I just realized writing this journal that I never did a review for VF. So, coles notes of VF is that the con was awesome. A chunk of the con was spent watching The Haunting Hour. Now, as if being creeped out by puppets wasn't bad enough, a doll was worse. Luckily, it wasn't being waved in front of my face, so I have not developed a fear of dolls...yet.
Storm Crow was an awesome tavern. The chicken lollipops were really good. No, they're not candy, just drumsticks wrapped in bacon. A carnivore's dream. A few geek culture shots were taken. I took one called Snow Crash. It was creamily delicious.
The best part about this con was what we called "Furry TV". They set up a video feed of the main ballroom and streamed it to the hotel block TVs. It made attending events more comfortable and a lot funner.


Fur Eh

I woke up Friday morning in anticipation. Excitedly, I cooked brunch and happily ate.  Hida was on his way as I cooked lunch. I wolfed down lunch and began packing. It took a lot longer than I expected to pack but I was soon on my way. It was a half hour drive to the hotel. I decided that since I was in the area, that I would check out the new pet store that opened in town. The pet store was quite overwhelming. There was a lot of products to the point I could only look in awe.
I arrived at the con and went into con ops. I was greeted by Jin who yelled "Barley". I was admittedly a little perplexed seeing how I look very little like Barley aside from the fact we're both Asian. We reintroduced each other and went on our way to the registration desk we were supposed to be at. Fortunately, Hida arrived then and we exchanged a few words. Him, Wolfish and Silver wanted to get settled down in their rooms for a bit before any socializing. I went outside to drop my coat off in my car as I hadn't gotten my room key yet. Well, my excitement and jitteryness got the better of me and I locked my keys in the hatch. Lucky, I still had my phone and wallet. I was able to text Grael and tell him to bring my spares. Then, I explored the con for a bit and Sabre was able to get me a room key.
Opening ceremonies was typical. It wasn't as dry as some of the ones I've seen. I actually don't remember much of it. I ran into Fuzz and we talked for awhile after opening. I was hungry, so I went across to the CT to get a bag of chips. I settled down in the room and began chowing down. At that point, I check my phone and Hida said that  Silverhuskywolf was ready to go through the Viserion tutorial. Silver appeared entertained by what was coming out of my mouth when it came to assembling the wings. Midway through, I got a text from Grael that he was here. I told him to hang tight and Silver and I moved the suit to my room. Even better news, I don't think murder will be on my mind as carrying that suit was kinda awkward. I wouldn't have been able to do it without silver pushing the buttons and opening doors and carrying the head.
I went down to the lobby to wait for Grael to get my car keys. I was talking to two people. One person was telling me about his suit and I told him about the properties of silk (which he used to make his gloves). Another was doing origami. Grael arrived and I got my stuff out of my car! YES! We went to go get his stuff and ran into Zael on the way. It was perfect timing as he was our final roommate. We went to our room, Drekian dropped by and I put on Viserion. Good thing too, I got some awesome advice from him on how to get into the thing. I waddled around for a bit as Grael and Zael got their stuff. Being unused to a fullsuit, I decided to stay in one place for awhile. So I hung out by the doorway. A cute muslim female came up and asked for a picture. I spoke with her and said it was alright. We waited for her husband and I put my hand on her back. Needless to say, the husband's eyes went wide and I heard a few Arabic lines I did not know other than "La (no)". The wife quickly said "It's ok, she's a girl" and the husband was fine. Thank god I actually spoke. In the end the husband got a pic with me too. After a few pics with Drekian, we headed back to the room and I desuited. Then dinner was discussed. I think we went to Famoso that night after pick up a WALL fox
Saturday was mostly the VW meet and fursuit parade. We went to the variety show and it was pretty decent...Gosh, I could really use a cake donut. Mmmmm. The fursuit parade was a little slow to get going. It's easy to walk in the suit, standing still, not so much. We finally got going and it was a short walk. We lined up for the photo and I realized my butt was a little chilled. Looks like this suit isn't as insulating as Caina despite Caina being a partial. We went for dinner to Three Amigos. I really would like another empanada. That food was so good. So tasty and I'm currently hypersalivating thinking about it. The dance afterwards was fun. Zael dressed up in his inflatable suit and we made our way down to the dance. We wanted to see how big Zael would get if the attendees got to inflate him. Silver and ManlyShark were quite entertained by it and thrilled. Actually, I think Zael was a huge hit. As I was heading abck to the room, I ran into Kin and Kenta. Yay! We got to chat for a bit and catch up. I wish we had more time as I was feeling quite tired from all the action.
Sunday. I went out for breakfast with Sabre and Zael. We came back at I got ready for fursuit games. I was a bit late as I had to meet Zay to pick up some plushies to donate to Dream Night at the Zoo in June. I came in just in time for the tail end of the first game. In the end they got to pop all the balloons. I heard a young boy cry in devastation as his friend stole a balloon and he didn't. I dove in and snagged a balloon and gave it to the boy who was delighted that A. He got a balloon and B. That it was red. Closing ceremonies followed and it was time for supper at the Old Spaghetti Factory.