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My first FurMeet!
14 years ago
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Last night, at the Upland Brunswick Zone bowling alley, I attended my first FurMeet!
Present at the meeting were Kailin Fox, the head honcho;
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/Kailinfox85
My longtime cohort, KelbArai1990;
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kelbalrai1990/
Asher_The_Dragon;
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/asherthedragon
Develin;
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/develin
Coolest;
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/coolest/
Ulric Wolf;
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ulricwolf69
G-Hyena;
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/g-hyena
...and, obviously, myself.
I apologize in advance if I missed one or two.
It was really cool to actually meet other members of the fandom in-person. Several of them wore fursuit costume stuff (never really my thing), but it wasn't quite like a full-blown AnthroCon.
The reception was surprisingly positive; the kids at the bowling alley really digged the Dragon suits, and a couple of guys told G-Hyena, "That's a tight mascot, right there!" LoL
At the bowling lanes, Coolest lived-up to his name, managing the only 3-digit score in Lane 33. The other lane (32) only had Devlin and Asher bowling on it, but they got MUCH higher scores than the rest of us. Out of 7 participants, I scored 4th (cut me some slack though, this was the first time I'd bowled in 15 years!).
G-Hyena and most of the others kept bowling with a 14-pounder, because the finger holes were too small in the lighter ones, but that didn't seem to be a problem with the 7-pounder I used. I kept telling them, "You need to use a lighter Bowling Ball", but I don't think they listened.
Man, that G-Hyena and his 14lb balls... ROFL
Several of us had to wait out in the cold for rides home afterwards, during which Coolest --- who didn't have a jacket --- lived-up to his name in a way no one would have expected. XD
Ulric was thoughtful enough to provide some hand sanitizer, which is generally advisable to use after handling many unfamiliar balls; and even when you think about it THAT way, it's STILL not as gross as the rented bowling shoes. XD XD
All in all, it was awesome!
*UPDATE*
Coolest reminded me of another part of the group who was there on Saturday night;
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/xigbardrake
I probably forgot about him because he wasn't actually bowling (sorry dude).
Present at the meeting were Kailin Fox, the head honcho;
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/Kailinfox85
My longtime cohort, KelbArai1990;
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/kelbalrai1990/
Asher_The_Dragon;
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/asherthedragon
Develin;
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/develin
Coolest;
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/coolest/
Ulric Wolf;
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ulricwolf69
G-Hyena;
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/g-hyena
...and, obviously, myself.
I apologize in advance if I missed one or two.
It was really cool to actually meet other members of the fandom in-person. Several of them wore fursuit costume stuff (never really my thing), but it wasn't quite like a full-blown AnthroCon.
The reception was surprisingly positive; the kids at the bowling alley really digged the Dragon suits, and a couple of guys told G-Hyena, "That's a tight mascot, right there!" LoL
At the bowling lanes, Coolest lived-up to his name, managing the only 3-digit score in Lane 33. The other lane (32) only had Devlin and Asher bowling on it, but they got MUCH higher scores than the rest of us. Out of 7 participants, I scored 4th (cut me some slack though, this was the first time I'd bowled in 15 years!).
G-Hyena and most of the others kept bowling with a 14-pounder, because the finger holes were too small in the lighter ones, but that didn't seem to be a problem with the 7-pounder I used. I kept telling them, "You need to use a lighter Bowling Ball", but I don't think they listened.
Man, that G-Hyena and his 14lb balls... ROFL
Several of us had to wait out in the cold for rides home afterwards, during which Coolest --- who didn't have a jacket --- lived-up to his name in a way no one would have expected. XD
Ulric was thoughtful enough to provide some hand sanitizer, which is generally advisable to use after handling many unfamiliar balls; and even when you think about it THAT way, it's STILL not as gross as the rented bowling shoes. XD XD
All in all, it was awesome!
*UPDATE*
Coolest reminded me of another part of the group who was there on Saturday night;
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/xigbardrake
I probably forgot about him because he wasn't actually bowling (sorry dude).
I'll have to amend my journal...