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Night Out wif teh Furrehz
19 years ago
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SO yesterday was Meetup day ^^
Who was there?
Eight of us in total, one shoing up later on and two visiting but curious not-furres(-yet).
I'd do a roll call but...
...awshiti'mhorrible with names :(
We went to Salem!
fennecwolfox took us to this totally SWEET chinese and mongolian buffet. For six bucks, this food was AMAZING. GODS DAMN! I don't get anywhere NEAR that -quality- (let alone quantity!) at the Mall... IT'S NOT FAIR ;_;
I didn't have time or stomach space to try Everything...
Then we went to this really neat 'family entertainment center' called Thunder Valley... It had one of the last arcades in the roanoke area, plus miniature golf, batting cages, and go-karts. I foolishly bought ten dollars' worth of arcade tokens... x.x it's mostly because, back in the day when I was a kid and living with my parents, they would've never let me get that many... they would've bristled at five bucks, even three.
I managed to BEAT several games... but ONLY because I put in multiple credits... but there is this SERIOUSLY ROCKIN' mech combat game... The graphacs were seriously OLD, like 1993, but the controls were FASCINATING. dual 3-axis joysticks... I kind of wish I had more practice with the control scheme. Fennec totally kicked my ass thrice running x.x and started taking challenges from the rest of us. I walked away >_>; too much fer meh.
We 'acquired' some golfballs XD and played Fetch. I don't know what it is about my 'pack', but... I lose inhibitions around them. and the best part is... they do too o.o and none of us mind! It's at times like this where I realize, I LOVE BEING A FURRY. I LOVE being who I am! No doubts, NO REGRETS, this is me :D
(I still have my golfball! It's PURPLE :D)
We went to the park to see Fennec off to work--he had to go in at Five.. and me, dusky, Justin (yeah, that's his name...), and his human friend (we consider him a closet-coyote... hehehe) started to gather sticks into one of the unused barbecue pits. AT FIRST we were trying to be secretive and only burn shit to indulge our pyromaniacal urges... but the fire grew and grew, and the air was getting chilly again, so we decided to keep it. It was a fine blaze...
But then, just as Justin, Friend in Tow, were about to leave to pick up (... aw shit i can't remember his name ;_; I'm sorry!! ) a FIRE TRUCK and like, THREE POLICE CRUISERS came TEARING around the corner, stopped, looked at us, and communicated quite precisely thus:
"...WTF? ..."
Not at us. They were confused.
...because, as they told us, someone called them about some UNCONTROLLABLE BLAZE OF ARMAGEDDON that was pouring out of the firepit and catching on the trees and the pavillion... but that wasn't the case. They apologized almost as profusely as WE did. Then they wished us a grand evening, and departed. Some stupid fuck is going to get seriously chastized for filing a false report! HAR HAR.
Apparantly there's a problem with five guys enjoying a warm fire.
But, however, the salem fire marshall did suggest we get something to cook, as these were intended to be cooking fires. So, we asked Justin to pick up some hot dogs, buns, cook prongs, soda, and marshmallows while they're out picking up the last one of us that wanted to show up.
Dusk and I were left alone there for about two hours... and really... it was nice. We talked about many things. He seemed a little ... distant when I first met him, but he's actually really awesome, very patient, open-minded, and sophisticated. BEST PART is... he DIGS the church of the SubGenius! HE GETS IT! I think he really grasps the essence of what it's for. I won't try to explain it to someone outside of in-person though >_>
When the hot dogs arrived, it occurred to me that I haven't done this in... far longer than I can remember... When was the last time I had an open fire over which to roast marshmallows? More than five years, surely... It was so familliar, but mostly because it appeals to the kinds of primal instinct that came with our evolution. We ascended with the Flame by our side. Our exclusive ability to take many raw materials from around us and Synthesize a chemical reaction--control it and sustain it, even... there's something primal in our genetic programming that makes the use of Raw Fire in the preparation of edibles (or anything) ... a ritual to be respected, a time-honored tradition.
I have never tasted something so satisfying in my life as whe I roasted a hotdog near the embers and bit right in. It was the perfect temperature, the ideal composition... it's as if by cooking on stoves and in microwaves, we have sadly diluted the intensity of the experience; by taking it out of exclusive control, we have lost some level of understanding of when 'done is done'. i think it's something we all recognized.
...but what killed me... was the fact that Fennec couldn't be with us. It is my only and deepest regret that we couldn't share this with him. He needed to work, after all, and he would be getting out at Ten, which was exactly when the park Closed...
I seriously missed him during this. I mean, it WAS fun, but... fun had without him? What good is it? ... I retained my ability to enjoy it by enjoying it For him. I sacrificed two marshmallows to the Fire Gods for him ^^
When the night was drawing to a close, at about 9:45, we decided to finish the fire and go try to intercept fennec at the WalMart (he works in FURnature, the emphasis being why he can tolerate that department XD). I went in to look for him, but I couldn't locate him x.x Looking at my watch, it was 10:05 by the time I was in there and thought 'he must be on his way to his car...' so, I decided to go back to the parking lot and wait in Dusk's car.
He came out and saw us and was like "WTF!?" as, he thought we all went home without him! His face was PRICELESS!! And the BEST PART was... he brought YooHoo drinks and Baby Bell Cheeses!!!!! YESHH!!! *VICTORIOUS ARM-FLAIL!!*
We decided to call it a night though, because there had been some precipitation... there was purportedly flurries and sleet on the highway Fennec had to take. I didn't want to oblige him to drive me home through that shit, so I decided to take Dusk's offer for a ride back to my appartment.
On the way back, me and Dusk discussed Religeon... Where I gave him my "Tastey Pie" metaphore. He said it was the clearest description he had ever heard XD Hearing that must've been the icing on today's cake.
NUGGETS OF WISDOM I HAVE COLLECTED ON THIS TRIP:
*"WACKY-WAVING-INFLATABLE-ARM-FLAILING-TUBE-MAN!!!!"
*"I'd rather Die on My Paws than Live on My Feet."
*"You know what's disgusting, essentially WRONG, and completely lacking of any moral value?" "...The true face of the catholic church?"
*"It's not that I'm finding I'm not as insane as I thought I was... It's that MY insanity is more comfortable among Y'ALL."
We resolved to do this again Next weekend. GODS I HOPE SO.
:D:D:D:D:D
Who was there?
Eight of us in total, one shoing up later on and two visiting but curious not-furres(-yet).
I'd do a roll call but...
...awshiti'mhorrible with names :(
We went to Salem!
fennecwolfox took us to this totally SWEET chinese and mongolian buffet. For six bucks, this food was AMAZING. GODS DAMN! I don't get anywhere NEAR that -quality- (let alone quantity!) at the Mall... IT'S NOT FAIR ;_;I didn't have time or stomach space to try Everything...
Then we went to this really neat 'family entertainment center' called Thunder Valley... It had one of the last arcades in the roanoke area, plus miniature golf, batting cages, and go-karts. I foolishly bought ten dollars' worth of arcade tokens... x.x it's mostly because, back in the day when I was a kid and living with my parents, they would've never let me get that many... they would've bristled at five bucks, even three.
I managed to BEAT several games... but ONLY because I put in multiple credits... but there is this SERIOUSLY ROCKIN' mech combat game... The graphacs were seriously OLD, like 1993, but the controls were FASCINATING. dual 3-axis joysticks... I kind of wish I had more practice with the control scheme. Fennec totally kicked my ass thrice running x.x and started taking challenges from the rest of us. I walked away >_>; too much fer meh.
We 'acquired' some golfballs XD and played Fetch. I don't know what it is about my 'pack', but... I lose inhibitions around them. and the best part is... they do too o.o and none of us mind! It's at times like this where I realize, I LOVE BEING A FURRY. I LOVE being who I am! No doubts, NO REGRETS, this is me :D
(I still have my golfball! It's PURPLE :D)
We went to the park to see Fennec off to work--he had to go in at Five.. and me, dusky, Justin (yeah, that's his name...), and his human friend (we consider him a closet-coyote... hehehe) started to gather sticks into one of the unused barbecue pits. AT FIRST we were trying to be secretive and only burn shit to indulge our pyromaniacal urges... but the fire grew and grew, and the air was getting chilly again, so we decided to keep it. It was a fine blaze...
But then, just as Justin, Friend in Tow, were about to leave to pick up (... aw shit i can't remember his name ;_; I'm sorry!! ) a FIRE TRUCK and like, THREE POLICE CRUISERS came TEARING around the corner, stopped, looked at us, and communicated quite precisely thus:
"...WTF? ..."
Not at us. They were confused.
...because, as they told us, someone called them about some UNCONTROLLABLE BLAZE OF ARMAGEDDON that was pouring out of the firepit and catching on the trees and the pavillion... but that wasn't the case. They apologized almost as profusely as WE did. Then they wished us a grand evening, and departed. Some stupid fuck is going to get seriously chastized for filing a false report! HAR HAR.
Apparantly there's a problem with five guys enjoying a warm fire.
But, however, the salem fire marshall did suggest we get something to cook, as these were intended to be cooking fires. So, we asked Justin to pick up some hot dogs, buns, cook prongs, soda, and marshmallows while they're out picking up the last one of us that wanted to show up.
Dusk and I were left alone there for about two hours... and really... it was nice. We talked about many things. He seemed a little ... distant when I first met him, but he's actually really awesome, very patient, open-minded, and sophisticated. BEST PART is... he DIGS the church of the SubGenius! HE GETS IT! I think he really grasps the essence of what it's for. I won't try to explain it to someone outside of in-person though >_>
When the hot dogs arrived, it occurred to me that I haven't done this in... far longer than I can remember... When was the last time I had an open fire over which to roast marshmallows? More than five years, surely... It was so familliar, but mostly because it appeals to the kinds of primal instinct that came with our evolution. We ascended with the Flame by our side. Our exclusive ability to take many raw materials from around us and Synthesize a chemical reaction--control it and sustain it, even... there's something primal in our genetic programming that makes the use of Raw Fire in the preparation of edibles (or anything) ... a ritual to be respected, a time-honored tradition.
I have never tasted something so satisfying in my life as whe I roasted a hotdog near the embers and bit right in. It was the perfect temperature, the ideal composition... it's as if by cooking on stoves and in microwaves, we have sadly diluted the intensity of the experience; by taking it out of exclusive control, we have lost some level of understanding of when 'done is done'. i think it's something we all recognized.
...but what killed me... was the fact that Fennec couldn't be with us. It is my only and deepest regret that we couldn't share this with him. He needed to work, after all, and he would be getting out at Ten, which was exactly when the park Closed...
I seriously missed him during this. I mean, it WAS fun, but... fun had without him? What good is it? ... I retained my ability to enjoy it by enjoying it For him. I sacrificed two marshmallows to the Fire Gods for him ^^
When the night was drawing to a close, at about 9:45, we decided to finish the fire and go try to intercept fennec at the WalMart (he works in FURnature, the emphasis being why he can tolerate that department XD). I went in to look for him, but I couldn't locate him x.x Looking at my watch, it was 10:05 by the time I was in there and thought 'he must be on his way to his car...' so, I decided to go back to the parking lot and wait in Dusk's car.
He came out and saw us and was like "WTF!?" as, he thought we all went home without him! His face was PRICELESS!! And the BEST PART was... he brought YooHoo drinks and Baby Bell Cheeses!!!!! YESHH!!! *VICTORIOUS ARM-FLAIL!!*
We decided to call it a night though, because there had been some precipitation... there was purportedly flurries and sleet on the highway Fennec had to take. I didn't want to oblige him to drive me home through that shit, so I decided to take Dusk's offer for a ride back to my appartment.
On the way back, me and Dusk discussed Religeon... Where I gave him my "Tastey Pie" metaphore. He said it was the clearest description he had ever heard XD Hearing that must've been the icing on today's cake.
NUGGETS OF WISDOM I HAVE COLLECTED ON THIS TRIP:
*"WACKY-WAVING-INFLATABLE-ARM-FLAILING-TUBE-MAN!!!!"
*"I'd rather Die on My Paws than Live on My Feet."
*"You know what's disgusting, essentially WRONG, and completely lacking of any moral value?" "...The true face of the catholic church?"
*"It's not that I'm finding I'm not as insane as I thought I was... It's that MY insanity is more comfortable among Y'ALL."
We resolved to do this again Next weekend. GODS I HOPE SO.
:D:D:D:D:D
http://furries.meetup.com/
see if there's any near you!
lucky bastards... okay, maybe I wouldn't sacrifice my left arm to hang out with you (I mean, it's not like it's my drawing arm) but I do envy them -_-