[Ansteorra] Conversation starter...

[Elsa]

I was a sophomore in college with lots of determination to get every last
bit of awesome out of the year. In the first semester, I met a guy in a
trench coat and fedora and took to creepy-stalking him around campus (we
had a class in common and lived in the same dorm buildings). One day, he
told me about an "underground" organization he belonged to - one where you
wouldn't know it to look at them, but many people in many departments
around campus also participated. Romance! Intrigue!

He brought me to a fighter practice at Boomer Lake in Stillwater and I
armored up. That was alright. Soon after, my first event was Ainar and
Mercedes's Baronial Investiture at Will Rogers and I helped serve at Feast.
That was better - I got to be useful in a setting where so many people had
so many activities going on. And I ended up marrying that guy, now known as
Centurion Charles the Grey.

~Elsa


On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Stefan li Rous
<StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>wrote:

> On May 15, 2012, at 3:11 PM, Tina Michael wrote:
>
> Wow, I am glad to have started such a fascinating conversation. It has been
>> really neat to read all the stories about where we come from to all join
>> together here. how cool...
>> Tina
>>
>
> Thank you for bringing it up.
>
> I have certainly enjoyed hearing how and why all my friends joined the SCA
> and I'd love to hear more.
>
> For those who'd like to hear more from similar past discussions, from this
> kingdom and elsewhere, take a look at these files in the SCA-SOCIOLOGY
> section of the Florilegium:
> magic-moments-msg (50K)  7/ 1/08  "Magic moments" experienced in the SCA.
> http://www.florilegium.org/**files/SCA-SOCIOLOGY/magic-**moments-msg.html<http://www.florilegium.org/files/SCA-SOCIOLOGY/magic-moments-msg.html>
>
> SCA-reasons-msg   (61K)  2/ 1/11  The reasons various people joined the
> SCA.
> http://www.florilegium.org/**files/SCA-SOCIOLOGY/SCA-**reasons-msg.html<http://www.florilegium.org/files/SCA-SOCIOLOGY/SCA-reasons-msg.html>
>
> SCA-The-Dream-msg (50K)  1/11/96  What the SCA means for different people.
> http://www.florilegium.org/**files/SCA-SOCIOLOGY/SCA-The-**Dream-msg.html<http://www.florilegium.org/files/SCA-SOCIOLOGY/SCA-The-Dream-msg.html>
>
> I did notice a lot of stories about people joining the SCA after a divorce
> or not playing in the SCA for awhile because their partner didn't approve
> or enjoy it. While it seems to be rather rather rare for one person to play
> actively in the SCA if their partner doesn't, it can be done. Here are a
> few comments on this.
> non-SCA-part-msg  (45K)  7/29/97  Dealing with partners who are not in the
> SCA
> http://www.florilegium.org/**files/SCA-SOCIOLOGY/non-SCA-**part-msg.html<http://www.florilegium.org/files/SCA-SOCIOLOGY/non-SCA-part-msg.html>
>
> I'm also aware of many, many people who have found their partner in the
> SCA. (I did)
> SCA-meetings-msg   (9K)  7/ 8/05  How SCA meetings are held around the KW.
> http://www.florilegium.org/**files/SCA-INC/SCA-meetings-**msg.html<http://www.florilegium.org/files/SCA-INC/SCA-meetings-msg.html>
>
> Er, not that kind of meeting. :-) This kind:
> SCA-romance-msg   (40K)  2/13/06  SCA romances and meeting SOs in the SCA.
> http://www.florilegium.org/**files/STORIES/SCA-romance-msg.**html<http://www.florilegium.org/files/STORIES/SCA-romance-msg.html>
>
> I'd love to have more stories or ideas to add to this file. Or this one.
> romance-today-msg (16K)  9/ 5/10  Romantic ideas from period to use today.
> http://www.florilegium.org/**files/STORIES/romance-today-**msg.html<http://www.florilegium.org/files/STORIES/romance-today-msg.html>
>
> If you met your significant other in the SCA, how about the story?
>
>
> Stefan
>
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>   Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas
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