Presumptuous

I know this'll sound presumptuous on my behalf, but I can afford it. I know for a FACT that I'm going to be attending Further Confusion. It's the first con I ever attended, and I feel it's my obligation to continue on at least attending on a yearly basis, until I either drop dead from not enough awesome or AA&E, Inc. becomes defunct and/or insolvent. Now that I've stated that, on to other cons that I'll be attending, would like to attend, or might consider attending if money wasn't an issue. First off, there's Califur. I know this year was a bit controversial, but I feel it's my obligation to go. Not because it might be the greatest convention ever, or even the greatest furry convention, but because it's right there. I live in San Diego, and seeing as how the closest con I can afford to attend outside of San Diego Comic Con (or whatever the hell it's called now) is held in Orange County, I feel it would be easy to attend. To clarify, "afford to attend" and "easy to attend" refer to my ability to afford both travel expenses and a place to stay. Sure, I may have felt a bit uneasy having a drunken frat boy with a thermal full of beer sit right next to me, offer me something, talk to me, and overall fondle me, but I take joy in knowing that, once he rushed the stage to hug the talent, con security escorted him back to his seat before eventually (perhaps two minutes later) escorting him out of the room where the Cabaret Le Fur Dance was hosted. No, please, stop, do not spam my inbox with mail saying how I'm a fool for possibly making plans to attend Califur V. I'm a big boy now, and more importantly, a masochist. I like a good challenge. It keeps me going. Moving along, there is the issue of Anthrocon. I've heard stories about how AC is supposed to be more awesome than cornbread (my simile, not actually something I heard somebody say). Keep in mind that for me, cornbread is pretty much the most awesome thing I've had up to this point. If AC > cornbread, great, I'll have to make it a point to attend AC each year, while eating cornbread as I always do. If AC = cornbread, excellent, I'll have to do both simultaneously. If AC < cornbread, then I've really not lost anything, and I'll have attended a convention in a state other than California, and even Washington, and I could continue to enjoy cornbread in my usual manner, while eating it with some salad at the Souplantation. Plus, I figure that going to AC would probably make for an awesome as hell road trip, if I can plan it way in advance. That leaves me with perhaps one more convention I can attend before going broke, and that's Eurofurence. Yes, I know, the most expensive part of attending is the plane ticket. Preliminary (and I use that term roughly to figure things out before I commit to anything) plane ticket costs would kill me at USD $3300 or so. *Floored* That is, by the way, a round-trip ticket, so at least I am able to return. Then again, how often will I be able to say that I've been in three countries on two continents in my life? And besides, if the world's going to end at that time, I at least want to be able to be surrounded by Jager. What do you think? I'd like to get some input on this. EF, or no EF? Because, if I decide to go, I very well have to decide right now, so I can save my money to buy the ticket to go there. We'll talk more about this later.