I'm not entirely sure what caused it but it seems harmless.  If my internet research is correct it's a harmless underskin bubble of tendon liquid that sometimes forms when an injury occurs and the liquid quantity increases to fix things.

I'm not sure what injury caused this as I really haven't hurt my wrist recently, but I have been pushing my arms muscles to build up for steel combat.  Maybe it's the combined stresses on the tendons, joints, and muscles.

Anywho, pictures of the weird bump that showed up on my left wrist early this afternoon.

To all the scurvy dogs and lusty wenches in that city of sin called Las Vegas, ye are hereby invited to join in a little celebration being hosted by the Pirates of the Vega.

The party will start about 10PM on Oct 12 and all are invited. It will be held in the pirate town in the Empire of Chivalry and Steel encampment at the Las Vegas Renaissance Faire. There will be games and music.

Entry fee(to drink from the bar) is a 6 pack or equivalent of alcohol (or something non-alcoholic if you aren't old enough/don't drink)

Ever heard of the "rule of tincture."  Sucks, doesn't it.  Especially since, historically, there's little basis for it as a rule and examples of violations abound in historical rolls, documents, and illuminations.  And yet this "rule" is the first reason personal arms will be rejected by a recreationist society's deciding authority.  To paraphrase PotC1: "It's really more of a ... guideline" historically.  Heck, even the 15th Century Treatise on Heraldry from England has several examples of color on color.  If you look back in just about every country that's existed since the middle ages, you can find examples of violations up until modern times.  Given the huge number of violations, and the existance of an allowed exception called "proper" it's a wonder that modern recreationist societies still insist upon it as a hard rule.  Quite stupid since anyone who really wants color on color can provide many examples in support of their personal arms from any time and any place since arms/heraldry began.

 In fact, the amount of support I was able to find for the violation in my personal arms was so numerous that I decided to save a tree and compile it in a website available at http://www.geocities.com/operationphoto/heraldry/heraldry.html

 

Well, Dam It's Hot is this weekend and I'm about to head off to it.  Also, finally I'm a part of a fighting squad.  A couple have been put together in Cithara in preperation for Ren Faire.  And Ren Faire is fast approaching.

My goals for before Ren Faire:

Fix my medieval chest

Carve the "Pink Canonball" pub sign

Get everyone placed where they're happy (I'm landocrat)

Clean the downstairs of the house in case people need to crash there during the event

 

Let's see how many goals get met.

Woohoo!  Banner War was this weekend and it was a lot of fun.  Well, minus a few things here and there.  As usual, I brought my camera and took no pictures. 

Injury list: 2"x4" bruise on the upper part of my outer thigh from a rapier shot that really was way out of the strength limits of our game.  Small bruise on the tip of my left elbow, small bruise on my left wrist, small bruise on my right shoulder.  Semi-wrenched left knee from a teammate loosing his footing and falling backwards into it when he died.

Things I learned:  Icy Hot balm does not agree with my skin, although the pain relief is very welcome.  Tylenol makes chewable pills that taste like bubblegum (which led to my first taking of a drug of any kind since really, normal pills are disgusting when chewed so I've avoided them).  One of my house mates is the human equivalent of a damaged tape recorder, she'll record everything you say, distort it a little and then repeat it multiple times to whomever will listen, or can't get away.  Vegan fighters will follow orders if they are loud and authoritative sounding enough.

Bad Things: Sir Rabbit hit an elk on his motorcycle going to site and is now hospitalized for the near future.  Galandorian fighters didn't take their shots in rapier, forcing me to remove myself from the field before I hospitalized one of them in frustration.   I got a massive, almost a migraine headache Sunday night that didn't want to go away until Monday night which cut short my ability to hang with everyone.

Good Things: I got to fight!  I learned that there may be steel armor I can borrow to get on the steel field until mine is done.  I found out I haven't lost all my staff fighting skills.  I got to hang with friends and make a couple new ones.  I'm getting better at the whole camping thing, I didn't forget anything this time and I got to familiarize myself with Coleman stoves, which I haven't touched since I my age was in the single digits.  Akira wailed on the guy who gave me the massive rapier bruise after she got a look at it.  It's good to have friends.

So, that was Banner War 07 in a nutshell.  Sitting hurts a little and I've got a slight limp and if I never hear another word out of my housemate's mouth it'll be all too soon, but it was worth it.