To kick off my monthly movie meet, I've chosen "Captain America: The Winter Soldier"! The venue will be the Cinemark 20 off of Johnson and Antioch Rd. (5500 Antioch, Merriam, KS 66202, or Google Maps for those that need to use GPS navigation.) I do not know if the venue is fursuit friendly, so please call ahead and ask, before bringing your suit!

Adult ticket price is $6.75 per person. Showtime is this Saturday at 7:20, so I suggest we meet up around 7pm, to give everyone time to buy tickets/snacks, etc. If anyone wants to get a bite to eat, there is a Chili's very close to the theater.

I would love for this to be a regular event again, so please bring a friend or two! If you have any questions, please feel free to hit me up here or on twitter: MD_2389

Rules

1. You can ONLY answer Yes or No.
2. You are NOT ALLOWED to explain ANYTHING unless someone messages/comments you and asks. And believe me, the temptation to explain some of these will be overwhelming... things are not exactly as they seem.
3. It is harder than it looks, but NO explanations !!! You will want to... but don't!!!

Kissed any one of your Facebook friends? - No
Been arrested? - No
Kissed someone you didn't like? - No
Slept in until 5 PM? - No
Fallen asleep at work/school? - Yes
Ran a red light? - Yes
Been suspended from school? - Yes
Experienced love at first sight? - Yes
Totaled your car in an accident? - No
Been fired from a job? - No
Fired somebody? - No
Skydived? - No
Sang karaoke? - Yes
Pointed a gun at someone? - No
Done something you told yourself you wouldn't? - Yes
Laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose? - No
Caught a snowflake on your tongue? - Yes
Kissed in the rain? - No
Had a close brush with death (your own)? - Yes
Seen someone die? - Yes
Played spin-the-bottle? - No
Sang in the shower? - Yes
Smoked a cigar? - No
Sat on a rooftop? - Yes
Taken pictures of yourself naked? - Yes
Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes? - No
Skipped school? - No
Eaten a bug? - No
Sleepwalked? - No
Walked a moonlit beach? - No
Ridden a motorcycle? - Yes
Forgotten your anniversary? - No
Lied to avoid a ticket? - No
Ridden on a helicopter? - No
Shaved your head? - No
Blacked out from drinking? - No
Played a prank on someone? - Yes
Hit a home run? - Yes
Felt like killing someone? - Yes
Cross-dressed? - No
Been falling-down drunk? - No
Made your girlfriend/boyfriend cry? - Yes
Eaten snake? - No
Marched/Protested? - No
Had Mexican jumping beans for pets? - No
Puked on an amusement ride? - No
Seriously & intentionally boycotted something? - Yes
Been in a band? - No
Knitted? - No
Been on TV? - No
Shot a gun? - Yes
Skinny-dipped? - Yes
Caused someone to need stitches? - No
Ridden a surfboard? - No
Drank straight from a liquor bottle? - Yes
Had surgery? - Yes
Taken by ambulance to hospital? - No
Passed out when not drinking? - No
Peed on a bush? - Yes
Donated Blood? - No
Grabbed electric fence? - Yes
Eaten alligator meat? - No
Eaten cheesecake? - Yes
Eaten kids' Halloween candy? - Yes
Killed an animal when not hunting? - No
Peed your pants in public? - No
Written graffiti? - No
Still love someone you shouldn't? - No
Think about the future? - Yes
Been in handcuffs? - Yes
Believe in love? - Yes
Sleep on a certain side of the bed? - Yes
Been to a furry convention? - Yes
Own a fursuit? - No
Bungee-Jumped? - No
Stolen something? - No
Kissed someone, same gender? - Yes
Kissed someone, different gender? - Yes
Had sex in public? - No
Skipped a night? - Yes
Lied? - Yes
Created a Meme? - No
Been to another continent? - No
Been in a country without knowing the language? - No
Have seen a parent naked? - Yes

Any questions feel free to ask.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4169578/

HOLY JOURNAL SPAM but im sure you guys want this journal.

WINNER(S) WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN A FEW DAYS

Post a new journal advertising this freebie chance, post a ref, and and image theme and in a few days there will be a winner or two! Maybe more!

Please take note that I'll need a colored full body image of the character. I also cannot do feral, or characters with multiple limbs. (Four arms, two heads and so on)

OKAY GO

Found out late last night, that we lost one of our own. Panda Guy has been sick for quite a while now, between having diabetes, and having severe kidney problems. Those problems got so severe that he was on dialysis for the last two weeks, three times a week, five hours a day. Between all of that, and complications from diabetes, his body just couldn't take it anymore.

Regretfully, I only got to talk to him a couple of times, over the last couple of years. However, even in that short span, it's because of Panda Guy that I have memories like this, this, and this. Those are memories that I will cherish, and carry with me for the rest of my life! I remember him getting a lot of pleasure from passing out balloons, knowing full well that some of them would eventually be tied to some random suiter's tail.

Rest in peace  PandaGuy, you will be missed!

Pics are up! I'll post the vids to my youtube sometime tomorrow hopefully.

Was definitely an interesting con this year! Saw some familiar faces, and a bunch of not-so familiar ones. Spent half the con pretty much hanging out, since there really weren't that many events to go to this year. I did attend the werewolf games on friday, and sunday nights, as well as Wielder's Moments. Bucktown's concert was nice, but too bad the F4 tornado that struck last night had to ruin it for everyone. :( Did have fun showing  Rocelin13 around, which was the highlight of my weekend, as well as finally meeting  shivakat face to face for the first time. Despite the lack of events, I'm sad that it all came to an end! I will miss you all, and I hope to see you next year!

I will be posting pics/video as time allows.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3277382/ Click for details!

I laughed sooooo hard, when I first heard this! XD

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Personali.....-Shirt/4966311

:P

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2886480/

Get in, while you can!

I am a great uncle to a 7lb 9oz baby boy! :3

I'm 30 freakin' years old ffs! I'm too young to be a great uncle! XD

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/10/.....-repealed.html

Domestic violence law repealed in Topeka, Ks., to save money
By Joe Lambe | The Kansas City Star

TOPEKA — The Topeka City Council on Tuesday voted to repeal the city’s law against misdemeanor domestic battery, the latest in a budget battle that has freed about 30 abuse suspects from charges.

One of the offenders was even arrested and released twice since the brouhaha broke out Sept. 8.

It started when Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor announced that a 10 percent budget cut would force him to end his office’s prosecution of misdemeanor cases, almost half of which last year were domestic battery cases.

With that, Taylor stopped prosecuting the cases and left them to the city. But city officials balked at the cost.

Tuesday’s 7-3 vote to eliminate the local domestic violence law was designed to force Taylor to prosecute the cases because they would remain a crime under state law.

The matter has gotten Topeka national attention — and scorn.

“I absolutely do not understand it,” Rita Smith, executive director of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, said after the vote. “It’s really outrageous that they’re playing with family safety to see who blinks first. People could die while they’re waiting to straighten this out.”

Victim advocates fear more such drastic moves as cities and counties face tight budgets at a time when advocates say domestic violence is increasing with the stress of economic hard times.

“I just hope it doesn’t spread,” said Sharon Katz, executive director of Safehome in Johnson County. “There needs to be a higher priority for people who are going to start getting killed.”

At the council meeting, several speakers, including some council members, attacked repealing the city law if only for the message that sends.

Claudine Dombrowski of Topeka threw dice at the podium. That’s what the council is doing with people’s lives, she told them.

She asked: What if the city repealed their law and Taylor still does not prosecute the crime?

“What a way to honor victims and survivors on the 24th anniversary of domestic violence survivors month,” she said.

To read the complete article, visit www.kansascity.com.

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/10/.....#ixzz1aarPAUmg

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art.....eyor-belt.html

Enjoy your dose of DAWW!

This is the concert that  Bucktowntiger held, to benefit Tiger Haven. I tried to make sure, that anyone that pitched in, got face time. I only got an hour and change of the concert, before my battery died on me. The concert itself lasted close to two hours.











Thank you, to all of you that donated!

Piston discovers bubble wrap! Seriously, she is too freaking CUTE! <3



MFM Fursuit Parade

Have the eye bleach on standby, if you watch this! XD

https://plus.google.com/10801019662.....pR314VaC?hl=en

These are the pictures that I took at MFM this year, some of which aren't posted here on FA. For those of you on a slower connect, be advised that these are straight from the camera! I will be posting videos later, once I get them down to a manageable size for youtube! Seriously, just the opening ceremonies are 2.7GB at 480p via windows live movie maker! It took a little over two hours for that to render, on my desktop!

I have to say, even after a few downs, this was by far the best con experience I've ever had! This year, I roomed with  bucktowntiger and  floppybelly at the con hotel, instead of driving back and forth. Ran into some old friends, and made some new ones! Even went out of my way to play with the fursuiters this year, instead of just snapping random pics. (Especially  Piston and  Paddlefoot, who's suits are cute as hell!) Had one hell of an epic balloon fight, with  JaseHusky,  Taekwo,  GoldenWolf2879, and  BlooHowler

Things I've learned from this con:

Apparently at least 90% of gay men love boobs. (Though all that were asked, as they passed the Dealer's Den pretty much gave a hell yes! I wasn't the one asking though, it was Yukigo Kurosaki! ;))
Robot dogs can be fucking adorable, even when their battery drains to nothing! :P
Alcohol before really funny events, isn't always a good thing. Next year, I'm keeping that to room parties only.

This year, I didn't take near as many pictures, as I did video. I literally have just over six hours of video, totaling a mere 15GB. It took about twenty minutes, to just download it all from the SDHC card! XD I don't think I'll be trimming much of it, so get ready Youtube! :P

Saturday was fairly fun. Bucktown held a second impromptu concert, and later went around the first floor (including the Dealer's Den and Con Suite) trying to raise donations for Tiger Haven. After all of this, I went outside for my turn in the dunk tank (which was also to raise funds for Tiger Haven). Unfortunately this was at the same time as the charity aution, so nobody showed to dunk me. That water was STILL ice cold, from when they dunked Tyger Cowboy two hours prior...which involved the adding of seventy-two pounds of ice! Saturday night, was a busy night in itself! Between running back and forth between the our room on the fourth floor (and I don't mean figuratively..I actually ran back and forth) , and the stage where :bucktowntiger: was setting up shop, the show itself, and the live  knotcast panel immediately afterward (because the people after Bucktown's show never showed up, so we ate up another hour.) I had some rather sore feet that night! :P

Also, since I was staying at the con hotel this year, I decided to partake of some fine booze from  twistedspectrum's room party on the last night of the con. That by itself, was a lot of fun! Some guy even brought his own laser light show, which looked even amazing while I was drunk! :P (I only had about a shot's worth of coconut rum, two shots worth of vanilla whipped cream vodka mixed with A&W, two jello shots (one of which was made with everclear), and some epic vodka spiked fruit punch! Then we all went back to our room, and partook of the purple drank, and I did a couple shots worth of orange pucker (Yes, that's actually what the bottle said! Shush! XD). By that time, I was a veeeery happy doggy! (and by that, I mean drunk, not the other kind of happy! *snickers*)  kyo_foxtrot came to the room, and we all chilled till around 3am.

The next morning, we all started the unhappy task of packing up our things, and leaving. Said goodbye to so many people, than I hung out with! It's only been a day, and I already miss the con! :( A group of us got together, and invaded Leonards Pit BBQ for lunch, and had one last blast before returning to the real world.

So much went on at this con, that it's all a big blur atm! :P If I forgot to mention someone, or something, I apologize! (doesn't help that I'm doped up on cold & cough meds atm, so I'm even more scatter brained than normal!)

Con swag: I ended up buying two copies of Bucktown's "Purring Piano" album (one as a gift, for my mother), and later hit the  Furplanet table for  Kyell's "Isolation Play" and  Blotch's Nordguard: Across Thin Ice. The last two, I've been waiting to get, for a while now! (btw Zia, if you're reading this, I promise that I *will* buy your books too! :P) I also commissioned a B/W con badge from  ConfusedOO, which you can find a scan of on my account.

What concerned me about this year's con, is that the hotel was accidentally double-booked this year. (not the fault of the con, it just slipped through the cracks) There was a family reunion being hosted there as well, which made things VERY interesting. Most of them loved the fursuiters, and even got pictures taken with them! The bad part, was that at around 7:30am on Sat, they decided it was a wonderful idea to fire off a bunch of guns on the hotel grounds! (and I don't mean some little piss-ant pistols either. They had to have been at least high-power rifles or shotguns, from all the noise they made!)

With all that said, I'd like to thank everyone for showing me a good time this year! I can't wait till next year!

Those of you freaking out about FA tracking your browsing habits on the site, I got news for you: Every single major website does this, whether you realize it or not. Chill the fuck out, and stop making a mountain out of a mole hill! This is the internet ffs! Every time you click around on a website, your traffic is logged by the server, and there is nothing you can do about it! Are you going to bitch about that too?

Last night, I got another sobering reminder, to not take things for granted. I got in touch with a non-fur friend of mine last night, after nearly a month of inactivity. Those of you that frequent the #Shopwreckers channel, when  bucktowntiger streams, may remember a guy named Trampler. Well, back on the third of this month, his house was nearly completely burned to the ground, from a grease fire.

His wife was cooking some fried chicken in the kitchen, when the grease caught on fire. Before she could do anything, the cabinets caught on fire. It spread so quickly (all original wood, and the house was built in the 60's, so it was basically kindling..), it was all they could do, to grab what they could, and get out. Sadly, they also lost their cat, in the fire. If you have a facebook account, go to the link below to see the pictures their son took, of the aftermath.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?.....131.1208629987

They're currently staying with their son, until they can fix the house. The worst part of it all, is that since they're low-income, the house is totally un-insured. So basically, any repairs will be 100% out-of-pocket.

So, if you're living on your own, with roomies, or even if you're still with your folks, cherish what you have. It could all be taken away in a blink of an eye.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/1795083.....s#.TlGm_KiwUsA

CHICAGO — For one day, at least, the roadrunner was safe. It seems the coyote was hankering for another kind of fast food. Employees and customers at a downtown Chicago Quizno's sandwich shop were stunned to see a coyote walk through the propped-open front door Tuesday afternoon and lie down in a cooler stocked with fruit juice and soda.

"It wasn't aggressive at all," restaurant manager Bina Patel told the Chicago Tribune. "It was just looking around."

Employees and customers calmly cleared out of the restaurant, though some took the time to finish their sandwiches and snap some cell-phone photos, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Animal control officers took the passive coyote away after about 40 minutes, after a curious crowd had gathered outside.

"This one definitely I will definitely remember forever. A coyote in downtown Chicago," Quizno's employee Rick Torres told WLS-TV.

The city captures 10 to 15 coyotes every year, especially in the spring when they are most active, said Anne Kent, director of Chicago Animal Care and Control. Veterinarians will examine the coyote and, if he is not injured, release him into the wild.

© 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Courtesy of  djwolf

(updated with another copy, original was removed)

LMAO! XD