Here at RIT there's an annual anime convention called Tora-Con, which among other things naturally brings some of the (supposedly) many RIT furries out of the woodwork. I hear tell there's many a suiter or partial-suiter to be found roaming around over the course of the two-day event each April. I was unable to attend last year due to work, but am planning to do this year. And despite my better judgement, I've been considering the concept of suiting.

Now I don't really have anything wrong with fursuits in and of themselves. It's just that the fursuiting community is a rather distinct subcommunity of the fandom as a whole, and one that I'm not really a part of. And frankly, I don't really want to be a part of it. I think most fursuits look downright idiotic, even if they're obviously quite well constructed. Once you know a thing or two about clothing construction, you do realise just how much effort and skill it takes to put together a really good fursuit, but it doesn't change the fact that they're generally absolutely fucking ridiculous.

Yet I still sorta kinda wanna try putting something together, and I have a rather detailed concept in mind for something quite unique. Having become more comfortable with myself, more self-confident and outgoing, I keep thinking that if I could pull it off then it'd be quite fun to get reactions out of people, you know? Ideally, my friends would say I look surprisingly good, and the furries I meet would feel bad for wearing conventional fursuits, because they're obviously shitty and inferior. Basically I want to show everyone how it's done. Like a boss.

But fuck me if I have the time to get to the level where I could actually accomplish that. I have barely a few months, quite a bit of which would just be design and research, since the very first thing to do would be to come up with a character and stick to it for more than two days.

So I think perhaps I've settled on just getting a collar from the Collar Factory. It's a uniquely furry thing that isn't too offensive to the uninitiate, doesn't look completely foolish, and conveniently satisfies my need for having something tight around my neck. Today, incidentally, was the first day in months that I haven't worn my usual simple tight chain necklace. And why? Because I wore a turtleneck, of course. Sigh.

Now I just have to decide what the fuck to get for a collar. Decisions, decisions.

Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day Two: Nine things about yourself.
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever).
Day Seven: Four turn offs.
Day Eight: Three turn ons.
Day Nine: Two smileys that describe your life right now.
Day Ten: One confession.

I have a pretty keen sense of smell. Not superhuman, but good enough. I'm characteristically a pretty shy person, so I like to observe what goes on around me. One of the ways in which I do that is through smell. So I'm constantly flaring my nostrils or breathing deeply to try to surreptitiously get more of a scent that catches my attention. I think it's very important to be attracted to someone based on their natural smell. To me, it just says "your body wants you to mate with this person", and hey, who am I to disagree with biology? So if I think you smell good, I may have problems staying away from you.

Just sayin'.

Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day Two: Nine things about yourself.
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever).
Day Seven: Four turn offs.
Day Eight: Three turn ons.
Day Nine: Two smileys that describe your life right now.
Day Ten: One confession.

(This one's lame.)

:3

Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day Two: Nine things about yourself.
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever).
Day Seven: Four turn offs.
Day Eight: Three turn ons.
Day Nine: Two smileys that describe your life right now.
Day Ten: One confession.

(I fail at updating, so you get two, and luckily they go together.)

1. Dishonesty.

2. Anything intimate outside the context of a more meaningful relationship.

3. Mindless self-indulgence. (No, not the band; they're pretty good.)

4. Mindless self-neglect. (Not washing, not taking care of teeth, etc.)

Aaand...

1. A thrilled exhalation with a soft squeak.

2. An arched back and curled toes.

3. Closed eyes above moist lips parted in a delicate smile.

Unf. See you tomorrow.

Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day Two: Nine things about yourself.
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever).
Day Seven: Four turn offs.
Day Eight: Three turn ons.
Day Nine: Two smileys that describe your life right now.
Day Ten: One confession.

1. Dan! You're always there for me.

2. Isaac! Your life makes mine look sane.

3. Mom and Dad! (Bending the rules here.) You guys are pretty cool.

4. Rob! Your quest for happiness shall have an end, I promise.

5. Connor! ...Hee.

Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day Two: Nine things about yourself.
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever).
Day Seven: Four turn offs.
Day Eight: Three turn ons.
Day Nine: Two smileys that describe your life right now.
Day Ten: One confession.

This is tough, because I'm happy with who I am now, and I wouldn't be where I am if it weren't for some of the choices I've made in life that, at the time, I ended up regretting. I think it's important to live without regrets and treat mistakes as a learning experience for the present rather than something negative to weigh on your past. However, it's not okay to inflict pain on others just because they might learn from it. And from small to large, I've caused a lot of pain in other people's lives, pretty much entirely by accident. So I regret:

1. Hurting Elise through negligence.

2. Hurting Max through hesitation.

3. Hurting John through obsession.

4. Hurting Heather through John.

5. Hurting Isaac through indecision.

6. Hurting Madeleine through dishonesty.

Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day Two: Nine things about yourself.
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever).
Day Seven: Four turn offs.
Day Eight: Three turn ons.
Day Nine: Two smileys that describe your life right now.
Day Ten: One confession.

1. My past.

2. My future.

3. Him.

4. Her.

5. Love.

6. Creativity.

7. Sleep.

Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day Two: Nine things about yourself.
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever).
Day Seven: Four turn offs.
Day Eight: Three turn ons.
Day Nine: Two smileys that describe your life right now.
Day Ten: One confession.

1. Be honest and decent.

2. Be self-confident and decisive.

3. Love me and care for me.

4. Let me do the same for you.

5. Give me my space when I need it.

6. Spend lots of time with me otherwise.

7. Be willing to take it slow.

8. But also be willing to try new things.

Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day Two: Nine things about yourself.
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever).
Day Seven: Four turn offs.
Day Eight: Three turn ons.
Day Nine: Two smileys that describe your life right now.
Day Ten: One confession.

1. I'm basically a socialist, but I also advocate a free market because people need conflict in order to be motivated to progress.

2. I play balalaika. I learned to play on an old cheap tourist instrument, and I hope to get a new, better one this Christmas.

3. I'm just out of a two-and-a-half-year relationship with a girl, and now I'm in the market for a nice, sane boyfriend.

4. I love programming, specifically programming languages, and I'm aiming for a career self-employed in game design.

5. I'm into pixel art, but none of it has ever been furry-related, so you might not see any for a while.

6. I'm very much geared toward linguistics. I speak English and French, and have anywhere from survival to conversational knowledge in many other languages. (I define "survival" as "just enough to seem like an adorable foreigner who's trying really hard not to act like a stereotypical brutish American".)

7. I love fun music that's also quality. Right now, that means MIKA.

8. Under the name Fallbringer, I intend to become very involved and popular in the furry community.

9. I don't lie. Ever. You can ask me anything you like. If you ask me a question that I don't want to answer, I'll just say that I don't want to answer it.

Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day Two: Nine things about yourself.
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever).
Day Seven: Four turn offs.
Day Eight: Three turn ons.
Day Nine: Two smileys that describe your life right now.
Day Ten: One confession.

1. Dan: You've been a great friend all my life and you're remarkably free from bullshit.
2. Colin: Happy 21st, my wily stylish smiley Irish pal.
3. Brian: That habit you have? Yeah, it makes you look like you have Tourette's.
4. Cam: We understand that you're bad at FPS games. You don't need to say "oh my god", "that's bullshit", or "I mean, come on, like, seriously?" every four seconds. Yes, I timed it. Yes, those exact phrases.
5. Other Brian: You are never here and we miss you. :(
6. Madeleine: I could not be happier that you are over 3000 miles away from me.
7. Elise: I'm very glad we've resolved our differences!
8. MIKA: You are incredibly talented and attractive and I want to have your babies.
9. Elk: See #8. Also, you need to update your gallery.
10. John: You. See that I've grown, and love me. Now.

Check me out on livestream while I embarrass myself!

http://www.livestream.com/fallbringer

Edit: HAHA DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS

Yeah, so network trouble has forced me to quit, but I'll end up posting what I was working on, anyway, so no worries. Not as though I have much watchership anyhow.