FWA 2012 Con Report
Uploading my pics now, meanwhile, have a con report:
Got back from FWA last night and boy was it a crazy whirlwind of a weekend. To start things off, I wanna first say that this was my first FWA and that FWA is, so far, one of the 3 cons I've been to that does a con right, the other 2 being AC and RF. They cater to their attendees as much as their sponsors, they have a great schedule of events, the con is run very smoothly, events start on time, and the hotel was awesome.
Here's a rundown:
Thursday. Flight out reallly early with Dax and Bucker, uneventful besides the fact that we ended up on the same flight as yippee and Kyell Gold. Once we arrived, we were grabbed from the airport by Kavik and off to the hotel we went. Unpacked, got pazooki put together, and then we went out for dinner. Found this kinda burger joint deal that was real nice with Bison. Later on, headed back to the hotel, hung out, suited a bit, and hit the first night's dance briefly.
Friday: woke up late, did mostly con stuff that day (fursuited, took lots of pics, commissions and dealer's den, etc.) did dinner that night at trader vic's with a ton of peeps, which was awesome, then hit the hot tub once we got back, suited up, then headed to bucker's set, danced my ass off, then headed to bed.
Saturday: another day of con stuff (suiting, bounce house, pics, commissions, hanging with friends, etc.) Later that night, ate dinner at Hsu's chinese (which really sucked. $20+ for a small ass plate of pretty normal chinese). Many thanks to Kaysho for that one. Ended up missing the Momocon flashmob which i deeply regret but meh, next year. I'll even bring some cosplay stuff to go with my fursuit for shiggles. Spent the rest of the night recording audio for Room Block Tango, our parody of Cell Block Tango from Chicago in honor of the theme "Furries at the Moulin Rouge", later that night, getting drunk, and having a late night photo adventure before turning in.
Sunday, woke up and jumped straight into getting ready for Furries Got Talent, rehearsals, then show. The show was epic, lots of people got our jokes though I was kinda surprised how few people knew we were parodying a skit from Chicago. I guess furries just don't really watch musicals X_X Didn't win anything but we had a shit ton of fun and added another skit to popufur productions history. Afterward, we tried for the photoshoot but they were too busy. Thanksfully, we managed to get some photos taken by Char next to the pool of our gang. Afterward, desuited, hit up some italian place for food with the Tenn. Furs, headed back to the hotel, and dead dogged it till I was dead :P
Monday, Slept in, packed, ate one last meal in Atlanta, then headed to the airport to come home. The funny part was that I ended up getting chicken and waffles with bucker after we got back, in oakland, rather than atlanta.
Shout outs:
MUCH Thanks to all the con staff, my good friends Ranan and Malo for staffing and making it an epic ass con, my Cali friends for chillin and bringing the east coast a slice of Cali goodness, all my friends from abroad, the con would not have been as awesome without you, New friends I love you all, Furshoot for running an amazing photoshoot studio, momocon for being good sports, the hotel and local hangouts and restaurants for putting up with us, and my roommates bucker, kavik, blitz, and mason for putting up with me.
Pros:
Con was very smooth
Lots of fursuiting time
Room Block Tango
Lots of free shwag from con
Lots of comments on Pazooki
Took lots of pics
Lots of good food
Met lots of new people
Got some AMAZING badges
Cons:
Room Darma at one point
Expensive con
Lost a T-shirt and my cell phone charger
Con too short :P
Initial Media Count
4.14gb
834 pics
7 vids
Final Media Count (unusable pics removed)
3.61gb
660 pics
7 vids
Got back from FWA last night and boy was it a crazy whirlwind of a weekend. To start things off, I wanna first say that this was my first FWA and that FWA is, so far, one of the 3 cons I've been to that does a con right, the other 2 being AC and RF. They cater to their attendees as much as their sponsors, they have a great schedule of events, the con is run very smoothly, events start on time, and the hotel was awesome.
Here's a rundown:
Thursday. Flight out reallly early with Dax and Bucker, uneventful besides the fact that we ended up on the same flight as yippee and Kyell Gold. Once we arrived, we were grabbed from the airport by Kavik and off to the hotel we went. Unpacked, got pazooki put together, and then we went out for dinner. Found this kinda burger joint deal that was real nice with Bison. Later on, headed back to the hotel, hung out, suited a bit, and hit the first night's dance briefly.
Friday: woke up late, did mostly con stuff that day (fursuited, took lots of pics, commissions and dealer's den, etc.) did dinner that night at trader vic's with a ton of peeps, which was awesome, then hit the hot tub once we got back, suited up, then headed to bucker's set, danced my ass off, then headed to bed.
Saturday: another day of con stuff (suiting, bounce house, pics, commissions, hanging with friends, etc.) Later that night, ate dinner at Hsu's chinese (which really sucked. $20+ for a small ass plate of pretty normal chinese). Many thanks to Kaysho for that one. Ended up missing the Momocon flashmob which i deeply regret but meh, next year. I'll even bring some cosplay stuff to go with my fursuit for shiggles. Spent the rest of the night recording audio for Room Block Tango, our parody of Cell Block Tango from Chicago in honor of the theme "Furries at the Moulin Rouge", later that night, getting drunk, and having a late night photo adventure before turning in.
Sunday, woke up and jumped straight into getting ready for Furries Got Talent, rehearsals, then show. The show was epic, lots of people got our jokes though I was kinda surprised how few people knew we were parodying a skit from Chicago. I guess furries just don't really watch musicals X_X Didn't win anything but we had a shit ton of fun and added another skit to popufur productions history. Afterward, we tried for the photoshoot but they were too busy. Thanksfully, we managed to get some photos taken by Char next to the pool of our gang. Afterward, desuited, hit up some italian place for food with the Tenn. Furs, headed back to the hotel, and dead dogged it till I was dead :P
Monday, Slept in, packed, ate one last meal in Atlanta, then headed to the airport to come home. The funny part was that I ended up getting chicken and waffles with bucker after we got back, in oakland, rather than atlanta.
Shout outs:
MUCH Thanks to all the con staff, my good friends Ranan and Malo for staffing and making it an epic ass con, my Cali friends for chillin and bringing the east coast a slice of Cali goodness, all my friends from abroad, the con would not have been as awesome without you, New friends I love you all, Furshoot for running an amazing photoshoot studio, momocon for being good sports, the hotel and local hangouts and restaurants for putting up with us, and my roommates bucker, kavik, blitz, and mason for putting up with me.
Pros:
Con was very smooth
Lots of fursuiting time
Room Block Tango
Lots of free shwag from con
Lots of comments on Pazooki
Took lots of pics
Lots of good food
Met lots of new people
Got some AMAZING badges
Cons:
Room Darma at one point
Expensive con
Lost a T-shirt and my cell phone charger
Con too short :P
Initial Media Count
4.14gb
834 pics
7 vids
Final Media Count (unusable pics removed)
3.61gb
660 pics
7 vids