Alright, alright. I'm a little behind because I wasn't planning on writing one of these. I've been reading through my journals today to catch up on what I missed last week and read a few that made me want to do my part. It was  kitt3ns journal that really made me think I should write one. He concluded his detailed account by saying “ I came home and I knew I wanted to make a record of it so I'd remember this one forever.” I was also listening to the song that he linked it totally made me tear up thinking of this as like a convention theme song

TL;DR shit's awesome. you!



I won't turn this into some super long bio of 5 days at AC. I'll just tell you that I had a terrific time. I got some great partying in (Squeaki style). I stayed in my budget and was totally happy about it. I hung out with old friends & met some new. This was absolutely my best AC. I didn't have any serious spazz attacks, I handled the minimal creeper issues with grace and I did just about everything I set out to do! I've had the issue in the past of not seeing some friends enough or wasting too much time with people I don't really consider friends; but this year I had the perfect balance! I noticed that one of the guys I hung out with for a bit has been a friend of mine since 2004. ante is one of the fellas who introduced me to this wonderful world of creativity, imagination and individuality and for that, I will always appreciate his friendship.

I suppose I'll at least hit some highlights of my weekend.

I was all set to catch my 1:45 Megabus from Philly to Pitt until my ride and I realized that we should never have listened to the GPS. Rather than finding the “station” (a span of road, a block away from the actual 30th st station) at 1:50. Oh, yes, I did plan ahead, don't think I didn't. We left in time so that I'd be there no later than 1:15... if we took the sane route. So I chased down the bus I was supposed to be on but he wouldn't let me on because it'd already departed. I sat in the strain station for the next 5 hours listening to my audio self help thingies & tried to keep myself from buying overpriced station food. Then after waiting in a line of 97 bus riders I helped another chick get to AC. She only had cash but needed to buy this last minute ticket because she managed to take the Harrisburgh bus to Philadelphia rather than Pittsburgh. Once I got on the 6:40 bus, I was all set. I had to get on last because people with tickets for THAT bus got preference. There were only about 3 seats left & I managed to choose the one covered in anonymous beverage from the dude next to me. The ride was pretty pleasant though. No one was rude or obnoxious during this late night sleepy bus & the bus driver was hilarious! Riyu told me later that the bus I tried to catch had a super douchey driver, so, from what I heard of that ride, it was worth it to wait 5 hours.

Anyway! Actual con stuff! I had a great time rooming with my friend & his friends Kiric & turtyll. Our 5th roomie was a nice fellow named Milt. I went out to dinner with Whitefeet's friends most nights and had a great time. I met a few Brooklyn furs because of it and that excites me. (Nice & Raff are the 2 that stand out in my mind) Brooklyn's not exactly close but once I move to North Jersey it'll be nice to have some semi-local fur friends. I also met up with a guy I met a few years ago at FAU Nazaryn. I went through the dealers den & artists alley & saw some nifty stuff but nothing really eye catching for someone trying to load up on manatee paraphernalia. The art show, however, had some amazing shit. I wish that I had 500$ to spend on a print of something. There really was some jaw dropping stuff. I was amazed. I actually noticed some works that actually had meaning and emotion put into them (other than lust).

I did go to the dance comp and as usual, it was pretty fantastic. I also made it to the gym one day & met some new folks including  mootsadog. And the next day I did minimal laps in a not so exercise friendly pool & hung out with setno & sunshadow in the hot tub. I didn't make it to the masquerade or that acrobat guy's show & I slept through the fitness furs panel (irony?). I hear there was some psyc related thingamagig I'd have been curious enough to just pop by. But other than missing those things. I really had a great time. I can't complain about missing a few little things when I had almost 5 whole days of good times.

I don't think I'll be going to FAU but I really really want to pass my CSCS exam to get certified as a personal trainer. It'll just be so great to have a job that pays me well enough to go to FF, FC or FWA next year. So until the update titled “FUCK YES CONGRATULATE ME ON MY AWESOME NEW JOB IN NYC THAT PAYS ME LOTS AND GIVES ME AT LEAST 5 VACATION DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” I'll just have to say: see you at AC 2014.