Thanks to my wonderful bunny Kimberly X3 We both had the courage to go to our First FC (FurCon) or any IRL Fur event at all. I know this is a bit late because FC is over but im shy and wasn't sure meeting would work well at first.. that .. and 9.9 I totally forgot to post a journal before hand XD.

We Had a wonderful time meeting each other for the first time and the Furry community! We learned alot both about ourselves and Con's and the Furry community in general. ^.=.^ It changes your View of so many things and its something you could never really grasp until your there. My time as a Fur has been spent Online ONLY. In kink rooms and chat trying to make friends, Going there and being able to relate to real people IRL..and strangely enough not worried about Kinks or Sex in general was quite Freeing. I was there as a person with other people to be in a friendly environment and to be myself without the restraints of normal social limits i bury myself in.

It was a trans-formative process to say the least. Where i live there is no public fur's there is No Fur meets or local events, and if not shot on sight, im sure anything resembling such a person would be looked at as >.>... Wrong. So to say i have a deep hard shell 9.9 was an understatement. Besides the hiding it from family and everyone i live with, sneaking around to even come to this thing was hard. So i intended to not get any swag and just have fun clinging to my bunny and watch.. much like the net lurker i was 12 some years ago. I started out super guarded for the first several days in fact. Acting much like a brutish body guard to my bunny as he goes up to talk and hug everyone! >.< Not talking much myself to anyone but him. It would take me a few days to warm up and get out of my social anxiety and even dance.

There was a running joke between me and Kim, My goal by the end of a 4 day FurCon.. Hug at least someone once.. in Fur suit. >.> It Did take 3 days but i managed to hug 1 once XD.. i loosened up even got some art and such (not that i could use it at home) and found a whole other side to myself. Thats when i found out .. having an online fur profile.. and being your RL Fursona are two very different things. So I may know who i am as a dragon, But Carrying that over to meeting people in real life takes a whole other side of your character that to this point never happened. So i came out, not like the 15 year veteran fur i though i was, but like a First time fur with a new character! >.<

To sum up everything else.. Broke out of a shell i never knew i had, by the end embraced the community both physically and mentally. On the second day i ripped my ankle and decided to walk on it anyway for the rest of the days cause.. Con Now Heal Later.. Danced some, met some new people, caved and got some art and a shirt!..(and promptly hid it all when i got home) When i got back home i found i had to go back into my shell quite quickly and am now healing a very abused ankle. But it was all worth it and i still say i had fun and got some nice storys out of it.

For Next times Con things i have learned: Drink Water and bring snacks. Its OK to MISS Panels, Bring vitamin's and Ref art of your characters. The Hugs and Feels are normal.. let them in. Open talk, these are other furs, no need to hide, and staff are friends let them help. But remember.. OUTSIDE CON is still the world so be careful on your way too and back from.