I got the tree up a little early this year because I will be head home on the 24th.
other thing in may life is I got a two moth temp job starting in January, unlike other thias one id a direct temporary position and my lead to more work. Because of a bump in unemployment, I will be able to attend mewcon , a cross genre fan convention (SF anime and a bit of furry) over the New Years Holiday in Portland Oregon. This year there will be three furry panels.
On the subject cross genres fan conventions, I want to bring up is cross genre conventions and other fan conventions that are fur friendly. Here in Northwest we have a new one call MewCon. In addition, I think Radcon in the Tri Cities WA are fur friendly and furry panels pop up at RustyCon (SF) and sakura con (anime). I see this a great opportunity for furs to look beyond the fur con to be with other furs, preset the furry fandom to other fan communities and to expand ones geek horizons beyond furry.