In 2009, I finally lived the dream of attending not only Anthrocon, but also furry cons in general for the first time. I was knocked off my feet by how much fun cons and the fandom is, and I knew I wanted to come back. I returned in 2010 and jumped head first into suiting, I was blown away even more and compleatly hooked on suiting. I returned once again in 2011, doing more new things then ever before. I tried out for the dance competition and ended up performing in the Masquerade, I also made it into the Main Ballroom dances in suit. Once again I was blown away, wanting to come back and wondering how next year would be.

So what did AC have in store for in 2012? By far one of the most insanely awesome times I've had, ever.

For me, AC get's bigger and better every year. An' this year was just off the charts for me, everything fell into place and it made me wish I could have arrived another day earlier.

Now for the highlights, since there was a crapload of them I'll keep it to the ones most personal to me. Starting with the one I'm most proud of, the fursuit dance competition.

Ever since I got a suit I've always wanted to try out for the fursuit dance competition, I tried out last year but unfortunatly I wasn't able to make it. I made it a personal goal to make it in this year. Earlier I made it into FC's dance competition, and while that was a little confidence booster I was still nervous since that DC was a "Show up and you're in" situation. I was yet to make into a competition where there were cuts.

On Friday the prelims started, with 44 suiters trying out. I'll admit I was a little nervous since I didn't really know the two songs that were played. After the first round was over the judges asked if we wanted to do the semi-finals tomorrow...or do them now so we know who's in the finals. We all agreed to finish it now and the semi-finals begun, I was called up on the first heat so I felt a lot more comfortable. I knew I had to bring it hard since the next two songs would be my ticket in or not.

The first song was Fireflies by Owl City, while not a song I'd usually dance to, I knew the song so I was able to move to it pretty nicely. The second song was Turn Up The Music by Chris Brown, the moment I heard that song I was estatic. I went balls out on the song and left nothing behind, it was all or nothing, no turning back.

After all the heats were over, they announced the 14 dancers who were in the finals and didn't have to do a survial round...I was the second one called and I dropped to the floor in shock and awe. I did it, I finally did it. Achievement Unlocked, I made it into the fursuit dance competition!

When the dance comp started on Sunday, it was unreal. Every dancer went all out, and it was awesome being backstage and going nuts with everyone as our fellow dancers threw it down. As for my performance, I danced to Turn Me On. Personally I'm happy with how it turned out, though there's certainly room for improvement. Strangely enough I stuck in one spot on the stage and didn't work the rest of it, rather odd considering I worked the whole floor in FC's. Also kind of forgot a couple moves and some timing was off on me, but it happens. I just gotta' take the judges critiques to heart and use it to improve for the next competition I'm in. Overall I had a blast doing it and I'm proud as all heck to be up on stage with my fellow dancers. We all gave the crowd one hell of a show! (Once a good HQ video goes up I'll post a link to it.)

Other highlights at the con were...

- Performing in rooftop dance video.
- Glowstringing in suit at the dances and even on the street next to Tonic.
- Hanging out with the GoH Dev Madan at Tonic and learning a bunch of fun things about Sly Cooper. (Like how most of Demitri's dialogue was from Dev being drunk off his ass and laughing at whatever he wrote at 2am XD )
- Dancing in suit for the entire set from both Cheetah.de and Big Blue Fox, didn't miss a single beat from them!
- Getting interviewed from the media and appearing in one of the newspapers (They accidentally mispelled my name, but it happens.) It was also amusing that one group that interviewed me was several people who work at the Pittsburgh Scarehouse. Ironically, I actually met them last year out of suit!
-Hanging out with all the dancerfurs and getting into a whole bunch of shinnanigens.

Now I have to give a very special shout out to a whole group of people, the dancer furs. as well as all of those I've danced with at the dances and all those I missed. You guys are all a inspiration and insanely talented, we all made this con "DanceCon" and I'm proud to be a part of this welcoming and growing family. I look foward to future cons and dance competitions since you're all driving me even more. Much props and love!

Oh yes, PRAY FOR

Now for two quotes which I just loved at the con, both are strange but they cracked me up pretty good.

First up is from - "I'm like a T-rex, if I stop moving I fall asleep." To which he quickly wondered how the hell he came up with that. XD

Second one comes from a brief shout out between me in suit and Me- "Chihuahua!" Kendi - "TACO!" I don't know why, but that comment had me cracking up so hard. It was so compleatly random.

Overall, this was one hell of a con and PCD is hitting me like a Mack truck. So if you have any pics or videos of me, feel free to send them my way. I look forward to next year and the memories that it'll bring. As for what happened with this one, it really was a Midsummer Night's Dream and I wish I never had to wake.