before I completely forget it all. So the briefest of summaries is that I had a good time. Huh?you want more? ok..
I flew out on thursday morning on Southwest .I had a layover at Chicago.Much to my surprise I ran into  balto sitting at the front of the A line. Since he was in a wheelchair while waiting ,he allowed me to accompany him as a preboarding guest of his.That made picking a seat a whole lot easier and I thank him for that. He also hooked me up with a group of furs who were picking up baggage ( and I completely forget their names right now sorry ) at the same time as us to split a cab ride.Thats much cheaper then getting a shuttle and I will try to do that n the future if I can.
The cabbie took a short cut from the airport because traffic was starting to back up.which saved us a bunch of time so that was very cool as well.Anyway I checked into the Omni after he dropped the other furs off at the Westin first.There was a brief mix up with my room.I was told it was a king sized bed which messed up my plans I though since I was going to have a packed room.But it turns out since I was a select guest and they were out of double queen beds.I got a king bed SUITE! so that was awesome! I had a king sized bed I shared with one roomie.I had a pull out bed from the couch in the other room and had a roll up bed brought up because neither I nor the front desk realized the suite had a pull out bed.I had them keep the bed in the room and that worked out good to give everyone plenty of room and no one had to sleep on the floor or a chair or something.
I met up with my roommates later in the day  skrimpf  greenreaper  IanMJ91  drako. also picked up my badge and supersponsor package which included a neat cup,a print by both artist guests of honor Mr.Madan the creator of Sly Cooper and  Mkaz , and a voucher for the con tshirt by mr Madan. I then visited Furnandos/Fernandos to use up the first of my three supersponsor local restaurant coupons. (the other two were hanlons cafe and lesvos gyros ) I think I headed back to the room because I was tired.I dont remember doing any late night stuff.I still probably didnt get to bed until 1 or 2 am I think. I woke up early and met  Slyknuxdragon in the omni restaurant for breakfast. I had their buffet.Its pretty damn good even though it is a bit expensive basically $20 with tax.
I then headed back to my room ,grabbed my bag and headed over to attend opening ceremonies. I then got at the back of the line to get into the dealers room.they really should give people who attend opening ceremonies a chance not to be so far in line or give supersponsors a chance to move up.Theres things that sell out quick or artists who book up quick on commissions.
Anyway I went a got several commissions of which I posted in my gallery so I wont go over those. I will go over some stuff I bought. I bought HoofBeat from club stripes (yes the porn pony book thats sold for hundreds of dollars after the con since it was a con exclusive ) also a couple of hentai doujinshis and the peaches and cream super delicious book that reprints a bunch of their appearances.I also bought an "artfarts" book by  dingbat I bought some doujinshis by  tojyo and a piece of original art of Applejack by him that  kensingshow was selling. picked up my Electra book 2 Populars by  technicolorpie . Also picked up Prydwen by  ladyfoxglove from sofawolf press. I bought some magnets and bookmarks by :xianjaguar: a portfolio by  ajin also old copies of  ebonyleopard original homemade copies of extinctioners 1-3 he said his mom found a box of not too long ago.I also bought 3 hardcover Blacksad books from  toonfx who also was handing out used computer games that he didnt want anymore.I ate no dinner because I knew I would be attending the dealers/artists art show reception.They allow in supersponsors as well so thats how I got in. They had a nice spread of cheese and crackers and vegetables and cookies,juice and pop and water. I cant remember exactly what I did after that.But I went back to the room and went to bed around 2 or 3 am .
I didnt get breakfast on Sat because there is the early 1130 am lunch with supersponsors and the guests of honor. The food was fantastic as always..I followed up on sketches,watched the fursuit parade,,meeting artists and seeing some g.o.h. panels .I hit the gyro place after watching uncle kages story hour. I hung out with  Slyknuxdragon some and kicked him and a roommate out when it was getting close to 4 am so i could get some sleep.
Sunday I hit hanlons for breakfast with  Slyknuxdragon picked up sketchbooks and said goodbyes to people ,then attended closing ceremonies. Some quick figures on the con 1044 fursuiters in the parade, 5179 attendance for the con, over 20,000 raised for the charity Hello Bully which made the lady in charge of their organization cry tears of joy.It got a lot of people misty eyed actually. I then met up with  daverab after the con and hit Primonti Brothers.There was a surprising number of furs in there,and even walking to it as we walked back. I hung out in the zoo for a bit until a few minutes before it closed at midnight.It was neat to see mr.Madan show up in the zoo for a few minutes toward the end .I got to talk to hm briefly.Both he and Mike Kazaleh both were very impressed with the con and how they were treated overall.My only complaint is they scheduled panels of both of them overlapping at times and not in rooms close to each other. I hope that is changed for future years..
Finally I got my room emptied out of roomates, and met my friend  mythicfoxand his friend and went to 5 guys over near Pitt university in Oakland. (the suburb of Pittsburgh not the California city) and they were nice enough to drop me off at my grandmas northwest of Pittsburgh like 12 miles away.I then spent the next week visiting family and relaxing.