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Megaplex 2012: Jazz's Furry Adventure Continues
13 years ago
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Oh yes, indeed! Still with Tek, but we were at Megaplex all weekend! Totally different experience than Califur, but I still had a blast! Let's see if I can catalogue what I remember for your reading pleasure, if you really want to know anyway. XP
Thursday
Got to the con Thursday evening because Tek's friend,
, was planning on using his DJ equipment for his set later that night. We didn't go to the bowling, instead we dropped our stuff off in the headless lounge, got our badges, and walked around the hotel a bit to familiarize ourselves with the area. Then Tek decided to suit up. He did so and we headed to the dance room, where another one of Tek's friends, 
, was playing his set. Then we kind of hung out, walked back and forth, and "danced" every once in a while for the rest of the night. Highlight of the night was Tek spinning his LED sticks while in suit, which was really cool to watch. Got a really crappy picture of that. XP Then I got to meet 
and 
, who are both incredibly awesome people. Got food, then got back as Takum was finishing up(even though he ended up not using Tek's equipment because of issues), and we all headed up to our rooms for bed. We were bumming a room for just Thursday night, since our original roommates were only in for Friday through Sunday, but... Tek and I ended up taking a little too long to get back. Turns out everyone in the room was already asleep. Luckily Tek had the number of one of them and he woke up from a text, but that meant that we didn't really have a say in where we slept. We had to take the floor... which was tiled. Yay! We snuggled up as best we could with the extra sheets and got some sleep though.
Friday
Tek woke up at like 7:30am or something and decided to just stay up instead of trying to get back to sleep, since it wasn't easy in the first place. I stayed and napped for another hour, which was a HUGE mistake because Tek went and got food and I was kind of left without breakfast because I didn't want to go out by myself or something. XP Oh well. Met up with Tek in time for opening ceremonies, which were cool! Walked around a bit, then went back to the main hall and peeked at the "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grade Fur" thing. Tek left and went to a different panel, where he learned how to be a D.I.C.K. Tek suited up again after and we went to a fursuiting panel explaining the basics of fursuiting and spotting, which was actually pretty informative. Tek even got a mentor person! First hand experience, he told him how to walk, how to act around the kids in the lobby, and all that right off the bat. That was fun and Tek got his first picture with children. XP More walking and talking. We took a short break and I added my first sketch to my sketchbook just to act as a little cover page. Carried that around a bit, but it didn't get anymore attention. That evening was the pool party! Got free carrot cake and pie, then went swimming. Soooo much fun, even though the DJ was horrible! A giant beach ball was thrown in and was tossed around the pool and eventually
brought out Fenris, his giant inflatable wolf and set it on the water. Quite a few people tried to ride on top of Fenris, only a few were able to stay on without falling into the pool. XP Did that until it got dark, then got dry for Uncle Kage's Story Hour! My first time, and I was so glad I got watch, really entertaining. Then I FINALLY got "real" food lol, where we joked about Slenderman and stuff while eating delicious pancakes. Hung out for a little bit more afterward, but wanted to try and get some sleep in because the fursuit parade was the next day. The bed was a lot better than the tile, but the room was kept too warm and the bed was trying to sabotage me. I kept sliding near the edge, too nervous to let Tek know, who was right beside me. XP Not much sleep again, oh well!
Saturday
Was finally starting to relax when there was a knock on our door at 8am, the fursuit parade line up wasn't until 11am. One of our roommates had fallen asleep in someone else's room and was back for his suit. One of Tek's friends was with him and was extremely persistant on getting a picture of Tek in suit with Argus before the parade, even though it was hours away. Sooo, Tek got up and I was dead tired. I rested a little longer once he left and then just got up and took a shower, it helped a bit. Went down and met up with Tek, who is hard to miss while in suit XP, a bit before he had to get ready for the parade, so we hung out in the headless lounge. He headed into the main hall and I picked a spot for the parade, near Yuchi and Izzy. I had Tek's phone and I recorded the entire first pass of the parade, though in retrospect I suppose I should have kept recording, because a lot of people apparently slipped in during the second half as the fursuiters turned around and headed back for the main hall. XP Was still nice though. Had more food, then went to the Improv panel by Puck! Can't deny that I was a little nervous, since I figured it would be interactive(and it was), but Puck made it really entertaining and it was really fun just to be silly with everyone. At some point I played some Brawl in the game room and made some people gape at me a bit. XP Kaiza was there too and he got to see! Was fun though. I ordered a badge from
and it is mega adorable! I'll probably post that eventually. Then something really random happened! Tek, in suit, and I were walking back to our room through the main lobby and a small child stood in front of us, grinning. We stopped, naturally, and Tek kneeled down as the kid held out his hand. Tek gently took it as if to shake his hand, but the kid slipped out of his grip and proceeded to casually flip him off. It was a knee-high kid, probably like... seven years old or something, just flipped Tek off in public. Nobody really did anything as he ran back to his parents. So... yeah, whatever. Food! Then that took too long and we had to bribe the security guy to let us in to see the last half of Julie Bunny Must Die, which was still really well done! After that was JR's Standup, which was really funny. Not much else to do after that, so we walked around and stumbled upon a large group of people playing Cards Against Humanity. Never heard of it, but it looks like the adult version of Apples to Apples and a really, really funny game to play with a bunch of friends. We didn't jump in, but it was still really fun to watch the compete randomness. Then we headed back up to the room, got comfortable, and... one of our roommates was carried into the room, shivering, by three people. He was beyond drunk. So beyond drunk that he had to have his stomach pumped apparently. He was set on the other bed and we all had to watch over him for a while until he calmed down. Eventually he fell asleep and we were able to do the same, quite an experience. Oh! I also got to meet 
! She's amazing and that was soooo cool. Yup!
Sunday
Alright, strange morning. I kept waking up to the sound of an air pump, but fell back asleep. Tek wanted to get up early for the fursuit games, but I suppose he was having trouble sleeping, since we both just stayed in bed... until one of our roommates told us we needed to be out of the room in 30 minutes, and the room was now covered in inflatables, which all had to be deflated in that time frame as well. We couldn't get out of the bed. Thankfully the hotel staff allowed a generous amount of extra time and we were able to get everything out in time without any overages, but it was stil a bit frustrating that that had to happen at all. Atleast it turned out fine. Had breakfast, then walked around a bit more, talked with people. Saw some adorable buttons by
and we could get custom ones as well, so Tek and I snatched some! It was kind of a collaborative deal, so I got my button done by the artist who was sitting next to him and I'm horrible and now can't remember who that was! FFFFF, anybody know? Was at the far end of the dealer's room, doing adorable buttons. Anyway, hung around a bit, then went to Puck's magic show, where Tek burned a one hundred dollar bill and it was all very amusing. I like Puck. After that was the live Funday Pawpet Show! Yay! They interviewed the guests of honor and did a lot of silly stuff, I love the Pawpets. Unfortunately, after that we had to start fixing to head out, Tek had to get ready for class the next day. Said our goodbyes to everyone we could and then left the con.
Overall, I had a really good time with this con, even though half the time I was super jealous because most of the time I was surrounded by Tek and his friends, who all had fursuits! Daaaamn, I want mine. Was still a really fun convention though and I'm glad I could go, especially with Tek.
Shoutout to
because he's awesome and he was around most of the time as well, just didn't really know where to place him. Like I said in the previous con journal, if you talked to me, than you're awesome. Even if you're not on here, it's always a pleasure to meet someone new! If you managed to read through this whole thing, then congratulations, that's most of what happened during the weekend. Hope it wasn't too boring to read through!
Thursday
Got to the con Thursday evening because Tek's friend,
, was planning on using his DJ equipment for his set later that night. We didn't go to the bowling, instead we dropped our stuff off in the headless lounge, got our badges, and walked around the hotel a bit to familiarize ourselves with the area. Then Tek decided to suit up. He did so and we headed to the dance room, where another one of Tek's friends, 
, was playing his set. Then we kind of hung out, walked back and forth, and "danced" every once in a while for the rest of the night. Highlight of the night was Tek spinning his LED sticks while in suit, which was really cool to watch. Got a really crappy picture of that. XP Then I got to meet 
and 
, who are both incredibly awesome people. Got food, then got back as Takum was finishing up(even though he ended up not using Tek's equipment because of issues), and we all headed up to our rooms for bed. We were bumming a room for just Thursday night, since our original roommates were only in for Friday through Sunday, but... Tek and I ended up taking a little too long to get back. Turns out everyone in the room was already asleep. Luckily Tek had the number of one of them and he woke up from a text, but that meant that we didn't really have a say in where we slept. We had to take the floor... which was tiled. Yay! We snuggled up as best we could with the extra sheets and got some sleep though.Friday
Tek woke up at like 7:30am or something and decided to just stay up instead of trying to get back to sleep, since it wasn't easy in the first place. I stayed and napped for another hour, which was a HUGE mistake because Tek went and got food and I was kind of left without breakfast because I didn't want to go out by myself or something. XP Oh well. Met up with Tek in time for opening ceremonies, which were cool! Walked around a bit, then went back to the main hall and peeked at the "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grade Fur" thing. Tek left and went to a different panel, where he learned how to be a D.I.C.K. Tek suited up again after and we went to a fursuiting panel explaining the basics of fursuiting and spotting, which was actually pretty informative. Tek even got a mentor person! First hand experience, he told him how to walk, how to act around the kids in the lobby, and all that right off the bat. That was fun and Tek got his first picture with children. XP More walking and talking. We took a short break and I added my first sketch to my sketchbook just to act as a little cover page. Carried that around a bit, but it didn't get anymore attention. That evening was the pool party! Got free carrot cake and pie, then went swimming. Soooo much fun, even though the DJ was horrible! A giant beach ball was thrown in and was tossed around the pool and eventually
brought out Fenris, his giant inflatable wolf and set it on the water. Quite a few people tried to ride on top of Fenris, only a few were able to stay on without falling into the pool. XP Did that until it got dark, then got dry for Uncle Kage's Story Hour! My first time, and I was so glad I got watch, really entertaining. Then I FINALLY got "real" food lol, where we joked about Slenderman and stuff while eating delicious pancakes. Hung out for a little bit more afterward, but wanted to try and get some sleep in because the fursuit parade was the next day. The bed was a lot better than the tile, but the room was kept too warm and the bed was trying to sabotage me. I kept sliding near the edge, too nervous to let Tek know, who was right beside me. XP Not much sleep again, oh well!Saturday
Was finally starting to relax when there was a knock on our door at 8am, the fursuit parade line up wasn't until 11am. One of our roommates had fallen asleep in someone else's room and was back for his suit. One of Tek's friends was with him and was extremely persistant on getting a picture of Tek in suit with Argus before the parade, even though it was hours away. Sooo, Tek got up and I was dead tired. I rested a little longer once he left and then just got up and took a shower, it helped a bit. Went down and met up with Tek, who is hard to miss while in suit XP, a bit before he had to get ready for the parade, so we hung out in the headless lounge. He headed into the main hall and I picked a spot for the parade, near Yuchi and Izzy. I had Tek's phone and I recorded the entire first pass of the parade, though in retrospect I suppose I should have kept recording, because a lot of people apparently slipped in during the second half as the fursuiters turned around and headed back for the main hall. XP Was still nice though. Had more food, then went to the Improv panel by Puck! Can't deny that I was a little nervous, since I figured it would be interactive(and it was), but Puck made it really entertaining and it was really fun just to be silly with everyone. At some point I played some Brawl in the game room and made some people gape at me a bit. XP Kaiza was there too and he got to see! Was fun though. I ordered a badge from
and it is mega adorable! I'll probably post that eventually. Then something really random happened! Tek, in suit, and I were walking back to our room through the main lobby and a small child stood in front of us, grinning. We stopped, naturally, and Tek kneeled down as the kid held out his hand. Tek gently took it as if to shake his hand, but the kid slipped out of his grip and proceeded to casually flip him off. It was a knee-high kid, probably like... seven years old or something, just flipped Tek off in public. Nobody really did anything as he ran back to his parents. So... yeah, whatever. Food! Then that took too long and we had to bribe the security guy to let us in to see the last half of Julie Bunny Must Die, which was still really well done! After that was JR's Standup, which was really funny. Not much else to do after that, so we walked around and stumbled upon a large group of people playing Cards Against Humanity. Never heard of it, but it looks like the adult version of Apples to Apples and a really, really funny game to play with a bunch of friends. We didn't jump in, but it was still really fun to watch the compete randomness. Then we headed back up to the room, got comfortable, and... one of our roommates was carried into the room, shivering, by three people. He was beyond drunk. So beyond drunk that he had to have his stomach pumped apparently. He was set on the other bed and we all had to watch over him for a while until he calmed down. Eventually he fell asleep and we were able to do the same, quite an experience. Oh! I also got to meet 
! She's amazing and that was soooo cool. Yup! Sunday
Alright, strange morning. I kept waking up to the sound of an air pump, but fell back asleep. Tek wanted to get up early for the fursuit games, but I suppose he was having trouble sleeping, since we both just stayed in bed... until one of our roommates told us we needed to be out of the room in 30 minutes, and the room was now covered in inflatables, which all had to be deflated in that time frame as well. We couldn't get out of the bed. Thankfully the hotel staff allowed a generous amount of extra time and we were able to get everything out in time without any overages, but it was stil a bit frustrating that that had to happen at all. Atleast it turned out fine. Had breakfast, then walked around a bit more, talked with people. Saw some adorable buttons by
and we could get custom ones as well, so Tek and I snatched some! It was kind of a collaborative deal, so I got my button done by the artist who was sitting next to him and I'm horrible and now can't remember who that was! FFFFF, anybody know? Was at the far end of the dealer's room, doing adorable buttons. Anyway, hung around a bit, then went to Puck's magic show, where Tek burned a one hundred dollar bill and it was all very amusing. I like Puck. After that was the live Funday Pawpet Show! Yay! They interviewed the guests of honor and did a lot of silly stuff, I love the Pawpets. Unfortunately, after that we had to start fixing to head out, Tek had to get ready for class the next day. Said our goodbyes to everyone we could and then left the con. Overall, I had a really good time with this con, even though half the time I was super jealous because most of the time I was surrounded by Tek and his friends, who all had fursuits! Daaaamn, I want mine. Was still a really fun convention though and I'm glad I could go, especially with Tek.
Shoutout to
because he's awesome and he was around most of the time as well, just didn't really know where to place him. Like I said in the previous con journal, if you talked to me, than you're awesome. Even if you're not on here, it's always a pleasure to meet someone new! If you managed to read through this whole thing, then congratulations, that's most of what happened during the weekend. Hope it wasn't too boring to read through!
I can't wait to finish my own fursuit! Lots of otters! Huzzah!