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The concert was both glorious and a trainwreck.

The party, equally.

I gave Stephen his tree. He liked it.

The recording sounds interesting, especially the first track Rüdi showed me, with the mic in front of the basses mixed high, because Magnus thought he was terrible and really he was excellent, and he was directly in front of the mic, so I could hear him, so I dragged him into the room to hear it.

And he dances, and we had a conversation about gender performance and Rocky Horror and queer cinema and acting that Katie joined and he basically dragged me down to dance after we finished our castle bookings.

He grinds like a pro. I don't.

Martin is a sweetheart.

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We went to Warwick Castle, with Martin and Katie in the car and Rüdi and Andrea following. It was different, much Hollywoodier than last time I as there, but apparently it was Warwick's 1100th anniversary or something. So it was full of kid games and small pavilion presentations, in addition to the joust (decent) and the swordfighting demo (not excellent) and the trebuchet launch (very good) and the conservatory garden full of peacocks( yay).

I did finally find the bowman, who doesn't have a predetermined schedule or a usual spot. It is a different bowman from the one I originally knew, Kevin Hicks, but he was just as charismatic and just as good a shot, and I watched him for quite awhile. It was a long day, on feet already beat to bits, but a good one.