Monthly Archives: October 2009

Foxmas gets a Lump of Pre-Christmas Coal

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It looks like Foxmas is being put on hold until they find a new venue’ hopefully the scrap heap or somewhere in Las Vegas. I guess I should had spoken out earlier but after years of preaching about sins during my fundamentalist days, I realize spouting about  sins only waste energy, doesn’t change things, and is not the Gospel. So, when Frozen Oasis revealed about their new mini con Foxmas I was happy until realize it was going to be an 18+ event. Even more discomfiting was the warning on the web site not NSFW. A bad omen especially when we are trying to clean up the image of the fandom.

Frozen Oasis is a gray area in the fandom. Most furry cons want very (officially) little to do with them. Frankly, it better they go away. The fandom doesn’t need the potential for more bad media. A +18 party is not what we need.

All Fur Fun is on Hiatus

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My convention plans has changed and not for the best. I guess this is the best; my new job is just making ends meet and I am not sure I could raise the extra funds to attend. 

I am not confident that All Fur Fun will survive.  History in on my side; remember canceled conventions like Conifur Northwest 2006 and FurFest Northwest. All Fur Fun is a nice relax-a-con but seem to be on shaky ground for one reason or another. In addition, Spokane is out of the way and does not have much in resources to hold a convention

Rainfurrest Convention Report. 18-20 Sept 2009

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The Convention: Rainfurrest
The Place: Seattle SeaTac Marriott.

This is my third Rainfurrest. First, here are the numbers. We had around 905 attendees up from 599 in 2008 and 157 to 159 in the fursuit parade up from 89.

Friday morning was a blur. I woke up on time; Soon the morning became a flurry of sending orders, receiving my check and cashing it, and getting a tank of gas. I did not leave Portland until 11:30. By this time, it clear I was going to miss opening ceremony. Got to the hotel around 2:50pm just in time to jump into Gesture Drawing workshop and. The next panel on clothing I skipped out when the panelist could not get equipment; this was the second year in a row a panel was delayed due to no equipment.
Latter, I checked in to the hotel and moved into my room. I also picked up a bag for the plushie costume contest. Originally, I was going to use a Dear Daniel plush but I decided to use because the minimum height was ten inches. The plushie masquerade works like this. On Friday, each contestant picks up a mystery bag. The contestant can only use the items in the bag and must create a costume by the Variety Show on Saturday night. I got Blue cloth and lace plus a few buttons. Latter I had dinner at Claim Jumpers (over price Applebee’s). I sat through a Ranting 2 performance. Not that I liked all his jokes, but I had to experience him once and participated in the art jam.

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