
modified version anyway. It serves the purpose of giving my snake a
hide, being a tree (which is one of my favorite things to make) and it also still kinda fits the witch
doctor theme. Green glowing eyes, I mean come on!<br />
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So, that's my pile of armatures so far! Next up, actually
sculpting them.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">#Sculpting #polymerclay #WildStar #Rowsdower #Stumpkin #snake #snakehide #terrarium #armature #tikiroom #sleepdeprivation</span><br />
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Ever have one of those Fridays where you know you should have gotten enough sleep, and you have plenty to keep you busy, but your eyes just won't stay open? That's me today, so please pardon the sleep deprived ramble.</div>
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Speaking of drugs, the addiction that is WildStar has been distracting me from being quite as productive as I had hoped for the past week or so, MMO's just get me every time. But hey, I finally got to level 15 and got my mount (essentially a giant hamster ball) and a house! Actually inspired by WildStar, I'm working on some armatures to make some figurines from the game, I'm hoping to have them finished by the end of the weekend.<br />
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I'm also building my patio garden with my husband. (I spent a good chunk of my time off yesterday staining & sealing the planter boxes he built. Yippee I didn't get enough time painting large flat surfaces with the same color with doing house reno! I kid, (mostly) it wasn't that bad. </div>
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It's a how-to article on how to make Eye of Sauron LoTR hair sticks (seen below). I'm pretty excited. I mean, I'm writing for a website all about fangirls and geekiness and I've got my own craft column! I've now got four reviews and this new how-to article published with them. It's been a bit tricky to add in another job to my schedule, but I love writing, and it is so worth it.</div>
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You may have heard a little bit about a game called
WildStar. It’s a new MMO by Carbine Studios that just hit the market. It’s a
great “Space western” game that mixes sci-fi and fantasy with some definite
geeky influences. The art style is
beautiful and unique, the content is amazing, the combat system is sweet and super
dynamic. There’s also ‘choose your own
adventure’ style 5-man content never before seen called ‘Adventures.’ The media is exploding. I have friends who
have only gotten up from their computers for ‘bio’ for the past 72 hours, and
frankly, it’s just weird (in a good way).</div>
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Why? Well because my
husband works for Carbine. For three years I have been in and out of Carbine,
going to holidays parties, hanging out with the employees, and listening to my husband whine or brag about his day just like any
other job. (And I may have been privy to a few things long the way, which were
amazing). Yes, he has an amazing job.
For the better part of the years he’s been at the company, though, it had all
been under wraps and under NDA, and well, it seemed so much more like a typical
job. My husband would go to work, come home, and rant at me about a bug that drove him insane
that day (in tech jargon I didn’t understand). You know, typical.</div>
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Before my husband broke into the industry we were already
both gamers. We played WoW, heck we even beta-tested WoW and StarCraft. We read
PennyArcade, watched review shows and G4. I have tensely waited on bated breath
for the next game in a series I loved to release, and I have obsessively played
until the wee hours. I’ve spent way too much time on wikis researching loot and
gear and the best herb collecting route. Now I’m watching it from the other side.</div>
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The explosion of media and fan reactions is just awesome, fascinating and a little weird. It is just so blasted cool to see the content
my husband makes show up on Penny Arcade. (<a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2014/06/06/adventures1?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pa-mainsite+(Penny+Arcade)">http://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2014/06/06/adventures1?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pa-mainsite+(Penny+Arcade)</a>
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Plus there's getting to watch all the reviews come in, and watching game play wikis
and strategy guides form. All that stuff
I used playing my own MMOs. Example: At comic con last year WildStar hosted a party for
the fans. My husband signed autographs. Wut. (One of my weirdest experiences to date.) Then on top of the fun of watching the game launch, I get the added awesome of having my husband
do things like thank me in the game credits, oh and, model and name a recurring
NPC after me (Sylphia Barkberry, who is
at almost every adventure hub.) So
basically I am in the game, in cartoon form thanks to my hubby (so
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So yeah, my mind is a little blown, and I don’t even work
there! It is a super cool experience, watching a new game launch for the first
time, and watching all of their hard work pay off. I can’t even imagine what it is like for him
and all my friends at Carbine, who actually WORK there every day. So to all my friends over at Carbine, congratulations! I
can’t wait to play!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932791264917536146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061927017315140475.post-983961350408529372014-06-04T16:48:00.001-07:002014-06-23T11:09:34.754-07:00Writing at Fangirl Nation<div class="MsoNormal">
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I just wanted to give everyone a heads up about a new
project I’m going to be working on! I
have been asked to write over at FangirlNation! (<a href="http://www.fangirlnation.com/">www.fangirlnation.com</a>) This is an
exciting new website made by fangirls for fangirls, covering geek news, events,
interviews, reviews, original content and much much more! It will be a great
one stop shop for your fan girl fix!<br />
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I’m going to be writing a couple different places. I’ll be
over in reviews giving you a heads up on what I thought of the latest geek
media (movies, books, games etc) as well as heading up a DIY crafting column. The tentative title is “Goblin Gal’s Crafting
Corner.” The first project will hit the page on June 19<sup>th</sup>, so please
look out for it!<br />
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You can go over and check out my bio in the “contributors”
section on the top left of the page. You will find me under “Bethany Davis-
Geek Craft Goddess.” It’s not hard to
find my picture…I’m holding a goblin…</div>
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p.s I did not give myself the title of crafting Goddess,
my editor did that, but I’m gonna take it and run ;)</div>
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So if you a geeky gal (or guy, no discrimination here.)
Please head over and check out Fangirl Nation! I am really excited to be a part of this project (and maybe slightly nervous..I have like.. an editor...and deadlines and stuff.... weird.)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932791264917536146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061927017315140475.post-7264386911243733142014-06-02T23:32:00.000-07:002014-06-23T11:07:12.323-07:00Learning Card Weaving- Adjusting from Inkle to Card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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year I decided to make the jump from inkle weaving to card weaving.
I’ve been inkle weaving for some time now, and while I greatly
enjoy it, I have been feeling that familiar itch to learn something new (Crafter's A.D.D is rampant in my house). Card weaving introduces a whole new warping
technique, as well as an amended weaving technique, but provides a
huge variance in patterns. The vast amount of patterns possible with
card weaving was, in fact, a huge draw for me. Because the shed is
manipulated by rotating cards with up to four strings each, you can
make more shapes, (actual curves, YAY) and use color more easily.
(Tardis trim? Pac Man trim? Soo many options!!)</span></span></span><br />
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there are a lot of similarities between the two, but there are also
plenty of differences, and some of them are more subtle than you
might think. The intention of this post is to make a list of
some of the differences I have noticed between the two forms so far, and what
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There are many, many ways to learn and understand the concepts. Dig
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Card
weaving introduces more strings, and rotational patterns. Now, I'm
dyslexic, and for me, rotational direction and right-left relations
just happen to be my personal brand of suck, so naturally at first this was
really...really hard. The good news is, there are many ways to go
about understanding the mechanics. I must admit, I have had been a little spoiled
being in the SCA. Weaving is a popular skill, and as such I have had
access to multiple teachers. That being said, each had their own
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of the teachers doesn't really bother with the motion
of the threads at all, and depends strictly on the pattern. The patterns always alternates between rolling the cards forwards or backwards. She uses
an indicator with one clearly marked end to remind herself if she is
turning her cards towards her, or away from her for a particular
row. This is a good technique for starting out for me, I need to start
weaving and get the basics down before I start trying to understand
the machinations. I always start by just copying an established pattern and established instructions. But then inevitably, I screw up, or I get
distracted, or the cat knocks my pointer off the couch for kicks
(cause he's a cat). That leads me to woefully stare at my loom trying
to remember which way to turn next, which leads the next technique and to our next teacher.</span></span></span><br />
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two prefers to be able to tell which way to rotate the cards nest by looking at the movement of the strings in the shed. In this manner she doesn't
need a pointer, and she can pick up and drop off at any time. Great! This can be done by looking at the strings in the warp, and
then rotating the cards in a test direction to see if the correct string
of the card drops down below the weft. Hmm. There are four strings on this card, and
36 cards. Which string is supposed to go down? I can't freaking tell. Now I am in a
conundrum. I prefer the second teacher's method where I don't need the pointer, but I don't have
enough experience to understand what she's seeing when the thread
“drops.”</span></span></span><br />
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matter was finally resolved when I found a third way. This technique
involves looking at just the cards. Say you have a simple two
color pattern. White, and green. You put all your background threads
in one pack (white), and all your pattern threads in another (green).
Great, now which pack rotates which way? The answer is this, the
color thread that will ultimately show in the
next row is the thread on the card that rotates up and over the other
color. So, say your pattern cards have all the green thread in the upper
back hole. You need these green to show. Roll the cards towards you so the green comes up and over the white.
The white is in the upper front? Roll them away from you to make them
go up and the green. This simplifies matter because you are only dealing with the top of the card. With my dyslexia, this </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">eliminated my issues with rotation. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> It made it about "up and down." (which I have no problem with) instead of clockwise and counter clockwise.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Now,
this may not work for you, you may prefer one of the previous
methods, but that is exactly what I mean. There are so many ways to
go about understanding your patterns and threads. Watch videos on
YouTube or other crafting sites. Look at different types of
techniques, and then set up a beginners sample you can play on that
you aren't afraid to mess up. Play and see what works for you.</span></span></span><br />
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forget that unless you are starting with a pattern that is neutral
twist, you will have to deal with reversing the pattern every now
and then, or pushing the twisted threads back along your loom. This
is another new addition when you switch over to card.</span></span></span><br />
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Your loom and card quality matter</b><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In
my eagerness to get started, I dashed in and tried to warp up my new
loom right away. I didn't have enough store bought cards. I thought
“Hey, I have this shiny, very thin cardboard box downstairs, surely
it can make cards.” Turns out, what looked like very thin to me,
was very NOT on the loom, and the pack was monstrously large. (Which
causes the string to catch on the top edge and not rotate properly. )
I really, highly suggest good old fashioned playing cards. They are
still a cheap solution, and they work like a charm. If you are going
to try a new material, I suggest putting them in a pile, running some
string through them and seeing how they interact before you warp up.
(Seems obvious, perhaps, but I always like to challenge myself by
skipping the 'obvious' thoughts.</span><br />
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loom is where it gets a little tricky, and potentially more
expensive. I am weaving on a beautiful loom my friend made me, but it
is my inkle loom. This comes with a few challenges. My front arm
isn't quite long enough for card weaving, and as a result, my shed is
a little short to deal with cards and the shuttle. My cards fit in,
but I do have to change the shed much more often then I'd like.
Secondly, as I will go into more detail below, card weaving requires
significantly more tension than inkle weaving, so you have to make
sure your loom pegs are up to the pressure. My loom, sadly, is going
back to purely inkle only after this little adventure, because one of
the bottom pegs is leaning in because of the tension. </span></span></span>
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in all inkle looms can work with some fudging, but if card weaving is
something you are going to be doing a lot of in the future, it may be
prudent to invest in a loom designed for cards. (Or a t least a loom
with strongly reinforced pegs. If you or someone you know is handy
with woodworking, that is a great option that will save you a lot of
money. I myself will be building one this summer.</span></span></span><br />
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Your tension and selvage edges are even more important then before</b><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b> </b>Don't
get me wrong, tension is always important, but card weaving really
requires a good sturdy tension peg and some strong arm muscle. Four
times the string means potential for a lot more slack here and there
throughout your strings, (even if you thought you warped it perfect
and tight), which ultimately means you will need to pull tighter to
get everything nice and even. Secondly, loose tension means the
cards aren't held tightly in place, and they will have the wiggle
room to jump one another or tangle. This is quite unpleasant. Until
you tighten it, you will spend every row coaxing cards back into
place before you set the pattern and throw the shuttle. Finally,
because of all the strings in play, and all the strings that have to
hide underneath the top row each pass, loose tension can result in
your pattern not coming out as cleanly. Strings that should be hidden
pop up and interrupt the pattern much easier than with inkle. The
same goes for your selvages. Make sure to pull them nice and snug and
firm. Letting it loosen up can cause disruption in your pattern.
Trust me, I learned that one from experience.</span></span></span><br />
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Mistakes are much harder to undo. </b></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> My
final piece of advice is to walk away and take breaks when needed. If
you are frustrated, tired or things aren't going well, walk away.
Mistakes in card weaving are much more annoying to back out. That's
because unlike with inkle, where it is a simple matter of reversing
the shed and pulling the weft back through, with cards you have to
undo the rotation as well. If you fail to get the card position back
to the previous setting, you will leave a twist in the threads which
will then interrupt the pattern. Don't panic! It's not impossible,
but if you are already frustrated, it may be best to just take a
break.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">In
the end, I really enjoy card weaving. It did seem daunting at first,
but keeping these things in mind, I am definitely getting the hang of
it. I hope that my learning experiences throughout this process help
other beginning weavers make the transition from inkle to card
weaving smoother. Above all have fun!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Thanks
for reading. No really, if you got all the way through that, thanks
for reading! Have fun and weave on!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">#CardWeaving #TabletWeaving #InkleWeaving #HistoricalWeaving
#Weaving #SCA #WovenTrim #Loom #CardLoom #InkleVsCard #LearningWeaving #CardtoInkle</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932791264917536146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061927017315140475.post-7786583594111167462014-05-27T13:11:00.002-07:002014-07-08T15:09:09.644-07:00 "Fake Geek Girl" Fiction- There's No Such Thing As a Fake Geek<div class="MsoNormal">
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So many articles have been written about the “fake” geek
girl. It’s a topic that means so much to me, and though this is my first
article on the topic it probably won’t be the last. It's one of the few things a person can say to me that will rile me up to boiling in two seconds flat.Whether it is being called "fake," being harassed, or having unwanted attention, if you identify as female and have even one "geeky" interest, gender discrimination is sadly something you have probably experienced in one form or another. </div>
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I have been lucky. I was sheltered from this until I was fairly old. My
father was a wonderful loving man, and a geek, he raised me to be one too. My gender had nothing to do with it. I was
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My high school
science club was wonderful place for us. There was a LOT of us, which was
wonderful. And there were a LOT of girls. Besides the academics, we played
Magic the Gathering, D&D, had movie nights, and guess what? The teacher who
ran the group? A woman. I am a geek girl
born and raised, but as I got older, and tried to spread further into the
community, the instances of being called out as “fake” or harassed began to
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Just google image "fake geek girl" and prepare to be horrified.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Yep. Cause based on this one picture she posted, you sooo know her well enough to make that judgement...</span></div>
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Let me tell you something, guys. I still went through the same thing all of you boys did as
children. Mocked and disliked for my intelligence, my clothes, my interests. Yeah, no one wanted to date me, trust me. I was a new girl from a poor family in a small Midwestern town who was into Hobbits and Elves. I’m great in Tolkien trivia contests, I can
tell you all about end game raiding in WoW. (I was top 3 DPS in my raiding guild)
Want to chat about Labyrinth or Mel Brooks? Fantasy authors? Thor back in the JIM days? Dr. Who? Yeah, I
have watched some of the “original” Doctors. I have all the “street cred,” you
could require of me, but to some it's never good enough. What's worse, geeky gals can be found perpetuating this nonsense, out of a sense of being "more geeky" or superior to other girls. </div>
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That is the inherent problem, not just with geek guys,
but the geek subculture in general. Dominance
is information. How much do you know? Can you prove it? The years of bullying
and exclusion endured by most geeks and nerds should make you WANT to be a more open, welcoming person. It should make you want to break the cycle, but sadly the opposite is too often true. All of that
negativity is too often continued and turned inward towards the community.</div>
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Worse yet, is the ways in which it gets turned on women. Gals who cosplay are risk of harassment both verbal and physical. There is an implication that if you cosplay, you must also be sexually available to every Tom, Dick and Harry that ogles you or you are "teasing" them. We clearly came out just for you, right? Guys, we aren't “pretending” to get
attention. We aren't dressing up in revealing outfits to tease you. Hell, you try to
cosplay as a female character from a comic and NOT be in a revealing outfit! Hint, we like the characters, and we like costuming, that’s why we are
dressing up. Check your ego. This is a girl you've probably just met, whom you've never seen before. This has nothing to do with you at all. </div>
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Not to mention, why would
your mythical “hot girl who is faking it” take all that time effort and money to make or buy a costume, buy convention tickets,
travel to an event and spend an entire weekend worth of their personal time just to tease you or get sexual attention, when she could get
that EXACT kind of attention by walking down the beach in a bikini? Not to mention if any female is near the "Standard beauty" end of the scale instead of "quirky cute" she is automatically set up for a hell of a lot more questioning. </div>
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All we want, is to participate in our interest without belittlement
and harassment. Can I please just go read my comic now? And GOD FORBID I want
to talk with another human being about my interests, or bring said character to
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And thanks to the glory of the anonymous internet comment, what do
women who speak out get? Death threats, rape threats, or ranked based on their
bio picture and how “Do-able” they are. </div>
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I JUST started getting into comic books. I wasn't allowed to
read them as a child, my mom was crazy strict. (Except for Archie, of which I
remember nothing, and didn't even really like.)
For any normal person, this would just be called a “new interest” but
again, those darn ovaries! I’m now a “Fake
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Fast forward from high school to “Free Comic book day” last year in which I walked
up to the cashier with my Thor comics in hand. The cashier, thinking he was making a joke, said to
me “Now do you like Thor, or do you like Chris Hemsworth?” I was spitting fire I was so mad. Why? You may ask? </div>
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Let’s dissect this shall we?</div>
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One, I like Thor, you know, the Norse God. My family is Scandinavian,
I love Norse mythology, and I am in a historical re-enactment group in which I play
Viking, and competitively throw axes on the weekend, (pretty damn well, too, I might add.)
But again, this is me “proving” my cred. I shouldn't have to ramble a vitae off
to you every time I purchase a comic.</div>
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Two, Chris Hemsworth is hot. So what? I am allowed to be attracted to him. You have
no say in that, and it has no bearing on whether or not I ALSO enjoy the
comics. What’s with the “or”? Hemsworth OR Thor? How about AND? Let’s also discuss the last many decades of
comics shall we? What do female characters wear? What’s that? Skin tight suits, loin cloths,
bikinis? Outfits that leave absolutely nothing to the imagination? Men have been ogling and objectifying women in
comics and enjoying women for their aesthetics for about as long as comics have
existed. It’s our turn now. The new movies hire young attractive actors.We
like to look at them. Get over it. Oh you weren't just ogling Scarlett Johansson in the cat suit as she bent over with totally unnecessary camera angle? *cough* bullshit. You
get to enjoy the comics for their story line and cheesecake, but we are only
allowed to like the content? Hypocritical much? </div>
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Three, shut up and take my money. All gender aside, I am a
customer and I am trying to give you money. You know, that stuff you use to
keep the lights on in your shop that pays your rent and buys your food? It
shouldn't matter if a wookie walks into your shop, shut up, give them the comic
and say “Thanks have a nice day!”</div>
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It deeply saddens me that this is even an issue. It should
be simple, people enjoying something together. Why should it matter their age,
gender, orientation? Why should it matter whether it’s an old passion, or a brand new interest? Here
is a new person for you to meet and have fun discussions with about a shared
interest. It doesn't have to be about sex (gasp!) It doesn't have to be a Jeopardy contest. It can just be two people enjoying a fandom together. (Notice I used the word people. We are in fact people, and more than just the sum of our dangly bits.)</div>
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Stop worrying so much about whether or not we have achieved
the appropriate level of knowledge, or what we are wearing, or about our supposed nefarious machinations concerning
your penis. Just leave us to like what
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<span style="background: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="background-color: white;">I love working on all the
fairy garden accessories. They are fun to make and allow me to try lots of
different things fairly rapidly. </span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">I
wanted to make a couple fairy doors. These are very popular right now in gardens as décor,
turning any tree or stone into a fairy house.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> As a bonus, if you are the type that is into fairy lore as I am, there is a bit of myth about them. Adding a fairy door is </span><span style="background-color: white;">rumored to be a way to invite fairies come into your garden, and even to settle in make a home there. </span></div>
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seen my house or garden, you can easily see that it is far too late for that. My
home is already completely overrun with all kinds of wee folk, goblins and pixies. (They are mostly well behaved...mostly.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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essentially a larger version of the door on a castle I made. (You can see it on my website www.shroudedgrove.com under "3-D art -Sculpture" or on my Facebook page) You can also some of my goblins I've made on my other post <a href="http://goblingal.blogspot.com/2014/05/mini-flower-pot-goblins.html">here.</a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">#fairy #fairydoor #faery #faerydoors #fairygarden #faerygarden #gardendecor #sculpey #polymerclay #fantasyart #goblin #sculpture #garden #fairylore #celticfairy</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932791264917536146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061927017315140475.post-5335962287110133472014-05-13T10:52:00.001-07:002014-05-13T12:12:24.446-07:00Mini Flower Pot Goblins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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into polymer clay more, I have been re-visiting previous forms and
sculptures. It is really gratifying to
see my improvements as I learn. Most recently I made these guys. They are a miniature
form of my original flower pot goblin. They are built on top of tiny terracotta
pot, which gives them a great looking base, as well as helps me control their
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<span style="background-color: white;">Part of the fun is changing up their faces and flowers! Since these pieces focus on the head of the goblin, it is really good practice working on faces. Learning detail and variability has been an interesting progress, and I am happy that I can see improvement.</span></div>
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I want to do in polymer clay, and so many more things I want to learn that I
literally do not have time for it all! (I’m gonna dive in and try anyway! Yay
time management skills!) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">#Fairy #FairyGarden #Garden Accessories #Goblin #GoblinArt #Polymer Clay #Fantasy Art #Faery #Gnome </span></span></div>
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Hey everyone! The weekend is almost upon us, and so is my first
craft fair! I am going to be participating in a carnival and craft
fair to raise money for a local school. It will be my first time
vending in person, so I am definitely spending my last couple days
being sure to get all my ducks in a row. I have been working hard
over the past couple of months to build up a good sized stock to take
on the road with me, as well as developing graphics and signs for a
booth, and I can't wait to see it all up and running! Coming with me
are several sculpture pieces including the goblins and dragons, and I
am excited for them to get their first public debut!<br />
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out, I will be at Meadow Green Elementary school in Whittier, Ca,
from 11 AM-4 PM this Saturday May 3<sup>rd</sup>.
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I'll start you off on WonderCon Coverage days two & three
with the little number above. I have seen this Wolverine Cosplayer at
many conventions, and he is always great, but his celebration of
Easter today was particularly awesome. Yes those are carrot claws,
and yes, he had a poofy bunny tail on the side you can't see. Yes, my
husband is the one that pointed out the bunny tail, inadvertently
telling me to look at Wolverine's backside.
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But I digress, I must backtrack a little bit. Warning, you are in
for another long post, but I do promise lots of shiny pictures!
Yesterday was day two and my poor addled brain just couldn't manage
to stay up long enough to get out the blog post, so here it is, a tad
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The day started in the arena for the big network panels. WB was up
first and we saw teasers for 'Edge of Tomorrow”, “Into the
Storm” and “Godzilla” Then Fox had “How to Train your Dragon
II” (which I sadly missed trying to get into the “Once Upon a
Time” panel. (FAIL) but I got back for “Dawn of the Planet of the
Apes.” “Maze Runners” “Secret Service” and “X-Men: Days
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It was great because, well, at ComicCon you would have to get in
line about 3 AM the previous night and camp there just to get in the
door. (No thank you!) I won't talk about ALL these in great detail,
because one, you don't really want to sit here all night, do you? And
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Edge of Tomorrow is a New Tom Cruise Action/Apocalypse/Ground Hog
Day movie in which he discovers he is dying over and over again, only
to wake up and repeat the same day, while humanity is on the
precipice of annihilation. He learns that through this process they are
training him as a soldier to defeat the aliens. No offense, not my thing. Did I
ever mention I actually HATE LOATHE AND DESPISE the ground hog day
mechanic? Blah. I do, I really really do. I know I know Groundhogs Day is a classic. I HATE it. No matter how much you pack
it full of action, or add changes, I just can't...take.. the repetition. I also
almost universally hate all amnesia plots. I know, I'm crazy. Anyway,
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Into the storm is a natural disaster film featuring a town going
through a record number of tornadoes in one day. (Like 20? 30?)
Anyway. I'm from the Midwest. Tornadoes don't do that. No thanks.<br />
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first full shot of the monster himself, as well as showed a NEW
monster that will be in the film interacting with Godzilla. It's an
original monster, but definitely influenced by previous monsters in
the universe. Sorry, no pictures. They made me promise not to. (Plus
they would kinda kick me out.) They new creature is definitely some
sort of insect. Maybe praying mantis like? It had wings, it was enormous. Godzilla
looked awesome, and well...like Godzilla?They talked a lot about
standing up to the legacy and having Godzilla being motivated by the
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is based off a a young adult fiction book, and Secret Service is
based of of the comics. I am unfamiliar with both, but they both
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the antagonist. Yes, I will be seeing it. It's about a international
independent agency that works separate from all governments (those
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with the Apes as they begin to evolve a culture. It does have Gary
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scene, which showed great footage of the battle with the sentinels,
and then part they hadn't shown yet, the sentinels kicking their
asses. Severely. The sentinels started taking on the powers of the
mutants fighting them. Iceman was shown taking on a sentinel that was
using fire. The scene ended with the sentinel crushing he head clean
off (in ice form) and then stepping on it. Yikes! And he certainly
wasn't the only mutant to die in the clip. Guess that's why they'll
be needing to go back in time! They also mentioned that because of
the movie's time period when in the past, it will be featuring
President Nixon. It will be interesting to see how they play that.
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I have to say, even though they have changed the time traveler
from Kitty Pride to Wolverine, it looks like they are attempting to
be smart about their decisions, and their rules for time travel. They
mentioned that they set their rules for time travel early on and
stick to them rigorously throughout the film. We will have to wait
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That ended the panels for awhile, so we hit the expo floor for
awhile, spent more money, and then headed over to Adventure Time. It
was an hour wait to get in, and then we just barely did. To be
honest, the panels are always hit or miss for me. They always seem a
little unorganized, and there are always weird awkward quiet moments.
The creator and writers don't like to discuss the technical aspects
of the show because they are “boring” but sometimes seem to have
little else to say. They do have fun little bits though, like
writing scripts for the voice actors to preform live on the panel.
This years was about LSP and Flame Princess at a sleepover at LSP's
place. It was pretty funny, and they drew little flip-book like
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We stayed on for Bob's Burgers, which is fantastic, because we
have been watching an episode of that show practically every day in
my house, and I think the show is hysterical. Plus who doesn't love
Kristen Schaal? I adore the character Linda, and my husband often
tried to mimic her voice (as the character is voiced by a male) for
my amusement. “All riiiight!” I then proceeded to have the song
from their Thanksgiving special stuck in my head for the rest of the
day. “Pass....the cranberry sauce, we're having mashed potatoes!”.
They played the theme song live and then forced each of their cast
members to improvise lyrics. Also, the voice actor for Tina doesn't
modify his voice for the character....like at all.. An amazing
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Then more shopping. Boy does the money tend to fly out of hand
during a convention..As I mentioned there were definitely less comic
book vendors than ComicCon, and as I learn Thor I am starting to
definitely see patterns in prices. Unfortunately, I did think a lot
of the vendors that had JIM Thors were pushing it a bit as far as
quality to price ratio. By the end of today I did end up getting one
more Thor (#107) a car decal (A Miyazaki coal puff) and a chain chomp
plushie, because,well, I obsessively collect plushies.<br />
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The last event of the night was the masquerade, which was a lot of
fun. As a cosplayer I love to see all the outfits. This alien was
badass!! It's hard to see the detail in the picture, but it was
amazing!! There are always some costumes that leave me the rest of
the night pondering “How did they make that?!?”<br />
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Day three was pretty relaxed We mostly just hit the dealer hall,
but we did also go watch the new animated movie “Son of Batman.”
which focuses on Batman and his newly acquired son, whose mother is
Talia Al'Ghoul.
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It was pretty good.. It's always me “Day off” from cosplay so
I wore a wonderfully amazingly comfy Captain America shirt my sis got
me for my birthday (tomorrow, yay!!) and some jeans. Oh jeans, I
love you so. After a full con, sometimes you just have to put down
the corset. As always after a con, I am physically exhausted, but
wonderfully inspired to make my next cosplay and to get to work on a
number of new art projects! Oh, and on the drive home, we saw this.<br />
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I do so hope you my coverage of my time at WonderCon 2014! If you
did enjoy my little ramblings, I will be back with coverage for San
Diego Comic Con this summer! Pleas stay tuned as for other geeky topics, reviews of my latest projects and more! As always, thank you for reading, see
you next time!<br />
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If you missed day one it can be found <a href="http://goblingal.blogspot.com/2014/04/wondercon-2014-day-one-coverage.html">Here</a><br />
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It is now 12:30 AM and I have just gotten home and settled back in,
so please bear with me. My bedtime these days is usually around 11:30
at the latest, and that's without all the running around. Exercise,
whaaaat?? I shall try my best to remain cogent and have as few
spelling errors as possible. (I may need to come back and do some
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I did manage to pull of the Aurin Costume. It went pretty well,
except for the part where I am wearing a corset at a con (because
THAT is a a brilliant idea.) Here's a picture of it below. I am
definitely planning on doing more WildStar cosplay after the game
releases. There is a character in the game my husband designed after
me, so I want to cosplay her and in that way I will really be cosplaying myself. How meta...<br />
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ANYWHO. The first panel I saw was the screening of the new series
'Salem' for WGN America followed by a Q&A. It is essentially a
horror/suspense series, in which they look at the Salem witch trials
as if there actually were witches. It was pretty interesting. It was
definitely for mature audiences, which makes it an interesting choice
for WGN which is currently known for hosting a lot a of re-runs. I
believe they said this was their first scripted show. A bold choice.
There were two scenes that they had to black out during the screening
due to mature content. (One for violence, one for adult content.) The
special effects were pretty cool, the 'hag' was pretty darn creepy,
and I thought the concept was pretty interesting. Although it used
the names of actual historical figures, it is definitely alternate
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Second we went to the Teen Titans GO panel. They showed the season
finale for season one.<br />
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It was puppets. It was hilarious.
It was kind of disturbing. This episode was a little look at Robin's
psyche and how he deals with the stress of being the leader of the
group. Turns out it's puppets. Yep, he keeps a puppet stage and a
copy of each titan in his room and play acts scenes. AND the episode
was partially filmed with REAL wooden puppets, and a puppet master
(which was a sock puppet) who was the villain. I really thought the
show was a a pretty maxed out already on a zany level. Apparently I was wrong,
they are very determined to push the edges of sanity. It was great.<br />
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The Q&A was great and Khary Payton, the voice of Cyborg, was
hilarious, and very very talkative. They also revealed many cross over
episodes in the future with the rest of the DC universe, such as with
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Man, these posts are going to be long aren't they? Boy I do a lot
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Well next I hit the dealer hall to work on my Thor collection. I had three old Journey Into Mystery Thors, but as I mentioned, my half of the comic book shelf looked pretty pathetic. Thing is, I am just getting started collecting comics, and frankly I can't afford the high grade stuff. You know the, “If I take this out of the sleeve, I will destroy it's 9.5 rating.” ones? Plus, it's a comic book, I want to read it damnit!! WonderCon does definitely have less comic booths than ComicCon, and less silver age, so I shopped around for awhile before I found some options. Then I found a small-ish booth with a few boxes of comics and TOO MANY options. He had many reader copies of Thor half off in the $5-7 range. I still hadn't wanted to spend $40 on comics, so I was agonizing over which ones to pick. As I turned to my husband for help, he said “How about this? I'll take these 3, you take those, and we will buy them all, happy birthday!” (It's my birthday Monday, yay Con for a birthday!!) Awesome husband is awesome. Turns out he wanted to by me some Thor for my b-day anyway, he just thought it would be not right in front of me :P Anyway, now I have 7 new JIM Thors. WOOOO!!!<br />
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chilled for awhile, then tried and failed to get into a Whedon panel,
because we can't keep time, then went to a panel for me to teach me
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Will Wheaton. Will talked mostly about his series Table Top, which I
must admit, I have not watched yet. It's essentially a review show. Basically you watch awesome and funny people sit together and play a
board game. (They go through a lot of guests and a lot of board
games.) I am definitely interested in checking it out. Then Felicia
Day talked about the new Geek and Sundry show “Spooked” with the
new cast. They premiered the trailer, which was cool. The show is a
comedy about a group of paranormal investigators (not very good ones)
in their misadventures. “They may not be the best ghost hunting
team, but you can afford them.” It looked pretty amusing and I
will definitely check it out. I admittedly will watch ghost hunting
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That pretty much ended day one! We hit Bubba Gumps for some
seafood. (It IS Good Friday after all) and hit the hay. Tomorrow I
will be trying to get there nice and early to hit up the WB panel.
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And if you managed to get through all that, congratulations! I
applaud your fortitude, sir or madam! Only two more exhausted
rambling rants to go! God I hope this post makes sense in the morning! Until tomorrow!<br />
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always so much to do at these cons, screening of new shows and comics, great
cosplay, and of course a chance for me to buy more old Thor comics. (Yes!! My
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that place my husband works.) Previously I only wore it to one of Carbine’s
Halloween parties, so it hasn’t really had a “public” debut yet. I am still debating if I should stick with
the purple fur color or switch over to black and use my better wig, ah choices. (Plus
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Recently I decided I wanted try to sculpt something new that I could make and reproduce in a few variations to sell on my Etsy. My hubby suggested small dragons in cat-like poses, which is adorable, so I gave it a try. We both loved "How to Train Your Dragon." and own two cats, so the idea of dragons acting like giant house cats greatly amuses me.<br />
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Here are the head and body still in early formation<br />
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I really like using the glass beads for eyes. It adds a sense of realism. You can still sculpt the eye shape, give it ridges, brows and plenty of character, but you don't have to worry about sculpting pupils and little finicky bits or having to paint intricate eye details later. (My hand sculpted eyeballs still end up a bit cartoony.)<br />
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The idea was for these to be small, but of course the first one turned out larger than anticipated. Getting small takes work and experience!<br />
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Here he is all done!<br />
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Afterwards I tried to make a second one, to see if I could accurately repeat the style and get it more into the size range that I wanted. The results were this pretty girl below. I have to admit it was hard to list her on my Etsy, but I can't keep them all. I hope she will go to a good home. She is actually significantly smaller, only about 2 inches high!<br />
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I will be making new poses and colors to add to my Etsy soon, as well as (hopefully) a few goblins. It's going to be a busy month! Check out all the new stuff on my Etsy at http://www.etsy.com/shop/shroudedgrove and Thanks for reading!<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">#Dragon #FantasyArt #PolymerClay #PolymerClayDragon # Etsy #Shroudedgrove #HowtoTrainYourDragon #DragonCat #DragonYarn</span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932791264917536146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061927017315140475.post-74812927488087652442014-03-31T11:08:00.002-07:002014-03-31T11:08:44.589-07:00Sluggish and Stressed<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #222222;">Today I am feeling a little downtrodden, tired and stressed. There
are too many deadlines and not enough time. At this rate I’m going to need
April to last twice it’s normal length. I have three deadlines coming up
between May 1</span><sup style="color: #222222;">st</sup><span style="color: #222222;"> and 3</span><sup style="color: #222222;">rd</sup><span style="color: #222222;"> and only one of them is close to
being done. On top of that the last week has been riddled with health issues
for both me and my husband, which also prevented working on the house and
working on that blasted bathroom.</span></div>
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I had a lovely cold the first half of last week, (co-worker came in sick) which
I then passed to my husband the second half of the week. So much for
productive time. On Sunday, as I went out to shoot archery as I normally do, my
brain took one look at the bright sun above, shouted “MIGRAINE!!” and took
me out. I stumbled awkwardly through part of a lunch with friends, but had to cut
it short to retreat to my cave and sleep it off. It was my first heavy hitting migraine in a
really long time, so today I am still dealing with the “postdrome” effects,
which for me include mental sluggishness, exhaustion, and the potential for
several “aftershock” headaches. (Which means I may not be able to count on any productive hours after work tonight.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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On the crafting front I am starting to stress about my
upcoming craft fair. It is my first one, so basically, all my numbers are theoretical.
I just don’t have the experience to know
how much stock to bring, what kind of money I can spend etc, and I’m stressing
about actually producing that much goods by then. I can’t just sit there with an empty table!</div>
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Then there is the paper mache art for submission into a
book. One: I need to make a bunch of pieces by May 1<sup>st</sup> TWO: I have
absolutely zero muse for this. 3: AGH TOO MANY DEADLINES IN MAY!! 4) I haven’t
worked in paper is a long time.</div>
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I am trying to organize my time as efficiently as possible,
but it has become challenging to divide my time between my 9-5 job, the
crafting and the home renos. (Plus add in normal home maintenance and the SCA) </div>
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My head, at the
moment, is a mass of thoughts, random colors, ideas and stress, swirling in a maddeningly
sluggish vortex of a post-migraine brain. <br />
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This too, shall pass. I know. I’ll get
it all worked out, but boy, it’s going to be one hell of a ride until then.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">#Migraine #Postdrome #Deadlines #CraftFairs #Stressed</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">Once a year the SCA Kingdom I live in has a weekend event called
Collegium. It is essentially a weekend workshop with varying classes. The classes are taught by volunteers from within the society and run
the gamut from martial skill classes to various crafting classes. It is a great
opportunity to learn a new skill and get your feet wet, or even to learn and
advanced technique for a topic in which you may not normally have access to a
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things you might not normally see. This collegium was really the first one in
which had a “major” so to speak, so I tried to focus on weaving classes. (Plus
the two performance classes I wanted to take were both cancelled. Boo.</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> )<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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advanced Viking wire weave class, as well as learned to play some medieval
board games.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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triple weave, and well as learning some fantastic tricks for the overall
process. The handout was amazing, and it came with a chart that indicates
how much a piece will stretch as it is drawn through the board, which will save
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basic concepts down and went home that night later to figure it out. My husband
is like my silent weaving partner. He has no interest in the act of
weaving but loves the set up. Strange boy. He finds the patterning, math and
way the string moves to be fascinating, like a puzzle. So as we went home, and I tried to explain to him what I had been doing he grew interested and
wanted to help me figure it out. Lol. We spent that night watching videos and
discussing everything to break it down. I’ll be warping up my first double face
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for registration. I should have done it a couple years ago when I got my AoA,
(Award of Arms) but there were complications last time I tried. Here is
what it looks like. I am not very knowledgeable in heraldry, I just made the
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the system, it will be registered exclusively to me, so that wherever I go in
the society (even overseas) if you see this you will know it is me. Neat! Now
comes the paperwork part and the waiting. It’s going to basically go through a
lot of checks, to make sure it’s different enough from anything previously
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I am really enjoying getting into polymer clays and bringing
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As an avid Halloween village collector (Mostly Lemax) I am
enthralled by the current trend of faery gardens, which are essentially the
same idea as a holiday village, only faery themed an outdoors, (which is
awesome!) Now that I have a front “lawn”
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different sculpting and painting techniques. It’s great, I can let my mind run
wild with ideas, and because they are relatively quick and easy to make, so I can
actually get to a lot of them. These are a few of my first pieces I made. I
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The sign here was a little tricky, because it was my first time trying to carve actual words in. A learning experience was had. (This was also the piece which during painting my cat saw fit to express his discontent by running through my green paint and across my table. *sigh*)<br />
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This here is my “biggest” piece, a fairy circle with some
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You can buy them on my Etsy! https://www.etsy.com/shop/shroudedgrove</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932791264917536146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061927017315140475.post-70521160189214680072014-03-10T10:42:00.002-07:002014-06-03T12:48:05.421-07:00Mortal Kombat Sub-Zero Hat<div class="MsoNormal">
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This piece is a copy of the head piece of the character Sub-Zero from the Mortal Kombat series, adapted into a usable winter hat. It was a special order item for a friend of mine who
is living out in the Midwest, where the temperatures have been sub-zero quite literally . He wanted a new winter hat, and what better
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Have I ever actually made a hat? No. (Though I do not a basic cap shape.) True to reality, not the over confident
visions swirling about in my head, it took a few trials a bit of
experimentation. Also way more yarn than I anticipated. I went through a couple different yarn types
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After a few revisions and fun with masks, here it is, all
finished, and modeled by my lovely husband, who looks much better in this hat
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932791264917536146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061927017315140475.post-18730056246379678682014-03-05T09:50:00.001-08:002014-03-14T12:48:43.752-07:00A Productive Day<div class="MsoNormal">
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So one of the fun parts of home ownership, random bills!
Yippee! We came home to a surprise supplemental property tax bill. Youch. Things
are a little tight at the moment, what with all our new and exciting bills, so
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accessories. I love the idea of faerie gardens. Think Christmas village, but fairy
themed and outside in your garden. They are vastly popular right now, and I
thought it would be fun to try my hand at making a few little accessories. I will post about them a little later, when I've
had time to do better quality photos. They are simple, cute, and should be
pretty affordable for everyone, so I hope people will enjoy them. (My husband is giving rave reviews, but that’s
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932791264917536146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061927017315140475.post-34107201881126843072014-02-18T15:22:00.001-08:002014-03-14T12:48:27.681-07:00Moving<div class="MsoNormal">
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something great, like buying a condo, but at this point, mentally and
physically I am just exhausted. Physically, endurance has never been my thing,
and I have pushed myself well beyond anything I’ve ever done before. (Yay! And uuuaarrrggghh!)</div>
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10 months of putting
in offers and getting rejected or losing to flippers, while also working two
jobs and overtime hours to keep our loan up, followed by all the drama it took
to get our loan people to do their job when we actually GOT an accepted offer,
followed by 4 months of hard reno that we ourselves have done all by hand. Phew.
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and honestly something that needed to happen for my husband and I to move on
into the future, but now I want to take a nap. More like a hibernation. Maybe two weeks of sleep or so in a nice comfy
cave? My everything is tired, my muscles ache, my eyes try to close anytime I
sit still for a few minutes. I’m sure my job has noticed my zombie like state
lately, I really dread getting in trouble, because I know I’m not functioning
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932791264917536146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2061927017315140475.post-26988923907362998822014-02-17T11:30:00.001-08:002014-03-14T12:10:39.265-07:00I got a Harp!<div class="MsoNormal">
This a little tiny bit waaay post-event, but I finally am getting around to my post Gyldenholt Unbelted wrap up. Gyldenholt Unbelted is a day tourney in the SCA. I may have mentioned the SCA before on occasion. It is one
of my many perhaps a tad geeky hobbies.<br />
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If in fact I haven’t mentioned it before, the SCA is short for the Society for Creative
Anachronism. It is a historical recreation society that is set over a wide
span of history from the fall of the Roman Empire to the end of the
Renaissance. I have many fantastic
friends there, and it has spun me off into a great number of other hobbies over
the years. (Cause I needed more of those.)
I do a little bit of everything, some pewter casting, a bit of brewing,
weaving, and some martial arts. Okay
maybe a lot of martial arts, a have a pretty large affinity for heaving pointy
objects through the air, (thrown weapons and archery) and I dabble with swords
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a Harp Argent for weaving. This is an art award the society uses to recognize
skill in a particular art or science.
Look there it is below. *points* The certificate is for my home, the medallion is something for me to wear at events to signify the I am a member of the order.<br />
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It is essentially the bottom tier of a three tier
system. Think of it kinda as a college
degree, an associate’s degree, a bachelor’s, and a doctorate. (It’s slightly
more complicated than that, but it’s a good model for simplicity’s sake.) Unlike
a degree, however, you don’t apply for it. It’s an award that someone puts you
up for anonymously, and so it’s usually a complete surprise to the recipient. It
was to me! </div>
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Apparently someone out there thinks I’m sorta good at making
piles of string into other objects.
Hooray!<br />
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I’m very flattered. Well,
I was flattered and nervous as hell having to go up in front of people to
receive it. Bragging using the anonymity of the internet is one thing or one’s
own blog is one thing, going up in front of a ton people to receive the award is
another. When the method of receiving involves having everyone stare at you as the
local and kingdom heads publicly flatter you is downright terrifying, (for me,
anyway, lol.) </div>
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I’m so happy to have my harp, and really an associate’s
degree is a pretty good analogy. I still have so much I want to learn and do.
Weaving is a really broad field, and I've barely scratched the surface. For
example, one day I really, really, want to learn how to weave tapestries. Like
real tapestries, with little people doing things on them. All Medieval style.
Yeah, that would be awesome. It’s a pretty complex process. I’ll have to start
with stick figures. And primary colors. So far I have dabbled in kumihimo, Viking wire
weaving, inkle weaving, pick up inkle weaving, and basketry. (And if you count
the “costumes” I used to make myself out of willow vines when I was a child, I
guess clothing?)</div>
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All in all it was a great day spent with friends hanging
out, and I also got to see friends of mine earn well deserved awards as well.
(Some of whom I voted for them to get, which was highly satisfactory.) It was fun to see my fighter friends out doing what they love, and the weather
was great. I am looking forward to the next event. <br />
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By GoblinGal<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">#SCA #InkleWeaving </span></div>
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