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March 27 -- An Important Date For Me
13 years ago
And I need suggestions on how to celebrate it.
If you look at my journal history you'll notice the first time I ever posted on this site was March 30, 2011.
However, my account was created in like, 2008 or something like that.
Truth is, I've known about the fandom and been lurking since WELL before that. Probably close to 2002 or 2003. (which was when I was in highschool)
I kept it inside, hidden away and locked up. It was something I was very ashamed of, I felt different, and felt guilty every time I found myself enjoying furry artwork, adult or otherwise.
I remember back when I read about furry cons, and thinking it all sounded cool, but very distant... a world I wasnt really a part of, and I told myself I had no desire to take part in it.
Fast forward 8 or 9 years to March 27, 2011...
I was in a slump, emotionally, professionally, and just in general. In truth, I was teetering on the edge of a very deep precipice internally. I had no job. Very few friends. No lover (and was a virgin). I hated my life, and I hated myself because whenever I analyzed myself, I saw an angry little man with a useless degree who couldn't get a job... and got off at night looking at furries. I thought I was pathetic.
So anyways, on that night nearly a year go... that all changed. A friend was hanging out at my place. We were playing video games or some other randomness. This friend is a close friend who I had known since highschool. Probably close to 10 years. I know he has been working for a publisher in Minneapolis, doing editing work and stuff. But I didn't know the half of it...
This friend is
tempo321. I didn't know that at the time though. But that night, he told me that he was publishing a novel -- Sixes Wild: Manifest Destiny -- through Sofawolf Press.
I was floored. Here was my friend of 10 years telling me that not only was he a furry, he was a well known author within the fandom, and highly successful!
I had met the first person EVER besides myself who was a furry.
March 27, 2011 -- the day my life changed.
That's the short version of the story, and there's a lot more to it.
But the anniversary of that date is coming up here soon. I need ideas on what would be an appropriate way to celebrate it.
I should have my fursuit by then, so I'm thinking a fursuit outing of some sort, and then maybe an expensive dinner or something.
Ideas? Has anyone else that's reading this experienced such a transformation in their life? Do you celebrate it?
If you look at my journal history you'll notice the first time I ever posted on this site was March 30, 2011.
However, my account was created in like, 2008 or something like that.
Truth is, I've known about the fandom and been lurking since WELL before that. Probably close to 2002 or 2003. (which was when I was in highschool)
I kept it inside, hidden away and locked up. It was something I was very ashamed of, I felt different, and felt guilty every time I found myself enjoying furry artwork, adult or otherwise.
I remember back when I read about furry cons, and thinking it all sounded cool, but very distant... a world I wasnt really a part of, and I told myself I had no desire to take part in it.
Fast forward 8 or 9 years to March 27, 2011...
I was in a slump, emotionally, professionally, and just in general. In truth, I was teetering on the edge of a very deep precipice internally. I had no job. Very few friends. No lover (and was a virgin). I hated my life, and I hated myself because whenever I analyzed myself, I saw an angry little man with a useless degree who couldn't get a job... and got off at night looking at furries. I thought I was pathetic.
So anyways, on that night nearly a year go... that all changed. A friend was hanging out at my place. We were playing video games or some other randomness. This friend is a close friend who I had known since highschool. Probably close to 10 years. I know he has been working for a publisher in Minneapolis, doing editing work and stuff. But I didn't know the half of it...
This friend is
tempo321. I didn't know that at the time though. But that night, he told me that he was publishing a novel -- Sixes Wild: Manifest Destiny -- through Sofawolf Press.I was floored. Here was my friend of 10 years telling me that not only was he a furry, he was a well known author within the fandom, and highly successful!
I had met the first person EVER besides myself who was a furry.
March 27, 2011 -- the day my life changed.
That's the short version of the story, and there's a lot more to it.
But the anniversary of that date is coming up here soon. I need ideas on what would be an appropriate way to celebrate it.
I should have my fursuit by then, so I'm thinking a fursuit outing of some sort, and then maybe an expensive dinner or something.
Ideas? Has anyone else that's reading this experienced such a transformation in their life? Do you celebrate it?
Artemis- I am so happy to be a friend to you, and you know I'd be glad to hang out with you too.. You know where to find me.. *hugs* I can only hope you go on for another 10 years or more..
So is Sofawolf based out of Minneapolis?
I'm pretty sure it's listed on their website. :)