Whew Anthrocon 2015 was a blast! I had a really amazing time. I must be getting better at cons, met most of the people I wanted to meet, saw the panels I wanted to see, danced every night, attended various room parties and no con crud either, ya!.

The first day I picked up my “business” cards, I whipped up a quick design two days before the con and had them delivered to the hotel, I can highly recommend moo.com if you need business cards quick! I also got Rukis the 16 Red Lantern collars, I am very happy that every single one sold! Con Reg was pretty smooth, pre reg FTW!

One of the highlights of the con for me was during the fursuit parade, walking out from the underpass stepping into the sunlight and seeing 5,000 people cheering, it felt incredible. I got back to the main staging area before the last line had left so I joined a tiger and did the whole parade again. Then I went on the parade path a third time after it had ended to mingle with the people outside for a bit. I only stopped when this little boy I gave a hug to looked up at me and in the cutest curious voice asked “why are you so wet”? Errr time to head back to the room now, I was starting to get hot, it had been nearly three hours and the ice in the cooling pack had run out.

Speaking of, I got to give the cooling vest a really good run and must say I am impressed. I have the backpack type where it pumps ice water around tubes in a vest. It would last between 2.5 and 3hr before the ice was gone, would last longer with block ice or frozen ice packs. The pump was very quiet and the battery lasted for at least 6hr. Sometimes I would actually get cold, so I would just shut off the pump for a few min. The suit was loose enough that I could fit the backpack underneath, only one person actually noticed the back hump, Rukis ;)
I didn’t finish the V4 digi legs in time but was successful running around on the old V3’s for a good part of Sunday. Still want to improve and try a couple more things but getting close with this version. They were pretty comfortable and needed no adjustments after several hours of walking.

Also thanks to  jaketiggy for letting me borrow a suit for the con, I was only mistaken twice for Jake  Being able to suit at the con was so much fun! Plus there was a chill tiger gathering in KP’s room Sunday night :3

My flight out was delayed so I hung around the Westin lobby for several hours. It was actually very nice to say goodbye to many of the people I hung out with at the con.

The city and surrounding feel like an expansion of the con space, all the bars and restaurants are super furry friendly.
Pretty much the only low point had nothing to do with the con, I was coming back across the border and was picked for a second screening. Basically I was delayed another 45 min as a security guard pulled *everything* out of my luggage and went through all the photos on my camera as well as forcing me to unlock my phone so they could read all my text messages, chat’s and pictures. Felt pretty violated and not in the good way. Still everything else about the trip was so great, I try not to let it bother me.

9 years ago at Anthrocon 2006 was my very first fur convention, I hope to be at AC 2024 and many con in-between.