Thursday:  I got up around 2 am to finish packing for MFM on about 3 hours sleep.  Had been sick to my stomach with a moderate migraine, but I wasn't going to cancel my first vacation in almost a year.  Finished packing my fursuit and clothes around 3am, then left for the airport at 4am.  The flight to Newark left at 6:30, arrived there around 9, and in Memphis by 1pm.  Wasn't feeling too hot through most of the flight and getting to the hotel, but I made it without being sick to my stomach again.  After getting some hotel food, I pretty much crashed until Friday morning as there wasn't much going on.

Friday: Got up around 6am for breakfast, then went back to bed until 8.  Hotel was still pretty quiet.  Realized I had forgot to pack my camera memory card and some clothes, oh well nothing major missed.  Milled around the labyrinthine hotel to get a sense of how to get around, met a local fur Pyro (a German Shephard) who was really friendly.  Oddly kept running into him all throughout the day.  Got out Nexii in the afternoon and ran into kathrishalias Lauren and  kenshinwolf out of suit.  Spent most of the day with Lauren and rckinggetting lots of pictures taken around the hotel and in Lauren's room (she seduced me to come in...couldn't say no). 

Saturday: Met lmacleod and Police Dog (wuuulf) - I think we spent most of the day hanging out, listened to the goings on in the furry community.  A lot to take in, I know hardly anyone compared to about everyone but Kenshin :P.  We have fun though in our first fursuit parade that afternoon.  I also go collect my con badge by Farrellemoon which turned out really cute.  I think I got in some more suiting that evening with Robert (as Samantha), wasn't much going on at the dance which was pretty disappointing.  A twinge of jealousy that I can't dance near as well as some of the other suiters (hope my cuteness offsets that a bit :P).  Went to bed before the epicness of Black Cougar...won't forget "uh-oh" though :) 

Sunday: Not a lot of note really, more suiting and ran into more people than I can remember now.  Got a few more pics, played with some balloons, ate some more good meals.  Enjoyed the sythethic drama of closing ceremonies, though it got a bit long and I ducked out a few minutes early.  Went to a few panels and mostly just hung out with Lauren, Kenshin, Mac, Robert some more.

Monday: Most people were leaving early in the morning.  Got in some goodbyes, had a crazy long intelligent conversation about life with BattyVitae (vitae also meaning life).  Not often you can talk politics and religion without getting into a fight :).  Lots to reflect and think about.. 

Tuesday:  Suited a bit for the last time with the last suiter to leave, Duncan.  I think he spent 95% of his waking time at the con in suit...just crazy.  Even if I was in better shape I'd have been lucky to do more than 4 hours a day.  Pretty much most of the suiters had left by this time.  First flight back left around 1:30pm, and was going great till about halfway home.  I fell asleep for 2 minutes and woke up with another migraine.  This one wasn't quite as bad, though still pretty miserable I made it back around midnight and crashed.

Thanks again everyone who made my first con great in every way - hanging out, the drives to meals outside of the hotel, and taking pictures for me.  It was kind of daunting to go to a new city, to a convention where I knew pretty much no one but I felt really welcome.  Not really what I expected at all.  Sure there's the cliques, drama, etc. but that's a given in any community.  Well I'm babbling - I plan on AC'10 at the latest for my next con...hopefully one sooner but it's hard to say.  I spent way more than I'd have liked to getting to Memphis...plane ticket costs from Canada suck.  9 months is a big gap though so I'll see :D

Had a great time at MFM, though it was a bit rough getting there and back.  Nexii was a big hit and I got enough hugs to last me until the next con :).  I'll edit this with a full report on the weekend to thank everyone and post some of my thoughts about it all :P

Woo, should be fun.  First con but pretty excited about it.  Haven't done near enough prep but oh well, as long as I make it there in one piece with Nexii I should be fine.

Well the long wait was worth it, Nexii is finally complete.  I'll give Lacy a few days to get the pictures up on her LJ and if not I'll post them here.  Not too much else going on in real life - starting to plan out MFF now.  I'll probably need to find a roomie/handler to make things go smoother, hopefully someone that's got some experience with going to conventions.

Received a huge tax return this week which means I'll be able to go to MFF this year! I'm a little anxious about it as I haven't fursuited yet let alone been to a con.  But it should be fun...Nexii is almost done.  It's been a long time waiting but the extra planning was worth it.   I think she will be the only pink leopard out there for fursuits.  Still working on the story...work's been crazy lately with the down economy but honestly that's mostly an excuse for slacking. 

Hello everyone!

So yea this is my Livejournal for Nexii Vanadis.  Nexii is going to be a pink leopard with long blonde hair.  I'm working with lacy and cloudpouncer to make a full fursuit of her, I know it's going to turn out great.  I have no plans yet on attending any conventions...maybe AC 2010 but that's so far off that it's hard to say.  For now I'm just looking to meet people within the furry community, so feel free to friend or message me!

I don't have any art or photographs yet of Nexii, I hope to have some to share within the coming months.  I've commissioned copperfur to make some art as I'm not that artistic myself.  So instead I'm going to put my efforts into writing a story about Nexii.  As I'm a big fan of RPGs, it's going to be more of an adventure story than one set in every day life.