NOTE: While looking through my drafts, I found this list.  I have no idea why I didn’t post it back then.  Better late than never, I guess!

San Antonio’s first furry convention, Alamo City Furry Invasion, took place this past weekend.  Many locals (including myself) were excited to have a furry convention in our hometown and I noticed a few things during the furry fun:

1. 

   MINE!

   BEFORE-Sorry guys, but ‘Alamo City Furry Invasion’ as a name is too long, I’ve just been calling it ‘Furry Invasion.’

2. RealmsCon also happened over the same weekend, so I have another reason to not go there.
3. Thing we forgot to mention on the pre-game podcast: Parking around the con itself is going to be ‘fun’ especially for those of us not getting a hotel room.
4. There was some confusion about the availability of a projector. We were told to reserve the one projector they had, which was odd considering I checked a box that said ‘I need a projector’ when submitting my panel.
5. I made arrangements to have one just in case.
6. Day before the con and we don’t have an online map
7. There have been a few complaints beforehand about the potential parking costs, oh well.
8. Took a walk around the hotel Thursday afternoon and it was plenty warm, which doesn’t bode well for our fursuiters.
9. Surprised they aren’t doing a ‘print out your email’ thing for pre-registrations, hope that doesn’t slow down registration.
10. FRIDAY-Pleasant surprise: Free parking for hotel guests while it was available. I fed the meter.
11. I had to make jokes about “Don’t let your meter expire or Judy Hopps will pay you a visit!”
12. I see the hotel and Barry Manilow’s ‘Copacabana’ pops in my head.
13. As always, the guy with the Bluetooth speaker has to have crappy taste in music.  I swear it’s a physical law at this point.
14. Got into the reg line at 3:38 and waited for 45 minutes, pbbt
15. The ‘WE’RE SORRY’ guy in the reg line finally got on my nerves and I had to open a can of manager on him.
16. Fire alarm lights go off at 541 on Friday, oh boy.
17. Little Kid: “Pokémon!” Dad: “I don’t think those are Pokémon…”
18. Just a little sadface over not getting a personalized dog tag…does that make me weird?
19. The comic book was a lame substitute, and it’s not good to see staff members with tags
20. No furry Westerns for movie night?  Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron? An American Tail: Fivel Goes West?
21. If I’d have realized there were going to be so many people there  on Friday, I would have shaved!
22. SATURDAY-Up bright and early so I can shave (see above) and get a parking spot (see #3)
23. There were plenty of parking spots with meters around the hotel and even some $1-$2 parking a block away.
24. You still have to feed the meter on Saturday? LAME
25. Downloadable PDF format for the schedule would have been nice
26. Oh wait, the online schedule is different than the printed one, uh-oh.
27. That is, assuming you can read it, looks like they used they used 4-point font.
28. Nice job of giving credit where credit is due at opening ceremonies
29. For fuzzing sake, can we keep fetish gear out of furcons already?
30. 

    Wheee!

    Stop popping your heads and breaking the magic, people!

31. They definitely dropped the ball on the schedule. What is most surprising to me is either the staff didn’t notice or they chose to not do anything about it. No bueno.
32. How to handle major screw-ups: 1-Apologize. 2-Take no more than two sentences to say what went wrong. 3-Tell us how YOU ARE GOING TO FIX IT.
33. I mention the previous item because I heard the same ‘printer guy screwed up the schedule’ story way too many fuzzing times.  WE DON’T CARE WHAT WENT WRONG JUST FIX IT.
34. Regardless, I got by with a little (okay, a lot) of help from my friends for Furry 101.
35. A bunch of quiet people attended Furry 101, there were no questions for me at the end!
36. Some parents were there too, and were very complimentary after the fact.
37. OMG all the Amber Alerts
38. Seems I forgot to turn off the Amber Alerts on my new phone, too. DERP
39. Guillermo’s Italian restaurant near the hotel was delicious.
40. Had to do karaoke to finally get Copacabana out of my head.
41. Forgot about the 20-bar instrumental break in the middle, should have found a dance partner.
42. Going to be hard to not wear my Dallas Cowboys jersey on Sunday.  GET IT? COWBOYS? 😀
43. I wasn’t even aware of the food trucks, need to work on communication, there.  Maybe a bulletin board?
44. Bedbugs, tire slashing and threats? It’s a party now.
45. I won’t lie, my eyes got a little misty when one guy did ‘Free Fallin’ during karaoke.  God Bless Tom Petty.
46. SUNDAY-To the person who glomped another fursuiter: YOU SUCK
47. Apparently fursuiters weren’t happy with the fursuit lounge closing at night.  Even by my cranky middle-aged standards, 10 o’clock is WAY too early.
48. Another furry watching football? SAY IT AIN’T SO!
49. If you’re still telling Tony Romo jokes now, stop talking about football. Just. Stop.
50. Had my panel cancelled on Sunday because I was feeling way
    

    48. Unpossible!

    too hungry that afternoon…and they scheduled it opposite closing ceremonies.

51. 737 attendees, wow!
52. IMO attendance would have been higher but for RealmsCon being the same weekend in Corpus Christi and some folks in Houston are likely still recovering from the hurricane.
53. I should probably get a room next year so I’m not dragging my tail home in the middle of the night.
54. Overall, it was good but y’all really need to fix that scheduling, guys!