I honestly don't know how to start this journal.

I like the fandom. I think it's a fun outlet and I have met some very interesting people in it. But, I don't have any close friends here and I have no interest in sharing a lot of my life publicly. It's nothing against furries, I just saw a lot of bullshit in high school in regards to social media and people getting hurt because they couldn't take back the things they had said.


So, for that reason I would rather not explain my absence. I just wanted to note that, I'm back and I'll start commissioning art and attending events soon.

On top of everything else last night, I had my first run-in with a member of FA's staff when a journal entry of mine was deemed to be a violation of the "Code of Conduct". I had heard some negative stuff about them, but figured it was just furries being butt-hurt. And, turns out I was right. The staff member was polite, efficient, and completely open and honest about why the journal was taken down.

And, while I don't necessarily agree with the reason it was removed, I understand and respect it. After all, this is a free site. And there's no way I'm going to complain about something I'm not only getting at no cost, but that I'm getting at no cost, while someone else foots the bill. And not a corporate entity someone, but an actual someone, someone.

Alright, so here's what amuses me...

1. Joe Furry does something crazy, dramatic, stupid, over-the-top, etc.

2. I respond, letting them know that was dumb.

3. They respond and let me know I'm stirring up drama.


Yeah, that makes sense.


Anyway, apparently some people have nothing better to do than sit in front of their computers at home each night, and some kind of drama-bomb exploded while I was out with friends, doing stuff, with people, in real life. I was amused to find my message box was full of links to deleted journals and notifications of deleted comments. I don't know what all was said, but apparently I missed out on a real show!

And I decided to delete a few Shouts on my page this morning. Not because they were attacking me, but because they were attacking me and the person had also blocked me, so I couldn't respond. Way to stand up for your beliefs!


Regardless, I'm excited about MWFF in two weeks!

I happen to be in Orlando this weekend and was free the evening of Elliott's Fall Festival. So I figured it's free, I'm in town, why the fuck not, right? So, according to the email I got from registering for their site, they've got this going on:


• Pumpkin carving
- Er, K. Not my thing but cool.

• Costume contest (with prizes)
- Again, not my thing but cool I'm curious about the prizes.

• Video games (in new dedicated gamer pods).
- I have no clue what the fuck a "gamer pod" is, but I'm seriously curious. My first thought was these MechWarrior Pods I saw when I was a kid, which looked fucking AWESOME. But, if it's anything like that, I assume they could only do a single game at a time since they're linked. I Googled the term and found a bunch of enclosed, one-person video game setups. If it's anything like that, what the fuck kind of anti-social loser goes to an event and then shuts themselves off in a box with a video game?

• Over 25 classic standup arcade games (including DDR) in our private, 700 square foot arcade.
- As in, an actual video game arcade? I actually know a few people who have similar setups in their basements, so this is kind of cool.

• A full lunch and dinner will be served on Saturday
- My first thought was "full" lunch and dinner means hot dogs and bags of chips, but somebody on Twitter said the food was actually really good, so I'm willing to be corrected, but I don't have high hopes.

[b]• Midnight snack (with hot chocolate)
- Here's where the chips come in. But hey, free.

• A complete breakfast (on Sunday)
- I'm not going to be around on Sunday, but since I don't think there's anywhere for people to sleep, so I don't get why they're doing food on Sunday.

• Drive-in movies
- This raises the question of where we're supposed to park. Somebody asked on Twitter and I hadn't thought about it. I have no clue how this is supposed to work, but I expect they'll be playing something like Lion King and I don't know, Monsters Inc. or something else old and super-furry.

• 2 Separate lounges (one with foosball!)
- Does anyone actually play foosball? Regardless, lounges are cool? I don't know what they mean by lounges I guess.

• A dedicated headless lounge
- Don't have a fursuit, don't care.

• A dedicated dance floor with indoor and outdoor spaces! Dance all night and into the early morning (3:00 AM, 4:00 AM, 5:00 AM - totally up to you).
- Don't dance, definitely don't care. Good background music is good 'though.

• A separate dining room
- Sure, why not.



So, other than this list, on Twitter I learned that there is a Slushy machine and it's at some dude's house. But, the pictures I found on here didn't look like it was at a house at all. So, I don't know. But again, it's free so why the fuck not?



Oh! And furries are fucking incompetent. The date was announced last year, registration was open for a few weeks and apparently some of them STILL couldn't manage to click a few buttons. For whatever reason, the people who run this decided to let them register anyway. There was a stupidity tax of $10 which they listed a whole bunch of valid reasons for, but personally, I wouldn't have let them in. Or at least charged them more than $10. Fuck pandering to the lowest common denominator. If you can't register for something free, you shouldn't get to go. It's not like there's a penalty for not showing up. Whatever.