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ANE Post-con journal
8 years ago
Since getting home I slugged myself upstairs and sat in my bed for a few hours. Since then I have been looking at tweets, pictures, everything. The con itself felt so unreal, like... It was so.. So lively, I was always moving, talking, having fun. It was unlike any con I have attended before.
To start it off, I got into Cambridge around 4pm on Thursday night to meet up with Flea, Basilbun, Kohi, Oshi, and Squidslime. The room sharing experience was very very new to me so I was kind of nervous, but I was confident knowing that it is a nice cheap alternative to getting a room by yourself. The first night was actually full of people! At the nightly dance and around the con! I spent most of the night dancing!
On Friday, I was focused on doing my best in the dance pre-lims. Besides that, Friday almost felt like Saturday because I was so busy! Got to hang with Krank, Spitfire, Shayde through-out random moments of the day, which was great! I got to finally meet Fleecerot which was sooooo fucking rad, literally one of my idols. I went through the dance pre-lims and ended up making it to finals, which I was surprised with! Afterwards I spent time wandering and seeing many, I eventually ended up a little tipsy and was dancing with Sheppy Momma during the nightly dance in my kigu which was dooooope and fun! Afterwards I ended up in in a room with Sheppy Momma, Ino89777, Draconicarcher, and Logarth, while I played Exploding Kittens with most of these goofballs.
Then the fire alarm pull happened at 2AM. So that happened.
Saturday was nice, in the morning I went on a coffee run with Basil, Flea, and one of our goat friends, I forgot his name! Afterward I hustled back to the con and set-up for my first ever panel, which was about beginner fursuit making. It was 15 minutes near the beginning to my panel and the room was empty, I felt crushed, then one of the staff comes in and tells me there's a line at the door, I said, COME ON IN. The room was filled. At least 30 people showed up, which was AMAZING. The panel was a success, I am definitely going to be coming back next year with a new panel! It was a busy busy day after that, before i knew it I was getting ready for the dance finals. The dance finals was amazing, and was my second dance comp ever! I had a blast preforming against well known dancing furs, as well as dancing next to Dalmy, because he was the reason I inspired to start competitive dancing in the first place! The night was full of social interactions and good fun! I ended up not sleeping till 3AM, so there's that!
I said the dance comp was going to be the last time I wore my suit during the con, but then Smellystrobes, Owen, and Mosfet beat me up because I was out of suit and stole my slippers and hat! So I threw on my suit and Ran up to fursuit recess for one last event before I had to pack up and go.
This con gave me an amazing idea of how well everyone is starting to know me, and how I have inspired others whether it be with dancing or making suits. Still starting out with the fandom it means a whole lot to me personally!
Thank you to everyone who made my con simply amazing. I cannot wait for next year. Love you all. :3c
- Banter Mutant, Aka: MadameK.