Aqua

 While it is still fresh in my mind, I'd like to immortalize last nights' events.

I had requested off this weekend because Das Bunker was having a Star Wars night. Their 3rd, I believe. Only by the time I got out of work the tickets had already sold out.
Of all days to work a later shift... of course it was yesterday. Figures.

Instead of that, Fett came by my work and waited outside until I was off. We decided to meet later at his place.
Yesterday was incredibly hot out. Like... 100 degrees hot out. Effing GROSS.

Eventually I headed over there around 8. It was starting to get dark out. The air conditioning at his place broke, so he suggested we go outside and have dinner in the back yard where it's cooler.

We brought out our laptop/netbook and phones and sat down to a relaxing, quiet, dark evening accented by the vegetation in his backyard, and the dim green light emitting from behind the waterfall in his pool.

I told him how lovely everything was that night. It was still warm out, but the breeze was refreshing. The sounds of the water from the pool, the silhouettes of the plants, the smell of just being outside for a change... and then he went to turn on the purple lights in the pool.

Because of the winds we've had a few days ago he thought that perhaps the pool water would've been littered with crap, but... it wasn't. We had dinner around 8:30 last night, because I remember messaging my mom about Candy Crush, lol. We got in the pool around almost 9.
He got in some shorts, but I unfortunately had to.... improvise. Haha. The say the least, that didn't matter later on! XD

And, let me just say... that never in my life did I imagine this being possible ...
okay. I can't write about it here because it's like... ultra super duper pg13.
but... my lesbian friends would definitely appreciate this specific aquatic... detail. Lets just say that. LOL


(uh huh.)


We got out at midnight.

Probably one of the happiest moments of my life. I was smiling, and laughing, and so, so happy to be there with someone who felt the same. We were like kids. Haha, very curious kids, but indescribably enjoying an amazing evening together. And dinner was really good. So.

I will never forget this night. He asked me if it was better than what Das Bunker would've been. I was all smiles and could do nothing but hug him. Said yes, obviously! He knew I was kinda bummed. I would've worn his Boba Fett helmet, lol. But... that evening turned out to be so much more than I ever could've imagined.

AND. I finally learned to how hold my breath underwater properly. I've been doing it wrong all these years, lol. People would just tell me "don't breathe" so I'd do literally that. Just... not breathe. But water would still go up my nose. I'd try it again and again, until eventually I just got scared and stopped trying. So I was just the girl that held her nose. LOL but last night that didn't even work anymore because of my septum ring! hahahaha
SO ... I was determined to get it right.
What I wasn't doing before was kinda pushing air out with my mouth closed. Kind of like when you have to pop your ears, you try to push air out of them? Yeah, no one fucking told me that. They would always just say don't breathe, and that's not enough!!! lol. I got so excited and carried away that my last attempt to smash my face into the water without holding my nose got me water up my nose instead, lol. But now I know how to hold my breathe underwater properly, haha. And that'll be a thing that eventually could turn into a detail that my male gay friends would appreciate. HAH

It's okay, we're just mermaids. It's fine.

Aside from my rent going up again, this year has already made up for the last 2 years, and it's only 5 months in.

Ren Faire

First of all.... 
   Why, yes! Lefty is doing absolutely wonderful thank you for asking. We have him doing 4 minute laps every evening to practice flying straight, but bless his little heart he's still flying in circles. That little bat is hopeless. Cute though.

Can I tell you guys about what happened today? I made my first visit to the 'hispanic' grocery store that's like 5 minutes away from me. Had no clue it was there. BEST store EVER. 

You guys... I got this crab imitation ceviche dip thing with tortilla chips and it's SO GOOD. Motivation for visiting here is that a co-worker made ceviche yesterday and brought us some to try. He said he got all the ingredients at this grocery store and and and and... I went with Fett earlier today.
THEY HAVE ALL THE OTHER REJECT RAMEN FLAVORS. You know when you go find your favorite ramen and they don't carry it anymore? Or they're always out? IT GOES TO THAT STORE. AND THEN I BUY IT FOR MYSELF. And they had a sale today: 12 oz cans of Monster for .79

Fucking love that place. It's called Vallarta. I felt at home. lol?

Alright, alright. Lets get down to why you're even reading this.

♦ R E N A I S S A N C E  |  F A I R E  ♦

This faire was one of the places I wanted to visit most during my 6 years living here in L.A. Why it never happened pretty much... well, I could've gone alone but it'd probably be miserable.

Fast forward to last Saturday and my wish came true!
Fett was my Knight who nobley stopped by in the morning after I got home from his place and swooped us off to the Faire! We sort of got dressed up, kind of. Not really. I did moreso than him, but we went, we saw, we were merry and gay and haw haw haw! It was awesome you guise! 

We went the weekend of the "Time Travel" theme. To my surprise, there weren't as many steampunk costumes. However there were a couple of Links (one even had Zelda with him) and even some Trekkies, lol. Get it? Because Time Travel? Link went back and forth in time? Hero of Time? and Star Trek was in the future? EH? EH?!?! IT WAS HILARIOUS. And there was a caveman. XD

 

Anywho... this was Fett's first Ren Faire ever ever ever.

OH. And Wondercon was also Fett's first ever convention, and cosplay! Two birds. That's my Fett ;D

He did not know what to expect, whereas this would be my first time attending the one in LA. Back in PA I'd visit that one almost every year. It was a rule. 

We had a good time. It was such a lovely environment to be in, aside from how beautiful everyone's costumes were and the artisan craft vendors that lined along the roads. It was awesome. The only little thing was that because we both had monetary thingies... we were kind of on the broke side lol. Me especially because I went a little too cray cray Wondercon weekend. He did too. So we felt that a little bit this time. BUT...

We left with goodies anyway. Thanks to my Knight, who wanted to make sure we took a part of that day home with us! 

 EEEeeeeeee!!!! We're almost there!!

As we walk up to the entrance there was a like.. a thing.

 A line of nobles marching in through the gates, with guards, the queen, more nobles, and of course the wenches in the very back.

Look at this dude. Just look at him.

 mmpf, blacksmiths. Yes plox.

 

 hooooooot

This lady could hold shit on her boobs. I wish I could hold shit on my boobs. I tried... didn't even pause on the way to meet the floor. Just... VOOP. gravity.

 Those baroque collars are the hottest fucking things on the planet omg.
I always wanted to make one for myself and wear it EVERYWHERE. but settled on putting a bunch of them on my Etsy wishlist instead. One day.
but yeah. Baroque collars- I dig em.

Actually, I'm gonna get one asap and wear the shit out of it.

 This show was really funny. Two wenches. Perverted, hilarious, adult humor. 

As to be expected at the Ren Faire, of course!

omg you guise, a young Barbara Streisand time traveled into the future to hang out at this vendor.

 Fett is obsessed with Ocarina of Time.
He bought an ocarina and the next day learned how to play Zelda's Lullaby on it.

 I don't wanna talk about it. =\

 Coolest hats EVER.

This chick was so friendly! She complimented me on my locks. Everyone who does always notes how thin they are XD
Totally okay with this. lol

She was really really nice and omg I luz her. Amelia is her name. but pronunced Ah-meh-LEE-ya

And I probably spelled it wrong.

This vendor had awesome hoods, but they were totes out of our price range. Cute though.

I love her.

 Belly dancers!

 Ahhhh, so beautiful and sensual.
I also promised Fett I'd do a private dance for him :(

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah I dun waaaannnnaaa
Her name is Pixie. She was gorgeous, and her smile contagious.

 We saw a male belly dancer. 

They're uncommon! It was like finding a Snorlax in the wild. Fucking stoked

He's a rare Pokèmon, you guise. And he was awesome. I love him.

Did we go to a joust?

You bet your sweet ass we did.

 Our knight kicked the other knight's ass. He also looked cooler because his horse had fluffy feets.

There was another round later that day but we didn't go. Instead we walked around and took in the sights and stopped by whatever little performances and vendors caught our attention. 

 We spotted a few guards playing basically jenga.

This guard came towards me and asked me to pick out a block for him to remove.

I failed him. =\

And finally before we left, after much thought, he had me choose on something to take home with me.

A horn to drink out of. It smells like death inside of it. So awesome.

They told us care instructions, and how to maintain it basically.
I'm gonna drink all the orange juice out of this you guise. 

But first it has to hang in my room for a bit. 

All in all it was a good time. 

I definitely recommend going with some extra cash to spend. They have beautiful hand crafted things to buy, but you also have to remember that because it's hand crafted... you're also compensating the artist for their time and creativity. Do not expect Wal-Mart prices.

Also, check out these bull nut sacs.

There were a lot of fur vendors. Some you could kinda tell were like... little privately owned shops. Some you could tell were bigger... and probably imported their furs.

From where? I dunno. My guess would be China just because China holds the largest fur trade in the universe. This particular vendor had many, many, many furs that were similar to each other. Just something to look out for at these places, if you care about that stuff. I'm not cool with China's fur trade. They suck. Don't look up why, just trust me. They really, fucking suck. 

OTHER THAN THAT, YAY :D

It was a fun day.
I wish that I had gotten pictures of our outfits, but when I was about to take a selfie in my mirror, it was too dark in my room and I didn't care enough to open the blinds and pose again. So we left. :)

I think I looked pretty nifty! An actor there said to Fett "well done, good sir" nodding at him, then eyeing me with a smile. It was funny, bold, and flattering! It's also probably his job to do this but... nonetheless, it made us laugh. 

Instead you get this picture of me with sort of no eyelids.

My eyelids sometimes decide to not happen, and sometimes they happen. They have a mind of their own. Also, I have a flat forehead. It's complicated. THROWBACK THURSDAY, YA'LL.

Tomorrow I might go to Das Bunker's Star Wars thing. If not that, then the other night that I really like going to. We'll see. Maybe Ponies will wanna go. I haven't asked him yet.

By the way: I'll be at Bats Day Black Market boothing with Ponies selling his books again this year. So like... come say hi and stuff if you're going. It's free to get in, and there are lots of neat vendors to check out. k? k.