Lair of the Muse: Yet Another Cultural Event! Renfest FTW~

I went to Renfest (or the renaissance festival) today... Good god it is overpriced. x.o;; Even more so-I heard they jacked up the prices this year, although I'm not certain. But even so, I tend to love it. I may have an anime/manga/Japan/gaming addiction, but medieval stuff and all that would probably be next in line. XD And of course, I dressed up as my SOLAR character Hoshi-a long, velvet black robe with flowing sleeves and a hood, and gold/red heart trim. I would've worn one of my cloaks too, but...meh, too hot, even now.

I went with my boyfriend Brandon and for the most part we browsed the shops; we're considering returning next weekend to fit in some shows, too. I'm quite happy with what I ended up getting too, and even got an ocarina as an early b-day present~ (I turn twenty-one on June twenty-second.) For those who wonder what an ocarina is...it's a clay flute, so to speak. Apparently it's used a lot in Legend of Zelda. And I got a basic four-hole one...I'll have a picture of it up towards the bottom, probably.

If anyone's ever noticed, I'm almost always wearing two necklaces that I got at Renfest a couple years ago, each on different years... One is a pewter rectangle hanging on a white string, the Celtic trinity engraved on it (I tend to call this as my 'good luck charm', if I ever had one), and the other is a pewter rectangle hanging on a black string with the Norse rune for 'strength' engraved on it. Well, the design wasn't quite the same this year-the pendant is circular rather than rectangular-but I ended up getting a new one all the same. This one has the Norse rune for 'knowledge' engraved on it...although I must say that I was quite tempted by the runes for 'destiny' and 'power'-they looked neat. XD

And finally, probably one of my favorite things~ (what I always look forward to when going to Renfest, in fact)... I'm working at putting together a blade collection so to speak-mainly swords and daggers-because honestly, who can deny that swords and stuff like that are pretty badass? But unfortunately, I normally can't afford the really pricy swords and stuff (like the $169 Exocath [I think that's what it was called] sword that Brandon got), so normally I go to the room next to the main sword shop where they have everything priced for a good ten bucks-probably particularly for the art. I was tempted by the Pharaoh blade but...heh, maybe next time. I'm just glad we went fairly early this year; last year we went on the last day and there wasn't much left in the selection. But anyway, right! Onto pictures.

I don't quite have a picture of me actually there yet-Brandon has those pictures on his phone, so I'll have to get them from him a bit later. And also, some of the pictures of the stuff I got are kinda sucky quality since they were taken on the cell... Bear with me on that. ^^;