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awesomesprout) wrote2008-01-28 03:46 pm
awesomesprout) wrote2008-01-28 03:46 pm
Stuffage...
Movie got cancelled so now I really have nothing to do til about 9am tomorrow. Ug. :(
I'm doing my default activity of listening to Irish music on Pandora and hanging out at the lab searching the internet.
Boredom is me. Word.
I guess I could write about how I felt about FurCon.
When I get into anything I've never experienced, as with most people, I take on a very shy and introverted position. I don't talk much. I ask a ton of questions. I ask a ton more of the same questions to different people to see if the answers vary much.
After work yesterday, I went home and changed. I made an effort on my appearance. Make-up, hair, clothing, etc. you get the idea. I decided to wear a skirt, slip on shoes, a tank top under my sweater, and a sweater. I didn't think I'd be wearing the tanktop alone so I wore a bra where the straps were visable and didn't really match the shirt. I even wore my spanx too!
I also hung out with my roommates yesterday and talked to them while they ate the goodies I brought home from work. ( doughnuts, croissants, bearclaw, etc. )
After helping my roommate with her hair, I headed down to San Jose.
I also stopped by work and grabbed something ultra sugary and stuffed full of espresso to keep me up. ( I wasn't sleepy but I knew I would be... and it was free so yah. : ))
Dave got worried because I was taking a long time to get down to Con so he called. I knew parking at the Doubletree is hell and expensive so I asked him if I could just leave my car at his place ( he lives about 15 mins from the hotel ) and then just get a ride back later. That worked out fine.
I finally got to the Con... took a deep breath..
First off, I was excited. I don't have any experience with Furries so I was harboring the curiousity of a five year old at this point.
I WANTED TO TOUCH EVERYTHING!!! :) hehe.
I mean come on... GIANT KITTIES!!! Woot! :)
Ahem.
Dave showed me around to a few of the areas. I had met a few of his friends a few days prior and was bugging him to show me where they were at. They were all working staff so we went to the staff feed room and hung out for a bit.
I was told there was going to be Taiko Drummers performing and immediately I was completely convinced I'd made the right decision in going to con. I've missed taiko drumming so much and any chance I get to be a part of that again I embrace whole-heartedly.
Dave got a break from working the con to come and watch the drummers and Furry Night Live with me.
We walked over to the main area where the performances were going to be and I was totally in awe of all the people in fursuits. I thought they were fascinating. Especially the use of facial expressions for their suits as well as body language.
While we were waiting in line I saw this AMAZING Fox in a full Samurai outfit and I just stood there. Silent. It was incredible. So that's when the questions started...
" How can I tell if they're looking at me? "
" Can I touch them? "
" Do they like hugs? "
" Can I talk to them? "
" Can I ask them questions about what they are? "
( you get the idea )
Dave tried to encourage me to interact with the fursuiters but I was too afraid to just go up to them. ( Think: seeing mickey mouse at disneyland and hiding behind your mom because you're being shy. )
Dave explained to me that they like the attention. Yes. They like hugs. They like it when you talk to them, although to bear in mind that they can't always see or hear that well. Etc.
We went into the area to watch the drummers and the performances. The drummers were excellant and I decided at that moment that as soon as possible I'm going back to my Taiko dojo and restarting classes.
After the show, we headed back to the Staff Feed room. I was ready to head back to go to the dance. I was annoyed because I was starting to get really hot and knew that if I danced I was going to overheat more. So. I took off my sweater and suddenly I just didn't feel as attractive anymore. I didn't like that my bra straps were showing and didn't match. I didn't like how my tanktop looked with my skirt. etc. etc.etc. Meh was me.
I started moping and Dave about smacked me. I was standing in the middle of the hotel room and Dave saw that I moping and announced outloud that I was feeling unhot and what was the general opinion of the room as to how I looked.
I got a got a resounding list of compliments that included: " Fanboys are going to eat you alive. " " You totally look beautiful and if I wasn't straight I would totally attack you. " etc.
I was immediately a blush monster and I got given an " escort " for the rest of the night since Dave had to work. It was this guy named Henry. He was pretty cool. He showed me around. Stopped fursuiters and asked them to interact with me since he could see that I was too terrified to talk to them.
At one point, he went up to a group of fursuiters that were talking and told them all that it was my first ever FurCon and how I should properly approach a fursuiter. So these two fursuiters dubbed themselves " Fursuiter at a Con " and " N00b at a con "
They proceeded to act out how I should approach someone. It began with the N00b charging the fursuiter, hugging him, knocking him down, rolling around on the ground, and then there was some humping involved. All in all it was HILARIOUS :) Good times.
We finally got to the dance. I danced my ass off for a good, long while. The beats were pretty awesome and there were some songs I hadn't heard in forever but loved to death. So I was happy. :)
My " escort " and I took a few breaks. Met a few people. He found a group of his friends so we just hung out with them for a while. We also went into the headless lounge and I got to talk to a couple of the fursuiters out of their " heads " so to speak. I asked them a lot of the same questions I'd been asking and all in all just got a lot of information. It was pretty cool.
I found out a lot of people were from So. Cal. Also, I was kind of fascinated by the homo v. hetero ratio.
And I felt like throughout the night I was doing Henry a small service since he got to walk around with " the hot chick. " haha :) Even though he was way more into guys :)
It was winding down towards the end of the night. I was still being slightly introverted but I was having a good time.
I drove home and went to bed about 3am. Woot.
So that was my FurCon experience :)
Here's my schedule for the rest of the week if anyone wants to hang out.
Monday(Today): Class 12-3. Free after
Tuesday: Class 9-4. Free after
Wednesday: Work 9:30 - 3:30. Free after
Thursday: Class 9 - 4. Free until 6. School Event that I'm hosting until 11 or so.
Friday: Work 4:15am - 8:30am. Class 9am - Noon. Free after.
Saturday: Work 10:45am - 3:15pm. Free after.
Sunday: Work 10am - 6pm. Free after.
There you have it.
I'm doing my default activity of listening to Irish music on Pandora and hanging out at the lab searching the internet.
Boredom is me. Word.
I guess I could write about how I felt about FurCon.
When I get into anything I've never experienced, as with most people, I take on a very shy and introverted position. I don't talk much. I ask a ton of questions. I ask a ton more of the same questions to different people to see if the answers vary much.
After work yesterday, I went home and changed. I made an effort on my appearance. Make-up, hair, clothing, etc. you get the idea. I decided to wear a skirt, slip on shoes, a tank top under my sweater, and a sweater. I didn't think I'd be wearing the tanktop alone so I wore a bra where the straps were visable and didn't really match the shirt. I even wore my spanx too!
I also hung out with my roommates yesterday and talked to them while they ate the goodies I brought home from work. ( doughnuts, croissants, bearclaw, etc. )
After helping my roommate with her hair, I headed down to San Jose.
I also stopped by work and grabbed something ultra sugary and stuffed full of espresso to keep me up. ( I wasn't sleepy but I knew I would be... and it was free so yah. : ))
Dave got worried because I was taking a long time to get down to Con so he called. I knew parking at the Doubletree is hell and expensive so I asked him if I could just leave my car at his place ( he lives about 15 mins from the hotel ) and then just get a ride back later. That worked out fine.
I finally got to the Con... took a deep breath..
First off, I was excited. I don't have any experience with Furries so I was harboring the curiousity of a five year old at this point.
I WANTED TO TOUCH EVERYTHING!!! :) hehe.
I mean come on... GIANT KITTIES!!! Woot! :)
Ahem.
Dave showed me around to a few of the areas. I had met a few of his friends a few days prior and was bugging him to show me where they were at. They were all working staff so we went to the staff feed room and hung out for a bit.
I was told there was going to be Taiko Drummers performing and immediately I was completely convinced I'd made the right decision in going to con. I've missed taiko drumming so much and any chance I get to be a part of that again I embrace whole-heartedly.
Dave got a break from working the con to come and watch the drummers and Furry Night Live with me.
We walked over to the main area where the performances were going to be and I was totally in awe of all the people in fursuits. I thought they were fascinating. Especially the use of facial expressions for their suits as well as body language.
While we were waiting in line I saw this AMAZING Fox in a full Samurai outfit and I just stood there. Silent. It was incredible. So that's when the questions started...
" How can I tell if they're looking at me? "
" Can I touch them? "
" Do they like hugs? "
" Can I talk to them? "
" Can I ask them questions about what they are? "
( you get the idea )
Dave tried to encourage me to interact with the fursuiters but I was too afraid to just go up to them. ( Think: seeing mickey mouse at disneyland and hiding behind your mom because you're being shy. )
Dave explained to me that they like the attention. Yes. They like hugs. They like it when you talk to them, although to bear in mind that they can't always see or hear that well. Etc.
We went into the area to watch the drummers and the performances. The drummers were excellant and I decided at that moment that as soon as possible I'm going back to my Taiko dojo and restarting classes.
After the show, we headed back to the Staff Feed room. I was ready to head back to go to the dance. I was annoyed because I was starting to get really hot and knew that if I danced I was going to overheat more. So. I took off my sweater and suddenly I just didn't feel as attractive anymore. I didn't like that my bra straps were showing and didn't match. I didn't like how my tanktop looked with my skirt. etc. etc.etc. Meh was me.
I started moping and Dave about smacked me. I was standing in the middle of the hotel room and Dave saw that I moping and announced outloud that I was feeling unhot and what was the general opinion of the room as to how I looked.
I got a got a resounding list of compliments that included: " Fanboys are going to eat you alive. " " You totally look beautiful and if I wasn't straight I would totally attack you. " etc.
I was immediately a blush monster and I got given an " escort " for the rest of the night since Dave had to work. It was this guy named Henry. He was pretty cool. He showed me around. Stopped fursuiters and asked them to interact with me since he could see that I was too terrified to talk to them.
At one point, he went up to a group of fursuiters that were talking and told them all that it was my first ever FurCon and how I should properly approach a fursuiter. So these two fursuiters dubbed themselves " Fursuiter at a Con " and " N00b at a con "
They proceeded to act out how I should approach someone. It began with the N00b charging the fursuiter, hugging him, knocking him down, rolling around on the ground, and then there was some humping involved. All in all it was HILARIOUS :) Good times.
We finally got to the dance. I danced my ass off for a good, long while. The beats were pretty awesome and there were some songs I hadn't heard in forever but loved to death. So I was happy. :)
My " escort " and I took a few breaks. Met a few people. He found a group of his friends so we just hung out with them for a while. We also went into the headless lounge and I got to talk to a couple of the fursuiters out of their " heads " so to speak. I asked them a lot of the same questions I'd been asking and all in all just got a lot of information. It was pretty cool.
I found out a lot of people were from So. Cal. Also, I was kind of fascinated by the homo v. hetero ratio.
And I felt like throughout the night I was doing Henry a small service since he got to walk around with " the hot chick. " haha :) Even though he was way more into guys :)
It was winding down towards the end of the night. I was still being slightly introverted but I was having a good time.
I drove home and went to bed about 3am. Woot.
So that was my FurCon experience :)
Here's my schedule for the rest of the week if anyone wants to hang out.
Monday(Today): Class 12-3. Free after
Tuesday: Class 9-4. Free after
Wednesday: Work 9:30 - 3:30. Free after
Thursday: Class 9 - 4. Free until 6. School Event that I'm hosting until 11 or so.
Friday: Work 4:15am - 8:30am. Class 9am - Noon. Free after.
Saturday: Work 10:45am - 3:15pm. Free after.
Sunday: Work 10am - 6pm. Free after.
There you have it.
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