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Obligatory post-con post.
15 years ago
General
So, finally home from AC. In a word: WOW! :P
There were good parts and meh parts, of course. Most of the meh was to do with traveling though.
Starting from the top:
Flew SLC to Houston, no prob, had about 40-50 minutes to get from Terminal B to E, usually not that big a deal BUT the faster above-ground tram was broken.
For those that have never had the... "joy" of flying through Houston I'll explain why this was a problem.
Houston's airport consists of four separate buildings, linked only by the above ground tram within the security cordon and an aging below-ground tram/walkway outside of the security cordon.
Since the above-ground was broken we had to run out of security, wait on the slow ass old tram, get back through security and run to our gate. Which we got to as our plane pulled away. >_>
After talking to an agent for 10 minutes and getting nothing but "the next flight for both would be friday evening" another couple walked up to the the other agent on duty and within 30 seconds he found a route through Newark, NJ that would get them in Pitt by 8am Thursday. Which we promptly demanded we be given as well.
So, we flew to Newark, and sat in that airport from 1:30 to 6:30 AM, then on to Pitt and the con.
Luckily we were able to check in early (around noonish). Relaxed for a few, then hit the bar. I had intended to have ONE drink (a screwdriver). Then my mate orders a Black Orchid which he drinks half of and insists I finish off. THEN he orders me a martini and himself a tequila sunrise. Bear in mind I haven't had much to drink for the past 8 months. I remember walking across the lobby and a towards the room, but that's about it. Slept it off and went to the dance that night and had a blast.
Friday we mingled and perused the dealer's room. I got a badge by an artist named Hibbary, my mate got another one by Kitsumi. We hung out with friends then eventually went to the dance in my mate's suit.
Saturday was much like Friday. I wound up doing the fursuit parade in his suit since he insisted I should. Was a lot of fun. More hanging out and of course, the Sat dance . Where I got asked by this guy to help him do a poi/string panel in the future :P
Sunday was a fairly lazy day, with many furs heading out already and the con winding down, PCD started setting in. Went to a sort of unofficial dance called the Dead Dog Dance for a bit before hanging out with a good friend (TOS).
Monday was checkout and waiting around for 2 hours for our shuttle to the airport.... then waiting more for the flight to Houston. Which got delayed for an hour. Luckily our flight out of Houston got delayed as well (and was two gates down from our arrival gate) so we made it through.
The fun part of our trip home though? 2 the ranting Gryphon sat in the row in front of us from Pitt to Houston, and me him and the mate all chatted most of the flight. We were planning on getting a hotel room and hitting the bar if we missed both our flights. As it happened he did but we didn't.
Anyways, got home around 12.30 last night, puppy was happy to see us, AC is still broken because of some mix up with the landlord apparently (should be fixed tomorrow). Now I'm back at work >_>
There were good parts and meh parts, of course. Most of the meh was to do with traveling though.
Starting from the top:
Flew SLC to Houston, no prob, had about 40-50 minutes to get from Terminal B to E, usually not that big a deal BUT the faster above-ground tram was broken.
For those that have never had the... "joy" of flying through Houston I'll explain why this was a problem.
Houston's airport consists of four separate buildings, linked only by the above ground tram within the security cordon and an aging below-ground tram/walkway outside of the security cordon.
Since the above-ground was broken we had to run out of security, wait on the slow ass old tram, get back through security and run to our gate. Which we got to as our plane pulled away. >_>
After talking to an agent for 10 minutes and getting nothing but "the next flight for both would be friday evening" another couple walked up to the the other agent on duty and within 30 seconds he found a route through Newark, NJ that would get them in Pitt by 8am Thursday. Which we promptly demanded we be given as well.
So, we flew to Newark, and sat in that airport from 1:30 to 6:30 AM, then on to Pitt and the con.
Luckily we were able to check in early (around noonish). Relaxed for a few, then hit the bar. I had intended to have ONE drink (a screwdriver). Then my mate orders a Black Orchid which he drinks half of and insists I finish off. THEN he orders me a martini and himself a tequila sunrise. Bear in mind I haven't had much to drink for the past 8 months. I remember walking across the lobby and a towards the room, but that's about it. Slept it off and went to the dance that night and had a blast.
Friday we mingled and perused the dealer's room. I got a badge by an artist named Hibbary, my mate got another one by Kitsumi. We hung out with friends then eventually went to the dance in my mate's suit.
Saturday was much like Friday. I wound up doing the fursuit parade in his suit since he insisted I should. Was a lot of fun. More hanging out and of course, the Sat dance . Where I got asked by this guy to help him do a poi/string panel in the future :P
Sunday was a fairly lazy day, with many furs heading out already and the con winding down, PCD started setting in. Went to a sort of unofficial dance called the Dead Dog Dance for a bit before hanging out with a good friend (TOS).
Monday was checkout and waiting around for 2 hours for our shuttle to the airport.... then waiting more for the flight to Houston. Which got delayed for an hour. Luckily our flight out of Houston got delayed as well (and was two gates down from our arrival gate) so we made it through.
The fun part of our trip home though? 2 the ranting Gryphon sat in the row in front of us from Pitt to Houston, and me him and the mate all chatted most of the flight. We were planning on getting a hotel room and hitting the bar if we missed both our flights. As it happened he did but we didn't.
Anyways, got home around 12.30 last night, puppy was happy to see us, AC is still broken because of some mix up with the landlord apparently (should be fixed tomorrow). Now I'm back at work >_>
