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Rainfurrest 2012 Recap
13 years ago
I'm going to try not to shake violently or roll around on my bed as I try to remember all the details of this con. Rainfurrest, no joke, was the sickest, baddest ass con I've ever been to so far. Last year I declared it my home con, and it was great returning to Seatac/Seattle to be with people I can't even imagine being out of my life anymore. I'm going to try to keep this journal short, mostly because I'll post a detailed journal on Tumblr later and also because I don't like journals stretching out my profile page.
Day 0 - A group of us from socal arrived at the airport at 4:20pm. I bought a bottle of champagne to celebrate the start of the con. This year was going to go off with a bang.
Day 1 - I picked up a badge in the morning. I didn't know what to put as a fancy badge name, so I randomly typed CashMoneyRecords without even thinking. I think I went suiting in the morning while everyone was still passed out drunk from the night before. Got tagged tagged in the first 5 minutes of walking in the con center. Awesomeness! A group of us visited Dave's Diner for afternoon breakfast, which was awesome since we had gotten lost looking for IHOP. XD Later, I visited Chinatown, Seattle, by rail, visibly freaking out over trees with everyone, and I also got some yummy yakisoba and thai iced tea. Then we got really drunk.
Day 2 - Prat had a speed painting panel that we all thought was going to be party pictionary, so drunken chaos ensued. The dance competition was on later! I hadn't even picked a song, nor was I aware it was that night. XD Rei and Rawkz0rz helped picked Tipsy by J-Kwon all in a rush before the start of the competition. I didn't recognize the song at all, but I knew it was played years and years back. So IDGAF'D MY ENTIRE DANCE IN DRUNKEN STUPOR. lol I guess people liked it, since I tied with Step, which meant there was only one option. Dance battle to Champagne Showers! Heyyyyy!!! So that whole escapade was super fun, and I placed 3rd too. :3 Not bad for not even knowing the song and just winging it. I desuited to try and make Rawk's opening set for the dance. Super awesome fun times. :3 More stuff happened and I was ready to go for Kihu's set at 2:15am. The only problem was that there was forever time to go, and this douchebag DJ Rollballs wouldn't respectly get off stage. Dude was a trainwreck, I swear. I don't know how attractive you're supposed to be sweating like you just got out of the pool, hunched over, cross-eyed, ragged breathing, underwear-only, dutch, fuqit. Dude, you sucked. Don't ever try that shit again man. If it weren't for having good friends with way more patience than I could ever have, you would have been kindly roundhoused off the stage as you were yodeling some gross song. But alas, Rawk got me out of the hell this DJ Rollballs created in a span of 15 minutes. Glad you were in your own world, since the actual one couldn't handle you. And then...I heard it. It was like Jesus's saving grace and Kihu's set had begun. Few words can describe how perfect everything had become. We all went hard and the night ended with Tigon asking Kihu to return next year to DJ. lol but this shit ended at 3AM!! I WASN'T FINISHED YET and so many people hadn't had the chance to experience Kihu's set like I wanted. So my plan was to get Kihu to play again the following night at a more reasonable time.
Day 3 - After suiting in the morning, Muttmonster and I asked Tigon to let Kihu play, and we started getting others to tweet about it. Soon enough, it was a done deal, and the #letkihuplay hashtag that we started did it's job! The #adventurecru and #ganc all attended Prawst's party pictionary panel, and it quickly became a clusterfuck of ridiculousness party animals and angry con staff. XD I think someone abused drugs and ran naked to the pool after ripping someone's face off. Or something...I dunno. Pfft. Furry cons. The dance that night played some cool 80s music that warped me back in time. And around 12:30, Kihu played his encore. Yes. YES. OH MY GOD. I saw so many people. It was just an amazing crowd. It got shut down halfway through because people were going so hard and Adam's (who I can't wait to meet next year) kneecap exploded. D: I have mad respect for that guy now, and I'll be posting a journal to signal boost his situation later. There's already been some great people that have kindly donated to his staggering medical costs. I couldn't keep going after the break. Kihu was going harder than any of us could keep up.
Day 4 - Finally visited Denny's at 1:30 in the afternoon when everyone woke up. I had a massive hang over, so I wasn't in the mood for LOUD OBNOXIOUS RANTING and so a couple tweets gave that away easily. Afterwards, some of us beaner packed Kendoro's minivan to visit Downtown Seattle and its waterfront. Walking through Pike's Place was amazing. The Seattle Gum Wall and adjacent wall of art was rad. Beer tasting had never been better. Ate some of the best gelato in the West Coast. And the oysters!!! SO CLEAN AND FRESH. <3 The Dead Dog Dance that night was awesome with Kona tearing it up! We prepared for dipsetriot in the hotel courtyard, but were shut down. :C AND THE DIPSET RIOT THAT NIGHT. OMGOSH. Legendary riot and shenanigans behind the hotel at 4AM. YESSSS
Day 5 - It was hard saying goodbye to everyone, but I kept in mind that there was no way this would be a one time deal. I look forward to seeing all my friends again soon. :3 <3
Shoutout to you guys! I love you #adventurecruxganc!
kihureimeerkatrawkz0rzciscofurkendorofelixwhuzkieemuttmonstersantamoosesdpurpleweeblehootprawstsparxtasticthewhitefalconmaklwolfenisaavenzer0kooldownleachydean-murffyjellotigurpawservdoryuugcansixarmedwerewolfyonoaeluned
And moar people!
bakkarsepiaaskroysaskatoonmartliejwolfskyadam and more people who's FA names I do not have yet. D:<
And huge props to tigon, furtherecord, and all the rainfurrest staff! You guys put up an excellent con! 'Til next year!
lol. I couldn't keep this journal short for crap!
AND THEN THERE'S THIS GUY <3
bubby610 <====== This guy
Day 0 - A group of us from socal arrived at the airport at 4:20pm. I bought a bottle of champagne to celebrate the start of the con. This year was going to go off with a bang.
Day 1 - I picked up a badge in the morning. I didn't know what to put as a fancy badge name, so I randomly typed CashMoneyRecords without even thinking. I think I went suiting in the morning while everyone was still passed out drunk from the night before. Got tagged tagged in the first 5 minutes of walking in the con center. Awesomeness! A group of us visited Dave's Diner for afternoon breakfast, which was awesome since we had gotten lost looking for IHOP. XD Later, I visited Chinatown, Seattle, by rail, visibly freaking out over trees with everyone, and I also got some yummy yakisoba and thai iced tea. Then we got really drunk.
Day 2 - Prat had a speed painting panel that we all thought was going to be party pictionary, so drunken chaos ensued. The dance competition was on later! I hadn't even picked a song, nor was I aware it was that night. XD Rei and Rawkz0rz helped picked Tipsy by J-Kwon all in a rush before the start of the competition. I didn't recognize the song at all, but I knew it was played years and years back. So IDGAF'D MY ENTIRE DANCE IN DRUNKEN STUPOR. lol I guess people liked it, since I tied with Step, which meant there was only one option. Dance battle to Champagne Showers! Heyyyyy!!! So that whole escapade was super fun, and I placed 3rd too. :3 Not bad for not even knowing the song and just winging it. I desuited to try and make Rawk's opening set for the dance. Super awesome fun times. :3 More stuff happened and I was ready to go for Kihu's set at 2:15am. The only problem was that there was forever time to go, and this douchebag DJ Rollballs wouldn't respectly get off stage. Dude was a trainwreck, I swear. I don't know how attractive you're supposed to be sweating like you just got out of the pool, hunched over, cross-eyed, ragged breathing, underwear-only, dutch, fuqit. Dude, you sucked. Don't ever try that shit again man. If it weren't for having good friends with way more patience than I could ever have, you would have been kindly roundhoused off the stage as you were yodeling some gross song. But alas, Rawk got me out of the hell this DJ Rollballs created in a span of 15 minutes. Glad you were in your own world, since the actual one couldn't handle you. And then...I heard it. It was like Jesus's saving grace and Kihu's set had begun. Few words can describe how perfect everything had become. We all went hard and the night ended with Tigon asking Kihu to return next year to DJ. lol but this shit ended at 3AM!! I WASN'T FINISHED YET and so many people hadn't had the chance to experience Kihu's set like I wanted. So my plan was to get Kihu to play again the following night at a more reasonable time.
Day 3 - After suiting in the morning, Muttmonster and I asked Tigon to let Kihu play, and we started getting others to tweet about it. Soon enough, it was a done deal, and the #letkihuplay hashtag that we started did it's job! The #adventurecru and #ganc all attended Prawst's party pictionary panel, and it quickly became a clusterfuck of ridiculousness party animals and angry con staff. XD I think someone abused drugs and ran naked to the pool after ripping someone's face off. Or something...I dunno. Pfft. Furry cons. The dance that night played some cool 80s music that warped me back in time. And around 12:30, Kihu played his encore. Yes. YES. OH MY GOD. I saw so many people. It was just an amazing crowd. It got shut down halfway through because people were going so hard and Adam's (who I can't wait to meet next year) kneecap exploded. D: I have mad respect for that guy now, and I'll be posting a journal to signal boost his situation later. There's already been some great people that have kindly donated to his staggering medical costs. I couldn't keep going after the break. Kihu was going harder than any of us could keep up.
Day 4 - Finally visited Denny's at 1:30 in the afternoon when everyone woke up. I had a massive hang over, so I wasn't in the mood for LOUD OBNOXIOUS RANTING and so a couple tweets gave that away easily. Afterwards, some of us beaner packed Kendoro's minivan to visit Downtown Seattle and its waterfront. Walking through Pike's Place was amazing. The Seattle Gum Wall and adjacent wall of art was rad. Beer tasting had never been better. Ate some of the best gelato in the West Coast. And the oysters!!! SO CLEAN AND FRESH. <3 The Dead Dog Dance that night was awesome with Kona tearing it up! We prepared for dipsetriot in the hotel courtyard, but were shut down. :C AND THE DIPSET RIOT THAT NIGHT. OMGOSH. Legendary riot and shenanigans behind the hotel at 4AM. YESSSS
Day 5 - It was hard saying goodbye to everyone, but I kept in mind that there was no way this would be a one time deal. I look forward to seeing all my friends again soon. :3 <3
Shoutout to you guys! I love you #adventurecruxganc!
kihureimeerkatrawkz0rzciscofurkendorofelixwhuzkieemuttmonstersantamoosesdpurpleweeblehootprawstsparxtasticthewhitefalconmaklwolfenisaavenzer0kooldownleachydean-murffyjellotigurpawservdoryuugcansixarmedwerewolfyonoaeluned
And moar people!
bakkarsepiaaskroysaskatoonmartliejwolfskyadam and more people who's FA names I do not have yet. D:<
And huge props to tigon, furtherecord, and all the rainfurrest staff! You guys put up an excellent con! 'Til next year!
lol. I couldn't keep this journal short for crap!
AND THEN THERE'S THIS GUY <3
bubby610 <====== This guy
Was so awesome hangin out with you. You're such a fun guy. Can't wait to make it happen again!
nojkily DUDE You and your group are awesome and so much fun to hang out with!! I'm sorry I didn't hang around a little longer Sunday night to at least say goodbye, I feel like a jackass for just disappearing, but I had an hour drive home and I knew it would take me forever to get out of RF (and I might not have at all if I ended up tagging along with everyone for all the AM adventures I keep reading about holyshit) BUT IT WAS SO WONDERFUL MEETING YOU and hanging out and I'M PRETTY SURE EVERYONE IS DEFINITELY COMING BACK NEXT YEAR, BUT PLEASE COME BACK NEXT YEAR!! One of these days I'll have the funds to make it down to FC that I've been wanting to hit up for YEARS and haven't.
<3333333333333
And RF is definitely my home con. I can't wait for next year already!
dude you killed it at the dance comp! cant believe kihu played twice, madness!
sounds like you ahd an awesome time, wish i coulda been there :3
#letkihuplay ended up with a guy blowing out his kneecap, which was just a first for any con. XD
I hope you can make it to either RF or FC sometime soon. Well worth the trip just in memories alone.
It's not gonna happen, because the amount of emotions I have are so overbearingly intense. I've just been sitting here all day, staring at our memories and getting teary eyed. Casmer, I can't tell you how fucking happy I am that I met you. You were CONSTANTLY making me smile, right from the very start. You kept shit in order, you were brave enough to deal with the room, and especially for that I want to thank you so, so profusely.
And I can't even BEGIN to express how happy I am that you entered the dance comp, and that it was you that I got to go up against. Absolute fucking HONOR, I had no idea you could bust moves like that!!! That bond runs deep, dude, thanks for sharing your dance talent and personality and for just being one of the best people ever. I really miss you so much, that last goodbye really broke me down. Cannot WAIT until FC. ♥