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MFX: Day 4
17 years ago
Ok, it's 3:34am in the morning, and considering that no one seems to be reading these, I'm going to make this short.
Woke up around 9am to try and make it into the city for the recording of ACT Fur, an Australian based furry podcast, but Kraden and Jen had enough to deal with running the con, so that was pushed back to next week. Hung around, the dealer's den, where a local radio station, Triple J, turned up, and I was assigned to keep them out of the headless lounge. I spent the remainder of the day awaiting the arrival of the macbook pro so I could get started on the photo presentation for the Dead-Dog party.
We were then treated to a spectacle of an auction, hosted by Kage and 2, where art from the dealers was auctioned off for funds to go to the RSPCA. Highlights included Oz Roo simply offering a custom suit head, upgrading that to a tail and paws if it got to $500, and finally, a full suit for $1000, very generous of him indeed, and the main piece of the auction, the MFX poster signed by every attendee, where a massive bidding war irrupted so as to keep the poster, a piece of Australian furry history, in Australia (Kaz, you traitor!) We managed to win the poster, and soon after, we counted it all up, and had raised over $3k. With that note, Chairman Pete closed the con, and the drinking began.
After about 2 hours, i got wind that there was something happening up on the street. So I headed up, to find Snicks and his ute out the front of the hotel, and he was inviting people to sign the bonnet. I went back down to tell everyone that they needed to see this, and as I was walking back up, 2 was walking outside was well, so I said to him: "Well, how many conventions have you been to where they sign a car at the end of it, eh?" To which he simply replied: "About 4." Damn it!
It really was an amazing way to end the convention. I wondered back down to the party, talked and drank with Dusten and Loopy for a bit, till we were told that we had to leave the space, and then we headed up onto the roof of the Victoria Hotel, where I could see the venue for MFXI, for more drinking and talking 'till about 2:30. I walked down Swanston St, hailed a cab, and when I got in, the driver's said: "I like your tail".
I'll leave you now with a quote from Dusten as we were saying goodnight: "It's been real."
Thank you all, I had a great time and I can't wait to do it all again next year!!!
Woke up around 9am to try and make it into the city for the recording of ACT Fur, an Australian based furry podcast, but Kraden and Jen had enough to deal with running the con, so that was pushed back to next week. Hung around, the dealer's den, where a local radio station, Triple J, turned up, and I was assigned to keep them out of the headless lounge. I spent the remainder of the day awaiting the arrival of the macbook pro so I could get started on the photo presentation for the Dead-Dog party.
We were then treated to a spectacle of an auction, hosted by Kage and 2, where art from the dealers was auctioned off for funds to go to the RSPCA. Highlights included Oz Roo simply offering a custom suit head, upgrading that to a tail and paws if it got to $500, and finally, a full suit for $1000, very generous of him indeed, and the main piece of the auction, the MFX poster signed by every attendee, where a massive bidding war irrupted so as to keep the poster, a piece of Australian furry history, in Australia (Kaz, you traitor!) We managed to win the poster, and soon after, we counted it all up, and had raised over $3k. With that note, Chairman Pete closed the con, and the drinking began.
After about 2 hours, i got wind that there was something happening up on the street. So I headed up, to find Snicks and his ute out the front of the hotel, and he was inviting people to sign the bonnet. I went back down to tell everyone that they needed to see this, and as I was walking back up, 2 was walking outside was well, so I said to him: "Well, how many conventions have you been to where they sign a car at the end of it, eh?" To which he simply replied: "About 4." Damn it!
It really was an amazing way to end the convention. I wondered back down to the party, talked and drank with Dusten and Loopy for a bit, till we were told that we had to leave the space, and then we headed up onto the roof of the Victoria Hotel, where I could see the venue for MFXI, for more drinking and talking 'till about 2:30. I walked down Swanston St, hailed a cab, and when I got in, the driver's said: "I like your tail".
I'll leave you now with a quote from Dusten as we were saying goodnight: "It's been real."
Thank you all, I had a great time and I can't wait to do it all again next year!!!
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that what happend to ACT fur
