Edited and re-posted because I was tired and not thinking when I typed up the origional. Sorry to some people mentioned in the un-edited version, you knwo who you are and it wasn't intentional, please don't hurt me /)>_<(\ orz

This was a First Year Con, and quite a success at that! I think the venue was a little small, even for their projected numbers, but since they had 330 furs there, I know it should be a bit larger next year. I had an awesome time, so let me break it down for you all.

DAY ONE
I was up very early. Like, 6:30. I hadn't done that since November when I was getting up that early to be ready for work when I was still at Arbys. Anyhow, I woke up a bit, had a shower, made sure I had all my stuff and then took off for the day. I also made the mistake of leaving my Showering away message up, so some intersting comments were there for me to read when I got home. I got to Risu's house (as I was going with the illustrious iFurry crew of Risu, Potato and Aden the Camera Dragon) and then we took off. Stopped at Tim's for Coffee. Got gas and then drove to TO.

We had a few little side trips due to the Tomtom, but we made it there. Got into the hotel and taped a few more iFurry things before getting in the Registration line. We did a lot of random stuff on the first day. We hung out with some people we met on the bus to AC, and Miss Mab was also with them. It was cool to meet her. We did random iFurry taping all thoughout the day. Risu went to the Rodents Panel, and I got a mini Sakura (Street Fighter) figurine for $5. That's all I spent on swag, and I'm happy with that. We got Lunch sometime after that and while the food was good, the service was not. Swiss Chalet by the Hotel? Not a good plan.

We hung around in the evening. I don't think we did *too* much. There was a lot of Shock Potato playing in the Zoo. It went on for a good few hours. Potato and I (meaning Lynn, not the Shocky Toy) went to Harvey's for food in the middle. The most memorable thing from day one was the Adult Art Panel. Bushycat is a hoot. We had a decent sized group in there and it kinda derailed from art to just dirty adult talk instead. It was funny. I kinda felt bad for the guy who was going to be running a game after her panel, because she went *way* over her time spot. I felt I should say something, but I didn't. I didn't wanna seem rude. All in all it was good. Then we Raved a bit, and left.

DAY TWO
At first it wasn't for sure if we were going to come back or not, but we decided we were. I also decided to ditch the heavy two tails that kept pulling my pants down and went at Bunny-Art for the day. I got up around 8:30 this time as we didn't have to be at the con for 10, and got to Risu's. Aden made us some yummy tea. Then we left. We got to the con the exact same way we did before, little side routed included. We got to the hotel and chilled for a few while waiting for the Fursuit Head Building panel to start. While I did catch some details (and all in all thinking about it, it was a rather informative panel) I had a terrible headache from no food (and it's now 1 pm) and very little caffeen. So, even though my friends wouldn't come with me, I went to get some food and picked up some Pop for Aden and I and energy drinks for all of us. It really helped out everyone, so I'm glad for that. Once I was feeling better I colored a picture I had drawn while waiting for the Fursuit Parade to start.

The parade was good. Had some interesting and not so interesting suits in it. Next year I'll bring my suit and actually suit up a bit. I just didn't want to do it the first time cause I wanted to see what the suiters here were like. Took some pictures and video. We all went to get food at Harvey's after that, then made it back in time for the Drawing Comics Panel. It was a little more about how to plan out your scenes then it was drawing the comic or getting started, but I thought it was informative none the less. After that we kinda hung around a bit waiting for closing. Found out the number of furs attending (330, when their projected was about 150 - 200 max) and the number of Fursuiters (37 - 40). The Con Episode of iFurry should be up before too long.

All in all, it was nice to get to see some of the Feral! people again, meet some new friends and generally have an awesome time. Thanks FE! Will be looking forward to next year!!

~*Artamis*~