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Megaplex Wrap-Up and the Current State of Affairs
13 years ago
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Holy mother of God, that was an amazing convention (and my first con ever at that!). It was mass euphoria and I didn't want it to end. Although, being there for the entirety of Monday after everyone had left did help ease the PCD because we got all our sadness out of the way staring at the empty con space that was booming with furry fun not 24 hours later.
I also got to experience a miracle. Saturday morning, I woke up with a terrible pain in my eye that only got worse as the day went on. I was forced to go to con ops to attempt to get help, only to find none. I dragged myself to see Julie Bunny Must Die with pain in my eye so bad that it was continuously tearing. As the performance (which was incredible!) ended, I stood up to applaud, and my eye felt completely better. Julie Bunny healed me with her powers of observation. x3
There was also the amazing adrenaline rush of attending and bidding in the charity auctions. In the scheduled auction, I was bidding from the back for the Megaplex 11 poster, and in the closing ceremonies auction, I bid from the front for Orlando's iron artist piece. There something about throwing your hand up and shouting a large dollar amount that really just gets you pumped up. I may not have won either, but at least I was jacking the bid up to raise more money for CARE. Here's hoping that I can buy a print of that Megaplex 11 poster some time because the "art department" came up with some fantastic work.
Even though it was my first con ever, I did get to sit on a panel for The Rabbit Hole as an LNCS cast member. I didn't know what I was doing, but apparently it worked out well. Not a lot of people showed up, but that's not what it was about.
Really though, the most fun I had at the convention was in the room with the other LNCS guys, acting like jackasses the way we normally do over skype, except with physical interaction things got MUCH stupider. I was worried that things wouldn't gel as well in real life as they do online, but they did, and it was fantastic.
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Now for the sad part. I arrived home late on Tuesday and was told that my cat, Luigi, was put down on Friday. The poor thing hadn't been feeling well, so my mom got him out to the vet. Luigi's chest was filled with fluid and there was evidence that he hadn't eaten for days, and hadn't had a drink in at least a day either. The vet never did pinpoint exactly what was wrong, but the three options he had it narrowed down to were not promising; it was either an incurable immune disease, a form of heart failure/disease, or cancer. In the best case, he would have had operable cancer, but in going that long without food, his liver was nearing shut down anyway. So, after 11 years with us, my little Luigi was put down, ending his recent pain and suffering.
It's such a bizarre juxtaposition that I still can't process everything. My brain keeps bouncing back between the happy moments of the convention and the shock and sadness of my cat's passing.
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That aside, I'd like to try to end this on a happy note. Attending Megaplex really cemented for me what this fandom is about, and the good it can do in one's life. I don't want to go crazy, but I'm going to be putting myself out there way more than I have been. This was my first con, but it will not be my last. I'm planning to head up to the last day of FAU (August 19), and I'm tentatively planning on attending next year's Anthrocon. I don't know if these plans will work out, but at least I'm trying now.
Additionally, I have to say that being around talented fursuiters like FoxAlbiAzul and OrlandoFox (and others, but they were the two that stick out most in terms of my personal interactions and observations) is really making me want to attempt fursuiting myself. I have a slight advantage in that my character lends itself better to a partial, so I save a good bit of money. I have no idea when this will be happening, but it's on my radar. I absolutely know that it's not financially feasible at the moment without irresponsibly breaking into some reserves,so it will remain a long-term goal for the time being.
In the short term though, I'm incredibly motivated to make changes in my life, both within the fandom and outside of it. There are aspects of me that I'm sick of, and for probably the first time in my life I feel empowered to change them. This is the best I've felt about myself and my future in years.
I also got to experience a miracle. Saturday morning, I woke up with a terrible pain in my eye that only got worse as the day went on. I was forced to go to con ops to attempt to get help, only to find none. I dragged myself to see Julie Bunny Must Die with pain in my eye so bad that it was continuously tearing. As the performance (which was incredible!) ended, I stood up to applaud, and my eye felt completely better. Julie Bunny healed me with her powers of observation. x3
There was also the amazing adrenaline rush of attending and bidding in the charity auctions. In the scheduled auction, I was bidding from the back for the Megaplex 11 poster, and in the closing ceremonies auction, I bid from the front for Orlando's iron artist piece. There something about throwing your hand up and shouting a large dollar amount that really just gets you pumped up. I may not have won either, but at least I was jacking the bid up to raise more money for CARE. Here's hoping that I can buy a print of that Megaplex 11 poster some time because the "art department" came up with some fantastic work.
Even though it was my first con ever, I did get to sit on a panel for The Rabbit Hole as an LNCS cast member. I didn't know what I was doing, but apparently it worked out well. Not a lot of people showed up, but that's not what it was about.
Really though, the most fun I had at the convention was in the room with the other LNCS guys, acting like jackasses the way we normally do over skype, except with physical interaction things got MUCH stupider. I was worried that things wouldn't gel as well in real life as they do online, but they did, and it was fantastic.
---
Now for the sad part. I arrived home late on Tuesday and was told that my cat, Luigi, was put down on Friday. The poor thing hadn't been feeling well, so my mom got him out to the vet. Luigi's chest was filled with fluid and there was evidence that he hadn't eaten for days, and hadn't had a drink in at least a day either. The vet never did pinpoint exactly what was wrong, but the three options he had it narrowed down to were not promising; it was either an incurable immune disease, a form of heart failure/disease, or cancer. In the best case, he would have had operable cancer, but in going that long without food, his liver was nearing shut down anyway. So, after 11 years with us, my little Luigi was put down, ending his recent pain and suffering.
It's such a bizarre juxtaposition that I still can't process everything. My brain keeps bouncing back between the happy moments of the convention and the shock and sadness of my cat's passing.
---
That aside, I'd like to try to end this on a happy note. Attending Megaplex really cemented for me what this fandom is about, and the good it can do in one's life. I don't want to go crazy, but I'm going to be putting myself out there way more than I have been. This was my first con, but it will not be my last. I'm planning to head up to the last day of FAU (August 19), and I'm tentatively planning on attending next year's Anthrocon. I don't know if these plans will work out, but at least I'm trying now.
Additionally, I have to say that being around talented fursuiters like FoxAlbiAzul and OrlandoFox (and others, but they were the two that stick out most in terms of my personal interactions and observations) is really making me want to attempt fursuiting myself. I have a slight advantage in that my character lends itself better to a partial, so I save a good bit of money. I have no idea when this will be happening, but it's on my radar. I absolutely know that it's not financially feasible at the moment without irresponsibly breaking into some reserves,so it will remain a long-term goal for the time being.
In the short term though, I'm incredibly motivated to make changes in my life, both within the fandom and outside of it. There are aspects of me that I'm sick of, and for probably the first time in my life I feel empowered to change them. This is the best I've felt about myself and my future in years.
