Murphys Law Round Two

Them Canadian Guys vs That Canadian Weather

This is a pre-emptive call. As the massive cloud banks loom and the count down until tomorrow begins I feel confident in making it though. The only thing that can save us now is an unwholesome amount of luck. On the other hand we've seen a decent amount of luck thus far; I didn't think we'd have near as many people ready to go as we got. It's just a matter of time to see whether luck will win out against these rather low odds.

To give a bit of context we're hoping to go to something called the Summer Siege tomorrow, it's an SCA event that centers around the siege in question, but has the whole mixed bag of SCA activities available as well. Naturally the event is due to happen outside in a gigantic field, and given the requirements of dozens of people fighting in a siege setting the weather needs to agree in order for things to happen as planned. Mud you see, they don't want to reduce the entire green field to a pile of it. Stick fifty fighting boots on the ground after a harsh rain and that's the result you'll have in short order.

On the off chance the event does go through I'll be dragging the camera along to try and get a few good shots of the affair. We might even get a video up by the end of the night. My secondary objective is nicking SCA clothing or a helmet approved for combat there. I doubt the latter will be present, if for no other reason than you need precise measurements to make those, but if I can get in contact with the people who do the making then it'll still be a success. I'm quite willing to hire a smith independently, and would love the ability to dodge all those shipping fees.

On a last note I'd like to mention we're still planning to do the documentary, and will likely get some of the footage done this week. Maybe Tuesday if everyone gets their act together in time. I'd give an update on the game itself but I need to go get an update myself. From what i have heard they've made good progress thus far. I should be able to elaborate in the next post. 

Murphys Law

I started today all ready to tackle the making of our documentary, hoping in my naivety that we'd giet quite a bit done today. Ideas for establishing shots, interviews, time lapses were all abounds. Everyone was due to be ready and while we were planning a tight schedule I remained confident we could keep it. After all, it was only last night that we sat down and made it for today. In what I've come to realize was gross arrogance I thought there was very little room for error.

This morning was an exercise in humility. I can see quite clearly now that it was a well deserving one, but at the time of teaching I thought it was quite unfair. It seems the world has scooped up fourty-eight hours, neat as you please, and tossed them out of the nearest window. It has thoroughly dashed our plans to make a decent headstart on our next video project. Between promises to siblings, works shifts for key people, and prior obligations the first day was scratched out completely. Tuesday doesn't look much better with the whole afternoon lost to appointments and the entire evening taken with that old Kung Fu thing.

The whole situation has a bit of a stinger on it as well; both of these days were meant to be back ups. The original shoot was due to be taken on Sunday, but we didn't have any better luck getting the required people together then either. A further catch is the complete lack of free time I have later in the week, postponing the entire affair until the next weekend.

To say I find it irritating would be a terrible understatement, but it's not that I'm annoyed at people. In fact it's more than I don't have a person to be annoyed at that bugs me. Here we find an odd combination of luck and already tricky timetables; an effective but depressingly intangible excuse for the utter collapse of our plans.

Ah well, I guess I'll take a swing at the next 'murphy' I see.