Road trip to Montreal

[learnedax]

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.

[Edited to add: In catching up, saw in dglenn's post this quote that I like, which seems very appropriate.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
    -- Samuel Beckett

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[herooftheage.livejournal.com]

Charles way young. Really young. 15 or so, and could fight well. Tried to fight for the Virgin Mary in a Crown tourney once. Was denied on the grounds that he had no proof the she was interested in the position.

Aelfwyne helped out gravity with a good muscle/weight ratio. He could do as many one-armed pull-ups as I could do two.