Still alive
Just been a bit busy. Also fighting some laziness. And inertia. Despite the changes that have happened.
Work is still the same, living in the same place, which gets more cluttered as time goes on. Same old same old.
I went to four conventions in 2014, two of them new, big and in the US - Seattle (NorWesCon) and Chicago (Midwest FurFest). I explored more of the former, and a bit of the latter. Found my mecca of chocolate stores in Seattle, as well as a fantastic, all-sustainable sushi restaurant of delectable delights, while in Seattle. I finally got to try authentic Chicago deep dish pizza in my journey from Midway to almost O'Hare airports on public transit, going through downtown; the Chicago River is not as large as I expected, about three times as wide as the Rideau Canal.
I made new friends with many artists online; I even managed to meet a few at cons. I met some longtime online friends for the first time, again through (or around) the cons. Somehow, I had fun and just enjoyed myself, and stopped feeling sorry for myself somewhere along the way; I had friends, I was well-liked, and I did what I could to spread bits of joy and smiles around me - what else would I want to do?
So somehow two hugs in a weekend have led to exploring a relationship. New emotions, new ways to think and feel, and new ways to spend time and share things with someone. Whee! Not that the nature of the person or the relationship itself are anything typical (nor that there should ever be anything typical about love - the people involved are the people involved, whoever and whatever that are), but it makes me learn more things about people and the world. And I'm happy. So that's that.
I'll try to be more active on here again, possibly make a few long-outstanding photo trip reports. Tastings will continue, if nothing else...
Work is still the same, living in the same place, which gets more cluttered as time goes on. Same old same old.
I went to four conventions in 2014, two of them new, big and in the US - Seattle (NorWesCon) and Chicago (Midwest FurFest). I explored more of the former, and a bit of the latter. Found my mecca of chocolate stores in Seattle, as well as a fantastic, all-sustainable sushi restaurant of delectable delights, while in Seattle. I finally got to try authentic Chicago deep dish pizza in my journey from Midway to almost O'Hare airports on public transit, going through downtown; the Chicago River is not as large as I expected, about three times as wide as the Rideau Canal.
I made new friends with many artists online; I even managed to meet a few at cons. I met some longtime online friends for the first time, again through (or around) the cons. Somehow, I had fun and just enjoyed myself, and stopped feeling sorry for myself somewhere along the way; I had friends, I was well-liked, and I did what I could to spread bits of joy and smiles around me - what else would I want to do?
So somehow two hugs in a weekend have led to exploring a relationship. New emotions, new ways to think and feel, and new ways to spend time and share things with someone. Whee! Not that the nature of the person or the relationship itself are anything typical (nor that there should ever be anything typical about love - the people involved are the people involved, whoever and whatever that are), but it makes me learn more things about people and the world. And I'm happy. So that's that.
I'll try to be more active on here again, possibly make a few long-outstanding photo trip reports. Tastings will continue, if nothing else...