Hey look, I'm using the cool journal feature of this site that I almost never use for... some reason. But yeah, I wanted to just give a brief update on planned furry conventions that Glass and I plan on attending this year. Regarding ones from last year, I've previously posted some general thoughts on those in gallery descriptions for most commissions that I end up getting during the conventions, which is good for when I neglect to update my journal like so many other people do... Let's improve that going forward! I'll share more random thoughts on past convention visits too.

These are future conventions that we'll be at, with this year's dates, and I'll also list some brief notes on past things I liked!

Fur the 'More - March 15 through March 17
- First furry convention I ever went to!
- Local and pretty relaxing hotel, plus lots of local friends attend
- Great opportunities to catch up with the NOVAFurs meetup group, which includes status meetings
- Smaller than some conventions, but still has panel variety, special guests, multiple floors, a varied marketplace, and more!
- Some past highlights: Artist conversations, Boozy Badger's first panel, charity auctions, chill art auction, inspiring writing panels, sexual assault awareness panel

Anthrocon - July 4 through July 7
- Extremely welcoming, incredibly lively, and lovely city! Locals look forward to annual furry visits too.
- Contains an incredibly large and diverse marketplace! Some mature businesses unfortunately banned, but lots of furry talent everywhere!
- Met plenty of new faces in the past, such as the inspiring author Joshiah, the moving artist Rukis, the entertaining Mow, and more!
- Relaxing atmosphere to hang out with strong friends from around the country. So many interactions!
- Some past highlights: Charity raffles, fursuit parade, helpful erotica panels, intense poker tournament, meeting favorite authors, mustelid meetup, night dances, romantic walks near fireworks, Smash tournament

Fur Affinity: United - October 4 through October 6
- Smaller yet intimate and relaxing convention. Pleasant hotel, notably having an awesome koi pond!
- First time meeting Pepper Coyote and Fox Amoore, also buying lots of their albums
- Started conversations with indie artists, learning more about their works and websites
- Had amusing interactions with casual hotel visitors, who liked seeing fursuiters and other furries
- Some past highlights: Dramatic bingo, relaxing friend hangouts, rescue puppies, tasty local restaurants, wacky gift exchanges

Midwest FurFest - December 5 through December 8
- Largest furry convention and my personal favorite! Only thing I dislike is the freezing weather.
- Few restrictions on panel subjects, with multiple cultures, mature topics, identity panels, and more allowed. Great to see diverse backgrounds!
- Humongous marketplace and art rooms, with an absolutely fantastic amount of talented variety. I bought many things!
- Exciting convention themes that also raise extremely large charity amounts
- Chicago does indeed fit its stereotype of having excellent pizza
- Some past highlights: Arcade rooms, elegant bars, failing miserably at Rock Band vocals, Foxes and Peppers holiday concert, Leopardy, old friend hangouts, pup culture introduction panels, voice acting panel

That's all the furry conventions, and I hope to see lots of friends at any of them! Y'all are really awesome animal-people, so have a wonderful year!