First time to Anthro Con for me?

I concur. We must have a parental permission form that is signed -- and notarized -- before we can let you into the convention. The last thing we want is to have an angry parent stalking up to the chairman and shouting, "what is my kid doing at your convention??"

It's happened. I don't want it happening again.

Well if you DO get a job , you can always catch a greyhound bus or something..

when you buy the ticket in advance , the rates are VERY good ^^

I know that my round-trip Montreal-Pittsburgh-Montreal will cost 110$ which is VERY cheap when you think about it..

hey Tait its kinda hard to explain ummmm.... I also have a thing for furs don't have one yet, but I am working getting one and getting to the anthrocon. And yet I think I might go nxt. year when things start to come together. ok first of all I'm perfectly fine with your condition I don't mind people with diabetes because my family on both sides have it and I know all the side effects such as low sugar you slip into a coma and if not pulled out of it you could welll... pass away if not treated immediately and go to high and your blood will clot like crazy and I know that the tests you have to take to monitor your sugar level are really a pain in the aaaaaa..... neck per say and I understand that because of this it adds complications and no one will take you, but I monitor my grandmother's sugar all the time and brought her out of several comas (not my fault in the first place) but in perspective you would be perfectly safe in my capable hands.
and I feel bad for you too so in other words it's all good.

ummmm... did no one read my posted comment It's like I'm invisible I would take him, but it would be most likely that he would have to fly to my home town then I could take him from there or some one would have to drop him off here...
and like I said B4 peole diabetes don't bother me one bit cause my grand mother is one and so is my cousin so I would have no problems with hanging with him, especially since -.- yes as a matter a fact I as well am a MINOR 15 but nxt. year I will be 16 and able to drive anywhere (currently have a Farmers Permit) and am a advanced skilled driver ^^ love drag races and demo derbies but contrary to the thought I am a very safe driver LOLs

Thats true.
I mean the con is in a city so there are many other things to do.
He could ask if the parents want to come along,not to the convention in general but for a small vacation

They should work if you try to work towards it.
You are 17 so it should be a better chance to score a job.

I find that getting a job, is as easy as your outlook for getting that job tends to be. If you are confident that you want to work for someplace, and you present yourself well at an interview, and fill out a really good job application - then you should be set basically. I got a couple of random jobs before I was 18 through friends of friends more or less. Once I turned 18 I applied for a pretty sweet job, and kept it so far even with going back and forth to college (19 now).

I couldn't go this year either because my mom needed me at home among other things. I'm definitely planning to go next year, but if I can't go then it isn't like it's the end of the world or anything. I went for the last two years before this past one and I had a lot of fun, so I was pretty upset that I couldn't go, especially with my friends going without me this year.

All in all, just try to keep a positive outlook on life overall. Help out with things you see as much as you can. Having a good attitude like that is sure to help things, and ease any tensions. Good feelings are contagious.

Just thought that I would jump in here and offer my two cents worth on finding a job.

Always keep in mind what a job really is; it is a business transaction. Somebody is going to give you money and they expect a product in return, your services. And how do you get a job? It is a sales pitch, you have to convince the person who can hire you that you will give them the biggest "bang for the buck" over any other person that is also after that job. Can you do the job better than somebody else? Then tell the person, not just that you can, tell them specifically WHY you could do it better and why that person will be glad that they hired you instead of somebody else. Convince them that each dollar that they pay you will be money well spent and will give them more than that in services returned, that they will be BETTER OFF because they hired you. Being young and inexperienced always makes a potential boss wary, but enthusiasm goes far. Try it, it works.