RCFM: The Day After

( Winding down )

RCFM 2006: From Huntsville to Topeka

( Tuesday )

RCFM 2006: Home again, home again

( Wednesday )

RCFM: Oops, almost forgot.

I didn't mention the live model bit in Artist's Alley. It was on the schedule. At least some folks knew about it. I showed up for it, in renaissance garb. One fursuitter also showed up. And while the artists there seemed to agree it was a good idea, none really took advantage of it. I hung around for a while, figuring someone might show up late and want to do something but that didn't happen.

As I went through the effort to put it all on, I kept it on and wandered around the con. I was wondering what sort of reactions I'd get, half expecting to be sort of like the trekkies at a renfaire: out of place. If so, nobody mentioned it. I did get a few compliments, which surprised and pleased me. One person even made a point of taking a couple photos. I know I'm not in the best of shape (though I certainly heard many compliments on the improvement since last year) so this positive feedback is something unusual for me. I think I heard one artist (and where was this person when I was there?) was actually looking for someone who wasn't built like Adonis.

I like the idea of having live models available for artists, but perhaps it should be handled a bit differently. I'm not sure exactly how, but there's time to think things over before next RCFM.

The Infinitely Improbable Seems to Have Happened.

I do not like peas. Peas taste terrible. Peas taste awful. Peas taste terribly awful and awfully terrible. Canned peas, frozen peas, peas by themselves or peas in other things... it's all bad. So it was with great trepidation last night that I worked up the nerve to sample wasabi peas.

These were dry. These were crunchy. These had a spicy horseradish coating. These.. did not taste like peas. I had to check the label. The label says they are indeed peas. Evidently drying them so they don't feel slimy or mushy or such and draining or vaporizing the liquid to remove the worst of the pea flavor really improves things. The spicy coating likely masks whatever little nasty pea flavor may be left. The result is a process that does something I had not imagined possible: It actually renders peas edible, and not just in the technical sense of "you won't die of poisoning if you ingest this (you'll just wish you had)" which is as close as peas normally ever get to being truly edible.