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"Baaa-argh!"
04/08/2002
My weekend was excellent (despite getting the Worst Facial Sunburn Ever), how was yours? Well, if you're a regular visitor to the Castle (you do visit the Castle every day, don't you??) then you know that I just got back from the North Carolina Renaissance Faire. I'm going to be writing a more lengthy update later but I just had to share a couple things with you, my faithful readers.
In my spare time over the last couple of weeks, I have been working on the creation of my Faire tokens. You know what I mean -- those cute little pins that everyone hands out to their friends at Faire -- anyway I came up with what I thought was a pretty good idea about 5 months ago. Actually it might have been Ani's idea. I honestly can't remember right now. I do know that it was during a conversation with her that this epiphany arrived.
 It was last fall, right after I had joined the Privateer's Guild, we were discussing favors and tokens for the next Faire season. I wanted to incorporate the whole sheep thing with the new pirate thing and so I came up with what you see pictured on the right.
Now I am often easily impressed with my own brilliance, however I rarely expect anyone else to recognize it. You can't begin to imagine my surprise when people started commenting and coveting my wee piratanical sheep. No really, the first dozen compliments you almost have to expect 'cause let's face it, they are damn adorable. But when word go back to me that someone in the Royal Court wanted to buy twenty of them I was dumbfounded. When I ran out of them and started giving out my Faire card so people could email their mailing address to me, I started to wonder if the lack of shade on site was inducing mass hysteria. THEN when I heard two ladies from one of booths wanted some to sell on a consignment or wholesale basis -- that's when I when I finally gave in and admitted my genius. (Hey, no thwapping now, I'm kidding, I haven't actually gone off the deep-end into severe megalomania.) I don't expect this to be my path to riches, but I'll do it as long as it's fun and profitable.
Hold onto your bloomers cause the pictures are coming soon!
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I LOOOOVE my pet pyrate! I named him Lucky. Thanks for giving him to me, I was very happy to get Lucky.
Darcy
~ Darcy aka PyrateLady   @ 1:17 a.m. EST on 04/09/2002
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You're welcome, lass. I always encourage Wenches to get lucky and I'm more than willing to do whatever, what-ever, I can to assist.
Well, whatever I can get away with... *nervously looking around*
~ Gareth @ 9:06 a.m. EST on 04/09/2002
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*LOL* Yeah, I saw that.... Hmmm.... Well, there are ways to help wenches get lucky and there are WAYS to help wenches get lucky... You know the difference and which you SHOULD do!! (At least if you want to make sure you help THIS wench "get lucky""!! *wink wink*)
Yes, I LOVE my little pirate sheep and look forward to seeing the new little guys get created and find happy new homes! ;^)
~ Celly McFae @ 10:22 a.m. EST on 04/09/2002
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i wuv my wee pirat sheepy...
i named mine "ahab" *G*
arrrr.....baaaaa
~ Keltik @ 10:40 p.m. EST on 04/09/2002
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Ahem. I'd like to point out that it was Celly, after all, who first pointed me in the direction of getting Lucky. In fact, she flashed me (the favor, that is). So really, both Gareth and Celly helped me get Lucky. Ooo.
~ Darcy aka PyrateLady. Again. @ 1:29 a.m. EST on 04/10/2002
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Hehehe... Yeah, I guess I DID help Gareth help Darcy get Lucky!!! OOooooo.... NO!! I'm not going there!! Oops! too late... ;^D
Well, Lucky is a very cute pyrate sheep... as is Thump, my pyrate sheep.
~ Celly McFae @ 10:01 a.m. EST on 04/10/2002
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You're naming sheep pins?!?
You people frighten me, you really do.
~ Gareth @ 4:30 p.m. EST on 04/10/2002
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