Best. Convention. Evar.
Wow, so FWA 08 is over already. And sooooo much fun was had!! FWA just keeps getting better every time.
Some highlights:
- HUGE attendance!! Just over 1,040 people at the convention this year. And it was, what, 270 at the first one, five years ago? Sweet.
- Lots of fursuiters!! The official count after the fursuit parade was 165, but as usual there were some who didn't participate in the parade.
- Great roommates: we had a fun bunch of people. Had a great time staying up late Friday night (though I paid for it the next day) just chatting.
- New fursuit! I had Adie out and about Friday night, for the parade on Saturday, and for a short while this evening.
- Dealer's den was most excellent. As usual, Rama did a wonderful job of running the show, making sure the dealers were taken care of. Lunches arrived with perfect timing and were very tasty! Nothing but good things to say about the den this year.
- Sales were good! I didn't sell TOO much -- I paced myself because I knew I wanted to have a lot of fun at the con too. I only took on a few commissions from people because I didn't want to be stuck with homework. (My art is still becoming known anyway... so I didn't have OMG huge demand for it) Joe did really well with his chainmail, and we had a bunch of cute little charms he got to add onto bracelets or key rings and they did really well too.
- Being next to massage chair = biggest trap ever. :D I got a massage from Emily each day and it HELPED so very much. She has magic hands, she truly does. I think it would've been harder to survive the weekend if she hadn't have been here. And now Joe thinks the dollar-a-minute for a chair massage is QUITE worth it. ;)
- Tons of friends, both new and old. I got to see a LOT of people.
I would do a shout-out but there are WAY too many people that I am afraid I would leave someone out. :( All I ask is that if anyone got pics of Skittle (played by other people this weekend) or of Adie (lots of people were apparently guessing who she was made by but didn't know it was me?) that they send them my way. =)
Joe and I are going to breakfast with some friends in the morning and then maybe making the drive back to St. Augustine tomorrow. It's so hard to believe the con is already over. And we didn't even have any drama. :)
Sleep time!
Some highlights:
- HUGE attendance!! Just over 1,040 people at the convention this year. And it was, what, 270 at the first one, five years ago? Sweet.
- Lots of fursuiters!! The official count after the fursuit parade was 165, but as usual there were some who didn't participate in the parade.
- Great roommates: we had a fun bunch of people. Had a great time staying up late Friday night (though I paid for it the next day) just chatting.
- New fursuit! I had Adie out and about Friday night, for the parade on Saturday, and for a short while this evening.
- Dealer's den was most excellent. As usual, Rama did a wonderful job of running the show, making sure the dealers were taken care of. Lunches arrived with perfect timing and were very tasty! Nothing but good things to say about the den this year.
- Sales were good! I didn't sell TOO much -- I paced myself because I knew I wanted to have a lot of fun at the con too. I only took on a few commissions from people because I didn't want to be stuck with homework. (My art is still becoming known anyway... so I didn't have OMG huge demand for it) Joe did really well with his chainmail, and we had a bunch of cute little charms he got to add onto bracelets or key rings and they did really well too.
- Being next to massage chair = biggest trap ever. :D I got a massage from Emily each day and it HELPED so very much. She has magic hands, she truly does. I think it would've been harder to survive the weekend if she hadn't have been here. And now Joe thinks the dollar-a-minute for a chair massage is QUITE worth it. ;)
- Tons of friends, both new and old. I got to see a LOT of people.
I would do a shout-out but there are WAY too many people that I am afraid I would leave someone out. :( All I ask is that if anyone got pics of Skittle (played by other people this weekend) or of Adie (lots of people were apparently guessing who she was made by but didn't know it was me?) that they send them my way. =)
Joe and I are going to breakfast with some friends in the morning and then maybe making the drive back to St. Augustine tomorrow. It's so hard to believe the con is already over. And we didn't even have any drama. :)
Sleep time!