Its been a while since I said anything here, so here is an update.

I run a LED business called Made2Glow now, doing custom LED installations for individuals and suit makers. I still do the Pipefighting thing, though the industry here has crashed hard.

I'm surviving 2020 ok. I get my furry social fix in VRChat since Jan 1st, 2020. Saw a lack of planned dance parties, so I started my own discord server to coordinate such events. www.discord.io/tailbass
I am learning how to do 3d work now with Blender/Unity.

I stepped up to help Furality with their DJ coordination back in May and again in November. They are a VRChat exclusive furry convention.

I got a 3D printer (Creality Ender 3, v2), and am learning Fusion 360 and making all sorts of cool parts! Enhancing my LED business product quality.

I'm more active on twitter...
https://twitter.com/mBlade_akita

And yeah, that is what I've been up to lately.

I love commenting on FA with my current icon. Looks like I'm calling out the message.

I can say things like... "Gheyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy"

Yup, I have a room in the Hyatt and Flights booked! My mate  axanis and I will be going! Looking forward to seeing you peeps there!

We will be there Wed to Mon.

I have new fresh and fun code for my light suit, so be sure to find me and I'll dance about and put on a light show.

Forgot to do the before meme thing, but what ever!

Yes, I attended Anthro North West this past weekend and just wanted to say I had a blast. I got to hang out with lots of cool peeps. I made some new friends and met lots of old ones.

I got to run my Electrosuiting not Electrocuting panel again on Friday. Had a good showing, lots of good questions. If you are reading this and attended, then thank you for joining us! Alexi and I also ran the Electronic Q & A and Show and tell on Sunday for half an hour, then we had to ditch and catch our plane. lol. Thanks for coming to that panel too guys!

Thanks ANW and Gabriel and everybody involved for putting on a con in a city where we thought all hope for a fur con was lost. It went well. The con space and hotel was nice and cozy. I can't see it being good for a large attendance in the future.

Yup, I'm going. Looking forward to seeing you fuzzy's again.

mB

For those that don't know yet, I will 'not' be going to VF this year. I had just started a new job, and they are denying everybody's leave of absence. So I'm stuck here.

I've been out of work since Oct 2016, so I didn't want to mess with things on this project. So I might as well just dig in and make money while I can and be able to afford future cons when I'm off work in Nov, maybe Dec? Depends how things go.

Anyways, I'm sorry for those that wanted to meet me or had plans. But career comes first. The party bus will be run by my good friend Jake Tiggy. I see rain in the forecast, I hope it lets up for Friday however, would be nice to get some nice beach pix. Oh well, you guys have fun.

I wanna hear your answers... What makes a person a furry? Or belong to the furry fandom? What is that defining threshold between normie and furry?

Lately I've been seeing a lot of suggestive FA icons. Isn't there a policy on how NSFW an icon can get? I don't think there is a filter for them.

So I live streamed for the first time today. Just wanna say thanks to the ppl who showed up. I was kinda nervous at first. But after it was fun. I played some music as I worked with leds and did some programming. Hope to do it again tomorrow.

mB

If you guys want to follow me on Furry Network. Here's my link:

https://beta.furrynetwork.com/mblade/
https://beta.furrynetwork.com/mblade/
https://beta.furrynetwork.com/mblade/

I will keep this account open, but I'm gonna give this site a real go, maybe they'll have stronger security than FA.

yup, I'm going to BLFC. Its offical. I have told others that I wasn't going, but I decided that I'll go anyway, f-it! So hope to see you guys out there!

mB

Yup, I'll be there. We're gonna be hosting our own snuggle room, stay tuned on my twitter or here for room number.
I've entered the talent show, to show off my lights, don't miss it!
Be sure to see my panel on Sunday at 10:30am "Electrosuiting Not Electrocuting"
And have fun guys!

mB

Is it just me that is bothered by the fact fenders paws should of been drawn better? I gotta look at this everytime I log in! Wish I could draw, because I'd submit a better drawing to give him justice! (

It was a good con! We drove there and back, 13hrs each way. Got meet a lot of cool people. My party bus was a big success, even if it did rain the only day at the con! Got to see Zootopia Friday night, so I'm part of the #SeenZootopiaClub now. My panel on Sunday went great too, filled all the seats and people were lined up along the walls. I hope I inspired more people to do cool LED wearables in the future.

So hope everybody had a good time, and I'm looking forward to next year's VF.

mB

Hey guys, just wanna let ya know that  axanis and I will be at Vancoufur this year. Driving over Wednesday morning, hope to be there at dinner time. Rooming with  alexihusky and  bearpaw

As always its my birthday con and I plan on having a good time celebrating it.

Party Bus: I've hired a party bus and invited as many ppl that I know to go on it. I have about 8 seats available, if you want to join in on the craziness. Please comment or note me. The bus leaves at 12 noon Friday, and returns at 3:30pm (Maybe sooner if it rains). Gonna make some stops at various places and listen to music and carry on. I just ask $30 to help pay for the bus itself.

Telegram me mblade_akita

So MFF was fun, everything that could go wrong, didn't go wrong. Axanis and I landed in on Wednesday afternoon with our baggage flying with United. So I'm surprised nothing went wrong, but I was ready for it as I pack my head and handpaws on my carryon.

The Hyatt was amazing! Such a huge venue and lots of cool places to go. But still centralized, we bumped into so many friends and awesome people. It def felt as big as Anthrocon.

The dances were great, altho I kinda of prefer a different kind of music rather ran random dubstep worlds edm type stuff which seems like what all the DJs play now a days. If you are a DJ reading this.... its OK to play good old school tracks again, nobody will shame you for it. I heard a few songs start off something familiar and I was like 'Ohhhhhh fuck yeahhhhh' then it gets lost in some random dubstep remix and I was like... 'time to take head off and get water' Anyway, that was my rant, I could dance to anything, but would rather more familiar stuff. Its probably why I like going to Astral Harvest or Burningman, so many different stages to pick from.

Thanks to everybody who came to my early 10am Sunday panel.. "Electrosuiting not Electrocuting". This is the second time doing it and doing it solo. I did have Ironfur in the crowd to step in if questions get way too technical however, thanks for coming buddy! And again I ran out of time.. a hour isn't enough to cover everything. Also I may change this panel a bit into a show and tell. Its cool to see what people have built and the methods they have done to achieve their goals. This one dude had this cool head with 3d printed antenna's and two axis servo controlled ears with leds reacting to a mic. The ears were controlled with gloves mounted with flex strip sensors, which is really cool. So yeah, I'll be hosting this again at VancouFur and FurEh for 2 hours (If they allow me)

Going home was uneventful, our luggage came with us and didn't get strip searched by customs, altho many of us did. I clear all history and txt conversations from my phone everytime before I return home... My privacy right may of been removed, but not my right to delete shit before they get to see it. (Do americans have to give up their phones and laptops for inspection if they return to home too?

Anyway, hope you all made it home safe and the con crud haven't gotten you. It has gotten me a little, good thing I'm off work for a while.

mB

Hey guys just wanna let ya know  axanis and I will be going to MFF. Staying in the main hotel with  ironfur .

We will be suiting and romping about the con.

I'll be hosting a panel on Sunday called "Electrosuiting not Electrocuting" at 10 am.

Contact me on Twitter mblade_akita
Or telegram mBlade_akita
Or just look for the led Akita suit when the sun goes down.

mB

Just a shout out to ppl who get in on ych's. I have a question...

If you win a ych, and it's done and you are happy... And a month later the artist posts the exact ych again so your pose won't be unique anymore. How does that make you feel?

I personally think it's a cheap shot. And the artist is lazy. And will not commission again.

Am I wrong to think this? What's your thoughts.

Hey, just a shout out to anybody with a One Plus Two phone. If you have a spare invite, I'd love to have it. I'm tired of main steam phones being crap. Wanna break free of Samsung.

So yea, please if you got one, please note/comment here.

Just a shout out to any artist that wants to try something different. Since Axanis and I are opposite colors.... would be cool to figure out a pose where we form a yin yang. Maybe chasing our tails? Any takers? I can pay for your time if you think you can do it.

mB

My mate and I are looking for a room in the main hotel at MFF. If anybody is planning on not going and gonna just let a room go. We'd be interested in taking it over.

We currently have plans, but it hinges on other people leaving said room. I just want 100% assurance we have a room. I can't wait for ever. So if you or you know of anybody looking to backout of a room, please let me know.

Thanks

mB

Hello all furries who are going this year. This message is for the fursuiters. I will be setting up a headless lounge in our camp at 7:30 near the front row. It won't be big, just a 10x10 tent. But I'll have a place to suit up and down, and a fan powered drying head tree. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13455966/. And some water too. I'll have some repair supplies like a hot glue gun and sewing and a soldering iron.

This is a good spot to suit up from if your camp is far away and you don't want to walk for ever in big floppy feet paws.

Looking forward to seeing you.

mBlade.

So I'm going to Burning Man soon! I'm so excited. Its going to be my first burn. If anybody who follows me is going, I'll be in camp FUR with  ironfur

This will probably be the first time I'll be out-LEDed lol. But I'll try and contribute to the light shows.

Aaaaaaaaand, I will be giving RainFurrest a pass this year too.

Yup.... Not going.

Enjoy the con guys. :p

Cya at Burningman, RainFurrest and MFF.

Hello all, I'm looking for room space at MFF this year at the main hotel. It's for my mate  axanis and myself. We are both non smokers and non drinkers, we are clean and respectful. We are both suiters too. We are nudity friendly too if that's your thing.

If you, or somebody you know have space for two dogs, please comment below.