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A Review of 2012 ~ All the Love <3 ~ [Part 1]
13 years ago
Dancing Through Life...
Well. This is going to be a long journal, but it will most definitely be an enjoyable, hilarious, and heart warming read.
So here it is, my year in review.
2012 started off great! In the first few months I did a ton of fursuiting with the VT furries while up at school. I was also working my ass off at the UVM mascot, Rally Catamount, attending every basketball game, and really amping up the energy. When America East championships rolled around in March I was pumped! As the "elder" mascot performer, I was going to be traveling with the team to Hartford for the tournament! We hit the road and the fun began. Although our Women's BBall team ended up in 5th place in America East, they gave a great performance. But it wasn't until the quarter-finals that the intensity picked up for the Men's BBall team. We were playing Hartford, on their home turf, battling it out to see who would play Stony Brook in the Championship game.
Well it went into double overtime but UVM beat Hartford, and we were off to Stony Brook the next weekend. Stony Brook was insane, the fans were rude and vulgar, and the opposing mascot was an ass. Good thing we literally destroyed them at their own court, leaving them to cry while we celebrated victory, and the knowledge we'd be traveling somewhere for the NCAA Tournament.
I will always remember the moment that myself, the pep band, cheer team, dance team, basketball team, and coaching staff, were all standing, staring at the various TVs in the pub we were in. They were announcing the bracket for the NCAA tourney. We saw UNC Chapel Hill go up. And then we saw we would be playing Lamar University to see who would play UNC.
Packing. Sleep. Get on the charter flight. I was about to miss an unknown time of school, and I didn't give a fuck. I was flying with the team for the NCAA tourney. We arrived in Dayton, Ohio Monday evening, to a very warm greeting. The next day was a free day, and I went to the National Air Force Museum and then had cheerleading practice. We decided the NCAA was a perfect place to debut arial stunts with the mascot. I'll tell you, being held up in the air in a mascot suit is fucking epic.
The next day was game day. And my heart was racing the entire game. It was incredible to watch my team play in such a huge stadium, and to perform myself in the stadium, was insane. But we managed to demolish Lamar, and we knew we'd be heading to Greensboro, NC in the morning.
We flew into Greensboro, and we drove to our Four Seasons hotel. We were staying there with the Notre Dame team and pep squad, it was awesome meeting them. I got to watch Duke, ND and UNC practice, which was a once in a lifetime opportunity. On game day I met the UNC mascot, and we became fast friends. I walked around the stadium, taking hundreds of pictures with both UVM and UNC fans, all of them very kind and welcoming. I got to perform on the same floor as my two favorite college teams in America. We did loose that game, but everyone had fun.
Overall. That NCAA Tourney week was the most magical and memorable week of my life. I will never forget the insanity of that week. Go Cats Go!
Ok back to the furry shit.
So. Up until the summer I went to many VT furmeets and hung out with all my VT fur friends. But when the summer started up, was when the fun really started.
Right when I got on brea,
introduced me to a truly awesome guy, :huskyboy3:! He was super duper cool, and we become very fast friends. Plus he's a super duper smart engineering kid, even if he's also a derpy husky! :P
Early on in the summer my good friend,
came to visit me on Cape Cod. We filmed two videos, "Gary's Summer Journey: Mashpee" and "Rick's Big Adventure: Little Lady".
We had such a blast, going to Plimouth Plantation with Kavi and then going fursuit mini golfing with
, 
, 
and 
. Spending a few days with Camo was awesome, kid is so cool. I'm honored to call him my friend. :)
Fast forward less than a month and it's Anthrocon!!!! Kavi, Pherric and myself went down to CT to stay with
, 
and 
. Twas quite a hilarious night if I do say so myself. We then hit the road to Pittsburgh, PA in the middle of a rain storm. After 8 hours of driving, we reached the Westin, the wednesday before AC started.
Anthrocon Review Journals:
Wed- http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3574616/
Thursday-http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3577419/
Friday-http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3577438/
Saturday-http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3577468/
Sunday- http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3577485/
Also I got to be in Camo's UContamination video for AC.
So yeah. AC kicked major ass. Also. I met
at AC. This become relevant later.
So yeah the rest of the summer consisted of parties (like
's 21st birthday party at 
's house!), shenanigans, fursuiting and bowling. The summer Mass FurBowls were sickkkkkkkkkk. Here's a video from one that was super duper fun! Thanks to 
for making it!
Oh yeah and I went to Alaska for two weeks with my mom. Alaska was sooooooo kick ass. Like woah. I wanna go back.
At the very end of the summer, we had a party for my best friend Kavi. Hunter, Pherric, Dex, Fawx,
, Blarion, 
, , 
, 
, 
, 
, 
and 
all showed up for the festivities. We got soooo trashed. To sum it up it was booze, bathing suits, pool wrestling, fireworks, hot tub snuggles, nakedness, dancing, fursuiting, chaos.
Soon after I was back at UVM. And back with my VT furries! Classes started up and I was super duper busy. But soon it was time for FurFright! My favorite convention! And the first time I was brave enough to actually try out for the Dance Competition.
I really have to thank Hunter, Strobes, Ikato, Camo and my bestest best friend Kavi for really pushing me to actually compete. Honestly, without the strength you boys gave me, I never would have done it. Also major thanks to Atsu, Kwik, JD, Dex, Skye, Kintari, Scurrow, Twitch, Remix, Inu Yoko, and Mozee for being an incredible DF family for me at FurFright. You guys all inspired me with your incredible dancing and massive support. All the loves guys, all the loves.
Oh and Sadie, pleated pants win first place. Proud of you hun! <3
But yeah FurFright/FireFright/Hurricon fucking ruled. Fuck Slenderman. Even the extra stay Sunday night with my boys Hunter, Tylan Fusky and Strobes cause we were all stuck there. Yay Hurricane Sandy!
Check out part 2: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4168556/
So here it is, my year in review.
2012 started off great! In the first few months I did a ton of fursuiting with the VT furries while up at school. I was also working my ass off at the UVM mascot, Rally Catamount, attending every basketball game, and really amping up the energy. When America East championships rolled around in March I was pumped! As the "elder" mascot performer, I was going to be traveling with the team to Hartford for the tournament! We hit the road and the fun began. Although our Women's BBall team ended up in 5th place in America East, they gave a great performance. But it wasn't until the quarter-finals that the intensity picked up for the Men's BBall team. We were playing Hartford, on their home turf, battling it out to see who would play Stony Brook in the Championship game.
Well it went into double overtime but UVM beat Hartford, and we were off to Stony Brook the next weekend. Stony Brook was insane, the fans were rude and vulgar, and the opposing mascot was an ass. Good thing we literally destroyed them at their own court, leaving them to cry while we celebrated victory, and the knowledge we'd be traveling somewhere for the NCAA Tournament.
I will always remember the moment that myself, the pep band, cheer team, dance team, basketball team, and coaching staff, were all standing, staring at the various TVs in the pub we were in. They were announcing the bracket for the NCAA tourney. We saw UNC Chapel Hill go up. And then we saw we would be playing Lamar University to see who would play UNC.
Packing. Sleep. Get on the charter flight. I was about to miss an unknown time of school, and I didn't give a fuck. I was flying with the team for the NCAA tourney. We arrived in Dayton, Ohio Monday evening, to a very warm greeting. The next day was a free day, and I went to the National Air Force Museum and then had cheerleading practice. We decided the NCAA was a perfect place to debut arial stunts with the mascot. I'll tell you, being held up in the air in a mascot suit is fucking epic.
The next day was game day. And my heart was racing the entire game. It was incredible to watch my team play in such a huge stadium, and to perform myself in the stadium, was insane. But we managed to demolish Lamar, and we knew we'd be heading to Greensboro, NC in the morning.
We flew into Greensboro, and we drove to our Four Seasons hotel. We were staying there with the Notre Dame team and pep squad, it was awesome meeting them. I got to watch Duke, ND and UNC practice, which was a once in a lifetime opportunity. On game day I met the UNC mascot, and we became fast friends. I walked around the stadium, taking hundreds of pictures with both UVM and UNC fans, all of them very kind and welcoming. I got to perform on the same floor as my two favorite college teams in America. We did loose that game, but everyone had fun.
Overall. That NCAA Tourney week was the most magical and memorable week of my life. I will never forget the insanity of that week. Go Cats Go!
Ok back to the furry shit.
So. Up until the summer I went to many VT furmeets and hung out with all my VT fur friends. But when the summer started up, was when the fun really started.
Right when I got on brea,
introduced me to a truly awesome guy, :huskyboy3:! He was super duper cool, and we become very fast friends. Plus he's a super duper smart engineering kid, even if he's also a derpy husky! :P Early on in the summer my good friend,
came to visit me on Cape Cod. We filmed two videos, "Gary's Summer Journey: Mashpee" and "Rick's Big Adventure: Little Lady".We had such a blast, going to Plimouth Plantation with Kavi and then going fursuit mini golfing with
, 
, 
and 
. Spending a few days with Camo was awesome, kid is so cool. I'm honored to call him my friend. :)Fast forward less than a month and it's Anthrocon!!!! Kavi, Pherric and myself went down to CT to stay with
, 
and 
. Twas quite a hilarious night if I do say so myself. We then hit the road to Pittsburgh, PA in the middle of a rain storm. After 8 hours of driving, we reached the Westin, the wednesday before AC started. Anthrocon Review Journals:
Wed- http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3574616/
Thursday-http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3577419/
Friday-http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3577438/
Saturday-http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3577468/
Sunday- http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3577485/
Also I got to be in Camo's UContamination video for AC.
So yeah. AC kicked major ass. Also. I met
at AC. This become relevant later.So yeah the rest of the summer consisted of parties (like
's 21st birthday party at 
's house!), shenanigans, fursuiting and bowling. The summer Mass FurBowls were sickkkkkkkkkk. Here's a video from one that was super duper fun! Thanks to 
for making it!Oh yeah and I went to Alaska for two weeks with my mom. Alaska was sooooooo kick ass. Like woah. I wanna go back.
At the very end of the summer, we had a party for my best friend Kavi. Hunter, Pherric, Dex, Fawx,
, Blarion, 
, , 
, 
, 
, 
, 
and 
all showed up for the festivities. We got soooo trashed. To sum it up it was booze, bathing suits, pool wrestling, fireworks, hot tub snuggles, nakedness, dancing, fursuiting, chaos.Soon after I was back at UVM. And back with my VT furries! Classes started up and I was super duper busy. But soon it was time for FurFright! My favorite convention! And the first time I was brave enough to actually try out for the Dance Competition.
I really have to thank Hunter, Strobes, Ikato, Camo and my bestest best friend Kavi for really pushing me to actually compete. Honestly, without the strength you boys gave me, I never would have done it. Also major thanks to Atsu, Kwik, JD, Dex, Skye, Kintari, Scurrow, Twitch, Remix, Inu Yoko, and Mozee for being an incredible DF family for me at FurFright. You guys all inspired me with your incredible dancing and massive support. All the loves guys, all the loves.
Oh and Sadie, pleated pants win first place. Proud of you hun! <3
But yeah FurFright/FireFright/Hurricon fucking ruled. Fuck Slenderman. Even the extra stay Sunday night with my boys Hunter, Tylan Fusky and Strobes cause we were all stuck there. Yay Hurricane Sandy!
Check out part 2: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4168556/
Looks like a great year & it seems you had a whole load of fun =^.^=
*Goes on to read & watch part 2 now*