Ownself Interview Ownself

Otherwise known as an interview with someone who has been wearing a bear suit for 3 months now.

So, Bear Bear, what do you like the most about your Bear Suit?

I guess it would be the reactions of the toddlers and younger children when they see me. They always smile, hug the Bear, and I just love the warmth and affection in their eyes when they are holding the Bear's hand. They are just too sweet.

And what do you like the least about your Bear Suit?

I hope you have no other people waiting to be interviewed, as this might take some time.

First, I must comment on how the inside of the bear head smells like someone sicked up in it, after drinking about a keg of beer. I can't get it out of my hair and skin after that. People passing by probably think I work in the restroom of a pub. Or a morgue.

Then there are the older children (and some adults) who derive inordinate amounts of joy when they gobsmack the Bear. Some of them rap the Bear's head with their knuckles like they're banging down the door in an emergency room. Clearly they are not aware of how loud banging sounds get amplified in the Bear head and make the Bear slightly psychotic.

Finally, there are the people who make rather odd comments around the Bear which make me wonder what kind of porn we would find in their computer hard drives. Like the person who called me a furvert (!!!) or the guy who said "Mmmm.. Where's the zipper.."

What was your greatest moment in the Bear Suit?

Well someone came up to The Husband and myself just last weekend and said she recognised us from THIS BLOG !!!!!!!!! It made my day, it made The Husband's day, and it made the Bear's day. Happy happy happy. I have no visitor counter, so it's always extremely gratifying to know that it's not just friends and furverts reading.

How long more in the Bear Suit?

Don't know. Until I start to like the smell, I guess. I just want to see how long I can make myself stick with a job that is so demanding of my time, energy and physical coordination. In other news, I really need to get more moooves. Sonville did an imitation of some of the Bear moves the other day and I was horrified and embarrassed. I thought the Bear was Smoov. But if Sonville's rather awkward lurching and shuffling is anything to go by, Bear Bear is clearly the Anti-Smoov.