* Leave me a casual comment of no particular significance, like a lyric to your current favorite song, or your favorite kind of sandwich, maybe your favorite game. Any remark, meaningless or not.

* I will respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.

* Update your LJ with the answers to the questions.

* Include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in your own post.

* When others respond with a desultory comment, you will ask them five questions.


1. Where did you grow up?
2. Why did you decide to become a DVM?
3. Do you have any long term SCA goals? If so, what are they?
4. Are you going to try for more children?
5. Are you in your dream job? If not, what would you rather be doing?

1. I grew up in a small town called Swartz Creek, just outside of Flint. I spent a lot of the summers and vacation time in my parents' hometown of Charlevoix.

2. It was less "decide" than "fall into." I was intending to do a PhD in genetics. But the more I got into research, the less I liked it. Private research was so cut throat scientists at Dow lock up their notes at night. And I'm not really cut out for Academia - I'm much, much to conservative and would never toe the appropriate screamingly left-wing line of most Universities. At that point I had a couple of choices - A. continue and be miserable, as well as locked into a job that required me to live in or near a big city, probably on the East Coast; B. Quit at a Bachelor's and take a job as a nutritionalist for Cargill Feeds; C. Change directions completely - Eeeeek!!; D. Go with the Medical option. Still able to make a direct transition, but able to pretty much get a job anywhere. I had been determined NOT to for years, because my older sister had gone to Vet School, and I was well and truly sick of comparison. But it was the least evil of the options from where I was sitting.

3. Yes, I have some goals. A few are currently between Darling and I, as they are somewhat un-Humble and we choose not to share at the moment. A few are in my head, as even Darling wouldn't quite get it. Shorter term, I want to create and be a resource for Dutch costume. I'd like to get a web page up, and manage to create enough garb to be able to show what can be done with it. It's a BIG, BIG project, and I anticipate that it will take me years. I'll probably step down as Regional Signet within the next year, and maybe even take a brief or partial Scribal Sabbatical. I think that Scribes and Signets in the MK have the most thankless job in the society. Yes, they get called up at Court. But of the 60+ Court pieces I've done, I can count on one hand the number of actual "thank you's" I've gotten. Especially given the expense, hours, and sometimes lost sleep when the Crown is bad about getting lists out in a timely manner. So I need to step away for a bit and recover my love for it. I might get back into book heraldry. I've been neglecting the Academy of Saint Gabriel shamefully. I just don't have the concentration for report writing at that level at the moment. The whole peerage question is largely out of my hands anyway, so I don't worry too much about it.

4. Yes. I think there's actually a bit of divine intervention that's sort of prevented us before now (what with insurance lacks, and other more mundane things). We didn't know 3 years ago that Anneliese would still be so high maintenance. But that's the intention. Which will be another bit of a challenge for me SCA-wise. I don't quite buy the "pregnant women stayed home" line, and I think you ought to be able to make any era maternity-compatible. I shall make an effort to find out. ;-)

5. Nope. Boy do I need a sabbatical. But I couldn't tell you what my dream job IS. There are a lot of things that I like doing, that I would probably hate to do every day. I'm starting to think everybody has a gift. And sometimes that gift is the ability to HAVE a single, all-consuming passion for something. I do have some gifts, and that is not one of them. I did consider and discard a couple of careers Imight have enjoyed, but which were more difficult to find employment in: editor, and museum curator.

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On the update front:

I've begun maundering on a design for Dad's "Captain Hook" jacket. Not that I'm likely to get to it until NEXT spring. But I like to contemplate for a while, first.

Found a cool image from Memling's "The Last Judgement" Triptych that has a burgundian with partially sew in sleeves. I kind of like the look. I might have to try that for the whole Maternity garb thing. Also, the beaded veil rocks!

http://www.wga.hu/art/m/memling/1early3/02last41.jpg

Knitting - not a lot going on. I very briefly maundered on doing a medieval silk relic bag, then thought better of it. Silk is probably not the best choice for a first try at colorwork. And I'm probably more likely to finish an embroidered pouch, anyway.

I have a list a mile high of stuff to do for Darling. And he's busy stressing over the job-thing. So we're quite a pair. I might send him off tomorrow to finish his polearm and great sword. It will keep him out of my hair. Though I'm not sure he'll bother with GR practice with gas at $3.65/gal. *sigh* At least I'm on call for the weekend, so no travel plans to agonize over.

Just 'cause I'm probably one of the very few who have actually read all five musketeer books....

You scored as D'Artagnan. You are D'Artagnan, the brash Gascon who embodies the high ideals of the Musketeer. You are sometime your own worst enemy, but your motives are pure and your character is unimpeachable. You are destined for great things and passionate (though often ill-fated) love. </td> D'Artagnan 75% Aramis 70% Edmund Dantes 60% Richelieu 55% Mercedes 50% Athos 45% Porthos 35% Rochefort 5% Which Dumas character are you? (pics) created with QuizFarm.com