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Northern California Volleyball Association has to share Boohoo
Northern California Volleyball Association can get any respect. This time around they have to share space with HempCon 2012, San Jose’s medical marijuana. Now I can understand not wanting break bread with a bunch of pot heads. (That my feeling about medical marijuana outside established clinical uses think medical clinic and hospital under strict control). What caught my attention is their distain and ignorance of furry fandom “
“This weekend stirred up uncomfortable memories for Skov of the most recent Northern California Volleyball Association tournament at the convention center in January. The place was overrun with “furries” — people who dress in animal costumes — at FurCon. “First we had the fuzzy people, now we have HempCon,” Skov said. “Come on, San Jose! What’s happening?””
“The same thing happened in January when the NCVA learned it would share the convention center with FurCon. “Some of the other parents told me they had checked into it and found things that made it out to be basically a porn fetish convention,” said D’Aquino, who conceded his knowledge of furries is based on an episode of television’s “CSI.””
There two problems I have, unwillingness for the Volleyball group to share and a hideous mischaracterization of furries. Frankly if Volleyball group doesn’t like it they can go elsewhere. The so call adults in the group can find a few university campuses play in. Unlike pot con Having a furry con next-door is no difference in sexuality as would be an Anime convention instead and illegal drug uses is not tolerated at both furry and anime convention Now aside for Mr. D’Aquino’ s demonstration his inability to tell reality for TV, there another kicker. Middle and High school students are growing demographic in the furry fandom. I been seeing more 13 to 17 year olds students are joining Furtopia, an all ages G rated furry community. Therefore it conceivable some of your players and siblings are furies.
. Giving the choice HempCon or Further Confusion, I say you daughter Mr. D’Aquino is safer at a fur con. In addition I think Confusion my want to give San Jose the heave ho and find more fur friendly waters just like Athocon and Pittsburg.
Con Season starts with Wonder Northwest
Wonder Northwest is a Multi Genre convention in Portland Oregon. There not much many panels so it more of a relax-a-con. Still at $15,00 for the entire weekend, its a deal.
I was taking pictures of the costumers with my Chococcat plush, when I say her with the Red wig and bow, I knew My Hello Kitty Build-A-Bear is of a match. I am very happy with this photo.
My big Chococat drinking up with members of PDXyar a pirate group out of Portland.
Next will be Kumoricon (anime) Steam con (steam punk) Rainfurrest (Furry) and Orycon (SF)
Musing on Furry and the Media: News Media is not you Friend.
March has been the usual bad news month for furries. It started with The Dependent Magazine piece on Vancoufur answering the age old stereotypical over generalized question:
“1. They are a community who enjoy dressing up as, acting like, and celebrating anthropomorphized animals (read: animals with human characteristics).
2. It may also be a sex thing.”
Next came Adult Swim’s “Check it Out” where the much misinformed main host came out with, again usual stereotypical “anatomically incorrect fursuit” . Finally we have a from New Zealand comes “Fur fetishists ‘just nature lovers ‘” a fine example of press bias I have seen sine the Bush 2004 elections and miss-coverage of the tea party.
What one need to know the articles I listed above are just a sampling what is out there and should be an example what wrong with the media. There are a few areas of observation I would like to make, first how the media reports the story and furries weakness in dealing with the media and what can we do.
A lot what I have to say come from my own experiences as somebody who is an orthodox Christian, Pro Life, former Fundamentalist now reformed Christian and political volunteer. I see similar methods the reporter employs when reporting on furries to many political groups and causes I supported. It was my study media bias in reporting of furries that eventually drawn me into the fandom.
Could Plushies become Thief Magnet
Today at the church parking my truck was broken into for the second time in three months. Both time I had one of my giant Plushies in my truck. I wonder if my Plushies are inviting targets to car prowlers. The first time around Christmas, they popped the driver side lock; the thieves did not take anything, they were looking for Christmas presents and saw my big plush. On Sunday, while my truck was parked at the church. The prowlers smashed the driver’s side window and stole my stereo and my giant hello kitty and other hello kitty Plushies.
Unfortunately this means I going have stop taking my giant Plushies on ride along unless I have to keep them on my presence all the time. I am going to miss my giant Hell Kitty Plush. Sadly this is the world we live in too many idiots spoiling my fun.
The big lesson is you all might want to think about what Plushies one keeps in your vehicle and take other precautions. Less ones auto becomes inviting target to a car prowler.