Furries Anonymous
Rassilon63
realized that other than the post or a few chance encounters in FurryMUCK I
knew very little about those I enjoy conversing with.
So I'd like to start off this first Furries Anonymous Meeting -_^
Hi, my name is Shishi-Osa (aka Joe in RL) and I'm a fan of furry animal stuff.
I am an elementary teacher that resides on the Southeastern Coast of Virginia
and have been watching furry fandom for most of my life, but only recently
decided to become active in it. I do some furry art (loose usage of the term)
as a relaxation hobby for myself. I first realized I was a fur fan when I
thought about why I was getting up at 6 am to watch TinyToons and Animaniacs
when I could be sleeping in.
Thank you, anyfur else?
>Shishi-Osa<
"Hey! Who let him in here?"
http://www.FurNation.com/Shishi-osa
Allen Kitchen
Rassilon63 wrote:
> So I'd like to start off this first Furries Anonymous Meeting -_^
Hello Shishi!
I'm Shockwave, and I've been sober for... what? Wrong meeting? Damn!
Well, I'm a wolf, and a bit of a smartass as you can probably tell.
In RL I'm known as Allen, and I live south of Houston Texas where I
work as an engineer. I've been in the fandom for about 3 years now,
although I watched the pictures on Alt.binaries.pictures.furry since
92 (back then it wasn't buried with porn ads.) I'm a writer, a
punslinger, and occasionally a filker. I go to a few cons, but the
wife despises my hobby and does everything possible to block such trips.
I don't have a costume, though I do have a tail. My hobbies include
reading, writing, raytracing, building machines that scare the hell out
of the neighbors, and listening to music.
Who else would like to go?
Allen Kitchen (shockwave)
http://www.blkbox.com/~osprey/
XIP the kangy
>
>> So I'd like to start off this first Furries Anonymous Meeting -_^
>
>
> Hello Shishi!
Me, me, pick me<waving a hand in the air>
OK, heres goes, I'm XIP(pronounced zip-but you knew that)aka Jos. Harrison
the hyperactive and very crazy kangaroo. I live on the New Jersey coast, and
<looks around embarassed> I deliver(and devour) pizza for a living. Besides
that, I'm the all purpose fan, giving everything I have time and money for a
chance, especially any furry comics. Knowing you're a fan is easy when the
first grown up comic you fall in love with for the story is Omaha(and that
was about 12 years ago).
BTW-Hi Shishi!¡!
--
Xip the kangy
He of the Fair Hair
Din' I tell you to stay away from the candles!!
Furry Peace ! Can't we all just get along
Dar Thornton
XIP the kangy <x...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:7gto8s$pgu$1...@holly.prod.itd.earthlink.net...
> > Rassilon63 wrote:
> >
> >> So I'd like to start off this first Furries Anonymous Meeting -_^
> >
My name is Darmon Thornton, known on FurryMuck and sometimes in the
bleachers as the character of 'Phelonious'. I live in Southern California
and work as computer support specialist for a local university. Although
I've been in fandom for over a year now, I've been a fan of anthropomorphs
long before I even heard that a fandom existed. I'm a wannabe writer
(schedule's too busy for me to focus), an art/comics collector, and a
amateur web designer. I've attended 2 cons in the past and have lent a
hand at both as a volunteer. My hobbies, besides the critter stuff,
include listening to music, reading, watching sports, and travel.
Anyone next?
----------------------------
Dar Thornton
http://www.jps.net/dthorn10/
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John F. Martin
Dar Thornton <dtho...@jps.net> wrote in article
<7gu04l$jfo$1...@crucigera.fysh.org>...
>
> XIP the kangy <x...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:7gto8s$pgu$1...@holly.prod.itd.earthlink.net...
> > > Rassilon63 wrote:
> > >
> > >> So I'd like to start off this first Furries Anonymous Meeting -_^
> > >
My name is John F. Martin. No handle, as I don't 'Muck around. I live in
north Georgia and am the Night Auditor at a hotel in town. I fell for
furries after reading the background "history" in the first-edition ALBEDO
game. "Serious SF with 'funny animals'?! Cool!" I sorta-kinda write.
I've had some stories published in SHANDA THE PANDA and related books.
Nothing else so far. I've been to various cons. One or two a year right
now. Furry interests are limited to comics, art, and RPG-ing. Others
interests are reading, writing, music (see sig.), and playing on my 'Puter.
Next?
--
--John F. Martin
Furry...@hotmail.com
"When you've had an Uzi pointed at you by a fellow in a ski mask, a bad
review is nothing at all."
--Mike Curtis
Listen to My Music!
http://www.imagineradio.com/mymusiclisten.asp?name=FurrySaint
Teflon Cougar
I am Ed Smith, (pause for dramatic effect) the Teflon Cougar. Looking back
at my TV watching preferences I guess I've always been a furry fan. I got
into the fandom after getting a copy of The American Journal of
Anthropomorphics. I wrote to a few of the artists and they actually wrote
back. Since one of the pages also included the artist's Furnation site. I
immediately sought out a friend who had a computer and I've been furry
surfing since. (Although it's been on my own computer for several months)
One day my prior computer supplier asked if I'd been to the news groups. The
rest is history.
I currently work 12 hr shifts at a woodworking shop, but plan to "find
something better". I used to been in the Canadian Army Reserves-Armour
Corps. I consider my 6 years with them immunization against flames. Let's
face it, none of AFF's flamers have the vocabulary, creativity or volume of
an army instructor who 's "Not happy"
I'm one of the nicest guys on the web and if you've posted a general request
for information you may have found a posting from me directing you to a
site.
I do some writing in my spare time and have recently turned that in the
furry direction. I often start postings to see what others think about
certain topics. I started a Furry Language thread a little while ago as well
as Marking my Territory and Evolution. So far my only published work is the
third letter on page one of Katmandu 16
I currently have a deep burning hatred for MS Outlook Express as it tends to
crash or lock up my system on a regular basis. I currently have a deep
respect for Norton Utilities because Outlook crashes or locks my system on a
regular basis. I'm currently looking for a new server program that I don't
have to download as I messed up with Xnews and everytime I try to redownload
it returns to the bad settings.
Ed Smith
the Teflon
Cougar
T. Woolfe
wrote:
>> Rassilon63 wrote:
>>
>>> So I'd like to start off this first Furries Anonymous Meeting -_^
>>
>>
>> Hello Shishi!
>> Who else would like to go?
>>
>> Allen Kitchen (shockwave)
>> http://www.blkbox.com/~osprey/
Don't pay any attention to that hyoomanbean behind the curtian over
there. But his name is John Hey and is semi retired at 63. He dens in a
30ft Airstream on an old oilfield, way out there in LaLaLand.
Me? I'm a whole lot younger, play a lot more than he ever did, and
try my paw at writing now and then.
T. Woolfe
Skytech
>
> Next?
>
Hiiiii Jooohn! :)
Handles and MUCKs aren't one and the same. Never MUCKed myself. Partly,
I created my handle long before getting on BBSs or the Net. It's not
nessessary but it sometimes adds to the flavor.
Write for Shanda? Congrates! More than I've ever done. Must check my
zillion back issues.
Gonna be at AC99?
So what RPGs you do? I'm trying to get a furry gaming toe over at aff.
Hey, I'm optimistic! Then again, I consiter what we do here a form of
RPing.
--
La gvatanta vulpo (The vigilant fox)
Skytech
^^
<@@>
.D
Skytech
>
> I am Ed Smith, (pause for dramatic effect) the Teflon Cougar.
Hiiiii Eeeeed!
> One day my prior computer supplier asked if I'd been to the news groups. The
> rest is history.
>
Isn't it the case?! Originally, the Net seemed to be the Web from what I
read before ever going up. Newsgroups were vaguely described and made to
sound weird (well, weirder). I looked for furry stuff on the web and
found it lacking or unspectacular. I was looking for something similar
to the discussion group such as The Beastie Board on GEnie. It was a
reference on a furryish website that lead me to aff which lead to alf
which lead to here....
Oh! BTW, Skytech. *wavies* Like most of you haven't had to put up with
me before!
> I currently work 12 hr shifts at a woodworking shop, but plan to "find
> something better". I used to been in the Canadian Army Reserves-Armour
> Corps. I consider my 6 years with them immunization against flames. Let's
> face it, none of AFF's flamers have the vocabulary, creativity or volume of
> an army instructor who 's "Not happy"
>
Eeeeek!
> I do some writing in my spare time and have recently turned that in the
> furry direction. I often start postings to see what others think about
> certain topics. I started a Furry Language thread a little while ago as well
> as Marking my Territory and Evolution. So far my only published work is the
> third letter on page one of Katmandu 16
>
Really?! ;) Sounds like me with Albedo and Army Surplus Comics.
> I currently have a deep burning hatred for MS Outlook Express as it tends to
> crash or lock up my system on a regular basis. I currently have a deep
> respect for Norton Utilities because Outlook crashes or locks my system on a
> regular basis. I'm currently looking for a new server program that I don't
> have to download as I messed up with Xnews and everytime I try to redownload
> it returns to the bad settings.
>
You got what you payed for. ,) IE never worked right for me so I bought
Netscape and never regretted it for YEARS, not days, weeks or months.
Not a plug, just my reality.
--
La gvatanta vulpo (The vigilant fox)
Skytech
^^
<@@>
./
M. Mitchell Marmel
"T. Woolfe" wrote:
> Don't pay any attention to that hyoomanbean behind the curtian over
> there. But his name is John Hey and is semi retired at 63. He dens in a
> 30ft Airstream on an old oilfield, way out there in LaLaLand.
> Me? I'm a whole lot younger, play a lot more than he ever did, and
> try my paw at writing now and then.
> T. Woolfe
Hi, T!
M. Mitchell Marmel here, known as "The Major" after my fan name, "Major
Matthew Mason" (based in name on the lil' plastic space guy from the
1960s), which, incidentally, was chosen to match my real initials.
Funny how that works.
Fandom: Longtime funny animal fan (Richard Scarry, Howard the Duck,
Captain Carrot); got involved in the fandom after seeing a Cutey Bunny
cameo in "Normalman", then tracking down back issues of Army Surplus
Comix (around 1985). Started modeming in 1987. Got hooked on Macs by
Rich Chandler, and have been a Mac jockey for a living since 1988.
Letterer for "Shanda" and "Red Shetland"; wrote one story for Shanda and
have a short story at SFA for their upcoming anthology. Publisher of
"Talivisions," a fanart 'zine dedicated to my Tali Hartoh-Mason
character
(http://www.pages.drexel.edu/grad/marmelmm/Talivisions/index.html).
Noted model blaster maker, raconteur and SMOF (Anthrocon, Philcon).
Much better writer than artist.
nnnext?
-MMM-
khr...@my-dejanews.com
> "T. Woolfe" wrote:
>
> > Don't pay any attention to that hyoomanbean behind the curtian over
> > there. But his name is John Hey and is semi retired at 63. He dens in a
> > 30ft Airstream on an old oilfield, way out there in LaLaLand.
Ooooh, an Airstream! You ain't one of those folks on the banks of the San
Gabriel River, are you? :3
> M. Mitchell Marmel here, known as "The Major" after my fan name, "Major
> Matthew Mason" (based in name on the lil' plastic space guy from the
> 1960s), which, incidentally, was chosen to match my real initials.
> Funny how that works.
*giggle!* (Nice bit of trivia there, Major!)
Micole Khemarrica, at your service... also known as Lisa Jennings, Lisa Lynx,
ermine, squeakers, boobs, Omaha The Cat (not the dancer), and a whole lotta
other things that would be unacceptable to mention here. :3
Fandom: Well, I was furry before there was a fandom... in fact, I was raised
by a cat. A Turkish Van for you curious folks -- if anyone recognizes the
breed. I hung around Sy and the Prancing Skiltaire in 1981 and have remained
a masochist ever since. I've been drawing since I was 3 (played piano at 3,
too, but that's another story) and haven't stopped that, either. I even
write a little, although I've been a slacker about getting more of my stories
online.
I'm most noted for being one of the animators for "Inherit The Earth", a
computer adventure game published in 93-94 by New World Computing. I also
worked on (in decreasing order of percentage of work) "FaeryTale Adventure
II: Halls of the Dead" (Trimark); "I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream"
(Cyberdreams); and "Dinotopia" (Turner Interactive). Recently someone
reminded me that I'm also a voice found in "Hellfighter", a game written by a
furry friend of mine. My artwork has been seen in Gallery, Rowrbrazzle,
Furthest North Crew, and MegaMorphics as well as on the web.
Currently I'm trying to get my act together, get healthy, get my illustration
business to take off, get my head above water long enough to get some
longterm projects like "Other Suns, 2nd Edition" done, and in general being
my usual busy self. I'm also a shadow SMoF seeking the rest of me. ;3
--ermine (what evil lurks in the fur of fandom?)
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The Besaw Household
name given after I lost Cheshire Cat ... Deer mouse and
Ghost To the UsARmy .. Moondragon was given to me by my CO for covert
missions. and for Court Appearances..
R.L My name is Ernie Besaw I now reside in Minnesota town called Winona.. I
help run a local RP Con that is called Con on the River that is being held
in Oct.
I am a student in local Tech college and also work nights at a Convenience
Store Chain called Kwick-trip..
when did I become a furry ?? I think my freshman year in High-School .
English teacher insisted on giving every body a knick name based on there
appearance and attitude.. He called me SwordFish (my god that was a long
time ago) (sighs) now I am married have no hatchlings age is 32 and I have
just entered The Veterans of Foreign Wars because they consider the Cold war
as being now action.. not including what we didn't do over seas in Libya..
never was there cant make me say it..
I have rattle on so lets start a snowball fight already who is on my side/??
none of you (gets pelted by 2,000,000,000 snow balls)
{} {} Moondragon
< > the curry luvin Dragon.
\------/
David Cooksey
I am a 35 year old male living in Milpitas CA who works for Concentric
Network Corp as a Engineer. Before coming west, I worked as an attorney in
Houston TX for an insurance defense firm for 4 years. I grew up all over
<military brat> but home and family is in Chattanooga TN. I went to the US
Naval Academy for my Undergraduate degree and the Univ. of Houston for the
legal type stuff....the computer junk was always just a hobby til I
discovered I could make more doing this and working less hours and having
more fun than slaving on 60-80 hour work weeks as a Junior Associate in a
law firm.
Anyways, I've been around the fandom proper since CF5 but was an Albedo,
Critters, and general anthro fan, for many many years before that. Two years
ago now, I got hornswaggled into handling the Legal Work for Further
Confusion and ended up running the Programming Division for them the first
year. Now, I am also on their parent organization's <Anthropomorphic Arts
and Education Inc> Board of Directors and managing the Business Division for
FCY2K. In addition to that part of fandom, I am also a writer and have been
published in several places both zineish (FNC and a few others along the
way> and in regular journals <usually my naturalistic poetry>. Nice to meet
you all and to see a pleasant thread for a change..:3 I have to stop in here
more often.
David Cooksey
Kidpanda
panda or sometimes Kidpanda.I'm single, co-managing three apartments
here is Sunny Pasadena CA.
How did I get into this fandom? Someone accidently put a Omaha GN in
my comic orders. Along with it was a flyer for a convention of
Confurence 2... After that, I was hooked.. Since then I wrote and
created Catseye Agency for Rip Off Press in '91, I'm currently writing
Girls of PANDA for Shanda Fantasy Arts, opened my web page at
Furnation. Presently, I'm collecting Gold Digger, and trying my best
to collect Pokemon cause pikachu is so darned cute...
Kid (who finally de lurks and wants to participate more often....heh)
^_^
" I am a Jem Hadar, He is a Vorta... It is the Order of things..."
A Jem Hadar Warrior
Got ICQ? ICQ # 15386399
Visit us on the web at:
Http://www.FurNation.com/Kid_Panda/
Please remove NOSPAMIT to e-mail me folks!
Paul R. Bennett
Allen Kitchen wrote:
> Rassilon63 wrote:
>
> > So I'd like to start off this first Furries Anonymous Meeting -_^
>
> Who else would like to go?
>
> Allen Kitchen (shockwave)
> http://www.blkbox.com/~osprey/
Evil laugh from G'ville.
G'day
Name's Paul... Paul Bennett... Paul R. Bennett. Hehheh
Grins.... Right now I earn my daily bread as a computer and networking
technician on the University of Florida campus.... Ohy, what am I
SAYING.... more like "First Mate, bosun tate, and crew of the Captain's
gig." At heart I am an unfrocked vacuum tube era radio tech. Fond of
Celtic Music (GOT to have the Sunday night NPR "Thistle and Shamrock" or I
am known to get VERY cranky! Even more so than usual!) Roger Whittaker,
Gordon Lightfoot, Peter, Paul, and Mary, The Chieftains (this is a
surprise?), Classical Music (Oy, is that ever a MIX!). I even like to
listen to John Denver music. And on top of everything else I am sitting
here listening to "Piano Jazz" on WUFT.
Humor? Twisted... very twisted. As noted, I have a fondness for truly
strange(and nauseating) puns. When irritatied my sense of humor gets very
NASTY... and unsubtle (looks at a piece of artwork in progress and
shudders.)
In RL? If you were looking for a stereotypical Scandianivain, you wouldn't
have to look far.
Hobbies: Amateur Radio, Skywarn severe weather spotter and tracker(today
was NOT a good day, nonono.... Hey y'all Alachua and Marion county furs,
want to know what is goin' on with severe weather? Got a scanner? 146.82
MHz is where our Skywarn net runs), Archery, Camping, Photography,
electronic homebrewing(nonono, NOT beer!), model building, unsatisfied rock
hound. Collector of cute plush(truly deserving of something out of one of
Simon Barber's works). Writer and artist. Restorer and collector of old
electronic equipment. Plastic model airplane builder. Misses the "good old
days" of fantasy wargaming(and running his Vargr charactor in Traveller).
If I could be said to have a furry alter ego (sorry folks, what you see is
what you get.... human male in his (very) late forties) it would probably
be RaF (R.F.), six foot plus anthro red fox, kinda on the hippy appearing
side, and with a build on the order of a greyhound.
Paul
S.J.Laitila
Terves.
My full name is Sebastian Johannes Laitila. I live in a Finnish ghost-town
called
Vaasa. I'm a high-school student, and planning to go to an art college after a
couple of years. I have been a anthro fan for abt. 10 years. I noticed it, when
I
was watching Robin Hood 5 times a day. (I don't do it anymore, but anyway...)
I mainly draw gothic furries. Sometimes I draw nude pin-ups, but nothing
spoogey,
though... My clothing is mainly black, and I have 2 earrings. Somethimes I look
like bad news, because I almost never smile in public... I also have a sense of
humor.
John F. Martin
<373302C7...@ix.netcom.com>...
> John F. Martin wrote:
> >
> > Next?
> >
>
> Hiiiii Jooohn! :)
>
Hiiii Skyyyyyyy! ^_^
> Handles and MUCKs aren't one and the same. Never MUCKed myself. Partly,
> I created my handle long before getting on BBSs or the Net. It's not
> nessessary but it sometimes adds to the flavor.
>
I do *occasionally* get called FurrySaint in RL, but it's really just my
email addy. I wanted "The Saint" (ie: Simon Templar--The Saint) as my
addy, but I knew that it'd be long gone. While racking my brains for
another good one, a friend (knowing my love of furry stuff) suggested
"FurrySaint", and it stuck. <shrug>
> Write for Shanda? Congrates! More than I've ever done. Must check my
> zillion back issues.
>
Lessee...
Two stories in GIANT SHANDA ANIMAL #1
One in GIANT SHANDA ANIMAL #3
Backup in SHANDA #17
And a couple of more in the pipe...
> Gonna be at AC99?
Probably not. Went to CF10 and spent *waaayyy* too much. Am going to do
my best to be at Mephit FurMeet in Memphis on Labor Day weekend.
>
> So what RPGs you do? I'm trying to get a furry gaming toe over at aff.
> Hey, I'm optimistic! Then again, I consiter what we do here a form of
> RPing.
True.
Geez... What RPG's...?
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (16 years)
Albedo (ehh...great background, *horrible* mechanics!)
Marvel Super Heroes (an "okay" system)
Vampire The Masquerade (once or twice)
GURPS (preferred system, you can do *anything*!)
I and a couple of friends had a fun time running furries in a GURPS game I
ran in the "Known World Of Red Shetland"! We had:
Wee Zell (an albino ermine mage) who eventually married--
Tina Majore (a mouse priestess of Johnson & Johnson (twin gods of
Protection and Healing, whose holy symbol is a red '+' sign))
And
Kit Ling (a Sam'eye'amese cat martial artist) who eventually married--
Galen Redfox (a red fox Ranger type) who defeated his evil uncle in a duel
and acquired some *interesting* toys...
And who, through some messed-up magic, were able to interbreed and have--
Kit-foxes! ^_^ Garen, Rei, and Shandalar. ^_^
> --
> La gvatanta vulpo (The vigilant fox)
> Skytech
>
> ^^
> <@@>
> .D
>
> http://www.globalfrontiers.com/dingovolf/skytech/draw1.html
>
--
--John F. Martin
Furry...@hotmail.com
"When you've had an Uzi pointed at you by a fellow in a ski mask, a bad
review is nothing at all."
--Mike Curtis
Night Owl Page:
http://earth.vol.com/~fsaint/home.html
khr...@my-dejanews.com
> *Coughs... I guess it's my turn... My name is James Lomax aka Jimmy
> panda or sometimes Kidpanda.I'm single, co-managing three apartments
> here is Sunny Pasadena CA.
It's JIIIIIIIIIIIIIM!!!
Say, you want anymore Ewok Mistresses for your webpage? >:3
--ermine (diving for cover, now)
Kidpanda
> kidp...@netscapenospamit.com (Kidpanda) wrote:
>> *Coughs... I guess it's my turn... My name is James Lomax aka Jimmy
>> panda or sometimes Kidpanda.I'm single, co-managing three apartments
>> here is Sunny Pasadena CA.
>
>It's JIIIIIIIIIIIIIM!!!
>
>Say, you want anymore Ewok Mistresses for your webpage? >:3
>
*Removes his favorite Laker Cap and scratches head... The panda sighs
heavily... Sure...Why not?! I'l put your art in the Guest Gallery if
your interested... do YOU want my stick figure drawings on YOUR page
ermine?
*ducks and runs drinking his favorite soda Cactus Cooler...
Kid
"Until we re-establish communications we will hold this world for the Dominion...."
" And if we can't re-establish communications?"
" Then we will hold this world for the Dominion... Until we die... "
A Jem Hadar Warrior
ICQ UIN# 15386399
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Xydexx Squeakypony
> Who else would like to go?
What could I say about myself that isn't already public knowledge? Hmmm...
Xydexx...
...is Karl Jeffrey Jorgensen according to the IRS
...usually answers to "Xydexx" or "Uni"
...was born July 27 1968
...was raised in Hawthorne, New York
...went to college and studied philosophy
...was sysop of Naked In Cyberspace BBS
...published The Grumbling Yak and Balloon Animals
...is currently living in Silver Spring, Maryland
...currently works as a desktop publishing specialist
...drives an easily-identifiable Honda Civic with lots of bumper stickers
...has two computers, named "squeakypony" and "inflatostallion"
...is delightfully demented but mostly harmless
...has an older brother and a younger brother, both just as crazy
...has more fetishes than you can shake a stick at
...has the patience of a saint and the morals of Satan
...has a webcam and knows how to use it
...met his current boyfriend at a furry gathering
...listens to They Might Be Giants
...thinks Richard DeWylfin is cool
...is chronically disorganized
...writes equally disorganized ramblings on the internet
...loves getting his feet massaged
...has been playing Rollercoaster Tycoon a lot lately
...keeps in touch with folks on Uncensored BBS
...recently retired from furry politics
...made a pencil box out of AOL diskettes
...will be going to AnthroCon in July
...has been to Germany once or twice
...goes hiking in the Hudson Highlands
...procrastinates way too much
...likes to go bike riding on cool spring days
...had his picture on the front page of the newspaper once
...can spend hours browsing the Library of Congress website
...likes to visit Centralia, Kensico, and Bannerman's Castle
...doesn't collect plushies but has lots of them anyway
...was on Romper Room
...doesn't own a Furby
...only appeared in drag once
...likes Indian cuisine
...still has the origami dragon Dr. Cat gave him at CF6
...was thinking of being an architect once upon a time
Who's next?
____________________________________________________________________
Xydexx Squeakypony [ICQ: 7569393]
Squeakyponyland: http://www.smart.net/~xydexx/lifestyle/homepage.htm
The Besaw Household
>In RL? If you were looking for a stereotypical Scandianivain, you wouldn't
>have to look far.
so do you like Lefsa and Ludifisk tooo/??
my better half is scandianivain and they had ludifisk coulndnt get past the
idea of eating lye... ooohhhh (shudders with a strong stomach..)
XIP the kangy
In article <3733080F...@ix.netcom.com>, Skytech
<sky...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> --
> La gvatanta vulpo (The vigilant fox)
> Skytech
>
> ^^
> <@@>
> ./
>
> http://www.globalfrontiers.com/dingovolf/skytech/draw1.html
Here's somethin' odd, I use OE on a iMAC, because Netscape crashes like mad.
Amazingly, OE is the most stable piece of software on my system(and that
includes the OS. It sucks when the computer starts up and forgets that it
has a keyboard and mouse, don't I love USB right about now.
Weyfour WWWWolf (Urpo Lankinen)
> Who else would like to go?
Greetings, Shockwave and the rest of the folks. I extend my paw in
greeting; Peace be to this newsgroup, and all that dwell in it.
(Consider this a proper delurk. =)
I'm called Weyfour WWWWolf, and the smartest have probably already
figured out the species I represent. The records indicate my name is
Urpo Lankinen, although most people call me Upi, or (this is my
personal favorite for obvious reasons) Uu. I'm a student, currently in
noplace but going into university world soon enough. I live in Kuhmo,
Finland.
I have been in the fandom... er, been a furry fan for a looooooooong
time (the exposure to furries has never been an option in this society
anyway), but found the on-line furry community in 1997. I'm an
artist and write some stuff that some people might consider kind of
furry-related *g*. Never been to cons thanks to money issues, nor I
will be in near future. Hobbies include... well, visual arts in
general, music, reading, coding, gaming and being a net.cop and
everyplace nice guy.
--
Weyfour WWWWolf (a.k.a. Urpo Lankinen), just another lupine technomancer
<www...@iki.fi> <URL:http://www.iki.fi/wwwwolf/> ICQ:4291042 -==(RGRNCA)==-
Paul R. Bennett
The Besaw Household wrote:
> < message blasted to bits >
>
> >In RL? If you were looking for a stereotypical Scandianivain, you wouldn't
> >have to look far.
>
> so do you like Lefsa and Ludifisk tooo/??
Can't say... never tried it.... But I do like fish in various preparations.
And enjoy the cooking when I get a chance to get to a Norwegian restaurant, or
when I have time to dive into a Norwegian cookbook.
> my better half is scandianivain and they had ludifisk coulndnt get past the
> idea of eating lye... ooohhhh (shudders with a strong stomach..)
>
> {} {} Moondragon
> < > the curry luvin Dragon.
> \------/
Paul
Wanderer
"I think I'll ... follow Micole", he grinds out at last, still smiling.
"Hi. I'm ... Wanderer", he begins, stifling a cough. "The fingers ... on
the keyboard belong to ... <cough> ... Charles. But you can call him
Eddie.", he adds with a wink to his typist.
"When did it start ... <coughcoughHACK> ... excuse me ... "
Taking a sip of juice, he continues. "All my life, really. Starting ...
<cough> ... with the feline who raised me ... <cough> ... a dedicated
tabbymix <cough> named Sunshine. <cough> Cartoons made up most of the
<cough> rest, with <coughcough> an occasional c-<cough> ... comic book.
Like the L'il Scamp ones, based on <cough> Lady and Tramp's little boy."
"Then", he continues after another sip of juice, just a few years ago, I
found the 'Net and the Web, after ... <cough> ... purchasing my first
non-Commodore computer that <coughcough> wasn't five models behind the
<cough> curve."
"S-<coughcough> Sorry for the <cough> noise ... Mycoplasm. Lousy stuff."
Grabbing a box of tissues the size of paper towels from his Toon Emergency
Pack, he begins to blow, coughing all the while.
Yours sickly,
The coughing,
Wanderer**wand...@ticnet.com
Where am I going?I don't quite know.
What does it matter where people go?
Down to the woods where the bluebells grow.
Anywhere! Anywhere! *I*don't know!
Requiem
Hello.
I'd be Requiem, aka North, or Dave IRL. I'm a resident of Ontario,
Canada. Currently I'm staring into the limbo that is post-graduation,
not sure if I'm ready to leap in.
I'm a fairly recent furry fan, discovering it after some random web
surfing, and lurking for a while. I chose the raven because it
reflected the mood I was in at the time. No MUCKs, no cons, a bit of
IRC. I'd be new blood, or fresh meat, it depends.
Computer gaming, acting and improvisation, rollerblading and comic
strips are among my hobbies. Although I'm currently writing, I've
published nothing. The project I'm working on is a furry one, which
helped me to be led here. (I'll start talking about the project soon, I
promise) Other than that, I'm resting, recovering, generally slacking.
And fully enjoying it.
Requiem
XIP the kangy
> My RL name is....what I post with (Surprise!). I don't have a
> 'personal furry'--I couldn't think of a suitable anthro stand-in to
> represent me, and still can't--which makes me part of a distinct
> minority here :) [1]
> [1] I've concluded that being unable to post as a character was the
> reason behind my lack of posts to AFFB. I _know_ third-person posting
> not a requirement and that this is an exceedingly illegitimate reason
> to avoid posting, especially since virtually everything I've posted to
> AFF was on-topic. Hopefully I'm fixing that with this post.
<major snippage up there>
Hey dig the footnotes thing, bit strange, but thats makes it more fun.
Suprised that you haven't found a fur for yourself, even if it is nothing
like you, just so long as you enjoy it(BTW- I'd really like to meet Ostrich,
and see if he bears any resemblence to his namesake). The other way to
survive AFF is to have a thick skin & stand only for what you believe.
Easier to survive, and worth the fight, the only way to handle it.
Patrick C. Jones
>One of the other messages said something about telling about ourselves..and I
>realized that other than the post or a few chance encounters in FurryMUCK I
>knew very little about those I enjoy conversing with.
>
>So I'd like to start off this first Furries Anonymous Meeting -_^
How oppurtune...
(BTW, I feel compelled to mention that I read the 14 replies above
before responding, despite this being a reply to the original poster)
>Thank you, anyfur else?
Well, lessee...
My RL name is....what I post with (Surprise!). I don't have a
'personal furry'--I couldn't think of a suitable anthro stand-in to
represent me, and still can't--which makes me part of a distinct
minority here :) [1]
(It also makes mine the nick that doesn't fit when I'm in Yiffnet's
#furry channel-see my email to find out why)
My involvement? I draw. I've been drawing anthros since, oh,
geez, the early eighties. The inspiration of my current "primary
character set" traces back to the DIC cartoon "Cats & Co.". The good
news? I seem to do well enough that nobody's gagged at the sight of my
artwork, and some have even suggested I try out for (gasp!) Yerf. [2]
The bad news is that out of respect for the intellectual property of
others, I don't draw other people's characters without their blessing.
Not knowing any other furry artists, that means I only really got good
at my own nine creations. Therefore I don't have much of any
experience creating "one shot" furries (there was a nine year gap
before the last character I created--two months after Anthrocon 98)
--a limitation which I'm going to have to address sooner or later. [3]
How did I get into the fandom? That was easy- I've been
reading "Gold Digger" for a few years and became familiar with the
terms "furry" and "anthropomorphic" during the time that AP carried
such titles. A few months after I got Internet access, I did a search
for the word "anthropomorphic", stumbled upon the FurRing, and not
long after that fired up a newsreader and went looking for
alt.fan.furry--whereupon I read through 600 or so messages, most of
them from the big MM debacle of Summer '97. That's where I learned the
pointlessness of trying to mediate Usenet flamewars, and how I have
the dubious distiction of never having participated in an AFF
flamewar, and never having been flamed myself :) despite posting there
every so often for almost two years.
I'm aware of fandom politics--in fact I've been privy to every
sordid dustup to occur there during that time, (more than 100MB worth
of posts) but never saw any compelling reason to add to the flamage.
(that's also how I can read AFF without wanting to drive a spike thru
my skull :) )
The online fandom, for whatever it's faults, made me aware of
Anthrocon (I live in NYC). I attended in '98, and will do so again in
'99 (even compiled a sketchbook serving as a FAQ of my characters)
Hobbies? My email says it all.....okay part of it. I collect
'O' gauge model trains [4], more than 350 assorted cars and engines. I
also volunteer at the Shoreline Trolley Museum (http://www.bera.org)
where I'm a qualified (streetcar and subway) motorman.
Oh yeah, also the drawing and the computers and the huge pile of TV
cartoons dating from the eighties to today (I'm looking at a stack of
T-200 tapes needing to be edited as I type), some IRC...
...And last but not least, posting long-winded messages on Usenet :)
PCJ-[flush the second "r" to email
[1] I've concluded that being unable to post as a character was the
reason behind my lack of posts to AFFB. I _know_ third-person posting
not a requirement and that this is an exceedingly illegitimate reason
to avoid posting, especially since virtually everything I've posted to
AFF was on-topic. Hopefully I'm fixing that with this post.
[2] Alas, none of my work is online. A number of folks have suggested
I really should put up a 'page or hook up with an online archive, but
as of yet I haven't committed yet (no compelling reason not to that I
can think of yet).
[2A] Plus, I gotta finish reading "Web Pages That Suck" :)
[3] being that I'm especially fascinated by the practice of different
fan artist's characters depicted interacting with one another makes
this extra puzzling/pitiful/tragic/whatever.
[4] It's Lionel-sized stuff. But more than a half-dozen other
companies compete with Lionel today making compatibile equipment, and
since I buy stuff from all those manufacturers, I don't say "Lionel"
so as to differentiate myself from those who make a point of
collecting *only* Lionel products.
Rassilon63
(Yes, I am excited..my work year's almost done, Anthrocon's getting closer, and
I've found out about so many new people)
But let me add one thing in here...since it was brought to my attention...NO
this isn't about them things that are causing all the infighting in furrydom
(yeesh, the leaps of insanity that people make just from a post header...)
All this is, is a simple little section to get to know the others that post to
the group.
Those of us that have posted hope to hear from those that haven't soon. (Boy
just think of how overloaded everyone's ISPs would be if everyone reading this
posted at once.)
Next?
>Shishi-Osa<
"Hey! Who let him in here?"
http://www.FurNation.com/Shishi-osa
Draco Draconis Ebenium
Anyway, the name is Aaron F. Johnson, but my chums, friends, and mates from
school mostly call me Ebony. The Ebon Dragon created during a high-speed TFOS
game in college in 1990, and has been my internet identity ever since. However,
due to the fact that a certain geriatric panther got to FurryMUCK first, the
Dragon never really surfaced there. Rather, an old friend, who still sits on my
bookshelf at home, volunteered to serve as my representative. Beethoven, the
Blues-Lovin' B'ar. He's a bit smaller in person, and a whole lot quieter, but
he's still good counsel. As Garfield once said, "Teddy bears are the best of
friends. They don't steal your girlfriend, they don't trump your ace card, and
they won't drink your last root beer." Or something like that.
Anyways, I'm a born and bred Texan, having lived in the Dallas-Ft. Worth
Metroplex for most of my life, except for a few years at the beginning down in
Corpus Christi, and five in the middle at Texas A&M University in Bryan-College
Station, where I am considered Class of '93. I work as a technical support guy
for a company called Thousand Trails/NACO, Inc., so if you have problems with
our website, I'm one of the guys who answers the email. Feel free to check out
www.thousandtrails.com if you're feeling interested; we run campgrounds.
I got into furries at an early age. One of my earliest movie memories is
the arrow striking the back of Robin Hood and Maid Marion's coach at the end of
Disney's Robin Hood. I've always liked the talking animals. Snoopy,
Paddington, Pooh, and a number of others were companions in my youth. I didn't
have a name for the hobby until I heard about Albedo. From there it was a
matter of hunting down other stuff.
I'm no artist, although my scribbles are starting to look something like the
proper image. Mostly, I write, but I haven't had the chance to finish much.
Due to my ISP being bought out by Internet America, I have no webpage, so I
can't really show off what I've got. Mostly I lurk, and help run a number of
the Texas sci-fi conventions; usually AggieCon (the south-west's oldest sci-fi
con, having just celebrated it's 30th year this spring) and Project A-kon
(working on the tenth anniversary this June). As for Ebony, and you may be
pointed at the tall, skinny guy with the dark hair and glasses who is trying to
grow a beard and walks with a semi-permanent slouch. Flag me down, if you can,
and I'll at least say hi.
Ebony the Black Dragon
aka Draco Draconis Ebenium
known to the US Census Bureau as Aaron F. Johnson
Jim Doolittle
rassi...@aol.commaybe... (Rassilon63) wrote:
> Thank you, anyfur else?
Woof.
I'm Jim, sometimes known as Aureth on FurryMuck, and to the motley
collection of local furry types I hang out with. I'm a week away from
college graduation, with all the confusion and life changes that entails.
I'll be graduating with a B.S. in crop sciences, emphasis on crop
protection (and mostly a corn/soybean guy, as I'm in the midwest), and
I'll be taking a job with a large farm supply company in northern
Illinois. My job description is 'trainee', so I'll be doing a bit of
everything: sales, pest scouting, herbicide application, and general
scutwork. Oh, and supposedly attending a lot of training schools. And here
I thought I was done with school. ;)
I got started on furry stuff over two years ago, after lurking on the
fringes of SF fandom for a while, and I've more or less dived in
headfirst. I'm sort of a charter memeber of the Lake Area Furry Friends
(LAFF), and maintain their webpage. I've had a couple stories in
PawPrints, and I decided 'zines were so neat, I'd start doing them myself.
I currently edit Fuzzy Logic E-Zine, with issues appearing bi-monthly for
free on the web. I also have an all-furry-fiction print 'zine in the
works...submit today! This year, I'm on the art show staff for Duckon, and
I'm also on staff for Midwest FurFest 2000, the successor convention to
Duckon's furry track, which will be mostly going away after this year.
Fanac is fun, really!
Other things I do are geek out with my Macintosh, ferret out nice
restaurants, ice skate, and feed my voratious reading appetite. Things I
used to do but that college really killed include model rocketry, fishing,
and wargaming (Star Fleet Battles. Heh. The most massive rulebook ever
seen. With the possible exception of a tricked out Advanced Squad Leader
set....)
Me in a nutshell. Meaty, I hope. ;)
-Jim
CornWuff Press and Fuzzy Logic: http://fuzzylogic.betterbox.net
Atara
>
> Who else would like to go?
Well, I'm Sarah, known around these parts as Atara.
I'm 24 going on 12. I have a Bachelor of Science in geology, but am
currently working as the scheduler for a county gov't paratransit
system. (I like to explain my job as "assistant zookeeper in Hell".)
When I was in college I drove for the university bus system, doing local
routes, out of town routes and OTR charters (whee! Those were fun.)
After graduating I did a brief stint in paratransit before being offered
a full-time job in another county. I'm hoping to escape the current job
before I reach 26, possibly getting my NT server admin certification or
something else having to do with computers.
Hell, going back to Taco Bell is looking attractive at this point.
I've been interested in furry stuff before I knew it had the name
"furry." Anthropomorphic animal cartoons and toys have always fascinated
me, and I drew a short-lived cartoon for my friends in high school
featuring Angelo (an anorexic-looking badger). Mostly, though, I've been
interested in writing. When I was in 3rd grade I wrote and illustrated a
book about a unicorn. The book won 2nd place in the school's writing
competition. My parents took my out for ice scream. =D Since then I have
written numerous short stories (none published), ranging from fantasy to
hard-core sci-fi to mystery to "mainstream" to experimental fiction.
Some of it has been furry.
I found the fandom in... oh, late 96 or early 97. You can thank rat.org
for that. I was looking for stuff about rats, and that came up in a
search. Browsing around the website I found Yerf! (which was still the
SCFA). I have always loved sci-fi and fantasy, and when I found
something that dovetailed this with anthropomorphic characters I was
hooked.
I live with a cat named Jaws the Great White Cat Keeper of the Tail of
Doom, and two rats named Aurora and Nod. My housekeeping is sub-par. The
decor is a strange aglomeration of dragons, swords, kites and transit
paraphinalia. I have a wide variety of plush animals, mostly polar
bears. My favorite pair of shoes are a beaten up pair of hiking boots. I
can kill plants just by looking at them. I have very little patience for
stupid people. I love bread. I drive a Saturn with a plate which reads
SAURIAN. A cute arctic fox plushie which Aerofox gave me graces the rear
window. And I just broke the best pair of sport sandals I've ever owned,
which I bought in 95 at a Walmart in Spearfish, South Dakota.
Any questions?
--
Atara
"I've got a pantheon of animals
in a pagan soul..." -Rush
http://www.FurNation.com/Atara/
Andrija Popovic
rassi...@aol.commaybe... (Rassilon63) wrote:
> One of the other messages said something about telling about ourselves..and I
> realized that other than the post or a few chance encounters in FurryMUCK I
> knew very little about those I enjoy conversing with.
>
> So I'd like to start off this first Furries Anonymous Meeting -_^
<Andrian shuffles into the back, sitting down and waiting his turn>
> Thank you, anyfur else?
"Hi. My name is Andrija Popovic; I'm also Andrian on FurryMUCK, the
Fox/Coyote guy with the big black wings, and I'm a furry writer..."
<gasps run through the room>
"I've been in the fandom since '95 or so, but I've been using
anthropomorphics in my writing ever since I found some Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtle graphic novels. Ever since then, I've been writing about
anthropomorphic creatures. Just recently, I actually put up a web page
with a few stories. And, yeah, it'll be updated soon. I've only just
started mailing things into the 'zines, so the only place you'll actually
find me in print is AAC2's con book. I wrote a short story there called
"Sleeping Dragons."
"My first furry con was CFE2, and after that I was asked to help out in
the art show for AC's inaugural year. Yeah, it's kind odd for someone who
can't draw stick figures to work at the art show, but I was a film major
at Penn State so I had some fundimentals in visual arts. That and I'd
worked as art show staff for this little anime con called Otakon. Besides,
I got to help a friend out."
"Outside of the fandom, I work for the Association of Air Medical
Services. We're a trade group that represents MediVac pilots, people who
transport patients over seas, that sort of thing. In my spare time, I read
a lot, write, play RPG's with my friends, watch ungodly amounts of films,
hang about MST3K and Anime fandom. (If anyone saw Mystery Anime Theater 3k
at Otakon, I helped create it and wrote a bunch of the riffs that made it
on screen). I've also started playing Warhammer 40k with my friends.
Mostly using their miniatures; I'm probably not going to get an army of my
own until the Sisters of Battle Codex comes out..." <blushes beneath all
the blank stares> I also fiddle about with photography when I get a
chance..."
"Think that's about it. Who's next on the podium?"
Andrian
--
Andrija Popovic (vu...@erols.com)
http://www.byte-me.org/~vuk6/
"Dreams do not vanish, so long as people do not abandon them."
--Phantom F. Harlock _Arcadia of My Youth_
Hangdog
address because I'm not hiding from anybody and don't plan to.
I'm a former Space Shuttle Flight Controller, with the certification papers
to prove it. I've helped launch and land every Shuttle in the fleet. Yes,
I knew the Challenger Seven. Yes, I worked with John Glenn. They were all
OK.
I quit my job last October because I finally came to the conclusion that
NASA management is morally and intellectually bankrupt. I walked in one
Friday and gave 'em my notice. No plans, no new job, no preparation, no
warning. Best thing I ever did.
Now I'm studying for a Master's in Computer Information Sciences at the
University of Houston Clear Lake. Cheating is rampant there. I helped bust
four cheaters in my Computer Engineering class this Spring. I enjoyed doing
that.
I've climbed the four highest peaks in the lower 48 states. I've climbed
active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in Mexico. I knowingly married an
alcoholic schizophrenic (no, it didn't last). I enjoy composing Anglo-Saxon
alliterative verse and reciting it to bikers (they give me beer and whiskey
in return). A man who soloed Everest via the North Face was once impressed
by my capacity for alcohol.
I have no debts. None. Everything I own--house, car, land, CD collection,
everything--I paid for with money I earned. Yes, my parents are both still
alive and still married to each other: They are in their 60's and, when I
took them out for a Mother's Day dinner, they drank me under the table.
I am 39 years old. I have no job, no children, no wife, no plans, no
obligations, and thus no reason to tolerate fools. For the first time in my
life, I am perfectly happy.
All of the above is true, and I will provide such proof as I can to anyone
who'd care to see it.
_-Hangdog, Burned Fur
Kagur
My name is James Augur, or you can call me Kagur. I am a Southern California
fur(yeah, one of those), and have been for most of my life. Even so, I have
traveled widely and have enjoyed my life thus far.
As far as a career goes, I am a reference librarian with a Master's degree from
the University of Michigan. I have been furry for most of my life, but only
recently discovered furrydom(1996), and my first convention was CF9. I also
train in Shotokan karate, and hold a first-degree black belt in that style.
Single, 32, and loving life. Can't think of much else to say.
Kagur
B.T. McCammon
Date of Birth: 2/16/72 (Year of the Rat)
Handle: Nogitsune
Nicknames: Foxy, The Vicious Hell-Bastard, Harry Callahan
Member of Fandom Since: 1986
Conventions Attended: None
Hobbies: Martial Arts, Bodybuilding, Satanism, Kitten-Juggling,
Envelope-Licking, Alcoholism, Cooking, Mayhem, Monkey-Worship.
Likes: Rudyard Kipling, H.P. Lovecraft, hyenas, Scotch Whiskey with an emphasis on
the Islay malts that are high in peating, Foster's Lager, steaks done extra rare,
watching Yan Can Cook and This Old House, looking at pictures of strange
people-critters, Arrow Shirts, Rob Zombie, Fawlty Towers, the NRA, cookies,
Lafcadio Hearn, sushi, The Simpsons, teasing housecats, Levi's 501 jeans, YARF!,
Rammstein, Middleton's Black & Mild cigars, Voodoo.
Dislikes: Okra, Tipper Gore, Jack Daniels and Jim Beam, Shoney's, "fast food",
"folk songs", molasses, Jesse Helms, Star Trek (any), card tables, lawn chairs,
boredom, Marilyn Manson, ball-point pens, bumper stickers, fried chicken, top-heavy
vixens with no intellect.
SilverJain
Howdy! I'm Elin Winkler. I'm 28 years old and I've liked funny animal/anthro
(fa/a) stuff my whole life, as near as I can tell. My mom started me early on a
diet of Beatrix Potter and C. S. Lewis books, and I started reading comics
around the age of 7. (Wonder Woman, X-men, Avengers, Spiderwoman, Betty &
Veronica & Josie & the Pussycats- and I still have some of those original
copies!) I was always a fan of animation and science fiction, and can clearly
remember reading my first issue of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine when I was
9- it had a great Somtow Sucharitkul story in it, and I still have the issue.
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey was the first scifi/fantasy book I read, closely
followed by Windhaven by George R.R. Martin. Nowadays, my favorite author is
Tanith Lee.
I haven't had that many jobs in my life- I managed a comic book store for three
years before the owner went nuts and caused it to go out of business by not
paying any taxes. My second job was working at a Book Stop where I was put in
charge of the science fiction section and worked my way up to be bestseller
supervisor. I worked there and at Antarctic Press at the same time for a while,
then quit the retail gig in favor of going full-time in comics. Anyway, I was
at AP for three years (1993-1996), editing the funny animal and manga lines,
until they had to downsize the company. Not one to be deterred, I secured the
rights to Furrlough and Genus and formed Radio Comix with Pat Duke, my
significant other (who also worked at AP). Radio Comix is now two years old and
doing peachy keen and I am doing the job I love, so I have no intention of
changing it. (even though we do intend to do more than just fa/a books- more
American and Japanese manga books because we like'em darn it all!)
I occasionally write stuff (I don't have a lot of free time) and have had some
short comic stories published here and there (Wild Life, Furrlough) and had two
issues of my science fantasy story Tales of the Fehnnik published. I also
publish a very irregular all-ages appropriate funny animal fanzine called Hunca
Munca, but it's tougher to do these days, since I just don't have much time. I
am very involved in anime fandom, since I actually find it to be more pleasant
than furry fandom and also, since I work on fa/a stuff I needed a different
hobby. I've been involved with that fandom since about 1990 and in 1995 I
formed the San Antonio Animation Society (SAAS) since we didn't have a local
club. I still run it (it's a benevolent monarchy- besides, no one else wants
the responsibility! They just wanna watch tapes!) and I enjoy the monthly
meetings very much. I especially enjoy planning extra (or "omake") meetings and
outings for the club members. (Field trips to nearby cities with anime stores,
marathon sessions, dance parties, etc.) I regularly attend anime conventions
and still occasionally do costuming at some of them.
I have been going to ConFurence since CF4 or 5 (can't remember) and have never
really had anything too creepy happen to me. Most of the people I met were all
extremely polite, more so than the folks I've met at mainstream comic and anime
conventions. (I've actually had stalkers at anime conventions who crashed the
con so they could video tape me, and I've had WAY more rude propositions at
mainstream comic conventions. CF is a cakewalk compared to them!) When did I
realize there was a fandom for the fa/a stuff I liked? When I met Brian Sutton
and Shon Howell back in 1990-91 and they sold me a Monika Livingston "Gypsy
Dancer" shirt- and then showed me the Mailbox Books catalog. I came online
around 1994 or so. These days, I mostly lurk. (I have a bunch of loud Internet
detractors who think that because I am a "vile pornographer" I should stop
doing what I do. But since most of them by their own admission don't buy my
books, they're not even customers. And since they never go to the conventions I
attend to speak to me face to face, I don't have to pay attention to them. ^_^
I think it works out quite nicely!)
I collect children's books, comics, dolls (Japanese Jenny dolls and anime
dolls, mostly, but a few Barbies make it in), stuffed animals, stickers,
stationery, shoes, and various anime stuff. I like War Planets, Pokemon, Monkey
Magic, Futurama, Brats of the Lost Nebula, and Batman Beyond. I like Disney
animation, musicals, silent films and Hong Kong movies. I listen to everything
from pop to punk to rock to "alternative" to hiphop to electronica to whatever.
About the only things I won't listen to are country music or Tejano. I like to
shop, eat, dance, and sleep. I love thrift stores and junk shops. I am addicted
to Japanese fashion magazines, and I like to play video games (mostly puzzle
style). I like dying my hair colors not found in nature. I like going to
conventions and I like socializing with friends. I like a lot of stuff. I am a
limited cook, even though I'd like to learn to do more and I am an
easily-distracted housekeeper. I have cohabitated with Pat for three years now,
and we have three cats who I spoil at every opportunity.
I firmly believe in actions, not words, and think that people working towards
positive goals and producing stuff will always win out over people who just
want to complain. Also, my feeling has always been if you don't like what you
see, be it in a fandom, a convention, comics, or fanzines, get off your butt
and do your own! Sitting around and whining or yelling at people will never
accomplish anything.
I think that's it. I've rambled on long enough!
--Elin
"Remember, Zip, evil spelled backwards is live, and we all want to do that!"
-Mok, "Rock'n'Rule"
Mark Severson
The Besaw Household <be...@hbci.com> wrote in message
news:7h0p88$18...@enews2.newsguy.com...
> < message blasted to bits >
>
>
>
> >In RL? If you were looking for a stereotypical Scandianivain, you
wouldn't
> >have to look far.
>
>
> so do you like Lefsa and Ludifisk tooo/??
>
the
> idea of eating lye... ooohhhh (shudders with a strong stomach..)
>
> {} {} Moondragon
> < > the curry luvin Dragon.
> \------/
>
holidays there is always a tub of butter, bowl of sugar and a LARGE plate of
Lefsa on the table, at least at the start of the meal.
Being a mutt (half German/half Norwegian) I'll pass on the Ludifisk. On the
other hand if you've got any Rosettes laying around you should be sure to
leave a clear path between me and the bowl, or have a very good medical
policy.
Silliness aside I use my real name - Mark Severson when I post, or what
ever. Nickname Mark the tax zombie (tz for short) - self given as I am a
Licensed Tax Consultant and a Enrolled Agent. (Basically if you've got a
tax question if I don't know the answer I know where to look to find it.
If you've got a tax problem, then it probably wouldn't hurt to see an EA.)
When did I first run into morphs? I've been a fan of morphs all my life.
I remember watching Bugs and the Road Runner back when I was a kid, you know
BEFORE they started editing out the violence, when they still showed
cartoons in the movie theaters. I discovered the fandom, or at least the
edges of it back in 89 when I walked into a comic shop in Hermiston which
had just opened up. I was curious to see what comics were going for then
(I dropped out of comics when the hit $0.35, I thought that was too much
money!) I saw a copy of Red Shetland # 1 on the wall, the Featured comic in
the shop, he was really pushing morphs. Been buying stuff since went to CF
5, 6, 7 and the infamous CF8. Enjoy the stuff, and plan on continuing to
enjoy it. With any luck I will be able to attend ConiFur 2 where I hope to
expand my collection of art.
Next
Mark Severson
Patrick C. Jones
><major snippage up there>
[Expected.]
>Hey dig the footnotes thing, bit strange, but thats makes it more fun.
>Suprised that you haven't found a fur for yourself, even if it is nothing
>like you, just so long as you enjoy it(BTW- I'd really like to meet Ostrich,
>and see if he bears any resemblence to his namesake). The other way to
>survive AFF is to have a thick skin & stand only for what you believe.
>Easier to survive, and worth the fight, the only way to handle it.
>--
It took a good hour and a half to compose that one. Editing,
Proofreading, Sit-on-it-then-rearead-it-ing. I always read and post
offline, so I get more time to think of more points to cover.
Occasionally they need footnotes because the main body of the message
gets mind-numbingly long-winded. Since I read and compose posts
offline, it may take awhile for me to respond.
I also do other sick things like reading the entire thread before
chiming in :)
On the 'personal furry' thingie, I could never come up with a
character that represents (to my satisfaction) myself. Oh, the members
of my "primary character set" that I draw each contain bits and pieces
of my mental workings (or at least traits I consider admirable), but
none of them, individually or as a whole, is intended to represent me.
As for AFF, I knew for quite a while that:
(1) The online portion of furry fandom is it's smallest faction.
(2) Only a relative minority of furs account for much of the napalm.
(3) It's already widely considered to be the 'armpit' of the fandom.
(4) When most people think of Usenet, flaming inevitably comes to mind
sooner or later.
So...
The flamage comes from a relative handful of furs
who are a minority in the smallest faction of a small fandom.
(And, most of these folks are completely different in RL)
After considering that, I simply can't get *that* worked up over the
signal to noise ratio over there. There are still useful nuggets of
info that pop up from time to time, and I can rip through several
hundred posts in short order without skipping anything. In fact, I
spend more time composing replies than I do actually reading messages.
<Xip sig corrupted by mysterious forces>
---PCJ [Commit an 'Illegal Operation' with the second "r" to email]
Allen Kitchen
Hangdog wrote:
> I quit my job last October because I finally came to the conclusion that
> NASA management is morally and intellectually bankrupt.
I've only been at work in my current capacity for 18 months sir, and
already I've seen enough to fully agree with you. *sigh* And I came
here with such high aspirations too.
Have you noticed how many craft we've lost in the last 6 months? Scary.
Allen Kitchen (shockwave)
Dell
Hangdog wrote:
I quit my job last October because I finally came to the conclusion that NASA management is morally and intellectually bankrupt.
Funny how state and federal employment fields sound a lot alike.
Oh wait, I gotta talk about myself now? Otay . . .
My real name is Lydell P. Emerson (and no I don't have a Dell computer). I became active into the furry fandom in July '98 when I first created my "Dell Collberman" persona, but I've been a fan since early '96 when I discovered YERF (then SCFA). I thought it was kinda cool (I also thought that all the pics were drawn by one person =P) so I went looking for other sites like it. I found plenty; some I'm glad I found, some I wish I didn't find. It wasn't long before I learned about cons and gatherings like Confurence and MFM, as well as FurryMUCK. My character "Dell" is on there occasionally, though I haven't logged in for a while.
I felt that the furry fandom was something that I can use as an outlet for my creativity as it were. Something I could get into and have some fun with. I still think it is. Later on I plan to get out to one of those conventions to meet and greet other fur fans. I *was* planning to swing by the MFM this year, but now I'm afraid I'll have to miss it. But MFM 2000, I'm there! =)
Well I see someone turned on the "Dell sit yo' @$$ down!!!" sign so I'll be quiet now.
-Lydell P. Emerson (Dell Collberman, domesticated wolf descendent)
"FLEA!!!"
Richard Chandler - WA Resident
> I have been going to ConFurence since CF4 or 5 (can't remember) and
> have never really had anything too creepy happen to me.
I'm pretty sure that was CF5. I remember you wearing the Jcckal costume.
That was the first one held in the Atrium. CF4 was in the Red Lion, and I
remember meeting Brian Sutton there, and I believe Matt (not sure) but I don't
think you were there.
--
The greatest tragedy is that the same species that achieved space flight,
a cure for polio, and the transistor, is also featured nightly on COPS.
-- Richard Chandler
Spammer Warning: Washington State Law now provides civil penalties for UCE.
ELynne
Er, sorry 'bout that. My name is actually Erin Stewart Lynn, formerly
Erin Lynn Smith; the story of why I changed my name is kind of complex,
but it boils down to me thinking "Smith" is a really boring last name,
which is very typical of me.
I first encountered furry stuff way back when I was 17 (I'm now ten years
older than that, you do the math); I'd just been introduced to gaming, and
I was shown the TMNT and Albedo role-playing games. I thought they were
cool, but not unusually so. I was in one very short-lived anthro game
(oddly enough, despite having both the TMNT and Albedo systems around, we
played Gurps--go figure), and that was about it for "furry" for the next
eight or nine years.
In the meantime, however, and long before, I was interested in dragons...
"interested" going all the way from "thinking they're cool" to "full-blown
obsession," and varying in intensity over the years. This interest led me
to alt.fan.dragons, which has been my "home" newsgroup for the whole time
I've been 'netting (about four years?). Eventually, I noticed all the
posts about "furry stuff" and other fur newsgroups, and popped over for a
look.
Since my primary interest (dragons) has a spiritual connotation, I was
directed over to alt.lifestyle.furry, where I hung out for a while before
"going home" to AFD. In the meantime, I started loitering on AFF...
So now, I suppose I'm what you might call a casual furry. :) I visit Yerf
daily; I've commissioned several artworks; I draw furry stuff (quite
honestly, because I'm lazy, and can't draw human faces for a load of
beans, plus I find animals much more interesting to draw); and I hang out
on AFF in a more or less perpetual state of amusement. I have two online
personas: one, Jia Maebashi, is only used on AFD and with some dragon
friends, and is a bit more serious than just a role-playing character (but
I won't bore you with the details); the other, Elynne, is basically me in
an anthro lemur suit. :)
As far as the rest of my life goes... I'm a Saggimitariussus, I'm married,
I love my job (but I'm habitually dodgy about giving employment
information over the 'net), and I live in Seattle, WA. I've been to one
furry con (ConiFur) where I was a sponsor, and I'm planning on doing it
again this year; eventually, I'd like to be independently wealthy and be
able to go to cons all over the country, but that will probably take a
while. I wear a black trench coat (which I've owned for five years,
dammit!) with "Wild Kitties" and a picture of a running cat spray-painted
on the back. I practice Taoism and Non-Sequiter Fu, have lots of friends
and a few bitter enemies, try to have lucid dreams, listen to appallingly
mainstream "alternative" music, talk back to the TV, want a pet trilobite,
and have read around 70% of Robert Anton Wilson's books.
I can tattoo people (I've got pictures to prove it!), draw, sing (I've
been told I'm pretty good at it), create web pages (just learned how a
month ago), write, make a noise like a horse (indescribeable), store
useless trivia about paleontology, run a forklift and a mass mail sorter,
and debate philosophy while drinking Guinness.
There's either a bunch more interesting stuff I could say about myself, or
I've already bored you to death, take your pick. ;)
-- Elynne, Easily Amused
"Look, a bug!"
Dr. Skorzy MacFarlaighn
dool...@uiuc.edu (Jim Doolittle) wrote:
> I'm Jim, sometimes known as Aureth on FurryMuck, and to the motley
> collection of local furry types I hang out with. I'm a week away from
> college graduation, with all the confusion and life changes that entails.
> I'll be graduating with a B.S. in crop sciences,
Woo! Congrats Jim! Now..get out there and get a REAL job! Back in *my*
days I used to double major, work two full time jobs that were hundreds of
miles apart while raising my family of twelve!
Kids these days! *snort!* ;)
Seriously.. congrats on graduating. I remember how relieved I was when my
day came..then I went and did something stupid and pursued the Ph.D.
Do NOT succumb to the dark-side, Jim.. just say NO to Grad School! :)
> I got started on furry stuff over two years ago, after lurking on the
> fringes of SF fandom for a while, and I've more or less dived in
> headfirst.
Okay, my turn, assuming the news server is working today..
I'm Jeff, aka Dr.Skorzy, and have been on the fringes of the fandom for
what I'm told is a LONG time, since my HS days in 1983. Played the entire
contingent of RPGs, but found that "furry" existed when I discovered
Shapiro's "Other Suns". My HS group, and later, a small group in college,
bastardized about four different games and created our own scifi/furry RPG
and RP Universe that kept us entertained for years. Odd, because we were
"Furries" without even being online and only being casually knowledgeable
that others out there existed like us.. ;)
I didn't become "active" in the fandom until I discovered a.f.f. in '93,
(back when it had flamewars and the faces kept coming and going..oh, just
like it is now! ;). I met a handful of people online, one in particular
(Jeff Eddy) that convinced me to give my prose writing a shot. We thus
set out to start the "Biorg Universe" genre and write a few short stories
within it, including our perpetually unfinished novella "Static
Potentatials". Real life and careers take precedence, unfortunately, and
they've been demanding more and more time...
I've never published (nor attempted to) any of my stories, with the
exception of a short story I wrote for '97's Albany Anthrocon Conbook, and
another short story I've submitted for this year's Conbook.
I also have been a Artshow Staffer for all the Anthrocons, including it's
crisis first year. I'll be returning for a threepeat in King of Prussia
to once again work on the staff. Its alot of fun and I intend to do it as
long as I can. Its a really excellent convention that is finally getting
the recognition it deserves. I would recommend people to volunteer their
time to Cons..the staffs work their butts off, usually unappreciated, but
they keep doing it. Its an educational experience.
A small group of friends and I have formed a "local" furry group, we call
weekend gatherings "Furfapaloozas" ;) Although we're all furries, our
interests don't focus *just* on furry. Its good to have *friends* that
are also furries. In a broader scope, I'm on the NEFUR (New England
Furries) maillist and we occasionally have gatherings.
I've been fortunate in having the attentions of a lovely young lady,
Lonnie, whom has graced my life as a special companion as of recent. That
wonderful filly, (aka "Dalia" on FM and elsewhere..) is *mine* boys. :)
She has brought a joy back into my life that I thought I had forgotten and
I am most happy being with her. (and no.. I didn't meet her first on the
MUCKs. ;)
Professionally, I'm a biomedical research scientist at UMASS Medical
Center, I study cellular stress-activated molecular pathways and their
physiological responses. The way science works, my project took me in a
direction from a Molecular Biology pathway into one studying Developmental
Biology and Fertility biochemistries, more specifically, the biology of
spermiogenesis and the importance that certain stress-activated proteins
have in sperm maturation.
Its a profession that demands *large* quantities of my time to the point
I'm tired of being a workaholic, though I've been looking more into the
fields of Forensic Sciences, something I feel will have more impact in
future Criminology (read: Big Bucks for Ph.D. scientists in that field.
;) I'm also attracted to a quickly rising, but little 'staffed' field of
science, Biomedical Molecular Imaging.. mixing computers and biology. :)
> Other things I do are geek out with my Macintosh,
Ditto here! Though UMASS has me on the payroll *also* as a "Macintosh
Desktop Consultant" for the Research Building I work in. To all you
Win95/98 "support techs" out there, thank you for knowing squat about the
MacOS..that keeps the "true professionals" away from a very lucrative
side-business I'm happy to have within the Biotech community. :)
Other hobbies I have are generally focussed on the outdoors. Birding
(inaccurately, but bettter known as "Bird Watching", backpacking, camping,
fishing (fly-fishing is my fav.), hunting (ayup.. I eat everything I
kill..) and shotgun skeet/trap.
I've got a couple girly rats for pets, Whippany and Rilian, who are
demanding and persistant, but fill a niche in my life regardless. ;)
There ya' go..
-Skorzy
--
J. Scott Rogers ** sko...@cyberzone.net **
UMASS Medical Center ** jeff....@ummed.edu**
Program in Molecular Medicine Dr. Skorzy MacFarlaighn
Worcester, Massachusetts '99 Anthrocon Artshow Asst.Directorat
--
"Truth, like surgery, hurts, but heals... "
"The Biorg Universe" Anthropomorphic Fiction w/ J.L.Eddy
http://members.limitless.org/~waltzer/tftbu.html
dmp...@yahoo.com
I'm Dan Smith. I play a fairly young tiger in a RPG named Altaican.
I've always liked anthropormophic characters, even though I didn't know
that was what they were. I watched just about every "furry" cartoon
I've seen mentioned here while I was growing up. I constantly played
characters that would be describe as furry in an assortment of RPGs
(and brow beat most of my friends into playing them too, when I was
DMing)
I'm fairly new to the fandom. It all started about two years ago,
when a friend came over and asked if he could borrow my computer to
look at some web pages. One of the half dozen or so was FurNation,
another Terrie Smith. I liked what I saw, and he kept coming back to
finish FurNation (Ha, they had added more artists to it everytime we
went back!) I had been using newsgroups looking for help with various
games and the like, so I thought to look for furry on them. The first
one I went to was AFF. It was....amusing I guess at first. But the
flames started to get boring. I almost left the fandom, as I wasn't
interested in being involved in fighting on the newsgroups (enough
hassles in RL, without getting into arguments online). My friend had
explored on his own and found bleachers. He convinced me to come and
lurk on it. Been enjoying it immensely, and decided to delurk. I am
currently working in mindless labour jobs. I write a little, am trying
to learn to draw (My friend says I'm really bad, so you aren't going to
see any of it for a while at least), and generally just enjoying life
with my wife and three children. I hope to go to my first furry con
this year with a friend (I think it is AnthroCon). I posted to AFF a
few times, and I'm playing in a RPG on alt.furry (second newsgroup, I
found, and reason I stayed interested in the fandom long enough for my
friend to convince to check out AFFB).
I guess I've rambled enough for now. Who's next?
Dan
--== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==--
---Share what you know. Learn what you don't.---
Joe Rosales
>> Who else would like to go?
Well, I can't really argue with an immortal, especially when he controls
the Eye of Harmony. For those who may not know:
My name is Joe Rosales, the only 'handle' I have ever used or been
given. I have lived in San Antonio all my life, and turned 30 earlier
this year. I consider myself a terribly dull person generally; but I
keep finding out that other people never learned to do things like sabre
fence or windsurf or fuse dynamite, so I am left to wonder if I am the
best judge of such matters. I am mystified that anyone would care about
what I am like personally, although people keep asking.
I attended Central Catholic High School here in town; four years of
JROTC (much mischief perpetrated), varsity drill team my freshman year
(go Guard!), a lead in the play my senior year. High score on some
meaningless test.
I went to Trinity University for four and a half more years of learning;
a little more mischief, the longest-running strip in the school
newspaper's history, a B.A. in Communications, a few Art History hours
short of a minor in Art. Along the way some fine instruction in areas
such as Asian Religions, Medieval European Thought, Planetary Geography,
Psychology, Archaeology, and Semiotics. I feel I took advantage of my
school's varied curriculum, and that my university was a good one. All
student loans have been repaid.
I started in funny animal comics early on, running a story in four of
the first six issues of Furrlough in starting in 1991, the year I
graduated. I started going to Confurence about that time, and I had
been going to other cons such as A-Kon and Aggiecon for some time before
that. I continued to produce stories now and then over the years, and
worked my way through several peaceful but fairly unrewarding
white-collar jobs while I searched for astute life goals. My sole
souvenier of this aimless time is the really good workshop stereo at my
art board.
By abstruse philosophical processes I realized, somewhat to my
disappointment, that I was meant to be an artist. This was not wholly
unexpected, because I very much enjoy doing art, but still unfortunate
because the prestige and pay rates for artists of my caliber an
interests is generally abysmal. When my last job fell through, sometime
in mid-'96 as I recall, I took my war chest and made art my full time
job. I have stayed solvent, but hope to improve that record.
Physically, I am 6'2" and weigh about 200 lbs, having a somewhat heavy
frame -- a combination of American Indian from my father and
German/Scandinavian from my mother. The dark brown hair is from my
mother's side, cut short because it tends toward tight ringlets. I have
never been married, nor do I have any children.
I strive to know my own thoughts, and to know my own beliefs and the
articles of faith that bolster them. I study endlessly, but have more
belief in intuition and practice than knowledge and intellect. I have
more sense of humor than is in evidence in this post, which is the sort
of didactic rhetoric I produce when asked a question requiring a serious
answer. Aliens are stealing my furniture. I am the King of Aged
Cheddar. In my spare time I fix my car.
I cannot imagine anyone caring about or making any use of this
information. Even the aliens.
-- Joe
Visit my website full of stuff at http://www.FurNation.com/Animus. Hey,
it's on the internet, so at least it's free!
Brain
Joe Rosales <joea...@NOSPAMstic.net> wrote :
> I cannot imagine anyone caring about or making any use of this
> information. Even the aliens.
Did you see that, Pinky? How little he suspects!
Teflon Cougar
dmp...@yahoo.com wrote in message <7henh7$9ai$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
>Hi Everybody.
>
> I'm Dan Smith. > I'm fairly new to the fandom. It all started about
two years ago,
>when a friend came over and asked if he could borrow my computer to
>look at some web pages. One of the half dozen or so was FurNation,
>another Terrie Smith.
The aforementioned friend would be me.
Rassilon63
Keep that up Brain and I'll never let you out of that Elmyra time loop you're
currently locked in. None of that Chronic Hystoresis stuff will get you out
again either!
Brain
Rassilon63 <mailto:rassi...@aol.commaybe> wrote in message
news:19990514011041...@ng-cg1.aol.com...
> Brain ponderingly wrote:
> << Joe Rosales <joea...@NOSPAMstic.net> wrote :
> > I cannot imagine anyone caring about or making any use of this
> > information. Even the aliens.
>
> Did you see that, Pinky? How little he suspects! >>
>
> Keep that up Brain and I'll never let you out of that Elmyra time loop
you're
> currently locked in. None of that Chronic Hystoresis stuff will get you
out
> again either!
Yes, Pinky, as soon as we capture THE LIVING BRAIN OF JOE ROSALES, all we
will need to do is connect it to the Time Rotor I have developed from the
contents of the couch cracks, and then REVERSE THE POLARITY OF THE NEUTRON
FLOW, thereby INVERTING our temporal trap and capturing ALL HUMANITY in an
ENDLESS RERUN OF "RUBIK, THE AMAZING CUBE". And when ALL MANKIND has been
rendered INTELLECTUALLY INERT, I will step in to RULE THE WORLD!
"Egad, Brain, you're brilliant!"
I know, Pinky, I know.
khr...@my-dejanews.com
> On Sat, 08 May 1999 03:23:21 GMT, khr...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> > kidp...@netscapenospamit.com (Kidpanda) wrote:
> >> *Coughs... I guess it's my turn... My name is James Lomax aka Jimmy
> >> panda or sometimes Kidpanda.I'm single, co-managing three
apartments
> >> here is Sunny Pasadena CA.
> >
> >It's JIIIIIIIIIIIIIM!!!
> >
> >Say, you want anymore Ewok Mistresses for your webpage? >:3
> >
>
> *Removes his favorite Laker Cap and scratches head... The panda sighs
> heavily... Sure...Why not?! I'l put your art in the Guest Gallery if
> your interested... do YOU want my stick figure drawings on YOUR page
> ermine?
Sorry, no... I don't have a 'guest art' page. Heck, the only thing I've
got 'guests' on is my still-unfinished Story page and that's because
I'll allow stories set in the Other Suns/F'Staa universes to be hosted
there.
I do, on the other hand, do webgraphics... as you can see by my 3
websites with 90% of all buttons, backgrounds, and images being created
by yours truely. :3
--ermine
==================================
home email: KhromatAtInOrbitDotCom
khr...@my-dejanews.com
> Oh what the heck!
>
> Howdy! I'm Elin Winkler. I'm 28 years old and I've liked funny
animal/anthro
> (fa/a) stuff my whole life, as near as I can tell. My mom started me
early on a
> diet of Beatrix Potter and C. S. Lewis books, and I started reading
comics
> around the age of 7. (Wonder Woman, X-men, Avengers, Spiderwoman,
Betty &
> Veronica & Josie & the Pussycats- and I still have some of those
original
> copies!) I was always a fan of animation and science fiction, and can
clearly
> remember reading my first issue of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
when I was
> 9- it had a great Somtow Sucharitkul story in it, and I still have the
issue.
> Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey was the first scifi/fantasy book I
read, closely
> followed by Windhaven by George R.R. Martin. Nowadays, my favorite
author is
> Tanith Lee.
YEA!!!!!
You know, I *really* wished she would finish the Flat Earth series...
"Night's Master, Death's Master, Delusion's Master, Delirium's Mistress"
were the basis for part of a mythos within a friend's D&D universe, and
I happen to love that particular writing style!
Of course, there's also the Birthgrave series... and for the furryfolk
there's Tannith's version of "Beauty and the Beast" which is the last
story in her "Red As Blood: Tales from the Sisters Grimmer" anthology.
Andrija Popovic
khr...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> silve...@aol.com (SilverJain) wrote: Nowadays, my favorite
> author is
> > Tanith Lee.
>
> YEA!!!!!
>
> You know, I *really* wished she would finish the Flat Earth series...
> "Night's Master, Death's Master, Delusion's Master, Delirium's
Mistress"
> were the basis for part of a mythos within a friend's D&D universe,
and
> I happen to love that particular writing style!
<smile> Here'a third for the Tanith Lee bandwagon. I've been reading her
since, ooh, going on ten years now and I wish more of her books were in
print in this country. I had to scour the used bookstores for a copy of
her first werewolf novel, _Lycanthia_. It was much better than _Heart
Beast_ IMHO.
> Of course, there's also the Birthgrave series... and for the furryfolk
> there's Tannith's version of "Beauty and the Beast" which is the last
> story in her "Red As Blood: Tales from the Sisters Grimmer" anthology.
I adore her Paradys series (Vengeful penquins!) and I can't wait to see
what she does with Venice after _Faces Under Water_. And, as if I
haven't geeked out enough, they've reprinted "Silver Metal Lover," too.
:)
> --ermine
> ==================================
> home email: KhromatAtInOrbitDotCom
--
Andrija Popovic
vu...@erols.com
The Besaw Household
Brain wrote in message <7hgp7j$snc$1...@crucigera.fysh.org>...
Cool .. nope nope no wouldn't work wouldn't we just work backwards too Brain
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SilverJain
people go "Who?!" ^_-
Silver Metal Lover is my favorite book of all time! I am catching up on some of
the older stuff now, since I found a stash of them at a local used bookstore.
In the middle of The Birthgrave right now, and I just finished reading The
White Serpent. (I LOVE her cities! They're so well-realized!) It's weird, I'd
read the books that come after The Birthgrave before I read it, and I just
realized (after buying the new stash of books) that The White Serpent is the
last book in that series. Oh well...
I've only read one book of hers that I didn't like (A Heroine of the World; it
just didn't sit right), everything else I have universally enjoyed, even the
horror stuff. Faves include Day by Night, Electric Forest, Sung In Shadow, and
those Paradys books. I loved Faces Under Water also! I've been buying British
editions up in Austin when I can- she's still doing new books in England!
I repeat- YAY!
Allen Kitchen
tamar_...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> If any of you are going to Duckon and Anthrocon, make sure to stop by
> and say hi. I promise I won't bite.
I'll be at AC! Will you autograph something for me? A comic perhaps?
Thanks. You are too cool for words :)
Allen Kitchen (shockwave)
Richard Chandler - WA Resident
> Sorry, no... I don't have a 'guest art' page. Heck, the only thing
> I've got 'guests' on is my still-unfinished Story page and that's
> because I'll allow stories set in the Other Suns/F'Staa universes to
> be hosted there.
Actually, if you do much websurfing on Japanese pages, you'll see a very
interesting tradition, giving hit count "gift" art. I think it would be kinda
neat if that tradition caught on in the US.
Richard Chandler - WA Resident
> Silver Metal Lover is my favorite book of all time!
Apparently they've re-issued it. i've just seen new copies on the shelf at
the bookstore today.
tamar_...@my-dejanews.com
rassi...@aol.commaybe... (Rassilon63) wrote:
> One of the other messages said something about telling about
ourselves..and I
> realized that other than the post or a few chance encounters in
FurryMUCK I
> knew very little about those I enjoy conversing with.
>
> So I'd like to start off this first Furries Anonymous Meeting -_^
>
> Hi, my name is Shishi-Osa (aka Joe in RL) and I'm a fan of furry
animal stuff.
>
> I am an elementary teacher that resides on the Southeastern Coast of
Virginia
> and have been watching furry fandom for most of my life, but only
recently
> decided to become active in it. I do some furry art (loose usage of
the term)
> as a relaxation hobby for myself. I first realized I was a fur fan
when I
> thought about why I was getting up at 6 am to watch TinyToons and
Animaniacs
> when I could be sleeping in.
>
> Thank you, anyfur else?Cool Tread. Hi, I'm Shawntae Howard, a 22 year old artist from little
ol' Erie, PA. I've adopted the fan name of Tamar Prower the Ebony
Leopard thanks to some silly conversations with my bud Max the
BlackRabbit. I've been blessed to have been put in the connect of
rather nice people that have given me the chance to experience my dream
and have my artwork published on an international scale. Currently I'm
a senior in college (one week from graduating!) finishing up a dual
major in Art Ed. and Art Therapy. And I'm the lead penciler for the
comic Katmandu, had my story L.A.P.D.O.G.S. published in the furry comic
New Horizons, and have be again blessed to do my own comic called
Extinctioners.
If any of you are going to Duckon and Anthrocon, make sure to stop by
and say hi. I promise I won't bite.
--
Ebony Leopard
http://www.yerf.com/howashaw
http://www.redpanda.com/howart
tamar_...@my-dejanews.com
Allen Kitchen <all...@blkbox.com> wrote:
>
>
> tamar_...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>
> > If any of you are going to Duckon and Anthrocon, make sure to stop by
> > and say hi. I promise I won't bite.
>
> Thanks. You are too cool for words :)
>
> Allen Kitchen (shockwave)
>
Gee with comments like that I won't be able to fit my head into the bus
to get there. ;D
Matthigh
That was the first one held in the Atrium. CF4 was in the Red Lion, and I
remember meeting Brian Sutton there, and I believe Matt (not sure) but I don't
think you were there.>>
Probably. ConFurence 4 was in January 1993, at which time I had known Elin for
a whole one or two months (other than being that nameless girl behind the
counter at The Dungeon), so it is unlikely she was there that early.
Then again, after a while all the conventions sort of blend together into one
big mass of memories. I can't really remember singular events from one
convention to the next half a decade ago anymore, considering I've been to
close to a hundred cons this decade. So far, it's been eight ConFurences,
eight San Diego Comic Cons, and in three weeks, nine Project A-kons. Ouch,
making myself feel old.
Anyway, back on topic, I've been peripherally involved in fandom in one fashion
or another since 1990, when I found Albedo. Don't remember exactly how I ran
across it (probably through Joe Rosales and Brian Sutton at the weekly TFOS
games at Trinity University), but that led to dozens of other comics, then
fanzines. I go more seriously involved in fandom around the summer of 1991,
when I got a stinging flame message (on Stadnicki's furry mailing list -
anyone remember that?) from Lance Rund, accusing me of being divisive and going
so far as invoking the name of Hitler (!!). I decided actions were louder than
words, and got busy doing lots of little things, from online work (various
Furry Comic reviews and indexes, bibliographies, surveys, etc), various
fanzines (including the short-lived Wildlife APAzine), conventions, etc.
In summer of 1992, I had a bit of a minor meltdown, and thanks to the kindness
of friends (Brian and Joe and Shon) I had a place to stay and work to do. For
a while I did some more fanzine work and mail order for Happy Jackal Graphics.
At that time Antarctic Press had just started publishing Furrlough, then Wild
Life, and was working out of the back room of Ben's father's house. But it was
growing fast, and moved into an honest-to-god warehouse, and became one of AP's
first-four salaries employees. While there, I saw the rapid rise followed by
the equally spectacular decline of Antarctic Press, until I finally left there
in October 1998.
Sometime in the middle there, furry fandom was growing rapidly and becoming
something less to my liking. At one point lots of very vocal fans had
disagreements with how Antarctic Press was handling its funny animal books (I
refer to them as "armchair publishers" - the analogy is apt), and I basically
said "that's it. I don't want to deal with this anymore". Before then, I was
interested in being more actively involved in fandom, but had finally decided
it wasn't something I wanted to get too deep into. Since then, I've mostly sat
back and watched, rather than "do".
My interests are varied, but I'm not really vocal about my likes and dislikes.
Some recent musical purchases include "Head Shrinkin' Fun" from The Bomboras
(1990's surf rock), to a two-CD Poi Dog Pondering live set, to Stereolab to
Bjork to Elvis Costello. (I'm now looking to get 2.0 from Garbage, and The
Walton's latest). On TV I am most likely to watch news or history or such, but
I have been watching Law and Order and catching up on Sliders. The latest
Horatio Hornblower movies on A&E were great. Normally I don't set my schedule
around TV programs, and just watch the best of what's on at the time. I
haven't gone to many movies in the past year (no one to go with), and haven't
read many books recently (goes in waves. Sometimes I read a lot, other times
nothing at all), but I often enjoy David Brin and hard SF stories. I also
cook, especially in very large batches. My current "hobby" I've latched onto
is genealogy, and have extensive information on my family tree back as far as
Charlemagne. Another recent hobby of mine is recovering from a two-month-long
cold (hack, hack).
Last October I left the city I had lived in for a decade (born in Ohio, but
lived in several states) and got a new job in California. Actually I was
returning to California, since I graduated from West HS in Bakersfield a little
over a decade ago. Professionally, it's one of the smartest moves I could have
made -- I left a sinking ship (Antarctic) and now work for a rapidly-growing
company Cold Cut Distribution, which is the leading reorder distributor for
comics in the US. It's really nice to be working for a company that actually
values my work and my opinions. Ironically my job involves promotion and
sales, which goes counter to my taciturn and brooding nature.
On the other hand, it was really difficult to leave my friends behind. But I
still do promotional work for Radio Comix, another rapidly-growing company in
the world of comics! I hope to be doing that for a long time to come. Got
lots of plans and ideas, but as usual my plate is full - I generally bite off
far more than I can chew, and end up only doing a fraction of what I want. But
I guess that's better than the alternative.
I guess that's it.
- mlh