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The wayyy over-due FC07 post
18 years ago
I promised one a few days back and didn't deliever.. so, here's my 'make up' by me posting :P
However, this post is going to be long, so I'm going to summarize it here in case people want to just do a quick-read.
- Sold my first paid comission.
- Staffing Rocked.. staffing again next year probably!
- Koool-Aid..!
- But I'm the Juggernaught..
- Drama Llama personified!
- Fur Suits <3
- Friends <3 <3 <3
- Klingon Party <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
- And having the most coolest tag attached to my staff badge labeled 'Tea Snob' which was the greatest 'Ice Breaker' I've ever seen.
The trip to: Started off with me missing my first bus to Seattle.. not fun :/ Then the second was full.. so finally, the third I got on. On the trip down to Seattle, some guy noticed me drawing and commissioned me for 5 dollars to draw him a fish.. And I did, and with good success as well! Wish I had a pic of it still... Going there with an old friend was quite fun. I haven't seen Walksfar since FC06, and it was nice to take a trip down with him. Stayed overnight in Salem Oregon and raced for it the following day.. I had to work at 9:00pm and we made it there at 7:30.. cutting things close.. yipes!
Arrival and night of the first day (Thursday): So, got in at 7:30 as said and went on a mad-dash to my room.. Took forever for the lady at the desk to figure out who I was and finally gave me a key. Had plans on staying in the room with both Joseph Doberman and someone else he was talking to.. but they were both not there. Later on found that Joseph's friend got there earlier and couldn't get into the room, panicked (I think..) and found a new room. Saw a message left by Joseph as to how much I owed.. owed another 20 dollars for a quick-registration for myself (Going to FC was last-minute..) and then ran off to Con Ops to collect my stuff. Con Ops just blinked at me and told me to go to Reg table and by that time, it was 8:40.. so I was panicing.. I LOVE staffing at cons.. Any convention I go to.. I have to staff or else I won't have fun.. weird.. So I get to the reg desk, they take my pic, print me up a staff badge and offf I go to the Creator's Lounge! Not many furries were there that night, but it was still awesome as I met a kindly fur named Piccolo who aided me with some anatomy.
(By the Way, the Creator's Lounge is where furries can go to socialize and do art.. but cannot sell art there.)
Day 2 (Friday): Info Staff takes off and I meet MommaCon, lovely lady ^.=.^ She's the head of Info Desk while I'm here kindly assistant. She has a huge assortment of teas and you can get free hot water from the bar.. so like, mmm... Jasmine Lavender felt so good against the tongue and yum.. Floru likes teas! And thusly, I was given the labeling of 'Tea Snob' by MommaCon, bwahaha! Staffed again at Creator's Lounge and had to go see about going to Todai's with friends as planeed, but that was moved up a day.. so I went to the staff feed (Free food area for staff memebers and volunteers dubbed 'gofurs') Hung out with Davecko and his friend Nemesis until we parted ways and I danced the rest of the night away. Went back to my room and finally met Joseph! Huzzah! He's a nice guy ^.=.^ Finally after the dancing was done, I was famished, so I went to McDonalds and asked at the drivethrou if I could order with my friend without having a car.. they said okay, so I had McDonalds.. I haven't had McDonalds in so long.. I remembered why then.. I dislike fastfood in general >.<
Day 3 (Saturday): Info Desk again as it was a 9-5 job.. However, I was let go early to talk to someone about something and to quell a Drama Llama before it came into full-being.. Met up with Phluphi and hs semi-mate who I simply cannot remember his name for the life of me (sorry). Met up with Losian as well and WindDragon 6.=.^ Two wonderful furs.. wish I had more time to talk with them. Hung out in the Creator's Lounge, did art.. There was a 'Koolaid Man getting it on' theme and a 'My childhood ruined' theme in one sketchbook where I drew this really creepy looking buny and stuff... Oh I hope that pic doesn't come back to haunt me >.> I know I scared MichaFennic with that pic XD She came over, looked at it and was like 'That's creepy...' Todai's was that night. Enjoyed it with Yao Chi, WalksFar, a few other people and Monica Livingstone. I tried to drag Daveco and Nemesis along, but Dave didn't want to go.. so.. tough luck for him ^.=.^ Todai's = best sushi bar in the US. Get back and have my shift to do.. but I have a few hours before, so I pull out my El Wire and dance.. then to the KLINGON PARTY!!!! Cheap booze and mmm.. I almost got plastered before my shift >.< Oops.. Well, uh, needlyess to say, I kept focus. Sleeeeeppp... Only cause I knew I would get around 3 hours.. However! I brought back a friend I know from Vancouver and his friend who was roomless and they blabbed all night.. kinda hard to sleep when others are talking.
Day 4 (Sunday): Okay, so far I had about 8 hours of sleep behind me for the whole con in total... I was worn out.. however, with sheer will power! I did info desk again. The Fur Suit Parade was fun to watch. Now that I'm talking with Blaze again, I saw him in the parade but didn't notice it was him (I don't look at conbadges too much while staffing :P I'm bad with that).. Anyhow, after that finished, MomaCon relieved me to spend time with Dave and Nemesis to which we walked about. Dave started talked to Stargazer (lovely work), and Nemesis and I went elsewhere looking about. Tons of stuff to see and I bought a few things including a con badge (I'll upload it here). Didn't look too much like Flo, but eh, it was cool =) This was sadly my last day, and with all my swag, I was sorry to go so soon, but I had to head out in the morning, otherwise I would be missing class (not good). So I went to the creator's lounge and started doing trades with others, and finally did a partial collab with a cute guy (I'm doing the coloring as we speak). I had a blast and stayed up until around 5:00am when I finally told myself that the con was over and I needed sleep...
Final hours (Monday morning): Got up with Joseph and gave me him my farewells.. Wish we had more time to talk.. Packed up with Walksfar and had enough time to scour the floors of the con one last time to say 'Bye' to anyone I knew that I saw.. Ran only into Phluphi and said my byes. Finally went back to the car after making a 'staff feed' run to grab some food-on-the-go.. and left.
Travelling back up was fun if not a little messy.. Got to the Greyhound in time and gave my goodbyes to Walksfar, jumped on the bus and.. made it back hom to drop my stuff off and ran to class ^.=.^
Thanks everyone for a great time.. Hope to see you all (And hopefully more) at 08
However, this post is going to be long, so I'm going to summarize it here in case people want to just do a quick-read.
- Sold my first paid comission.
- Staffing Rocked.. staffing again next year probably!
- Koool-Aid..!
- But I'm the Juggernaught..
- Drama Llama personified!
- Fur Suits <3
- Friends <3 <3 <3
- Klingon Party <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
- And having the most coolest tag attached to my staff badge labeled 'Tea Snob' which was the greatest 'Ice Breaker' I've ever seen.
The trip to: Started off with me missing my first bus to Seattle.. not fun :/ Then the second was full.. so finally, the third I got on. On the trip down to Seattle, some guy noticed me drawing and commissioned me for 5 dollars to draw him a fish.. And I did, and with good success as well! Wish I had a pic of it still... Going there with an old friend was quite fun. I haven't seen Walksfar since FC06, and it was nice to take a trip down with him. Stayed overnight in Salem Oregon and raced for it the following day.. I had to work at 9:00pm and we made it there at 7:30.. cutting things close.. yipes!
Arrival and night of the first day (Thursday): So, got in at 7:30 as said and went on a mad-dash to my room.. Took forever for the lady at the desk to figure out who I was and finally gave me a key. Had plans on staying in the room with both Joseph Doberman and someone else he was talking to.. but they were both not there. Later on found that Joseph's friend got there earlier and couldn't get into the room, panicked (I think..) and found a new room. Saw a message left by Joseph as to how much I owed.. owed another 20 dollars for a quick-registration for myself (Going to FC was last-minute..) and then ran off to Con Ops to collect my stuff. Con Ops just blinked at me and told me to go to Reg table and by that time, it was 8:40.. so I was panicing.. I LOVE staffing at cons.. Any convention I go to.. I have to staff or else I won't have fun.. weird.. So I get to the reg desk, they take my pic, print me up a staff badge and offf I go to the Creator's Lounge! Not many furries were there that night, but it was still awesome as I met a kindly fur named Piccolo who aided me with some anatomy.
(By the Way, the Creator's Lounge is where furries can go to socialize and do art.. but cannot sell art there.)
Day 2 (Friday): Info Staff takes off and I meet MommaCon, lovely lady ^.=.^ She's the head of Info Desk while I'm here kindly assistant. She has a huge assortment of teas and you can get free hot water from the bar.. so like, mmm... Jasmine Lavender felt so good against the tongue and yum.. Floru likes teas! And thusly, I was given the labeling of 'Tea Snob' by MommaCon, bwahaha! Staffed again at Creator's Lounge and had to go see about going to Todai's with friends as planeed, but that was moved up a day.. so I went to the staff feed (Free food area for staff memebers and volunteers dubbed 'gofurs') Hung out with Davecko and his friend Nemesis until we parted ways and I danced the rest of the night away. Went back to my room and finally met Joseph! Huzzah! He's a nice guy ^.=.^ Finally after the dancing was done, I was famished, so I went to McDonalds and asked at the drivethrou if I could order with my friend without having a car.. they said okay, so I had McDonalds.. I haven't had McDonalds in so long.. I remembered why then.. I dislike fastfood in general >.<
Day 3 (Saturday): Info Desk again as it was a 9-5 job.. However, I was let go early to talk to someone about something and to quell a Drama Llama before it came into full-being.. Met up with Phluphi and hs semi-mate who I simply cannot remember his name for the life of me (sorry). Met up with Losian as well and WindDragon 6.=.^ Two wonderful furs.. wish I had more time to talk with them. Hung out in the Creator's Lounge, did art.. There was a 'Koolaid Man getting it on' theme and a 'My childhood ruined' theme in one sketchbook where I drew this really creepy looking buny and stuff... Oh I hope that pic doesn't come back to haunt me >.> I know I scared MichaFennic with that pic XD She came over, looked at it and was like 'That's creepy...' Todai's was that night. Enjoyed it with Yao Chi, WalksFar, a few other people and Monica Livingstone. I tried to drag Daveco and Nemesis along, but Dave didn't want to go.. so.. tough luck for him ^.=.^ Todai's = best sushi bar in the US. Get back and have my shift to do.. but I have a few hours before, so I pull out my El Wire and dance.. then to the KLINGON PARTY!!!! Cheap booze and mmm.. I almost got plastered before my shift >.< Oops.. Well, uh, needlyess to say, I kept focus. Sleeeeeppp... Only cause I knew I would get around 3 hours.. However! I brought back a friend I know from Vancouver and his friend who was roomless and they blabbed all night.. kinda hard to sleep when others are talking.
Day 4 (Sunday): Okay, so far I had about 8 hours of sleep behind me for the whole con in total... I was worn out.. however, with sheer will power! I did info desk again. The Fur Suit Parade was fun to watch. Now that I'm talking with Blaze again, I saw him in the parade but didn't notice it was him (I don't look at conbadges too much while staffing :P I'm bad with that).. Anyhow, after that finished, MomaCon relieved me to spend time with Dave and Nemesis to which we walked about. Dave started talked to Stargazer (lovely work), and Nemesis and I went elsewhere looking about. Tons of stuff to see and I bought a few things including a con badge (I'll upload it here). Didn't look too much like Flo, but eh, it was cool =) This was sadly my last day, and with all my swag, I was sorry to go so soon, but I had to head out in the morning, otherwise I would be missing class (not good). So I went to the creator's lounge and started doing trades with others, and finally did a partial collab with a cute guy (I'm doing the coloring as we speak). I had a blast and stayed up until around 5:00am when I finally told myself that the con was over and I needed sleep...
Final hours (Monday morning): Got up with Joseph and gave me him my farewells.. Wish we had more time to talk.. Packed up with Walksfar and had enough time to scour the floors of the con one last time to say 'Bye' to anyone I knew that I saw.. Ran only into Phluphi and said my byes. Finally went back to the car after making a 'staff feed' run to grab some food-on-the-go.. and left.
Travelling back up was fun if not a little messy.. Got to the Greyhound in time and gave my goodbyes to Walksfar, jumped on the bus and.. made it back hom to drop my stuff off and ran to class ^.=.^
Thanks everyone for a great time.. Hope to see you all (And hopefully more) at 08
