FWA 2017
Thursday
Booked a flight for 5:40 AM. Woke up at 2:OOAM, found flight canceled. Called Delta, wait time 2 hours. Decided to d/l Delta App. Flight to MSP, IND, ATL arriving 5PM, decide to take that. Spent 3 hours in MSP in PGA store, got a lesson. Went to Indy, got a burger and fries at a local place, plane delayed an hour. Flight was rough, circled airport once due to traffic. Landed, 10 planes in queue due to no gates open. Pull into gate 25 mins later, no jetbridge crew. Get off, get luggage, Roby picks me up. We drop off luggage, room 4038, go out to eat with Ford and Bramble at Empire State South. Have a great tasting meal. Head back, go pick up staff badge and pullover and start working on lounge stuff. Put clips on 1500 tetris pieces. Also Receive Nbowa Money from Roby!
Friday
Get up, staff lounge discussion of stuff. Get Chik-Fil-A with Albaz and do poker at 11AM. Make cut finishing 2nd in first satellite. Decide to fursuit after shift is over. Hand out Nbowa Money to lots of people. Go to dealer Den, see Bushy briefly, then get 3D scan of my character. Head around and then back up. 6PM is heads up poker, play that, Ati gets me Firehouse Sub w/o Coke. Win 4 in a row against Cocoa and November and then lose to Drenthe and lose in losers bracket finishing 3rd. Head to headless lounge to discuss how to run the Fursuit Mingle and picture. Then head upstairs to hang out with people.
Saturday
Get up for staff lounge, get a quick meal, then head to main ballroom to set up for fursuit picture and mingle. Handed out 1/3 of tags, then organized picture. Started mingle, 1 hour, 4 stations. Not well attended. Headed to fursuit lounge for duties. Out of gatorade. Then headed to poker semi's. Had a good run, picking up quads and busting out Leon. Got to finals with mid-stack. Headed to lounge to work, then headed out with Roby for food at Krog's St Market. Watched lounge for a while, talked with Calamity, gave out tetris badges, then headed back upstairs. Had Sunitai over, Tisket, Ruby Dusty, Dune (finally made it out due to flights) and others. Talked with JD/Dantee for ages with Ati about Pillars, Albaz and Roby wanted to kill us.
Sunday
Discussion about fursuit games. Ordered 3D statue. Quick meal, then poker finals. 3 hours of sleep, not enough. Did ok, but lost 2/3 stack to Tayu on AK vs a rivered straight. Pushed all in with KQ and got called by KK and JJ. Ran up to fursuit games to set up, Shyy, Ati, November, Manick and i. First game, scooter race, 4 teams. Second was fursuit tetris tower blocks. Third, poker hands. 4th was Musical Chairs. Team 2 won. Very good games.
Relaxed with golf furs in room watching masters. Then went to strike at 6PM, loaded out everything. Headed back to watch Rose/Garcia playoff. Ordered pizza, then went to TP's for staff dinner. Relaxed in room, played cards. Packed up everything so Dox could transport.
Monday: Got up late, headed to Decatur to Leon's, but it was closed. Ate at the Brick House with Ati, Albaz, Mahrkale, Pawnce, Aspen. Headed back, relaxed. Ati left for softball, late fursuit with Albaz, me in Winston. Then headed to airport.
Booked a flight for 5:40 AM. Woke up at 2:OOAM, found flight canceled. Called Delta, wait time 2 hours. Decided to d/l Delta App. Flight to MSP, IND, ATL arriving 5PM, decide to take that. Spent 3 hours in MSP in PGA store, got a lesson. Went to Indy, got a burger and fries at a local place, plane delayed an hour. Flight was rough, circled airport once due to traffic. Landed, 10 planes in queue due to no gates open. Pull into gate 25 mins later, no jetbridge crew. Get off, get luggage, Roby picks me up. We drop off luggage, room 4038, go out to eat with Ford and Bramble at Empire State South. Have a great tasting meal. Head back, go pick up staff badge and pullover and start working on lounge stuff. Put clips on 1500 tetris pieces. Also Receive Nbowa Money from Roby!
Friday
Get up, staff lounge discussion of stuff. Get Chik-Fil-A with Albaz and do poker at 11AM. Make cut finishing 2nd in first satellite. Decide to fursuit after shift is over. Hand out Nbowa Money to lots of people. Go to dealer Den, see Bushy briefly, then get 3D scan of my character. Head around and then back up. 6PM is heads up poker, play that, Ati gets me Firehouse Sub w/o Coke. Win 4 in a row against Cocoa and November and then lose to Drenthe and lose in losers bracket finishing 3rd. Head to headless lounge to discuss how to run the Fursuit Mingle and picture. Then head upstairs to hang out with people.
Saturday
Get up for staff lounge, get a quick meal, then head to main ballroom to set up for fursuit picture and mingle. Handed out 1/3 of tags, then organized picture. Started mingle, 1 hour, 4 stations. Not well attended. Headed to fursuit lounge for duties. Out of gatorade. Then headed to poker semi's. Had a good run, picking up quads and busting out Leon. Got to finals with mid-stack. Headed to lounge to work, then headed out with Roby for food at Krog's St Market. Watched lounge for a while, talked with Calamity, gave out tetris badges, then headed back upstairs. Had Sunitai over, Tisket, Ruby Dusty, Dune (finally made it out due to flights) and others. Talked with JD/Dantee for ages with Ati about Pillars, Albaz and Roby wanted to kill us.
Sunday
Discussion about fursuit games. Ordered 3D statue. Quick meal, then poker finals. 3 hours of sleep, not enough. Did ok, but lost 2/3 stack to Tayu on AK vs a rivered straight. Pushed all in with KQ and got called by KK and JJ. Ran up to fursuit games to set up, Shyy, Ati, November, Manick and i. First game, scooter race, 4 teams. Second was fursuit tetris tower blocks. Third, poker hands. 4th was Musical Chairs. Team 2 won. Very good games.
Relaxed with golf furs in room watching masters. Then went to strike at 6PM, loaded out everything. Headed back to watch Rose/Garcia playoff. Ordered pizza, then went to TP's for staff dinner. Relaxed in room, played cards. Packed up everything so Dox could transport.
Monday: Got up late, headed to Decatur to Leon's, but it was closed. Ate at the Brick House with Ati, Albaz, Mahrkale, Pawnce, Aspen. Headed back, relaxed. Ati left for softball, late fursuit with Albaz, me in Winston. Then headed to airport.