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Toronto
Trek 17
July 11-13, 2003 · Regal Constellation Hotel
Toronto, Canada
This year it was the best year ever, in my humble opinion. Damn glad I went.
The trip up was a bitch. High winds, and a heavy hard rain made driving a chore, esp. since I was driving Susans truck. Its always fun when you’re not totally familiar with how a vehicle handles to do long drives, but it got us there and back again. (A fanboys tale?) heh. This year, due to a serious funding shortage we had the pleasure of sharing a room with Gord Rose. Gord is a hell of a nice guy, and a gentleman to boot. If it wasn’t for his encouragement and offer, we probably wouldn’t have made it up, or if we did, not had as much fun. Thank you Gord.
Gord got there first, did the hotel check in, and we made short work of unloading the truck, getting settled and doing the registration and required run through the dealers room. Lots of cool stuff in there. Next time, more cash, so more can find quality homes with us. J We did some more wandering around, I checked my models into the model show (3 heavily painted and modded Klingon D7 cruisers) and we signed up to put some bids into the art auction. This year I got 5 furries from the very talented Jess Fox. (jessfox.com). We did some more bumming around, meeting up with friends and hit the 1st of many room parties this weekend. TJ, thanks for the booze man. J After the party we hit the Karaoke. For those not familiar with it, karaoke is Japanese for ‘death by music’. This is where we hit con-complaint #1. The service in the bar was terrible. This is –not- due to the 2 overwhelmed ladies who were working their asses off, but poor staffing by hotel management. There was no food available for purchase during the KK which was a major minus. A few more people on duty would make things 200% better. Poor BJ spent half the KK yakin with me, not knowing who I was. Hehehe. Poor gal. We left KK and headed to the 2nd room party, this one by Jackie and Bryan. Here is con-complaint #2. Hotel Security. These rent-a-cops were out in full force, shutting down a ton of parties this weekend. I hope next year they have the correct uniforms on..you know, brown shirts with SS insignia. With how anal they were, I’m surprised there weren’t any citations for walking on the wrong side of the hallway. Despite these nazis though, we still had a blast at the party. We then stumbled back to the room for a serious night of sleepin.
Saturday is a blur. We got up, munched, and stumbled out to again experience conness to its fullest. Saturday turned out to be the best day as I got some good hall costumes, had the pleasure of seeing some excellent cleavage thanks to many gals wearing either klingon armour or bodices. I don’t recall too much of the day, outside of Susan being a model for one of the artists, and me having the pleasure of photographing 1 of the MB Maidens. Amy, you are a wonderful person, and I will photograph you anytime. We got some massages from the Shiatsu people. Folks, if you didn’t you should. Excellent quality, and very affordable rates. Towards evening things wound down a bit as the dinner was going on, so we did a quick munch and then headed for the Green Room where Susan was in the Masquerade this year with Agent I. No prize, but it was funny. My regret was not getting any pictures of Miko and the Orion Harem when I had the chance. Their skit in my opinion, was the best in several years. Next up was the dance. Now this was fun. We had gals wearing just their bras, and at least 2 were willing to show off quite a bit more. Not being a dancer myself, I stayed on the sidelines shooting photos. Susan had a few dances with some of the guys, and borrowed Brian for the sexiest dance contest. We then headed out to BJ’s toy party…man, that was interesting. All the guys with looks on their faces that said ‘I don’t need that’. It’s a shame that full demos weren’t allowed as I believe a few of the gals were willing. CdB offered to help the gals, but I think they were doing ok on their own. J Some orders will definitely be going in at sometime I think. Good stuff. (plus the fetish party in the next room was interesting.) We then headed to the Agents party. I’m telling ya, theres something to be said for a party that mixed scratches, smooches, hugs, booze, pixie sticks, spanking and lapdancing. The best part of course was I was involved, not just watching. Heh. We didn’t crash til almost 430 Sat night, and I wish we could have stayed longer.
Sunday:
Got up, packed, munched, cleared outta room, picked up art. Said our
goodbyes to everyone we could. I wish we could have stayed longer, but
Susan had to work on Monday, and I needed to get some real food in.
The panels, videos, etc didn’t really interest us much this year, but the truth is, we were mostly so busy doing other things, it didn’t really matter. To me, that’s part of what makes a good con.
All in All, we had a ton of fun, and it was a blast. A few small minuses, easily outweighed by the bazillion plusses. We met a bunch of cool people, saw folks we met last year, hung out with some of the coolest people I’m proud to know.
ConCom organized a great event, and their staffs and all the volunteers did an excellent job. I know there were headaches and issues, but the key point is, I never saw 99.9% of em, which is great!
We will see you at TT 18!
Some Shoutouts:
LynLyn and Michael - Well Done! The costumes were excellent, and I could see a dwarf and an elf when I looked at you both. It worked! :cheers:
Miko,
Sara, Jackie, Lady V, (and guy whose name I cant recall) - IMHO - Best
act I've seen at TT in 3 years. Miko - You are -THE- Man. WHOOOO!
Ladies, I love you all. >hugs<
Twinks - everytime I think 'SpongeBob', I'll be thinkin of you. >hugs<
Keith and Gary - :cheers: Well done.
SID - Everytime I think of ninjas, I'll be thinkin of you. 2 thumbs up! Hope the sec. folks gave you the stuff we left for ya.
Queenie - You are something special. Never change.
Gord - Thank you for helping us get our butts out this year. If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have made it.
TJ, Brian, I and J - 4 hoopy froods who know where their towels are and throw some of the best room parties.
Rosemary, BJ, Chani, Modusa - Too little time to chat. You ladies are it!
Sandy & Karol - Was great seein ya again...we gotta get together sometime.
Midori & Chris - Sorry we missed ya on Sunday. Movie & Bubbletea is in the future.
'Moose - Dude, hope everything went smoothly. Thanks for everything!
Malcolm - Too little time to chat dude! Next year, we party!
CdeB, Stephen, 'Moose and the rest of con-com - Best TT yet IMHO.
Chris Owens - Pixie sticks. (He knows what it means.)
Jason Carter - It was fun sharing an elevator with you.
and to all the folks whose names escape me, or I never found em out that we had the chance to chat with, photograph or just kill some time with - Thanks for making an awsome event even more fantastic!
See you all next year.
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Pictures
Saturday Hall Costumes Saturday I took a few pics of the folks that really jumped out at me. Sadly, there were a few more that I didn't get due to them being either too far away, or me being involved with something else. |
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Masqurade This years masqurade featured some incredible work. From superheros to anime to fantasy to scifi to cartoons, it truely was one of the best. Sadly, I missed getting shots of the group that in my opinion was the best, the Green Orions. You can see them at my good friend Miko's site scifipics.com. I would like to send a special shout out to TT staffer 'Chil'. A few years ago his personal batleth 'disapeared'. Well, this year, as a thank you for the hundreds and hundreds of hours of time this selfless gentleman has given not only to Toronto Trek, but other worthy events, he was presented with 2 steel Batleths. Thank you for everything you have done. :) |
Toronto Trek Dance by Keith and Gary Keith and Gary once again put on an awsome dance. For most of the night the floor was packed with fans having fun. The famous Gord Rose even was seen on the floor, in the company of a number of maidens. |
Once again, thank you to everyone for one of the best times ever. See you next year! :)
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