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12 years ago
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So after watching from afar, I have finally decided to open my own account here. Why did it take me until the age of 23 for me to finally let myself into the fandom when I've been following it since I was about 15? Don't know, and now, I don't care. All that matters is that I'm finally in. I've always had a fascination of being able to put on a costume and running around in an attempt to bring joy to others since the time I went to my first Orlando Magic game when I was about 5. Even though it was the NBA Finals, instead of watching the game, I tried to see where the team mascot was. To this day, I judge a sports team by their mascot.
I guess if I had to pick a reason as to why now, it might be because I now know that there are others in the fandom in my vicinity. Most of the furs I've chatted with online lived in Europe, so it never really crossed my mind that there were furs here in Florida; in Orlando no less. A few days ago, I found out that there was a weekly meet that
IzzyWolfram here in the area and since I've been here, I've had a pleasant welcome from a few furs. Knowing that has given me a whole new level of excitement for being able to share a common interest with others and create new friendships. I was one of the least social people when I was in school, worse when I got to college. I hang with work buddies sometimes, but you can only do so much before you get sick of each other.
The first name you'll see on any of my forms of government ID is [Name and Address withheld], but for now, my fursona name will be Ruby Canine since Ruby was the first name I thought of when I created my FB account with the mascot/furry friend stack and Canine since that's the species I want my furry to be. (Got it down to husky, wolf, fox or any combo above). Whether or not I'll change the name will be determined once I finalized what my furry will look like. I would like to own fursuit before I turn 25, so I have about a year and a half to gather the funds. That's what two jobs are for, right? That and buying a house? (Another one of my goals)
As far as artistic side, there's a reason why I excelled in math, science & electronic gadgetry; I had none, except maybe that one semester in high school when I was forced to take an art class. I will say that I take some pretty decent photos whenever I went to hockey games. I post them here if you want to take a look: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38337705@N00/ I do plan on taking lots of pics when I go to my first meet and post those here.
I'll end it here for now. I'm glad to finally be part of it, I look forward to meeting those furs who live in the area and chatting with furs outside of Orlando.
I guess if I had to pick a reason as to why now, it might be because I now know that there are others in the fandom in my vicinity. Most of the furs I've chatted with online lived in Europe, so it never really crossed my mind that there were furs here in Florida; in Orlando no less. A few days ago, I found out that there was a weekly meet that
IzzyWolfram here in the area and since I've been here, I've had a pleasant welcome from a few furs. Knowing that has given me a whole new level of excitement for being able to share a common interest with others and create new friendships. I was one of the least social people when I was in school, worse when I got to college. I hang with work buddies sometimes, but you can only do so much before you get sick of each other.The first name you'll see on any of my forms of government ID is [Name and Address withheld], but for now, my fursona name will be Ruby Canine since Ruby was the first name I thought of when I created my FB account with the mascot/furry friend stack and Canine since that's the species I want my furry to be. (Got it down to husky, wolf, fox or any combo above). Whether or not I'll change the name will be determined once I finalized what my furry will look like. I would like to own fursuit before I turn 25, so I have about a year and a half to gather the funds. That's what two jobs are for, right? That and buying a house? (Another one of my goals)
As far as artistic side, there's a reason why I excelled in math, science & electronic gadgetry; I had none, except maybe that one semester in high school when I was forced to take an art class. I will say that I take some pretty decent photos whenever I went to hockey games. I post them here if you want to take a look: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38337705@N00/ I do plan on taking lots of pics when I go to my first meet and post those here.
I'll end it here for now. I'm glad to finally be part of it, I look forward to meeting those furs who live in the area and chatting with furs outside of Orlando.
