Went to GSFC after work Saturday. Most of what I wanted to say went on the stream. Here are a few highlights (and certain things I forgot to mention).

So, everyone checking into the hotel needed to sign a form saying they wouldn't host room parties. I guess it needs to go with saying now. I'm guessing the hotel might be in the know about how furries like to be in too festive a mood while attending furry conventions. Still, though, I couldn't really blame the hotel for that. They want to make their hotel a pleasant place to stay for all their guests. Plus, they needed to have people agree not to smoke and/or vape anywhere inside the building because their smoke detectors are sensitive enough to pick up on vape steam. There's a $2000 fine for pulling the fire extinguishers and disabling the smoke detectors in the rooms, because of course they may have heard about the Rain Furrest incident.

Although, it probably should have been a red flag that my room wasn't immediately ready, and I had to actually try again once I saw my friend manage to get his later that day. Clarification: The front desk said they'd call me when it was ready. They never called, and when I saw my friend check in, I figured I'd try again. Plus, for a hotel across the street from a major airport, finding parking was hit or miss. At least there was free parking nearby, but I'd rather try and stay parked on the hotel property just to make things easier.

There was having to get a media badge because taking video with a mini DV camcorder from 2007 warrants it. But at least I'm finally getting to use it.

It was a hot weekend. The airport was there, so at least we wouldn't be the only ones with noise complaints. A friend wanted to get 2 Domino's pizzas, but they were $60. Coupons to reduce the continental breakfast to $9. Stories of a bottle of Coke sold for $4 by the hotel. Things that I just want to bring up for no reason.

So far, these are all the things that I just wanted to put out there that were not fun.

There were also good and fun things going on. I got to hang with friends I hadn't seen in a while. Mostly. I finally found a second friend to interview for a video I'm making about a fursuit I'm working on. That's a plus. And boy do I have friends who'll say yes. So the weekend isn't really a total wash, even when I had to double back to Irvine when I was so close to home because I somehow realize I forgot something at the Hilton, which is an amazing hotel on its own by the way.