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Califur 2014 recap
11 years ago
So first off let me start out by saying Califur 2013 was my first fur con. I did a lot! Then I attended FC 2014 and did.......SO MUCH! Now here we are at Califur 2014 and I must say this was the MOST STRESSFUL con I haver ever had. Granted, the Con had a few high points.
High Points:
The Animalympis fan restoration was epic. I very much enjoyed it. It brough a tear to my eye to remember years gone by from my childhood.
TELEPHONE AND DUKE!!!!!
So many MischiefMakers suits were there.....hi brothers!
My pack got to be all together and watch Rocky Horror Picture Show.........*speaks blanldly*..."Janet"
Who's Lion was just so wrong and so funny all at once.
The two Cabaret acts we did were a smash. Everyfur apparently loved then.
The Gargoyles panel was wonderful, I learned a lot.
Low points:
I had no phone on day 0, my cord snapped and would not charge. So if I promised to see you day 0 and you couldn't find or reach me that's why.
I lost my phone for three hours, and had to slate it to protect my info
I must admit Cabaret turned me into a Gestapo Bitch. All the prep for two acts stressed me out so bad the I stressed out my whole pack. In a way I messed con up for myself and my pack because of Cabaret stress. They all made me promise never to do a group act for Cabaret again. It was to must work at took to much of our con time away. In future, I will perform solo only!
Overview: Well as you can all clearly see Califur 2014 had a lot of good but the bad over shadowed a lot of our fun(mostly cuz I was a bitch due to stress) So I am going to give the con two scores. One for the over all quality of the con and the other for my personal take on con. The personal score is no reflection on how good con was, but more how much I enjoyed it.
Con Quality: 9.1 while we had a lot of missing panels this year, the few we did have were very informative and very good. The Dealers Den also had a lot more artists and vendors ad the hotel looked amazing.
Personal experience: 4.5 Because all the big events were so close together and the con did not get extended to Thursday like many had hoped, it made it hard to participate in a lot because the con was so short and everything was to packed in. I missed a go 80% of the things I wanted to do including: the auction, the fat furry meet and countless chances to Fursuit. I was so busy trying to watch my time that I missed out on a lot.
Will I return: Well, as much as I love Califur. I most likely will be skipping it for either next year or the year after. That way my pack can attended May War. Nothing against the con, but we missed war to be at con.
Con Status: Stressed, but Mission Accomplished!
High Points:
The Animalympis fan restoration was epic. I very much enjoyed it. It brough a tear to my eye to remember years gone by from my childhood.
TELEPHONE AND DUKE!!!!!
So many MischiefMakers suits were there.....hi brothers!
My pack got to be all together and watch Rocky Horror Picture Show.........*speaks blanldly*..."Janet"
Who's Lion was just so wrong and so funny all at once.
The two Cabaret acts we did were a smash. Everyfur apparently loved then.
The Gargoyles panel was wonderful, I learned a lot.
Low points:
I had no phone on day 0, my cord snapped and would not charge. So if I promised to see you day 0 and you couldn't find or reach me that's why.
I lost my phone for three hours, and had to slate it to protect my info
I must admit Cabaret turned me into a Gestapo Bitch. All the prep for two acts stressed me out so bad the I stressed out my whole pack. In a way I messed con up for myself and my pack because of Cabaret stress. They all made me promise never to do a group act for Cabaret again. It was to must work at took to much of our con time away. In future, I will perform solo only!
Overview: Well as you can all clearly see Califur 2014 had a lot of good but the bad over shadowed a lot of our fun(mostly cuz I was a bitch due to stress) So I am going to give the con two scores. One for the over all quality of the con and the other for my personal take on con. The personal score is no reflection on how good con was, but more how much I enjoyed it.
Con Quality: 9.1 while we had a lot of missing panels this year, the few we did have were very informative and very good. The Dealers Den also had a lot more artists and vendors ad the hotel looked amazing.
Personal experience: 4.5 Because all the big events were so close together and the con did not get extended to Thursday like many had hoped, it made it hard to participate in a lot because the con was so short and everything was to packed in. I missed a go 80% of the things I wanted to do including: the auction, the fat furry meet and countless chances to Fursuit. I was so busy trying to watch my time that I missed out on a lot.
Will I return: Well, as much as I love Califur. I most likely will be skipping it for either next year or the year after. That way my pack can attended May War. Nothing against the con, but we missed war to be at con.
Con Status: Stressed, but Mission Accomplished!
***Raven & Lotus Forever*** 
I've one thing to say and that's, Brad, I'm mad, for you too!"
(Haha and in case you didn't notice, the church workers were Frankenfurter, Riffraff, and Magenta loo)
Also, Cabaret is a committment. I found myself missing any events Friday and Saturday because of all the prep that went into my act (plus bodypainting would take around 6 hours). So, sadly that is something you must weigh before you commit to performing. I know your 2013 year was just as scattered (I was on Cabaret staff that year) but you will find that as each year passes, the "work" before "play" (performance) becomes almost a second nature.
I must say, it was nice to be in the audience for a change and I really did enjoy the effort put on by the performers. Essex had me just about dying in my seat.
-former Cabaret performer