We found a very interesting Special-Offer from Lufthansa, which was only valid 48 hours, so we had to hurry to book the flights for an incredibly nice price of 500 Euro each.
We will arrive at Friday, Jan 15 around lunchtime and have some nice days in San Francisco first, before we head to the con in San Jose. While Nightfox and Tani will take flights back home on Monday, Jan 25, BigBlueFox, me and Foxy will stay until Tuesday.
Im so looking forward to this nice vacation to see my friends from over the pond there again. Its only a month ago that i saw many of them at EF, but I already miss them like hell.
By the way... Nemeus is also very exited to attend his second con. Look how much fun he had at EF!
So prepare to meet a sassy Lion over there. ^^
Since we won't do a roadtrip next year, i plan to attend Megaplex in July aswell. If im able to get a nice priced flight to Orlando, you will be able to meet me and Nemeus there aswell.
Due to current time demands of our day jobs and the fact that our accountant was unavailable for most of January, we're basically one month late. We are very sorry for the delay, but things like that can happen if you run such a big event with a staff of volunteers who also happen to have a life. :) Also, by popular demand, we have promised to announce registration and allow staff members to register one week ahead of time, which effectively delays the public opening by one week. Staff Registration will begin on February 15th. Instructions for staff members will be posted in the staff-only section of this forum.
Its morning, Tani just made a delicious sweet american breakfast. Steak yesterday evening was big nom too. Im totally happy, the sun is shining and we have a great time. Today we will go to the Santa Barbara Zoo. The weather just is perfect.
This view was from our first stop at the pacific ocean, but there is no photo that could describe how i felt at this moment and why this view almost made me cry.
Whee... finally i got it to go with some of my best friends to the USA. The flight was long, the first Day in San Francisco was a bit confusing for me. Today we picked up the RV, bought some stuff and quickly searched the Highway number 1. And oh...my...gosh... I have to say, this view to the ocean and the landscape was so beautiful, it made me almost cry. This tops really everything i have ever seen before. The Group itself is perfect and we come along very well. No wonder, since we all are party animals. ^^ Now we are at the RV-Park in Santa Barbara and i already smell some nice Steaks Goldie had put on the grill. Thats the reason, i have to stop now, because im really hungry... *runs away*
Oh, i forgot to say. We all have a gophone. Whoever of my friends wants to call me or send a message can do this to 01 415 602 4419 (AT&T)
Oh my... Posting frequently to this journal really seems to be my thing NOT... :D So what happened the last days here? Christmas was rather unspectacular since my mother wasn't around. I had to take care of my father the first day. We celebrated at my brothers place, who is living next to my father. Then i drove back home and had very calm christmas days at home, nothing special though.
New years eve was a blast. As many friends already told here, we were invited by Mr. Kanig, the hotel manager of our Eurofurence Conlocation to celebrate the new years party at the Ringberg Hotel. And what can I say... the party was the best one I had for a long time, not only because it was the first time this lion got in suit officially. I also was very happy to see Radjin, Akita Inus and Kage again there. There are not that much possibilities to see american friends, so I'm very happy every time someone is able to make it over. It was a big surprise that Kage showed up, since no one knew about it. Before christmas Frysco made it over the pond too, because he had to work near cologne. We spend some nice evenings with him and friends.
But the biggest event that will happen in three days came along with all of these days. I'm trying to attend my friends to a vacation in the USA for five years now and this time i really got it to get the money together. So, in three days our flight heads to San Francisco, where we will do a 2 week road trip and attending Further Confusion afterwards. Since beginning of December I'm getting more excited every day, counting the days left to takeoff. Oh my... there is so much to do in these three days... packing stuff, get all my work done i have to do before vacation, do paper works for Eurofurence... But all of these things will be done with a big smile on my face knowing I will have a great vacation with some of my best friends and even see some friends I normally can't see that easy. Furthermore there will be time for suiting again, since i will bring the devil from bigbluefox with me. I'm very happy he offered to borrow the suit for some events till I will get my own one.
Oh yeah... that's also good news... 2009 seems really to be a good year for me, because I got it to order my own fursuit some time ago and the delivery will be this year. Now that I get used to suiting its really time for my own suit now.
so many things to tell, I'm all happy at the moment. *bouncing around*
The furry fandom used to have its own methods of trying to help each other when someone is in trouble, and with economy going down the drain, the time has come for me to write about a situation like this:
There's a person most of us know, who makes conventions so much more fun with his fursuit antics, his magic tricks, and by just being a great fellow in general.
I'm talking about Dex / Tenkai.
This poor fellow can't afford to go to FC this year. This can't be! We need this coon, who else will be there to take care of all the shiny things, fool us with his magic card tricks, or huskify us all? :)
It doesn't take too much for him to go to FC. All he needs is a little financial support, and some crash space. So this is a call for help to all of you out there: Every little bit helps! Please help this coon to come to FC. Please donate, and help a coon steal sunglasses!
We'll watch the amount of money, and to stay fair we'll switch off this button as soon as enough money has come in. The donations will go directly to Dex, we won't keep a dime to ourselves. All we want is to have a good friend around us, enjoying the convention like we all do.
And there's one thing I'd like to point out: This is NOT Dex begging for money. It's just us wanting him to be there. It took Me lot of time to convince him into accepting it..... we would have done this anyway. :)
Current Location:At Home Current Mood: excited Current Music: DJ BBF - Lord of the Mix
Wheeeee, that doesn't need words normally...
I've ben asked for 5 Years now to join my friends to the Road Trip through california ending with attending Further Confusion. Till now i didn't join them, because i wasn't able to afford it yet. Well... since I live together with my boyfriend and another very good friend now, my financial backing allows me to make this dream come true.
First I considered to join MP next year, because it wasn't sure, that there will be a road Trip in January. Furthermore, draco751 invited me to spend some extradays at his place to visit all the nice places in Florida, what was also a very nice idea i liked. But then my friends decided to do another roadtrip, so i will go to california and to FC first. Next time i'll visit florida and MP then.
This is my first visit to the USA, the very first vacation outside Europe in my life and I'm very exited. Can't wait! *wag* There are so much friends i have and made this years EF, that i'm going to see there, i guess it will be a blast!
Too bad that i wasn't able to order my suit yet, so my first FC will be without suit. But I will order it in January, so the premiere of it will be at EF 2010.
The only problem was to get the days off from work - so I thought... I do the quarterly closing at office. Since the 2nd of january is a friday, my office is closed then. So my first workday in 2009 is the 5th. Since the flight goes at Jan 7, there were only 2 days for the quarterly closing - too short. Then I asked another coworker if he would help me and he agreed. okay... now the only thing I had to do was to ask my boss 2 things: 1. can I work at jan 2 although the office is closed? 2. can I have days off from Jan 07 - Jan 28 if im able to do the quarterly closings between Jan 2 and Jan 6?
He thought for about 2 seconds and said: "pffft... of course!"
Hmm.. okay. that was easier than i thought. ^^
So the only thing that can go wrong now is if i forget to order my passport. But I think bigbluefox, nachtfuchs and tanidareal will kill me if I forget that... :D
You have a classic style, but you're up-to-date with the latest technology. You're ambitious, competitive, and you love to win. Performance, precision, and prestige - you're one of the elite,and you know it.
Whee, I finally managed to make some more photos of our new place like I promised. God... already 5 months are gone since we moved in, time goes by like hell at the moment. But we are still feeling very comfortable at our new home.
Well... nothing really important happened since we moved in. Maybe - if everything works out - my beloved wolf gets a apprenticeship training position here in cologne soon as hes searching at the moment. If that happens, we will be three at this place. *wheeee* ^^ Besides that, EF-preparation eats much of my spare time, so there is nothing really new to tell about. I really look forward to EF and to meet some old friends I haven't seen for a year - and to meet new ones i never seen personally before. Like nevermint and sniffer, who will stay at my place before/after the con for some days. Guys, prepare for some sightseeing and some lessons of the best restaurants and breweries in cologne! It will be a bunch of fun! Also I'm very curious to meet more US furs at Eurofurence for the first time. Damn, i'm dying to drive to eurofurence!
Today I got my new Toy. A new Saeco Coffeemaker. My old one began to make unnormal noises and since it was over 5 Years old and very well used, it was time to replace it. Happy Lion here... who hopes to get a bit of sleep after that much coffee... XD
Woow... last days were stressy here. Every eavening i had to work at the kitchen, because i decided to buy a wooden countertop. jaryic was so kind to help me with the woodworks and I glazed and grinded it myself.That of course created a big chaos, because my kitchen furniture and its content was "exploded" through the other rooms of my domicile.
Today was the big day to hang all the furniture. And its ready now! YAY!
And after that i managed to hang the rack and the glass cabinet in my living room too.
Now the flat becomes quality more and more. The more I clear the chaos, the more I like this new place.
Will take some better pictures when this place is fully ready.
Current Location:the old flat Current Mood: bouncy
Just phoned with my renter. I will get the contracts for the new flat tomorrow - and I already can start moving next week, the contract begins at 1st of march.
2 happy Lions are bouncing around. :D:D:D
this went very quickly in the end.
Now i have to persuade my renter that it doesnt make sense to paint my old flat after moving out in cause of the settlement cracks in the wall...
So... 3 Month after Whitelion, who lives at my small place since he got work here in cologne, and me decided to move into a bigger domicile together it seems that it becomes true soon.
In October we quickly found a new flat only some footsteps away from my current one. Well... in fact we only have to move through the underground garage. But we had to sort some important things first, mainly the financial part.
This took a bit of time, but now everything seems to be sorted out and we plan now to move at March, 1st or April, 1st. Our New domicile is ground Level and has a nice terrace and a sod. And thanks god the new kitchen will be big enough to put the table into it and to increase the cooking space. The Ground inside is fully covered with granite heated by a floor-heating system, so no carpets - never ever again. yay! :)
I think we will have some nice BBQ's and partys there with our friends, so prepare to get invited. ;)
The hotel has released some rooms from their spare contingent, enabling us to take all pending registrations off the waiting list. The waiting list is now empty, and we've still got 13 free beds, which are now available on a "first come, first serve" basis.
Registations must be paid immediately. If we do not receive the money (or a copy of the receipt) within three working days, we might give the room to someone else.
We'll give priority to "shared double room" reservations. Single room reservations will only be fulfilled if there are still free beds on 1st of September. Therefore we recommend not using the single room option.
If you are interested (or know someone who is), then NOW is the time to register :)
Me and bigbluefox directly tried it with liquorice flavoured tobacco. Damn, what a yummy stuff. And the Shisha works also very good.
Its from nibo. No... i definitly didnt waste money on that thing... I think i will bring it to the next BBQ at Kingdom Kettwig. They love smoking shisha too. :D
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