Oddyssey

[caddyman]

For the first time since the NWO sequence wrapped in (I think) May 2006, I spent the weekend in a field, surrounded by enthusiastic and often boisterous people dressed in a range of costumes to represent variously, the ancient civilisations of Rome, Greece, Egypt, Persia and Carthage. I myself slapped on some theatrical make up and briefly played a Minoan, brought out of watery death and exile these past thousand years to judge the Arena games.

I grabbed this photo on my iPhone after I'd got rid of the costume, but before I removed the makeup. The light was poor, so it came out a little more yellow than it should have. I have desaturated the colours and tried to make it look closer to how it did in reality, but with limited success.



For your jollity and possible consternation, here are a few Egyptians getting ready to go into combat. But not until the revivified Mummy has finished his fag break...






I am still not sure that wandering around in fields for an entire weekend and sleeping in tents is my cup of tea. All I know is right now that I had to book Monday off work because I was so tired.

And don't get me going on people who cannot keep their hormones in check when sharing a tent; no matter how big the tent may be. Not for the first time in my life I have had to pretend to be asleep while people who are old enough to know better failed to get a room to themselves.

Overall, though, I had a better time than I feared I might. I have ten months to decide whether to do it again, though I remain interested in contributing to the writing.

Comments

[mezzogiornouno.livejournal.com]

.....and now show us the one where you're in make-up.

[caffeine-fairy.livejournal.com]

Could you stick that pictuer behind a cut, hon? It's playing merry hell with the formatting of my flist.

Also, I'm mildly terrified about someone smoking in that getup...

[literaryrose.livejournal.com]

I was saying to Tony that I would love to try LRP to make new friends, but I'd prefer to do it over an evening more regularly than once a year in a field. Perhaps I need to look at tabletop games! Love the picture of the mummy have a cig!

(Oh btw I renamed my journal - this is Tracy here! Somehow I appear to have accidentally lost all my friends in the renaming process, so sorry if this causes confusion.)

[mr-h-r-hughes.livejournal.com]

He's jaundiced but can still KICK YOUR A*SE !

[mathcathy]

Anyone over about 25 is old enough to know better and ought to be able to get a room.

I wouldn't pretend to be asleep. I'd get up, go to the loo, come back, get up, turn on a torch and generally make it impossible for them to continue.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

I think I may be just too English...

[mathcathy]

I think you must be. It's not unlikely that I'd have thrown things at them!

[mr-h-r-hughes.livejournal.com]

A cricket-styel commentary would work "oh jolly good, that's the ticket, get stuck in" that sort of thing : )

[mathcathy]

LOL. Definitely not just pretending to be asleep. Where's the fun in that?

[agentinfinity.livejournal.com]

Time to invest in a tent. That really is too icky.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

You may well be right...