A piece to process all the built' up energy throughout my trip to NordicFuzzCon in the past week. And as a silent thank you to all the volunteers and staff members that made it all possible. It was a very special con trip, one of those vacations that go better than you initially had hoped for. Sometimes you don't know you needed something until you suddenly experience it.

I've loved fursuits since I was a kid and I remember looking at videos of furcons from 2009 and before in their camcorder-style glory. All those beautiful suits walking around, I was fixated on it and even now they are still the reason I joined the community. I remember going to sleep and wishing that I could one day too walk around like a big cool fluffy animal too.
The fursuit parade was my highlight of the convention and I took part in it in my blue jay suit Chi. Perhaps you yourself have been part of one too or have seen it in a video. All those ''normal'' people coming to see and admire all these colorful animal characters, moms and dads and kids going ''aaaah!'' and ''wooow!'' it was all wonderful to experience and quite magical. When I got back to my hotel room all exhausted and took a shower I started laughing and crying at the same time as I realized this was all exactly why I fell in love with ''furry'' and fursuiting to begin with. And I looked back on that young me wishing he experienced something like this. And he just did. It was such a profound moment that I hope to never ever forget. And I'm so grateful I got to be part of that wonderful parade.

Close to the venue was a Seven Eleven which I thought was funny as I thought those only existed in japan, and saying the name in my head is fun for some reason haha. It was a nice cozy place!

Thank you for reading this, even being able to share about this knowing that some of you will read it is a privilege in and of itself. So I would like to thank *you* too for being part of this community, and for interacting with it in the way that you do, whichever way that may be.