So it's been almost a week ago that I went to MidFur XII and had been tossing between doing and not doing a journal post about it, right now I'm at Mum's place in Sydney and all of my mates are busy today so why not?
I could start this from the first day of the con but the trip for me started the day before I actually left I guess.

The Pre-Convoy Day - 28th of November
Dyluck shows up about 3:30, the two of us were leaving the next morning in the Bris-Melb midfur convoy organised by Atpaw so he stayed the night. All of us from the Iceberg moved recently and the only remaining task for me to do was sort Jagafeh's DVDs, I got through a little bit of it that day so here's hoping they've left it all tucked aside for me to finish when I get back. That night I got on Skype to see the current progress on my partial fursuit done by Kat Aclysm, an old friend of mine from my cosplay days, managed to convert her. :3 Suit was almost finished and looking good, we also did up a little joke image which I'll put in my scraps later. Dyluck and I did some grocery shopping as not to starve in his GIANT 4WD, the Red Rocket. It was so big that I think he had to skip the attic and ballroom on the tour.

First day of the Convoy - 29th of November
So Dyluck wakes up too early but he was too exited about the whole trip to get fatigued. We chuck our gear in the car and leave on schedule. We stop by a Maccas on the way and pick up a travel mug each, the cool thing about travelling with Dyluck is the fact that he works for McDonalds and gets 20% off anything at any of them. Naturally I wroughted this to the best of my potential. :3
We arrive at the meeting point about half an hour early, Marcwolf arriving next in his car and finally Atpaw arriving 10 mins late with Yarwick. At that point the entire convoy was there, 5 furs in 3 cars. Speedy cheetah took point for the whole trip with Noodledragon and I staying at the back because speeding fines were not an option! (I might comment here that I preferred Dyluck's driving to Enigma's recklessness two years prior.)
The Red Rocket had a couple of problems and we had to drive THROUGH a storm but we made it fine, I'd also left my laundry too late the previous day and used the Red Rocket's internal clotheslines to get all of my socks and undies dry.

Convoy Midpoint, Rest-day - 30th of November
In Dubbo for a couple of nights, we'd planned on visiting the Western Plains Zoo but it was simply too wet so we went to The Dish in Parkes instead, when local to the dish there are many signs requesting that all electronic devices be turned off so I complied by switching off my DS and phone but accidentally left our CB radio on! =@_@= Not only that but before we had completely left the site I was using it to make stupid astronomy jokes. Derp-derp TinyCat. We filled the rest of the time by trying to download the latest Actfur over a few different internet sources to see if Dyluck had won Fen's ranting comp but the actual ActFur server was down. >:( Dyluck and I managed to fill up the rest of the time by Pokemoning.

Last day of the Convoy - 1st of December
We check out of the Formule 1 Dubbo and get back on the road, Dyluck and I had been playing 'What game is that song from?' over the course of the trip, we didn't keep points but I was definitely not winning!
I'd also been playing through my recently acquired MegaMan Zero Collection which resulted in some game over moments that entitled Dyluck to some entertaining ragequits. The red rocket copped a stone to the corner of it's windshield and put a noticeable crack in it but nothing life-threatening. Towards the end we got a little worried about speeding and broke away from the pack only to be slugged down by Melbourne's impossibly thick northern traffic. Kat was staying in our room and had checked herself in already which lead to confusion when we got there, that and I had apparently put my first and last names in the wrong order when booking the room. =x_x= Got to see my finished partial that night! He needed a couple of modifications so I decided not to wear him the next day.

First day of the Convention - 2nd of December
So I finally meet up with Ice again and grabbed my phone charger off of him, you see, it was the only thing I'd forgotten to pack and my phone went flat the day previous seeing as it kept turning itself on. Ray Liehm kindly guarded my phone at the con while I let Rulke into our room seeing as the Rydges 'lost' his booking for that night. I surprised the guys from the show with my new beard, getting a real strange look from Carnival as she tried to work out who was pulling their best samurai scowl at her. X3 I spent the day walking about and chatting to everyone mostly only 1 panel was held that day but it was about first-time con-goers so I skipped it. I had lunch with Logan Husky at the KFC two doors up the road from the hotel. We discussed a few things and confirmed that I'd be doing the Stan Sakai interview on behalf of ActFur and MidFur. Caught up with some Sydfurs, including AussieHusky, for tea. Ended up walking WAY TOO FAR (I was already chaffed between the legs from gadding about the con) and ended up walking through Melbourne CBD with a cowboy's gait. =;-;= Fixed up the partial that night.

Second day of the Convention - 3rd of December
Up and early due to a text from Logan saying that he wanted to do the interview while the weather was good. Didn't end up doing it that day but all was good, did some suiting and surprised everyone from the show with it! Then caught the latter half of the Females in the Fandom panel run by Carni and Muse (very funny. :3) Spent the rest of the day talking to more people seeing and helped out kraden with the Podcasting panel, we didn't get a terribly large audience and after we had gone through the entire presentation we ended up gabbing on about games, at that point I asked the audience if they would be interested in a 'TinyCat's gaming Panel' which was met with positivity so I've pitched the idea to MidFur, here's hoping! I was really excited and nervous about the Actfur Live Show but I ended up having too much fun to stay nervous! Kell arrived JUST in time for the performance BTW.

Third day of the Convention - 4th of December
Woke up too late to catch Ray and Kell's science panel but made it to the Midfur Board panel, pondered what I could contribute board-wise to the con but yet to e-mail them about it. Got into suit again for the photoshoot, plenty of pics of me in Rulke's gallery! Logan and I rushed upstairs to the pool deck with Stan to do the interview, weather was brilliant and the interview went really well! Caught up with Vulpyra and requested he do up some 16-bit tunes for TinyCat's Gaming Breakdown next year. Watched Jenner talk too much and make too much noise during the Hall of Fame, then had a crack at fursuit-raving. Kat Aclysm wasn't kidding, after about 2 mins I had had enough! Sat and played Poker in fursuit, realised how the two went hand-in-hand! Kaz and Sec got cut off before they could finish their performance of Lano & Woodley's Boncy rabbit and Illie won the talent night with her Beatles song on guitar.

Last day of the Convention - 5th of December
Up late again and only JUST caught up to the fursuit walk thanks to Fima. Had a great time stealing things from kids in suit, they seem to think that orange kitties only want your pancakes to have a look at them! had a fantastic time doing that! Straight onto the Fursuit Olympics after that, 1st event was Race to the Plushie, Topher was my opponent so after losing to him once, I ripped his head off much to the audience's enjoyment! To quote Brutal legend; DECAPITATIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!! Also got to catch up with MelMel where she mentioned doing something with my TGBs in her upcoming year, but I'll keep that a secret. ;3 Had lunch with Jagafeh and Sebkha at a place down the road called mrs. Noodle under Kat's recommendation, great food for a top price!! That night was an Actfur dinner at place on Lygon street, far too expensive for me but Kell covered the bill because he's a champ!

Trip to Sydney - 6th of December
We packed up a little later than the hotel would have liked but to be fair, they were kinda rubbish. :/ Dyluck had to keep circling the block because we couldn't find a parking space, I'd wait out the front with a couple of bags, the red rocket would stop in traffic, I'd toss the bags in and go up and fetch more while he drove off. Fun. Said goodbye to Kat as she was flying back to Syd, we took her suit, Quixote, back up to Sydney for her so that it wouldn't succumb to the brute of airport baggage handling. Got to Mum's place in Sydney just in time for tea; home cooked pizzas Aussie style!

Afterdays - 7th to 9th of December
Dyluck decided to hang about here for a couple of days to get his windshield repaired, he took my fursuit up to Bris with him and a few other things from Mum's that I missed at home.

I'd say it was a pretty good trip all up, the three big things I was worried about were the fursuit, the live show and the interview which all went well, I got to mention to CynWolfe in person that I was enjoying myself so I think that mattered to him.

So yeah, today I wanted to go see MegaMind with a few furry friends but Kat's driving her dad around, Enigma's doing 4 other things, Ray is working and Roxy is flying to Melbourne. Ah well. :/

Also, Before year's end I'll be transferring over to So go watch it now!

Furries Mentioned in order -
Listening to - Brentalfloss, FF XII OST, FA Music.
Nomming - Orange Mango cordial, noodle snacks, leftover pasta on toast.