Super Jayhawk ([info]super_jayhawk) wrote,
@ 2008-01-31 20:20:00
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Current mood:bummed
Entry tags:fc2008

Missed the con (or maybe it just felt that way)
Before I get into specifics of how my FC 2008 was, I just wanted to say sorry to all those that I didn't get a chance to hang out with or that I had to run off with only a brief hi. I spent pretty much the entire con hauling stuff, working on Furry Night Live, hauling for and setting up the parties I was madly trying to organize, cleaning up after said parties, and trying to get all the details for our skits and movies put together (and burn lots of DVDs and CDs for FNL, too). I felt like I pretty much hid in the hotel room the whole con, and I didn't even leave the DoubleTree building itself for five days.

I had four things to submit to Furry Night Live, (Under The Same Sky, the animated dragon opening, the Godzilla Project, and Snow White and the Seven Samurai), two new fursuits I never got to do much of a walkaround in, was too exhausted to even enter in the masquerade, didn't have time to go to anything I wasn't directly working on, missed the fursuit parade due to the FNL Rehearsal issues, and missed the Patron Lunch that I paid extra for (also due to the FNL Rehearsal scheduling fiasco).
[Thanks to Minnie for bringing me a take-out box from the lunch]

I crashed really hard on Monday and had to spent a good deal of it lying down in the room after being so tired. I wanted to go to dinner with people, but they had already left, and I had to get help to even pack up all the gear that we had brought. I wasn't better until Tuesday afternoon when I went around the DoubleTree looking for any remnants of the con or people that I could just hang with after six solid days of sheer ass-busting work, but nearly everyone was gone.

So for those of you that I missed or didn't get a chance to say hi to, my apologies that I missed out on the opportunity.

If you want to catch up with me, my AIM UID is superjayhawkks. I hope to catch people later in the year, or at FC 2009, when I plan to have more time. (and won't be trying to work on eight major projects at the same con)



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[info]minnieme4rl
2008-02-01 06:50 am UTC (link)
Next year I hope you take a break and actually ENJOY the con! But thanks for all of your hard work. FNL really rocked the house! "Under The Same Sky" should be entered into a film festival/competition.

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[info]minnieme4rl
2008-02-01 06:52 am UTC (link)
You violated the 6-2-1 staff rule (by having only the take-out box as your entire food supply on Saturday). You need to be fired from staff!

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[info]super_jayhawk
2008-02-01 07:50 am UTC (link)
If I was sticking around long enough to be fired.. ;) I said I'd do it for a year, and that's it... and I'm sticking to that promise.

(I did manage to get the one shower a day rule though)

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[info]smashwolf
2008-02-01 06:53 am UTC (link)
You should try running tech for the stage for a whole weekend :)

Believe me , I know how you feel. The only reason I got through this year as well as I did was because we essentially repeated what we did last year with few changes, so it was a lot "easier" than last year. It was more ... rehearsed... for the tech crew.

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[info]super_jayhawk
2008-02-01 08:15 am UTC (link)
That was more than a taste of working FC than I ever want to have again.
It took everything I had to even coordinate the three parties on top of that much the less the FNL host, talent, audio, video, props, and scheduling. I don't know how anyone on staff ever manages to fursuit or hold parties, and if they aren't able to do that, then it just ain't worth it.

Since I stopped flying to cons in 2003, FC is pretty much it for me for the year-- and I've already spent too much time working (and running my ass off) and not enough time enjoying the con. So it's an especially hard whammy for me when my FC sucks-- since that's all I get all year.

I have a much greater appreciation for what tech goes through-- and I don't know why they come back when it's that hard, and they have to give up on that much. But as for me, like the ending of our "Snow White and the Seven Samurai" skit, I'm "Going to Disneyrand!!"

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[info]minnieme4rl
2008-02-02 08:32 pm UTC (link)
Well, let's really go! I have an an annual pass (actually 2, one for Anaheim, one for Paris). We need to take Terraluna too since he hasn't been since 1969. I can also get us guest passes to the Magic Castle in Hollywood.

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[info]tilt_longtail
2008-02-02 01:49 am UTC (link)
Yeah, I did not get to see you.
guess I will have to try to come back.....

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