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My First Con Experience + Happy New Year!
2 years ago
✯✯✯✯ The Red Draggy who rawrs, hugs and is open for commissions presents... ✯✯✯✯ Hey guys, gals and nonbiny pals! Red here! I hope everyone's doing well and had a good christmas. I did! Trying to stay warm and all that good jazz. You know how it goes!
So, I recently attended my first furry convention. Bewhiskered 2023! In Durham, North Carolina. I'm not gonna lie, I was VERY nervous and scared before going because I'm a self proclaimed introvert who's very socially awkward. Even though I stream and am bubbly and kooky and silly. But when we arrived and got settled in and mingled a little bit, I blossomed and really felt like I fit in! I was a natural derg! I got into character and was giving hugs hugs hugs and boops boops boops! The convention itself is fairly new as this is only it's third year so it was rather small. Even though there were SO MANY attendees. I went to a few panels that I was interested in and met a bunch of new friends and did art and even met a salmonid from Splatoon! Also the husbat and I GOT TO MEET UNCLE KAGE AND RONNIE NOODLES! That had to be on of the highlights of the time we spent there.
The convention itself was 3 days long but we could only spend two of those days there but still, IT WAS A BLAST. Coming from a con newbie, even though I've been in the fandom for about 12 years now, my first con trip was AMAZING and I can't wait to go again! I'm most certainly planning to go to Bewhiskered 2024 and who knows, maybe even to FWA and Anthrocon at some point considering both of those are close by! Anthrocon is closer to us than FWA and Bewhiskered was only an hour and a half away. So, you can expect me to go again! If you ever wanna meet me in person and are in the area, lemme know and I'll give you the biggest dadgon hug EVER! <3 <3 <3
As 2023 comes to a close, I can say that just like last year, this year has had its up and downs. But I've gotten better at life I feel like and I've cut the bad out and only grown the good. I've learned so many new things, gotten new things, IE a fursuit, better computer upgrades and art supplies etc. and a VR Headset! I've also started working on being more social and even got into VRchat. And thanks to going to the con, I feel less awkward about connecting with people who start out as strangers and soon become friends! Cuz after all, you can never have enough friends!
I know I kinda slowed down on streaming this year, only because I've been dealing with my mental struggles like finding myself and dealing with the loss of my mother, but you know what? I know she's proud of me and if she could only see me now, she'd be like, "that's my boy". She knew about my dragon antics and fully 100% supported me. So, I was blessed to have someone like her in my life. And I'll keep doing you proud!
So going forward into 2024, I'm gonna keep doing what I'm doing, keep learning more and hopefully get into the whole 3D gig and such, stream more and make more happiness and smiles and squirmies! I love each and every one of you and I hope that your 2024 goes well!
ALSO IT'S GONNA BE THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON RAWRIt's the Bewhiskered Fursuit Parade! You can see me and my husbat after the chubby pups at 7:50! Do you recognize anyone else here? Lemme know below!!
Ko0pA-8.4.0
~enskyer
Happy Mooooo years! :3
RedDraggyDraws
~idris21
OP
Happy moo years to you toooooooo
