FWA - 05, 06, 07, 08, 09
RCFM - 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09
MFM - 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09
Total furry cons attended: 18
Planned attendance:
FWA 2010 - Likely (90%)
RCFM 2010 - Likely (80%)
MFM 2010 - Likely (80%)
AC or MFF 2010 (50%) - Hopefully one or the other, depending on finances. More likely MFF, due to the date of the con nicely filling the gap between MFM and FWA.
FC - Some day
It's tough for us to hit ones out of our normal circuit. MFF and AC are both 12-14hr drives, and flying to cons (required for FC, not driving 34 hrs) more than doubles the cost (we can attend both RCFM and MFM for less than the cost of 1 trip to FC).
- Location:Work
- Mood:
contemplative
Welcome Dixie the fox to mine and Lenny's collection of fursuits.
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( Read on for the details and more pics... )
- Location:Home
- Mood:
satisfied
lenny_mutt and I were invited by a couple of staff members to tag along to the tour of the new hotel for MFM next year.I, for one, had been (privately) vocal about some of the hotel problems facing this con. They certainly weren't invisible to me as an attendee, and not to my surprise most others I spoke with had the same thoughts. It was to the point where Lenny and I were considering not returning after this year.
But the new hotel, the Whispering Woods Hotel and Conference Center, really wowed us. It has lots and lots of positives going for it:
- Private, meaning safer and less to no non-convention persons entering con areas/events
- Nice, roomy convention area and conference rooms
- Reportedly much safer area
- Lots of food places within walking distance
- A Wal-Mart Supercenter just down the road
- Nice, spacious, picturesque area around hotel
All of the main con space is on the first two floors, with hallways extending from each side leading to the rooms. Both of these floors are accessible through carpeted public staircases/ramps or via the elevators. There's another floor with two additional conference rooms above these floors only accessible by elevator. Here's the layout:
Layout Diagram
Also, as we were walking around, I was trying to get an idea of how well the con space would work, for things such as suiting, chatting, and just hanging out, since there is not as central of an area as the garden court in the old hotel. Honestly, I think it will work just fine. There are nice wide hallways, with lots of general sitting/hangout space all over, with tables, seats, etc around almost every turn. I couldn't find any good pics of the hallways on the site, but here's the lobby/registration area, just to give an idea:
Lobby/Registration
So yeah, we're excited, and will absolutely be there next year. :)
A big thanks to
dolphinfriend and raczoon for inviting us, and tygercowboy for allowing us to take the tour along with the staff.- Location:Back at work :(
- Mood:
anxious
Just got done with the parade. I think I heard a preliminary count of 165, way up from 101 of last year! Haven't heard any attendance numbers, but if you go by the fursuiter to attendee ratio from last year (about 7.45 to 1), it would mean somewhere in the neighborhood of 1200+ ppl. That sounds a little high, so we'll see.
After the parade and photo there was a large inflated obsticle course that they were allowing fursuiters to run through. Of course I had to give this a try :) So I jump in and bounce through the hole at the entrance, then try to climb the the ladder rungs to get to the next part. My fursuit feet were slipping right off of them like I was trying to climb a mountain of butter. After making many attempts, someone suggested I pull my feet off. Ok, I guess. So I tried that, and got the same results in socks. Ok, so those can come off too. NOW I can climb, yay. So I made it the rest of the way through, but I must say it was MUCH tougher than I thought it would be in suit. :)
We had a blast dancing and seeing all our friends again last night, and meeting a bunch a folks for the first time.
Pic from Brace Bear!
- Location:FWA Hotel Room
- Mood: chipper
Just going to hit the highlights, because
lenny_mutt has already covered the details in her journal HERE!( Grey's quick con report )
We had a blast and cannot wait for the next con we will be attending, which will be FWA in February. Was great to see all of our friends again, missing you all already!
- Location:Home
- Mood: satisfied
Me and
lenny_mutt had a lot of fun at RCFM, and are looking forward to seeing everyone again at MFM. We won't be at AC, so happy and safe travels to everyone going!Thanks to MOOSE for the new icon!
I'll follow up soon with a real update of all of the goings on here. :)
- Location:Work
- Mood:
awake
Me and
lenny_mutt had a blast at FWA. It was great to see all of our friends again.( Continued under cut... )
- Location:Home
- Mood: happy
lenny_mutt... and yeah if you haven't already read it in her LJ, we recently started going out :DHopefully I'll get to that post with some pics from FWA of my updated suit in the next few days.
- Mood: happy
lenny_mutt when I noticed my radio cutting out. Didn't think much of it at first until it totally went off, so I got a little concerned about the car's power. Well a little further down the road, the car started cutting out, so I pulled into the next gas station and called for a tow, as the battery was quite dead, and I suspected the alternator had died. So after having a mini-picnic on the brick wall beside the gas station for the next 2 hrs or so, the tow truck showed up and loaded up my little Sentra, and away we went.Now the driver wasn't the most friendly of people, he didn't say much, but was all too quick in lighting up a Marlboro and cranking up Korn on the radio. I didn't really mind, until some cars stopped kind of suddenly in front of us and he wasn't paying really good attention. So he proceeds to scare the shit out of us and has to swerve off the road to avoid hitting the cars in front. Yay for Alabama tow truck drivers =/
So we finally get my car to the shop, I talk to the head mechanic about what's going on with it, and I leave it. Unfortunately my parents were unable to loan me their car cause they had stuff to do, and having to work early the next morning, I decided to get a rental. So while we waited for them to pick us up, we looked at and tore up some of the stuff laying around the waiting room... Lenny will say more about that later :) So 5 hours after we started, we were finally on our way... heh fine way to start an afternoon lol.
I got my car back the next day, and it was the alternator. About $250 but that's about what I was expecting. It's actually running a lot better and smoother now.
- Mood:
sleepy - Music:Weezer - Don't Let Go
FWA was a total relaxacon for me. I needed a break... and I took one. For the first time I didn't really go by the con schedule at a con, I just slept, and hung out, and relaxed, and if I had time to fit something in, I did. I tried to do way too much at this past MFM and wasn't going to make that mistake this time.
lenny_mutt found out she was going to be able to go, so we rode/roomed together, and hung out a lot too. Friday I picked up my updated fursuit head from latinvixen02, pics in a post to follow. We suited a bit, stopped by the dance briefly, but I made sure not to wear myself out the first night like I've done before. Saturday we were up early for the parade, got a good spot up near the front. Took a break then suited a little more later on, and afterwards went to the Sub Level 03 concert, which was good as always. Slept late again on Sunday, suited with lenny_mutt a bit then went and got some food with tilt_longtail and santa_fox. Back at the hotel there was a small dance going on, with a few suiters there, me and Lenny went there a bit and had fun. Thanks antimon for dj'ing :) We drove back Monday and saw Eight Below, which was pretty good. So overall it was a fun trip, I missed a few things I usually have fun doing like the fursuit games but really just needed some R and R. Next up for me will be RCFM in May!LJ friends I got to talk to or say hi to around FWA:
alexanderkatz, animecat, antimon, aragornwolf, brace_bear, exile17, fyrefang, gilmorelion, jugularjaguar, khirmoonclaw, kryphos, latinvixen02, lenny_mutt, paddlefoot_wolf, quasiskunk, santa_fox, snowmew, spiketxtyger, tilt_longtail, trevatentine, wolfnevets, and zaineotter.- Mood: mellow
Not much happening here so have some artwork!
Here are the badges, icons, and other stuffs I've gotten done in the last few months.
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- Mood: drained
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- Mood: happy
All I can say is... AWESOME. It was truly one of the coolest things I've seen. The combination of acting, puppetry, and music, along with the stunning visuals, just all blended together so well. It followed the entire story of the original movie, from start to finish, following it about 85-90%, with a few scenes changed here and there for continuity sake, and a few added to make it flow. They also worked in all of the music from the original soundtrack, and almost all of the music from Rhythm of the Pridelands, some sung natively and some sung translated, including breathtaking performances of 'He Lives in You' and a slightly changed version of it called 'They Live in You'. It lasted over 3 hrs with the intermission but seemed to just fly right by. And the good seats were sooooo worth the extra money, the actors and props came down the isle right beside you, and there were people singing not two feet away, and at certain points things literally flying over your head! It really made you feel like you were in the show. Not to mention the goodie bag, which contained a program, tlk cap, and tlk travel cup, yay!
I never thought TLK could be made into a live performance, at least not without sacrificing the animation and elements that made the movie what it was, but I was wrong. It was truly an experience worthy of the movie I love.
BTW real update coming soon, I promise! =)
- Mood: rawr!
( Cut because its usually long... )
It was an interesting con, I had a lot of fun but it didn't seem as much fun as last year, I think because I came in already exhausted with no energy, and maybe I tried to do a little too much, because I felt so busy the whole time but never got to do anything as much as I wanted or visit with a lot of the friends I had hoped to hang with. Too many names to name but it was great seeing everyone even if it was only briefly with some. Already missing you all :)
- Mood: content
Work was hell over the weekend, with everyone making preparations for the coming storm. Fri-Sat-Sun I worked 10-12-12ish, so was a long weekend, but luckily was off Monday the day it was due to strike here. It started raining that morning, with the wind and bad stuff coming later in the evening. The eye shifted further East than its original track putting me in worse than expected weather/wind. Got through about half of it with power, then lost power Monday evening. Damage here was easily worse than Ivan and Dennis combined, but still got away with mostly downed trees, no serious damage. Was supposed to be at work at 6am on Tues, couldn't happen because there were 3 trees down across my road making travel out impossible. So I was stuck at home until late Tues evening, made it to work Wed where it was still super busy, and had no power until early Thurs in the AM when I was supposed to leave for MFM. This made getting ready for MFM challenging, but I still managed to get everything together and leave on time Thurs morning.
- Mood: exhausted
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- Mood: sleepy
- Music:John Williams - Buckbeaks Flight
Can't wait to see the pics and vids start rolling in :)
- Mood: sleepy
lenny_mutt!I don't listen to the radio much so this is just what happens to be atop my playlist at current:
1. Yoko Kanno - Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. - Inner Universe
2. Hans Zimmer - MI2 OST - Injection
3. Pink - God is a DJ
4. VNV Nation - Dark Angel
5. Savage Garden - Animals
6. Round Table Featuring Nino - .hack/Legend - New World
- Mood: chipper
