onIt been a while

I was in
Seattle WA for Rainfurrest a Furry convention in September. I drove up on Thursday, so I decided to visit a Sanrio Gift Gate at Belleview Square. I was kind of disappointed that it was so small; it had a lot of trinkets but no coffee cups or ones I like nor plushies. I picked up a pack of stickers and keeping with the season the Halloween Plush.

For those who do not know what a Furry con is like a big family reunion and party where furry who know each other on line get meet each other face to face. Like Anime conventions there are panes on fursuit construction and performance, writing and Art. I mainly stuck to art panels and making new and meeting old friends.  There also events like dinners and the fursuit parade and the dealer’s den. I also attended art jams, where fellow artist get together and talk and draw during the evening hours.

I brought one of my kitties for the ride. I left her looking  out of my hotel Room.

Me and Sparky and Shiny husband and wife fursuters

The Fursuit (costumers)  Parade

Am I a Pioneer?

Thanks to Hello Kitty Hell, this article in Time was brought to my attention. 

10 Questions for Yuko Yamaguchi

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1834451,00.html

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What I found amusing was her answer to the Question about Hello Kitty Future.

“In 10 years’ time, everybody around the world will know her. Also, the number of male and female fans will be the same. Men who are still reluctant to be seen with Kitty in public today might be wearing Hello Kitty boxers. But they will eventually stop being shy and will show off Kitty proudly.”

I guess that makes me a and a few other men pioneers. The first generation, then again it would be interesting to see who might be the first male fans. Now I know some have written her off as eccentric coot but as I look at it deeper, she may know something we are missing. We’re talking about somebody who took a failing line turn into a multi million Yen empire. Secondly while see dress eccentrically most entrepreneurs are eccentric and mavericks because they are the ones willing to think outside the box and take risk. Still there no guarantee Hello Kitty will go where no Kitty has gone before: in men’s lives.

It been getting unusually cold in Portland lately I had to break out the blankets, one of my old comforter is ratty and has to be thrown out. I know I am sinking deeper in to Kittydom when I start look at Hello Kitty comforters as a replacement. (I most likely will do it)
Other than that, I was at Kumoricon the Anime convention at Portland over the Labor Day holiday weekend. It was a blast, I simply sat down checked the continuous parade of cosplayers, check the cosplay masquerade show, AMV and other viewings. I need to put Death Note on my viewing list. On down time I hung out in the art room practicing what I was learning in the Manga drawing panels. My only gripe was the long line to get in. and the rather unorganized “How to draw Manga style” panels.
Not much Hello Kitty viewing saw only two bags and the dealers den did not have much in HK stuff.
Next on the list is Rainfurrest the Furry Fandom convention in Seattle, the game plan is head up on Thursday, check out the Sanrio store in Belleview and hanging out my old haunts the con on weekend.

I was not going blog here but since I accidentally set thing up, I might as well.  I will reflect post from my other blog.

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About me: my avatar / Fursona name is Acton Rand Shafer. In real life I ma a 47 year black male furry lifstyler out of Portland. I am a bit eccentric.  For you all confused what is a furry, a furry is a person who is a fan of anthropomorphism in the areas of art/cartoons, gamming, costuming (fursuiting or cospaly) and role-play no more no less.  Hello Kitty and her friends are a perfect example.  I recently became a fan of the cute one as part of collecting plushies and other cultural related anthropomorphic items. Beside Hello Kitty is too cute to ignore. I tried but I failed. I have been to Japan in the 1980’s perhaps some of the Kawaiiness had rubbed off on me. I am still single and a bible believing Christian. I am a harmless big fuzz ball.