2am on a school night and I'm up clattering away at a FA journal. Silly dragon. I'm rather high from a good day at work and a even better night of gaming so I am going to strike whilst the iron is hot and get an update in that is a snapshot of where I am at.

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Work
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Still working at the bank, still looking for a way out (career at a theme park either here and america) Resume probably needs a touch up at the moment and I should be more proactive with applying for disney/6 flags/paramount parks in america. I'm often shyed off it though fearing the poor wages there, the cost of rent and the $100 per week chemo debt I still have 5 years to pay off... but america... yeah x..x

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Furry life?
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A while back I was contemplating shifting my species over to a chameleon, I'm certainly glad I didn't because it was totally a flavour of the month.... which has surfaced again in the form of a bear. I'm loving Ursa on Dota and play a bear druid in both WoW and dungeons and dragons online... seemingly everything is bear in my life at the moment and those big furred critters just.... hehe

Maybe I need to be eaten by more bears *nods and chuckles*

Once surgery bills are cleared I hope to commission a whole lot more vore stuff and post it to my own fa a bit more. I'm sorry that hasnt been too much and that a few promised or gift pieces have yet to surface, I know that the people I've commissioned are working hard to clear their backlog and potentially get to mine but I don't have high hopes of seeing it. Do me a favour and if there was a piece of us I was getting drawn, re-remind me and I'll start working to having it done elsewhere (or done at all, I have a terrible memory when it comes to this stuff lol). If there is an awesome idea you guys want to see drake in (remember he does like his implied digestion/multi characters) swing me a note and I can (fap to it) have it drawn :D.. eventually ;D

That being said, I'd like to RP more with you guys. I know I don't do it very often (I feel greedy/selfish getting folks to eat me and make a terrible pred so i tend to shy away from rps) and when I do I am often pulled away with a very active household and IRL. That does require me to be on chat programs however lol.

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Gaming
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So I've been playing an awful lot of Dota 2 recently. Loving the spellcasters/nukers quite a bit (Zeus, Ursa and Ogre Magi are my favourites) and quickly amassing games behind my belt with a heap of items. If you have the game and want to play with me, or want a copy of the game (I get invites from time to time) add me to steam! You can find me on my FA front page :D

Speaking of items, I'm finally cleaning out my closet of TF2 Items. Been in chat with trading it off for some art or games for some of the gear and the rest I'll just give away after: if there is anything on my inventory you must have, get in touch! It's here at http://www.tf2items.com/id/flamedrake

Played a game called "ghost trick." It's available on DS and Iphone for $10. This game took me by surprise as I havent played a click adventure for quite some time... the story is great and the challenges are both rewarding and clever. I admit I cried at the end, which I totally didn't predict. I found myself wanting to stay up till way late at the night to finish each chapter just so I could see what happened next! Really enjoyable game.

Back on BF3 again too: origin is FlameDrake.. Add me if you want to play sometime.

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Conventions
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FurDU is done and gone, folks seemed to have a good time so I hope it was a success. Planning for next year has taken a bit of a sluggish start, I'm taking a lot of responsibility for that as I just haven't had the motivation to work on it. (Joey and Oz have been great though!) *puts on his PR hat* Lots of exciting news to come regarding our lineup of events, guests and venue :D

RIVFUR just finished, it's interesting to see the direction that it's heading towards, speeding crazily away from the envision that Foxy and I had when we created it. Despite missing half the events with a ruptured eardrum, folks seemed to have a good time so the organiser's work certainly paid off.

I just had a bit of a self love anti-humble moment... I've co-created 2 major furmeets/con in Australia ^^;;; *blush*

As much as I really want to, with reduced hours at work and a light stumble in finances... a con in america is not going to happen this year ( I was really hoping for MWFF agian) . I'd like to perhaps instead attend midfur in melbourne at the end of the year but with both the main hotel filled up and rego being where it's at... that might not eventuate as well. It looks like it is set to be the best one yet and with a great line up of special guests, if you are able to attend I'd do so.

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The serious stuff
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There is a lot of negative in my life at the moment; health, emotions and financial situation taking quite the nosedive over the past few months. I haven't been fun to be around, I know this. I haven't been around online and when I am I'm not the most striking conversationalist, I know this. I have bitched and griped and probably pushed away most of you, I know this. To the people reading this who know exactly what I'm talking about... I'm sorry for the massive space I've wrenched in our lives. I am working on fixing me and with a little patience and a bit of healing will be back to the place where I want to be. I remorse over the distance I have put between you all, there are some people out there I really, truly love but have had to push away to preserve what is left of my barriers; they will be rebuilt and I will try and be a part of your lives again.

I'd love to name a few folks that have really been an amazing support in my life at the moment, but I fear I would leave someone out so to circumvent this... you guys know who you are. I really appreciate the strength you've given me over these past few months both in person and via the intra webs. Thankyou <3