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What's In A Kiss?Another year of faire is over and done. And I'm filled with mixed feelings. On the one hand, I'm thrilled that I don't have to sit in a car for 2 1/2 hours to and from faire. On the other hand, I'm really gonna miss the people...and the opportunities.
This was a wild weekend, all things told. I probably kissed more women this weekend than I've kissed in my life. Well maybe not quite, but it wasn't far off. I hadn't kissed that many women before this weekend. But I got a wee bit of experience here. It's actually kinda interesting finding out how people kiss. Who the good ones are. And who needs a wee bit'o'education.
I was fortunate I think. My very first girlfriend in the 11th grade, Claire, was a great kisser. She was a wonderful tease. We hooked up on the way back from Six Flags Over Texas. I had never had a serious kiss before. I don't remember the feeling or the taste, but I remember how tantalizing a kisser she was. She didn't give all.
I remember a slight lip kiss. And while I was anxious to just start French kissing, she held back. Offered a little tongue, then pulled back. I was so frustrated, but at the same time, soooo turned on.
This weekend, there were a couple open mouth kisses, but it boggles my mind how someone goes straight for that. Learn to saviour the moment. Now one woman, Rose, was an incredible kisser. Would've been better if she didn't smoke. But wow, what a kisser! She was also my first opportunity to "play" though I didn't take her up on it.
The whole faire mentality is really interesting. The idea of "playing" whereby you might have a sexual relationship with someone, but it's just that. All sexual and no commitment. That idea doesn't sink well with me. It's kinda contrary to my nature despite my raging hormones.
But I had the opportunity which I never really thought was possible. Well, excepting our first Rock Star gig offer--a convention that offered us the opportunity to "get laid". What a shocking concept! Someone would actually offer that for a gig!? Guess we made the big time!
Oh on the other side of things, stay tuned. I'm still trying to work this out with my Ex, but I think we're gonna publish a book of kisses. Hopefully, we'll get it done before Valentine's Day. But over the course of our relationship, we came up with a dozens of fun kisses that made Andrew sick to his stomach. But they are all very sweet. I'm really hoping that my Ex fiancee and I will be able to write a book on it and publish it in the very near future. Another Saturday Night...in the ColdWell despite the fact that I had at least one offer for a "bed warmer", and it would've been nice since it froze that night. I had a great evening. I spent it instead going out to the patron campgrounds to scrounge for food, see a fan's hand-fasting, find some Loki, and to hang out with another with Peacock.
We had a nice time. We headed out with her friend (and our fan) Amy. We visited one of her other friends camp sites and sat in front of a fire. The evening was very cold. But the fire felt great. One of Peacock's friends found out who I was and told me she had downloaded "An Irish Lullaby" from MP3.com and was a very ever since. That's always really flattering and exciting to see far our music is reaching. So I played the song for her, and she seemed delighted by that.
Afterwards, Peacock and I went over to the drum circle to find Amy who went earlier. I was starting to feel tired and wanting some quite time, so I walked back to the camp. That was actually a good move for me. I find Peacock very pretty and would like to hang out with her a wee bit, but it didn't seem like we were gonna have much time together. So it was nice to see that I could break away easily enough from her.
In the past, I used to hang around women for hours and be kinda miserable because I wanted to be with them. It's a piece of my dependency that clings on. Who knows if they're hoping for more. All I know is that I'm not a fast mover. And I'm thankful for that.
Come to think of it, all the people I kissed this weekend were instigated by the women! Interesting... No I guess there was one.
Well any case, I finally made it back and wrote a killer instrumental on the autoharp... Hopefully, I still remember it. And then went to my tent to fall asleep. I think I slept fairly decently despite the hard ground and the cold. I could've used another blanket or a person beside me, but I was more than happy to have what I did. Just a me and my thoughts. The Last Day of FaireWell the last day came at...well, at last. I was able to pull together a decen performance of "Old Dun Cow", and Andrew added "Orange and Green" to our repetoire. The day kinda sped by though. But at day's end I got to spend time with another faery. This Pink Faery is a very sweet divorced woman with kids. We'd been flirting a little bit, and we got to do some more for the Champagne Toast that evening. I'd definitely like to get to know her more. She seems very loving. But also a little bit taken a back since she came out a kinda bad marriage. Fiery Songs for the Fae and Fond FarewellsOkay, now Ember is the sweetest! She's the cute, young woman who was married to Figwort (I think) and who loves our music. I sooo enjoyed playing music for her at front gate. If there's anything that makes me love playing music, it's women like her.
I think she's a romantic. We'd play "Lady Faery" for her and tears would well up. But then on Sunday evening, I was back out there playing some of my sad and depressingly beautiful ballads at front gate, and she had some more tears. Even played for her...well mostly the melody of the song that was inspired by her last weekend since the lyrics aren't yet done. I'm gonna miss her.
I'll also miss the Faery Picnic. I loved all the Faeries. They are the sweetest people out there it seems. And it's such a delight to see all the bright cheerful faces of the children as we play our songs.
I'll also miss all our new fans that came out to see us. And I can't begin to express how much I'll miss our "entourage". We had six great people helping us sell CDs this year. And if the attendance had been decent, we might've done pretty well over the course of the faire. As it is we just don't know.
Will we be back next year? I hope so...sorta. Andrew's the more sensible one of us. I think mostly with my heart. Andrew with his head. Fact is though the pay at TRF is lousy. And we expected a lot more income from weddings. But it didn't happen. And from the look of things, I don't think they're gonna like the idea of us asking for more money especially as bad a financial hit this year's faire took from all the rain.
I know the Faeries are hoping we will because they want to have us to write some music for some of their scenarios. And I hope so too. Because I really had a great time, and will miss people tremendously if we can't come back out. But again, Andrew's the sensible one. We could probably make as much at 2-3 conventions as we did the entire run of TRF! So who knows? Back Home and Plans for the FutureMeanwhile, I'm really looking forward to this coming weekend. The week looks really busy. I have three dates. Well sorta. I'm hanging out with three different women over three different nights. And as much as I look forward to spending time with them. I can't wait to have a night to myself!
But the next few weeks will be busy. I'm hoping to get back into recording with Andrew, starting this weekend. We have three CDs to work on and "Memories of Middle Earth is at the top of the list. We've a lot of songs to work on. Happily, I got a great response to some of my new songs. And hopefully, there'll be plenty more a-coming...
Then there's some gigs. Yes, I know, we need to be booking many, many more gigs. It's just been tough to do right now. But I'm hoping now that faire is over, we can start relaxing and focusing on getting gigs.
Posted by Marc Gunn on Monday, November 18, 2002 |
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