Califur 2012: Jazz's First Furry Con Adventure!
13 years ago
General
Yup! I got off my butt and decided to go to Califur this year! My first furry con and I had sooooo much fun! Seriously, really awesome weekend for sure. I could probably go over everything that happened, but let's see how much I can condense it:
Friday
Got to the con in the afternoon and was immediately stalked by
! Got to meet him and
for the first time in person right as I got out of the car. Stuck to Turk like glue after that. Got registered, then meandered around the Dealers Den and the halls of the hotel while Turk talked con stuff to me. Fursuiters! Morph Suits! Yeah! Met back up with Blue and some of his friends and walked out for dinner of the Mexican food variety. Got back, had my first Long Island Iced Tea. XP Then hung out in Turk's room before another first for me: going to a dance! Haven't really danced before either, so I kind of just stomped around to the beat. My pants weren't cooperating with me though, until Turk gave me his belt. XP Was still a ton of fun though, even though Turk said the music sucked. Turk and Blue crashed after that, so I met up with a very drunk
and
. Followed them around for a bit until Halon passed out in Jfoxx's room, then I went back to my room and tried to sleep, but couldn't. XP
Saturday
Got like 2 hours of sleep and Turk "woke" me up for breakfast! Ate food, then joined Blue and hung out in a corner by Starbucks where we started doodling on coasters or something. All three of us drew an otter.
showed up, acted all cute, then poked Turk with his feesh. We took our doodles and posted them on the board in the hallway, then headed back into the Dealers Den because I wanted to buy something.
was making adorable inkblot badges! I got one for me and Turk because he totally needed one and didn't want to buy it himself. Went back to Turk's room to hang out and watch videos until our badges were done. Grabbed the adorableness after that! Love that badge! Walked around a bit, then played the longest game of Chinese Checkers ever! Just let Turk win after a while. Then had a way too expensive dinner and sat at the bar for a bit, more doodling. Back at Turk's room and got to see
's fursuit on Skype, which he had just got that day! Fursuit shenanigans, then I got to talk to him and show off our badges for a good portion of the night, which was nice. Then we watched and laughed at wrestling on tv, it was really bad. XP Then Turk and Blue crashed again. I went and met up with Halon again, but he was tired too and he had to get up early. Chatted for a bit in the lobby, then something really odd happened. One of the ceiling panels nearby came undone on one corner, releasing a moderately sized stream of water onto a poor, defenseless chair just below it. Then the entire panel collapsed and out fell one of those painting tray things. I guess someone above had a sizeable leak and thought shoving that under it would stop it... until it overflowed anyway, and subsequently fell through the floor. I spotted
walking around, so once Halon crashed I went out looking for him, since we wanted to meet. Found him stumbling around in fursuit with Mystery Otter, shoved my badge in his face and got a hug from him and Mystery Otter. Followed them around a bit and bumped into
! We talked about Tek for a few minutes. XP Then I continued following Serv, but I was dead tired due to lack of sleep, so I kind of just drifted to my room instead of shadowing him around. Then I crashed on the floor. XP
Sunday
Turk woke me up early again for breakfast! Went down and met him, but didn't eat right away. Walked around some more, giggled at PORN AND DILDOS! Then piled into a car and went to IHOP for brunch or whatever. Food. Got back with just enough time to hang out in the lobby before Turk had to leave me forever! Oh no! Serv showed up and got to meet Turk and Blue, then I got to roam around with Serv's group once Turk left. We went and got pizza, then hung around in the lobby for the remainder of my time there. Doodles and sketchbooks were involved.
A big thanks to
for letting me stay in the room.
Shoutout to some other cool people not mentioned above:
eckohfox
rcmouse
jasufox
wolfpuptk
rawr-chirp
raket and more! If you talked to me, then you're awesome! I really had a blast with this con, looking forward to doing more.
Friday
Got to the con in the afternoon and was immediately stalked by
! Got to meet him and
for the first time in person right as I got out of the car. Stuck to Turk like glue after that. Got registered, then meandered around the Dealers Den and the halls of the hotel while Turk talked con stuff to me. Fursuiters! Morph Suits! Yeah! Met back up with Blue and some of his friends and walked out for dinner of the Mexican food variety. Got back, had my first Long Island Iced Tea. XP Then hung out in Turk's room before another first for me: going to a dance! Haven't really danced before either, so I kind of just stomped around to the beat. My pants weren't cooperating with me though, until Turk gave me his belt. XP Was still a ton of fun though, even though Turk said the music sucked. Turk and Blue crashed after that, so I met up with a very drunk
and
. Followed them around for a bit until Halon passed out in Jfoxx's room, then I went back to my room and tried to sleep, but couldn't. XPSaturday
Got like 2 hours of sleep and Turk "woke" me up for breakfast! Ate food, then joined Blue and hung out in a corner by Starbucks where we started doodling on coasters or something. All three of us drew an otter.
showed up, acted all cute, then poked Turk with his feesh. We took our doodles and posted them on the board in the hallway, then headed back into the Dealers Den because I wanted to buy something.
was making adorable inkblot badges! I got one for me and Turk because he totally needed one and didn't want to buy it himself. Went back to Turk's room to hang out and watch videos until our badges were done. Grabbed the adorableness after that! Love that badge! Walked around a bit, then played the longest game of Chinese Checkers ever! Just let Turk win after a while. Then had a way too expensive dinner and sat at the bar for a bit, more doodling. Back at Turk's room and got to see
's fursuit on Skype, which he had just got that day! Fursuit shenanigans, then I got to talk to him and show off our badges for a good portion of the night, which was nice. Then we watched and laughed at wrestling on tv, it was really bad. XP Then Turk and Blue crashed again. I went and met up with Halon again, but he was tired too and he had to get up early. Chatted for a bit in the lobby, then something really odd happened. One of the ceiling panels nearby came undone on one corner, releasing a moderately sized stream of water onto a poor, defenseless chair just below it. Then the entire panel collapsed and out fell one of those painting tray things. I guess someone above had a sizeable leak and thought shoving that under it would stop it... until it overflowed anyway, and subsequently fell through the floor. I spotted
walking around, so once Halon crashed I went out looking for him, since we wanted to meet. Found him stumbling around in fursuit with Mystery Otter, shoved my badge in his face and got a hug from him and Mystery Otter. Followed them around a bit and bumped into
! We talked about Tek for a few minutes. XP Then I continued following Serv, but I was dead tired due to lack of sleep, so I kind of just drifted to my room instead of shadowing him around. Then I crashed on the floor. XPSunday
Turk woke me up early again for breakfast! Went down and met him, but didn't eat right away. Walked around some more, giggled at PORN AND DILDOS! Then piled into a car and went to IHOP for brunch or whatever. Food. Got back with just enough time to hang out in the lobby before Turk had to leave me forever! Oh no! Serv showed up and got to meet Turk and Blue, then I got to roam around with Serv's group once Turk left. We went and got pizza, then hung around in the lobby for the remainder of my time there. Doodles and sketchbooks were involved.
A big thanks to
for letting me stay in the room. Shoutout to some other cool people not mentioned above:
eckohfox
rcmouse
jasufox
wolfpuptk
rawr-chirp
raket and more! If you talked to me, then you're awesome! I really had a blast with this con, looking forward to doing more.
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i'm a group person, I prefer to stick with someone, and I hope to meet some of the people I know on here at that con ^P^
but i've still gotta raise funds for both my partial and the money needed for the con.
Glad you had fun though.