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My MwFF2014 post con report.
11 years ago
It was a long con for me i took a few days on each side of it to prep or sleep prior to con. that and it was my first time driving from North dakota to Chicago with a fullly loaded lil subaru
This con was the biggest emotional rollercoaster i have ever experienced.. From ovewhelming joy and laughs to soul crushing tears, pain, anger, and frustration.
I arrived at the con tuesday mostly due to wanting to get there early get settled in and slowly spool up to the convention was glad i did becasuse for me everything got rolling the next day. this was was also the day i Found out about the passing of a very close fur freind and co runner of the magic city furs
Feral~Rignasty you will be missed so much and i realy wish you could of been there to enjoy it. needless to say this kinda shatterd my mood for that day.
Wednesday. though not a official con day by any means you could feel the buzz in the air that the con was getting ready to start. so it was a good time for me to sprint down to the local market and make a beer and food run thank gods i did.. ate alot of ornages apples fresh fruit to stave off any con crud. by that night the con had with a good 40 suiters running around me included even though it hadn't officialy started yet. WOOOOO!
Thursday more suiting mostly as Divitus my green wolf i have blast running around in him and i brought blu to this con to though he didnt get as much wear. also was good to meet all my furs and freinds from the UK again. I really need to get back there. then well then that night happend.. OH MY GODZ
Midori8 and her husband 
denimwizard showed up and i got my new plush suit.. Im still excited about this. So after a stuffing and a fitting i was running around as the large purple Mammoth its a mammoth by the way or Mammooof! not a elephant or huffelump or whatever.
Friday.. oh well wake up early get a new suit drying fan because i think the sight of my mammoof suit caused my old one to die horriably. luckly there is a hardware store near by.. and well that morning more breakfastat then suiting and later watching the Dance prelims. and suiting and running around all plush while my inner squee meter was going off the charts. also meeting Cosmic wolf off and on through out the con was great.
Saturday A lot of fursuiting and speed conversations with furs and freinds i havent seen in some time.
Saturday night Yeah that dam thing(chemical incident) this just sucked.. had just gotten out of Sodak and was making a last lap around the con floors when we were told to evacuated luckly i had decided to put on some hevyer clothing here i met up with J Badger and Majik a fellow plush suiter who we had to help a bit to move walk over to the hilton where he was then designated as emergency plush pillow.. thanks btw.. This incident had my mind all frazzeld as i was suddenly reliving all my millitary CBRN training ie Chemical Biological Radiation and Nuclear atack training so i was on edge the whole night.. trying to rest but also scanning the Hall and ballroom for any sighns of trouble.. This event kinda pissed me off i come to furry cons to distnatce my self from my time in the millitary or normal grind also to put the 3 tours to the middle east behind me. Then of all the places i have to deal with that crap is at a con like this.. Needless to say im still a bit pissed and agitated about the whole mess.
Sunday was odd day. Due to the night before i was wide awake at 0700 in the morning.. people were still staggering about but the whole conspace was a ghost town I decided to jump into Sodak and walk around at that time hugging all the sleep deprived and still shocked furs i could see. they needed it I needed it. after that it was a mix of naps a final trip to the dealers den Dance comp Suiting and then closing events. Sunday night was a quieter con night than most .. I did my best to suit up and walk about but i was still kinda out of it from the night prior.
Monday suited again as Div this time.. walked around that morning seeing off furs i knew and giving out fursuit hugs for one last time.. then most of that day i slept late monday night hung out with Cosmic Wolf ate chineese food then went back to bed.
Drove home tuesday… cried tuesday recalling that Rignasty had passed away and i missed her funerall.. the drive back was rough trying to come to closure over her passing .. processing the saturday night incident.. looking forward to enjoying my plush suit.. needless to say there were a few rest area stops that i just sat in my car and cried for a bit before composing myself for the next part of the trip.. also on the way back found out i got a job interview in denver for working with BNSF i realy realy hope this works out for me.
Sadly there were alot of furs i didnt get to spend alot of time with.. on the flip side there were others that i saw all the time..
Overall best and only con i attended this year due to my earlier deployment.
thanks to all who made it wondefull and thanks for all the wellwishes and hugs belive me there were many times i seriously needed them.
This con was the biggest emotional rollercoaster i have ever experienced.. From ovewhelming joy and laughs to soul crushing tears, pain, anger, and frustration.
I arrived at the con tuesday mostly due to wanting to get there early get settled in and slowly spool up to the convention was glad i did becasuse for me everything got rolling the next day. this was was also the day i Found out about the passing of a very close fur freind and co runner of the magic city furs
Feral~Rignasty you will be missed so much and i realy wish you could of been there to enjoy it. needless to say this kinda shatterd my mood for that day.Wednesday. though not a official con day by any means you could feel the buzz in the air that the con was getting ready to start. so it was a good time for me to sprint down to the local market and make a beer and food run thank gods i did.. ate alot of ornages apples fresh fruit to stave off any con crud. by that night the con had with a good 40 suiters running around me included even though it hadn't officialy started yet. WOOOOO!
Thursday more suiting mostly as Divitus my green wolf i have blast running around in him and i brought blu to this con to though he didnt get as much wear. also was good to meet all my furs and freinds from the UK again. I really need to get back there. then well then that night happend.. OH MY GODZ
Midori8 and her husband 
denimwizard showed up and i got my new plush suit.. Im still excited about this. So after a stuffing and a fitting i was running around as the large purple Mammoth its a mammoth by the way or Mammooof! not a elephant or huffelump or whatever. Friday.. oh well wake up early get a new suit drying fan because i think the sight of my mammoof suit caused my old one to die horriably. luckly there is a hardware store near by.. and well that morning more breakfastat then suiting and later watching the Dance prelims. and suiting and running around all plush while my inner squee meter was going off the charts. also meeting Cosmic wolf off and on through out the con was great.
Saturday A lot of fursuiting and speed conversations with furs and freinds i havent seen in some time.
Saturday night Yeah that dam thing(chemical incident) this just sucked.. had just gotten out of Sodak and was making a last lap around the con floors when we were told to evacuated luckly i had decided to put on some hevyer clothing here i met up with J Badger and Majik a fellow plush suiter who we had to help a bit to move walk over to the hilton where he was then designated as emergency plush pillow.. thanks btw.. This incident had my mind all frazzeld as i was suddenly reliving all my millitary CBRN training ie Chemical Biological Radiation and Nuclear atack training so i was on edge the whole night.. trying to rest but also scanning the Hall and ballroom for any sighns of trouble.. This event kinda pissed me off i come to furry cons to distnatce my self from my time in the millitary or normal grind also to put the 3 tours to the middle east behind me. Then of all the places i have to deal with that crap is at a con like this.. Needless to say im still a bit pissed and agitated about the whole mess.
Sunday was odd day. Due to the night before i was wide awake at 0700 in the morning.. people were still staggering about but the whole conspace was a ghost town I decided to jump into Sodak and walk around at that time hugging all the sleep deprived and still shocked furs i could see. they needed it I needed it. after that it was a mix of naps a final trip to the dealers den Dance comp Suiting and then closing events. Sunday night was a quieter con night than most .. I did my best to suit up and walk about but i was still kinda out of it from the night prior.
Monday suited again as Div this time.. walked around that morning seeing off furs i knew and giving out fursuit hugs for one last time.. then most of that day i slept late monday night hung out with Cosmic Wolf ate chineese food then went back to bed.
Drove home tuesday… cried tuesday recalling that Rignasty had passed away and i missed her funerall.. the drive back was rough trying to come to closure over her passing .. processing the saturday night incident.. looking forward to enjoying my plush suit.. needless to say there were a few rest area stops that i just sat in my car and cried for a bit before composing myself for the next part of the trip.. also on the way back found out i got a job interview in denver for working with BNSF i realy realy hope this works out for me.
Sadly there were alot of furs i didnt get to spend alot of time with.. on the flip side there were others that i saw all the time..
Overall best and only con i attended this year due to my earlier deployment.
thanks to all who made it wondefull and thanks for all the wellwishes and hugs belive me there were many times i seriously needed them.
Thanks again for your service.