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janestarzKopete, which is the linux rip-off of Microsoft's MSN messenger, can suddenly not connect any more, as MSN returns a "password wrong" error every time I try to connect. This probably means MSN has finally found a way to keep us off their high and mighty chat network. I'll be damned if I would do anything other than click a few links to fix this problem. I'm definitely not switching back or rebooting in Windows so I can chat. Anyone who really needs to chat with me is just going to have to log onto ICQ or Yahoo! Messenger. And anyone who really really needs me can e-mail or even call me.
I hate the current vibe of having to be continually at everybody's disposal. I am usually at home during the day, minor shopping trips excluded. If someone wants me, they can call me. Those who know how to handle privacy* have got my current number. And if I'm not at home, I've got a good reason not to be. It means I can't be disturbed. I can't possibly be on the phone while at my lessons, and I think calling in public, especially the way some people do it, is terribly terribly noisy and inconsiderate.
*) Ignis, who has no idea what netiquette is, has long lost my e-mail address and isn't getting any new ones of me. She just doesn't seem to get the whole BCC-thing, saying that because they're all friends she's sending it to, it's safe to put all those addresses in the "to" line. *snort* She is, internetwise, well....very very very thick. She's also a doctor, so it's not like she hasn't got any brains.
I've been looking at my costume wish-list lately. I have some things still on them. It's funny to browse back two years and see what I wanted back then. The black all-purpose robe, I had totally forgotten about that...but it would still come in handy. I have enough larp clothes to dress a small special. I can play anything from archer to priestess, from nobility to beggar.
I'd not mind having period peasant garb to go with all this, but I think that will be a long-term project. I only have two skirts planned that will be for live roleplay, and using 15th or 16th century peasantryness in an 19th century dress with bustle is just wrong.
I'm very excited for the grey wool dress. It's hemmed and ready, except for the jacket. I'm planning on playing a sorceress (Steelweaver, you know what kind of a sorceress I mean) in it, but I have a slight problem. I've always seen the sorceresses as one of the few people not to wear anything on their heads. Like nobility in the Middle Ages could have their hair hanging loose, while the peasants would braid it. Only, in Larp, hardly anyone wears anything on their heads (a fact that is all too reminiscent of the fact that this is just our weekend hobby, we don't wear hats during the week either). So, to really stand out as a sorceress , I'll have to be different. I've got a huge mass of hair, and I just hope to have a nice way to braid it intricately (ribbons, pearls and beads - not touch any of it until Sunday and then just cut everything out of the hair or something). Dreamweaver Braiding has some nice styles, but I need more practice and more patience to practice.
But thinking about things like these made me line up my skills. It's quite astonishing what I've learned over the past three years of larping (three years this week, yes!).
So, last thing on my mind: the referendum. On June 1st, all of Holland gets to say "yes" or "no" to the European Constitution. Yesterday, the third flyer arrived. The one I read in the train was first stating goods and bads in a list, and then emphasizing all the goods, neglecting the bads. The media have been looking critically at the politicians, who all want us to say "yes" to the European Constitution. I think that if I were to read all flyers and surf all online voting helpers I'd get even more confused in what I want. Right now, I'm inclined to vote "no". I think that the way they handle this is wrong. Why three subjective flyers, in stead of one objective one that is readable for even those people who have the IQ of a dust bunny?
I don't think that will be done though. Politicians just want to make sure we vote "yes" quickly, so that they can plan to have the whole thing installed in about 15 years. But maybe, just maybe, we have to grow towards this a little more slowly. It feels like there are too many frayed edges blowing in the wind still. If you know what I mean.
Okay. That's it with my rambling. Comment and discuss everyone.
"Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity." - Irving Kristol (found on TK421.net
I hate the current vibe of having to be continually at everybody's disposal. I am usually at home during the day, minor shopping trips excluded. If someone wants me, they can call me. Those who know how to handle privacy* have got my current number. And if I'm not at home, I've got a good reason not to be. It means I can't be disturbed. I can't possibly be on the phone while at my lessons, and I think calling in public, especially the way some people do it, is terribly terribly noisy and inconsiderate.
*) Ignis, who has no idea what netiquette is, has long lost my e-mail address and isn't getting any new ones of me. She just doesn't seem to get the whole BCC-thing, saying that because they're all friends she's sending it to, it's safe to put all those addresses in the "to" line. *snort* She is, internetwise, well....very very very thick. She's also a doctor, so it's not like she hasn't got any brains.
I've been looking at my costume wish-list lately. I have some things still on them. It's funny to browse back two years and see what I wanted back then. The black all-purpose robe, I had totally forgotten about that...but it would still come in handy. I have enough larp clothes to dress a small special. I can play anything from archer to priestess, from nobility to beggar.
- Black all-purpose robe. Preferrably cotton or linen;
- Blood red corset with gold-colored eyelets and corsetry lace ends (bought those on ebay already);
- Long Neo-style coat. Still in design phase;
- Summer dresses;
- Grey wool dress, in progress. Still needs black velvet jacket to go with it and a hairdue or hat;
- 1880s outfit. Fitting session in corset required first. Still need to do: bustle, petticoat, top, hat;
- Sideless surcote with underdress;
I'd not mind having period peasant garb to go with all this, but I think that will be a long-term project. I only have two skirts planned that will be for live roleplay, and using 15th or 16th century peasantryness in an 19th century dress with bustle is just wrong.
I'm very excited for the grey wool dress. It's hemmed and ready, except for the jacket. I'm planning on playing a sorceress (Steelweaver, you know what kind of a sorceress I mean) in it, but I have a slight problem. I've always seen the sorceresses as one of the few people not to wear anything on their heads. Like nobility in the Middle Ages could have their hair hanging loose, while the peasants would braid it. Only, in Larp, hardly anyone wears anything on their heads (a fact that is all too reminiscent of the fact that this is just our weekend hobby, we don't wear hats during the week either). So, to really stand out as a sorceress , I'll have to be different. I've got a huge mass of hair, and I just hope to have a nice way to braid it intricately (ribbons, pearls and beads - not touch any of it until Sunday and then just cut everything out of the hair or something). Dreamweaver Braiding has some nice styles, but I need more practice and more patience to practice.
But thinking about things like these made me line up my skills. It's quite astonishing what I've learned over the past three years of larping (three years this week, yes!).
- Sewing: by hand, machine, serger (lock-machine);
- Knitting, Crocheting;
- Kumihumo (japanese weaving/braiding);
- Braiding: 3 strands, 4 strands, 5 strands and herringbone;
- Embroidery, Blackwork, Cross-stitch, and on the machine (using a zig-zag stitch);
- Dyeing fabrics;
- Designing clothes;
So, last thing on my mind: the referendum. On June 1st, all of Holland gets to say "yes" or "no" to the European Constitution. Yesterday, the third flyer arrived. The one I read in the train was first stating goods and bads in a list, and then emphasizing all the goods, neglecting the bads. The media have been looking critically at the politicians, who all want us to say "yes" to the European Constitution. I think that if I were to read all flyers and surf all online voting helpers I'd get even more confused in what I want. Right now, I'm inclined to vote "no". I think that the way they handle this is wrong. Why three subjective flyers, in stead of one objective one that is readable for even those people who have the IQ of a dust bunny?
I don't think that will be done though. Politicians just want to make sure we vote "yes" quickly, so that they can plan to have the whole thing installed in about 15 years. But maybe, just maybe, we have to grow towards this a little more slowly. It feels like there are too many frayed edges blowing in the wind still. If you know what I mean.
Okay. That's it with my rambling. Comment and discuss everyone.
"Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity." - Irving Kristol (found on TK421.net
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Date: 2005-05-24 01:18 am (UTC)As for the quality of the propoganda material: I think it sucks. We have been receiving a lot of paper, but there are hardly any real arguments. Just a lot of hollow phrases saying that we should all vote "yes", and if we don't, the world will come to an end.
Balkenende and his company make it sound as if we have a moral duty to vote "yes". Well, that is not for him to decide. Politicians may tell the people what to do and what not to do, but when it is time to vote, that is when the people tell the politicians what to do, not the other way around. At that single moment we, the people, are in charge. That is the whole idea behind elections and referenda.
Politicians may try to persuade us to choose their side, and it's their job to do that, but they cannot tell us that we MUST vote for this or that.
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Date: 2005-05-24 02:12 am (UTC)Hey, besides the constitution I get to vote yes or no against the shops being open every Sunday in Utrecht. Now that's a hard one. ;)
The sad thing is, I got one easy to read, objective flyer with all the pro's and cons of the "shopping Sunday" referendum, before any of the constitution propaganda hit my mail box.
With the constitution I have the feeling I have to vote for one of two evils and I don't know which one of them is the lesser. Frankly I still have no idea what's going on.
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Date: 2005-05-24 02:14 am (UTC)http://www.virtue.to/articles/braiding.html
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Date: 2005-05-24 02:26 am (UTC)I do however think that we need to have a european constitution, but I just think this is not the one to be. Let them just think about this entire thing one more time and reconsider things, so they can come up with a constitution that is good for all of us. Because I believe it can at least be better then what they have now!