This year marked my second Oklacon, and I did a much better job of keeping up my usual list despite, or maybe because I kept it on old-fashioned paper!
- Fursuit parts are apparently very good for keeping yourself warm.
- This is a great con for attention whores: Just yell or talk very loudly and EVERYONE on the campsite can hear you.
- Anyone playing the guitar at 7AM should be shot or at least kicked in the nards.
- I’m thinking that its about time to retire my old Sears Hillary tent. 😦
- I was happy I could get a signal on my Verizon iPad in nearby Watonga, OK, but then I got to the campsite annnd its gone!
- Even instant cappuccino tastes great when you’ve been sleeping in 30-degree weather.
- I’m not sure which is bothering me more: not wearing my university ring or not having a comb in my pocket.
- Someday Dr. Nuka will tire of my ‘What’s up Doc?’ greeting and get all sciencey on my tail.
- Somehow ‘All My Exes Live In Texas’ got stuck in my head.
- They should probably make sure the participants are able to play volleyball out of suit first.
- Plastic hammer + heavy metal stakes = FAIL
- I was a bit overdue for a shave on Thursday but the cold is keeping me from doing so.
- Good idea: Putting QR codes on my dealer’s table sign. Almost Good Idea: Putting QR codes on my dealer’s table sign at a con where cell reception sucks.
- Maybe its just me, other folks seem to be doing just fine. Just what I need: another reason to dump Sprint.
- I learned today that Canada apparently has its own version of Texas called Alberta. The thought that each country in the world may have its own ‘Texas’ might explain a lot…and fills me with fear.
- One of the researchers was having problems with her camera and was getting frustrated, I had to quip: “This is the part where they usually call me at work.”
- Even though I’m not at work, my tail was still dragging at about 4PM…should have had that second cup of coffee!
- The collective rolling of eyes could almost be heard whenever someone insisted they were the only one in the furry fandom whose fursona was an X.
- Best money I’ve spent recently: $15 for a small stool for sitting in the tent; its a little snug in the forbidden zone, but otherwise worked well.
- Its funny how the lack of data turned my smartphone into a glorified watch…and a phone.
- I only posted once to social media all weekend and haven’t missed it. It feels good to be talking to people that are actually sane.
- The rain snuck up on us Friday night but surprisingly nothing got into the tent…there but for the grace of God go I.
- Unlike last year, the bathrooms were kept up and I even contributed by plunging a few times and even fixing a toilet, nice to put that homeowner skill to use.
- I should have been annoyed by Reville being played at 9am, but instead I found it amusing…because I was already awake.
- My writing panel went well, four people showed up!
- Hot dogs? At a furry con? Say it ain’t so!
- My laptop is a battery…a big, frakking, heavy battery.
- The zipper on my tent was misbehaving and the first thing that came to mind was ‘MY KINGDOM FOR SOME DUCT TAPE!’
- Things I forgot to bring: wet naps, duct tape, mayonnaise and once again, a roll of toilet paper.
- I could only not shave for so long, Saturday night the face fuzz was gone.
- I might need to switch to Mountain Dew from coffee, the Dew seemed to keep Nuka going.
- He graciously gave me one of his, and I gave him some of my cough drops, balance of the universe and all that.
- Yeah, it was great to hear my dealer-neighbors bicker back and forth like an old married couple…which they probably were.
- Furries apparently really hate sports, which is yet another way I stick out in that club in addition to being straight and over 30.
- From the ‘clever idea’ department: Previous year’s con shirts: $12 for 1 or $10 for 2
- Hearing the rules for ‘Predator and Prey’ made me think of ‘Calvinball.’
- When in Rome: I got mustard on my camera’s strap during lunch and my first instinct was to try to suck/gnaw it off.
- Part of me want to either stay in a tent alone or get an A-frame bunk next year…hmm.
- f I had known coffee cups/mugs were going to be sold at the auction I would have been there in a shot.
- I wonder what the organizer thought when I gave him my tax form that said “Sales: $4”
- A guy nearby needed help tearing down his ‘insta-tent.’ I knew there was a reason I didn’t like those things.
- Well, that and they cost twice as frakking much.
- Very thankful to have a second person in the car on the drive home, I probably would have had to stop for sleep otherwise.
- Saw so many Braum’s burger/ice cream/grocery joints on the drive up/back that we had to stop at one on the way home. Quite good! Still haven’t been to Waffle House.
- Put over 1,100 miles on the Excelsior the whole trip and used up just over two and a half tankfuls of gas.
- Flying J has REALLY good coffee. That, or drinking instant coffee at work for so long has ruined my taste buds.
- We encountered absolutely zero traffic problems on I-35 from Oklahoma City all the way down UNTIL we hit San Antonio and spent 25 frakking minutes going the last 5 miles home…REALLY, SAN ANTONIO?
- Good Idea: Empty fridge beforehand so no food goes bad during the drip. Problem: No food in fridge to eat upon return.
- While I only sold 2 storybooks during the weekend, it was still 2 more than I sold during Furry Fiesta. *shrug*
- Thank you, Sharon.
- I can’t wait to do it again!