I think I finally figured out the appeal of suiting for me. I'm not a camera whore and I'm really not that interested in role playing or acting or whatever. Sure, getting my picture taken is nice (I mean, I am dressed in a giant cartoony costume after all...), but pretending to act like a dog or whatever, well, I'll leave that for others. I really just like to walk around and hang out with people. I just like to BE in suit. Just hanging around at home or at a friend's place seems ideal to me. You would think suiting at cons would be perfect for that, but at large ones like AC, I'm constantly reminded that I'm not a very good suiter. I find suiting at small cons or in public to be more fun, mostly because you're not really expected to act so much. That and people in public seem to appreciate the suits themselves and not the actor underneath.

With my uncertainty in suiting, why am I even strongly considering getting a new one?

Anyway, AC. I had some interesting car rides with  ahzlon,  rsrallygrl, and  alclave. I arrived Wednesday and stayed at the Westin, which was nice enough, but I think I would have preferred something like the Courtyard, since the elevator lines at the Westin are pretty brutal. I roomed with  sylrynn and  apothacer and a friend of Apo's that I don't know. Honestly, I was pretty bored on Thursday and even on Saturday. I didn't get much gaming in nor suiting. In fact, I really don't remember what I ended up doing. All I know is that suiting alone really sucks, even at cons. Being a relatively new fur, I don't really know many others, so while everyone else is off seeing old friends, I'm just wandering around.

Sunday was AWESOME, though. I was operating on only 3 hours of sleep and I felt GREAT. Suiting that day was really fantastic too. People around just seemed more excited. I wasn't able to suit for Dead Dog (where I broke a chandelier last year (suits + music + beach balls + low ceilings is a recipe for disaster) because of the looming trip on Monday. I would really like to be able to stay for all of Dead Dog and possibly leave later. Stupid long drive.

I had a photoshoot with BC4C suiters and snap and I also got to see  pawsthegame. I really don't know him very well, but I can't help but smile whenever I see him. There were some good suits there, or course. My favorites were probably DerpShark or whatever he's called, the hotdog rottweiler (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13929310/), Deadpool, and the fantastic Robbie the Dinosaur cosplayer. Also seeing  iambgs and  cruxvv was nice as well, though they had their hands full for most of the con.

I'm sure if I knew more people, the whole con would have been great, but I found that Thursday was just empty. A trip to the zoo probably would have been better. Friday was pretty good. Saturday was boring, but I don't know why. I did play some really great games of Werewolf until 4am, though. And Sunday was crazy awesome. So overall, AC was generally a good time for me. It wasn't the heaven that it is for others, but I'm sure if I was in the fandom longer it probably would have been.