Working hard to finish this corset for the renesaunce festival! I honestly need a rump roll or paniers to help the authenticity of it, but I'm not seeing that happen without my sewing machine. Which is inconveniently packed away. I'll definitely have to get one made for Rendezvous!

Handsewn front lacings

I'm hand sewing the front lacings ... because what else would I do! I wonder if it'll fit under my bodice? O.o I gotta check that!

The corset

More pics from the weekend trip!

Over the weekend we rode our motorcycles up to the lake. We missed the ferry so we were forced to eat at Mon Ami and stay on the main land ... for shame!

Our meal: hot spiced wine, white wine, onion soup, sliders and lobster bisque

French Onion soup

 Bright an early we hopped the ferry to Small Bass island aka Put-in-bay!

Ferry crossing ... a fairly turbulent ride for 2 un-strapped bikes but no one fell over!

Grilled Chicken! .... & someone's stealing my drink!

Apparently it was the half way mark for St. Patrick's day so a time to celebrate!

Finishing our ice cream before going into the monument!

Totally looking hot with her motorcycle helmet!

The view from my back! ... O.o

Lions on guard!

I wanna ride Jack Sparrow! O.o

The best Mayan Mocha EVER!

Entering the forge turned cafe!

That Mayan Mocha I was talking about ... with extra cayenne on top! Yum!

Enjoying our drinks!

 Heinemann ... can't visit Small Bass without visiting this vineyard!

... hick-up ...

I'm back! I was out of town battling the Dragon! What is the dragon you ask. Well let me tell you! It is the best and scariest road around. It's technically rout 129 down in Tennessee and North Carolina but this 11 mile section is called 'the tail of the dragon'. & for good reason. It's got 318 turns! Yes you heard right!

Crazy right! So day one: we unload our bikes and at mile 6 I lowside my Ninja. Yup, laid her down just at the end of the turn when I was about to set her back up right, I ran out of road, hit the dirt and down we went on our sides! She pinned me too. I couldn't get out from under her until this nice Harley stopped and lifted her back tire up so I could snake out. The guys I was with all raced back once they found out I'd dumped it but by then I was able to start the bike and away we road back to the room to assess my damages! Nothing major just some crazy bruise on my calf which has only gotten bigger and darker as time goes on! >.>

After that I learned that a full leather suit is nice! Not that I wrecked again this trip. Thank the gods!

We mostly ate food we cooked but some meals we had out at some local haunts. Tapoco lodge, bottom grill, great pizza and the view ... OMG right on the river at night with mostly full moon. So romantic! Their cupcakes were amazing as well! Thank you Killboy photographer for recommending it to me!

The last day there I spent a good 4 hours out on the dragon taking photos. I found a few wicked corners [Parson's Curve, and Copperhead Corner] that had some lovely spots to climb and hide from my targets! At Parson's Curve I had a lovely rock about 12' high I think, that I perched on. & Copperhead, (I didn't know the names or I wouldn't have gone into the trees) were I planted myself on a tree root at first, then with the Killboy photographer once he showed up and let me use his lens .... so freakin' nice! I'm soooo freaked when I let people borrow my camera, and that's people I know not complete strangers!

Pulled pork sandwich

Barbeque

Unloaded and ready to go

Just got myself a hydrometer and pulled my mead. It had a gravity of 1.020 & based on the assumed attenuation of 92% for my yeast my original gravity (which I didn't know I needed) was 1.250. That makes my mead 20% alcohol by volume or 40 proof. Not bad. It's still fermenting too so that will go up with time!

I have had an epiphany about myself. I am a highly jealous person. I'm jealous of you my friends! Jealous of your success,  your seeming happiness and i even find myself jealous of your other friends. You are mine! I get all unhappy and sullen when you are with someone other than me. Even though I am awkward and there are long uncomfortable silences. I try to hide it, bury it deep inside but I suspect you know something is wrong!

Worst of all though ... I can't stand it when you hide things from me under the assumption of protecting me.

I'm not weak! I can stand on my own, hard though it may seem! & I can handle the truth!

Another truth about me ... I'm quite, I won't claw your eyes out but if you scorn me I will plot a terrible revenge. At least that is when I tell myself! & what someone told me. My friend he said is scrappy. You know when you encounter her what she'll do if you fuck with her but me ... he said are unpredictable. I will silently slice your tires or some other dastardly deed. & it's the not knowing that keeps people from getting close I think!