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FWA 2012: A short, sturdy hippo fond of drink and raves.
13 years ago
So, I never did one of these for my first con (AC 2011) cuz I caught a nasty case of the lazy, but here's a giant journal of the shit that happened to me this weekend!
Flew into Atlanta with
Sekh765 and found the airline had been kind enough to smash up one of the hyooge bottles of rum I had in my luggage. I was really, really lucky it didn't ruin burd's tailfeathers, and the hotel had free laundry, so 6 hours later all my stuff was glass- and booze-free :D. Most of the day was spent loafing around and meeting some of the peeps I met at AC last year, until the rest of our room showed up: 
Cheetahbutt, 
JousterL, and 
sarki. Eventually, we shuffled off to Trader Vic's with 
pathia and 
Procyonid, whereupon I did dignified things like drink rum out of a ceramic barrel (swoon). Also, I had a lovely conversation with Mwako (I think) about tea and the postal service and holy shit now I know how to make my own root beer. Afterwards, 
ONightwish led the lot of us to the best room party I have ever been at, ever, ever.
Friday, I woke to find I had somehow cocked up my right foot, a condition I dealt with by tylenol and rum the rest of the weekend. Another day of loafing, punctuated with a Matthew Ebel concert, some time with
Nynn playing THE LOUDEST ARCADE GAME EVER OMG I'M DEAF, the awesome sketch comedy show and copious amounts of rave (fuck you, foot. I'm on vacation).
Saturday, Nynn led much of the Thursday group to this joint called Max Lager's, home of the ONLY PICTURE I TOOK THE ENTIRE CON: http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums.....-02-14_179.jpg . I had a steak, several beers I've never had before, and this delicious abomination called a "Deep-Fried Cheesecake". Then back to the room to ice up my foot (big mistake, never hide in the room during furcon!) and a few more shows, including their famous Fursuit Dance Competition. And then more raving :D
Sunday morning sucked. My mother stirred up some drama and Jouster had to leave just after lunch. Afterwards, I went to this panel on writing as a DM, something I keep hoping to do one day. The Talent Show was pretty good (and apparently much better than last year), and we capped the whole thing off with
Bubo_owl and the rest of us doing shanties and hits of my Very Special Homebrew Rum (which tastes horrible).
And now, if I may be permitted a sappy moment, a song for the event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrYWY1mqUp8
Bucket list items checked off:
1. Bloody mary aboard a 7 am flight
2. Pina Colada at Trader Vic's (AWOOO~)
3. Martini at an overpriced hotel bar
Flew into Atlanta with
Sekh765 and found the airline had been kind enough to smash up one of the hyooge bottles of rum I had in my luggage. I was really, really lucky it didn't ruin burd's tailfeathers, and the hotel had free laundry, so 6 hours later all my stuff was glass- and booze-free :D. Most of the day was spent loafing around and meeting some of the peeps I met at AC last year, until the rest of our room showed up: 
Cheetahbutt, 
JousterL, and 
sarki. Eventually, we shuffled off to Trader Vic's with 
pathia and 
Procyonid, whereupon I did dignified things like drink rum out of a ceramic barrel (swoon). Also, I had a lovely conversation with Mwako (I think) about tea and the postal service and holy shit now I know how to make my own root beer. Afterwards, 
ONightwish led the lot of us to the best room party I have ever been at, ever, ever.Friday, I woke to find I had somehow cocked up my right foot, a condition I dealt with by tylenol and rum the rest of the weekend. Another day of loafing, punctuated with a Matthew Ebel concert, some time with
Nynn playing THE LOUDEST ARCADE GAME EVER OMG I'M DEAF, the awesome sketch comedy show and copious amounts of rave (fuck you, foot. I'm on vacation).Saturday, Nynn led much of the Thursday group to this joint called Max Lager's, home of the ONLY PICTURE I TOOK THE ENTIRE CON: http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums.....-02-14_179.jpg . I had a steak, several beers I've never had before, and this delicious abomination called a "Deep-Fried Cheesecake". Then back to the room to ice up my foot (big mistake, never hide in the room during furcon!) and a few more shows, including their famous Fursuit Dance Competition. And then more raving :D
Sunday morning sucked. My mother stirred up some drama and Jouster had to leave just after lunch. Afterwards, I went to this panel on writing as a DM, something I keep hoping to do one day. The Talent Show was pretty good (and apparently much better than last year), and we capped the whole thing off with
Bubo_owl and the rest of us doing shanties and hits of my Very Special Homebrew Rum (which tastes horrible).And now, if I may be permitted a sappy moment, a song for the event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrYWY1mqUp8
Bucket list items checked off:
1. Bloody mary aboard a 7 am flight
2. Pina Colada at Trader Vic's (AWOOO~)
3. Martini at an overpriced hotel bar
Honourable Mention goes to
Good luck with the drama stuffs