Diary of a TRF Performer... the 2011 Season!

[maeven]

You should call your blog posts "Fun Times with WarCat"! LOL

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

How about "Hit with a Brick" by WarCat... 

[LadyJessica]

How about "Hit with a Brick" by WarCat... 

Nah...for her it wouldn't be a brick it'd be a shoe! 

[Zaubon]

How about "Hit with a Brick" by WarCat...  

Nah...for her it wouldn't be a brick it'd be a shoe!  

A shoe with a brick in it.  

[Blue66669]

A shoe with a brick in it.  

*touches nose*

I think you got me pegged, Z.

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

A flaming shoe with a brick in it.... 

[Blue66669]

Even BETTER!

[Merlin the Elder]

I am enjoying your series, WarCat. Most entertaining!

[brooke]

I am amazed at how much yall are getting done in the heat.  I don't even want to go outside and sit!  Thanks for all the hard work!

[Blue66669]

Week THREE...

So, the girls and I decided mid week that we were going to host ourselves a nifty Italian potluck. Pasta and sauces and OMG garlic as far as the eye can see. Oh, and since it was the beginning of the 2nd half of Doctor Who, Adele decided that she would make tiny cute little Dalek cuppiecakes for the event. I got started on Friday afternoon making spaghetti sauce to bring out to site for the Saturday night festivities. I got all the way out there before I noticed that I had accidentally left all of my fixins for the alfredo sauce AT HOME ON THE FREEZER. Called my girl Lauren and asked her to pick it up on her way to rehearsals on Saturday morning, so the crisis was averted. Friday night consisted of beers and Moonlight Dance, which is our play around dance rehearsal. Fast and loose, dance with who ya wanna or sit on the sidelines sippin and chattin.

Saturday morning brought a marriage of sleepy WarCat and a bowl of cereal. Our trailermate Drea texted early to let us know that she was going to the emergency clinic due to a badly pinched nerve in her back. Made it to Dance Call and managed to pull off some dances before lunch. During the break, we made soup and ate boudain at Tango Lima while gossipping about all the latest dirt. A few silly pictures and a quick rehydrating later, we were on our way to the afternoon set. Afternoon classes were interesting. We found ourselves paired with the Italians this weekend. The games were fun and interesting, and our group got to work on (and film) some of our bits. ABSOLUTE HILARITY! By that time, we were informed that the temp was hitting at around 104ish with a lower humidity. My friend Kris described it as "springtime in Death Valley". He was OMFG RIGHT! By the onset of our second round of classes, I was already feeling the heat pretty badly. My group leader pulled me aside to ask what was wrong with me. He was under the impression that I wasn't happy, but it was really just exhaustion due to my heat sensitivity. The entire group met up at New Market Gazebo by the front gate to run through scenario and group introductions. Right in the middle of our rehearsal, one of the epic sprinklers came on and SOAKED half the cast and our belongings. Normally, I would have been pissed, but this... THIS FELT AMAZING! Soon enough we were all running through the sprinklers screaming and laughing like small children. It would have been great, you know, if I would have thought about the fact that I was wearing a WHITE TANK TOP! OOOPS! After the run through, it was a quick run over to Dove Meadow for fight call. At about 7, I realized that my feet were no longer doing what my brain was telling them to do. My arms were failing (which is dangerous when you're flinging a sword around) and I lost the ability to stand for awhile. Ty and I made it back to the trailer and went IMMEDIATELY to the shower. Cold water in the shower trumps ANY of the lurking mosquitoes in the bath house LOL! Cleaned up and ready to cook, I headed back to Tango Lima for the potluck. I called Capt. SIN in Baton Rouge so he could talk me through getting the gas turned on in the trailer so that I could light up the stove and oven. Dinner was soon ready, and the ravenous ladies of cast all made heaping plates. We laughed and ate and drank wine till we were all in food comas. During dinner, one Jack Welker (the young Prince James Stewart of Scotland- 14 and completely full of amazing and attitude) escaped his mom for the evening to hang out with some of the Barbarians. They quickly put him to work in helping them build their camp, called Blue Base. We caught him walking out in the dark and invited him into the hen house, where he proceeded to eat cuppiecakes like crazy. Darling Jack got a little mouthy, so I put him in his place (read as, I tackled him, roughed him up a little, then Da'Rel drug him outside for mouthing off to him, then he did it again and I beat him with a camp chair until my arms got tired). At one point, I vaguely remember calling his mother as torture LOL! Bed came early for us, and sweet sleep was easy to come by.

Sunday was Fight Call again, and we had to get our fights nailed down to be filmed. Ms. Adele and I were running our fight near the ATM at the Greek Agora when we were called to have fight notes given to us. We were told that the slap was not believable, so we needed to work on it. My group leader is also the principal fight choreographer, so he took a little extra time helping us out. It very quickly turned into giving me a lesson in slapping the crap out of my best friend for kicks, and so that it wouldn't hurt near as badly as if I'd have done it for real. While I repeatedly slapped Adele around, we were greeted by the strangest thing I've ever seen.... a squirrel with HUGE nuts! Seriously, this squirrel had such a problem, it walked funny. Not only did this squirrel have retardedly huge genitalia, but it CAME UP TO ME AND SNIFFED MY HAND LOOKING FOR FOOD!!!! We played with the squirrel for about 10 minutes before we decided to get back to business. By 1, we were all exhausted and ready to call it a day. The girls and I had some downtime and more leftover pasta, then made it safely back to my place for some epic girl hanging out time.

It was only this morning that I woke up and OMFG I couldn't move. SORE WARCAT IS SORE!!!!! The man has been kind enough to give us this upcoming holiday weekend off, so I will take this time to work on fights and sit around in my underpants. I couldn't be happier

[Taylor Blu]

Awesome read.

[maeven]

Splendid!

[dbaldock]

Sounds like you're having a lot of fun right now, preparing to have a lot of fun in a month...     


But, just in case someone gets hurt during your fight scenes, you should probably have some of these Bacon Shaped Bandages on hand.     


Take Care,
David Baldock

[Rani Zemirah]

Poor Adele...    Sounds like you're all having an awesome time, and I know it will be an amazing show!  You might want to invest in epsom salt for your bath after you get home from fight rehearsal.. and some Phoenix Balm, as well!  

[Glaodian]

Sounds like a lot of work getting ready for the faire.  Cant wait to see you in action Warcat.