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Jul. 30th, 2006 10:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
olorielFirstly, I Am An Idiot.
I was just frying some fries, and then putting them aside, and in my usual grace managed to pour some still-boiling oil over my hand.
Yes, that is not really a good idea.
Also, that is not a good time for the cats to beg for anything, because I'm (hopefully understandably) pissed off and don't need incessant meowing and the usual "What do they want now?!" game on top of it.
*whimpers*
I have a talent for making even good days end badly.
Because otherwise this was a lovely day. I did another sort-of-holiday thing and went to visit![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ladyelleth up in the north on Saturday. Even though the drive there took way too long (three major traffic jams, two of them due to blocked streets, one of those due to the tarmac having melted off the street - next one to suggest that I have no right to complain about the heat will get kicked to Antarctica, thanks - which meant that the trip of normally 4 hours took 7 instead), we managed to make something of our time. After a late lunch, we drove to the medieval market at the fort in Cuxhaven. It was smaller than the big Spectaculum, but quite cozy and very nice. Especially adorable were the many small children running around everywhere. They're so blond they're almost white-haired (Teleri kids!). One little girl with curly hair simply ran into the "stage" area during the belly-dancing performance and - just imitated the dancers, not even badly! Too cute.
At some point, Elleth and I wondered whether one could make a Fëanorian straw star. (Two hours and a lot of straws later we knew that yes, basically one could.)
We had a lot of fun during the absurd performances (there even was slash!), were treated to some very good wine and juice, and I bought a book and a clasp for my cloak. We even found the prickly pear mead in bottles for sale (they only had it in a barrel at the Spectaculum)! In the end, we stayed so long that there was no time left for Dead Man's Chest after all. Oh well. Luckily, we'd both seen the movie earlier in the week already.
Instead, we watched the RingStars video and penned down a tracklist (mwahahahah!). We eventually finished and fell asleep sometime past 2 am.
In the next morning, we slept until Laurelin woke us. (Another sentence I always wanted to be able to truthfully write! - Laurelin is, in this case,ladyelleth's beautiful but snobby cat.) It was just the right time to go walking in the tidelands, so that's what we did. We found out how very sharp shells can be when you unsuspectingly wade through the mud (one tried to take off my thumb toe! No, really! There's a veritable cut, half a centimeter deep!). We ended up sunburnt and very muddy (due, in part, to the general nature of the tidelands, and in part to a little incident which involved mud being abused as projecticles) and had to spend a long time under the icy showers at the shore to get mostly clean again. When that was accomplished, we went to the pool, just for the artificial waves. Fun!
By the time we were back at Elleth's, we only had time for a HIGHLY amusing Captain Jack Sparrow fanvid, some Adventures of Young Boromir comics and lunch with a horrifyingly bad desaster movie (but it had John Noble in it!). And after that, I already had to leave. ;_; The drive home luckily didn't take nearly as long as the way there, even though there was an impressive rainstorm towards the end. The air is nice and cool here now, and I hope it'll stay like this for a while (I likewise hope it won't rain like this on the Drachenfest, though!).
And now I'll go to bed and hope the hand will heal quick.
I don't want to work tomorrow. :p
I was just frying some fries, and then putting them aside, and in my usual grace managed to pour some still-boiling oil over my hand.
Yes, that is not really a good idea.
Also, that is not a good time for the cats to beg for anything, because I'm (hopefully understandably) pissed off and don't need incessant meowing and the usual "What do they want now?!" game on top of it.
*whimpers*
I have a talent for making even good days end badly.
Because otherwise this was a lovely day. I did another sort-of-holiday thing and went to visit
ladyelleth up in the north on Saturday. Even though the drive there took way too long (three major traffic jams, two of them due to blocked streets, one of those due to the tarmac having melted off the street - next one to suggest that I have no right to complain about the heat will get kicked to Antarctica, thanks - which meant that the trip of normally 4 hours took 7 instead), we managed to make something of our time. After a late lunch, we drove to the medieval market at the fort in Cuxhaven. It was smaller than the big Spectaculum, but quite cozy and very nice. Especially adorable were the many small children running around everywhere. They're so blond they're almost white-haired (Teleri kids!). One little girl with curly hair simply ran into the "stage" area during the belly-dancing performance and - just imitated the dancers, not even badly! Too cute. At some point, Elleth and I wondered whether one could make a Fëanorian straw star. (Two hours and a lot of straws later we knew that yes, basically one could.)
We had a lot of fun during the absurd performances (there even was slash!), were treated to some very good wine and juice, and I bought a book and a clasp for my cloak. We even found the prickly pear mead in bottles for sale (they only had it in a barrel at the Spectaculum)! In the end, we stayed so long that there was no time left for Dead Man's Chest after all. Oh well. Luckily, we'd both seen the movie earlier in the week already.
Instead, we watched the RingStars video and penned down a tracklist (mwahahahah!). We eventually finished and fell asleep sometime past 2 am.
In the next morning, we slept until Laurelin woke us. (Another sentence I always wanted to be able to truthfully write! - Laurelin is, in this case,
ladyelleth's beautiful but snobby cat.) It was just the right time to go walking in the tidelands, so that's what we did. We found out how very sharp shells can be when you unsuspectingly wade through the mud (one tried to take off my thumb toe! No, really! There's a veritable cut, half a centimeter deep!). We ended up sunburnt and very muddy (due, in part, to the general nature of the tidelands, and in part to a little incident which involved mud being abused as projecticles) and had to spend a long time under the icy showers at the shore to get mostly clean again. When that was accomplished, we went to the pool, just for the artificial waves. Fun!By the time we were back at Elleth's, we only had time for a HIGHLY amusing Captain Jack Sparrow fanvid, some Adventures of Young Boromir comics and lunch with a horrifyingly bad desaster movie (but it had John Noble in it!). And after that, I already had to leave. ;_; The drive home luckily didn't take nearly as long as the way there, even though there was an impressive rainstorm towards the end. The air is nice and cool here now, and I hope it'll stay like this for a while (I likewise hope it won't rain like this on the Drachenfest, though!).
And now I'll go to bed and hope the hand will heal quick.
I don't want to work tomorrow. :p
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Date: 2006-07-31 03:24 am (UTC)They're so blond they're almost white-haired (Teleri kids!)
*.* Cute! I always do that :P When seeing people with white or extremely blonde hair I think "Teleri!"
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Date: 2006-07-31 03:25 am (UTC)I have uncanny skillz
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Date: 2006-07-31 08:01 am (UTC)