The Rat's Nest

To clarify some misconceptions and outline a broad road map for the future:

Even though I attended the last two Further Confusions (and loved them) I will not be able to attend the 2009 FC.

I will be attending MiDFur.

Though I have not yet made firm plans for it (except for charm ratting my way into a room), I am hoping to attend Anthrocon next year.

Unfortunately, though it pains me to say it, this means I may not be able to attend RivFur next year. >_<

Before FC, rainhopper gave me Skippy, a kangaroo fursuit by Pouch Hopper. This gift goes far beyond being "just" a fursuit; Pouch Hopper made Space Roo, the fursuit that changed my life. Rain gave me part of Pouch's spirit to remember him by. And to honour his memory, I need to make sure the suit gets worn and that it gets to Australia. Pouch had always dreamed of coming to Australia, but it was not to be.

Unfortunately, I wasn't ready to go out at FC in Skippy, but thanks to twigmouse I do have some photos for you. Expect to see more of Skippy over time.

In other fursuit-related news, thanks to higgs_raccoon, I have a better video of the fursuit parade to share with you. This was definitely my proudest moment at FC.

And now The Furtrix is up. ^_^ This one I did sans clothes and makeup. Just cute ratty goodness! Thanks to Magnus Diridian for putting this skit together and letting me participate.

Here are my photos from Further Confusion 2008. Please enjoy. Of course, I don't have any photos of Rattus. If other people find some they want to share, please feel free. I didn't do meet and greet very much, but there should be plenty of me in the fursuit parade. Photos and videos of me in Furry Night Live will be much prized. I probably should have kept my make up from that so I could show off the good job I did with doing up Rattus as a zombie (much gratitude to Jagafeh and Peta for their assistance in this regard). False modesty aside, I think I was the most zombified fursuit among the extras for the Deanimator skit. Enormous kudos to farraptor for all the work he put into making that skit such a success.