So yeah, I did go to Furry Fiesta last month and spent a whole week in Texas to visit people and hang out with friends. I've been really lazy and unmotivated so haven't posted this sooner. May not be fully stocked now because it's been a couple weeks, but we'll see.

Thursday I left for the airport here in Detroit early in the day, got there on time and everything, go to get my boarding pass and get informed the plane can't take more people on it now, leaving me and two others grounded while our bags are already boarded and flying to Chicago and then Dallas (or Seattle for the one guy). Took an hour but they finally sorted things out for us, each of us receiving a compensation check from the airline for the inconvenience and re-arranged with a new flight. Mine was for 5:30 and it was already like 2:30 or something. So I came back home to eat again, relax, things like that. Headed back to the airport, was stuck in a huge security line, arrived as the plane pulled away so missed my flight. Worked it out that I could fly around 7:30 or something if they had room on another plane, which they did in the end, so I made it to Dallas around 11:00 pm Central. Got picked up by  lazyamp and  rejonicle from Dallas Love Field Airport and went back to Lazy's dorm for the night.

Friday morning came, Lazy went off to pick up  boxercoffee from the bus station while Reji showered, and in the meantime arrived  telem and  redheadpika who I let in without knowing them yet. Eventually our group all went out to get some food at McDonald's first before stopping at Office Max for some lanyards and things, then went to the convention together. Not long after I finished registering and everything, while walking around towards the Dealer's Den, I happened to run into  slashthehedgie and  jonathan0322 in front of the entrance area, recognized by the ears, tail, and "badge" Kaji had on. So I went over to visit with them and ended up hanging out with Kaji for much of the day because I found myself getting along great with him. We headed to the gaming room and played Brawl together until I got hooked on playing Rock Band 3 with all sorts of furries for a lot of the night. A lot of that time I played bass while singing because we only had 3 people playing and they had a mic stand. I had a ton of fun playing in there for a while, even think I played with  vene without realizing. With Reji and them going out for dinner and not returning later, I had to ask  foxyareku via text if I could come move my stuff from Lazy's car to his so it'd be ready to go when we went back to his apartment later that night. Hung around for a few more hours, met with Mavsfox (or Jake the Otter as he was known) while talking to a staff member about Pokemon, watched people playing Werewolves of the Dark Arts, then went back to the apartment with Areku, Vene, and  sidec to stay for the night. Watched Areku play Bayonnetta and an old N64 game on his Wii before putting on an episode of Mystery Science Theater that we fell asleep watching.

Saturday morning we had doughnuts for breakfast, headed back to the convention, I met up with Kaji again and we hung out together some more. Then Reji and them guys invited me out for lunch with them and asked Kaji to join us, so we had a group of like 12-13 people including a few other friends of theirs I didn't really get to know. Kaji and I decided to hitch a ride with Telem and Red-Headed Pika to the restaurant, which was some Japanese restaurant I had no real interest in. We arrived at the one Telem's GPS said, saw NASCAR on the TV (because when you think Japan, you think NASCAR), and realized they weren't there. We drove around town, plagued by being in an alternate dimension or something as Telem has theorized, trying to figure out where they meant for us to go, until we finally found the place. Everybody ordered without us and left the four of us to sit alone at the end of the table, barely really acknowledging us much. I ordered a bowl of chicken broth with nothing in it and a Coke because that's all I could find I liked, so Kaji offered to buy me some real food elsewhere after they finished eating, which Telem and RHP supported. We drove around some more again, found this little shake shop of some kind, ordered milkshakes for everybody and I had a chicken sandwich, and by the time we headed back to the con realized we'd all been together for like 3 hours. I went back to play more stuff in the game room, namely Rock Band again, and later in the evening Reji invited me to dinner with them again. We convinced Kaji to come with us again, so we rejoined Telem and Pika to form our Pokemon Rescue Team again to find the place. But the restaurant was full, so we got told to find this Joe's Pasta place instead, along the way seeing a kid nearly get run over by the car he just got out of because of his stupidity, and decided "Screw being a rescue team, we're an exploration team now." We made it to the restaurant, realized Lazy and them guys weren't there again, they told us "We didn't like how it looked, eat where you want" and so we got pissed off and stood around outside by the Telem-mobile planning our next move. Finally we settled on eating at Joe's, I had myself a calzone and a Coke and it was really delicious. They had all kinds of great food on the menu, too bad we had limited time to be there. We finished eating and headed back to the convention again, I continued hanging out with Kaji, went to watch more Werewolves and even tried playing during the No Reveal game and was the first person killed, so I didn't get to enjoy it much (I was only a villager, too D:). Areku was killed 2nd, so we both texted back and forth some about our thoughts on the game until eventually we gathered our group and went back to the apartment.

Last day in Dallas, Sunday was quite condensed. My bus to San Antonio was leaving around 4:30 or so, meaning I had to leave close to 3 or 3:30. Too bad we all took a while to wake up and get ready to head back to the convention, as I didn't get back till close 2 pm and had to get my bags from Areku's car to limit my mobility. But I still managed to find Kaji again and managed to reassemble our Exploration Team for a quick team photo with my camera, which Reji helped out with. After some hanging out together in the con suite, I managed to ask Telem and Pika if they could drive me to the bus station in Dallas and had a fun ride with them one last time, giving hugs all around (and same for Kaji), then waited for my bus. Spent the rest of Sunday on buses or in bus stations until I made it to Boerne and got picked up by Victor to head back to his house for the week. That however is a separate thing entirely from the convention, so I won't mention that here.

In all, I loved my time in Dallas at Furry Fiesta. I had a really great time hanging out with Kaji-chuu, Telem, and Red-Headed Pika, they made it a lot more fun than I expected to have, and I'm glad I met them all. I did not get to meet Santo, but he's the only person I didn't see. I liked meeting Sparks as well, he was a cool guy. I did enjoy finally meeting Reji and the others in person, but they kind of ignored me more than I expected, so I can't say that went as planned. But they were still nice and it was cool to see how Boxer looked, especially with his amazing hair he has now. Thanks again to everybody in Dallas who helped make the convention possible for me to attend, like Lazy and Reji for getting me at the airport through the issues, Areku for letting me stay at his apartment (he was a cool guy to meet, too), and of course our exploration team for giving me a lot of entertainment Saturday in particular. I've missed a lot of these guys and can't wait to come back next year.