For my first furry convention, it was a complete blast! I got to meet up with many friends of mine there. I was rooming at the Grand Sierra Resort with these long time Therians I've known for about a decade now:
 wolfmage  wolf-shaman

Wolfshaman in particular who I met in person before brought the booze that was waiting for him and me to share for nearly 4 years now. It was all gone by the end. I got to meet Mage for the first time though, and I totally agree with him going from wolf to a badger in recent months. As growly and grumpy he can be, he knows how to be silly as heck, especially when he wore Wolfshaman's suit as a partial for kicks. :p

From there, I got to meet up with more of my friends I've known and meet in SL nearly as long back:
 BlazeWiles  TeronWarfang

I finally got to meet Blaze in person for the first time too, and the promise of hugs from the kitsune was kept. This meeting up was in the years in the making, since I missed out going to the passed BLFCs.
The last time I meet Teron was in California about 6 years back. He's become such a feather brain for avians since then to which I must admit I did of started him down that road with all the TF's shenanigans we got into. He's totally has it in for me into turning my character into a bird. More than I'm willing to admit at times. xD

Next, I met up with a lot of guys I've known from SL including:
 FirefoxInc  Lance_Foxx  BurrWolf

We played silly party games together, and Burr in particular showed me many of the things I was missing out on SL since I'm barely there anymore. Those helicopters were really sweet! I helped out when I could with suiting up, particularly with Blaze. They really filled out the time with a lot of fun that I otherwise would have had for downtime in between meeting up with others I know, going off to panels/events, and shopping around at the dealers den. Not to mention the great meal we all had at BJ's together!

A particular pair that I’ve planned with them on meeting up was...
 Ailith  NekoGato

I brought Blaze along since that was a moment when the crimson kitsune didn't have much else to do and was hungry, and both Ailith and NekoGato were nice to let me bring Blaze along too. We met up for dinner at Rim's where I scheduled an appointment for a table right at the last hour, and we got into a great series of conversations there along with good food! I was brimming with excitement when I picked up my badge from Ailith there along with some traditional art that I commissioned too. We were all big fans of TF, and I'm both thrilled and glad that we had a conversation about Tfs and art too, and getting to see one another's interest in both. Looking forward to chatting up with NekoGato some more of the doggo stories he plans in commissioning, and coming up with fun, amusing plots for Ailith to art. ^.^

Ironically, the next night over for dinner I met with...
 Scarlett_V  Leila_Snowpaw

Both of them I knew from here, FA, and figured that since we were all going to BLFC, why not just spend some time in meeting up, and that's what we did at Rim's. It goes to show how much I really liked that place there when I wanted to try out the pork version of the same dish, Bulgogi, I order the previously. I could really tell these two were heads over heels for one another, and they really dominated the majority of conversation to which I was more than happy to listen in on. I didn't have it in me to say much at the time either due to being the last night of the convention and fatigue really started to set in for me after staying up several nights for drinking and whatnot. I did find it quite amusing with how Leila in particular order Scarlett a mystery drink for them to share. Fortunately, they both enjoyed it, and I was tempted in ordering myself one as well! Though, I had my ginger margarita to get through, which paired well in cleaning my taste palette for the sushi I had on the side. I was really interested in how the Sharktooth fever idea came about, and I'll say how Scarlett came up with it had a rather humble beginning to it. I did promise Leila in getting into Overwatch again and have some games together too, so I'll totally make good on that... once I get it installed and get enough games in so I don't embarrass myself. Also, Scarlett, I still think you're a mastermind of TF plots. :p

There was a lot more I can say that went on about the convention, at the dealers den and the panels/events, and all those I met in along the way. The shopping around and conversations I had with SwampRat, getting to meet up with Forepawz at the impromptu TF meet, my terrible luck with the dice, and all of the jaw-dropping fursuits I saw. OMG, I can see why it is so common to get bitten by the fursuit bug at a furry convention. I'm just glad I was able to help out her and their as a fur-suit handler. Also, did anyone notice how all the Caribou furs are like 7+ ft tall :p

This was a hell of an awesome experience for me, so much so that after coming back home, I did feel that after-con gloom settle in for a few days, but fortunately with great friends, support, and other stuff that I had to do back home, I picked up right out of it. Definitely loads of thanks for everyone who was there. You all really brought about that awe-inspiring ambience to BLFC and my first fur-con. ^.^