u/FebHas30Days

It's been a few days since I emailed the organizers of the PhiliFur convention, I was expecting a response within 36 hours only to find none so far, and the convention is in three days. My parents have so many expenses to consider now that school is near. Neither I nor my family still know what to expect in the furry convention, but I already know what stuff to bring to show to the friends I might make there. The main thing I'm worrying about is how to convince my parents that it will be worth it, and if the furry convention will actually be worth it. I'm expecting to make friends, have a long conversation with them, learn how to draw, perhaps even listen to the performance of what I could possibly call "the Studi01 of the Philippines" if such even exists. But I could literally imagine my parents call it a waste of money if the convention doesn't meet expectations.

I already know about filling and signing the form, but when and how do I buy tickets? Should I buy them now? Should I print the form to be filled now? Or should I just rest and accomplish these things the day before the convention?

Here's another vent, sorry if this is too much.

Like, they would literally persecute me if they found out that I'd worship Boykisser as my saint, whereas they pray to villains and corrupt officials and think it's normal. It's hard to find trustable Filipinos and the only one I know is u/lRykee.

This also means that Studi01, an artist whom I admire, will find it infeasible to perform at a concert here in my country, who would really go to some place far away from home only to be met with a mob of anti-furries? Oh, and there's a furry convention which will at least make it safe but still not feasible for them.

I just wish there were more furries here in the Philippines. No one outside of this subreddit (and other silly subreddits) ever praises me whenever I say a thing.

I have nowhere else to post because ALL THE SUBREDDITS HAVE WAY TOO HIGH STANDARDS and this is the main topic of why I'm having an existential crisis so dear friend of mine, please do not take down this post. All my friends don't give me attention in this particular hour, so I always have a high demand to make more friends which is near impossible because I just can't make friends: THEY'RE ALL ASLEEP OR BUSY. I can't even post anymore because firstly, I don't know what to post, and lastly, THEY GET TAKEN DOWN BECAUSE THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES. Every single subreddit I made turned out to be dead, especially anarchy subreddits. People don't believe me at all.

Usually I vent in r/hug but this time I chose here instead to avoid meeting people over 40 years of age.

60¹ = 1 minute

60² = 1 hour

60³ = 2.5 days

60⁴ = 150 days

60⁵ = 24.641 years

60⁶ = 1478 years

60⁷ = 88708 years

60⁸ = 5322495 years

60⁹ = 319349746 years

60¹⁰ = 1.916e10 years

60¹⁰⁰ = 2.070e170 years

60¹⁰⁰⁰ = 4.489e1770 years

60¹⁰⁰⁰⁰⁰⁰⁰⁰⁰ = 7.665e1778151242 years

Now that I've decided to join the fandom I want to try checking out what happens in a convention. My main goal is to meet friends and perhaps learn how to draw furries. It will take quite a while to learn my art style though, after which I can make my own characters and name them after highways. I've always been longing to find friends of the same interest. Luckily, there's an upcoming convention right in my area called "PhiliFur", yet I still have to figure out how to get there.

Firstly, I'm the only furry in my family. All my other family members aren't interested in furries at all, so it's hard for them to understand furry culture. My parents even told me that they may be unable to take me to the convention because "they don't have any fur", but last time I checked you don't actually need a fursuit to participate in a convention.

Then there's the stuff that happens in the convention. Will I enjoy it? Will I actually make friends? Is it actually normal to name my characters after highways? I mean, YonKaGor names their characters after fish and random stuff, right? My current concerns aren't where to draw my fursona anymore, but rather how to draw it. The basic design is already established, but what about the clothes my character will wear? I know I shouldn't be worrying about this, but there will be curious furries who would want to see my fursona. Might as well just find someone there who'll teach me how to draw.

Then there's the pricing. Tickets aren't usually that expensive (probably comparable to 60 kilometers' worth of expressway tolls), but my parents are known for prioritizing expenses over others. This is the main reason convincing my parents that spending on tickets would be worth it is key for me to get in the convention. I have yet to inquire the convention for details but I don't know where.