Heroscapers - Entries for September 2012

Sneezing ninja

Posted September 25th, 2012 at 08:36 AM by Sylvano the Wasabus

My medieval program is not the only time-twisting sword fighting program in town anymore. There is a Samurai and Ninja academy that ran for a week this summer for the first time. I know all about it because my daughter was the principal and I helped with the ideas. My boring new job makes it almost impossible for me to do anything anymore but I did manage to squeak away for an afternoon, and that was excellent because I got to be a ninja.

Being a ninja sounds like fun. A ninja’s job is to appear out of the shadows and attack and then fade away again. What could be more fun than that? The weapons are foam and to be honest the really fun part is how scared they participants get. It’s a job I can handle and enjoy and it doesn’t matter that I’m pushing fifty and my knees are going and I get out of breath easier than I ever have.

The main challenge seemed to be that it is allergy season for me- ragweed or hay fever or whatever curse words you’d like to...

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In search of the dumatef; a vacation memoir

Posted September 18th, 2012 at 08:15 AM by Sylvano the Wasabus

Many have seen him on the road, but few know his true story.

Some say he was abandoned by the side of the highway as a young thing. He grew large and greasy eating road kill and French fries that fools threw out the car window.

Some say he was part of a family group crossing the roadway. The others were killed by semi-trucks and wild merchant wagons. The remaining beast, not understanding, keeps searching for its lost kin.

Some say he is simple and so amused by traffic that he stays, watching the wheels go round and round, watching the travelers jeer and honk.

Some say he was just too cheap to take the bus.

What is the dumatef fascination with roads and bridges? Wherefore came this honorary “guard” status? I have wondered for years.
Recently I was on a long journey on a major highway. My children and I were on a biannual trip to visit relatives, which we’ve twisted into a vacation of sorts. Visiting relatives...

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Resword

Posted September 12th, 2012 at 08:30 AM by Sylvano the Wasabus

This is from this summer.
When I accepted this new job I had a finagling session at the hiring meeting about vacation days. I wanted to make sure I’d be able to do my summer medieval kids camp. I have no idea why it was so important to me at the time. It’s funny how a month or two can change your perspective so much.

At the time I was adamant that I wanted to somehow continue doing all the things I’d been doing before. I wanted to hold onto all of it. I am a different person now. So many of those things are impossible now and other things are now possible. I think I have made the transition well. I’m reasonably happy. However my current employer honoured my request and last week I was off to medieval land again.

The dates of the program had been moved three times to fit the available vacation of my new job. Because of the confusion of just when exactly it was happening, enrolment was down to exactly half of what...

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How to tell if Scape has taken your soul

Posted September 5th, 2012 at 09:37 AM by Sylvano the Wasabus

My youngest son has a pile of rubber ducks of various sizes that bathe with him sometimes. I hadn’t even realized I was doing it- dividing the smaller similar sized ones into groups of four, and having them behave differently than the larger unique rubber ducks- but that’s what I was doing. I wasn’t surprised when I finally realized; Scape has kind of invaded everything in my life.

After a few moments reflection I thought of a few ways to tell if Scape has taken your soul too:

When confronted with a crowd, you try to phantom walk your way through without getting elbowed in the face.

When buying groceries, you pick multiples of fruits and vegetables that look good as a squad.

When watching movies about World War Two, you constantly scan the background to see if any soldier has a grapple arm.

The first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning is if you can get away with leaving that map up just one more...

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