Con Report - mid-con.
Well, here I am at FurCon! It's Saturday Morning, and once again, I could go home *now* and have a perfectly valid con experience. My body would certainly be happy about that: I'm not as young as I used to be and wow am I in pain. Tylenol is helping.
Anyway, the rundown:
Thursday's arrival was delayed, due to the noted train incident. Still, a fine time to arrive. Being pre-regged and a Sponsor (I paid for it back in June, when I had moneys), I got to skip the entire, insane badge line. It's always a proble with cons that the reg line is crazy.
Had to lug around my enormous backpack, as well as four liters of YuJ for the Klingons, since the guys I always room with were showing up at 7:30. As a result, I'm pretty certain my vertebrae started to fuse together... Had some nice chatter with folks, and bumped into Jimmy Chin early on, so I'm sure he's happy to have got that out of the way...
The meet'n'greet had some VERY tasty tidbits. Steak sliders. Cheeses. Antipasto. And some lovely portabello fries with a ZESTY chipotle-lime sauce. Noms! Realized that I had been doing this now since '93.. 20 years? Dear lord.. no wonder so many folks look so old...
Friday morning was good and fun Picked up some Dr Scholl's from the local Walgreens, which seem to be helping. Also picked up some Pscho Donuts, which are awesome and tasty. I later directed Ursula Vernon to her Kaffeklatch again. I'm pretty certain she could have found it on her own, but she seemed to enjoy the added insurance and assistance.
Toured the Dealer's Den. Some old faces. Some new ones. Not really much urge to buy - I have what I need and want for the most part, and the really shiny things are beyond my shoestring budget. I couldn't even afford badges! Mostly poddled around, chatting and enjoying.
2 and Kage's comedy set was, as usual, hilarious. Kage's rendition of 'Rule Britannia' was excellent. After that, got to hang out with the Klingons. They were sucked nearly dry with alarming speed. Had it not been for what I brought them, they'd likely have run out fast. Good times , but some of the young kids (shakes cane) really had far too much. They were doing a variant of Edward Fotie-hands, which is where one ties two foties of a given beverage to your hands with duct-tape. These had added 'dingbat' to the mix, adding wings made by cuttting trash bags.
Waking up today - no hangover, but still pretty tired. Even after food, nodding off. May pop over to the Space Lounge for a nap. Yes. Nap good.
Anyway, the rundown:
Thursday's arrival was delayed, due to the noted train incident. Still, a fine time to arrive. Being pre-regged and a Sponsor (I paid for it back in June, when I had moneys), I got to skip the entire, insane badge line. It's always a proble with cons that the reg line is crazy.
Had to lug around my enormous backpack, as well as four liters of YuJ for the Klingons, since the guys I always room with were showing up at 7:30. As a result, I'm pretty certain my vertebrae started to fuse together... Had some nice chatter with folks, and bumped into Jimmy Chin early on, so I'm sure he's happy to have got that out of the way...
The meet'n'greet had some VERY tasty tidbits. Steak sliders. Cheeses. Antipasto. And some lovely portabello fries with a ZESTY chipotle-lime sauce. Noms! Realized that I had been doing this now since '93.. 20 years? Dear lord.. no wonder so many folks look so old...
Friday morning was good and fun Picked up some Dr Scholl's from the local Walgreens, which seem to be helping. Also picked up some Pscho Donuts, which are awesome and tasty. I later directed Ursula Vernon to her Kaffeklatch again. I'm pretty certain she could have found it on her own, but she seemed to enjoy the added insurance and assistance.
Toured the Dealer's Den. Some old faces. Some new ones. Not really much urge to buy - I have what I need and want for the most part, and the really shiny things are beyond my shoestring budget. I couldn't even afford badges! Mostly poddled around, chatting and enjoying.
2 and Kage's comedy set was, as usual, hilarious. Kage's rendition of 'Rule Britannia' was excellent. After that, got to hang out with the Klingons. They were sucked nearly dry with alarming speed. Had it not been for what I brought them, they'd likely have run out fast. Good times , but some of the young kids (shakes cane) really had far too much. They were doing a variant of Edward Fotie-hands, which is where one ties two foties of a given beverage to your hands with duct-tape. These had added 'dingbat' to the mix, adding wings made by cuttting trash bags.
Waking up today - no hangover, but still pretty tired. Even after food, nodding off. May pop over to the Space Lounge for a nap. Yes. Nap good.