Renaissance Faire fun

Saturday I was planning on taking my brother with me to archery. Unfortunately, we got there too late. It was 8:30, and they were out of spots in the first timers' class. In the afternoon, I continued working on my costume. At night, we went to play badminton at the Arcadia Badminton Club. The courts were full initially, so we played some ping pong first. When we did get a court, my brother slammed into a bench when he dived for a shot. Scared the shit out of us...he was able to get up and sit on the bench, but then he started turning really pale. He stopped verbally responding and his head started to droop. We were trying to keep him conscious, but I guess he blacked out. By then people had started to crowd around the bench, and one person told us to lay him down on the bench. Lawrence and Phillip called 911 and the paramedics came. By then, my brother had started to come to and was saying that he was fine. They checked him out and everything seemed okay. They said that things would have been bad if he was still groggy after coming to. We ended up not going to the hospital and my brother seemed fine the next day, but that still....scared the shit out of me. O_O

Sunday was Renaissance Faire day! I put the finishing touches on my costume on Sunday but still had to wait for Lawrence and my brother to get up. I played WoW in the mean time (yes, we bought the 2nd expansion and are currently paying for one account). We got the the Faire around 2pm. It was a lot bigger than I thought it would be. There was a ton of food, vendors, shows, etc. I wanted to buy stuff, but was a little self-conscious with Lawrence's cousins there. I think next time I'd want to go just the two of us so I can spend all the time I want looking at corsets, jewelry, etc. and not feel guilty about spending so much money on the stuff. :) I did end up buying a pair of earrings, and my costume turned out really well.

A few interesting things of note:

• We saw a guy dressed up in a historical Japanese costume.
• We saw a guy dressed up in a historical Chinese costume (not as well done but unique nonetheless).
• Three women passed by and smacked Lawrence on the butt with their whips.
• We passed by a young girl who started talking to us in period-speak saying that we had it all wrong, and I was supposed to walk behind my boy.
• Lots and lots of boobies popping out everywhere - everyone with any bit of cleavage seemed to also have random stuff stuck in there...shot glasses, finger puppets, etc.
• Lots of cool historical demonstrations and presentations - weapons (spears, axes), crafts (spinning, weaving), skills (blacksmithing, glassblowing).

Picture of us as we're leaving the Faire: