FC 2009 was just total awesomeness. However, I think I'm going just list off some things that happened at the con since I don't feel like writing a big summary of what happened thanks to me catching some con crud.

- Me, Miles, and Summercat arrived at the Doubletree at 4 am Wednesday, which was a surprise along with us getting our rooms at 7 am.

- Pretty much hung around in the 1st floor like I said I would do last year after FC, though I did see the Fursuit Makeover panel and the Live Wild Animals panel. I was also at every dance too.

- 530 suiters in the parade! Holy cow!

- First time seeing the Critterlympics!

- First time being at the Dead Dog dance since last year I had to leave early since my ride had an emergency to take care of.

- Was awesome seeing, talking and hanging out again with Kane, Wolfe, Talyn, Khyle, Crash, Firewolf, Brown Wolf, Domafox, Growly, Bucker, Keto, Syrus, JD Puppy, Trigger Happy Squirrel, Quietfire, NitroShep, Bradhound, Tabbicus, Bacon Coyote, EB, Tsuyoto, Nekomon, Far, North, TerkWolf and Rubbertex!

- It was also awesome meeting Dex, Big Blue Fox, KP, Yappy, Blazger, Frostcat, Kataru, Tav Nymblewynd, Keeshanic, Cornwall, Yakeo, Xavier, V, Gusty Fox, Sigma Wolf, Scruff E. Coyote, Brokken, Bucktown, Feros, Gaz A, Andy Bear, Raiken, Wolfy, and Howee.

FC 2009 was amazing, now I'm looking forward to seeing how FC 2010 will be like with the con moving to the Fairmont in downtown San Jose. The Doubletree was good, even though I've only been there for FC for 2008 and this past con, but I'm excited to see how things go with all the bigger space and new scenery.

Also, all my FC pictures are on my Photobucket account. Here's a link to the album: http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii289/gamer_wolf/FC%202009/?start=0 Just a note, the ones that don't have a title are because I don't know the name or names of the people or suiters.

Well, that's it for my short con report. I'll be resting as best as I can and drinking plenty of OJ to help get myself well again.

Alright, here's what happened during the days I was gone to Califur, under the cut.
( Con Report )

Overall, I think this con was alright. It was great to see and talk to not just old friends, but new ones as well, and I'm glad for that, but the way the hotel staff and the people for the wedding acted was really, really bad. I personally hope that the staff for Califur find a different hotel because with this along with the way too much space of the hotel and lack of close-by inexpensive places to get something to eat, it just wasn't all that great. Still though, I would definitely come back next year, just to see friends and hang out 'cause that's what I expected the most out of this con.

Now, one other thing that happened during Califur was that my cellphone decided to start breaking down. At first it was just the main screen, which was inconvenient but I still had a second screen on the outside so I could tell who was calling and also the time. However, it got worse on the last day of the con when I lost the second screen and later, the top speaker. Luckily, my mother saved her phone (same model, but has a camera button to make it easier to take pictures with it), so I have a fully working phone again. I just have to re-enter the numbers I had on my old phone onto my new one though.

Ok, this is going to be long so I'm putting a cut here to save everyone's friends pages.

( Con Report behind the cut )

Overall, despite a few bummers, I had a blast at my first con. I admit that I am still feeling a bit of that post-con depression since it all just passed by so fast. Now I have to wait until the room block opens up for FC 2009 so I can see if I can get a spot in someone's room, followed by a ride to and from FC (Again, I'm not one to wait until the last minute. I'd rather get those things done so I can just focus on how much money I need to bring). I'm also looking forward to Big Blue Fox's FC 2008 video to see if I can spot myself in any of it.

Also, the photobucket album that has my FC pictures can be found here: My FC 2008 picture album Just a note, some of the pictures are not as good as they could have been since this was my first time using a digital camera (I bought it about a week before FC, along with a 1 Gig SD card) so I apologize for that. Tomorrow I'll put up scans of the con badges that I commissioned.