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13 years ago
Musings of an old, gray (and black) fursuiter!
Haven't updated in a looooong time, so here we go:
I just realized I never posted how my end of year fursuiting gig went: BRILLIANT!!! I had other jobs to do that night as well but I was 'in suit' and at my meet and greet station as Arlo for a full hour that evening and I HAD A BLAST!!!!
There were a couple of kids waiting for me to make my appearance (their parents said they'd heard the 'wolf' was going to be there & they didn't want to miss him!) and hi-fives and fun interactions abounded. It was a great way to break into event suiting for me. I was at a stationary post and folks came to me so I was able to work without a spotter (mind you I had about six other folks watching out for me, including my 'seeing eye human' who helped me up the stairs and back to my dressing room). I was in a little alcove area so I had a wall at my back and no-one could sneak up on me to pull my tail, lol!
I had little prizes to give out and just in general made a big old goofy fool out of myself. At one point a juggler that had been hired to do the event strolled by and I had fun pretending to juggle behind his back. He offered me one of the balls he'd been tossing in the air and Arlo promptly 'ate' it, to the amusement of the watching guests.
Downside: it got really hot, really quickly in the building, due to the number of event attendees we had. I have got to get a cooling vest to help me weather the stress a bit better. An hour in suit with no breaks was about my limit with that kind of poor air circulation. Going outside to get back to my dressing room was a relief to say the least.
I would do something like this again in a heartbeat and I was so happy with how well my character was received. Love my suit, love performing and can't wait to get to a couple of cons with him later this year.
Hope everyone is doing well!
I just realized I never posted how my end of year fursuiting gig went: BRILLIANT!!! I had other jobs to do that night as well but I was 'in suit' and at my meet and greet station as Arlo for a full hour that evening and I HAD A BLAST!!!!
There were a couple of kids waiting for me to make my appearance (their parents said they'd heard the 'wolf' was going to be there & they didn't want to miss him!) and hi-fives and fun interactions abounded. It was a great way to break into event suiting for me. I was at a stationary post and folks came to me so I was able to work without a spotter (mind you I had about six other folks watching out for me, including my 'seeing eye human' who helped me up the stairs and back to my dressing room). I was in a little alcove area so I had a wall at my back and no-one could sneak up on me to pull my tail, lol!
I had little prizes to give out and just in general made a big old goofy fool out of myself. At one point a juggler that had been hired to do the event strolled by and I had fun pretending to juggle behind his back. He offered me one of the balls he'd been tossing in the air and Arlo promptly 'ate' it, to the amusement of the watching guests.
Downside: it got really hot, really quickly in the building, due to the number of event attendees we had. I have got to get a cooling vest to help me weather the stress a bit better. An hour in suit with no breaks was about my limit with that kind of poor air circulation. Going outside to get back to my dressing room was a relief to say the least.
I would do something like this again in a heartbeat and I was so happy with how well my character was received. Love my suit, love performing and can't wait to get to a couple of cons with him later this year.
Hope everyone is doing well!
~KaZam