Saturday was comprised of running around setting up the AUSFA (Australian Furry Association) details, and enjoying the sights and sounds of the Adelaide CBD. Pete treated me to one of the most delicious caffinated beverages I've ever had the pleasure of swallowing. Somewhat like the love child between a Cuppachino-Latte and a Hazlenut Brule'. It was around that point that I realised that knowing your city is a great way to indulge your friends in new tastes and flavors. Something my city lacks much variance or flare in. Apart from the now semi-famous Megashake race, Canberra has very little that you'd count as unique cuisine, as engaging as it is there's not much you couldn't get elsewhere. Once our business in the city was complete we ended up heading out to Glenelg, a busy back and forth beach side suburb dotted with street stores and cafes'.

Take away the beach and larger buildings and it oddly felt like home. Our destination was actually a beach side games arcade, adequately named 'the Beach house'. Jeneara and I spent at least sixty dollars bouncing back and forth between random game machines and Iceball (Skiball for the Americas). I learned two things. One, that after collecting tickets from games a $2 Frisbee that in reality cost you $25 is a very rewarding experience. And two, Jeneara kicks ass at Skiball, she must have won at least 200 of our tickets on that game.

The afternoon wound down into a balmy warm evening as we headed over to Mea's place for the RADfur house party. A Mid-suburban house easily found by the blaring music and emergency light strapped to the roof of a car, casting it's rotating orange beam around the front yard (Surprisingly, the neighbours didn't complain).
We all got (to put it lightly) mildly inebriated. Kelthoran brought along two gorgeous bottles of red from his family's cellar, both of which we finished throughout the evening amongst other beverages and laughter. Despite the alcohol nobody became angry, stressed or confused. The overall feeling of companionship and frivoloity was a ripe and shiney fruit, spilling it's juice into the mindset of the evening and brining us to a enjoyable high.

Oh my....
Some perhaps...drank too much. And the stories in the morning were entertaining when we actually arose to greet the sunshine. The plan for the day was to head on out to the Pancake kitchen and enjoy the city again...we decided this was a bad idea and the entire group spent the next hour or so deciding whether to get breakfast or stay sitting on the couch staring at the wall.
The luckier walkers (myself included), wandered around the house enjoying the company from the chatty guests to the groaning hosts. I ended up drawing one of my first finished traditional color pieces for well over a year, and felt a warm glow of pride in actually holding a traditional drawing in my hands. The group drifted slowly from this dens around the city over to Pete's place (unofficially known as "Tha Vag" for reasons you'll know if you see it). Possibly from the mornings pictures, or the repeated prodding from Jeneara. I spent the rest of the day periodically (and sometimes continuously) doing drawings for the local furs. They're some of my best works and I'm honored to have been able to hand them out to each fur that let me pump some creativity into their character. It's this sort of environment that really lends to inspiration, and I highly recommend it. You get a huge boost to your creativity, and they receive a gift of their character. I must have drawn well up to 10:30 at night. Because by the time I finished we were thinking of going to bed. That was until we realized the pizzas has not yet arrived.
And we were hungry.
Om nom nom nom nom....

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