FurIdaho Report
13 years ago
General
I went to FurIdaho with rather low expectations. I had issues with my registration, I had issues getting a table in the dealer's den, their communication was poor, and they were incredibly unorganized. Despite all of that, I have to say that it was the most fun I've had at a convention. Granted that's not saying a lot considering the way my previous conventions have been, but it was awesome.
Thursday - I left my place at about 1:30 with a stop to pick up
Tenki-101. We arrived at the hotel at about 8:00pm and met up with everyone before heading out to dinner and getting settled in the room. Then we went swimming in the hotel's very salty pool.
Friday - I got my badge for the convention before everyone I was rooming with went to the hotel's restaurant for breakfast. They had a great deal where you got 2 eggs, 2 pieces of bacon, sausage, or ham, hash browns, and toast for $3.99. Overall the food was good, but the potatoes were bland, nothing that couldn't be remedied with a little salt and pepper though. After that I got my stuff together for the dealer's den. I spent most of my time at my table in the dealer's den and I would like to thank
MidniteMountainWulf and Mystic for buying so much and watching my table when I needed to step away. After the dealer's den closed I got into fursuit for a little bit. At this point the opening ceremonies was running and I heard the chairman talking about the brony pool party(which I heard was kind of a flop because of projector issues). I walked right up to the stage, let him finish talking, and threw a fireball at him. He didn't get it at first, but once he figured it out he joked that they needed to find a new chairman and someone pulled out a chair to replace him. After opening ceremonies I was getting hungry so I got out of suit and went with
Roochi,
eliaphir,
Spacedogspiff, Leon, and
jhwolf to Denny's. After dinner I got back in suit for a little while and had a generally good time before deciding it was time to get out and call it a night.
Saturday - I was awake before anyone else in my room so I showered and headed to the restaurant for some breakfast. I wasn't feeling very good that morning so I was eating really slowly. I was joined there by Roo and El and I was starting to feel better which allowed us to finish eating at about the same time so we all went to get our stuff for the dealer's den. I ended up making 3 trips because everyone was still asleep in my room and I forgot I was going to put my fursuit head on my table. Once again I spent most of my time at my table in the dealer's den and I made a lot of sales. One of my later sales was to Space who I convinced to get something to work into a yarn lanyard they were commissioning and I have to say turned out amazing. After closing up shop in the dealer's den I was invited to be a part of a fursuit video in the hotel's workout room so I got suited up. It was a lot of fun to shot the video and hang out for a bit afterward, but I was starting to get hungry again so I went to get out of suit. I was invited to dinner with Midnight, Mystic,
soulman21, and JH and we went to Sizzler. After we got back I was pretty exhausted and was having a bit of tummy trouble so I spent the rest of the evening in the room relaxing and went to bed early.
Sunday - I was again the first one up so I showered and got my stuff packed up. I took the stuff I didn't think I'd need for the rest of the day out to my car and went to get breakfast again. After breakfast I again went to get my dealer's stuff and I was able to get some help carrying it down. It was a pretty uneventful day in the dealer's den, but I made a few sales before closing up and doing the Idaho sales tax stuff at about 1:00pm. They had announced the fursuit parade late to happen at about 1:30, but my fursuit was in my car and I didn't plan on participating. In the end I grabbed my head, arms, and hands and just threw them on and paraded. I threw fireballs at people while we were walking, and by the end of it I really needed to get it off because I didn't have time to dig into my suit case to get the underarmour. After the parade I got everything packed back up in my car and headed back inside for the Fur What It's Worth Live Show. I left at about 3:30 to head home, but it took some time to actually get out of the hotel because we kept running into people to hug and say good bye to. The drive home was uneventful and I ended up getting home at about 10:00.
I'd like to thank everyone that stopped by my table to look at my stuff and chatted with me. I'd also like to thank everyone that bought something because you made my first experience selling a good one and you can expect to see me back in the future with more variety and maybe some bigger items for sale.
Thanks everyone for making this the best con experience I've had!
Thursday - I left my place at about 1:30 with a stop to pick up
Tenki-101. We arrived at the hotel at about 8:00pm and met up with everyone before heading out to dinner and getting settled in the room. Then we went swimming in the hotel's very salty pool.Friday - I got my badge for the convention before everyone I was rooming with went to the hotel's restaurant for breakfast. They had a great deal where you got 2 eggs, 2 pieces of bacon, sausage, or ham, hash browns, and toast for $3.99. Overall the food was good, but the potatoes were bland, nothing that couldn't be remedied with a little salt and pepper though. After that I got my stuff together for the dealer's den. I spent most of my time at my table in the dealer's den and I would like to thank
MidniteMountainWulf and Mystic for buying so much and watching my table when I needed to step away. After the dealer's den closed I got into fursuit for a little bit. At this point the opening ceremonies was running and I heard the chairman talking about the brony pool party(which I heard was kind of a flop because of projector issues). I walked right up to the stage, let him finish talking, and threw a fireball at him. He didn't get it at first, but once he figured it out he joked that they needed to find a new chairman and someone pulled out a chair to replace him. After opening ceremonies I was getting hungry so I got out of suit and went with
Roochi,
eliaphir,
Spacedogspiff, Leon, and
jhwolf to Denny's. After dinner I got back in suit for a little while and had a generally good time before deciding it was time to get out and call it a night.Saturday - I was awake before anyone else in my room so I showered and headed to the restaurant for some breakfast. I wasn't feeling very good that morning so I was eating really slowly. I was joined there by Roo and El and I was starting to feel better which allowed us to finish eating at about the same time so we all went to get our stuff for the dealer's den. I ended up making 3 trips because everyone was still asleep in my room and I forgot I was going to put my fursuit head on my table. Once again I spent most of my time at my table in the dealer's den and I made a lot of sales. One of my later sales was to Space who I convinced to get something to work into a yarn lanyard they were commissioning and I have to say turned out amazing. After closing up shop in the dealer's den I was invited to be a part of a fursuit video in the hotel's workout room so I got suited up. It was a lot of fun to shot the video and hang out for a bit afterward, but I was starting to get hungry again so I went to get out of suit. I was invited to dinner with Midnight, Mystic,
soulman21, and JH and we went to Sizzler. After we got back I was pretty exhausted and was having a bit of tummy trouble so I spent the rest of the evening in the room relaxing and went to bed early.Sunday - I was again the first one up so I showered and got my stuff packed up. I took the stuff I didn't think I'd need for the rest of the day out to my car and went to get breakfast again. After breakfast I again went to get my dealer's stuff and I was able to get some help carrying it down. It was a pretty uneventful day in the dealer's den, but I made a few sales before closing up and doing the Idaho sales tax stuff at about 1:00pm. They had announced the fursuit parade late to happen at about 1:30, but my fursuit was in my car and I didn't plan on participating. In the end I grabbed my head, arms, and hands and just threw them on and paraded. I threw fireballs at people while we were walking, and by the end of it I really needed to get it off because I didn't have time to dig into my suit case to get the underarmour. After the parade I got everything packed back up in my car and headed back inside for the Fur What It's Worth Live Show. I left at about 3:30 to head home, but it took some time to actually get out of the hotel because we kept running into people to hug and say good bye to. The drive home was uneventful and I ended up getting home at about 10:00.
I'd like to thank everyone that stopped by my table to look at my stuff and chatted with me. I'd also like to thank everyone that bought something because you made my first experience selling a good one and you can expect to see me back in the future with more variety and maybe some bigger items for sale.
Thanks everyone for making this the best con experience I've had!
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^_^ you tossed fireballs at lots of people XD