I went to my first furry con a few days ago. I actually really enjoyed the experience; I was expecting it to be incredibly busy and overwhelming but considering I had a day pass for the last day of the con (and actually prepped a bit beforehand) I found it very manageable. I hadn’t really considered myself a furry up until recently but I find myself appreciating it as a hobby a lot the more I’ve engaged with it over time. It’s not like a lot of other “fandom” subcultures I’ve found which exist around obsessing over a central (often extortive, mass appeal) media property you worship where your millage with enjoyment is closely tied to the amount of money and attention you have available to dedicate to it – the furry community is very expression/identity oriented (queer friendly!) by contrast with a greater emphasis on creation and community building rather than consumption and I find that aspect of it really compelling. There’s a lot of freedom to engage with it meaningfully as a social hobby without spending a lot of money, being super online, or appealing to community trends so it’s easy to find aspects of it you enjoy more than others or vice versa although those aspects are prevalent in the online space regardless but that’s their prerogative at the end of the day plus the designs are cute so fuck you

I was skeptical of how I would find the con with the reputation of certain furries online but I think the fact it was in-person and had an entry fee filtered out a lot of the people you otherwise wouldn’t want to hang around irl (not at all to say people who can’t do an irl meet for one reason or another aren’t inherently cool or whatever buuuut...). It’s also a lot easier to be social with people when there’s a shared understanding that you’re both weird on some level, lots of very intelligent and talented people I met over the period of my stay. At the same time I found myself a little disappointed by the end of it – there’s only so many panels and meet ups you can do before you need to eat and fuck off, which I think is about the best reaction I could have had to the whole affair.

tldr Peter Gabriel is a furry???///???

It’s been a while. I have about a half-dozen blog post entries I’ve written over the past few months that I haven’t published, primarily because I’ve been too busy (and lazy) to really sit down and reflect while engaging in my creative hobbies the later half of this year. That, and I had to relearn some HTML after being away from the website for so long, but now I’m a bona fide Amateur Webdev^TM with 40% of an HTML textbook under their belt to refresh my memory. I plan on returning to these scraps in the near future, but first, here’s my obligatory 2025 reflection:

Overall, it was a fine year for me. Quiet and linear. Not very memorable unfortunately, but I’ve taken big steps in both my personal life and material circumstances. #grindset or whatever the fuck. I’m proud that I (surprisingly) delivered on my one New Year’s resolution from last year – to learn how to play guitar. I’m not especially great at it, but I now know enough now to play most chord-based pop music including my favourite song and have fun with the instrument while doing so, which is honestly more than enough to impress myself when I started back in January. I hope to stick to blogging more this year as it starts to feel like an obligation the longer I go without writing something down, but I need to remind myself that literally no one but me reads these entries so I may as well just have fun with them lol.

Since 2025 worked out so well for myself, I’m making two New Year’s resolutions for 2026. The first is to try taking a picture of myself for myself everyday. Not only is it good for my memory and self esteem, but I’ve actually found it to be a fun mini hobby where I get to plan outfits or outings for myself etc. I’ve technically already been doing this the past few weeks, but I’d like to make it a goal for myself to continue doing it as I could see myself really benefiting from it. I think my current discomfort with pictures comes down to socialization more than anything, as I feel like a lot of masc people are culturally stigmatized for appreciating how they look (especially if it’s not explicitly sexual or just for personal comfort reasons) and I’d like to change that for myself as I often look fucking great thank you. The second resolution I’m keeping to myself as it’s pretty personal, but even if I don’t get super into it it’ll be an interesting practice to learn about if nothing else.

Here’s to an excellent 2026!