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13 years ago
*edit 1 Dec '12 - Forgot I graffiti'd Skan's arm Saturday. ADDED. Also miscopied, airy's pictures show up correctly now*
*3 Dec - oops twas the hague conventions not geneva V:
*4 Dec - oooops left Vis out from the pizza party and made Aeron appear before he appeared
MFF. Awesome again. I have a sad lack of notes this year but LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IT IS BAYBEH. Also there was a lot of hugging so just imagine everyone hugging whenever someone met as well as randomly throughout.
I don't take many pictures because everyone else has better cameras. My stuff is here...
http://imgur.com/a/n2nfx#26
http://imgur.com/rdDMO
As requested by LinusMynx I made a graph: my sensitive otter-emotions (ottmotions?) over time as Figure 1. In Figure 2, you can see my distance from Mynx over time. Both are viewable here: http://imgur.com/a/IjhxX
...and other people's pictures are HERE
Airyu's: http://imgur.com/a/JGjcG#0
Swift's: http://www.swiftsden.com/photos/mff2012/
THURSDAY 15
Woke up at 6 after 3 hours of sleep. Ran to campus, studied, took part in environmental chemistry discussion, ran to microbio exam, ran to lab to pick up suitcase (and vainly look for a few things I lost), ran to the airport. At the airport, I worked quickly to finish the last of the DCbadges nametags, which consisted of me writing peoples' names fancy and adding a secret message in invisible ink. There were also a bunch of old board games, originals from almost a hundred years ago. Ran past security and got arrested only after spending almost half an hour rearranging my luggage - while my bag fits comfortably in overhead bins, the bag-checker is a little more restrictive and SFO decided to crack down suddenly. After ruining my well-organized packings to get everything to squish down, I run to the plane and fly fly fly over to Chigager.
I land around 1900 local time and scoot over to the Hyatt shuttle, hoping to surprise Airyu. Halfway there I get a text saying she's with Vis and they're already at the airport. I go back to the airport, sneak to where Agni was, surprised Agni with a kiss and a spinny hug. Vis comes down from downstairs, Airy gives me a donut, and we head to the Hyatt shuttle. As we pull out, we get a text saying Procy just landed. Welp.
One traffic-congested shuttle ride later, we're at the con. Airy leads us to Michal's room, where he Swift Lyssa and Simon and Sasha await. I talk with Vis about tech stuff and $60 tablets. We discuss the merits of searching for "[our name] the Hedgehog" and finding some terrible results, sharing the literal version of "Total Eclipse of the Sun", and learning how to count to twelve, 90's style. At some point, Michal gives Airyu a piggyback ride, and well as me - where MAJOR SCANDAL OCCURS. Swift gives me an awesome "Romp of Otters" Magic the Gathering card with a secret Giant Spider behind :3 Airy informs me that Swift's been taking stalker pictures of everyone the entire day, which Swift defends as "candid" shots. Michal gives us a lesson on certain serrated knives being outlawed by the Hague Conventions and shows us his really pretty blade. Somewhere in here Simon starts talking about pokemen and spidermen. We also watch The Count who likes to, uh...count?. Procy catches up and is hungy, so we decide to head to Red Bar 5 different times and wait for Astro and Mari.
Our waitress reveals she drew an anthro head on a whiteboard in the back room. We go back to Sasha's room to grab the last few badges Airy had made to hand out (Astro, Mari, and Cami) and Astototo's birthday gift.
Liz curls up on a bed to rest her eyes for awhile, and is quite asleep - Cole shakes Liz a lot but she remains dead until a few coaxings of "Liz the pizza's ready for eating," make Liz suddenly wide awake. Sasha only woke up due to a threat from Airy stepping on his face.
Airy and I head back down to Red Bar. After Airy hands out her presents, we eat a little bit more. Airy and I get a little sweepy ourselves, so we say our goodnights and scoot back to get our stuff.
We head to the front door and taxi over to a Motel 6 since we couldn't find a room for Thursday.
FRIDAY 16
Airy and I leave around 9:40 and split a cab with another motelsixer over to the convention center (not MFF). Airy and I check in to the hotel proper and check into our room; she works on a bit of homework while I get my registration in order. We head to the front desk and bump into Vis around the front area and he walks with us to the Artist's Alley (l)ottery announcement. A call of "EVERYONE GOT IN!" went out, much cheering went around, and we headed out - Airy went to snag her wares and set up, while I went on my own adventure.
Vis generously accompanies me to the SCIENCE surplus store, also providing me with oodles of CTA money on a CTA card designed to expire and delete all your money after the expiration date. I needed a blacklight since I wrote everyone's name all fancy on a piece of paper with an invisible message - but I forgot which ones had invisible messages. They were going to be badges but I forgot to buy badge clips - so they became ID cards instead V: Before heading out we make a Consuite run for FREE FOOD and bump into MrWolf and Keyla, and talk a bit. A CTA ride and a mile walk later (whilst talking about anti-graffiti measures, the yawnfest that is Jefferson Park, and Vis's old adventures around the area), we get to a store chock full of fancy telescopes, do-it-yourself genetic experiments, robotics stuff, and so on. I buy myself a blacklight (so I can read the invisible messages I wrote), munch at Subway, and walk back talking about lunchrooms next to radioactive experiment labs, the future and purpose of the educational system, the value of taking care of your belongings, and Shamir's Secret Sharing.
Back at the con, I catch sight of Vulpecula (who's with Skan and Kalylia). I bump into Vulp (literally) and we start arguing with each other, me calling his brainwave-sensitive ears stupid and Vulp dissing my hat. The humor of the situation is lost on the other two, who worry a bit before Vulp and I begin acting more like friends. I head up to the room to snag the folder with badges and fancy-writing equipment and head down to Artist's Alley.
Airy's all set up by this point; Michal and Swift didn't get tables for today so they're out gallivanting somewhere. To our left was someone who sold a lot of buttons, and to our right was Merrick, a kilt wearing wolf Marine who does stamped leather work. He was really nice so Airy made a badge with his character and I callig'd out his name with "Thank you master of the scissors" in invisible ink. Ratface comes by with animal cookies to everyone in artist's alley.
Airy was nearly out of business cards by this point, so I take a bit of time to callig' out a few. Airy steps out to finish a grant proposal and I shopkeep for her a bit. Airy comes back, so I move outside the Alley with Simon Lyssa Michal Astro Swift Procy and Izixs so I can have a bit of room to finish the cards. We discuss the finer points in life (which include Flyssa writing 'poop' on her arm with invisible ink) before everyone bounces out for Red Bar - except Procy who keeps me company for awhile :3 He eventually goes to eat too, and I finish up Airy's business cards. Someone stops and asks me about my calligraphy and we complain how hard it is to make a proper feather pen.
I drop off Airy's cards and go to FedEx to laminate/cut my ID cards out. This takes a considerable while since I lacked the foresight to align all the cards. Airy stops by and helps with the last bit of cutting, and we go back to Artist's Alley to hang around until closing. Somewhere around here I get the clay mini-me that RelaxingDragon commissioned of DC people, such an awesome raccoon even when he's not around~
After Artist's Alley closes we scoot over to Red Bar with the others and get a bite to eat. Airy and I order a Salmon burger (which was shredded salmon instead of a steak ;-; ) fries a pina colada and wings. I try to hand out my presents but realize I probably left most of them in the room because I am a butt >_> I fetch them and dish them out and everyone has a lol about their secret messages.
I excuse myself to give the last of my IDs out - I track down Vulp Izixs Kalylia and Skan in the Executive Wing and find them engrossed in a battle trying to make their version of Puerto Rico the most likely Puerto Rico to become real in the realm of quantum mechanics. I dole out their IDs and scurry back to Red Bar.
Eventually Cole Bliz Sasha (in suit) come by with a fairly drunk Liz in tow. Astro decides to touch Sasha's eyes and teeth; Sasha tries to get angry but his fursuit face remains in the same happy expression despite being touched and being a pornblog star thanks to cuddlechubby reblogging the murry pictures depicting him and Sleet (who have a fanbase going for their relationship). Liz tells us about how DC is full of beautiful people (but her Virginia fur buddies are the most beautiful group ever), and brings an awesome picture featuring Michal Swift Astro Matugi and RD.
We head up to Michal's? room around 8? Simon mentions the upcoming DC birthday, I comment on if his sixteen-year-old self knew he'd be creating so many friendships (and furries) and we reminisce about the old days of DC. Josh becomes a senpai somehow? and Astro talks about how he cracked his tail (feathers) breakdancing in his younger years. Michal scars me for life as well :(
Airy and I are tired as butts at this point, so we peace out before Aeron gets there ):
SATURDAY 17
I wake up sometime early o'clock to wander around. I bump into Vis and we head over to consuite for a bite.
Airy's set up for artists alley by now, with Michal two tables down. Swift's on standby and has to wait awhile before he can claim a table - so I set up my calligraphy stuff on a table until Swift was allowed to officially take my place :V Meanwhile Michal sells an original drawing for $5 (which probably could've fetched upwards of $30) because the person was wearing Rarity stuff.
I run up three stories to lady to rest to get Airyu's phone charged, but I forget it and run down to get it again. I run up and charge it a bit, then run down again before running up to order the pizza and start coordinating DC Dinner, then run up so I can meet the pizza guy but he can't deliver to our room so I run down and meet him and run down more to deliver the pizza. Michal offers to cut it with his bayonet, but Airy and I decide the pizza is not worthy of his beautiful knife. We saw through the pizza with plastic forks and the four of us manage to almost eat half of it before calling it quits.
I ferry the pizza back up and go for a second round of DC coordination and redesigning Airy's less-ghetto business cards from her template. I go down, talk with a few people for awhile, get carried by Aeron the lion-maned squirrel (who also kindly loans me his pocketknife to fix one of my feathers that I write with), and go up to print Airy's cards.
While at the FedEx, I get into a conversation with the shopkeep about how the Hyatt hosts lots of conventions, but furry conventions are the only one he can't understand. According to him, he fully supports the con and loves the awesome suit designs - but couldn't understand why people his age (30's or so) would still want to be experimenting and dressing up in multi-thousand dollar suits . I try to boil it down into how some things are hard to empathize with - people with phobias are by definition irrational (I know better but TV static still sends shivers down my back), people who re-enact Civil War battles down to uniform design because they're passionate about it - and furries surround themselves (ourselves) because they (we) are passionate about our critters - some people have strong feelings about certain things that other people can't really empathize with.
I head back; the person next to Airy leaves, so I deviously steal the table and unsuccessfully offer calligraphy services (except for a calligraphy badge trade in exchange for a George the Dollar-Fox) Airy and I pack up and wander a bit. Airyu buys a giraffe tail :3 Vulp and Skan swing by the doorway and after a bit of discussion I scribble invisible ink on Skan's arm to the tune of "Only otters otter other otters in the knee" - which may have something to do with me crippling an adventureotterer after launching an otter to his knee (the otter WAS MEEEEEEE! DASVIDANYA LUTRIS!!)
Around four we head to Too Much Light makes the Baby go Blind and watch some skits (that seem to be declining in quality as years go on). It was still awesome; it started out with a plea from the charity agency to donate or adopt one of the kittens that con-goers had "pet the shit out of", then moved to the skits; one skit had two performers take two wallets from audience members with no explanation, then dug through the wallets and tried to reverse-engineer their personalities and names from the receipts and amounts of cash they found (ending with "Can you take me out to dinner?" "Uh let me see...nope"); another had them reading out the side effects from Viagra as if in a Victorian-era drama; another centered around a guitar ditty involving one member trying to find, find find the dong with some tongs as the other members remained strong and not put their hands where they don't belong; to a female performer sitting on the lap of an audience member and eating watermelon while another said 'Honey, you look too skinny, let me get you some ice cream''; to one of the FtM members going on a rant about all the assumptions he runs into due to being a trans man and keeping a childlike personality, ending with a loud "YOU THERE," (pointing at someone in the front row), "HOW OLD DO YOU THINK I AM??", to a skit with two men reciting poetry to each other starting with wanting to live in a country with twenty words for 'wind' and ending with one wanting to be the best Mariah Carey he could be.
Around six I order $100 worth of pizza (and a salad) for seven. We chill at Red Bar for awhile with some others; I mention how Muffin's hands don't look like paws, and Bliz jokingly calls me out on being intolerant: Muffin's paws can look however they feel like identifying with. I sign on IRC and discover Matugi's generated a waggleTugi, and I share this (along with Tugi's other waggleanimals) with our tablemates. Procy and I discuss the modes of transportation raccoons prefer, and settle on scampering to be a default. For some reason Aeron jumps over the booth and scurry scurries off.
Just after seven I get a call that the driver will be there soon - but they neglect to mention that the driver's carrying 10 other orders. We eventually get our loot: medium deep-dish stuffed cheese, spinach, and Chicago (pepperoni peppers olives and onions) pizzas and a chopped salad. We ended up moving from the conference foyer (big and comfy) to consuite (has drinks) back to the foyer (consuite was full) to the floor near the foyer (foyer is designated quiet zone). Joining us was Vis Bliz Lyssa Simon Cole Sasha Procyon Astro Mari Aeron Tai Airy Izixs and Liz (Swift Goldenrod? and FerretParade were there too but did not partake in the duty of pizzaeatings and Michal was off gallivanting with The Ranting Gryphon). Many shenanigans were had, but mostly we were busy chewing the inch of cheese Giodano's calls pizza. FanaticFox aka FerretParade brought some homebrew beer which had quite a sour note to it. I space out and miscalculated the bill split, which led me to make a shameful $10 profit off DC dinner ;-;
Airy and I wander up to our room with Vis in tow and take a quick hour point five break. Airy and I play a bit on our violin/viola, before Airy takes a short nap. After a bit of Vismischat I wake Airy up with her favorite song from Ke$ha: Dinosaur. Airy is unimpressed and sticks an "extra-small" sticker on a very certain part of my pants :(
We scoot down and meet Astro Ferretparade Goldenrod Swift and Michal doooodling on the tables at ConSuite around 11PM. Cami comes by and we follow him to the dance, where dubstep is wub wub wubbing. Vis makes the trek home soon after, and Airy goes back to Consuite to draw a bit while I rock out (dub out?) with Cami for awhile before tracking down Airy and heading back to our room for slp.
SUNDAY 18
I wander around fairly early, bumping into Vulp who's been wandering around sleepless since last night. I bump into MrWolf and Vis somewhere around ConSuite; the CO2 compressor at the soda fountain wigs out again, producing a beat that was easier to dance to compared with last night's music. Vis and I head up to Bliz's room for a bit, where I return Kate's pants and comb after a two-year rental (she forgot them two MFFs ago in my room). Josh gives in and wears a tail...
Airy and I pack up and check out; we say goodbye to everyone and give a half-dozen rounds of hugs before embarking on the next leg of our journey. Airyu asks me to protect her from dying. I tell Airyu that she will die anyway, then happy music ignites the air.
And we lived happily ever after!
APPENDIX A: LIST OF FANCILY WRITTEN NAMES AND SECRET MESSAGES THAT DON'T ACTUALLY EXIST (may be slightly inaccurate due to being re-recreated from memory)
Cami - What's that?! What's that?!
Simmo - fuckin' oath mate
Swiftcutter - Life mission - peeing on trees.
Flyssa - Bunny ears = more piercings
Javs - Hello my name is [oodles of Javs' alternate names]
Bliz - Part bunny. Part puppy. All pillow.
VisCactus - Librarian cactus armed with Clamato - you've been warned.
Airyu - Dr. Dr. in training.
Astro - Master of the coffeeverse
Liz - EUUUUUUUUUUUURGHGHHGHH
Lgnota - Hoot hoot poot.
Mari - Opthamolology, can you see it?
MrWolf - If you can read this, you better be slobberproof.
Muffinpaws - White ears, striped black/red tail, exactly six chocolate chips
Michal - Piggyback rides by invitation only.
Aeron - [Something about a lion's mane?]
Vulpecula - Tavern master, stargazer, and caramelldanser".
Skan - S...straight otters?? NOOOooo
Izixs - Ph.D in dragon lightning.
Evauk - squeak squeaky squeak squeak!
APPENDIX B:
Key of events in figure one. NOTICE: ALL MEASURES ARE ESTIMATES, TAIOTTER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY AND ALL DAMAGES THAT MAY ARISE DUE TO INACCURACIES WITH THESE GRAPHS
1: ffff left some things at home
2: fffffff exam studying while in group discussion
3: ffffffFFF professor says "This exam was longer than I thought it would be..." I NEED TO MAKE IT TO MY PLANE ON TIME
4 ffffFFFFF I FORGOT ALL THE THINGS EVERYWHERE
5 FFFFF SECURITY LET ME THROUGH MY LUGGAGE FITS REALLY ok thanks
6: lol gonna sneak up on Airy ehhehe
7: YAAAAAAAY CHICAGO AIRYU AND EVERYONE
8 yaaaaay Airy's badge, Swift's card, Michal's...ride
9: ehehe pretending to fight with Vulp
10 yaay artist's alley
11 yaay RelaxingD's gift
12 yaay lyssa poop'd her arm
13 yaay redbar
14 aww missed Aeron.
15 lol tableholding for Swift (spike in hap/focus)
16 yaay carried by Aeron
17 ehehe stole an artist's alley table for myself
18 aaaa I just ordered $100 worth of pizza what if everyone flakes
19 yaay people came to dinner and I don't have $100 worth of pizza to eat alone
20 aww we have to leave soon
21 yaaaay hugging EVERYONE
22 We left T_T
*3 Dec - oops twas the hague conventions not geneva V:
*4 Dec - oooops left Vis out from the pizza party and made Aeron appear before he appeared
MFF. Awesome again. I have a sad lack of notes this year but LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IT IS BAYBEH. Also there was a lot of hugging so just imagine everyone hugging whenever someone met as well as randomly throughout.
I don't take many pictures because everyone else has better cameras. My stuff is here...
http://imgur.com/a/n2nfx#26
http://imgur.com/rdDMO
As requested by LinusMynx I made a graph: my sensitive otter-emotions (ottmotions?) over time as Figure 1. In Figure 2, you can see my distance from Mynx over time. Both are viewable here: http://imgur.com/a/IjhxX
...and other people's pictures are HERE
Airyu's: http://imgur.com/a/JGjcG#0
Swift's: http://www.swiftsden.com/photos/mff2012/
THURSDAY 15
Woke up at 6 after 3 hours of sleep. Ran to campus, studied, took part in environmental chemistry discussion, ran to microbio exam, ran to lab to pick up suitcase (and vainly look for a few things I lost), ran to the airport. At the airport, I worked quickly to finish the last of the DC
I land around 1900 local time and scoot over to the Hyatt shuttle, hoping to surprise Airyu. Halfway there I get a text saying she's with Vis and they're already at the airport. I go back to the airport, sneak to where Agni was, surprised Agni with a kiss and a spinny hug. Vis comes down from downstairs, Airy gives me a donut, and we head to the Hyatt shuttle. As we pull out, we get a text saying Procy just landed. Welp.
One traffic-congested shuttle ride later, we're at the con. Airy leads us to Michal's room, where he Swift Lyssa and Simon and Sasha await. I talk with Vis about tech stuff and $60 tablets. We discuss the merits of searching for "[our name] the Hedgehog" and finding some terrible results, sharing the literal version of "Total Eclipse of the Sun", and learning how to count to twelve, 90's style. At some point, Michal gives Airyu a piggyback ride, and well as me - where MAJOR SCANDAL OCCURS. Swift gives me an awesome "Romp of Otters" Magic the Gathering card with a secret Giant Spider behind :3 Airy informs me that Swift's been taking stalker pictures of everyone the entire day, which Swift defends as "candid" shots. Michal gives us a lesson on certain serrated knives being outlawed by the Hague Conventions and shows us his really pretty blade. Somewhere in here Simon starts talking about pokemen and spidermen. We also watch The Count who likes to, uh...count?. Procy catches up and is hungy, so we decide to head to Red Bar 5 different times and wait for Astro and Mari.
Our waitress reveals she drew an anthro head on a whiteboard in the back room. We go back to Sasha's room to grab the last few badges Airy had made to hand out (Astro, Mari, and Cami) and Astototo's birthday gift.
Liz curls up on a bed to rest her eyes for awhile, and is quite asleep - Cole shakes Liz a lot but she remains dead until a few coaxings of "Liz the pizza's ready for eating," make Liz suddenly wide awake. Sasha only woke up due to a threat from Airy stepping on his face.
Airy and I head back down to Red Bar. After Airy hands out her presents, we eat a little bit more. Airy and I get a little sweepy ourselves, so we say our goodnights and scoot back to get our stuff.
We head to the front door and taxi over to a Motel 6 since we couldn't find a room for Thursday.
FRIDAY 16
Airy and I leave around 9:40 and split a cab with another motelsixer over to the convention center (not MFF). Airy and I check in to the hotel proper and check into our room; she works on a bit of homework while I get my registration in order. We head to the front desk and bump into Vis around the front area and he walks with us to the Artist's Alley (l)ottery announcement. A call of "EVERYONE GOT IN!" went out, much cheering went around, and we headed out - Airy went to snag her wares and set up, while I went on my own adventure.
Vis generously accompanies me to the SCIENCE surplus store, also providing me with oodles of CTA money on a CTA card designed to expire and delete all your money after the expiration date. I needed a blacklight since I wrote everyone's name all fancy on a piece of paper with an invisible message - but I forgot which ones had invisible messages. They were going to be badges but I forgot to buy badge clips - so they became ID cards instead V: Before heading out we make a Consuite run for FREE FOOD and bump into MrWolf and Keyla, and talk a bit. A CTA ride and a mile walk later (whilst talking about anti-graffiti measures, the yawnfest that is Jefferson Park, and Vis's old adventures around the area), we get to a store chock full of fancy telescopes, do-it-yourself genetic experiments, robotics stuff, and so on. I buy myself a blacklight (so I can read the invisible messages I wrote), munch at Subway, and walk back talking about lunchrooms next to radioactive experiment labs, the future and purpose of the educational system, the value of taking care of your belongings, and Shamir's Secret Sharing.
Back at the con, I catch sight of Vulpecula (who's with Skan and Kalylia). I bump into Vulp (literally) and we start arguing with each other, me calling his brainwave-sensitive ears stupid and Vulp dissing my hat. The humor of the situation is lost on the other two, who worry a bit before Vulp and I begin acting more like friends. I head up to the room to snag the folder with badges and fancy-writing equipment and head down to Artist's Alley.
Airy's all set up by this point; Michal and Swift didn't get tables for today so they're out gallivanting somewhere. To our left was someone who sold a lot of buttons, and to our right was Merrick, a kilt wearing wolf Marine who does stamped leather work. He was really nice so Airy made a badge with his character and I callig'd out his name with "Thank you master of the scissors" in invisible ink. Ratface comes by with animal cookies to everyone in artist's alley.
Airy was nearly out of business cards by this point, so I take a bit of time to callig' out a few. Airy steps out to finish a grant proposal and I shopkeep for her a bit. Airy comes back, so I move outside the Alley with Simon Lyssa Michal Astro Swift Procy and Izixs so I can have a bit of room to finish the cards. We discuss the finer points in life (which include Flyssa writing 'poop' on her arm with invisible ink) before everyone bounces out for Red Bar - except Procy who keeps me company for awhile :3 He eventually goes to eat too, and I finish up Airy's business cards. Someone stops and asks me about my calligraphy and we complain how hard it is to make a proper feather pen.
I drop off Airy's cards and go to FedEx to laminate/cut my ID cards out. This takes a considerable while since I lacked the foresight to align all the cards. Airy stops by and helps with the last bit of cutting, and we go back to Artist's Alley to hang around until closing. Somewhere around here I get the clay mini-me that RelaxingDragon commissioned of DC people, such an awesome raccoon even when he's not around~
After Artist's Alley closes we scoot over to Red Bar with the others and get a bite to eat. Airy and I order a Salmon burger (which was shredded salmon instead of a steak ;-; ) fries a pina colada and wings. I try to hand out my presents but realize I probably left most of them in the room because I am a butt >_> I fetch them and dish them out and everyone has a lol about their secret messages.
I excuse myself to give the last of my IDs out - I track down Vulp Izixs Kalylia and Skan in the Executive Wing and find them engrossed in a battle trying to make their version of Puerto Rico the most likely Puerto Rico to become real in the realm of quantum mechanics. I dole out their IDs and scurry back to Red Bar.
Eventually Cole Bliz Sasha (in suit) come by with a fairly drunk Liz in tow. Astro decides to touch Sasha's eyes and teeth; Sasha tries to get angry but his fursuit face remains in the same happy expression despite being touched and being a pornblog star thanks to cuddlechubby reblogging the murry pictures depicting him and Sleet (who have a fanbase going for their relationship). Liz tells us about how DC is full of beautiful people (but her Virginia fur buddies are the most beautiful group ever), and brings an awesome picture featuring Michal Swift Astro Matugi and RD.
We head up to Michal's? room around 8? Simon mentions the upcoming DC birthday, I comment on if his sixteen-year-old self knew he'd be creating so many friendships (and furries) and we reminisce about the old days of DC. Josh becomes a senpai somehow? and Astro talks about how he cracked his tail (feathers) breakdancing in his younger years. Michal scars me for life as well :(
Airy and I are tired as butts at this point, so we peace out before Aeron gets there ):
SATURDAY 17
I wake up sometime early o'clock to wander around. I bump into Vis and we head over to consuite for a bite.
Airy's set up for artists alley by now, with Michal two tables down. Swift's on standby and has to wait awhile before he can claim a table - so I set up my calligraphy stuff on a table until Swift was allowed to officially take my place :V Meanwhile Michal sells an original drawing for $5 (which probably could've fetched upwards of $30) because the person was wearing Rarity stuff.
I run up three stories to lady to rest to get Airyu's phone charged, but I forget it and run down to get it again. I run up and charge it a bit, then run down again before running up to order the pizza and start coordinating DC Dinner, then run up so I can meet the pizza guy but he can't deliver to our room so I run down and meet him and run down more to deliver the pizza. Michal offers to cut it with his bayonet, but Airy and I decide the pizza is not worthy of his beautiful knife. We saw through the pizza with plastic forks and the four of us manage to almost eat half of it before calling it quits.
I ferry the pizza back up and go for a second round of DC coordination and redesigning Airy's less-ghetto business cards from her template. I go down, talk with a few people for awhile, get carried by Aeron the lion-maned squirrel (who also kindly loans me his pocketknife to fix one of my feathers that I write with), and go up to print Airy's cards.
While at the FedEx, I get into a conversation with the shopkeep about how the Hyatt hosts lots of conventions, but furry conventions are the only one he can't understand. According to him, he fully supports the con and loves the awesome suit designs - but couldn't understand why people his age (30's or so) would still want to be experimenting and dressing up in multi-thousand dollar suits . I try to boil it down into how some things are hard to empathize with - people with phobias are by definition irrational (I know better but TV static still sends shivers down my back), people who re-enact Civil War battles down to uniform design because they're passionate about it - and furries surround themselves (ourselves) because they (we) are passionate about our critters - some people have strong feelings about certain things that other people can't really empathize with.
I head back; the person next to Airy leaves, so I deviously steal the table and unsuccessfully offer calligraphy services (except for a calligraphy badge trade in exchange for a George the Dollar-Fox) Airy and I pack up and wander a bit. Airyu buys a giraffe tail :3 Vulp and Skan swing by the doorway and after a bit of discussion I scribble invisible ink on Skan's arm to the tune of "Only otters otter other otters in the knee" - which may have something to do with me crippling an adventureotterer after launching an otter to his knee (the otter WAS MEEEEEEE! DASVIDANYA LUTRIS!!)
Around four we head to Too Much Light makes the Baby go Blind and watch some skits (that seem to be declining in quality as years go on). It was still awesome; it started out with a plea from the charity agency to donate or adopt one of the kittens that con-goers had "pet the shit out of", then moved to the skits; one skit had two performers take two wallets from audience members with no explanation, then dug through the wallets and tried to reverse-engineer their personalities and names from the receipts and amounts of cash they found (ending with "Can you take me out to dinner?" "Uh let me see...nope"); another had them reading out the side effects from Viagra as if in a Victorian-era drama; another centered around a guitar ditty involving one member trying to find, find find the dong with some tongs as the other members remained strong and not put their hands where they don't belong; to a female performer sitting on the lap of an audience member and eating watermelon while another said 'Honey, you look too skinny, let me get you some ice cream''; to one of the FtM members going on a rant about all the assumptions he runs into due to being a trans man and keeping a childlike personality, ending with a loud "YOU THERE," (pointing at someone in the front row), "HOW OLD DO YOU THINK I AM??", to a skit with two men reciting poetry to each other starting with wanting to live in a country with twenty words for 'wind' and ending with one wanting to be the best Mariah Carey he could be.
Around six I order $100 worth of pizza (and a salad) for seven. We chill at Red Bar for awhile with some others; I mention how Muffin's hands don't look like paws, and Bliz jokingly calls me out on being intolerant: Muffin's paws can look however they feel like identifying with. I sign on IRC and discover Matugi's generated a waggleTugi, and I share this (along with Tugi's other waggleanimals) with our tablemates. Procy and I discuss the modes of transportation raccoons prefer, and settle on scampering to be a default. For some reason Aeron jumps over the booth and scurry scurries off.
Just after seven I get a call that the driver will be there soon - but they neglect to mention that the driver's carrying 10 other orders. We eventually get our loot: medium deep-dish stuffed cheese, spinach, and Chicago (pepperoni peppers olives and onions) pizzas and a chopped salad. We ended up moving from the conference foyer (big and comfy) to consuite (has drinks) back to the foyer (consuite was full) to the floor near the foyer (foyer is designated quiet zone). Joining us was Vis Bliz Lyssa Simon Cole Sasha Procyon Astro Mari Aeron Tai Airy Izixs and Liz (Swift Goldenrod? and FerretParade were there too but did not partake in the duty of pizzaeatings and Michal was off gallivanting with The Ranting Gryphon). Many shenanigans were had, but mostly we were busy chewing the inch of cheese Giodano's calls pizza. FanaticFox aka FerretParade brought some homebrew beer which had quite a sour note to it. I space out and miscalculated the bill split, which led me to make a shameful $10 profit off DC dinner ;-;
Airy and I wander up to our room with Vis in tow and take a quick hour point five break. Airy and I play a bit on our violin/viola, before Airy takes a short nap. After a bit of Vismischat I wake Airy up with her favorite song from Ke$ha: Dinosaur. Airy is unimpressed and sticks an "extra-small" sticker on a very certain part of my pants :(
We scoot down and meet Astro Ferretparade Goldenrod Swift and Michal doooodling on the tables at ConSuite around 11PM. Cami comes by and we follow him to the dance, where dubstep is wub wub wubbing. Vis makes the trek home soon after, and Airy goes back to Consuite to draw a bit while I rock out (dub out?) with Cami for awhile before tracking down Airy and heading back to our room for slp.
SUNDAY 18
I wander around fairly early, bumping into Vulp who's been wandering around sleepless since last night. I bump into MrWolf and Vis somewhere around ConSuite; the CO2 compressor at the soda fountain wigs out again, producing a beat that was easier to dance to compared with last night's music. Vis and I head up to Bliz's room for a bit, where I return Kate's pants and comb after a two-year rental (she forgot them two MFFs ago in my room). Josh gives in and wears a tail...
Airy and I pack up and check out; we say goodbye to everyone and give a half-dozen rounds of hugs before embarking on the next leg of our journey. Airyu asks me to protect her from dying. I tell Airyu that she will die anyway, then happy music ignites the air.
And we lived happily ever after!
APPENDIX A: LIST OF FANCILY WRITTEN NAMES AND SECRET MESSAGES THAT DON'T ACTUALLY EXIST (may be slightly inaccurate due to being re-recreated from memory)
Cami - What's that?! What's that?!
Simmo - fuckin' oath mate
Swiftcutter - Life mission - peeing on trees.
Flyssa - Bunny ears = more piercings
Javs - Hello my name is [oodles of Javs' alternate names]
Bliz - Part bunny. Part puppy. All pillow.
VisCactus - Librarian cactus armed with Clamato - you've been warned.
Airyu - Dr. Dr. in training.
Astro - Master of the coffeeverse
Liz - EUUUUUUUUUUUURGHGHHGHH
Lgnota - Hoot hoot poot.
Mari - Opthamolology, can you see it?
MrWolf - If you can read this, you better be slobberproof.
Muffinpaws - White ears, striped black/red tail, exactly six chocolate chips
Michal - Piggyback rides by invitation only.
Aeron - [Something about a lion's mane?]
Vulpecula - Tavern master, stargazer, and caramelldanser".
Skan - S...straight otters?? NOOOooo
Izixs - Ph.D in dragon lightning.
Evauk - squeak squeaky squeak squeak!
APPENDIX B:
Key of events in figure one. NOTICE: ALL MEASURES ARE ESTIMATES, TAIOTTER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY AND ALL DAMAGES THAT MAY ARISE DUE TO INACCURACIES WITH THESE GRAPHS
1: ffff left some things at home
2: fffffff exam studying while in group discussion
3: ffffffFFF professor says "This exam was longer than I thought it would be..." I NEED TO MAKE IT TO MY PLANE ON TIME
4 ffffFFFFF I FORGOT ALL THE THINGS EVERYWHERE
5 FFFFF SECURITY LET ME THROUGH MY LUGGAGE FITS REALLY ok thanks
6: lol gonna sneak up on Airy ehhehe
7: YAAAAAAAY CHICAGO AIRYU AND EVERYONE
8 yaaaaay Airy's badge, Swift's card, Michal's...ride
9: ehehe pretending to fight with Vulp
10 yaay artist's alley
11 yaay RelaxingD's gift
12 yaay lyssa poop'd her arm
13 yaay redbar
14 aww missed Aeron.
15 lol tableholding for Swift (spike in hap/focus)
16 yaay carried by Aeron
17 ehehe stole an artist's alley table for myself
18 aaaa I just ordered $100 worth of pizza what if everyone flakes
19 yaay people came to dinner and I don't have $100 worth of pizza to eat alone
20 aww we have to leave soon
21 yaaaay hugging EVERYONE
22 We left T_T
P.S. How did I become senpai
P.P.S. The picture of me carrying you is one of my favorite pictures ever now.
PS: I don't remember how you became senpai! But it's in my notes (which are incomplete at butts). Try asking Sashashsa v0v
PPS: :3
Re:Re:PPPS: Not exactly... My roommates have blacklights in the basement, though. I should go check~
The graphs are great and all, but the numbered events are in the appendix and not next to the graph. Not a very user friendly graph (minus 10 points from Otterpuff). Alas, this journal needs to ferment a little more before I can leave a vintage comment. Pretty sure I could have also made a better analogy there but I am "tired as butts" as you so eloquently phrased it.
I think this journal is adequately fermented by now. You make a convincing argument to come to MFF. I will have to think/scheme about it a bit more, I still have time right? Best time to book a flight is the week before... right?