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FA:U 2007 Official Journal Post
18 years ago
These are the ramblings of a weed kitty.
Alright, so, a lot has happened. Last week, I had posted a long post, which I rarely do, and Yiffer Fox just so happened to notice that I was looking for a ride. He let Waccoon know about my situation, and he just so happened to have a spare bed in his room for someone. Since he had already payed for it, and it was the same price as a single room, he didn't charge me. Although, that didn't stop me from helping out with money when I can. I really appreciate how both Yiffer and Wac were such good people in helping me out. As I said before, I couldn't go because all my friends with cars couldn't go because of some reason or another, so I was stuck at home with a crappy car. Thank you both so much! Yiffer and Wac, I am forever in your debt. :3 This weekend was a blast.
Starting at 1pm on Friday, Wac came by and picked me up, then we went to get Yiffer and his brother, before heading out. Let me tell you, it was a hellish start. It took us like 10 hrs to go somewhere that should've only taken 4 hrs to get to. It was raining slightly, so I guess people decided that if it's sprinkling, they must got 30 mph on the Mass Pike. Ugh. Luckily I had brought a few CD's to listen to, but no one else did. I was kinda hoping they would, so I didn't bring too many. That's alright though, we mostly just talked a lot, while listening to Lewis Black in the background. Had some dinner at The Cracker Barrel then continued to set out for our destination. We got lost on routes 1-9, which for some reason were two routes merged into one, with three variations of the road: Express, Local, and Truck. Aaand, the hotel was located right on this route. It was like, WTF is this? We had to choose between the three and pray we go the right one! After getting lost on this route for about an hour and a half, I suggested that we go north then try retracing where we went wrong. By luck, we got there, but not after some more frustation. That wasn't the end, though. We tried finding a spot to park, but the area was so tiny and packed, the only place to park was in the rear of the hotel and it was currently being blocked off by three cars. They had the nerve to complain to Wac for temporarily parking in a Handicap spot. I mean, come on, what else were we supposed to do? After some patience, we finally got to the back and by luck got the only space available. Things were looking up.
We went in, checked-in, went to the room and left our things. Kinda restless from the journey, Wac suggested we'd go out and go for a walk. (Oh, keep in mind that Yiffer and his bro already had a room, so we didn't see them much at all the rest of the weekend.) We got our sketchbooks and went out for a stroll. You'd think that a con with over 300 attendees would have a few night owls, but we only found two: Miranda and her gopher Damien. Another stroke of luck, we spent the next couple hours talking nonsense and I doodled. They were the first two people I met at this con, and I'm glad, because I knew no one. They went to bed early, and we bumped into someone else, KNGRU aka Sandy Hedges. Had a fun time talking about some MMORPG's and more random stuff, as I continued to doodle. Around 3am, Wac and I decided to call it a night and go crash.
Next morning, I woke up at 10, and wandered around. Got my badge, stuck around Miranda and Damien's table, and got some breakfast. Didn't see Wac til around 2-3pm, cause he had overslept. That morning seems like a blur now, but it was nice. Spent all most all of the day just talking with people in the dealers' room. Doodling some more. There was a lot of drawing this weekend, as people that watch me on FA/DA can tell. Spent almost all day just playing video games, chatting, browsing, hugging, and walking around the hotel. A blast, even though not so much happened. Even checked out the bands, and sad to say, Zga Zga made my ears bleed.. So I spent the rest of the night with Wac and a bunch of others drawing until about 5am at the registration table. Real fun. :3
Sunday, the last day, slept until 10am again and got ready. We checked out, packed the car, then did the same thing as the day before. It was really quiet, like all Sunday cons, but the Zoo was killer. Just sitting there, drawing (again), and shooting the shit with all the big artists made me feel like I belonged in this fandom, without any judgement. I mean, I know I'm not the best, but I felt equal.
I am grateful I was able to attend this con, and look forward to going to FurFright this coming October. See ya'll then!
Oh, and I'll have some pictures up just as soon as I get them developed tomorrow night.
Starting at 1pm on Friday, Wac came by and picked me up, then we went to get Yiffer and his brother, before heading out. Let me tell you, it was a hellish start. It took us like 10 hrs to go somewhere that should've only taken 4 hrs to get to. It was raining slightly, so I guess people decided that if it's sprinkling, they must got 30 mph on the Mass Pike. Ugh. Luckily I had brought a few CD's to listen to, but no one else did. I was kinda hoping they would, so I didn't bring too many. That's alright though, we mostly just talked a lot, while listening to Lewis Black in the background. Had some dinner at The Cracker Barrel then continued to set out for our destination. We got lost on routes 1-9, which for some reason were two routes merged into one, with three variations of the road: Express, Local, and Truck. Aaand, the hotel was located right on this route. It was like, WTF is this? We had to choose between the three and pray we go the right one! After getting lost on this route for about an hour and a half, I suggested that we go north then try retracing where we went wrong. By luck, we got there, but not after some more frustation. That wasn't the end, though. We tried finding a spot to park, but the area was so tiny and packed, the only place to park was in the rear of the hotel and it was currently being blocked off by three cars. They had the nerve to complain to Wac for temporarily parking in a Handicap spot. I mean, come on, what else were we supposed to do? After some patience, we finally got to the back and by luck got the only space available. Things were looking up.
We went in, checked-in, went to the room and left our things. Kinda restless from the journey, Wac suggested we'd go out and go for a walk. (Oh, keep in mind that Yiffer and his bro already had a room, so we didn't see them much at all the rest of the weekend.) We got our sketchbooks and went out for a stroll. You'd think that a con with over 300 attendees would have a few night owls, but we only found two: Miranda and her gopher Damien. Another stroke of luck, we spent the next couple hours talking nonsense and I doodled. They were the first two people I met at this con, and I'm glad, because I knew no one. They went to bed early, and we bumped into someone else, KNGRU aka Sandy Hedges. Had a fun time talking about some MMORPG's and more random stuff, as I continued to doodle. Around 3am, Wac and I decided to call it a night and go crash.
Next morning, I woke up at 10, and wandered around. Got my badge, stuck around Miranda and Damien's table, and got some breakfast. Didn't see Wac til around 2-3pm, cause he had overslept. That morning seems like a blur now, but it was nice. Spent all most all of the day just talking with people in the dealers' room. Doodling some more. There was a lot of drawing this weekend, as people that watch me on FA/DA can tell. Spent almost all day just playing video games, chatting, browsing, hugging, and walking around the hotel. A blast, even though not so much happened. Even checked out the bands, and sad to say, Zga Zga made my ears bleed.. So I spent the rest of the night with Wac and a bunch of others drawing until about 5am at the registration table. Real fun. :3
Sunday, the last day, slept until 10am again and got ready. We checked out, packed the car, then did the same thing as the day before. It was really quiet, like all Sunday cons, but the Zoo was killer. Just sitting there, drawing (again), and shooting the shit with all the big artists made me feel like I belonged in this fandom, without any judgement. I mean, I know I'm not the best, but I felt equal.
I am grateful I was able to attend this con, and look forward to going to FurFright this coming October. See ya'll then!
Oh, and I'll have some pictures up just as soon as I get them developed tomorrow night.
God, the driving was awful! If FA United is going to happen next year, I really hope they choose a different hotel, at least. One entrance direct from the expressway, with no exit lane to slow down is simply a nightmare! Oh, and the Starlight restaurant was clearly visible but the hotel itself was not, so no wonder we passed by it several times without realizing it. Thank goodness I had you and Yiffer with me to help figure out where we were going.
The panels were OK, and no art auction really sucked. But, it was still pretty good for a new con, and it was terrific sitting down with other people at the registration tables and the zoo. It's very, VERY rare for me to do art trades, but I had fun doing it.