Wow, I just re-read my own introduction and boy, things changed a lot the last 2 years!
Bing is no longer under construction but lives as a full suit. His head, tail, arm sleeves, hand- and footpaws are made bij FurryFursuitMaker and his digigraded bodysuit is made by WeMightBite.
At this moment I just turned 34, still work as a passenger train driver and I'm still married with my beautiful wife and we have 2 kids (8 and 3,5 year old).
But I don't do Live Action Role Play anymore. After 10 years of doing that, I decided to take a break from that, because my new hobby takes a lot more time and is a lot more fun! I'm not really a newbie anymore if you look at the fursuiting part, but I still haven't visited a furry convention YET! Eurofurence 22 (2016) will be my first. I've got a ticket and a room in the Estrel hotel with a roommate.
A brief history:
During waiting on Bing to be completed by FurryFursuitMaker, I couldn't wait to meet more furries like you and decided to go to my first furwalk in the Netherlands. I read the spotter's guide and went to 's-Hertogenbosch for my very first furwalk and had a lot of fun while learning and observing everyone and everything. After that I decided it wasn't enough for me and started organizing my own furwalks in my hometown Eindhoven. I have organized 4 furwalks in my hometown and I'm making plans for a 5th one somewhere at the end of January. They are a great learning experience for me and I started to get to know the dutch and even some german and belgium furries.
I do try to attend as much as furry events as possible, but my work schedule somehow almost always finds a way to make it impossible for me to go. And besides my work, I do have my responsibilities towards my wife and kids. I just can't go to a furry event every week, because I have to work 50% of the weekends AND do nice things with my family once in a while. I do try to combine those 2 things, like taking them to a furwalk
And this year I'm "allowed" to go to EF22, just so I can say that I've been there to experience it. I REALLY love my wife and kids for the fact that they support my hobby in this way, I'm really thankful for that.
I gathered some art from different furry artist and posted them on Weasyl:
https://www.weasyl.com/submissions/bingthewolfI post photographs of Bing on FurAffinity:
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/bingthewolf/Tried to make some art myself and posted it on DeviantArt:
http://thelonewolfisback.deviantart.comAnd made a Facebook page for Bing:
https://www.facebook.com/BingTheWolfConclusion: I don't consider myself as a newbie furry/fursuiter anymore, but I'm still a convention newbie and if I have to believe all the stories of people who did go there before, I will be overwhelmed by this new experience wich I'm looking forward to!
See you at EF22!