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Anthrocon 2017, Life Updates, And Other Things
8 years ago
Hey, everyone.
You may have noticed that I haven't been as active here on FA as I would normally be. Not to worry. Either than certain funks I've been into lately, things are fine for me at the moment. With Anthrocon less than a week away, I thought I'd post a journal about my upcoming journey back to the Steel City for another AC weekend. But it won't just be that. I'm also gonna talk about other things in my current personal life, more new thoughts on the furry community, and a special project I've been working on for months, and am close to finished with it!
MY CURRENT LIFE
For those that haven't found out yet, at the end of April, I left my job at Stop & Shop. Somehow, I had a feeling I was gonna make that decision sooner or later. Although, I'm surprised I stayed there longer than expected, after being moved to the front end to do carriages. This job in general has been far too stressful for me to begin with. In addition, supervisors at the front end were clueless, carefree about my needs and disgust, and were just lame-duck supervisors in general. It was especially bad when it came to fueling up my PTSD. And since it didn't look like they were going to move me to a different department, or change my job at the front end any time soon, I had no other choice but to give notice and quit. I knew that had I stayed there, things aren't going to get better for me at that job.
Now, I'm reviving myself. In terms of health, I feel a lot better now than I did two months ago. I still have some recovering left to do, but by the time summer nears its end, I should feel 100% again.
As for searching for a new job, I am in a bit of a process to look for a new job, possibly in medical coding, graphic design, or an internship somewhere.
MORE THOUGHTS ON THE FURRY COMMUNITY
You may remember a journal I posted back in March about my concerns about the current state of the furry community. Here's a link to that journal below:
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8147230/
Now, I feel better currently than back when I wrote that journal. That being said, I'm still skeptical about certain aspects about this community. I still prefer not to talk about it in public. Send me a note if you want to talk with me about it.
I also may start doing an investigation regarding this fur I know personally, the one I know personally that recently got into trouble, as mentioned in the journal the link above leads to.
ANTHROCON 2017 (including a panel I will be hosting!)
It's that time again! Anthrocon returns for another annual convention in Pittsburgh!
This will be my 6th time going. (Past times: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016)
I'll be leaving for Pittsburgh early Wednesday morning, taking Southwest to Baltimore, and then to Pittsburgh. I'll be staying at the Doubletree with AC's Mr. Perfect Attendance,
anthrocoon. I leave Pittsburgh the following Monday afternoon, heading for St. Louis first, before heading back to Boston late Monday night. (It's an odd itinerary, but it was the most suitable for me due to both costs and schedule.)
The guest of honor for AC this year is voice actor, Charlie Adler, my all-time favorite voice actor! You should've seen how excited I was when he was announced as AC's GOH! I plan to have a few things signed from him when I meet him, including a Pop! figure of Ickis from AAAHH! Real Monsters.
As a sports fanatic, the convention's theme for this year, alone, fueled me to wanna go. I submitted two works of art for the conbook. It would've been more had it not been certain stressing moments.
Here's one of the submissions: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/22786202/
Here's the other: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/23339320/
I was notified by AC's Publications Director about "Which name do you want to have used in the conbook?" That's a sign telling me that at least one of the two submissions made it into the conbook. Now I'm uber excited to look in the conbook!
I'll be hosting a panel on the Sunday of the convention from 11AM to 12PM. It's a meet 'n' greet for fans of sports mascots! To go with the theme, "Take Me Out To The Ballgame", I thought it would be appropriate to suggest this panel for this year's AC. It'll be taking place in the Fayette Room in the Westin Hotel.
Those interested in attending are encouraged to bring any sports mascot related pictures, merch, etc., to the panel. At the end of the panel, I'll present a special announcement regarding on a project I've been working on over the past several months.
I plan to do another fursuit photo collage for AC, and post individual photos of fursuiters I'm able to identify there, just like with the previous photo collages. I may begin working on and posting the collage on the week of July 9th-15th.
To those going to AC, I want to wish all a safe and great weekend there. If you see me around, feel free to say 'Hi'.
A SPECIAL PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON LATELY
There's been a project that I've been working on lately over the past few months. It's one that I'm very excited to share with you all, and will be announced at the end of my panel at AC. The only details I can give out about this project is that, as I'm writing this journal, I am more than 90% finished with it, and that it involves sports mascots. To find out what it exactly is, come to my panel at AC, and you'll know!
You may have noticed that I haven't been as active here on FA as I would normally be. Not to worry. Either than certain funks I've been into lately, things are fine for me at the moment. With Anthrocon less than a week away, I thought I'd post a journal about my upcoming journey back to the Steel City for another AC weekend. But it won't just be that. I'm also gonna talk about other things in my current personal life, more new thoughts on the furry community, and a special project I've been working on for months, and am close to finished with it!
MY CURRENT LIFE
For those that haven't found out yet, at the end of April, I left my job at Stop & Shop. Somehow, I had a feeling I was gonna make that decision sooner or later. Although, I'm surprised I stayed there longer than expected, after being moved to the front end to do carriages. This job in general has been far too stressful for me to begin with. In addition, supervisors at the front end were clueless, carefree about my needs and disgust, and were just lame-duck supervisors in general. It was especially bad when it came to fueling up my PTSD. And since it didn't look like they were going to move me to a different department, or change my job at the front end any time soon, I had no other choice but to give notice and quit. I knew that had I stayed there, things aren't going to get better for me at that job.
Now, I'm reviving myself. In terms of health, I feel a lot better now than I did two months ago. I still have some recovering left to do, but by the time summer nears its end, I should feel 100% again.
As for searching for a new job, I am in a bit of a process to look for a new job, possibly in medical coding, graphic design, or an internship somewhere.
MORE THOUGHTS ON THE FURRY COMMUNITY
You may remember a journal I posted back in March about my concerns about the current state of the furry community. Here's a link to that journal below:
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8147230/
Now, I feel better currently than back when I wrote that journal. That being said, I'm still skeptical about certain aspects about this community. I still prefer not to talk about it in public. Send me a note if you want to talk with me about it.
I also may start doing an investigation regarding this fur I know personally, the one I know personally that recently got into trouble, as mentioned in the journal the link above leads to.
ANTHROCON 2017 (including a panel I will be hosting!)
It's that time again! Anthrocon returns for another annual convention in Pittsburgh!
This will be my 6th time going. (Past times: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016)
I'll be leaving for Pittsburgh early Wednesday morning, taking Southwest to Baltimore, and then to Pittsburgh. I'll be staying at the Doubletree with AC's Mr. Perfect Attendance,
anthrocoon. I leave Pittsburgh the following Monday afternoon, heading for St. Louis first, before heading back to Boston late Monday night. (It's an odd itinerary, but it was the most suitable for me due to both costs and schedule.)The guest of honor for AC this year is voice actor, Charlie Adler, my all-time favorite voice actor! You should've seen how excited I was when he was announced as AC's GOH! I plan to have a few things signed from him when I meet him, including a Pop! figure of Ickis from AAAHH! Real Monsters.
As a sports fanatic, the convention's theme for this year, alone, fueled me to wanna go. I submitted two works of art for the conbook. It would've been more had it not been certain stressing moments.
Here's one of the submissions: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/22786202/
Here's the other: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/23339320/
I was notified by AC's Publications Director about "Which name do you want to have used in the conbook?" That's a sign telling me that at least one of the two submissions made it into the conbook. Now I'm uber excited to look in the conbook!
I'll be hosting a panel on the Sunday of the convention from 11AM to 12PM. It's a meet 'n' greet for fans of sports mascots! To go with the theme, "Take Me Out To The Ballgame", I thought it would be appropriate to suggest this panel for this year's AC. It'll be taking place in the Fayette Room in the Westin Hotel.
Those interested in attending are encouraged to bring any sports mascot related pictures, merch, etc., to the panel. At the end of the panel, I'll present a special announcement regarding on a project I've been working on over the past several months.
I plan to do another fursuit photo collage for AC, and post individual photos of fursuiters I'm able to identify there, just like with the previous photo collages. I may begin working on and posting the collage on the week of July 9th-15th.
To those going to AC, I want to wish all a safe and great weekend there. If you see me around, feel free to say 'Hi'.
A SPECIAL PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON LATELY
There's been a project that I've been working on lately over the past few months. It's one that I'm very excited to share with you all, and will be announced at the end of my panel at AC. The only details I can give out about this project is that, as I'm writing this journal, I am more than 90% finished with it, and that it involves sports mascots. To find out what it exactly is, come to my panel at AC, and you'll know!
