On Monday, when I got on the highway in Grand Rapids after two early morning flights, I balled my eyes out for about 30 minutes straight. I mean it, I was crying like crazy and just could not stop. These were not bad tears, though, no, no, far from it. These were some of the best tears I've had in a long time. My tears came from one place and one place only: the sheer shock I felt and still feel at how very much BronyCon 2016 met and far exceeded my expectations in oh so many ways.

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This... this isn't Canterlot

WHERE AM I

It's Friday night, and I've got nothing better to do, so, uh ... here's a handful of BronyCon pics!

First off, The Lines. People weren't kidding about 'em. Seriously, here's what the line to the Vendor's Hall looked like on Thursday afternoon. You'd think they were giving out free drugs in there or something.

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Blogging about conventions is a lot harder than a lot of people make it look.

The short version that it was a pretty amazing weekend. I met lots and lots of fantastic people, gawked at a perpetually-dabbing Mare Do Well fursuit-wearer, had a drink with one of my internet besties—I didn’t like the drink, but it wasn’t about liking the drink—and overall had a fantastic time.

Here's the long version.

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One nice thing about being handsome and famous^TM* is that you inspire others to follow in your hoofsteps footsteps. Such it is with this story--Nitro Indigo, inspired by my Not-A-Contest, decided to run her own not-a-contest, this one involving Equestrian tourists to Earth.

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So I was planning on going to Bronycon this year. It sounds like a cool thing, I suppose, but the big draw was seeing a lot of awesome people while I was there. parasprite, Brasta, Akumo, possibly RainbowBob, and a whole lot more awesome people are gonna be there., and we were gonna have an awesome time.

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