Nekocon 2013 Con Report! Procrastination edition!
Con report: Nekocon 2013
I totally hand wrote this in the jury waiting room and I realized I can't handwrite anything anymore apparently. It takes freaking forever.
So this was my…8th year going to Neko and once again I staffed ConOps (well, for awhile I wasn't on the list and I'm not in the book, but oh well jokes on everyone because I got two staff shirts well some didn't get one at all. Suck it losers. I'm totally not adding this to the report).
For those of you who don't know what ConOps are (you probably never staffed thank your lucky stars), they are basically where staff check-in takes place among other background con things (i.e. lost & found). We rarely see con-goers and basically we see all the con implosions that you don't see, like the submerged part of an iceberg. The con meltdowns that normal con goers see are actually 70% worse than what is witnessed.
Anyway, our biggest task is to check-in staff members so our busiest day is pre-reg Thursday. But how busy of a task can this be? It's not too bad actually ^.^
…
Unless your system is down all day and people are too thick-headed to remember what happens at check-in even when you yell out the exact directions 16 times *insert murdery-rage emote here*
But lets start at the beginning:
My friend seika19 and I arrived at set-up around 11-ish am after I finished my marketing test. Set-up was pretty chill this year, most of the shirts were already folded when we got there so all there was to do was settle in at our area and wait for the system to go up.
Wait for the system to go up.
Wait. For. The. System. To. Go. Up.
No big deal right?
Murphy's law guys, murphy's law.
To make a short story long, our network was down until 7pm, which actually wasn't so bad, you could even forget that it was down. People obviously did because we kept having the same people filtering in and out of ConOps with the same stupid questions about check-in when the two forlorn signs about the current status about the network went unread. They were right on the door and in front of the desk, c'mon guys…
Spent the time in-between playing this halloween-themed Jenga and hosting candy contests. I also vaguely remember making some kind of metaphor about killing the power in a restaurant and being able to kill the first few people without being noticed, but once the numbers increase its harder and harder to hide what you're doing, or something. I wonder what that was supposed to be a metaphor for...
When the network finally went up (for some reason they got registration [?!] up first, because checking in con goers when the staff to check them in weren't registered in the system yet is obviously so genius), we had to get secur- I mean AMS to bar the door for the upcoming staff-regpocalypse.
I wish I was joking too, its every bit as chaotic as I'm making it sound:
- People who didn't know to have their IDs and emailed QR codes ready even after we shouted it at them every 5 minutes. You'd think after waiting in that check-in line forever would get people to be proficient, but you'd be surprised.
- People who threw hissy fits when they:
1.) Didn't have their IDs
2.) Had expired IDs (which to me, be happy you're finding out at the con rather than, I dunno, getting a ticket or something)
3.) Weren't in the system so they had to get their dept. head to vouch for them
4.) Weren't on the list for a shirt (admittedly I can't snap too much at this because people weren't as grumpy about this as last year)
Whichever ConOps member had the awesome idea to tie a string on the pen at our desk so no one would accidentally take it was brilliant because it was that string that literally stopped me from shoving said pen up into certain peoples' brains.
I wish, so hard, that I was joking.
And this is just Thursday night.
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Friday went by much more smoothly. Cosplayed as Lyra from the pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver games and I kept complaining about the hat (I swear every picture I take with it it can never look right) and said hat got really bothersome and heavy through the day. The biggest thing we had to look out for was the upcoming staff shirtpocalypse (any staff member who didn't get a shirt on Thursday was told that they could come back Friday night at 5pm to get a shirt, on a first come, first serve basis. Why we had to tell them the exact time I don't really know; honestly they should have figured it out for themselves.).
So this was the first official day of the con and I got straight to work that morning. It went pretty routine, checked in staff, checked in associates, enjoyed the quiet lulls while we could. Fortunately it went much, much more smoothly than Thursday night.
My assistant department head, D'Ann had brought in an army case of food and taught us how to make rice balls which was pretty exciting. Especially when I derped up, spilled too much seasoning on my rice ball, tried to scoop it back in, and hope no one would notice.
I know that my report is going to be a bit boring because I spent 90% of my con time at my department (it even got to the point where my dept. head, Cody, had to keep reminding me that I could leave), but hey, if you want to learn about the wonderful world of conops, here you go.
There were drums all weekend. Like the pounding drums, seemingly going on every hour. I'm not much of a Doctor Who fan, but I heard there was a character that keeps hearing drums in his head? Now I know how maddening that can be. I'm pretty sure the drums were from the festival this year, but I didn't get to see them, so I have very little knowledge.
We also got about 10 *boxes* of hershey chocolate bars to give out as a thank you to staff. We were literally swimming in chocolate bars, I was desperate to give them out. Speaking of overabundant supplies, we also found some old bead lanyards to get rid of…which we ended up needed later in the weekend. We had a lot of treats to give out at conops, lollypops, as well as an umeboshi challenge. Umeboshi are sour pickled plums and we used them in the "prove you're a man" challenge, you had to eat one and finish it. Had some challengers and some winners, but the jar remained unfinished (as far as I know).
As staff we were allowed VIP access to the dealer room this year, meaning that we got to go in about an hour earlier than everyone else. The advantage in this is that: 1, we didn't have to wait in line to get first dibs on shopping, and 2, we didn't have to deal with the inevitable crowds. The only thing was that the room was only about half set up when we got there, but, being staff, some vendors were willing to give discounts (they were not amazing discounts).
I hung out in the video game room for a bit, finally getting to play Project Diva F with the intended game pad. Did 'PoPiPo' like a maniac, trying to dance while getting accustomed to the new controls. It went just as well as you'd think. I did return to the dealer's room eventually with my other friend (max300frk) and there was a world of difference once it was open to the main con. People everywhere, no personal space, all that jazz. Then my friend and I went to Artist Alley where the convention center food area was and he saved my life by buying me some chicken strips. They were amazing chicken strips.
I noticed that I'm probably the most boring con goer ever. I'm too lazy to muster up the energy to go to panels and I'm pretty content with just shopping and overspending each year away. I mean I love the energy and the atmosphere of cons, getting to act silly and crazy with other people who understand why I'm acting silly and crazy and will act the same way with no shame. To be honest, it is a good thing that I became a staff member because I'm not really sure what I would do with my time other wise.
And now I think I'm just spiraling this into a bit of a reflection because I don't want to go into what I did when I wasn't working staff this weekend (when I wasn't staffing I literally spent my entire time with a certain person, and now I guess that's a bit of a regret).
Anyway, I found a figurine I barely thought really existed (much less would actually be in my power to get) and it was astronomically OUT OF MY BUDGET. *sobs*
Regardless, I over spent this year (spent $75 on friday and $100 the entire weekend), but stayed within budget. Got an Espeon & Umbreon plushie with $5 knocked off, [$35]
a set of Johto and Unova badges from Sanshee (he gave me $5 back after I begged him that I wouldn't have any food money, as well as throwing in the B2W2 new badges for free, yee!) [$35]
I found the Portal bunny hat I was looking for forever (I thought I missed them forever because they took down their etsy site). [$25]
Got an Espurr & Science Bros badges (with the artist throwing in a Haruka button because I wanted the badges as buttons, but the button machine wasn't working) [$5]
So all in all it was a good shopping year (even if I didn't get the super awesome $150 Sakuya figurine that I've always wanted. It was legit too, authentication plate and everything, but I digress).
Other than all of that, Friday wasn't too eventful of a day.
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So it's come to this, Saturday.
Final day of the con (for me). A day of joy which ended with crying and stupidity, but I'm getting ahead of myself.
The day started super butt early. I did my Chellope cosplay today and started the drive with my friend and a cup of tea.
After arriving and settling in at the conops station for a bit, I went eventually went off to the swap meet and ended up staying for the entire hour (it was literally right next door, fate likes to laugh at me). This was mostly because of my stubbornness in that my friend asked me to swap some stuff for her and my crazy antics in trying to get someone to swap for one of her random 70s anime DVDs (it was like Time Cop or something? I was literally rattling out stupid reasons of why you'd want it and that I would shut up if someone took it. I eventually swapped it for some pokemon cards hahaha). Oh yeah, remember those endless hershey bars I mentioned earlier? I ended up finding out where some of them went. Apparently they were holding up the projector assigned to this room. Yeah. Because that was such a bright idea…
I swapped a nerf gun for volume 1 of the Star Ocean manga and two figurines. Gave away some Naruto manga, had the choice of trading away my friend's digivice (a custom that she bought the previous year from artist alley) for a pokemon figurine that would scare her or one that her brother liked. Naturally I chose the one that scared her (I'm the worst friend). My friend also gave me her japanese copies of Tales of Vesperia and Xillia to trade off, but that was near impossible as it was hard to determine what would be a fair trade off for it. I'm probably also the worst swapper ever as I kept telling people, "its hard to trade these off", "these are novel games so don't play them unless you know japanese," etc. etc. I ended up trading something of my friend's for something for myself, but hey, I did have that extra staff shirt so it all worked out in the end.
After the swap meet I basically spent the majority of the day in the ConOps room again as I didn't really have an interest in anything else. I made more rice balls with other ConOps staff members (this time with chicken!) and I washed the rice pot in the bathroom. I also fetched lunch for the room from the staff suite and miraculously carried back 5 boxes of sandwiches without dropping them. Accomplishment!
Someone nice also left the staff a box of cream-filled gourmet cupcakes, yeee!
The only other highlight of the day was that I delivered a rice ball and cupcake to a certain person, but yeah, that's the story I'm sure you're all tired of hearing by now.
Nothing else other than general staff work was done really: checked some people in, manned the lost and found, tackled anyone who tried to approach the lost and found without authorization, the usual stuff.
I want to note here, just to inform, if any of you lose anything at an anime convention and wonder why they're questioning and detailing you so hard about what you lost (or at least they're supposed to) its so they can make sure your lost item gets to *you* and only *you*.
Please don't just go "Hey I lost my phone," and be surprised that the staff doesn't instantly know which phone is yours. Also, try to have distinguishing features on your stuff. "Black iphone with an 'I-don't-know' background," surprisingly, is difficult to prove is yours. Things like having a friend call your phone or just knowing your phone number itself to begin with is a huge help. We're only trying to help you in the end; things like "hey, I lost a phone (and they lost like a cheap burner phone)," and if we answered "oh ok, which of these phones is it?" and we present them with some old, scratched phones and an iphone, nothing will stop them from taking the iphone. It's basically common sense.
Also, something like losing your con badge is, shockingly, NOT OUR FAULT. "Oh but I just bought it today! My name is in the system!" Please don't throw temper tantrums when there's little we can do. Just because you lost something doesn't mean we'll automatically have it in the box, you do have to keep checking back gotta love egocentrism. And the badge thing is a precaution, I mean if we automatically replaced all the badges that were lost (or claimed to be lost, bear this in mind), what's to stop you from finding your old badge and giving it to a friend or something? I know that its unfair if you lose your badge and someone else finds it and keeps it, but that's how it goes. Keep your badge safe. Conventions are a business too, it needs money to keep running.
On that note, we did a good job this year keeping counterfeiters at bay with the new QR code system, at least, I didn't encounter any attempts on my shift. While that system gave us grief it did its job well (admittedly it wasn't the portal system's fault as much as hardware issues).
Back to more lost & found drama; I mean a con just isn't complete until an irate con-goer curses you out just because she can't be responsible with her things. Eh. We did get a pizza and a portal gun in our lost box, although the gun was because I was bored and was hoping someone would try to claim it and the pizza was there due to space. Someone lost a hat which almost didn't get back to him because whoever turned it in took some of the pins the person just bought at artist alley, but fortunately they were just happy they got the hat back. Another person lost a high grade camera which they eventually found, but it turned out that he had put it down for just a second (he got some water and turned to talk to someone) and someone else just swooped it up and brought it to lost and found. Oh people...
So my shift eventually came to an end.
Didn't leave for another 2 hours though. Oops?
Got the L&F box somewhat organized in that time and kinda...nothinged for the evening. This was the time when the boss kept dropping hints that I could leave. Aaah, the extent of my laziness.
The rest of the evening isn't really worth noting as that is the beginning of a story with a bad ending, but the weekend eventually drew to a close. Although I did get the chance to do one more crazy thing, run into the nearest Walmart and wander around aimlessly until I found a Cheepers plushie (it was like destiny too, it was sitting in a random aisle and I literally could not find its origin). This action came about because I started crying in my car about the end of the weekend and I just couldn't let things end on that note. That makes it justifiable right? It's such a good thing Max300frk was so patient with me and my crazies.
I truly enjoyed this year's Nekocon as a member of ConOps and I love each person that I got a chance to work with. You were a great support guys! :D Maybe that's why I never wanted to leave the room? lol Hope to work/see you all again next year!
I totally hand wrote this in the jury waiting room and I realized I can't handwrite anything anymore apparently. It takes freaking forever.
So this was my…8th year going to Neko and once again I staffed ConOps (well, for awhile I wasn't on the list and I'm not in the book, but oh well jokes on everyone because I got two staff shirts well some didn't get one at all. Suck it losers. I'm totally not adding this to the report).
For those of you who don't know what ConOps are (you probably never staffed thank your lucky stars), they are basically where staff check-in takes place among other background con things (i.e. lost & found). We rarely see con-goers and basically we see all the con implosions that you don't see, like the submerged part of an iceberg. The con meltdowns that normal con goers see are actually 70% worse than what is witnessed.
Anyway, our biggest task is to check-in staff members so our busiest day is pre-reg Thursday. But how busy of a task can this be? It's not too bad actually ^.^
…
Unless your system is down all day and people are too thick-headed to remember what happens at check-in even when you yell out the exact directions 16 times *insert murdery-rage emote here*
But lets start at the beginning:
My friend seika19 and I arrived at set-up around 11-ish am after I finished my marketing test. Set-up was pretty chill this year, most of the shirts were already folded when we got there so all there was to do was settle in at our area and wait for the system to go up.
Wait for the system to go up.
Wait. For. The. System. To. Go. Up.
No big deal right?
Murphy's law guys, murphy's law.
To make a short story long, our network was down until 7pm, which actually wasn't so bad, you could even forget that it was down. People obviously did because we kept having the same people filtering in and out of ConOps with the same stupid questions about check-in when the two forlorn signs about the current status about the network went unread. They were right on the door and in front of the desk, c'mon guys…
Spent the time in-between playing this halloween-themed Jenga and hosting candy contests. I also vaguely remember making some kind of metaphor about killing the power in a restaurant and being able to kill the first few people without being noticed, but once the numbers increase its harder and harder to hide what you're doing, or something. I wonder what that was supposed to be a metaphor for...
When the network finally went up (for some reason they got registration [?!] up first, because checking in con goers when the staff to check them in weren't registered in the system yet is obviously so genius), we had to get secur- I mean AMS to bar the door for the upcoming staff-regpocalypse.
I wish I was joking too, its every bit as chaotic as I'm making it sound:
- People who didn't know to have their IDs and emailed QR codes ready even after we shouted it at them every 5 minutes. You'd think after waiting in that check-in line forever would get people to be proficient, but you'd be surprised.
- People who threw hissy fits when they:
1.) Didn't have their IDs
2.) Had expired IDs (which to me, be happy you're finding out at the con rather than, I dunno, getting a ticket or something)
3.) Weren't in the system so they had to get their dept. head to vouch for them
4.) Weren't on the list for a shirt (admittedly I can't snap too much at this because people weren't as grumpy about this as last year)
Whichever ConOps member had the awesome idea to tie a string on the pen at our desk so no one would accidentally take it was brilliant because it was that string that literally stopped me from shoving said pen up into certain peoples' brains.
I wish, so hard, that I was joking.
And this is just Thursday night.
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Friday went by much more smoothly. Cosplayed as Lyra from the pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver games and I kept complaining about the hat (I swear every picture I take with it it can never look right) and said hat got really bothersome and heavy through the day. The biggest thing we had to look out for was the upcoming staff shirtpocalypse (any staff member who didn't get a shirt on Thursday was told that they could come back Friday night at 5pm to get a shirt, on a first come, first serve basis. Why we had to tell them the exact time I don't really know; honestly they should have figured it out for themselves.).
So this was the first official day of the con and I got straight to work that morning. It went pretty routine, checked in staff, checked in associates, enjoyed the quiet lulls while we could. Fortunately it went much, much more smoothly than Thursday night.
My assistant department head, D'Ann had brought in an army case of food and taught us how to make rice balls which was pretty exciting. Especially when I derped up, spilled too much seasoning on my rice ball, tried to scoop it back in, and hope no one would notice.
I know that my report is going to be a bit boring because I spent 90% of my con time at my department (it even got to the point where my dept. head, Cody, had to keep reminding me that I could leave), but hey, if you want to learn about the wonderful world of conops, here you go.
There were drums all weekend. Like the pounding drums, seemingly going on every hour. I'm not much of a Doctor Who fan, but I heard there was a character that keeps hearing drums in his head? Now I know how maddening that can be. I'm pretty sure the drums were from the festival this year, but I didn't get to see them, so I have very little knowledge.
We also got about 10 *boxes* of hershey chocolate bars to give out as a thank you to staff. We were literally swimming in chocolate bars, I was desperate to give them out. Speaking of overabundant supplies, we also found some old bead lanyards to get rid of…which we ended up needed later in the weekend. We had a lot of treats to give out at conops, lollypops, as well as an umeboshi challenge. Umeboshi are sour pickled plums and we used them in the "prove you're a man" challenge, you had to eat one and finish it. Had some challengers and some winners, but the jar remained unfinished (as far as I know).
As staff we were allowed VIP access to the dealer room this year, meaning that we got to go in about an hour earlier than everyone else. The advantage in this is that: 1, we didn't have to wait in line to get first dibs on shopping, and 2, we didn't have to deal with the inevitable crowds. The only thing was that the room was only about half set up when we got there, but, being staff, some vendors were willing to give discounts (they were not amazing discounts).
I hung out in the video game room for a bit, finally getting to play Project Diva F with the intended game pad. Did 'PoPiPo' like a maniac, trying to dance while getting accustomed to the new controls. It went just as well as you'd think. I did return to the dealer's room eventually with my other friend (max300frk) and there was a world of difference once it was open to the main con. People everywhere, no personal space, all that jazz. Then my friend and I went to Artist Alley where the convention center food area was and he saved my life by buying me some chicken strips. They were amazing chicken strips.
I noticed that I'm probably the most boring con goer ever. I'm too lazy to muster up the energy to go to panels and I'm pretty content with just shopping and overspending each year away. I mean I love the energy and the atmosphere of cons, getting to act silly and crazy with other people who understand why I'm acting silly and crazy and will act the same way with no shame. To be honest, it is a good thing that I became a staff member because I'm not really sure what I would do with my time other wise.
And now I think I'm just spiraling this into a bit of a reflection because I don't want to go into what I did when I wasn't working staff this weekend (when I wasn't staffing I literally spent my entire time with a certain person, and now I guess that's a bit of a regret).
Anyway, I found a figurine I barely thought really existed (much less would actually be in my power to get) and it was astronomically OUT OF MY BUDGET. *sobs*
Regardless, I over spent this year (spent $75 on friday and $100 the entire weekend), but stayed within budget. Got an Espeon & Umbreon plushie with $5 knocked off, [$35]
a set of Johto and Unova badges from Sanshee (he gave me $5 back after I begged him that I wouldn't have any food money, as well as throwing in the B2W2 new badges for free, yee!) [$35]
I found the Portal bunny hat I was looking for forever (I thought I missed them forever because they took down their etsy site). [$25]
Got an Espurr & Science Bros badges (with the artist throwing in a Haruka button because I wanted the badges as buttons, but the button machine wasn't working) [$5]
So all in all it was a good shopping year (even if I didn't get the super awesome $150 Sakuya figurine that I've always wanted. It was legit too, authentication plate and everything, but I digress).
Other than all of that, Friday wasn't too eventful of a day.
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So it's come to this, Saturday.
Final day of the con (for me). A day of joy which ended with crying and stupidity, but I'm getting ahead of myself.
The day started super butt early. I did my Chellope cosplay today and started the drive with my friend and a cup of tea.
After arriving and settling in at the conops station for a bit, I went eventually went off to the swap meet and ended up staying for the entire hour (it was literally right next door, fate likes to laugh at me). This was mostly because of my stubbornness in that my friend asked me to swap some stuff for her and my crazy antics in trying to get someone to swap for one of her random 70s anime DVDs (it was like Time Cop or something? I was literally rattling out stupid reasons of why you'd want it and that I would shut up if someone took it. I eventually swapped it for some pokemon cards hahaha). Oh yeah, remember those endless hershey bars I mentioned earlier? I ended up finding out where some of them went. Apparently they were holding up the projector assigned to this room. Yeah. Because that was such a bright idea…
I swapped a nerf gun for volume 1 of the Star Ocean manga and two figurines. Gave away some Naruto manga, had the choice of trading away my friend's digivice (a custom that she bought the previous year from artist alley) for a pokemon figurine that would scare her or one that her brother liked. Naturally I chose the one that scared her (I'm the worst friend). My friend also gave me her japanese copies of Tales of Vesperia and Xillia to trade off, but that was near impossible as it was hard to determine what would be a fair trade off for it. I'm probably also the worst swapper ever as I kept telling people, "its hard to trade these off", "these are novel games so don't play them unless you know japanese," etc. etc. I ended up trading something of my friend's for something for myself, but hey, I did have that extra staff shirt so it all worked out in the end.
After the swap meet I basically spent the majority of the day in the ConOps room again as I didn't really have an interest in anything else. I made more rice balls with other ConOps staff members (this time with chicken!) and I washed the rice pot in the bathroom. I also fetched lunch for the room from the staff suite and miraculously carried back 5 boxes of sandwiches without dropping them. Accomplishment!
Someone nice also left the staff a box of cream-filled gourmet cupcakes, yeee!
The only other highlight of the day was that I delivered a rice ball and cupcake to a certain person, but yeah, that's the story I'm sure you're all tired of hearing by now.
Nothing else other than general staff work was done really: checked some people in, manned the lost and found, tackled anyone who tried to approach the lost and found without authorization, the usual stuff.
I want to note here, just to inform, if any of you lose anything at an anime convention and wonder why they're questioning and detailing you so hard about what you lost (or at least they're supposed to) its so they can make sure your lost item gets to *you* and only *you*.
Please don't just go "Hey I lost my phone," and be surprised that the staff doesn't instantly know which phone is yours. Also, try to have distinguishing features on your stuff. "Black iphone with an 'I-don't-know' background," surprisingly, is difficult to prove is yours. Things like having a friend call your phone or just knowing your phone number itself to begin with is a huge help. We're only trying to help you in the end; things like "hey, I lost a phone (and they lost like a cheap burner phone)," and if we answered "oh ok, which of these phones is it?" and we present them with some old, scratched phones and an iphone, nothing will stop them from taking the iphone. It's basically common sense.
Also, something like losing your con badge is, shockingly, NOT OUR FAULT. "Oh but I just bought it today! My name is in the system!" Please don't throw temper tantrums when there's little we can do. Just because you lost something doesn't mean we'll automatically have it in the box, you do have to keep checking back gotta love egocentrism. And the badge thing is a precaution, I mean if we automatically replaced all the badges that were lost (or claimed to be lost, bear this in mind), what's to stop you from finding your old badge and giving it to a friend or something? I know that its unfair if you lose your badge and someone else finds it and keeps it, but that's how it goes. Keep your badge safe. Conventions are a business too, it needs money to keep running.
On that note, we did a good job this year keeping counterfeiters at bay with the new QR code system, at least, I didn't encounter any attempts on my shift. While that system gave us grief it did its job well (admittedly it wasn't the portal system's fault as much as hardware issues).
Back to more lost & found drama; I mean a con just isn't complete until an irate con-goer curses you out just because she can't be responsible with her things. Eh. We did get a pizza and a portal gun in our lost box, although the gun was because I was bored and was hoping someone would try to claim it and the pizza was there due to space. Someone lost a hat which almost didn't get back to him because whoever turned it in took some of the pins the person just bought at artist alley, but fortunately they were just happy they got the hat back. Another person lost a high grade camera which they eventually found, but it turned out that he had put it down for just a second (he got some water and turned to talk to someone) and someone else just swooped it up and brought it to lost and found. Oh people...
So my shift eventually came to an end.
Didn't leave for another 2 hours though. Oops?
Got the L&F box somewhat organized in that time and kinda...nothinged for the evening. This was the time when the boss kept dropping hints that I could leave. Aaah, the extent of my laziness.
The rest of the evening isn't really worth noting as that is the beginning of a story with a bad ending, but the weekend eventually drew to a close. Although I did get the chance to do one more crazy thing, run into the nearest Walmart and wander around aimlessly until I found a Cheepers plushie (it was like destiny too, it was sitting in a random aisle and I literally could not find its origin). This action came about because I started crying in my car about the end of the weekend and I just couldn't let things end on that note. That makes it justifiable right? It's such a good thing Max300frk was so patient with me and my crazies.
I truly enjoyed this year's Nekocon as a member of ConOps and I love each person that I got a chance to work with. You were a great support guys! :D Maybe that's why I never wanted to leave the room? lol Hope to work/see you all again next year!