Well  l0st and I left for AC last Wednesday, caravaning with  jousterL which was a lot of fun since we picked up some walkies to talk with. The first night we hung with  Sekh765,  reverend_browning,  andreus,  lordborel  enixh  lone.companion,  fausttheclosetfur,  Saidan, and many others from fog chat and our own vent.





Thursday we picked up  frozenfox and  mechanicalchicken and we had basically everyone there. We went to the dance where I actually danced with my rainbow light up tail, and I had an amazing time.





Friday was crazy busy. We went to lunch with everyone at August Henry's, then went to a party that  jousterL invited us to. It was different than I expected, but very fun and I really enjoyed myself and learned a lot.





We went to the dance after seeing Sardyuon perform, and had another amazing time. I really have come to love dancing, and am very glad I made the flashy rainbow tail. It really helped me break through the "i look stupid" barrier I had about dancing. Since I already had a flashing rainbow hanging from my ass, I might as well make it look good.





Saturday I got to the dealer's den for the first time, and I got all the stuff I wanted to plus some extras. I got a commission from  spelunker_sal that I'm really looking forward to, and a lot of nice new prints to hang in our apartment.  l0st had fun in the parade, and I took like 1600 pictures during it.





We went to the masquerade later that night, then took a break from the dances cause our feet were sore by then and got some sleep, but only after playing a lot of werewolf and cards against humanity.





I'll confess I had a bit of jealousy when  l0st ended up going out with a bunch off dragons and  Twilight_Saint, but I got over it and things are good now. Clingy woof can be clingy, but I'm learning not to be, it's just tough sometimes.





Sunday was another fun and slightly slower day, I got another commission from  drgn8d and bought a few more things. The dance competition was very cool and  l0st finished filling the 32 gig stick in the camera while we were there. (He's now sorting through 7000+ pictures, I'll post a journal link when we have them all uploaded)





Sunday night we hung with all our friends before saying goodbye. I wish we stayed later at the Westin lobby since it sounded like a hugely fun time, but we were beat. Of course as we were headed out we got waylaid by some more friends and spent a hugely enjoyable few hours conversing with them before we got to bed.




Monday was all the tough goodbyes and the long but nice trip home.




Overall AC was a hugely fun blast and it was wonderful to see so many good friends and meet so many new people. I pushed myself out of my comfort zone and really enjoyed it. I was hugely jealous of the fun  l0st had in suit and I am determined to make sure I have one for next year, though I'm thinking I will do a partial rather than full cause I don't deal with heat well.




The highlights were definitely the games with friends, like resistance and werewolf and the infamous cards against humanity rounds that proved what horrible people we are.  Sekh765 's game he was testing looked very cool too, I can't wait to try it out.




As usual, thanks to the AC staff, the hotel staffs, and the dorsai for putting up with all of us for another year and making AC such a wonderful convention. It feels like home, and a dream all at once.  jousterL summed it up well. AC is the closest we can get to a post singularity transhuman reality, and as far as I'm concerned, bring on the real thing. There's nothing i enjoy more than getting a chance to meet and have fun with so many wonderful people in real life.




I really needed this vacation, and it was better then I ever dreamed. I can't wait to go next year, and hope to start making some more cons regularly through the year, and I really can't wait to have a suit of my own.




If I forgot to mention anyone I do apologize, I'm still recovering my wits from all the fun I had so I don't mean to leave you out.