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AnthroWeenies

Hey ladies 'n' germs, boys 'n' squirrels! Please beware... this is a rant.

Just got done with AnthroCon, a boring-as-fuck convention of mainly lesbian and homosexual I.T and tekkie geeks that think Bambi actually DID cry when his Momma died in the fire, like dressing up in animal outfits and collecting anthropomorphic porn that the artists really don't like to draw, but do so because they need to eat (No, I don't get anything out of looking at drawings of horses, dogs, cats, turtles and other animals with naked, semi-human bodies - I prefer human beings). Other than the huge gaggle of creative artists, writers, sculptors all sending out wonderful creative vibes, there was only one potentially redeeming factor in the whole weekend and that was a "writers workshop" that wasn't one. It was on Saturday and was, according to the program, supposed to run from 11 am until 1:30 pm. I got up there at 11 with the disk of my book in hand as well as a virgin pad of paper (because, after all, I attended one of the BEST workshops in years there last year with Lizardman and Mark Rogers - author and creator of "Samauri Cat"). The only problem was that THIS year I didn't read the "fine print" which said that these were going to be "individual" workshops with a supposedly "published mystery author" and "writing teacher" who I never heard of. Eight of us waited outside the door for over 40 minutes for someone to either answer or tell us it was cancelled.

It wasn't a fuckin' workshop, it was a consultation. It was one-on-one, so that is NOT a workshop. "Uncle Kage," for your information and limited imagination, let me inform you of what a workshop consists of: IT IS A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS EXCHANGING IDEAS, CRITIQUES AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL POTENTIAL AND PUBLISHED WRITERS PRESENT! When I complained, I was basically blown off by the above-mentioned, self-important asshole that runs the con.

Yes, he will get a fuckin piece of my mind because he also insulted the two people that did the previous years con workshop.

Excuse me for not being PC right now but, all I gotta say about the hierarchy of AnthroCon (with the exception of WyldKitten who runs the merchant and security) is:

ASSININE BUNCH OF WIENIE-ASSED, PLUSH-TOY FUCKIN' FURBALL FAGGOTS!

Gee, can you tell I'm pissed? Hell, I couldn't even get online to check email because the tekkie dweebs had ancient equipment from the 1980s (green and amber monochrome monitors, fer cryin out loud!) that used some archaic program that you couldn't figure out unless you WERE a techie and knew all your COBOL or whatever program they were using. Linux-based laptops were of limited supply and had absolutely NO time limits imposed on them. (And tied up by teenage jerks with no manners that used them to PLAY COMPUTER GAMES when they had a ROOM set up for that crap!) I had NO chance to check email or anything!

On the lighter side, I met some really neat artists, including one from FLARF who is very cute and nice to talk to, as well as another artist sharing a table with her that had all kinds of great karmic energy to share. The dealers room was grand, the security folks (known in the SF Con-going community as the "Dorsai Irregulars"... and if you don't know your Gordon Dickson... well, I just feel sorry for you.)

Lastly, there were some wonderful people there from a cat and dog "foster care" program that were really nice and pleasant... including a 15 yr old girl that was adorable and agreed to be a model on our website for the barettes we sell and her mother who was just stunningly cute!

We made our "goal" so we will be coming back next year, but the folks that run this will get an earful from me.

Now, if my knee will just stop throbbing, along with my sinuses aching and dripping, I'll be fine (I was breathing in too much smoke at my fireworks shows - I'll tell you about it later)

T-t-t-t-that's all, folks!

Oh, and Wenchie... all I can say is: "Thank you!!! You made me smile!!"