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FC11 con report

15 years ago General

I'm back from FC with no sleep schedule to speak of, and I definitely enjoyed myself while I was there. I'm bad at writing con reports or anything of that variety, so this will probably be fairly brief and lacking in details, but I'll try. The con was a bit of a blur, so I might have some stuff in the wrong order, or even the wrong day!

Thursday
Shirt: I SEE DEAD PIXELS

My flight arrived at around 8:15, after flying for what felt like ages (it was over 6 hours). zerda (henceforth Reilly) picked me up from the airport, and we got back to the con at probably around 9. The lobby was very raucous when we got there. I met up with fennecuskitsune (henceforth Fennecus) there, and met the two other people I was rooming with: sdwolf (henceforth Shadow) and steeleheart (henceforth Steele).

I hadn't eaten much on the plane, so Reilly and I went to dinner. We argued a bit on where we should go, but eventually decided to go to P.F. Chang, as it was about the only thing left open. While crossing a street, the crossing light was about to change, so I ran across and stupidly slipped and fell. Reilly slammed into the back of my head in the process, knocking off my NEW GLASSES. However, I managed to get my glasses back on and was back on my feet in a matter of seconds. The homeless guy that saw me fall was sort of horrified, and kept asking me if I was okay, but I gave a thumbs up as soon as I got up. Apart from a headache, I was A-OK. Down and up in about 3 seconds! Impressive, if you ask me.

After dinner, I changed my shirt to BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER. While hanging out with people in the hallway by the elevators, I managed to catch a flash of cstring (henceforth String) and saw his badge. I introduced myself, more or less, considering we already sort of knew each other. The rest of the night was mostly wandering around the con with various people. I ran into someone else with the same shirt, who handed me a flier for THE COMMUNIST PARTY. Of course.

Friday
Shirt: DEVIL BEAST
After getting up, I wandered the halls a bit more, and found myself in the line for the dealer's room right before it opened. After it opened, I wandered around for a bit, but didn't buy anything. I was greatly tempted by many things, but nothing reaaaally caught my eye. I went back to the dealer's room several times, and eventually did end up buying some stuff. At one point or another, I ended up buying the complete Ozy & Millie collection, as Ozy & Millie was a comic I'd read from around 2003 until it ended. DC Simpson even signed the books! While I was walking past the table next to DC Simpson, I noticed some Homestuck cards on jirris's table. I talked with Jirris a bit, and showed him a bit of my Homestuck fanart. I've never gotten so much praise on my work at once before. It was pretty cool talking with Jirris. He also makes the Awesome face when he smiles broadly. I can't say I've ever seen anyone else do it so adeptly.

I also ran into someone with the same shirt as me. Which was surprising, given that the shirt had just been released and I wasn't quite expecting them to have been shipped to CA yet. I also recognized the guy, as I saw him in the airport when I went to AC last summer. Go figure.

I went to the Digital Art For Desperados event, although they started late due to technical difficulties. I tried to help with the problem a bit, but I wasn't really able to, due to the version of Windows touchmybadger was using. I learned a fair bit at the panel, and I might just have to buy SAI now.

Most of the rest of the day was just hanging out with people, and going to the dance for a while.

Saturday
Shirt: SEPULCHRITUDE
Stuff happened on Saturday, but I can't remember what all it was. I went to the dealer's room yet again and bought what turned out to be the last print of The Derp Cycle that astolpho had, and a small Minecraft creeper badge. The print didn't fit in my luggage (it was 11x17) without folding, so I gave it to my roommates to mail to me at some point.

Other things that happened on Saturday that I went to include the Fursuit Parade and the Masquerade. Apart from that, I don't recall what I did. Probably just lots of hanging out and wandering.

Sunday
Shirt: BEARTATO
Ah, the final real day of the con. There were some great events on Sunday, like the Critterlympics (I have photos!), the Digital Drawing panel with kamui, and Further Confusion: Unleashed! I got to see wolfpuptk in his suit, performing "Everyone's a Little Bit Furry", which was absolutely hilarious.

After accidentally lounging up in the room from around 10PM to 1AM (with the intention of only lounging until about 11PM), Fennecus and I went to the dance until it ended at about 2:10AM. After the dance, we were informed that there was going to be an unofficial second fursuit parade at 3AM, so we hung about until then. That went around the con one last time, and wound up outside, where there was more socializing until about 4AM, when Fennecus and I decided we should go back to the room before it got way too late.

Monday
Shirt: MADE OF CARBON
Everyone was leaving! My flight was at 9PM, so I sort of hung about with people until around 7:30PM, and then left to go home!

And here I am.

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