hello all. i've been mostly lurking for the last few weeks (did post once) so i figured i should introduce myself. my name is james and i'm a McAlear which is a variant of MacClure who are a sept of the MacLeods. last year i got a full tank in the MacMillan tartan for my wedding (hasn't happened yet so my fiance will not let me wear it in public which is killing me). trying it on in the house was enough to get me hooked. i ordered a wool casual kilt in hunting MacLeod and i today received one of the new standards from SWK in hunting MacLeod (see my reply in the general kilt talk section for "So, who's got a new SWK Standard?"). i also just ordered a lowlander tartan kilt form SK to knock around the house in because it was on sale and it looks a lot like the MacMillan black tartan. i have yet to see anyone else kilted here in fargo (yes, i've seen the movie) aside from the local pipers, but i'm sure they're out there. actually, this is north dakota, they're probably not.
i'm "qualified" to wear the following taratns and i hope to own a kilt in all of them someday:
MacLeod - my family ties to Scotland (2 already!!!)
MacMillan - i'll soon be marrying a McMullen (1 for sure already and one more or less)
Isle of Skye - home of the MacLeods
County Armagh - where the McAlears resided before comming to the states
Ulster - Armagh is a part of Ulster
Clergy - i got ordained by the Universal Life Church to marry some friends and
then had to take the state of minnesota to court so they'd accept my credentials...which they did in a plea arrangement. have since married several happy couples. i figure that qualifies.
Minnesota - spent all my summers at the lake and lived in the minneapple full time for several years
Colorado - lived there while i got my masters in anthropology (archaeology)
New York City - lived in the big apple for a couple of years...used to have spike lee's old job at a film distributor.
i'm not going to count the national tartans and those of a similar ilk, but that doesn't mean i won't get a kilt in them some day.
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