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Midwest FurFest 2012: The Wolf Warrior Returns!
13 years ago
Holy crap, I haven't done one of these in a while!
I would go into a long recap of my life in the last month, but I'll just give you the TL;DR version: Got thrown out of roommate's by his grandfather over bullshit and hypocrisy, slept in a homeless shelter for three nights, was taken in by my aunt and cousins, job hunting job hunting job hunting, school bullshit, thinking about a vixen (which led to "A Bad Vixen's Tricks"), writing plotting writing plotting, refund check on Halloween, and preparing for MFF.
Now that all that's done, let's get to the meat of this journal: Midwest FurFest 2012.
I went to the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont on Thursday afternoon after class and a whole bunch of running around in Chicago. I took the train from meeting up with someone in the far South Side, which took me about 60 minutes (the Red Line is so slow...). Got my badge and met up with (finally!) 
eriklepp right from the start! I also decided that this year was gonna be the year I'd finally gopher the con as appreciation for all of the awesomeness that they were proud of making last year. Since I didn't make it in time though, I had to settle for two spots on Friday (Adult Art Show) and Saturday (Con Suite), and me and Erik actually managed to get Saturday together, which was nice. Hung out with him and other furs for a while before taking the train back to the Southlands of Chicago around 8 PM. I really didn't want to go though, but since my room wasn't open until tomorrow...oh well.
Friday came and so did the first day of the con, and I was actually taking my friend Roka with me! Little did I know that I'd also be bringing a third person along for the day: her friend Kali, not that I minded at all. It was a generally uneventful time on the L for the nearly two-hour train ride from Midway, but we made it! Made it to the room where I met 
kwipper, 
Nomad76, and a few others in the room. But I didn't get to hang out with them for that long, because I was needed at the art show. That was a little boring, admittedly, but that got half of my hours!
Went on back to the room to chill with roommates...then went to my first rave of the weekend. So much fun, and I have never seen so many fursuiters in one room before...or so I would think until tomorrow. Stayed up for a long while until I went to bed, because I have begun to realize that I don't go to bed until really late at cons!
ONWARDS TO SATURDAY! I wake up with only 15 minutes before I go to the con suite! So a quick shower and everything and I sprint down on my horribly used legs from the night before to barely make it...but Erik's not there yet! I take my spot in Con Suite, checking badges and everything...and it was a boring hour...until Erik finally wakes up and makes it to Con Suite. They stick him in the kitchen making sandwiches while I'm checking badges! I was so hungry...
The one eventful part of working the Saturday portion of the Con Suite is that right down the hall was the start of the fursuit parade! I took video of the whole thing from my vantage point, and I thought it was a lot of fun. I was worried that with me recording, that I'd have trouble checking badges for the Con Suite, but I had no problems.
After the parade finished, Roka came by to tell me she sadly had to leave the con early. She had something to do with a friend and family issues came, which always sucks especially if you're trying to enjoy the weekend at one of the biggest furry conventions in the world. She had a really great time Friday night though, and if anyone saw her (the red and black vixen on stage on Friday night), just know that she is an awesome person who will instantly make your life better. :3
Back to the con now, and Kwipper thought it'd be a good idea to drag me down into a DJing panel, because, well, I'm a little bit interested in perhaps doing that. I used to work a year at a radio station, so the equipment looks similar to me, but I'd probably need to get a crash course in the programs and equipment involved. Nevertheless, that was still fun, and it kinda helped me appreciate DJs a little more...which leads on to my search for a party. Couldn't find one, but I still had fun. Met a few new friends, and lots of fun was had nevertheless!
Then comes the rave, which I actually showed up an hour early for the fursuit dance. 
firr's set was awesome, and so were the others on stage that night, me being one of them! I showed up again near the end of it, and Kwipper has video somewhere of the end of that rave, but you don't want to see me on stage wearing bright green overload (ears and tail and shit), now do you? Do you? Well if I can find that video, I'll share. :3
Wandered around a little bit more. Finally found 
samuikon, but he kept denying me booze which apparently was highly questionable. He owes me alcoholic stuffs now. I hung around again in the Hyatt, looking around for more furs. Hung out with 
kiliankray (SKRAT), Kwipper, and other furs from out of town. Had a little bit of hilarious fun when when Kilian was given this freaky mask...omg, lolz were had!
Onto Sunday comes the con. Had sushi with Kwipper and another roommate who was also making it to a furcon for the first time. The sushi in the Hyatt is WICKED EXPENSIVE, but delicious. Didn't go to closing ceremonies because goodbye feels too final. I also wandered down to the dealers den, gave a bit of business to some people, and even won a free sketch courtesy of 
p_moss! I also decided around that point somewhere that I'd commit myself to going to Anthrocon 2013 instead of #FailCon. One furry con a year isn't enough for me, and I think I can definitely say screw ACen for next year.
Went to the deaddog rave for a little while, but I wasn't feeling it! So I wandered around again, hung out with furries...then went back to the room when Kwipper decides to buy pizza! More delicious pizza noms were had! Then we watch random YouTube bullshit about game corruption, and I could have sworn somewhere along the lines there was a yiff reference in one of those videos...an UNINTENDED YIFF REFERENCE!? Aaaand then powernap...
When I wake up, the next thing I hear from Kwipper is that there's a party, but we didn't hear about it until about 12:30 in the morning. Little did I know that I'd meet some pretty fucking awesome furs there. 
Lupine_Silvertail is an amazing bartender for one, and if he didn't live in North Carolina, I'd gladly buy more! Also met many other furs whose Twitters I may or may not have known, but I suck at finding their FAs. I know 
motofox, whose Dubstep Nyan shirt I tweeted about got the attention of one 
prguitarman (who was also at the con, but not at this party), and some others. Before the party went on further...the FIRE ALARM WENT OFF! It was ACen all over again!
I will say this much: It was cold as hell when the alarm went off and we had to evac the executive wing. However, MFF security should be lauded, because I heard mixed reactions about the one that went off at FurFright last month, and don't fucking get me started on the debacle that ACen and their godawful IRT security had at the whole con. MFF security kept it mostly smooth...and hell, they even encouraged furpiles to keep warm! Managed to get in the furpile with so many furs whose names just slip my mind right now.
After that, the party had to end, which sucked...but the night wasn't over for me. I ran into one of my roommates, who had a cute suiter nearby following him around...and after that, Erik popped up again! We hung for a bit before we both became derpyfurs. Let's just say after one or two drinks, I apparently tend to get all deep and feely towards people in a good way. At least that's what I've figured out after the few times I've drank at cons (MFF was my first 21+ furcon, and my first 21+ con was ACen this year :3).
Snoozed for a few hours before it came time to check out finally on Monday morning. I so didn't want to go, but I didn't know what else to do! I hung around with Samui in the lobby, when him, Lupine, and 
shadee all danced to Gangnam Style. Not much else happened until I peeked at Twitter, only to soon end up finally meeting with, of all furs, 
scottjfox! The #TwitterFurs all gathered...or, well, a few of us at least, for a post-con goodbye. I wish I had hung with him some more, and I hope I see him again at AC next year.
And that pretty much does it. I met so many old and new faces at Midwest FurFest this year, and I can't wait for next year already. I'm grateful for everything the staff does and I'm grateful to have lent a paw as a fellow gopher this year! The free badge for next year is a bonus and I had a great time meeting so many! I love you all!
Until next year at MFF, fellow furries,
~Aniro
P.S.: For those wondering where to find the gangnam style footage I took, enjoy.
eriklepp
kwipper
Nomad76
firr
samuikon
kiliankray
p_moss
Lupine_Silvertail
motofox
prguitarman
shadee
scottjfox
Also I love that video you put on the bottom :3
same goes with
and I blushed about what you said about me towards the end. (: I'm nothing special, I'm just me! Really!! I don't bite!!
Thank you so much! It was good to see ya, too. (: Unfortunately, I won't be attending as the only con I typically go to would be FC. :C Even MWFF was a fluke for me.. that was my first! :P
I used to live out east, with lupinesilvertail actually, but I've since moved back out west so it's probably going to be just FC and perhaps the occasional random one every now and again. ^^ AC is too big for me, personally. :C
I'm not worried, though. We'll meet up again someday! Furries always do. (:
#foxlove
Sucks that you won't go to AC, then again, I think you mentioned this when we met up at the end of MFF, so I guess I wasn't thinking about it. Still, you should try to make it next year to Chicago!
Furries always meet up again someday, because goodbye is just too final. Until we meet again, Scott.
#wolfwarriorlove