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just got back from Anthro Weekend Utah!
3 years ago
Hello everyone! It has been quite a while since I have made a journal post, so here we are!
I just got back from Anthro Weekend Utah, which was me and my friends' first EVER furry convention! So how did it go?
long story short- IT WAS AMAZING!! I went with my non-furry boyfriend, my online friend who I actually met here on Furaffinity
MentallyConfusedDuck, and my 3 other non-furry friends. How i got 4 non-furry friends to attend a furry con, i have no idea. XD There were about 1,500 con attendees, and AWU has raised over 10k towards charity!! Truly something to be proud of.
As someone who is pretty anti social in public, it was definitely a lot of people for me, even though AWU is a smaller con compared to many. Despite this, I felt so welcomed and comfortable once i got settled in! Everyone attending was so kind, i got several compliments and everybody was very polite.
I really enjoyed all the panels and shows I went to! I got to see Foxes & Peppers in person and they are so funny! I went to a couple D&D panels too which were interesting, my friends loved them! The dealers den was super cool, everyone was extremely talented and had a strong sense of professionalism. I definitely drained my wallet XD but it was so worth supporting these small businesses!
I think my favorite thing I did (besides going fursuiting with my friend) was surprisingly the dance! Anybody who knows me knows I can't dance, but I thought I would check it out anyway. Me and my friend put on my fursuits, me in Willow and him in Twix, and we had a blast! My friend partied too hard and almost overheated so we had to stop early XD he is not used to fursuiting, in fact he is one of my friends who didn't even think of himself as a furry. Needless to say, he ended up admitting he wanted to be a furry after the con. >:P
Overall, it was such a needed vacation away from my hometown, and it was so worth it! AWU will definitely see us again next year! <3
Now that I am back from vacation, i am going to get back into a drawing routine. Expect some new artworks in the near future!
Thank you SO MUCH everyone for your love and support! <3
- Willow
I just got back from Anthro Weekend Utah, which was me and my friends' first EVER furry convention! So how did it go?
long story short- IT WAS AMAZING!! I went with my non-furry boyfriend, my online friend who I actually met here on Furaffinity
MentallyConfusedDuck, and my 3 other non-furry friends. How i got 4 non-furry friends to attend a furry con, i have no idea. XD There were about 1,500 con attendees, and AWU has raised over 10k towards charity!! Truly something to be proud of.As someone who is pretty anti social in public, it was definitely a lot of people for me, even though AWU is a smaller con compared to many. Despite this, I felt so welcomed and comfortable once i got settled in! Everyone attending was so kind, i got several compliments and everybody was very polite.
I really enjoyed all the panels and shows I went to! I got to see Foxes & Peppers in person and they are so funny! I went to a couple D&D panels too which were interesting, my friends loved them! The dealers den was super cool, everyone was extremely talented and had a strong sense of professionalism. I definitely drained my wallet XD but it was so worth supporting these small businesses!
I think my favorite thing I did (besides going fursuiting with my friend) was surprisingly the dance! Anybody who knows me knows I can't dance, but I thought I would check it out anyway. Me and my friend put on my fursuits, me in Willow and him in Twix, and we had a blast! My friend partied too hard and almost overheated so we had to stop early XD he is not used to fursuiting, in fact he is one of my friends who didn't even think of himself as a furry. Needless to say, he ended up admitting he wanted to be a furry after the con. >:P
Overall, it was such a needed vacation away from my hometown, and it was so worth it! AWU will definitely see us again next year! <3
Now that I am back from vacation, i am going to get back into a drawing routine. Expect some new artworks in the near future!
Thank you SO MUCH everyone for your love and support! <3
- Willow
MentallyConfusedDuck
~mentallyconfusedduck
The con was great and it was so nice to meet you and everyone else ^_^
