My Yearly Report to My Laurel

Stuff Wot I did in SCA so my Laurel can go to her first council meeting in like forever and ever and she looks like she knows wot I been up to:

1. I got leather tanned in dog poo to show people. I didn't do it, but a friend did.

2. Collected stale urine for future projects. The urine is sorted by 'every day' or' just your average pee' and 'first morning collected before dawn in total silence' pee. This will become important later when working on alchemy experiments. Oddly, there is some scientific reasoning at work here.

3. Finished reading about gunpowder to the point where I am willing to try it. I have made charcoal by burning fruit trees, I bought sulfer and I am looking for crystals in the manure pile. I decided against boiling down pee.

4. I researched North African and Byzantine feast foods for a yummy feast that includes camel meat.

5. Took six months but I found a camel supplier. Ok, someone did it for me but I plan on taking all the credit.

6. My untreated manure wall finally fell apart with 100% exposure to the elements. I am not sure it fell apart but that bossy bald guy screamed "It was broken and destroyed and you left it in the rain so I threw it away." I had noticed a lot of decay in the structure. We used improper materials and only built it out 1.5 inches and didn't seal or whitewash it. However, I did get a good grasp of how to build a real one.

7. Found Master James the specialist in medieval paint and get this... He moved from Caid into MY barony! I study with him twice a month and I am learning all about medieval painting.

8. I had an experiment with chicken poo go horribley wrong. I don't think we should discuss it.

9. I was appointed herald of the barony and have been learning court heraldry, ceremony writing (since the book is lost) and brushing up on the book heraldry. I researched old ceremonies by ripping off the brits. Oh and I was told by the baron to write ceeremonies for 3 awards.

10. Learned to paint scrolls.

11. Decided to get warranted for scrolls and will start production in 1 week, I think. Ask Master James as he is sitting there.

12. Won the Vinhold Seige Cooking competition.

13. Taught two classes on poo.

14. Studied the early period method of immunization which involves picking scabs, scraping a needle through the puss and then scratching a person with the needle. Cannot find volunteers to help. Request help from my laurel.