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It’s ‘fur’ a good cause
Here is an article from July 31, in the London Community News. (London, Ontario, Canada, not London, England.)
http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/news-story/3904019-it-s-fur-a-good-cause/
Concerning this weekend's Condition convention, the article is an interview with Condition organiser Ryan "Frostscar" Bruce.
It’s fuzzy, it’s fun and it’s for a good cause.
In the past four years, London’s Condition: Furry convention has raised more than $22,000 for charity and organizer Ryan Bruce is hoping to add to that total when the event returns next month.
The three-day convention, one of three major annual events for furries in southern Ontario, takes place Aug. 2-4 at the Four Points by Sheraton on -Wellington Road.
Bruce said about 300 people tend to come out for the charity auction, games and other events (including a costumed hockey tournament on the Friday), but mostly they’re there just to network with people who have similar interests.
There will also be a sponsor lounge where participants can pay a little extra for Iron Spike beer, food and the themed punch, which this year is called Wasteland Water.
“It should be grey this year,” Bruce said. “The colour is never pleasing, but it tastes good.”
A wildlife expert will be bringing in “ambassador” animals, ones that can’t return to the wild, but are well enough to serve an educational purpose, from the Salthaven Wildlife Rehabilitation and Eduction Centre to the convention to visit.
The convention is open to anyone, but registration is required, and minors need written permission from a parent or guardian.
Furries are fans of fictional anthropomorphic animal characters with human personalities and characteristics. Many construct or buy costumes based on characters of their own imagining for events such as the upcoming convention and adopt created names. Bruce’s is Frostscar, for example.
“It’s fun for the same reason people like to ski,” Bruce said. “Because they like doing it. (The convention) isn’t huge yet so that lets us do more personal, local stuff.”
Bruce has been costuming for about eight years. He started in anime-style dress, but switched to the furry dominion because it’s easier to meet people at the smaller events.
“It’s easy to lose yourself at Anime North or FanEx, where there are 90,000 people there,” he said. “Plus you’re not wearing someone else’s character (as is the case with Star Wars costuming). I liked the art and started building suits about six years ago.”
He now builds suits to sell to other furries, having completed about 20 to date.
The convention is open to anime fans as well, and members of the London Rogues Star Wars costuming club tend to show up.
The funds raised by the event go to Salthaven to be used toward the construction of a new centre on donated land north of London.
According to Bruce, Condition: Furry event averages the highest charitable donation per person for a furry event in Canada at about $42 each.
“As good as $10,000 is, it’s a drop in the bucket when it comes to building new facilities.”
Bruce said London furries tend to hold bi-weekly meetings during the year, take part in other charity events, many for children, like the Walk for Autism with the London Rogues.
“There’s nothing really set, it’s just kind of what comes up.”
For the past three years they have held a ski day for deaf/blind children at Boler Mountain.
“Being in a full suit is so hot, the skiing is probably the best thing we’ve done!”
Visit www.conditionfurry.ca to learn more.
After 3 weeks of work, Rainbow Tail is complete!
I live with a 5 and 7 year old who really want me to finish my fursuit because its 'too scary' with the tape.... walked into my room and noticed they are trying to convince me...
July 2013 Newsbytes archive
I met this awesome fursuiter on omegle today!
Paper to digital, Why is it worse?
Is it just me or do pictures get worse looking when you make them digital, could be that I am just bad at making them digital, I don’t know but what is your opinion?
Paper_http://tinyurl.com/px74wjh Digital_http://tinyurl.com/otcnrhc
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Boyfriend and His Father Want Him in a Three-Way
It's me! Foxy!
It's been like what? More that a year since I last wrote?
Here's the deal. Xavier and I decided that I will sleep in his place until the break and I need a new scenery from the mansion. Xavier, my hunky lion boyfriend, just told me that his single father is coming home from work abroad. He also added he was formerly a soldier, and he is big and buff like him. Honestly I freaked out. How would his father react when he find out that his son is gay and I'm his partner? He also said that he's bi-curious ... bi-curious....
The day came and I met his father for the first time and Xavier just blurt it. I froze like ice and I just got a pat on the shoulder by his father. Wait, what? No screaming or long talks? Days passed and I noticed that his father is giving the looks... Not the aggressive look, but the sexy look. He shows up shirtless and sometimes only in undies and when chance permits it he pats my buns. Xavier said that he's just teasing me.... I can't help to think, “Is he hitting on me?”
"Dad's got his urges under control that is until the first time he sees you! My advice, He likes it vanilla and dislikes entering and being entered, like me but you already know that. Don't start without me around, he can get rough sometimes... and I might join in! Hehehe..." Xaviers says.
Wow Xavier likes those and I can't believe his father too. Like father, like son.
Should I or should I not... I dunno... Help!
Signed,
Foxy the Blessed... and the Mortified.
PS. Xavier and I already... uhm... did “those”... me giving him bj's and romantic frotts. Now I'm embarrassed...
* * *
Hi, Foxy,
You know Papabear. I’m quite Wiccan when it comes to personal choices, feeling that if you aren’t hurting anyone then whatever you might want to do should be okay. But the “anyone” includes you. You did not ask for Xavier’s dad to make sexual advances on you and you are clearly uncomfortable with this, based on your letter. From what you have written, I would say, yes, he’s hitting on you. Your boyfriend seems cool with it, as long as you and his father don’t play without him.
*Deep breath.* Papabear would advise against this. I’m not thumping a Bible and saying it’s immoral, but it’s not a good idea. You would be opening up a huge can of worms. One of the biggest psychological rivalries in human families is the one between a father and son, even those that get along. There is always the comparison factor, such as the son feeling he doesn’t make his dad proud, or even the father being jealous that, say, the son did better at sports than he did when he was his son’s age. Now, take that natural competition into the bedroom, and you are potentially striking a match over a barrel full of gun powder. Even if it goes well at first, jealousies could ignite. Your boyfriend could easily get jealous if you seem to like his dad in some way. In order to avoid this, you would have to be sure not to enjoy his father’s attentions very much, which would no doubt upset the father, and on and on.
If the father, as your bf says, can control himself, then he should do so. Just because you are gay and the father is “bi curious” doesn’t give him a license to make the moves on you. Discourage such things as his patting your buns or touching you in other inappropriate ways. I’m not a prude—good Lord, no—but to my sensibilities there is something really wrong with a man who hits on his own son’s boyfriend.
There is something else oddly suspicious, too. Xavier’s dad’s reaction when his son “blurted” out that he was gay and you’re his boyfriend. No reaction, just a shrug. This tells me that his dad already knew, which makes me think that Xavier and Daddy had a convo about this on the phone and made plans about playing with you. Possible? Yes. True? I don’t really know, but if I had Spidey Sense it would be crackling through every nerve in my body right now.
So ask yourself, “Am I attracted to his father? Do I want to have a three-way with them both?” My guess is you do not, and you just want to be with your boyfriend. Is Papabear right? If so, you should not allow yourself to be pressured into this. And you should tell your boyfriend that his father is making you uncomfortable and you would like to move out now. You only want to be with him, Xavier, not with his dad. If Xavier for some reason does not respect that, then write to me again because you have a major problem.
On the other paw, if you LIKE this idea, then Papabear will not judge you. However, be very careful where you tread as the path ahead of you is loaded with mine fields.
Good luck,
Papabear
My sincere apology to /r/FeralApparel. Get in that subreddit, it deserves a second chance! [NSFW self shaming, grab your popcorn]
About a month ago, a new furry subreddit was born. /r/FeralApparel
As the admin of the then also recent /r/furry_catwalk, I felt cheated, betrayed since our two subreddits seemed to be redundant one to another as it had a very broad and vague goal.
I whined and bitched about it in their very own subreddit like any proper retard would do.
So here I am, the absolute idiot who was even offered a moderator spot on their team, but instead turned down their offer like the ass-reeking shitmouth paranoiac doofus I amwas, begging you to forgive me for my evil misdirected dark deeds against this subreddit and, more importantly, forgive the subreddit /r/FeralApparel for how vague it was (Come to think of it, I was probably the only asshole thinking it was too vague and unclear).
Catwalk was initially not meant to be exclusively for artists, but it grew to be. Therefore, /r/FeralApparel HAS a purpose.
Catwalk did grow though, even though it started as a very lame seed, it now is a slowly growing, good looking subreddit. Something we cannot say of the horrible person that started it.
Give /r/FeralApparel the same chance catwalk had.
Throw me rotten tomatoes, fart in my general direction, but PLEASE, help /r/FeralApparel grow into a nice place with constructive feedback and insight for furry companies and businesses alike.
They deserve it.
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LondonFurs: The Fursuit of Happiness – TimeOut London Article
The Future of Education - Where is education headed? Technology has developed to the point that it is now feasible to participate in a course without ever stepping foot inside a classroom. Is this the future of education? Also discussed are our preferred
Where is education headed? Technology has developed to the point that it is now feasible to participate in a course without ever stepping foot inside a classroom. Is this the future of education? Also discussed are our preferred model and who should be in charge of education. Give it a listen, and comment below!
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Review: ‘Rabbit! Rabbit! Rabbit! A Puzzling Novel’, by C. Casey Gardiner
A word from the guys at AnthroWear about advertising...
It has come to my attention time and time again, that as a direct result of individuals wanting to promote AnthroWear here on reddit, we are receiving a large amount of negative feedback from people who think we are purposely trying to advertise here. I am making this post now to try to make clear that this has never been our intention. We do not post excessively to promote our website, and we do not ask others to post on our behalf. Anyone choosing to post about us, has done so on their own volition, and we have no control over that. Though we genuinely appreciate your trying to help promote us, and thank you for your enthusiasm, we do have to ask that you refrain from doing so.
We have asked that you please not make designated posts, directly promoting our website, because, though we know your intentions are good, it actually ends up hurting us more than it helps. We do post here regularly, most of which is completely unrelated to AnthroWear. We are very careful to make sure we are in line with reddit's few simple rules, and make it a point to post about other relevant topics, help promote other artists, and comment kindly on topics unrelated to AnthroWear, so as not to perpetuate the stereotype that we are here to advertise. It has never been our intention to manipulate reddit for our own personal gain, as we realize it would be pretty stupid to do so.
Many of you have suggested that we just pay for banner ads here. In fact, we do plan on starting paid advertisement on reddit in the coming weeks. We've just been waiting for the right time.
So just to sum up and clarify, we appreciate those of you trying to help promote us on reddit, and thank you for trying to help, but we do ask that you refrain from doing so. Referring friends to us in comments or discussion is perfectly acceptable if that's what you want to do, but please do not make dedicated posts directly linking to our website. Ordinarily this wouldn't be an issue, but it has been happening excessively in recent months and it is creating an unfavorable reputation which we didn't ask for. I hope you do understand, and again, we really do appreciate your enthusiasm! I totally understand you are just trying to help!
Thanks for listening, I hope this clears things up from here on out. Thanks r/furry! Stay pawsome! :D
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