Con Report: Furvana 2021.
4 years ago
Being taught to avoid talking about Politics and Religion has led to a lack of understanding of Politics and Religion. What we should have been taught was how to have a civil conversation about a difficult topic.
I attended Furvana 2021. Enjoyed myself quite a bit. Friday, drove tot the con, lots of sights to see, laughed when I passed through the Satsop area, remembering the scandle involved in the failed construction attempt there. Made it to the beach, stopped at a restroom outpost, came back and the car would not start. waited an hour then it was fine. Drove back to the convention enter, Registered, got the con book, Went to the dealers room and saw Mary Lowd, Ian Keller, Pmoss and Shawn the Girl. there were others, like Mugwump press, who were affable enough and I enjoyed doing business with them. I went to a writing panel, and a 3d printing panel, was invited to the beach for closing ceremonies, Went with some trepidation because i did not want to get stuck in the sand. should not have worried as there were more then enough furs to pull me out no matter how far I had gotten stuck. I left my car on the hard pck sand and walked to the stage area set up on a pair of scaffolding, they read their announcements some 530 odd furs in attendance they read the charity numbers, nearly $4000 for Paws of Grays Harbor, so that went well, they thanked the staff the GoH, and closed the ceremonies. I then made a pitstop at a porta potty set up at the peach, and drove straight home to Olympia. got home, drug everything into the house, and fell over. happy to have done it. will do so again next year with bit more planing.
Kythra
∞kythra
I had a car that was cranky that way. Discovered that the choke was screwing up, and I could start it reliably when hot by manually propping the choke open. Bloody nuisance, though...
MelWhite
~melwhite
Excellent! Glad to see that you're getting out and about!
Winterbeast
~winterbeast
OP
I was the only guy there in a chair, a couple of others were on walkers, but I was happy, A small con means no long trips of wheeling myself about. only real problem was the closeing ceremonies. I was NOT going to risk getting stuck to get closer to the stage. I stayed on the hard packed sand and got out and walked the rest of the way. Yes, I am disabled. Do I let it stop me? are you kidding? I have wheels now, I can pick up speed.
Hovard
~hovard
Sounds like a fun time, with minor issues.
Pyat
~pyat
Missing cons myself! I've not been to one since 2019, and it doesn't look like I'll get to one before 2022. :(
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