OKAY BABIES
I love you, so I want to see more of you. What conventions are you going to?

I'm MOST PROBABLY attending MFF in Chicago, rooming with a small selection of hand-picked darlings. I lived in Chicago for almost a year and a half, so I'll be really glad to show everyone the cool spots when we get bored with Rosemont, which is out by the airport.

Also, FURRY WEEKEND ATLANTA. I missed last year to table at C2E2 with , which was nice, but I'm still SORE ABOUT IT since it was a convergence of all my best friends in my adopted home city in the South WITHOUT ME. FWA was my first and maybe best furry con (though this year's AC ruled beyond compare). I will definitely be there next year, probably with a dealer's den table to help pay my way.

Other than that, who knows? I'm doing the poverty thing as of late. I'm in Minneapolis with my boyfriend and no job and precious little money. All I want is to go to cons and make enough money to get me to the next one, all the while paying the rent and keeping me in beans and greens with some beer and whiskey to make things interesting. I jumped into this crazy living situation with no security and having never been to the city, but I love it here. Everything is "just right." I'm breaking bad habits. I'm getting real serious about this long term relationship (we're going on three years, but so much to learn!)

I've come to terms with the fact that I have no real job skills, so until I can make it with my art I have to work hateful, torturous jobs that drain my life force. Now that I quit the last one (working as a security officer), I'm trying to ride out my time not being a miserable drunken wreck before I run out of money. I can sell my car in October which should bring some much needed scratch, but at the moment things are TIGHT and I really really really really need to not be forced into taking another job I hate. I just can't do it anymore. I know that 24 is too young to be beaten down by life, but I'm sick of paying for my mistakes. I'm in love with where I am right now and I want to turn my life around and be happy and productive. I feel like I CAN DO THIS, but it will be hard.

I'm entering a really fun period in my craft where I'm experimenting with different media. I want to give my commissioners a real work of art, something unexpected and strange that they can cherish. I beg for commissions because I'm desperate for money, yes. But I'm also desperate for growth.

I've gone on longer than I've intended, so I'll end by saying thank you and I love you and I won't give up on you furries. You are good people and good friends and thank you so much for your attention and support and friendship.