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My last entry was almost 2 weeks ago-- I have two weeks and two weekends to try to save from possible oblivion. I will start with what occupies my mind: the PA Renaissance Faire which I got back from 6 hours ago.
I spent the last week waiting for the splendors of the Faire, and the first half day of Faire remembering that it isn't about splendors; it's about having fun. I frowned upon a hillarious group called the Tartan Terrors which spent as much time doing shtick as playing music. That judgement has reversed; they're shtick was not 100% clever shtick, but it was worth enjoying 100%. They enjoyed being on stage, and that's why they were there; should we have been any different?
I went to many performances, including a combined musical time of about 7 hours and 1 hour of non-music show. The second day I spent about 2 hours shopping for a token of my affection for my beloved (it takes me time to get into a mood where I want to spend money). I decided to find a piece of jewelry other than the typical kinds, as Claudia scared me away from thinking I could get her anything there that she would like. My thought is to ease into it from this direction and evaluate the response. I got a beautiful set of hair pins with intricate glasswork jew-tops. For myself, I finally bought a (Chrismassy) CD from Bells and Motley, a husband-wife pair deep into historical accuracy and overflowing with a collection of medieval musical instruments.
Also, one night after Faire, I played a new game: Lamarckian Poker (quite well done). I've written down a Description and Instructions.
Stepping back, during the last week at Olin I have been amusing myself by creating a taxonomy of all abstract human pursuits, based on my belief that the existance of academic departments, likes and dislikes between them, and differences in approach and method are a result of mental strengths or skills which must be developed, rather than pools of knowledge to be learned. I encourage people to look at and comment on my Taxonomy.
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