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13 years ago
Well, I'm only a week overdue... what can I say, I don't have the free time I used to. Such is life!
Anyway, once again (like there was ever doubt), the Central Plains Fur Meet this year went off great and without a hitch. It was wisely decided to hood the meet a month or two earlier last year which meant instead of 95+ degree sweltering heat, we were greeted with a cozy 80-85 degree weekend. Beautiful!
I ended up driving down to the meet right after work which got me in an hour before dark... just enough time to get my tent up. I also brought along my two year old husky/malamute mix, Aura, to see how she'd behave in a camping environment and around a large group of strangers... not to mention the dreaded fursuiters!
Thankfully, she did very well. Despite being a bit noisy and wanting to play a little rough with another husky there, she was very well behaved around people and wasn't an utter terror to control. I'll admit, I wasn't quite ready for as much attention as she drew. Not that it was a bad thing, but simple acts like getting across the camp ground suddenly became a bit of a challenge!
Mikase was the first "unfortunate" fursuiter to approach her which was especially interesting because his fursuit was so realistic. Aura approached him like he was a huge dog and began licking his nose in a submissive fashion. It was cute, I wish I had taken a photo. ;) Thankfully she was very well behaved about the fursuiters, neither getting too excited or scared around them. Cross that one off the checklist and a major concern off my back!
Unfortunately once it came time to go to sleep at around 1 AM, I quickly found that she did not like staying in a tent, let alone one getting tossed around by the wind. After she spent the next two hours pacing around the tent and then beginning to whine louder and louder, I finally called it in and took her home. I knew I wasn't going to get any sleep and I wasn't going to let her get loud enough to disrupt everyone else.
Thankfully home is only a 40 minute drive for me and I got to sleep in a nice comfy bed out of the wind and in the AC. ;) I ended up leaving her home the next day and showed up to the meet late and then went home at 1 AM since I had not arranged for anyone to take care of her. Sorry guys, but after the first night I could tell that I was going to enjoy the meet much more if I wasn't toting a dog around.
Otherwise the meet was a nice low key event like I was looking forward to. I got to hang out with the awesome people in this area, go kayaking on the lake, and enjoy some superb meals at the hands of the event organizers, Merkindesr and JimDaleFox. The only "hiccup" was a storm cell that had spawned some tornados and funnels West of us which caused some excitement, but by the time they got remotely close to us everything had settled down. Like I was going to let some tornado disrupt me cooking sausage anyway! Hmph!
Anyway, long story short, awesome event. I plan on going back as long as I'm welcome. Fortunately I seem to get along with people. ;)
In other news, something interesting happened today. For the last few weeks I've been mulling/dreading telling my girlfriend of two months that I'm a furry. This was a secret I had been keeping from her because I was afraid she would react negatively to it. In an odd twist of fate, she had read a horoscope this evening for me that basically said there was something that had been on my mind lately and that it was time to let it out.
It kind of caught me off guard as I wasn't even thinking about telling her at that time, but I decided it was time to nut up and get it over with. Fortunately she had never heard of furries before so it was a good opportunity to set things straight and make it clear that there is some bad press about furries if she does ever decide to look it up. I don't think she fully understand what a furry is yet, but at least now I'm not worried about introducing her to the fandom and seeing if she wishes to be involved. At the very least, it's something that I do not think will interfere with our relationship.
Good day. :)
Anyway, once again (like there was ever doubt), the Central Plains Fur Meet this year went off great and without a hitch. It was wisely decided to hood the meet a month or two earlier last year which meant instead of 95+ degree sweltering heat, we were greeted with a cozy 80-85 degree weekend. Beautiful!
I ended up driving down to the meet right after work which got me in an hour before dark... just enough time to get my tent up. I also brought along my two year old husky/malamute mix, Aura, to see how she'd behave in a camping environment and around a large group of strangers... not to mention the dreaded fursuiters!
Thankfully, she did very well. Despite being a bit noisy and wanting to play a little rough with another husky there, she was very well behaved around people and wasn't an utter terror to control. I'll admit, I wasn't quite ready for as much attention as she drew. Not that it was a bad thing, but simple acts like getting across the camp ground suddenly became a bit of a challenge!
Mikase was the first "unfortunate" fursuiter to approach her which was especially interesting because his fursuit was so realistic. Aura approached him like he was a huge dog and began licking his nose in a submissive fashion. It was cute, I wish I had taken a photo. ;) Thankfully she was very well behaved about the fursuiters, neither getting too excited or scared around them. Cross that one off the checklist and a major concern off my back!
Unfortunately once it came time to go to sleep at around 1 AM, I quickly found that she did not like staying in a tent, let alone one getting tossed around by the wind. After she spent the next two hours pacing around the tent and then beginning to whine louder and louder, I finally called it in and took her home. I knew I wasn't going to get any sleep and I wasn't going to let her get loud enough to disrupt everyone else.
Thankfully home is only a 40 minute drive for me and I got to sleep in a nice comfy bed out of the wind and in the AC. ;) I ended up leaving her home the next day and showed up to the meet late and then went home at 1 AM since I had not arranged for anyone to take care of her. Sorry guys, but after the first night I could tell that I was going to enjoy the meet much more if I wasn't toting a dog around.
Otherwise the meet was a nice low key event like I was looking forward to. I got to hang out with the awesome people in this area, go kayaking on the lake, and enjoy some superb meals at the hands of the event organizers, Merkindesr and JimDaleFox. The only "hiccup" was a storm cell that had spawned some tornados and funnels West of us which caused some excitement, but by the time they got remotely close to us everything had settled down. Like I was going to let some tornado disrupt me cooking sausage anyway! Hmph!
Anyway, long story short, awesome event. I plan on going back as long as I'm welcome. Fortunately I seem to get along with people. ;)
In other news, something interesting happened today. For the last few weeks I've been mulling/dreading telling my girlfriend of two months that I'm a furry. This was a secret I had been keeping from her because I was afraid she would react negatively to it. In an odd twist of fate, she had read a horoscope this evening for me that basically said there was something that had been on my mind lately and that it was time to let it out.
It kind of caught me off guard as I wasn't even thinking about telling her at that time, but I decided it was time to nut up and get it over with. Fortunately she had never heard of furries before so it was a good opportunity to set things straight and make it clear that there is some bad press about furries if she does ever decide to look it up. I don't think she fully understand what a furry is yet, but at least now I'm not worried about introducing her to the fandom and seeing if she wishes to be involved. At the very least, it's something that I do not think will interfere with our relationship.
Good day. :)
~n~