Road trip to Montreal
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Quebec is still very nice; the weather was sucky; even low-grade poutine is still fairly tasty; Casa Grecque was not deeply Grecque but did make excellent spanikopita; Amarula, Sortilége, and cidre de glace were acquired.
Crown tournament itself was disappointing if not terribly surprising. I was eliminated in two quick rounds, and obviously I would have preferred to stay in longer. On the plus side, for my first fight I challenged Gavin, and after we were both eliminated we spent much of the remaining time discussing technique, bushido, and mythic figures of Carolingian history. Very interesting stuff.
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dglenn's post this quote that I like, which seems very appropriate.
Crown tournament itself was disappointing if not terribly surprising. I was eliminated in two quick rounds, and obviously I would have preferred to stay in longer. On the plus side, for my first fight I challenged Gavin, and after we were both eliminated we spent much of the remaining time discussing technique, bushido, and mythic figures of Carolingian history. Very interesting stuff.
[Edited to add: In catching up, saw in
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.]
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Date: 2006-05-08 12:57 am (UTC)At Mayday, in the fights with both of you, I never particularly felt at hazard, unlike I did with the guy in the blue surcoat (Patrick?), even though your level of competence was somewhat higher. I think next time we're all three of us at fighting practice, I'm going to just suggest forcing both of you through a bunch of attack sequences until you do them while keeping your blows consistently sufficient and we've figured out a way for you to force your will onto the fight.
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I'm not surprised at Gavin's list, but even for fighting, mine would have been different: Patri, Eudaimon of Alexandros, Charles the Templar, and of course, Alpen MacGregor, though it is hard to know how much he should count - most of the stories I heard about him were about how he swooped in and then disappeared. And then there's Barak Raz. Not a great fighter in his own right, but he was responsible for getting a duke, a count, a countess, and a laurel into Carolingia by dint of running the right demos.
Now if you were to open it up outside of fighting, the people I'd call meaningful when I joined were Baron John, Marian, John Of Canterbury, Eugenie du Bruge, Lisa Goldenstar, Nicholas Nussbaum, and maybe George and Tabitha. Those last two are marginal, but as their offspring is now active in Carolingia, they certainly have had a positive long-term effect.
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Date: 2006-05-08 04:17 pm (UTC)Aelfwyne helped out gravity with a good muscle/weight ratio. He could do as many one-armed pull-ups as I could do two.
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Date: 2006-05-09 05:35 pm (UTC)You know, I should have that tattooed someplace. Of course, I'd want to be able to read it, so that would pretty much rule out most the places I get tattoos. Damn. If I just shortened it to "FAIL BETR" I could get it tattooed on my knuckles. I'm afraid the shortening of better is open to misinterpretation, however. (bttr? bter?) Ah well.