What do you do that's furry?
Dan Skunk
Leopard would start called, "What did you do furry this week." I'm also
drawing on a number of old television stories on furries from the late 90's
and early 2000's.
How do you express your furriness? What do you do to enjoy being furry?
Are you an artist or writer, make costumes or perform in them? Do you enjoy
furry art and stories, like to watch fursuiters performing, collect plushies
or other animal themed items?
Do you dress more furry such as sporting shirts with furry characters or
animals on them that you like?
Is there anything you do in your daily life you might consider furry? Any
behaviour or mannerisms you might consider more like your fursona that
something a non furry might do?
Fur example, know a few furries who, when they're alone or with other
furries will act a little more animalistic like walking on all fours or on
their insteps, making animal noises to communicate, paying more attention to
sounds and smells than others, have a greater affinity for physical contact
with each other or have different feelings and emotions they consider a
little more animalistic or furry.
For me, I've written some philosophy and poetry on the relationship between
humans and animals and the idea of being a furry and what that represents.
I have a great openness for showing physical affection more than others and
like to greet people with hugs and like to snuggle. I tend to pay a lot of
attention to senses other than my eyes like tracking sounds and smells when
I find them and tend to stop to look at things I find when I'm walking.
I like to work really hard with the local furry community helping other furs
find each other and be able to share their furriness with each other and
matching up furs that can help each other with things. I like helping
organize furry events where furries are able to share ideas and art with
each other and have fun together getting to know each other. I also really
love working at conventions. It makes me feel really good knowing I'm
helping other furries to enjoy being furry and I work really really hard at
it trying to be really enthusiastic, encouraging other furs to feel
comfortable and have fun.
Art is not actually one of my main interests in furry, but I have come to
really enjoy furry art and get a lot of inspiration for my own ideas and
projects from it. I find furry are to be exceptionally passionate and
expressive and really admire how much work and skill goes into a lot of
furry art.
I have a particular appreciation for fursuiters who go through a lot of
effort to bring furry to life for those around them. It makes me feel good
seeing fursuiters having fun and entertaining other furs.
I also really like going to discussion panels at conventions and talking to
other furries about being furry, sharing our unique experiences and ideas
with each other.
Ben
> This is mostly inspired from a thread on alt.lifestyle.furry that Snow
> Leopard would start called, "What did you do furry this week." I'm also
> drawing on a number of old television stories on furries from the late
> 90's and early 2000's.
>
>
> How do you express your furriness? What do you do to enjoy being furry?
>
> Are you an artist or writer, make costumes or perform in them? Do you
> enjoy furry art and stories, like to watch fursuiters performing,
> collect plushies or other animal themed items?
I'm a writer and a poet, I have a small number of plushies, and I have a
lot of items based around cetaceans (whales and dolphins).
>
> Do you dress more furry such as sporting shirts with furry characters or
> animals on them that you like?
I have a couple of t-shirts with dolphins or orcas on them. I have a
dolphin pendant too.
>
> Is there anything you do in your daily life you might consider furry?
> Any behaviour or mannerisms you might consider more like your fursona
> that something a non furry might do?
I swim a lot. :D My diet is also pretty seafood-based, just like an orca's.
>
> Fur example, know a few furries who, when they're alone or with other
> furries will act a little more animalistic like walking on all fours or
> on their insteps, making animal noises to communicate, paying more
> attention to sounds and smells than others, have a greater affinity for
> physical contact with each other or have different feelings and emotions
> they consider a little more animalistic or furry.
>
>
> For me, I've written some philosophy and poetry on the relationship
> between humans and animals and the idea of being a furry and what that
> represents.
I've written similar things, nothing special yet, but I'm considering
re-drafting some of them soon.
>
> I have a great openness for showing physical affection more than others
> and like to greet people with hugs and like to snuggle. I tend to pay a
> lot of attention to senses other than my eyes like tracking sounds and
> smells when I find them and tend to stop to look at things I find when
> I'm walking.
>
> I like to work really hard with the local furry community helping other
> furs find each other and be able to share their furriness with each
> other and matching up furs that can help each other with things. I like
> helping organize furry events where furries are able to share ideas and
> art with each other and have fun together getting to know each other. I
> also really love working at conventions. It makes me feel really good
> knowing I'm helping other furries to enjoy being furry and I work really
> really hard at it trying to be really enthusiastic, encouraging other
> furs to feel comfortable and have fun.
>
> Art is not actually one of my main interests in furry, but I have come
> to really enjoy furry art and get a lot of inspiration for my own ideas
> and projects from it. I find furry are to be exceptionally passionate
> and expressive and really admire how much work and skill goes into a lot
> of furry art.
>
> I have a particular appreciation for fursuiters who go through a lot of
> effort to bring furry to life for those around them. It makes me feel
> good seeing fursuiters having fun and entertaining other furs.
I want a fursuit myself. Maybe in a couple of years, but not quite yet
unfortunately.
>
> I also really like going to discussion panels at conventions and talking
> to other furries about being furry, sharing our unique experiences and
> ideas with each other.
You're lucky enough to have been to conventions. :P
Well, I go to local furmeets quite often, and the topic comes up a lot,
obviously, so I talk to them about it. I often talk about it online over
IM with people I know, too.
Farry
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Enough. Quit crossposting. The problems have already been pointed out,
not just by me.
Farry
Oliver
-- all of which doubtless has as much to do with being a lazy slob as
it does with wanting to be turned into a lion or pig. :-)
(I don't always agree with Farry, but yes -- stop the crossposting
FFS!)
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> <snip>
>
> and you can quit crossposting too.
and YOU can quit soaptossing too!
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Karl Xydexx Jorgensen
On Jul 20, 11:04 pm, "Dan Skunk" <dansk...@rogers.com> wrote:
> How do you express your furriness? What do you do to enjoy being furry?
I mostly just help out behind the scenes at furry conventions and do
what I can to improve furry fandom in general. -=)
I draw a little and write a little and procrastinate a lot.
I love fursuits but I don't actually own one.
I have a huge collection of furry t-shirts dating back to Furtasticon.
That's all I can think of at the moment.
naorhyreply
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>On Jul 20, 11:04=A0pm, "Dan Skunk" <dansk...@rogers.com> wrote:
>> How do you express your furriness? What do you do to enjoy being furry?
My... what?
The....@gmail.com
The only real way I express the fandom in the general public is only
really wearing the occasional animal-related sports mascot-emblemed t-
shirt or jersey. As for other things, I do dabble on writing and
roleplaying settings which feature anthro characters.
Dan Skunk
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You wear the jerseys just for the animals? :)
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> Leopard would start called, "What did you do furry this week." I'm also
> drawing on a number of old television stories on furries from the late 90's
> and early 2000's.
> How do you express your furriness? What do you do to enjoy being furry?
I express it through a number of things, however I tend to do it
mostly through art. The one thing I enjoy the most about furry is the
community.
> Are you an artist or writer, make costumes or perform in them? Do you enjoy
> furry art and stories, like to watch fursuiters performing, collect plushies
> or other animal themed items?
I'm a mediocre artist and will be making my fursuit very soon. But I
really don't have anything furry on my clothing and gear other than a
furry backdrop on my phone.
> Do you dress more furry such as sporting shirts with furry characters or
> animals on them that you like?
I tend to dress like my fursona, but I don't have any of the wolf or
fox t-shirts. (I wish I did though)
> Is there anything you do in your daily life you might consider furry? Any
> behaviour or mannerisms you might consider more like your fursona that
> something a non furry might do?
Well, my fursona is a fennec fox. But in terms of foxes in general, I
have the same amber eye color as most red foxes, I have the lanky,
skinniness of foxes, I've been known to yelp/yip when some one scares
the hell out of me, and I tend to eat a lot of meat.
I see myself as not as much as having a furry connection to foxes, but
a very spiritual connection if that doesn't sound too corny.
Prox
peronality begs to have someone take care of me. >.<
Which makes sense, considering IC, I'ma housecat...
Grygon
> This is mostly inspired from a thread on alt.lifestyle.furry that Snow
> Leopard would start called, "What did you do furry this week." I'm also
> drawing on a number of old television stories on furries from the late
> 90's and early 2000's.
>
I miss those. :)
> How do you express your furriness? What do you do to enjoy being furry?
>
I'm an artist. A majority of my art is animal and anthro related.
I read tons of furry, animal, alien, were-animal and anthro books. I
favor these books over any other.
I have a furry playlist on iTunes. Not very large, but it has all the
songs from my library that are animal related.
I have a fairly large figurine, plush, puppet, and action figure
collection that is furry.
I do tend to hiss and growl and pant(laugh).
Most of my necklace pendants are animal related. I'm always getting
comments on them.
From time to time I will 1on1 role play via email as an were-animal or
anthro-animal.
Etc. etc. :)
> Do you dress more furry such as sporting shirts with furry characters or
> animals on them that you like?
>
Hmm, just one. I don't wear it often though cause I think the artist is
an elitist bitch.
> Fur example, know a few furries who, when they're alone or with other
> furries will act a little more animalistic like walking on all fours or
> on their insteps,
You mean digitigrade. :)
> I have a great openness for showing physical affection more than others
> and like to greet people with hugs and like to snuggle. I tend to pay a
> lot of attention to senses other than my eyes like tracking sounds and
> smells when I find them and tend to stop to look at things I find when
> I'm walking.
>
Not all animals are like that though. My phenotype, the tiger, matches
me fairly well- I'm a loner and hate most physical contact. Now and
then, rarely, I'll want to hug someone but I refrain cause it would
freak us both out. :)
Dan Skunk
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> I see myself as not as much as having a furry connection to foxes, but
> a very spiritual connection if that doesn't sound too corny.
Sounds fine to me. You're definately not alone in that feeling. :)
Dan Skunk
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> I have an owner in a completely nonsexual relationship. Apparently my
> peronality begs to have someone take care of me. >.<
>
> Which makes sense, considering IC, I'ma housecat...
>
Hehehe. Cute. :D
Dan Skunk
"Grygon" <gry...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Fur example, know a few furries who, when they're alone or with other
>> furries will act a little more animalistic like walking on all fours or
>> on their insteps,
>
> You mean digitigrade. :)
You could do that too. :)
>
>> I have a great openness for showing physical affection more than others
>> and like to greet people with hugs and like to snuggle. I tend to pay a
>> lot of attention to senses other than my eyes like tracking sounds and
>> smells when I find them and tend to stop to look at things I find when
>> I'm walking.
>>
>
> Not all animals are like that though. My phenotype, the tiger, matches me
> fairly well- I'm a loner and hate most physical contact. Now and then,
> rarely, I'll want to hug someone but I refrain cause it would freak us
> both out. :)
Really? Why would it freak you out?
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>
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Grygon
>>> I have a great openness for showing physical affection more than
>>> others and like to greet people with hugs and like to snuggle. I tend
>>> to pay a lot of attention to senses other than my eyes like tracking
>>> sounds and smells when I find them and tend to stop to look at things
>>> I find when I'm walking.
>>>
>>
>> Not all animals are like that though. My phenotype, the tiger,
>> matches me fairly well- I'm a loner and hate most physical contact.
>> Now and then, rarely, I'll want to hug someone but I refrain cause it
>> would freak us both out. :)
>
> Really? Why would it freak you out?
Cause I really don't do it often. People, and myself, are used to me
being stand offish. If I suddenly want contact... weird. You know?
Dan Skunk
"Grygon" <gry...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I can see that.
I know some furs that were shy about contact at first but eventually got
used to it and liked it.
Maybe you just have to let go a bit.