Life has been pure insanity for me the past couple months, an' all the while I've had one eye on Califur as it was coming up. For those of ya who don't know me personally, it's kinda tough for me in stupid ways for me to just go do some things that I just wanna do. I mean, I've been a furry since I was, like, 10? Maybe a little older? And this is my first convention. Because of aforementioned insanity I was too busy an' too exhausted to make it out for more than one day, but that one day was amazing. Up close and in person the fandom is just as fantastic as it has been for me online. Generally I have some little thought-critters nibbling on my brain and telling me I'm weird an' sorta an outsider in most social settings, but that completely went away at the convention. I didn't /exactly/ express myself as much as I coulda, but just being there was a victory -- an' I know the more I go to cons the more comfy I'll feel just bein' myself there.

BUT HOLY COW. INSPIRATION. I know this sounds kinda silly, like, I have a job animating for a good studio, kinda exactly what I was dreaming I would be doing when I first entered college, but being at the convention made me realize how important the fandom is to me, and makes me wanna redouble my efforts to see if I can't maaaybe, poooossibly, start towards supporting myself from within the furry community. There's something really lulzy about the idea of being a professional furry in my head, not in a bad way, in fact, in sorta a magical way. I can't think of a more fun way to live life at the moment, so I'm gonna shoot for it. Why not? Don't get me wrong, I'm not quitting my day job or anything, but it was just a little bit of a kick in the motivation. Hopefully some good things come from it.

Thanks to everyone who went to Califur to making it awesome, Can't wait for next year! <3