That Big Furry Question Meme

[athelind]

Cribbed from normanrafferty.

• Who was the first fur/were/... you met in the internet?
  Counting dragons? Probably Blackburn or aeto on alt.fan.dragons.
  
  
• Who was the first fur you met in RL?
  
• When did you met him/her?
  I met Mark Merlino and his crowd back in the early '80s. Brrrr. It was almost 20 years before I finally joined the fandom proper.
  
  
• Your first con?
  A Star Trek convention in Oakland, CA, in 1976.
  My first Furry con was the first Further Confusion, in 1999.
  
  
• Your first con in a foreign country?
  Does Texas count?
  
  
• Your first furry character?
  Assuming you mean "The character by which I first became known in Furry Fandom", that would be Your Obedient Serpent, Athelind Stormdancer, The Boojum Snark, a.k.a. "B.J. Snark", a.k.a. "Lizard".
  
  
• Still have that char or changed it?
  Look at the byline, bunky. The name may change, but the dragon remains the same.
  
  
• If you changed your char - why?
  See above.
  
  
• If you're an artist:
  
  • When have you done your first furry picture?
    Hmmmm... around 1974-1976, some time in there.
    
    
  • When have you done your first trade?
    I haven't yet, really, other than some mutual digs between myself and normanrafferty in the last couple of years.
    
    
  • When have you done your first commission?
    Hah!
    
  
  
• Ever written a furry song or poem?
  Oh yes.
  
  
• The first furry chat for you?
  #afd (the IRC presence of alt.fan.dragons) on DALnet.
  
  
• Your first furry forum you posted?
  alt.fan.dragons
  
  
• Your first collar?
  Um... I have a collection of bolo ties. Do they count?
  
  
• Your first tail?
  1982. Green, with a blue spade tip and lighter green ventral plates.
  
  
• Your first fursuit?
  1982. The dragon costume that accompanied the above tail.