Because I can't sleep...
Sep. 4th, 2008 01:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
azdesertroseI was lying in bed wishing we'd won the lottery draw tonight and tumbling around in my head what the hell I'd do with that much money anyway.
Obviously, I'd pay off all my debts and make sure family was taken care of and replace my poor car. But beyond that, what in hell would I do with a metric shit-ton of money.
Well, hell, I'm a SCAdian. Clearly, I would build the perfect SCA site.
So what does the perfect SCA site consist of?
Well, first off, a castle. But this is Florida, so that sucker would be air-conditioned. And the entire site would be wheelchair-accessible. And trash cans and ashtrays everywhere so people can keep the site tidy, as most SCAdians will. An air-conditioned and heated gate/reg cottage at the entrance to the site.
Ground floor: Great Hall for holding court and feast. Massive commercial kitchen with every imaginable cooking toy. Greenhouse off the kitchen with every cooking herb you could ever want. Suites for the King, Queen, Prince, Princess, and a Baronial suite for any Baron/Baroness of any barony holding an event on site. Laundry facility for washing the table linens and for the populace to use (because any SCAdian with kids knows that some stains just do not come out if they sit for a day or so until you get home to your own washing machine and dryer).
First floor: (yes, I'm doing this European style) Classrooms and meeting rooms. Special rooms for scribal, textile arts, heraldry, and martial arts with libraries and seating for classes and/or meetings. A meeting room for the peerages to hold peerage meetings and a meeting room for associates' meetings.
Floors two through six: One hundred suites per floor, consisting of two queen-size beds and a full bath. That should sleep any family, up to six people per suite if you throw an air mattress on the floor.
Floors seven through nine: Personal living quarters for myself and my family, plus a few select friends who would be invited to live with us in the event we had more money than we knew what to do with.
Rooftop: Greenhouse with every herb I want, plus the veggies we eat.
A parking garage that will accommodate 1000 cars plus trailers.
For the authenti-Nazis and those who just plain like to camp: say 40-50 camping sites with space for 10 large tents each, with air-conditioned and heated wheelchair-accessible bath houses with sinks for washing your hands and brushing your teeth, plus vanities for people who are just in there to make sure their hair looks okay, and on-site charcoal grill (provide your own charcoal) and outdoor gas stove.
Paved roads for cars and paved paths for foot, wheelchair, and stroller traffic.
An air-conditioned and heated flea market for merchants' row.
A separate RV area for those who like to camp that way, with electric, water, and waste-water hookups for the RVs. That would have to be hidden by a grove of trees for the sake of authenticity.
Lyst fields for heavy weapons and light weapons, with space for pavilions and raised seating beyond the pavilion space for people who just like to watch the fighting. Air-conditioned bath houses at each lyst field, with just toilets and sinks and vanities and a room with three refrigerators, one for water, one for Gatorade, and one for fighter chow.
A combat archery lyst field, also appointed with its own little bath house and seating.
An equestrian space, also with the little bath house and stables for the horsies.
Space for the coursing hounds with kennels and a bath house.
Okay, SCAdians...what have I forgotten?
Obviously, I'd pay off all my debts and make sure family was taken care of and replace my poor car. But beyond that, what in hell would I do with a metric shit-ton of money.
Well, hell, I'm a SCAdian. Clearly, I would build the perfect SCA site.
So what does the perfect SCA site consist of?
Well, first off, a castle. But this is Florida, so that sucker would be air-conditioned. And the entire site would be wheelchair-accessible. And trash cans and ashtrays everywhere so people can keep the site tidy, as most SCAdians will. An air-conditioned and heated gate/reg cottage at the entrance to the site.
Ground floor: Great Hall for holding court and feast. Massive commercial kitchen with every imaginable cooking toy. Greenhouse off the kitchen with every cooking herb you could ever want. Suites for the King, Queen, Prince, Princess, and a Baronial suite for any Baron/Baroness of any barony holding an event on site. Laundry facility for washing the table linens and for the populace to use (because any SCAdian with kids knows that some stains just do not come out if they sit for a day or so until you get home to your own washing machine and dryer).
First floor: (yes, I'm doing this European style) Classrooms and meeting rooms. Special rooms for scribal, textile arts, heraldry, and martial arts with libraries and seating for classes and/or meetings. A meeting room for the peerages to hold peerage meetings and a meeting room for associates' meetings.
Floors two through six: One hundred suites per floor, consisting of two queen-size beds and a full bath. That should sleep any family, up to six people per suite if you throw an air mattress on the floor.
Floors seven through nine: Personal living quarters for myself and my family, plus a few select friends who would be invited to live with us in the event we had more money than we knew what to do with.
Rooftop: Greenhouse with every herb I want, plus the veggies we eat.
A parking garage that will accommodate 1000 cars plus trailers.
For the authenti-Nazis and those who just plain like to camp: say 40-50 camping sites with space for 10 large tents each, with air-conditioned and heated wheelchair-accessible bath houses with sinks for washing your hands and brushing your teeth, plus vanities for people who are just in there to make sure their hair looks okay, and on-site charcoal grill (provide your own charcoal) and outdoor gas stove.
Paved roads for cars and paved paths for foot, wheelchair, and stroller traffic.
An air-conditioned and heated flea market for merchants' row.
A separate RV area for those who like to camp that way, with electric, water, and waste-water hookups for the RVs. That would have to be hidden by a grove of trees for the sake of authenticity.
Lyst fields for heavy weapons and light weapons, with space for pavilions and raised seating beyond the pavilion space for people who just like to watch the fighting. Air-conditioned bath houses at each lyst field, with just toilets and sinks and vanities and a room with three refrigerators, one for water, one for Gatorade, and one for fighter chow.
A combat archery lyst field, also appointed with its own little bath house and seating.
An equestrian space, also with the little bath house and stables for the horsies.
Space for the coursing hounds with kennels and a bath house.
Okay, SCAdians...what have I forgotten?
