RainFurrest 2009 Con Report

[chaoswolf]

Didn't get around to posting one during con, so better late than never.

Hectic, to say the least. Room mate made some coffee that didn't get completely consumed before we left. D'oh. selkit and I were bustling about, getting ready for the con. I brought along my chain mail and several business cards, and was trying to do either commissions, photo trades, or get noticed. I wound up doing the "get noticed" bit quite well, and didn't get any trades. Had to cover the cost of my own badge because my pre-reg didn't happen due to uncertainty if I was going. D'oh. Got there, saw sailorv61 and several others that I recognized from California fandom. My badge got handed to me, and I started making zombies when I got to the con-store. I wanted to play the game and create hoards of undead legions. I thought it'd be fun. Hehehe. Saw Aja (alexanderfans and chatted a bit; listened to some nut named Theo Winters suggest what he should do for the Furry Parade: "Re-write the lyrics to March of Cambredth." Sure enough, he did later that night. selkit was hanging out in the Hangar (artist lounge thing) and was being a goofball for most of it. I managed to obtain a ticket to the patron dinner, got to hang with Lenare and a few others whose names I forget, and consumed 2 of the house cocktails (one was mine, the other my mate's.) Couldn't make up my mind if I wanted to be a gofer or not, as selkit suggested I try to enjoy the con just once, rather than be a staff member. Covertly was running "stealth-recovery-missions" for the game pieces of Zombie, Survivor and Medic for the con-store, not actually being a gofer I didn't get credit. I just wanted to keep it going. Went out after the Meet the GoH dinner to smoke a clove with a friend. Had fun talking, came in about 2300 and passed out, I think.

Woke up feeling a bit low on self-esteem. My fur was a mess, didn't have enough conditioner handy to remedy the problem. Got bummed, but managed to get it resolved by Lenare a few hours later. It was all good after that; kept the game going, wandered around with my chain mail and camera, shooting pictures of fursuiters and making new friends, distributing my card every 30 feet or so when I encountered someone who saw the shiny hanging from my belt. Later that morning, got ambushed by selkit who handed me a jello shot. Vodka + Red jello. Weird tasting stuff. Blerg. Tasted good, but I wasn't expecting it. Ran more of my covert-stealth-missions for the con store to keep the game going. After the parade, I caught Aja right before his concert, handed him a $20 and sat at his table as he worked on my back. After that, he disappeared to tune the guitar and sure enough....he had written the parody suggested yesterday by Theo Winters: You can view the episode here. And when he took his jacket off and did Creature of the Wood as his final number.....damn....*music-gasm* Noms. He was yummy, hot and drop-dead sexy. Hehehe. After the concert, I hung out with Lenare in the hot tub for a bit before her Pictionary game @ 2000. I went out after that to talk with a friend, had a clove cigarette and enjoyed the company as the mate wasn't feeling well. Decided that was as good a time as any. Still haven't become a gofer --- am thinking it's really weird to watch a con rather than work it, wondering why I haven't yet...then realize the con is 2/3 over. Came back into the room & fell asleep.

So here we are on day 3. Didn't get to many panels, spent most of my time weaving in the halls, in the artist lounge, or was taking pictures. Made a few new friends and distributed my card to people. Got a tail. Came up with the idea of a cheshire fur-suit. More on that later, if it ever gets done. The Ice Cream Social was a blast. I hav no idea why selkit didn't like his ice cream. That morning, he handed me 2 jello shots, both were Everclear. Tasted really good, but not explosively so. Good deal of fun all around. Still haven't worked the con. Had a theory about taking pictures, took a few, posted them here and linked to them onWikiFur. This con report is getting linked to as well. Felt really weird to come home and not have worked the con, but then I realized Wait a minute. I had fun not working it. I have worked mainstream fandom for so long I forgot what it was like to have a camera and take pictures rather than sit at a door and wait for the con to pass me by. It felt really weird. Weirder still was to see my mate leave after the con had ended. D'oh...I miss him.....