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ScotiaCon 2015
10 years ago
Hello again everyone,
Apologies for another lengthy amount of time between art and other things. Procrastination is a major part of the reason along with my job causing considerable irritation but I have been more active in terms of meeting furries face to face in the UK!
I have been attending LondonFurs meets, also have been to my first BirminghamFurs meet and as the title says, I crossed the border for the first time in Scotland for ScotiaCon! A completely different animal to ConFuzzled, it was a much more tightly knit convention with just over 150 attendees (including the small but amazing number of staff) and I found myself talking to and meeting a lot more people there than I ever did or could imagine doing so at ConFuzzled.
I wish I could have attended more of the events that were held but when you are relaxing with people who share so many common interests and with a bar not 5 seconds walk away... yeah, socialising is nice.
One event I did attend was the Eat Scotland panel and one of the items for trial is infamous. I am proud to say, I have eaten a deep fried Mars bar. It is pure filth and it is so wrong... but DAMN IT WAS GOOD! I regret nothing!
The way the chef prepared it was by freezing the Mars bars before deep frying them so they didn't melt as quickly and what resulted was something that smelt like a donut and tasted sweet but had that savoury taste of the batter. Seriously, for a one off treat, I really enjoyed it! Also am developing my taste for cider and Guinness. Not a bad thing.
Also, karaoke. Scatman John. I went there. :D
I found ScotiaCon was equally as enjoyable as ConFuzzled if not more so! This is because you never felt lost in the proceedings. So I would like to say a big thank you to all involved in the organisation of it and I will definitely be back again next year. I will also say without the talented and warm individuals I have had the pleasure of talking to, creating with and just having a great time, this year would have been a lot darker for me. I cannot thank you all enough for that.
Yes, I said creating with. Whilst I have been lazy when it comes to posting stuff, that doesn't mean I have been doing things behind the scenes. There is still a backlog I need to clear through and to those who have had endless patience with me, I really do appreciate it. I do not forget what I owe. Once I get some more of the works sorted, I haven't decided whether or not to just do a bulk upload or a couple of pieces a day at a time. Might well go with the latter so the people who have watched me (thank you!) don't get spammed with submissions.
If you wish to keep up to date with the weird and wonderful goings on regarding myself (why would you?), you can follow me on Twitter. This platform that at one stage held no interest for me has been a gateway to talking to so many new people. https://twitter.com/rikmccloud
That's all for now! Will see you all soon! :D
Apologies for another lengthy amount of time between art and other things. Procrastination is a major part of the reason along with my job causing considerable irritation but I have been more active in terms of meeting furries face to face in the UK!
I have been attending LondonFurs meets, also have been to my first BirminghamFurs meet and as the title says, I crossed the border for the first time in Scotland for ScotiaCon! A completely different animal to ConFuzzled, it was a much more tightly knit convention with just over 150 attendees (including the small but amazing number of staff) and I found myself talking to and meeting a lot more people there than I ever did or could imagine doing so at ConFuzzled.
I wish I could have attended more of the events that were held but when you are relaxing with people who share so many common interests and with a bar not 5 seconds walk away... yeah, socialising is nice.
One event I did attend was the Eat Scotland panel and one of the items for trial is infamous. I am proud to say, I have eaten a deep fried Mars bar. It is pure filth and it is so wrong... but DAMN IT WAS GOOD! I regret nothing!
The way the chef prepared it was by freezing the Mars bars before deep frying them so they didn't melt as quickly and what resulted was something that smelt like a donut and tasted sweet but had that savoury taste of the batter. Seriously, for a one off treat, I really enjoyed it! Also am developing my taste for cider and Guinness. Not a bad thing.
Also, karaoke. Scatman John. I went there. :D
I found ScotiaCon was equally as enjoyable as ConFuzzled if not more so! This is because you never felt lost in the proceedings. So I would like to say a big thank you to all involved in the organisation of it and I will definitely be back again next year. I will also say without the talented and warm individuals I have had the pleasure of talking to, creating with and just having a great time, this year would have been a lot darker for me. I cannot thank you all enough for that.
Yes, I said creating with. Whilst I have been lazy when it comes to posting stuff, that doesn't mean I have been doing things behind the scenes. There is still a backlog I need to clear through and to those who have had endless patience with me, I really do appreciate it. I do not forget what I owe. Once I get some more of the works sorted, I haven't decided whether or not to just do a bulk upload or a couple of pieces a day at a time. Might well go with the latter so the people who have watched me (thank you!) don't get spammed with submissions.
If you wish to keep up to date with the weird and wonderful goings on regarding myself (why would you?), you can follow me on Twitter. This platform that at one stage held no interest for me has been a gateway to talking to so many new people. https://twitter.com/rikmccloud
That's all for now! Will see you all soon! :D
My first time there too and first furry con.
met nice people.
I look forward to going again next year.