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Londonfur meet
Feb. 5th, 2007 12:14 amSo, I went to the Londonfur meet yesterday, and I had a great time. Was kinda overwhelmed by the sheer number of people there, a large percentage of whom I didn't know at all, which is scary. I remember times when I used to know everyone at the meets and everyone knew me. Some people were wearing badges so you knew who they were but I still didn't have a clue. I can only assume they're random people from the UK Fur forums. Admittedly, I didn't go out of my way to say hello to people, but did meet a few interesting people, one of whom I can actually remember being Albrecht.
Was nice to see a good turnout of fursuiters there too, the highlight for me being Wolfpaw's new lion cub suit, Vincent. Lycrawolf was also there with Devilwolf, Durandal with Marshall and Pippin with Kelsey. While they all disappeared to do a walkabout, some drama ensued.
Yes, I couldn't write about the meet and not mention the drama which I inadvertently kicked off. Basically for those wanting to know what happened, I was chatting at the bar with KayC when HelenBaby stumbled into us, looking rather worse for wear on her way to the bar. She apologised for stumbling into us, but I couldn't help but recall what I had been told before about Helen getting so wasted she was throwing up on the steps outside the pub. This reflects badly on the furs as a group and we don't really want to piss off the people who run the place. I basically said "Are you sure you should be having another drink?", and got a response of "I don't think it's any of your fucking business", etc. I said it would be if she got sick like before and ended up getting us thrown out. This opened the floodgates of abuse, saying I was a cunt and other things. By then I wished I just hadn't bothered and just wanted her to leave and go on her way encouraging her to go on and have her drink and enjoy the meet in an effort to get rid of her. Next thing I know she's crying in the arms of anyone who'll lend her an ear, presumably telling everyone what a bad person I was. I think after she knocked a glass off a table, her friends suggested she leave and that was the end of that. However it does seem as though she's since gone on a mission to vilify me in all of this when I only trying to show my concern as the Londonfurs have been kicked out of enough pubs in their history already.
It is worth pointing out that Rapido (who currently organises the meets to be in that pub) since got an email from the pub's management complaining about the level of drunkeness at the meets, so it does seem that I'm not the only one who noticed.
So yeah, apart from that bit of drama, I had a fun time at the meet.
Was nice to see a good turnout of fursuiters there too, the highlight for me being Wolfpaw's new lion cub suit, Vincent. Lycrawolf was also there with Devilwolf, Durandal with Marshall and Pippin with Kelsey. While they all disappeared to do a walkabout, some drama ensued.
Yes, I couldn't write about the meet and not mention the drama which I inadvertently kicked off. Basically for those wanting to know what happened, I was chatting at the bar with KayC when HelenBaby stumbled into us, looking rather worse for wear on her way to the bar. She apologised for stumbling into us, but I couldn't help but recall what I had been told before about Helen getting so wasted she was throwing up on the steps outside the pub. This reflects badly on the furs as a group and we don't really want to piss off the people who run the place. I basically said "Are you sure you should be having another drink?", and got a response of "I don't think it's any of your fucking business", etc. I said it would be if she got sick like before and ended up getting us thrown out. This opened the floodgates of abuse, saying I was a cunt and other things. By then I wished I just hadn't bothered and just wanted her to leave and go on her way encouraging her to go on and have her drink and enjoy the meet in an effort to get rid of her. Next thing I know she's crying in the arms of anyone who'll lend her an ear, presumably telling everyone what a bad person I was. I think after she knocked a glass off a table, her friends suggested she leave and that was the end of that. However it does seem as though she's since gone on a mission to vilify me in all of this when I only trying to show my concern as the Londonfurs have been kicked out of enough pubs in their history already.
It is worth pointing out that Rapido (who currently organises the meets to be in that pub) since got an email from the pub's management complaining about the level of drunkeness at the meets, so it does seem that I'm not the only one who noticed.
So yeah, apart from that bit of drama, I had a fun time at the meet.
