Something I've always found myself attracted to, even before I acknowledged to myself that I was gay, was fur. I often found my heart fluttering oddly, or other strange feelings I didn't understand any time I saw a big furry chest, thick beard, or belly that looked like it had a rug taped to it. I rationalized it at first as just that I wanted to be like that (I've been trying to grow a beard for quite a while :), but a couple years ago I stumbled across newsgroups like alt.sex.bears, and realized that I wasn't alone. It was quite the relief, and I eventually came to terms with what I was and what I was attracted to. Now I spend alot of my time trying to find a big furry cuddly guy to snuggle up to on cold winter nights. For now, here's a link that'll bring you to pretty much everything a bear could want that he can find on the internet, including the background and rainbow paw on this page (although I played around with both a bit :).
Visit the WWW's leading site for Bear resources!
This site has personals and a number of other good resources for meeting other bears.
Bear Manufacturing is a site to get Bear-related merchandise. It's run by Craig Byrnes, who created the Bear Flag above.
In Minneapolis, I tend to hang out with some friends of mine in the North Country Bears. They have a coffee gathering at the Dunn Bros. Coffee on Hennepin and 34th Ave. South (3348 Hennepin Ave). I've got a few pictures from there, now that I have a digital camera to tinker with.
In 2001, I marched in my first Gay Pride parade with a number of my friends in the North Country Bears. Naturally, I took a bunch of pictures, and here they are.
In October of 2001, I went to Fall Bearcamp, hosted by the North Country Bears. They rented a campground in a valley in Whitewater State Park. It was gorgeous there, and I took a number of pictures. They can be found here. Nothing smutty here, just lots of pictures of trees. :)
I also went to a Halloween party at Kyle's that year
In April of 2002, I went to Spring Thaw, an event hosted by the Northwest Bears. Here are some pictures.
In May of 2003, I went to the MacAlester Scottish Country Fair, which was quite a bit of fun, and I was able to get some nice pictures of burly bears in kilts. ;) Woof.
I've done a few bear-related things in my spare time. One of them is embroidering hats. My grandmother taught me to embroider when I was a little kid, and I picked it up again recently. Here are some pictures of it, on a really cute model.
Here're those Bear Code translations I promised a bit ago. For those who don't have them, they can be found at http://www.resourcesforbears.com/NBCS.
B3 - This is the beard factor. I have a goatee that's slowly but surely working its way over my face, but it's fairly thick (and already greying), so it's a 3. A 0 would be minimal, like 5 o'clock shadow, while a 9 would be ZZ Top.
t - Height. I'm kinda tall, but not huge, at 6', so I consider myself a 't'. A t++ would be immense, while a t-- would be real short.
w - Weight. I weigh around 290 (though even my doctor reweighed me a couple times to be sure), but it's mostly just manifested as a belly, so I consider it a 'w'. w++ would be the huge cuddly sort, while a w-- would be bony.
c+ - Cub factor. I'm 25, so most consider me a cub, but as was recently pointed out, I'm submissive enough that it fits me anyway. So, I'll be honest and say c+, for being a definite cub. A c++ would be a complete daddy's boy (or an Object Oriented Programming Language), a c-- looks like a cub but definitely isn't.
g - Grope factor. I don't mind people touching me, but it depends on who it is, why they're doing it, and where (both geographical and where on me. ;). g++ would pounce perfect strangers, while a g-- would smack you if you seemed to be thinking about it.
k - Kinkiness. I'm fairly open-minded, but I definitely have my limits. A k++ will try anything, a k-- won't try anything new.
s- - Sex factor. I'm looking for a relationship. I want someone I can spend my life with, the big, furry, cuddly broad-shouldered Bear of my Dreams, but until I find him, I don't mind having a little fun from time to time. An s-- will have sex only while in a relationship and only with that person, while an s++ will only be involved in an extremely open relationship.
m+ - Muscle. I can lift just about anything I need to, and there's a significant amount of muscle on my bones even if it's covered by my belly. An m++ would be Arnold, while an m would be about average.
Hope this clears things up. :) The codes in their entirety can be found on the aforementioned Resources for Bears site.
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