Short Story: Much Con, Such Furries. Wow!

Long Story:

We arrived Thursday and checked in nice and early. We picked up  Razzy6s New head, hands, and tail from  bycats4cats and there was no looking back!

I suited pretty much nonstop and tried my best to do ALL OF THE THINGS.

So many hugs, so many new people, much pictures and lots of attention. Just like Kitty likes it! If you took any pictures of me I would love to see them. Or if you see me in a video I would like to see that to! Feel free to link either of those here in this journal. ^^

I gave the dance comp one last try and fell just short of the finals again. I met some cool people and had fun, but I'm going to focus my time and efforts in other places. They had sideline 'advice' judges which was a great idea, but my 'mentor' had nothing good to say and had it circled and checked that I needed improvement in almost every area. If he were a judge I wouldn't have made it as far as I did. In fact, when he filled in to be a judge in the very last elimination it likely sealed my fate. I am very impressed with the changes they have made to the prelims and I'm sure they will continue to do their best to choose the right dancers to move on.

I had a great time during the Fursuit Parade and was sure to stick my face in as many cameras as I could. So I should be a bit past the middle of most parade videos. In the huge group pic I'm holding a cardboard sign in the very back ^^ After that was the BC4C Group Photo which I had been looking forward to ever since last year when we took one with just like 6 of us. This year... there were like 20 of us. And now, I can't wait till next years group photo! It feels so awesome seeing the BC4C family grow from such humble beginnings.

Funny story, right before the start time of the Furry Variety Show I open a fortune cookie that said "Enjoy The Spotlight." Crazy. Out of all the things it could have said. It really gave me a huge boost of confidence going into my performance. If you weren't there I'm sure it will be posted on YouTube soon, I'm already stressing about creating new, even better material for next year. If that is even possible :P

The Fursuit games were awesome. I really like the way they were run this year. The way they split up musical chairs was genius and also safe! I won best performer again this year and I'm super proud of myself. But I will say I'm a little discouraged by the 'prizes.' I don't expect anything great or expensive. I just want something exclusive. last year I got a silly plastic trophy that I treasure and display proudly in my room. This year, a glow in the dark duck that was also handed out to everyone on the 'winning' team. They even gave extra ones out to anyone that waited long enough. For individual awards, there should be something special. I'm not saying expensive, but keep in mind that people like me put our $2000 fursuits on the line in an extremely harmful environment. It is VERY EASY to just tell yourself "I'm going to skip that event for the good of my health and the safety of my suit." But still lots of great fursuiters go out there and take that risk. To me there is no better challenge than going up against a huge crowd of fursuiters and still managing to stand out as one of the best. This year I did have the unfortunate feeling of damaging my suit, and also my knee. It really makes you look at that duck and go "Is it really worth this?" I still try to convince myself that it is because I love doing it. But I was lucky this time that what I broke was fixable, and I sent it home with my builder for him to work on it. (Thanks Snap you are the best).

I don't have the memory or the time to thank all the people I came into contact with over the con. From everyone from my roommates to people I met for the first time I say a big THANK YOU for making this con so great. MFF is so awesome and I try with every fiber of my being to give back as best as I can to the best con ever. I wish I had enough silly present badges for everyone but unfortunately my funds are rather limited. and I am proud to say that the laminated set I donated to the charity auction brought in $60 for the charity, far more than I imagined. I also have to give a special thank you to all of my BC4C brothers and sisters. It was a pleasure getting to spend time with you guys at the BC4C room party and photo shoot. I'll never forget all of us gathered around that TV watching the videos of me from last year, although I think that might turn into a tradition of sorts, lol. I still have trouble looking at videos of me in suit and realizing HEY THAT IS REALLY ME IN THERE. I'm still in awe of how awesome my suit is, an entire year later.

I'm sure I've left so much stuff out but I really am not sure how much more I can type and still make sense ^^ So please for the love of dog ask me any questions you want, remind me of anything I missed, or share experiences that we had together!
-Empty Shadow AKA Pretty Kitty