Furry Fiesta: The Lost (Forever) Episodes

Saturday night was even better than Friday night. I had planned to go to the first hour of the Super Sponsor dinner then go upstairs at 7:00 for the Matthew Ebel concert. Due to the amount of time it took to get my food in the buffet line and the good time everyone was having, I didn't get upstairs until about 7:20. Luckily (for me) Ebel hadn't started yet due to the last panel running late and some technical problems.

Afterwards, Bucktown Tiger asked if I was coming to Ebel's VIP party. I explained that I wasn't a VIP yet (I will sign up after I return home.) Bucktown asked Matt if I could be invited as a guest since Bucktown's girlfriend didn't want to go. Matt said yes. I was going to include some pictures I took during the party with the other pics/videos I had taken during the first two days. I'll say more about that in a bit.

After lunch on Saturday, I walked to a convenience store south of the hotel to get a snack. I saw various hats in the checkout line, including a Dos Equis hat. Since Bucktown likes Dos Equis, I bought the hat and gave it to him on Sunday morning.

Something happened a bit later which completely soured my mood. My digital camera was suddenly unable to read the SD card inside and reformatted it, erasing all the pictures and videos I had taken up to that point. My spirits were lifted a bit during Bucktown and Matt's "Taking It Pro" panel. For various reasons, my mood was up and down during the remainder of the day. I got a few pictures and videos today, so I have at least a few memories to take home. I'll have to look through other attendees' sites to find the ones I lost.

Next year, I will definitely bring my soon-to-be-repaired laptop or buy a new one, or I will bring my camera card-to-CD writer. This backup laptop runs on Windows CE, which is not compatible with the driver for my digital camera.

Sorry...another emo rant (a.k.a. What's My Line supposed to be?)

"The fastest way to become an old dog is to stop learning new tricks"

I wanted to keep this post separate from the last one since I tried to keep that one as positive as I could. I need to find something I'm good at which is also marketable/in demand. I've always been denying this fact, but I'm not worth shit to anyone outside of my family, friends (both furry and non-furry) and some of my co-workers. I'm never going to be able to live a good life by working part-time at two jobs with no real health insurance.

I'd like to learn something new to make a living, but I'm too afraid to risk losing money and being stuck with excess inventory in case I'm not successful. I failed miserably at the past business opportunities I tried because they required me to get my friends and family (who either had good jobs already or didn't fall for the sales pitch I did) to join under me.

I guess I'll try to figure something out when I get home.