The Convention: Furlandia
The Place: Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel
The dates: 25-27 May 2018
The Theme: Poodle Skirts and Duck Tails
Furlandia is Portland own Furry convention now in its sixth year. Both Kaiju Kitties and Choccat plushes were my companions.
Kumoricon 2017 Con Report
The Convention: Kumoricon
The Place: Oregon Convention Center
The Dates 27-29 October 2017
Kumoricon is Oregon’s premier Anime Convention. Both Kiju Hello Kitties and Chococat were my companions .
Thursday and Friday: I picked up my badge on Thursday. I decided this year to take Friday off to attend the convention, but first I had to see the doctor for a follow up appointment and by the time picked up the car rental, it was already 11:00 am. I had lunch and made it over to the convention site.
The Convention: Furlandia
The Theme: Age of Prosperity
The Place Sheraton Hotel Portland Airport
The Dates May 26-28 May 2017
Furlandia is Oregon’s and Southwest Washington Furry convention now in its fifth year. I brought Kiju Kitty on Saturday and Chococat plush on Friday and Sunday.
This report is going to be short because I did not attend until Friday evening due to a new job and I did not submit any panels due to job uncertainty. I check out the space, went to dinner and took a peak at the dance. Only “adult” panes were being run, so I went home.
Saturday, I had my big breakfast at Hometown Buffet, and went back to the hotel. I checked out Pepper Coyote and Fox Amoore consort. The songs were well preformed and both Pepper and Fox kept the audience engaged. I only attended the Starfleet International panel got dinner and hang around until late. Sunday after church, I attended the dance contest finals and the closing ceremony.
The Good: Pepper Coyote and Fox Amoore consort and seeing the younger furs, most fewer than 16 having fun. Many of them made their own fursuit / fursuit heads whey was quite good. It great Furlandia acknowledge the under 16 furries are a part of the fandom as us Greamuzzles at the other end.
A Special shout out goes to Queenie Deerheart who preformed most of her MC duties in Fursuit.
The bad Not enough panels, I share the blame for not submitting any doe to my unemployment situation.
The Ugly the guy in the rubber dragon mask at the parade, he seemed to cross the line with his touching of fursuiters at the parade.
I enjoyed Furlandia, but 2017 maybe my last. Because my career is stuck in a rut, and a desire to more to a Republican controlled state, I may have to move to Seattle, Silicon Valley, Texas or North Carolina
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The convention: Newcon 5
The Place: Marriot Waterfront, Portland Oregon.
The dates: 30 Dec 2016 – 1 Jan 2017
Newcon is Portland Multi-Genre con. Both my Big Kitties and Chocat were my companions,
Friday: I pack up my badge on Thursday learning from my mistake last year. I missed the opening ceremony and head to the panel room for my first panel I hosted, “Media Pet peeves: The things that writers, and producers do that drives us nuts.” It was well received. After I was done I rove around the space until the Nerdcore Hip Hop History w/ Mega Ran panel and How to be Successful on YouTube w/ Mr. Creepy Pasta .The video room was not set up so I checked out last of the acts during Open mike then ate dinner and attended Scary Stories w/ Mr. Creepy Pasta to see what the fuss is all about. Then I called it a day.
Saturday: I decided to take breakfast at the Hotel then set up for my second panel Furries of the NW Newcon edition. props to Chimichanga Fix for helping me out. I checked out the end of the Lip Synch Battle and the more G –PG Creepy Pasta Story time w/ Mr. Creepy Pasta, Then I check out the rest of the Cosplay contest before going out for dinner. Thanks to KGW hype on the weather I went home at 10:00 thinking I would be stuck . But after realizing KGW Weather team is full of it, it was just bull, I head back to con space with my travel Hello Kitty and went to Drink & Draw in the New Years which had no drink and ended too early. So I went to the rave to ring in the New Year before heading home. and drop off the car.
Sunday: if the weather hype was not enough the Weather people was wrong, I took transit after church, went to Mod Pizza and back to the Hotel . The panels that interested mw was Janet Varney and the Johnny Scotch Music. I just hung around after that till closing ceremonies
The Good: Another great fan convention .
The Bad: Drink and Draw ending early, video not up and running.
The Ugly: nothing
Newcon is growing to be an important asset Portland geek community I hope it the con it will grow more diverse covering more than just anime.
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The Con: Kumoricon 2016
The Place: Oregon Convention center
The dates 28- 30 October 2016
Kumoricon is Portland’s premier Anime convention. This year, Kumoricon became the second geek convention to moved into the convention center. My 26” Hello Kitty was my companion on Friday, My Kigu Kitty on Saturday and Chococat was my companion on Sunday.