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Thu, Nov. 1st, 2007, 11:41 pm
My first crazy fursuiting experience

Ok -I'm going to try and wrap Scape's Halloween adventures into three paragraphs and two small photos -'cuz I don't want to make a cut and I want to go to bed soooon.

This is the day I have been fearing since I started this journey... I had a blast! I put Scape on for the 8am Halloween breakfast at work. For photo ops, I got a kiss on the nose from one boss and I headbutted another boss in the behind. Everyone just loved it!
I was coaxed into attending the Boone Mall Costume Contest which was put on by my friend Buzz Berry, the host of the local game show "Sqrambled Scuares." My wife and I apparently showed up a little early which was really good because it was sink or swim with the performing! She was an absolutely astounding handler despite having difficulty dealing with groups of people let alone hundreds. We walked up and down the mall while the younger age groups were being judged. My adventures are... waving at all the kids, acting scared at some of their costumes, posing for lots of photos, a few hugs, quite a few high-fives, kissed a couple of ladie's hands, played peekaboo and finally got a smile out of one stubborn toddler, got to meet the Mall Manager who invited me to come back and "walk the mall anytime!". Also had a little kid hand me a piece of candy which I pretended to eat and he got the biggest kick out of it! At the contest, I scratched my ears occasionally and licked my paws a bit while standing with the rest of the costumes. (my 'costume' was actually a little theatre mask on a stick;) While standing there someone kept swatting my tail at which I would just shake my booteh -it unfortunately turned into an all-out tug and I had to turn around and waggle the finger. They narrowed us down to three contestants and Buzz asked each to say a little something -Scape doesn't speak so I held up a sing that read "I've got MORE COWBELL" -at this the crowd roared! Well... Scape won ;) They handed me the prize envelope, which I tried to eat also ;)
I met up with two other friends on old downtown King Street and we hit our local art gallery and then headed up the street for a stroll. They make incredible hand-made costumes -this night was an all white faerie leading a huge troll on a chain -and together we were like three wayfarers from a dragon lance book whoe stepped into the wrong dimension lol! We met two vikings with the great horned helmets. I reached up and touched the tips of my horns and hoped one of the vikings would understand when I lowered my head... I was rewarded with a big headbutt from a Viking -Hells Yeah!

Oh one last thing -I came into work this morning and a couple of coworkers said they heard them talking about me on the radio! Apparently two of the judges last night were the local morning DJs! lol

God, I love fursuiting -it truly is a wonderful experience.





Fri, Nov. 2nd, 2007 04:03 am (UTC)
[info]gilmorelion

Aren't you glad converted to suiter now??
:)

btw--Does this mean I need to bring a bag of tin cans to FWA for you to eat?

Mon, Nov. 5th, 2007 01:39 pm (UTC)
[info]scape_the_goat

Yay tin cans!!!
and.... old socks!!
OM NOM NOM

Fri, Nov. 2nd, 2007 11:53 am (UTC)
[info]topher_fox

Dude. Thats freaking awesome. I'd of loved to have been there to see that, hahaha.

Mon, Nov. 5th, 2007 01:53 pm (UTC)
[info]scape_the_goat

yeah man!
can't wait to hang out with ya again!

Fri, Nov. 2nd, 2007 12:10 pm (UTC)
[info]rory_woof

Looks like a fun time... Glad things went well for ya...

Mon, Nov. 5th, 2007 01:51 pm (UTC)
[info]scape_the_goat

thanks!
let me know about the art dude -looking forward to it ;)

Fri, Nov. 2nd, 2007 02:34 pm (UTC)
[info]digeri

Sounds like you had a great time! Congratulations on winning the contest :)

Mon, Nov. 5th, 2007 01:51 pm (UTC)
[info]scape_the_goat

thanks! can't wait to hang out again!

Fri, Nov. 2nd, 2007 04:43 pm (UTC)
[info]half_ton

DDAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!! DOH! I wish could have been there for that! Hahahah that's freaking rad dude. Congratz on finally 'outing' yourself as a fursuiter to your cow-orkers! LOL!

Mon, Nov. 5th, 2007 01:41 pm (UTC)
[info]scape_the_goat

*hug* FWA's comin' man!
Yay - now i can hang up fursuit photos and whatnot at my desk ;) lol

Fri, Nov. 2nd, 2007 08:17 pm (UTC)
[info]santa_fox

Wow - that's a wonderful first time fursuiting story! You're definitely off to a great start. Very impressive that you won the costume contest - that's something you've already got over me, though it's hard for me to win contests when I never enter them ;-)

And way to play up the goat image by trying to eat the prize envelope - methinks you have a long and wonderful career as a fursuiter ahead of you :-)

Mon, Nov. 5th, 2007 01:42 pm (UTC)
[info]scape_the_goat

*hug*
Thanks for all your inspiration along the way man!

Fri, Nov. 2nd, 2007 10:34 pm (UTC)
[info]sk_1

Ah, I was about to ask if you had "goated" your workmates/showmates yet. Guess that answers that. :)

BTW, did Buzz know it was you the whole time, or did you surprise it on him at the last moment?

Mon, Nov. 5th, 2007 01:47 pm (UTC)
[info]scape_the_goat

*hug* Hey bro!
Yeah dude ;) Yeah Buzz knew it was me -he was the one who got the whole ball rollin' the day before -I mentioned i had a costume and he was all excited about it and practically demanded I show up lol! Although I surprised a couple of people I knew at the mall who didn't know it was me ;)
Can't wait to hit the bowling alley man! -I've got a bowling related photo you need to see ;)

Fri, Nov. 2nd, 2007 11:24 pm (UTC)
[info]perennialgoat

aaaah, gosh. i wish i'd been there... ended up in bed at 7 P.M. some kind of flu thing that got worse as the night went on. we definitely need to grab some coffee.

awesome pics. :D

Mon, Nov. 5th, 2007 01:49 pm (UTC)
[info]scape_the_goat

Aw man! I hope you are feeling better dude!
Yeah we hit the Beanstalk -it was weird being in there for the first time *again* and not having bought coffee *again* lol! -I could only sip water through a straw haha!
we'll hit it soon man!

Sat, Nov. 3rd, 2007 05:11 am (UTC)
[info]angelskunkzero: That's awesome!

Damnit, you look so sexy in that second picture! I wish I could have been there to hug you myself. Ah well...

Congratulations on winning the contest! :D
Your night sounds so awesome, and hopefully there will be many more.

Mon, Nov. 5th, 2007 01:50 pm (UTC)
[info]scape_the_goat: Re: That's awesome!

heehee! thanks!

Sat, Nov. 3rd, 2007 09:57 pm (UTC)
[info]friskyfurr

Nice suit Scape, lookin' good. Congratulation on winning the contest. Sounds like you had a great time. Wish I had been there.

Mon, Nov. 5th, 2007 01:50 pm (UTC)
[info]scape_the_goat

thanks man!