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FursonaCon 2019
6 years ago
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I think I'm coming to a point where I'm really not sure what I'm doing any more, as part of the fandom and otherwise.
Went to FursonaCon in Virginia Beach, more or less just to see if I could. One of the con chairs,
ArkGullwing gave me a free pass to the con after a mix-up over a con t-shirt at their booth in FWA a few years back. I had to skip the last two years unfortunately, due to extenuating circumstances...and the universe came very close to forcing me out of this one! $300 on new brakes, then my transmission cable gave out, and hurricane Dorian all right before the con. It was the first time I've ever driven a distance of 8 hours. I got my buddy 
Schrix to come with me as a spare driver so the trip was more bearable but still...and we had to make half of the way up driving through a hurricane coming through NC.
It helped that the con had an amazing Retro 80's theme. I think I would have been sorely depressed if I had had to miss out on that. It was a smaller con too so I didn't get as many commissions and such but that's perfectly fine as we've found a way to do Anthro SouthEast on the cheap, so might be attending that one. I don't often work in three cons a year, but ASE is kind of like a gift to me from my friend.
I had fun. The con was a good time. Everyone was friendly and there were lots of interesting people to meet. Spoke with one vendor about salvaging the legacy of some of the older furs who are now starting to pass away. The old out of print comics and the requirements to gather rights and reprint them. It got me thinking that there's really not a lot of archival work being done on some of the oldest parts of the fandom...Someone needs to start doing that before we lose it.
At any rate this con taught me that 8 hour trips are doable, which opens up possibilities like Megaplex and possibly even driving to AnthroCon, which appears to be a 9 hour ride straight through (I still don't know why the last person I went with took the 11 hour trip to pick up friends only to ignore them). So maybe one day I can do that one again and do it right this time? Right now I have no actual plans for next year, aside from FWA. I might pare down and just go to FWA and that small new con in NC, Tarpaw Furmeet. I don't see myself doing something wild like flying out to one of those further away cons. Not just yet anyways.
Went to FursonaCon in Virginia Beach, more or less just to see if I could. One of the con chairs,
ArkGullwing gave me a free pass to the con after a mix-up over a con t-shirt at their booth in FWA a few years back. I had to skip the last two years unfortunately, due to extenuating circumstances...and the universe came very close to forcing me out of this one! $300 on new brakes, then my transmission cable gave out, and hurricane Dorian all right before the con. It was the first time I've ever driven a distance of 8 hours. I got my buddy 
Schrix to come with me as a spare driver so the trip was more bearable but still...and we had to make half of the way up driving through a hurricane coming through NC.It helped that the con had an amazing Retro 80's theme. I think I would have been sorely depressed if I had had to miss out on that. It was a smaller con too so I didn't get as many commissions and such but that's perfectly fine as we've found a way to do Anthro SouthEast on the cheap, so might be attending that one. I don't often work in three cons a year, but ASE is kind of like a gift to me from my friend.
I had fun. The con was a good time. Everyone was friendly and there were lots of interesting people to meet. Spoke with one vendor about salvaging the legacy of some of the older furs who are now starting to pass away. The old out of print comics and the requirements to gather rights and reprint them. It got me thinking that there's really not a lot of archival work being done on some of the oldest parts of the fandom...Someone needs to start doing that before we lose it.
At any rate this con taught me that 8 hour trips are doable, which opens up possibilities like Megaplex and possibly even driving to AnthroCon, which appears to be a 9 hour ride straight through (I still don't know why the last person I went with took the 11 hour trip to pick up friends only to ignore them). So maybe one day I can do that one again and do it right this time? Right now I have no actual plans for next year, aside from FWA. I might pare down and just go to FWA and that small new con in NC, Tarpaw Furmeet. I don't see myself doing something wild like flying out to one of those further away cons. Not just yet anyways.
I agree with preserving the legacy of the older furs with some form of archive or library, whether physical or in cyberspace.
My convention schedule is pretty much wide open next year. I'm going to FWA to see what the big deal is with those keys and I'm also interested in seeing who they get for their music act after having Mystery Skulls.
But beyond that, I'm not sure! Maybe I'll accompany you to one of the three cons collaborating on the cyberpunk theme next year?
You can see which cons I am attending in 2020 by looking at the bottom of my user page.