Moved!
Posted 11 years agoIt's been over a year.
Seriously, why are you still watching this account? Unwatch this, unclutter your watch list.
I'm over at
omi now. Nothing is posted here anymore, but I'm still getting watches?
Seriously, why are you still watching this account? Unwatch this, unclutter your watch list.
I'm over at
omi now. Nothing is posted here anymore, but I'm still getting watches?Moved!
Posted 12 years agoI have moved accounts!
UNWATCH THIS ACCOUNT
You will now find me over at
omi
This account has been whiped and is clear and dead. So unwatch!
You may feel like browsing the scraps and gallery of my new account to recomment or readd any faves.
UNWATCH THIS ACCOUNT
You will now find me over at
omiThis account has been whiped and is clear and dead. So unwatch!
You may feel like browsing the scraps and gallery of my new account to recomment or readd any faves.
It's never easy
Posted 13 years agoSo yeah, most of my closer friends know, and if you noticed I changed my front page, it is sad but true that I have broken up with
hallet
It's really no one's business, nor do I really need to write something like this, but I will to try to avoid too many questions.
We just realized that things were not where they needed to be in our lives. Hallet unfortunately had to move back home to his parents house in Michigan for now. I wish him all the best, and great success in his future endeavors and hope his life can be what he wishes it to be.
As for me, I'm trying to re-find myself. I need to set some personal goals to follow, and need to get back to being comfortable in my own skin.
We are currently still talking a little, and plan to keep it that way. It helps make the transition easier in my opinion and the fact is that we spent six long years together. With our own personal growth, and time, who knows what the future will hold.
For those of you here in So Cal who really considered Hallet a friend, please don't lose touch with him, I know he would appreciate it if you keep contact with him and such. And for any of my midwest followers, if you're near South Lyon, MI look him up! He needs some new friends too!
halletIt's really no one's business, nor do I really need to write something like this, but I will to try to avoid too many questions.
We just realized that things were not where they needed to be in our lives. Hallet unfortunately had to move back home to his parents house in Michigan for now. I wish him all the best, and great success in his future endeavors and hope his life can be what he wishes it to be.
As for me, I'm trying to re-find myself. I need to set some personal goals to follow, and need to get back to being comfortable in my own skin.
We are currently still talking a little, and plan to keep it that way. It helps make the transition easier in my opinion and the fact is that we spent six long years together. With our own personal growth, and time, who knows what the future will hold.
For those of you here in So Cal who really considered Hallet a friend, please don't lose touch with him, I know he would appreciate it if you keep contact with him and such. And for any of my midwest followers, if you're near South Lyon, MI look him up! He needs some new friends too!
This is as close to an FC report as it gets
Posted 13 years agoFC sucked. I wish I had stayed home. My own personal reasons. If you know why, cool. If not, you're better off, trust me.
A few highlights at least:
Getting to meet Painted Dog omg. She is awesome.
Seeing Maly, Jondi, Ome, Dingy, and Matrices.
Seeing Likeshine and blessing her with discounted Christmas sale chocolate.
Getting a fursuit tag.
Riding on Furball's shoulders for the fursuit parade.
Seeing any other friends that weekend.
Dance Competition rocked this year. Lots of talent!
Putting Doryuu in my Kovu kigurumi and watching him freak out lol.
I think that about sums it up.
Oh well, there's always more cons.
A few highlights at least:
Getting to meet Painted Dog omg. She is awesome.
Seeing Maly, Jondi, Ome, Dingy, and Matrices.
Seeing Likeshine and blessing her with discounted Christmas sale chocolate.
Getting a fursuit tag.
Riding on Furball's shoulders for the fursuit parade.
Seeing any other friends that weekend.
Dance Competition rocked this year. Lots of talent!
Putting Doryuu in my Kovu kigurumi and watching him freak out lol.
I think that about sums it up.
Oh well, there's always more cons.
Con*Tact Caffeine - A review
Posted 13 years ago
contacthttp://www.contactcaffeine.com/
It should be no surprise to anyone who knows me, I love Con*Tact Caffeine soap. But today I figured I would post an in depth review!
I discovered this very small business (three total people, working in an apartment) upon attending my first Rain Furrest con in 2010. They were selling this soap, and there couldn't have been more than 6 scents at that time, but it all smelled amazing. We bought several bars, and began using them instantly. My boyfriend and I no longer use store bought soap. We exclusively use Con*Tact Caffeine soap.
Shortly after I believe they opened their online store, and I've been ordering lots of their product ever since. I also majorly stock up when they are selling at any con I attend. I always place a huge order during their Black Friday sale, to give out as gifts to my friends and everything arrives quickly, and looks amazing.
Every bar is hand poured, dusted with pretty mica, wrapped, and packed for mail by hand. There is a lot of care in each bar, but not everyone is perfect. Sometimes they frost or crumble, but as I have learned as a regular customer this is just part of the reaction the caffeine causes in the soap. I've never had a problem with that, and once wet it all washes away. Some of the older bars may lose their scent through the package, but again once wet, the scent comes right back. I still have a bar, I can’t seem to bare to use it for nostalgia sake, from that RF 2010, and it still smells and looks as pretty as the day I bought it.
As for how the actual product works. I personally use my bars with a “shower poof” (seriously, Google that term, you’ll see what it is). I wet the bar and work up a good lather on the poof and use it to scrub. For myself my bar of soap will last 3 weeks to a month at least. My boyfriend is a little harder on his bars of soap and showers more often so his only last about 2-3 weeks. The lather is soft, and the scent is great. With certain bars at random (remember, handmade product, so slight variation from bar to bar even if they’re the same batch!) the scent can be strong on the bar itself, and the lather, but after washing it is left very lightly on the skin. I've never been disappointed after using the product. I cannot use your average bar soap, it dries out my skin and leaves me feeling itchy. I've even supported other small businesses who make handmade soap (places like Geeky Clean, and some folks on Etsy) and as nice as their products are, I just can’t use them without still having a dried out feeling, and needing another shower again to scrub it off. I've never had this problem with Con*Tact. It leaves my skin soft, and smelling so amazing!
I've always received prompt replies to any messages sent, and the shipping has been great considering someone has to personally take their time to pack it up and make sure it gets sent. I live in California, which does mean I get pretty decent shipping speed from Washington. I’m always so excited when the box arrives, and the delightful scents pour out of it.
One time I found we had gotten a bar I didn't remember asking for by mistake, and was really put off by the smell. I simply brought it to FC as that was the next con we’d both be at and I was able to swap it for something I preferred much more.
So overall I really love this very small business, and look forward to giving them my business regularly and for as long as they’re around!
In case you're wondering!
My favorite scents are: Tiki Giraffe, Rainbow Dash Energy, and Applejack Apple Orchard
Hallet’s favorite scents are: Sapphire Dragon, Hematite Dragon, Restoration and Bamboo Grass
If you haven't tried them yet, you really ought to! I especially recommend giving them a second glance if you're attending a con they happen to be selling it. That way you can smell all the amazing scents in person and really get a feel for how everything works :3
Califur 2012 report
Posted 13 years agoMy con was pretty meh. It started out good, had a rocky middle, and an alright finish.
I'd like to start by apologizing to anyone who was unable to sign up for the Pet Auction. I honestly have never had a turn out like that for sign ups! By the time I realized I only had a couple numbers left I had to tell everyone I was pretty much full :c
I couldn't see the size of the line from where I was filling out everyone's paperwork, and I'm really sorry to have disappointed so many of my potential pets! Next year I will make sure people know there are only 25 slots available and count them out ahead of time.
Secondly, apologies again, that the Fursuit Parade didn't extend all the way to the back of the Dealer's Den. That aisle in the middle was significantly wider, and seemed like a much better choice to have the parade route follow. I'm sorry it was communicated to dealer's so they could move to better see things.
Now on the con stuff. There was too much drama for my liking, as usual. Part of it my own involvement, but a lot more just crap people tried to drag me into. No megusta on both accounts. Sorry to anyone involved in stuff I was directly related to, and hope to mend those bridges again once some time has passed.
Saturday night I overworked myself, didn't eat until it was way too late, and worse didn't drink enough fluids. I then went out into the cold night with wet hair. Stupid panda. Now I have con crud.
The few highlights of my con:
Aside from the DD route mishap, I felt the fursuit parade went really well! Yes it's a bit short, but overall felt organized, and we got into the ballroom, and got the group photo done without much effort.
I bought
lucaswolfox at my own Pet Auction :P altho I was a bad owner and was too busy to really take care of him. Hopefully we can make that up later. He's a cool dude, and we don't hang out enough.
I fox-napped
fuchston and that was probably the highlight of my con. I took photos of him everywhere, and even got him an official registered con badge. Kartfox allowed me to continue holding him captive for a while so I can take more photos of his sordid adventures around So Cal.
Sunday night rounded out with the traditional pool party, and finally I got to enjoy myself, relax, and enjoy some times with friends.
Extra shout out to
xavier-woof for following me around on Saturday, helping me with various shit, and be extra crowd entertainment for the Cabaret.
I worked my butt off this year on staff, and I at least hope it showed.
I was really bummed tho I barely suited, and felt like I missed out on a lot of time to spend with friends. Ya'll will just have to fix this in person soon, or at my next con, which is RF in September.
That about wraps it up. I'm also looking for some new folks to possibly add to my staff for next year's Califur. I run the Fursuit department, and I'm looking for someone local who can make it to meetings in Garden Grove every other month or so. Send me a note if you're interested and I'll explain more!
I'd like to start by apologizing to anyone who was unable to sign up for the Pet Auction. I honestly have never had a turn out like that for sign ups! By the time I realized I only had a couple numbers left I had to tell everyone I was pretty much full :c
I couldn't see the size of the line from where I was filling out everyone's paperwork, and I'm really sorry to have disappointed so many of my potential pets! Next year I will make sure people know there are only 25 slots available and count them out ahead of time.
Secondly, apologies again, that the Fursuit Parade didn't extend all the way to the back of the Dealer's Den. That aisle in the middle was significantly wider, and seemed like a much better choice to have the parade route follow. I'm sorry it was communicated to dealer's so they could move to better see things.
Now on the con stuff. There was too much drama for my liking, as usual. Part of it my own involvement, but a lot more just crap people tried to drag me into. No megusta on both accounts. Sorry to anyone involved in stuff I was directly related to, and hope to mend those bridges again once some time has passed.
Saturday night I overworked myself, didn't eat until it was way too late, and worse didn't drink enough fluids. I then went out into the cold night with wet hair. Stupid panda. Now I have con crud.
The few highlights of my con:
Aside from the DD route mishap, I felt the fursuit parade went really well! Yes it's a bit short, but overall felt organized, and we got into the ballroom, and got the group photo done without much effort.
I bought
lucaswolfox at my own Pet Auction :P altho I was a bad owner and was too busy to really take care of him. Hopefully we can make that up later. He's a cool dude, and we don't hang out enough.I fox-napped
fuchston and that was probably the highlight of my con. I took photos of him everywhere, and even got him an official registered con badge. Kartfox allowed me to continue holding him captive for a while so I can take more photos of his sordid adventures around So Cal.Sunday night rounded out with the traditional pool party, and finally I got to enjoy myself, relax, and enjoy some times with friends.
Extra shout out to
xavier-woof for following me around on Saturday, helping me with various shit, and be extra crowd entertainment for the Cabaret.I worked my butt off this year on staff, and I at least hope it showed.
I was really bummed tho I barely suited, and felt like I missed out on a lot of time to spend with friends. Ya'll will just have to fix this in person soon, or at my next con, which is RF in September.
That about wraps it up. I'm also looking for some new folks to possibly add to my staff for next year's Califur. I run the Fursuit department, and I'm looking for someone local who can make it to meetings in Garden Grove every other month or so. Send me a note if you're interested and I'll explain more!
An ode to Coco
Posted 14 years agoThis song is for
coco_chocolate_wolf
Coco is a little dog, who poops way too much. Hug him with a squish, until his bones go CRUNCH!
Coco is afraid of swans, and little kitty cats. Lets beat him with a stick, or perhaps a baseball bat!
Coco is so small, he sleeps in a real dog bed. He's way too trusting of his friends, he let us shave his head!
Coco likes to dance around, watch him twist and bend! He also has no sense of smell, so he's @Anuvia's best friend!
Coco has an obnoxious obsession with balloons, but he sure knows how to enjoy a lazy afternoon
coco_chocolate_wolfCoco is a little dog, who poops way too much. Hug him with a squish, until his bones go CRUNCH!
Coco is afraid of swans, and little kitty cats. Lets beat him with a stick, or perhaps a baseball bat!
Coco is so small, he sleeps in a real dog bed. He's way too trusting of his friends, he let us shave his head!
Coco likes to dance around, watch him twist and bend! He also has no sense of smell, so he's @Anuvia's best friend!
Coco has an obnoxious obsession with balloons, but he sure knows how to enjoy a lazy afternoon
FC report and photo gallery listing
Posted 14 years agoI'll try to recap some of the events of FC, but I'm sure I'll forget a lot!
*My badge this year was "Rainbow Douche".
*Hanging out with Brawl, Rrruff, Streak, Evan, Sardonis, and crew.
*Ice skating with the above and others, in fursuit!
*Dinner at PF Changs (first time I'd ever eaten there!).
*Hanging with Maly, Jondi, ugly Ome, Dingy, Se Kar, Skyote, and meeting Lynn.
*Dingy getting me addicted to snap pea snacks.
*Amazing room share!!
*Seeing my Russian Husband, and his comrade making us nearly pee ourselves Sunday night outside Headless Lounge. He had a megaphone in suit, and was reading to us from the book of Mao. 'SCUSE PLEASE. WHY YOU FUCK?
*Fuck bitches, make quesadillas.
*Finally getting fursuit pictures of me and Hallet together.
*18 bars of soap, 5 den warmers, and 3 scent marking from Contact Caffeine!
*I bought a print in the art show, mainly because it had googly eyes glued on the plastic sheet :P
*Delicious blue berry bagel from Matrices.
*Homemade beef jerky from Kisho.
*Tanq Bar with my local flavors lol. I watched them partake of the feeeesh. DUCK FAT FRIES <3 <3 <3
*Impromptu dance party on the sidewalk outside of bar!
*Bathroom Con 2012
*Made fun of the entire Masquerade, save one or two skits.
*Ripped on Dance Competition. Good lord, this year was boring compared to other years. Seeing as they held auditions this year, I'm almost scared of what didn't make the cut. Choreography was really hard to watch. Enjoyed Freestyle category the best, that's the kind of dancing I like to watch!
*Suited up, of course. Had both Brandon and Omi. Omi had new head-hair, and I had new arm warmers to wear with both suits.
*New Kovu kigu. Hallet ran around in Discord kigu.
Overall, we enjoyed ourselves. At the same time, this just didn't feel like FC. Change of venu aside, I enjoyed the Marriott hotel (despite the awful air system which wrecked everyone's sinuses), the issues I kept hearing of at the Hilton were all pretty dick, and the convention center itself just felt SO HUGE, yet stale. The headless lounge was hard enough to find that I had to ask around, also wtf did they pick the smallest room in the building? There needs to be at least one more head tree in there, and WAY more space. The outdoor patio was nice, but more often than not full of smokers, so sad face there. Dealer's den felt smaller, and always way too packed. I had a hard time finding a lot of stuff, and didn't even know about "2nd stage" until the night there were dances in both rooms!
Also a side issue, if you have an extra fursuit tag, that you feel like passing along, please contact me privately! (Via note, DM/PM, or email pretty.omi [at] gmail.com). I will put you in touch with a female fursuiter who missed out on getting tagged. If you would like explanation on why I'm chosing other females, contact me privately as well.
So far here are all the photo galleries I have found. I'm sure there are more to come, and I will be editing and updating this list!
Photo galleries:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/144277.....7628901670455/ Lionel Lum
http://www.flickr.com/photos/radica.....7628862172363/ Randorn
https://plus.google.com/photos/1183.....137?banner=pwa I am Weasel
https://plus.google.com/photos/1183.....225?banner=pwa I am Weasel (Dragon group photo shoot)
http://pics.livejournal.com/trikoto.....llery/000caxgg Trikotomy
https://picasaweb.google.com/116541.....rConfusion2012
http://www.flickr.com/photos/diadex.....7628935676421/ Diadexxus
https://picasaweb.google.com/107261.....rConfusion2012 Growly
http://www.flickr.com/photos/679976.....7628962444371/ Thumper - Sunday ice skating
http://www.flickr.com/photos/679976.....7628962592097/ Thumper - Fursuit parade
http://www.flickr.com/photos/679976.....7628962940137/ Thumper - Dead Dog Party
http://groggy.likes-pie.com/gallery.....entions/FC2012 Groggy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/746686.....7628934580765/ Elias the Snow Mew
http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c.....olf/FC%202012/ Brown Wolf
http://www.flickr.com/photos/293146.....7629007429369/ Reveille D
https://plus.google.com/photos/1071.....153?banner=pwa Aaron Raccoon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096084@N02/ eixin1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/745179.....7628912522465/ Red XIX
https://plus.google.com/photos/1052.....625?banner=pwa Karader
https://picasaweb.google.com/UckTic.....eat=directlink Uck
http://pics.livejournal.com/nicodem.....llery/00028daa Nicodemus
http://gallery.me.com/furox#100324
http://www.flickr.com/photos/906064.....7628875437633/ TW Feline
http://www.flickr.com/photos/changa.....7628903020863/ Change Lion
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr-and.....7628976044377/ Bijou Wolf (small set)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tastye.....7629036657031/ Tasty Eagle
http://minus.com/mePeUsNbX#1
http://minus.com/mbabGWpdyf#1 both by Thienn
https://picasaweb.google.com/116613.....rConfusion2012 John Connor
http://www.ultra-gor.com/gallery/Fu.....rConfusion2012 Ultra Gor
http://www.ultra-gor.com/gallery/NeonProjects Ultra Gor's "Neon Project" photos have tags to tell what con it was from
http://fursuit.timduru.org/view/Fur.....nfusion/FC2012 Aoi Kitsune
Photos found in FA user galleries:
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/.....elfurrylover9/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/tenkri/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/fluffy10/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/mikefolf/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/thatpurplefox/
http://www.furaffinity.net/scraps/anniekitty/
http://www.furaffinity.net/scraps/xchewyx/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/fuzzygermans/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/thienn/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/lumaberry/ (Photos are of Luma with other suiters)
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/adrielle-226/
http://www.furaffinity.net/scraps/g-hyena/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/lonewolf1992/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/rainrat/
http://www.furaffinity.net/scraps/toboe/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/sandoz/
*My badge this year was "Rainbow Douche".
*Hanging out with Brawl, Rrruff, Streak, Evan, Sardonis, and crew.
*Ice skating with the above and others, in fursuit!
*Dinner at PF Changs (first time I'd ever eaten there!).
*Hanging with Maly, Jondi, ugly Ome, Dingy, Se Kar, Skyote, and meeting Lynn.
*Dingy getting me addicted to snap pea snacks.
*Amazing room share!!
*Seeing my Russian Husband, and his comrade making us nearly pee ourselves Sunday night outside Headless Lounge. He had a megaphone in suit, and was reading to us from the book of Mao. 'SCUSE PLEASE. WHY YOU FUCK?
*Fuck bitches, make quesadillas.
*Finally getting fursuit pictures of me and Hallet together.
*18 bars of soap, 5 den warmers, and 3 scent marking from Contact Caffeine!
*I bought a print in the art show, mainly because it had googly eyes glued on the plastic sheet :P
*Delicious blue berry bagel from Matrices.
*Homemade beef jerky from Kisho.
*Tanq Bar with my local flavors lol. I watched them partake of the feeeesh. DUCK FAT FRIES <3 <3 <3
*Impromptu dance party on the sidewalk outside of bar!
*Bathroom Con 2012
*Made fun of the entire Masquerade, save one or two skits.
*Ripped on Dance Competition. Good lord, this year was boring compared to other years. Seeing as they held auditions this year, I'm almost scared of what didn't make the cut. Choreography was really hard to watch. Enjoyed Freestyle category the best, that's the kind of dancing I like to watch!
*Suited up, of course. Had both Brandon and Omi. Omi had new head-hair, and I had new arm warmers to wear with both suits.
*New Kovu kigu. Hallet ran around in Discord kigu.
Overall, we enjoyed ourselves. At the same time, this just didn't feel like FC. Change of venu aside, I enjoyed the Marriott hotel (despite the awful air system which wrecked everyone's sinuses), the issues I kept hearing of at the Hilton were all pretty dick, and the convention center itself just felt SO HUGE, yet stale. The headless lounge was hard enough to find that I had to ask around, also wtf did they pick the smallest room in the building? There needs to be at least one more head tree in there, and WAY more space. The outdoor patio was nice, but more often than not full of smokers, so sad face there. Dealer's den felt smaller, and always way too packed. I had a hard time finding a lot of stuff, and didn't even know about "2nd stage" until the night there were dances in both rooms!
Also a side issue, if you have an extra fursuit tag, that you feel like passing along, please contact me privately! (Via note, DM/PM, or email pretty.omi [at] gmail.com). I will put you in touch with a female fursuiter who missed out on getting tagged. If you would like explanation on why I'm chosing other females, contact me privately as well.
So far here are all the photo galleries I have found. I'm sure there are more to come, and I will be editing and updating this list!
Photo galleries:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/144277.....7628901670455/ Lionel Lum
http://www.flickr.com/photos/radica.....7628862172363/ Randorn
https://plus.google.com/photos/1183.....137?banner=pwa I am Weasel
https://plus.google.com/photos/1183.....225?banner=pwa I am Weasel (Dragon group photo shoot)
http://pics.livejournal.com/trikoto.....llery/000caxgg Trikotomy
https://picasaweb.google.com/116541.....rConfusion2012
http://www.flickr.com/photos/diadex.....7628935676421/ Diadexxus
https://picasaweb.google.com/107261.....rConfusion2012 Growly
http://www.flickr.com/photos/679976.....7628962444371/ Thumper - Sunday ice skating
http://www.flickr.com/photos/679976.....7628962592097/ Thumper - Fursuit parade
http://www.flickr.com/photos/679976.....7628962940137/ Thumper - Dead Dog Party
http://groggy.likes-pie.com/gallery.....entions/FC2012 Groggy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/746686.....7628934580765/ Elias the Snow Mew
http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c.....olf/FC%202012/ Brown Wolf
http://www.flickr.com/photos/293146.....7629007429369/ Reveille D
https://plus.google.com/photos/1071.....153?banner=pwa Aaron Raccoon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096084@N02/ eixin1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/745179.....7628912522465/ Red XIX
https://plus.google.com/photos/1052.....625?banner=pwa Karader
https://picasaweb.google.com/UckTic.....eat=directlink Uck
http://pics.livejournal.com/nicodem.....llery/00028daa Nicodemus
http://gallery.me.com/furox#100324
http://www.flickr.com/photos/906064.....7628875437633/ TW Feline
http://www.flickr.com/photos/changa.....7628903020863/ Change Lion
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr-and.....7628976044377/ Bijou Wolf (small set)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tastye.....7629036657031/ Tasty Eagle
http://minus.com/mePeUsNbX#1
http://minus.com/mbabGWpdyf#1 both by Thienn
https://picasaweb.google.com/116613.....rConfusion2012 John Connor
http://www.ultra-gor.com/gallery/Fu.....rConfusion2012 Ultra Gor
http://www.ultra-gor.com/gallery/NeonProjects Ultra Gor's "Neon Project" photos have tags to tell what con it was from
http://fursuit.timduru.org/view/Fur.....nfusion/FC2012 Aoi Kitsune
Photos found in FA user galleries:
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/.....elfurrylover9/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/tenkri/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/fluffy10/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/mikefolf/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/thatpurplefox/
http://www.furaffinity.net/scraps/anniekitty/
http://www.furaffinity.net/scraps/xchewyx/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/fuzzygermans/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/thienn/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/lumaberry/ (Photos are of Luma with other suiters)
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/adrielle-226/
http://www.furaffinity.net/scraps/g-hyena/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/lonewolf1992/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/rainrat/
http://www.furaffinity.net/scraps/toboe/
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/sandoz/
Califur 7: Post Apocalypse 2011 report
Posted 14 years agoThanks everyone for a great con!
This was my second year as Lead for Fursuit track, and I think it went a lot better than last year, and all my events went really well!
My first shoutout has to go to
Coco_chocolate_wolf who was my 2nd in command for the first time this year, and without him I would have been scrambling to get everything covered. I hope we can be a team again this next year!
If you'd like to give me any feedback regarding Fursuit Track (fursuit panels, the Pet Auction, the Headless Lounge, the Fursuit Parade, Dragon Scales photos on Saturday) send me a private note!
We arrived Thursday night. Hallet was at the hotel most of the day doing set-up, and originally we weren't going to stay at the hotel that night, but Groggy offered to let us crash in his room for that night, so we took him up on it. He and Hallet stayed up hella late trying to each finish a few fursuit things. Gave Coony his cookie plush earlier that evening.
Wore my Weenie Roast '06 shirt for Friday, just to be ironic. Of course there were reg issues, but come on guys, it's Califur tradition! :P
We were cool enough to open the Dealer's Den and Pet Auction later that evening to people with non-badges to make up for the problems.
I had a panel that day which I think went really well, I'm sure Kero will have the video uploaded on YouTube at some point and I'll link to it here.
Fucked around with Anuvia and Aurora Wolf in the Dealer's Den. Aurora stop thinking about food all the time GOD.
For the first time, Coco and I helped out in running the backstage portion of the Pet Auction. We had about an hour to get 26+ suiters (and 3 non-suiters) signed up. All of our pets got sold, and we had a pretty easy pickup system! I hope everyone had a good evening with their new masters.
Got in Brandon to suit for a bit, took some photos with Lightning from KROQ, wandered about, ran around with Midwest Cougar, and Even and Brawl for a little bit, before desuiting. Eventually just chilled with Furball, Evan, Brawl, Dusty, Far, Beetle Cat and eventually Yipee for a little bit. Called it a night around 4am I think.
Saturday had to stumble awake and make it down for a reprise of my panel. Helped make sure Dragon Scales was good to set up for the photo shoots for the day. After that pretty much had to get suited up in Omi as Tank Girl and start getting prepped for the fursuit parade.
This year we tried something new, and we were allowed use of the Tuscany Ballroom out by the pool as an ending point. Suiters could go in there to get out of the sun, and de-head if necessary for a break while they waited for other suiters. Then we came back outside for a group photo.
I already know for next year, we need to have water stations waiting in there, and a longer break before I bring everyone out for the photo, but for a test I think it went well.
Came down with an uber headache that took a while to ditch, so sadly I missed FNL, but thankfully felt better in time to go to the Cabaret!
I put pennies down Mara and Raj's shirts >:3 After that Hallet had Cheza do a headstand in his crotch, and Kat the Leopardess came and rubbed her boobs in my face lololol... You can't embarass me!
I got a kiss from Mara, because I had the cherry chapstick XD
Cab didn't get out till midnight, went back and got into Brandon as a partial with my Kings jersey to mingle with the KROQ folks. Got back out of suit, wandered around, found Drunk Bucker™ in the FNL party, making up two line rhymes using everyone's real names. Eventually Hallet texted me and found my way to Nicole Alveraz's room (KROQ DJ) where we chatted, and kicked back. She wants to have her fursona as an owl, like Hedwig from Harry Potter. She also swears Yipee was meant to be a flamingo, not a coyote.
Sunday, woke up to the best surprise, being told we didn't have to check out till Monday! XD Took it easy that day, had no major events, only had to go to the Scritch and Bitch. After that tho, had to use my truck with helping of break down, to get stuff taken out, so my original dinner plans got cancelled. That’s ok tho, since it was pretty nice being able to help out with the con so much this year. Hallet and I did eventually get to go out with Kisho and some of his pals, once everything was taken care of. We ended the night in the hot tub for like 3 hours, relaxing, and having some drinkies…
Now then, I need to gather up video and photos to send to Whiskey! He says he prefers videos be in avi or mpg format. For me to collect all your files, either zip them up so I can download them, link me to where they’re already uploaded so I can download them, or bring them to me on a usb/sd chip that I can return to you later. I have to download all the files onto my computer, and put them on a usb drive which will be mailed to Whiskey. His connection over there isn’t strong enough for him to download all the footage online, so that’s how I have to get it to him! Note me here with links, etc, or email me pretty.omi[at]gmail.com
I’ll be posting links to videos and photo galleries here, link yours below if you want it added, and I’ll add the link up here too!
Photos:
http://www.dragonscales.com/gallery.....s.php?album=45 Dragon Scales photo shoot from Saturday
http://picasaweb.google.com/almight.....060611Califur7 Growly’s pix
http://kroq.radio.com/2011/06/04/ga.....ion-in-irvine/ Kroq’s pix
http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/.....VII%20%202011/ John Connor’s pix
http://picasaweb.google.com/1003125.....69/Califur2011 Thienn’s pix
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/jebusflynt/ Flynt’s pix are throughout his gallery
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/whitetiger117/ White Tiger’s pix are throughout his gallery
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/nyowspictures/ Nyow’s pix are throughout her gallery
http://www.furaffinity.net/scraps/g-hyena/ G Hyena’s pix are throughout his scraps
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/pinball86442/ Coony’s pix are throughout his gallery
http://www.furaffinity.net/full/5904777/ "cool"age by jpa2blue
http://www.flickr.com/photos/slothco/ pix by Sandoz the Megatherium
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/zerda/ Zerda's pix are throughout their gallery
Videos:
http://youtu.be/DFm7eyn3qv4 By Faye
By Coony
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuppEv7omSc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV92n_0prBA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRb0DWN593Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z0Wh6ZA77s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxVQehGkHa4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcE3Paj53t8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGpkKGCEr90
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVSq8Ka0VYo
This was my second year as Lead for Fursuit track, and I think it went a lot better than last year, and all my events went really well!
My first shoutout has to go to
Coco_chocolate_wolf who was my 2nd in command for the first time this year, and without him I would have been scrambling to get everything covered. I hope we can be a team again this next year!If you'd like to give me any feedback regarding Fursuit Track (fursuit panels, the Pet Auction, the Headless Lounge, the Fursuit Parade, Dragon Scales photos on Saturday) send me a private note!
We arrived Thursday night. Hallet was at the hotel most of the day doing set-up, and originally we weren't going to stay at the hotel that night, but Groggy offered to let us crash in his room for that night, so we took him up on it. He and Hallet stayed up hella late trying to each finish a few fursuit things. Gave Coony his cookie plush earlier that evening.
Wore my Weenie Roast '06 shirt for Friday, just to be ironic. Of course there were reg issues, but come on guys, it's Califur tradition! :P
We were cool enough to open the Dealer's Den and Pet Auction later that evening to people with non-badges to make up for the problems.
I had a panel that day which I think went really well, I'm sure Kero will have the video uploaded on YouTube at some point and I'll link to it here.
Fucked around with Anuvia and Aurora Wolf in the Dealer's Den. Aurora stop thinking about food all the time GOD.
For the first time, Coco and I helped out in running the backstage portion of the Pet Auction. We had about an hour to get 26+ suiters (and 3 non-suiters) signed up. All of our pets got sold, and we had a pretty easy pickup system! I hope everyone had a good evening with their new masters.
Got in Brandon to suit for a bit, took some photos with Lightning from KROQ, wandered about, ran around with Midwest Cougar, and Even and Brawl for a little bit, before desuiting. Eventually just chilled with Furball, Evan, Brawl, Dusty, Far, Beetle Cat and eventually Yipee for a little bit. Called it a night around 4am I think.
Saturday had to stumble awake and make it down for a reprise of my panel. Helped make sure Dragon Scales was good to set up for the photo shoots for the day. After that pretty much had to get suited up in Omi as Tank Girl and start getting prepped for the fursuit parade.
This year we tried something new, and we were allowed use of the Tuscany Ballroom out by the pool as an ending point. Suiters could go in there to get out of the sun, and de-head if necessary for a break while they waited for other suiters. Then we came back outside for a group photo.
I already know for next year, we need to have water stations waiting in there, and a longer break before I bring everyone out for the photo, but for a test I think it went well.
Came down with an uber headache that took a while to ditch, so sadly I missed FNL, but thankfully felt better in time to go to the Cabaret!
I put pennies down Mara and Raj's shirts >:3 After that Hallet had Cheza do a headstand in his crotch, and Kat the Leopardess came and rubbed her boobs in my face lololol... You can't embarass me!
I got a kiss from Mara, because I had the cherry chapstick XD
Cab didn't get out till midnight, went back and got into Brandon as a partial with my Kings jersey to mingle with the KROQ folks. Got back out of suit, wandered around, found Drunk Bucker™ in the FNL party, making up two line rhymes using everyone's real names. Eventually Hallet texted me and found my way to Nicole Alveraz's room (KROQ DJ) where we chatted, and kicked back. She wants to have her fursona as an owl, like Hedwig from Harry Potter. She also swears Yipee was meant to be a flamingo, not a coyote.
Sunday, woke up to the best surprise, being told we didn't have to check out till Monday! XD Took it easy that day, had no major events, only had to go to the Scritch and Bitch. After that tho, had to use my truck with helping of break down, to get stuff taken out, so my original dinner plans got cancelled. That’s ok tho, since it was pretty nice being able to help out with the con so much this year. Hallet and I did eventually get to go out with Kisho and some of his pals, once everything was taken care of. We ended the night in the hot tub for like 3 hours, relaxing, and having some drinkies…
Now then, I need to gather up video and photos to send to Whiskey! He says he prefers videos be in avi or mpg format. For me to collect all your files, either zip them up so I can download them, link me to where they’re already uploaded so I can download them, or bring them to me on a usb/sd chip that I can return to you later. I have to download all the files onto my computer, and put them on a usb drive which will be mailed to Whiskey. His connection over there isn’t strong enough for him to download all the footage online, so that’s how I have to get it to him! Note me here with links, etc, or email me pretty.omi[at]gmail.com
I’ll be posting links to videos and photo galleries here, link yours below if you want it added, and I’ll add the link up here too!
Photos:
http://www.dragonscales.com/gallery.....s.php?album=45 Dragon Scales photo shoot from Saturday
http://picasaweb.google.com/almight.....060611Califur7 Growly’s pix
http://kroq.radio.com/2011/06/04/ga.....ion-in-irvine/ Kroq’s pix
http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/.....VII%20%202011/ John Connor’s pix
http://picasaweb.google.com/1003125.....69/Califur2011 Thienn’s pix
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/jebusflynt/ Flynt’s pix are throughout his gallery
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/whitetiger117/ White Tiger’s pix are throughout his gallery
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/nyowspictures/ Nyow’s pix are throughout her gallery
http://www.furaffinity.net/scraps/g-hyena/ G Hyena’s pix are throughout his scraps
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/pinball86442/ Coony’s pix are throughout his gallery
http://www.furaffinity.net/full/5904777/ "cool"age by jpa2blue
http://www.flickr.com/photos/slothco/ pix by Sandoz the Megatherium
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/zerda/ Zerda's pix are throughout their gallery
Videos:
http://youtu.be/DFm7eyn3qv4 By Faye
By Coony
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuppEv7omSc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV92n_0prBA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRb0DWN593Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z0Wh6ZA77s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxVQehGkHa4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcE3Paj53t8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGpkKGCEr90
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVSq8Ka0VYo
FC recap
Posted 15 years agoWhat I remember of it anyway! I'll just bullet point some cool shit that happened
*Hanging out with
Furball2k,
Evan, and
DustyKat, much love to you guys <3
*Getting my new 'Hawks jersey from Evan
*Ice skating in fursuit on Thursday in my 'Hawks jersey, Sunday in my Ducks jersey
*Hanging out with my bitch
bundingo who hopefully won't be so busy now and I can see more often!
*Dancing with
xavier-woof and
mattpanther
*Taking photos with Xavier and Matt with me as Brandon, being sexy bitches
*Photos with
Silverwing's Marilyn, as we are both purple doggies with the same daddy
*All the awesome food all weekend long
*All the beautiful art I got!
*Fursuiting in general, altho I wish I'd worn Brandon a little more
*Getting more Con*Tact Caffeine soap! Seriously people this soap is AWESOME!! Made by
klickitat and
brighton
*Being old Beef Jerky, helping out
matrices in the masquerade! I wanna see a video of it! I hope people thought the skit was cute!
*Communist party and finding my Russian husband
luckyfox from last year <3
*Shenanigans
*Getting to have a stroopwaffel
EDIT: forgot to add, I TOTALLY cockblocked
xchewyx
*My roomies were awesome, even if I barely saw them
You wanna know the details of anything else, feel free to note me!
*Hanging out with
Furball2k,
Evan, and
DustyKat, much love to you guys <3*Getting my new 'Hawks jersey from Evan
*Ice skating in fursuit on Thursday in my 'Hawks jersey, Sunday in my Ducks jersey
*Hanging out with my bitch
bundingo who hopefully won't be so busy now and I can see more often!*Dancing with
xavier-woof and
mattpanther*Taking photos with Xavier and Matt with me as Brandon, being sexy bitches
*Photos with
Silverwing's Marilyn, as we are both purple doggies with the same daddy*All the awesome food all weekend long
*All the beautiful art I got!
*Fursuiting in general, altho I wish I'd worn Brandon a little more
*Getting more Con*Tact Caffeine soap! Seriously people this soap is AWESOME!! Made by
klickitat and
brighton*Being old Beef Jerky, helping out
matrices in the masquerade! I wanna see a video of it! I hope people thought the skit was cute!*Communist party and finding my Russian husband
luckyfox from last year <3*Shenanigans
*Getting to have a stroopwaffel
EDIT: forgot to add, I TOTALLY cockblocked
xchewyx*My roomies were awesome, even if I barely saw them
You wanna know the details of anything else, feel free to note me!
FC... it happened!!
Posted 16 years agoGod I still can't write a report yet. I just wanted to get that huge meme off the page
Basics:
*CATSSSSSSSSSS
*Driving home shenanigans
*BABY!
*Got some stuff taken care of that felt really good
Full reports later dayz
Basics:
*CATSSSSSSSSSS
*Driving home shenanigans
*BABY!
*Got some stuff taken care of that felt really good
Full reports later dayz
Califur was EPIC!!!
Posted 16 years agoI roomed with:
Isil,
Adam,
Fera, her boy Mike, and of course my boy
Hallet.
Here's my FlickR album of pix!: http://www.flickr.com/photos/392860.....7619614216763/
Please link me to your own albums, pix of me, etc!!
First off, if I forgot you, my apologies. Secondly if I haven't already added you to my watch, etc, SHOUT! I wanna keep in touch with peeps!
So we got there on Thurs night, and Hallet and I promptly went out to Norm's Restaurant with Summercat, Oggywolf and :linkVidwulf". This ended in finding out Vid is very ticklish. We came back and settled in with our roomies, as I really didn't know Fera and Mikey previously. Thru that night, Fera is responsible for our phrase of con, that being "HURF DURF!"
Friday is.... a blur. I know we waited in a long reg line, and I bought things LOL. I know I skipped 2's show, but can't remember what came of that LOL. I had a couple of fursuiting panels, that I think went pretty well, and were fun! I also did my kinda crappy little skit, of me singing along to "I love little girls" in Brandon, then we went to dinner with our pack: Manda, Tully, Kaybat, Odi, Reil, Hallet, Kyrodo, Belle, Marcus, Mew, and ME of course.That night Hallet and I went upstairs, I suited him up in Brandon, while I donned Omi, and I loaded us up with a fuckton of glowsticks for the Friday night dance. That was pretty awesome. I was grinding on some of my good friends LOL and that was for some reason totally fun, and entirely too amusing. And fiyahligerrawr's just jealous I enjoyed grinding on sotheraverfox but wouldn't with him :P I know I also got to talking to
blondefoxy of Don't Hug Cacti as well as
Silverhuskywolf and Saber of FurrHappens, WHILE I was wearing their iFursuit shirt, so that was funny.
Saturday we got up a little late, but that's ok. I pretty much almost instantly suited up for the fursuit parade. During the end of the parade I got to paling around with
kajiryuujin and
Amran the Kitty-Fox. I then was teasing Amran about needing to be in the Pet Auction so I could buy him, but it was full. So I "unofficially" bought Amran, then Kaji "unofficially" bought me, so he also then owned Amran by proxy LOL. Sorry Kitty-Fox I was totally fangirling over you, but your just too adorable. So I then did attend Pet Auction to see if there was anyone I wanted to buy, and ended up meeting
Blaez (in Logan), and
Mochi (in Martin). They were awesome, so I went to dinner with them. I fangirled some over Blaez too, cuz he owns some awesome fursuits as well. (I guess I'm going to start the unofficial Martin fanclub LOL). Then went to Cabaret with all my pals, which was a lot of fun as always, even if none of the nekkies came our way for us to shake dollars at. Then we suited and glowed up again for Sat night's dance. It ended much too soon, but I ended up palling around with Blaez some more, now in Takota Wolf... I love his claws... He enjoyed giving me shivers, it was funny. Lol, I finally had to give up and go upstairs and go to bed tho.
Sunday was the "Awwwww is it really over already?" day. I found Kitty-Fox again before he left and had to fangirl on him some more ^^;;; I also got to meet the lovely
SoundHound who did an adorable sketch in my book. Not too much went on that day, mostly some last minute Dealer's Den browsing, and making sure to get in plenty of hugs and goodbyes to all my friends, new and old. We checked out that day, but our good pal
Daemon00 still had his room that night and was alone, so he offered the other bed to us, for some extra time off (it was awesome to sleep on a real bed again, our air mattress messed up my back x.x). So due to that, we went ahead and gathered up most of the pack, and our new pal
ShardWolf and dragged everyone off to the pool! Jesse and
Foxtrack threw me in, and my top came off XD fixed that pretty quick tho LOL. Anyhow, so we pooled, and had some fun, and relaxed, before piling a ton of furs into 3 cars to head out to Del Taco! We ate, got in some last minute paling before Dae, Hallet and I went to bed.
Today we finally left, said our last goodbyes to the other stragglers, and headed home. Disneyland was going to be out, since my back was killing me, but
Mooglepower and
Devidarkwolf were already on their way there, and since they drove down from LA, we decided to go for just a couple hours and that was good.
SOOOO needless to say, con was a BLAST and I can't wait for NEXT YEAR. OH GOD WE HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE NOTHER YEAR?! No fair...
Some last minute shout-outs to people who were awesome who weren't mentioned above: Takumi, Drex, Timbers, My entire pack of course, Cisco, Tally, Likeshine, Growly, Pixari, Arkham, Niles, all the awesome people on con-staff who without everyone we wouldn't even have this con. And of course to any of my friends new or old whom I've forgotten to name.
Special thanks to my Coyote Twin
azurecoyote, for making my fursuit. I think that really helped make my con dude!
Isil,
Adam,
Fera, her boy Mike, and of course my boy
Hallet.Here's my FlickR album of pix!: http://www.flickr.com/photos/392860.....7619614216763/
Please link me to your own albums, pix of me, etc!!
First off, if I forgot you, my apologies. Secondly if I haven't already added you to my watch, etc, SHOUT! I wanna keep in touch with peeps!
So we got there on Thurs night, and Hallet and I promptly went out to Norm's Restaurant with Summercat, Oggywolf and :linkVidwulf". This ended in finding out Vid is very ticklish. We came back and settled in with our roomies, as I really didn't know Fera and Mikey previously. Thru that night, Fera is responsible for our phrase of con, that being "HURF DURF!"
Friday is.... a blur. I know we waited in a long reg line, and I bought things LOL. I know I skipped 2's show, but can't remember what came of that LOL. I had a couple of fursuiting panels, that I think went pretty well, and were fun! I also did my kinda crappy little skit, of me singing along to "I love little girls" in Brandon, then we went to dinner with our pack: Manda, Tully, Kaybat, Odi, Reil, Hallet, Kyrodo, Belle, Marcus, Mew, and ME of course.That night Hallet and I went upstairs, I suited him up in Brandon, while I donned Omi, and I loaded us up with a fuckton of glowsticks for the Friday night dance. That was pretty awesome. I was grinding on some of my good friends LOL and that was for some reason totally fun, and entirely too amusing. And fiyahligerrawr's just jealous I enjoyed grinding on sotheraverfox but wouldn't with him :P I know I also got to talking to
blondefoxy of Don't Hug Cacti as well as
Silverhuskywolf and Saber of FurrHappens, WHILE I was wearing their iFursuit shirt, so that was funny.Saturday we got up a little late, but that's ok. I pretty much almost instantly suited up for the fursuit parade. During the end of the parade I got to paling around with
kajiryuujin and
Amran the Kitty-Fox. I then was teasing Amran about needing to be in the Pet Auction so I could buy him, but it was full. So I "unofficially" bought Amran, then Kaji "unofficially" bought me, so he also then owned Amran by proxy LOL. Sorry Kitty-Fox I was totally fangirling over you, but your just too adorable. So I then did attend Pet Auction to see if there was anyone I wanted to buy, and ended up meeting
Blaez (in Logan), and
Mochi (in Martin). They were awesome, so I went to dinner with them. I fangirled some over Blaez too, cuz he owns some awesome fursuits as well. (I guess I'm going to start the unofficial Martin fanclub LOL). Then went to Cabaret with all my pals, which was a lot of fun as always, even if none of the nekkies came our way for us to shake dollars at. Then we suited and glowed up again for Sat night's dance. It ended much too soon, but I ended up palling around with Blaez some more, now in Takota Wolf... I love his claws... He enjoyed giving me shivers, it was funny. Lol, I finally had to give up and go upstairs and go to bed tho.Sunday was the "Awwwww is it really over already?" day. I found Kitty-Fox again before he left and had to fangirl on him some more ^^;;; I also got to meet the lovely
SoundHound who did an adorable sketch in my book. Not too much went on that day, mostly some last minute Dealer's Den browsing, and making sure to get in plenty of hugs and goodbyes to all my friends, new and old. We checked out that day, but our good pal
Daemon00 still had his room that night and was alone, so he offered the other bed to us, for some extra time off (it was awesome to sleep on a real bed again, our air mattress messed up my back x.x). So due to that, we went ahead and gathered up most of the pack, and our new pal
ShardWolf and dragged everyone off to the pool! Jesse and
Foxtrack threw me in, and my top came off XD fixed that pretty quick tho LOL. Anyhow, so we pooled, and had some fun, and relaxed, before piling a ton of furs into 3 cars to head out to Del Taco! We ate, got in some last minute paling before Dae, Hallet and I went to bed.Today we finally left, said our last goodbyes to the other stragglers, and headed home. Disneyland was going to be out, since my back was killing me, but
Mooglepower and
Devidarkwolf were already on their way there, and since they drove down from LA, we decided to go for just a couple hours and that was good.SOOOO needless to say, con was a BLAST and I can't wait for NEXT YEAR. OH GOD WE HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE NOTHER YEAR?! No fair...
Some last minute shout-outs to people who were awesome who weren't mentioned above: Takumi, Drex, Timbers, My entire pack of course, Cisco, Tally, Likeshine, Growly, Pixari, Arkham, Niles, all the awesome people on con-staff who without everyone we wouldn't even have this con. And of course to any of my friends new or old whom I've forgotten to name.
Special thanks to my Coyote Twin
azurecoyote, for making my fursuit. I think that really helped make my con dude!
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