Hazzah! My friend Arielle (pronounced
r-e-l) and I had one of our first friend dates at the Atlanta Renaissance
Festival in 2007. I think we were both afraid to let our nerd-dom out in case
we scared the other off. Luckily we have the same level of nerdiness so it all
worked out good. We have so much fun when we’re together that it’s a shame we
live so far apart.
We had spent the day walking around the
venue where swash-buckling pirates performed, knights in shining armour battled
for a maiden’s love, and horses paraded and danced around an arena. It was
brilliant. We both wanted some memento of the day and we found the perfect
items. We both got clay formations strung on a thin rope- mine was a pair of
cat ears and Rel’s was little horns.
They blended into our hair and Rel’s were
so subtle that they almost looked real! We wore them the rest of the day (which
did end up hurting after awhile) even when we went to Rel’s friends house where
her entire Indian family was having a meal and thought us silly. Oh, and my cat ears also matched my actual cat's ears.
I think that day was the real start of our
friendship, so it will always be special to me. Hazzah!!
Hazzah, indeed! I am so awkward in that picture, but it was so much fun! Wish we were nearer, too.
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