#1. Back from Anthrocon and Origins
It's the 29th on a Sunday and I'm back.
At the Anthrocon I met Silvermoon and Kasumi from the roleplay forum "MZDM", both for the first time. I also confused PaintedDog for Likeshine, but that was quickly straightened out when PaintedDog stated the obvious. More than likely, I met other well-known people, but I don't remember faces to names all that well. Lastly, I learned that if I'm going to tell people to yell out to me, I should give them pronounceable names or at least names I can pronounce correctly; for example, Quaidis has a billion different ways to say it... And I pronounce Amethyst Ah-me instead of how it's supposed to be said, so that threw me for a loop.
I said one dumb-assed thing during AnthroCon (which happens; I usually blurt out one dumb-assed thing every year at at least one convention, every time unintentional). If you were the person who received the random absolutely terrible comment, I'm still sorry I said it.
The AnthroCon was absolutely tiny compared to the usual stuff I go to. Or at least the art/dealer room was. The Westin was huge, so I spent most of my 25 dollars to get in roaming stairways and large halls of blank space to get from point A to point B.
I helped the parrot lady at the AnthroCon concerning permits and licensing for specific pet bird species in her state. That was my good deed.
The furry survey was absolutely disturbing.
Origins, to me, was better over all. Nothing to do with furries or the size of the convention. It had more to do with the fact that I like big game conventions. There were many Many many more people at Origins, it was only three dollars to get in to the dealer and art rooms, and most of the dealers and artists there knew me already. Those that didn't now do. I was well-received, played many table-top games, and dragged many people randomly from their walks to play games with me.
The good deed I did at Origins was to draw a picture in a little multi-artist sketchbook that will be auctioned off on Ebay soon for disability research funds.
There was one thing I did figure out: Origins, as well as any other game convention, are full of cheap-asses. The Furry conventions are loaded with rich costumers there specifically for art.
Next years I'm probably only going to lodge a table at Origins for the full weekend; thought this is assuming that AnthroCon, Origins, and the other conventions will still be stuck on the same weekend. I'm still uncertain about AnthroCon, but if it is in the same weekend next year, I'll probably send someone over to that state to put some of my art up in the auction/display art area thing.
It was a good trip. Being home again, on the other hand, has not been as fortunate.
Oh, if you were at either con and didn't get to this website via me giving you the addy, I was at AnthroCon on Friday and Origins on Saturday. I'm that person in the trenchcoat and God hat.
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