I just started this thread for all those off topic crazy posts that seem to go off topic. Now you have a thread where you can sound off, enjoy. ;D ::) ;)
Stop reminding me how close we're getting. I'm not ready!!!!!
The cast will be marching in the Fenton Fourth of July Parade on Friday. If you're close, cheer us on.
Ther'ye going to duct tape my mouth to peace tie me. :)
Would be fun to watch but I'll have to see if the doctor will allow me to ride in a car by then.
I quite like 'no topic, thread jacking' threads. We have one over on the Wenches Board and I think I really got to know people better because of that thread.
It's more like a conversation - know what I mean?
Anyway, I am going to be out of here for a few days come the 4th. I'm heading up to the UP to visit my family. Yay!!
Quote from: Margaret on July 01, 2008, 02:32:55 PM
I quite like 'no topic, thread jacking' threads. We have one over on the Wenches Board and I think I really got to know people better because of that thread.
It's more like a conversation - know what I mean?
Anyway, I am going to be out of here for a few days come the 4th. I'm heading up to the UP to visit my family. Yay!!
Make sure you wave to the Island as you cross the Bridge!!! If we see ya, we'll wave back!
Is this the place for those of us who reply with 'slightly off topic' but witty banter or guilty of partial hijacking of threads? (Partial hijacking is like stealing the luggage carrier at the airport! ;D
You could not have said it better ;D
Why do I see myself posting here often?
I like off topic mayhem threads too, just for the reason Margaret said. It's fun, and a good way to make friends. Plus how much more can be said about the other argument? It's getting cyclical.
When I go to the sight I get lost and confused. I thought I knew it inside and out. Know why? There's grass and weeds and things. They will all be gone soon, but man, it's like a jungle out there.
Quote from: nliedel on July 02, 2008, 04:43:37 AM
When I go to the sight I get lost and confused. I thought I knew it inside and out. Know why? There's grass and weeds and things. They will all be gone soon, but man, it's like a jungle out there.
How about taking a few photos of the grounds as they look when they're vacant and posting them so the rest of us can see what they look like? That would be cool.
Quote from: nliedel on July 02, 2008, 04:43:37 AM
I like off topic mayhem threads too, just for the reason Margaret said. It's fun, and a good way to make friends. Plus how much more can be said about the other argument? It's getting cyclical.
When I go to the sight I get lost and confused. I thought I knew it inside and out. Know why? There's grass and weeds and things. They will all be gone soon, but man, it's like a jungle out there.
Last year there was a dead woodchuck/muskrat right near where we practiced... added to the ambiance really. Boys had fun poking it with sticks.
Quote from: Black Armor on July 02, 2008, 09:32:43 AM
How about taking a few photos of the grounds as they look when they're vacant and posting them so the rest of us can see what they look like? That would be cool.
As nliedel said - it's a bit odd. The shire looks like a sad and abandoned town. It looks alot smaller and *dimmer* (if that makes any sense) without the hulla baloo of the faire going on.
Quote from: Black Armor on July 02, 2008, 09:32:43 AM
Quote from: nliedel on July 02, 2008, 04:43:37 AM
When I go to the sight I get lost and confused. I thought I knew it inside and out. Know why? There's grass and weeds and things. They will all be gone soon, but man, it's like a jungle out there.
How about taking a few photos of the grounds as they look when they're vacant and posting them so the rest of us can see what they look like? That would be cool.
Cool, but it would also take away a smidge of the magic, methinks. So nope, I'm not gonna do it.
Did *I* just say no? I never say no. Must be having kids. I'm growing a backbone!
When I shot for the festival in 2005 I went out onsite in July to scout around and snapped a few wide shots of the abandoned shire. That was my very first time onsite and very first time at a festival. First impressions were how sad and run down is this place, and how am I going to get anything good for the faire. Let me tell you, first weekend of the festival we walked onsite and I looked at my wife & said Alright, what happened to the sad little place that was here earlier? You realize, the site by itself is nothing really. It was the people who made the experience what it was and is. You people make the faire what it is, cast and playtrons and the general public included. So to post a few shots of the faire unattended would do an injustice IMHO.
Cheers!
43 days , but whos counting ::)
Now, if you decide to go AFTER the run is over, about Mid October, it's a little different.
Not quite as sad and unkempt as it looks in summer, it looks just a bit 'lived in' like during the run. Weeds and brush don't have a chance to regrow with all those footfalls around the shire.
It is so very quiet and peacefull. Most of the signs and such are still up, and many shop owners haven't yet gotten around to 'winterproofing' their buildings. It seems like some of the magic is still around, dissappearing slowly into the mists until next August.
Those are pictures worth sharing.
Are the faire grounds open in the off season? I've always wanted to go out there and see what it was like.
I don't believe so. It's the property of Mid Michigan, so I think it's considered private property.
There's alot of stuff out there for the gates to be left open.
It is the property of Mid America shows......
Right now the clover has taken over the grounds due to the heavy rains .... it is just beautiful walking around in ankle deep clover... the flowers left behind are in full bloom like the clover.... all thanks to the rain that Mother Nature has provided.
I felt like I was in the movie Sound of Music.....
It's not open off season. Vandals do get in and should be putn in the stocks for the summer and tossed rotten eggs at. It's not terrible this year, but any damage is sad.
Quote from: nliedel on July 04, 2008, 05:21:23 AM
It's not open off season. Vandals do get in and should be putn in the stocks for the summer and tossed rotten eggs at. It's not terrible this year, but any damage is sad.
A lot of the vandals come in from the nearby trailer park across the swamp. Kids with nothing better to do, mostly.
But yes, they should be put into stocks.
And Mags is correct, the site is private property when the faire is not running, though access may be granted to those who have legitimate business there, like shopkeepers and grounds crew, or production staff/employees.
I think there's a post-season cut off, and then the site is completly closed and locked up for the winter, not to open until the following summer. I'm not sure when that is, but again, it's private property, so it doesn't really matter to most people, as they aren't allowed to come in unless it's performance day.
I think it's better that way-- Hollygrove should be left to the imagination.
What sucks is I live in a "manufactured home community" (read trailer park) and I get so mad at people who psuh the sterotype. If my kids did that, they'd not be able to walk for a week adn be turned over to the authorities. I'm a nice mom, but I'm not so lenient I'd let them do mean things to others.
I think if they got caught, a perfect punishment for the police to inflict would be to put them in stocks or the jail at the grounds for a whole weekend of faire. That way, all of us patrons could give them a piece of our minds. We could boo, scowl, threaten to run them through, etc... It would be fun for us patrons and a good lesson for the destructive little imps. It may also make them realize the passion we have for Hollygrove, and teach them a lesson they wouldn't learn in real jail.
Quote from: Lord Virgil on July 12, 2008, 10:09:20 AM
I think if they got caught, a perfect punishment for the police to inflict would be to put them in stocks or the jail at the grounds for a whole weekend of faire. That way, all of us patrons could give them a piece of our minds. We could boo, scowl, threaten to run them through, etc... It would be fun for us patrons and a good lesson for the destructive little imps. It may also make them realize the passion we have for Hollygrove, and teach them a lesson they wouldn't learn in real jail.
Better yet just turn them over to Mother Superior and let her have her way. ;D
Mother Superior was in rare form today. She's just a doll.
Quote from: max and kate on July 12, 2008, 02:27:09 PM
Better yet just turn them over to Mother Superior and let her have her way. ;D
Now that's a wonderful idea! ;D
Quote from: max and kate on July 12, 2008, 02:27:09 PM
Better yet just turn them over to Mother Superior and let her have her way. ;D
Why not just have them drawn and quartered, they might be better off, :)
If actually caught - the vandals should be turned over to the police. Yeah, it would be fun to turn them over to Angie but I doubt they would view it as a punishment.
Now, a night in a cell with their new best friend, The Crusher. THAT would be a punishment. ~evil laugh~
Drawn and quartered would not be nearly as interesting as Mother Superior humiliating them and forcing them to clean the grounds with a toothbrush, for all to see. Maybe begging forgivness of all the patrons? They're probably kids and it should be most memorable for them.
nliedel, you have some really nifty ideas there. :D
And speaking of toothbrushes and cleaning, I'm off to be "Big Bad Mom" and make the kids clean their rooms. :P
Quote from: AnyuBoo on July 16, 2008, 07:53:47 AM
nliedel, you have some really nifty ideas there. :D
And speaking of toothbrushes and cleaning, I'm off to be "Big Bad Mom" and make the kids clean their rooms. :P
Please tell me how you do that? My children are pigs. The main house is clean, but their rooms? Frightening
Quote from: nliedel on July 16, 2008, 08:49:18 AM
Quote from: AnyuBoo on July 16, 2008, 07:53:47 AM
nliedel, you have some really nifty ideas there. :D
And speaking of toothbrushes and cleaning, I'm off to be "Big Bad Mom" and make the kids clean their rooms. :P
Please tell me how you do that? My children are pigs. The main house is clean, but their rooms? Frightening
Mine have their rooms probably equally as frightening...even my daughter's room. :P And, except for my oldest, who seems to be finally outgrowing the tendency, they all tend to hide (or try to hide) their messes...behind/under various pieces of furniture; blanket or bigger game hiding smaller stuff. ::) So, this time around, as the boys are supposed to go up to their dad's place (my ex-husband) at the beginning of August, I simply gave them an ultimatum: they won't go anywhere if their rooms aren't properly clean (for my daughter, the threat is not going on the planned trip to her Nana's house). On other occasions, threatening to withhold the x-box or computer for a week (or month) can get them sufficiently motivated. :)
My room can be simply atrocious at times. However, since I have garb now I try to keep my room as orderly as possible so I do not lose anything. Back in the day (last year *snicker* I am only 17. 18 in December though. Huzzah!) I would let my room get over run by clothes and other things until I would want a friend to come over. Then I would have to scurry to clean it because I had a sense of pride and did not want to let anyone see how messy I could be at times. Also my mom would threaten not to let me get new garb and not allow me to go the MiRF. My room has been spotless ever since.
OH PLEASE!!! You never cleaned your room before I came over!! And if you did, I'm terrified. Do you not remember the day that I had to walk across mountains to get to the computer to watch Jim Gaffigan? I will admit, it has become cleaner as time passes. ;D ;D ;D
hehe. I do admit it took a while but my room is clean as can be now. It's been ages since you've come to visit. Things change. Although, I seem to have misplaced David's shoelace from his steel toed boots of doom. He wants it back. Tough luck, eh?
The law has been laid. There will be NO MIRF without clean rooms. My eldest is working very hard today.
Huzzah! It's definitely something worth working for.
Ah yes the bedroom. It seems the only clean part of my room is where I keep my garb. Everything is hung up or in a chest and nothing else goes near that corner.
Quote from: nliedel on July 22, 2008, 04:31:30 PM
The law has been laid. There will be NO MIRF without clean rooms. My eldest is working very hard today.
lol It's amazing just how industrious they can get with the right "motivation". ;D
Removal of camp and Cedar Point are also good threats. The thing about my kids is they all know, mom means it. They can end run around dad, but he backs me up. He also makes ridiculous threats, "There will be no TV for a year!" Right...
We've learned cutting the power circut to their bedroom is also an effective tool of cooperation enhancement.
Kilts where out in abundance this weekend past, I wonder how many where aware of the proper movement of sitting , bending and twirling.
I saw some wonderful twirls! *giggle* ;D
~LadyAnn~
I was kilted but I didn't try any twirls.
I spotted some gents who truly knew how to make those pleats sway!
I was chatting with a group of wenches by the Fountain late Saturday afternoon, and we espied several lads who knew how to make their pleats dance.
There were even a couple of...lunar sightings...if ya know what I mean. ;)
Our cry of thanks was: SCOTLAND FOREVER! :D
England forever!
And scotland, for just a wee bit longer.
I always miss all the good stuff.... :'(
A Happy and Safe Holiday To All.
*nodding in agreement*.... thank you Max and Kate... you both be safe and I hope that you get all that you wish for during the Holiday....
And for anyone that is traveling... please return to us safe and sound....
I have a little story to tell...
Dark Wolf and I have only been apart of the Rennie scene together for the past 4 years. And in that time, we have found ourselves surrounded by the best people in the world. We actually sat down and compaired Rennies to those that aren't Rennies and realized that we would rather have a handful of Rennie friends than 4 handfuls of the other. You are more "REAL" than those others. You are always there, you are always accepting. Granted, I am from small town USA, but I have never in my ....... years known any group of people more accepting and real than you. From the very beginning you all have made us feel welcome and at home. For that, we thank you and send our love and prayers to each and every one of you!!!!
Lady Gwyndoly and Dark Wolf
Quote from: sealclubber on August 27, 2008, 12:18:55 AM
England forever!
Oh yes, England most definite as I am already originally from there and also Wales forever too especially the North as I was born and raised there. :)
Quote from: Lady Gwyndolyn on December 18, 2008, 10:25:00 AM
*nodding in agreement*.... thank you Max and Kate... you both be safe and I hope that you get all that you wish for during the Holiday....
And for anyone that is traveling... please return to us safe and sound....
I have a little story to tell...
Dark Wolf and I have only been apart of the Rennie scene together for the past 4 years. And in that time, we have found ourselves surrounded by the best people in the world. We actually sat down and compaired Rennies to those that aren't Rennies and realized that we would rather have a handful of Rennie friends than 4 handfuls of the other. You are more "REAL" than those others. You are always there, you are always accepting. Granted, I am from small town USA, but I have never in my ....... years known any group of people more accepting and real than you. From the very beginning you all have made us feel welcome and at home. For that, we thank you and send our love and prayers to each and every one of you!!!!
Lady Gwyndoly and Dark Wolf
Lady Gwyndolyn,
I agree with your statement about Rennies. We are a fun group that isn't afraid to be ourselves. As a whole, I would say Rennies are much more down to earth, accepting and fun to be around than your average joe.
You and your husband are two of the nicest of the nice. You are always so gracious, and both of you have those types of smiles that light up your whole face. We are all blessed to know you two, and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all you do to organize the Masque!!!