Hello, I am a 28-year-old guy and self-described "real-life NPC". Y'all can call me placeholder or placeholder pony, but "pH" also works!
I have been a fan of MLP: FiM since around July or August of last year. This isn't my first convention; I have been to a couple of anime conventions before, including a volunteer gig at Kumoricon in Portland a couple years back. I am not the most outgoing person until I get to know someone and I have no one going with me, so I might hide out with some of the "shy" sub-community that seems to be cropping up. I am friendly, just quiet, so feel free to say "Hi"! (There is only a twenty percent chance of awkward silence.)
Things looked-foward-to...definitely the panels, seeing the people behind the show in person, but also being around other fans, checking out what the vendors have, meeting people...everything, really!
I have no lodging at the moment, so if anyone has a spare bit of floor space they would like to share/rent out I'd appreciate it!