End of an era

[schnee]

But as we all know, endings are just beginnings.

- Mike Oldfield, Amarok

Apparently, Jimmy Chin (nerfcoyote) announced a while ago that he'd be retiring his Yippee Coyote fursuit at the end of April this year (and except for the "the suit will be auctioned off" part, it was not an April Fool's joke).

That's certainly an era coming to an end; Yippee was

Comments

[yippee]

Thanks for the really kind words! Although I'd seen the EF15 photos you took on flickr, I hadn't connected them with your LJ name.

Thanks again!
(FYI I won't be at EF this year, just doing too much other travel)

[schnee]

You're very welcome! :) Yeah, I'm using a different name on Flickr, so the connection isn't really obvious.

Ah, and that's a pity about you not being at EF. Maybe I'll see you again in 2012, though... and Yippee v2, too. ^^

[schnee]

Aye, indeed. Almost 15 years is a very impressive lifetime for a suit, especially one that's used and worn regularly. :)