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Furry Fiesta 2013
12 years ago
After barely poking my little nose in the fandom for years, my mate and I spontaneously decided to take a weekend trip to Furry Fiesta.
I am completely and totally awed. This is so amazing. I think I've felt my brain break at least three times since getting here. Like my mind can't comprehend that a culture like this actually exists in real life, even if just for a few days.
In some senses I feel out of touch, because I haven't dabbled in the fandom in so long, and I wish I had at least poked around a little to sort of get with the current culture before coming. I kind of wish I had tried to make some friends beforehand that I would be meeting here. I even just wish I wasn't so cripplingly shy; I keep wanting to say hi to people, start a conversation, maybe make some friends, but I end up cowering at the last second. I am not good at this social thing,
I have had a few fursuiters hug me, to my delight. One even played catch with me, though I was really bad at it. And a few outgoing sorts have initiated conversations with me and I've done my best to carry them. Really nice people. I just wish I had...swapped contact info with them or something.
But that said, I am having the greatest time just going to panels and eavesdropping on people and basking in the energy this wonderfully creative community creates. Never have I felt so in my element (and yet so out of it at the same time). The staff is doing an amazing job and my mate and I have already decided that, budget-permitting, we'd really like to go super-sponsor next year.
So I'm probably going to start nosing around in this fandom more. I've really missed it, and while the fact that I can't draw for beans kind of made me feel helpless in my ability to contribute, I think writing is more my gift; I'm going to pursue that, even if it is a less-appreciated art.
I never want this con to end. But tomorrow, before we have to drive back home, there is a tea-time panel I'm going to, and I'm hoping to force myself to strike up a conversation with someone. I know it would be good for me to push that comfort barrier a bit, and what better to relax me than a good cup of tea? I brought plenty of my loose-tea, pre-measured into paper filters, so maybe I can make some friends sharing that.
More details to come, maybe. I could write forever, I really could. But so many things to do and see!
I am completely and totally awed. This is so amazing. I think I've felt my brain break at least three times since getting here. Like my mind can't comprehend that a culture like this actually exists in real life, even if just for a few days.
In some senses I feel out of touch, because I haven't dabbled in the fandom in so long, and I wish I had at least poked around a little to sort of get with the current culture before coming. I kind of wish I had tried to make some friends beforehand that I would be meeting here. I even just wish I wasn't so cripplingly shy; I keep wanting to say hi to people, start a conversation, maybe make some friends, but I end up cowering at the last second. I am not good at this social thing,
I have had a few fursuiters hug me, to my delight. One even played catch with me, though I was really bad at it. And a few outgoing sorts have initiated conversations with me and I've done my best to carry them. Really nice people. I just wish I had...swapped contact info with them or something.
But that said, I am having the greatest time just going to panels and eavesdropping on people and basking in the energy this wonderfully creative community creates. Never have I felt so in my element (and yet so out of it at the same time). The staff is doing an amazing job and my mate and I have already decided that, budget-permitting, we'd really like to go super-sponsor next year.
So I'm probably going to start nosing around in this fandom more. I've really missed it, and while the fact that I can't draw for beans kind of made me feel helpless in my ability to contribute, I think writing is more my gift; I'm going to pursue that, even if it is a less-appreciated art.
I never want this con to end. But tomorrow, before we have to drive back home, there is a tea-time panel I'm going to, and I'm hoping to force myself to strike up a conversation with someone. I know it would be good for me to push that comfort barrier a bit, and what better to relax me than a good cup of tea? I brought plenty of my loose-tea, pre-measured into paper filters, so maybe I can make some friends sharing that.
More details to come, maybe. I could write forever, I really could. But so many things to do and see!
Can you believe there are such conventions all over the world? Ahh, fandom . . .