After of playing a week of catch up due to disappearing from boring normal society to go to Anthrocon, I am finally sitting down and doing this con report thing. So yeah. Pretty much everything that could go wrong went wrong at work the night before of the start of my vacation. Unlike most starts of conventions where I'm super exited this one was full of worry because of the stuff breaking at work. I was almost to the point of not showing up on Wednesday and going into work. I decided to trek on and after many delays managed to get to AC around 10:30pm. Way later then I wanted to but none the less I still had a ton of fun and instantly started fursuiting around that night. I totally want to do that again next year. Showing up Wednesday really makes the whole convention feel much longer.

I was rooming with  KartFox  skrugg and  ZotCoon It was the first time rooming with any of them and it was a total blast. They all rock and I'd totally room with them again any time. This was also the first time where everyone in the room was a fursuiter which was really neat. It was fun talking about the different aspects of fursuiting, tips and tricks on staying cool, cleaning, stuff like that. The past few conventions this year I pulled back on fursuiting and spent more time going out to dinners and room parties but with amount of people attending AC the connections you have friends tends to get lost in the crowd. Its just impossible to do and plan everything you want to do with friends at AC. I tried to keep my plans to a minimum and pretty much did everything spur of the moment. I find this works best for me when I go to AC. Most of my time was devoted to fursuiting this year. I usually took 2 to 3 hour breaks midday for lunch and dealers den. Then 2 hours for dinner and resting in the afternoon. This was also the first con where I utilized my hotel room more for fursuiting breaks then I did the headless lounge. I love using the headless lounge but the con crud outbreak at FWA this year kinda freaked me out a bit. Luckly I didn't get it but I really would like to lessen my chances. So I used my own blower and suit drier. Also brought a case of bottled water. This worked out wonderfully and I'm going to do this from now on. I did still use the headless lounge at AC here and there when I was doing long stretches of suiting but its so much more refreshing going back up to the room.

Fursuiting this year at AC was completely insane! It was so awesome! I know I have received quite a few new watchers on FA and subscribers on You Tube since last year's AC but OMG, the crowd response was incredible this year! I felt like a celebrity or something. I don't think I ever had my picture taken so many times in my entire life. I had people asking for my autograph, hugs, you name it. It was to a point where there wasn't a minute that passed that someone wasn't screaming my name or quoting one of my videos. It really was an amazing experience. I have been called a popufur but I really try to shy away from that label. I'm just a guy having fun like everybody else. It isn't some sort of popularity contest. I just makes me really really happy to see that so many people enjoy what I do in this fandom and I can put a smile on their face. You all make me feel like a million bucks and I can't thank you enough!

When I'm fursuiting I tend to go off and do my own thing. There only have been a few occasions where fursuited with someone or as group. This year at AC I fursuited with some amazing people which led to some truly memorable moments. It was great times suiting around with Kart Fox for a bit and his amazing Aston suit. I know theres gotta be some awesome pictures of us. I'm still on the hunt to see where they turn up. Another highlight was suiting around with the lovely  sciggles and her brand new Sciggles fursuit! I was so happy to see her running around! I really like how it came out. Of course it was a killer duo with her suiting as Sciggles and me suiting at  fender There were some truly epic pics taken. There was even video of her giving birth to our fake love child Tomelet whom I repeatedly dropped on the floor! Ha ha! It was funny, on a few occasions people ran up to take pics of Fender but were totally unaware that a Sciggles suit was made and they totally freaked with they realized they could get pics of the both of us. All we need now is the  dragoneer suit back in the game and it will be pure insanity! Ahhh can't wait for that pic to happen!

I finally got to meet the amazing  yoshinomi ! This guy is so funny. I was so excited when I found out he was coming all the way from Japan to go to AC! His sense of humor is out of this world. It was a blast hanging out and fursuiting with him.

 kyote OMG where do I start? We hung out for a little bit at FCN this year but it wasn't until AC where the insanity was truly unlocked. I'm not gonna lie, being an angry cat is frigging awesome but when you throw another angry cat into the mix holy crap, watch out! I have had my cat suit for 1 year already and most of the suiting I have done with it has been pretty much on my own. General Tso the Siamese cat shows up and bam, we were playing off each others jokes, pointless cat fights and doing all this crazy improv stuff all over the place. It was really a great time fursuiting around as a couple of angry cats. It put a whole new dynamic on portraying my cat character. We would sneak up on someone by surprise or just start singing a duet to a group of randomly unsuspecting people. It really was like the two sneaky cats from Lady and the Tramp. It was so cool! Oh and of course I cannot forget the endless nonsensical ramblings between us that made me laugh so much I think I pulled muscles in my face. So look out if you end up at a convention where both of us are attending because it will be a shitstorm of craziness!

So yeah there you have it, my con report of Anthrocon 2012! I was tons of fun! It was so great to meet up with old friends and meet new ones too! Truly a memorable experience that I wouldn't trade the world for! See you there again next year!!!!