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Getting ready for AnimeFest
8 years ago
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An Old Fox's life
Yep in a day and a half I will be on my way to Dallas and Another year of Animefest. It has become a yearly thing for more years than I know. It all started way back in 2000 When I attended my first Animefest in Dallas. It was also where I was asked to become the Head of Registration for Ushi-Con in Austin. Thinking back I started working as Registration for Animefest in 2003 and have been doing so with the exception of two years since then.
This year is no different and as normal I was already set up as Volunteer staff early and I do remember a few years the former head of Registration David actually said he would come get me if I could not make it. One finds it nice that your respected and have the friends at such a great con. Over the years the con has grown and shrunk a tad and this year its perhaps the biggest ever. Estimates have us over eight thousand people.
Now I have worked a few seven thousand person cons including our own Ushi Con in Austin one year. Things can be crazy and more with waves of people trying to register and more. One year at Animefest we were so short on staff I worked from opening to closing of registration every day. That was one year I never did see anything but my hotel room and the restaurant to eat.
This year will be a tad different since the two older ladies I normally share Crash space with are not attending. Its rather surprising and over the hears we have been good friends. I am hoping that nothing bad has happened to them but after all we are all so much older than when we started this. For me from 1999 to 2017 is eighteen years of doing cons.
This year I had a few issues that cost me most of my con money. First was my truck needing tires. I had hoped to get past the con but well they wore so fast that they were bald. The bolt through the drivers side tire made sure I had to get a new set on. I waved good by to eight hundred and nineteen dollars for that.
Their are all the small things you need to bring like toilet paler. (hotel paper can be like sand paper) Shampoo, soap and other toiletry items you need since your sharing a room and well I like to use what I normally use. Bring a cooler full of drinks, Loaf of bread and cheese and cold cuts for sandwiches. its always good to be ready and have food. Hotel restaurant can be pricey to eat at.They used to have a nice Buffet at a reasonable price but these days it is still all you can eat but twenty two dollars will end up costing you over a hundred for food over the weekend.
The truck is ready and I have to just unload some of the accumulated items in it. Thinks. Yep one 32 inche 720 dpi new TV already two years old but well it had to be moved. Two weed-eaters repaired and running again. Two heavy duty Lawn chairs. (The folding type in bags.) Several Ied lights for friends garage. A portable camp stove. (Still in box) In back seat of cab. Two bags of cat food for the outdoor cats and one box of cat litter for indoor ones.
This year is no different and as normal I was already set up as Volunteer staff early and I do remember a few years the former head of Registration David actually said he would come get me if I could not make it. One finds it nice that your respected and have the friends at such a great con. Over the years the con has grown and shrunk a tad and this year its perhaps the biggest ever. Estimates have us over eight thousand people.
Now I have worked a few seven thousand person cons including our own Ushi Con in Austin one year. Things can be crazy and more with waves of people trying to register and more. One year at Animefest we were so short on staff I worked from opening to closing of registration every day. That was one year I never did see anything but my hotel room and the restaurant to eat.
This year will be a tad different since the two older ladies I normally share Crash space with are not attending. Its rather surprising and over the hears we have been good friends. I am hoping that nothing bad has happened to them but after all we are all so much older than when we started this. For me from 1999 to 2017 is eighteen years of doing cons.
This year I had a few issues that cost me most of my con money. First was my truck needing tires. I had hoped to get past the con but well they wore so fast that they were bald. The bolt through the drivers side tire made sure I had to get a new set on. I waved good by to eight hundred and nineteen dollars for that.
Their are all the small things you need to bring like toilet paler. (hotel paper can be like sand paper) Shampoo, soap and other toiletry items you need since your sharing a room and well I like to use what I normally use. Bring a cooler full of drinks, Loaf of bread and cheese and cold cuts for sandwiches. its always good to be ready and have food. Hotel restaurant can be pricey to eat at.They used to have a nice Buffet at a reasonable price but these days it is still all you can eat but twenty two dollars will end up costing you over a hundred for food over the weekend.
The truck is ready and I have to just unload some of the accumulated items in it. Thinks. Yep one 32 inche 720 dpi new TV already two years old but well it had to be moved. Two weed-eaters repaired and running again. Two heavy duty Lawn chairs. (The folding type in bags.) Several Ied lights for friends garage. A portable camp stove. (Still in box) In back seat of cab. Two bags of cat food for the outdoor cats and one box of cat litter for indoor ones.
