This originally was a private note to some one. but i guess it kinda turned into a journal entry in all sense and effect.
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I loved your comment alot, its good to see the jornal entry hasn't been flamed yet. Needless to say its given me alot to think about not to mention thank you for the support sort to speak. I brings me hope and relief to see that not to many furries out there are shallow. But rather civil and forth right & forward thinking minded folk :)

Theres alot more to this than i can put to words atm as i;m a tad drunk and sleepy as heck. for now. this is turning into an excellent thread instead of a journal entry. Btw I'd really like to bump into you at a con some time. maybe buy ya a drink or 2 or few dozen... and converse on such things :)

In times of theese like theese days i think its important not to sellout who we are, or what matters. No matter what the cost other nations might be competing and pushing prices down with the equivalent of slave labor or whatnot. but as markets sway to and fro that which matters most to any one of any country cannot be changed, our hearts, our will, our desire to see things move forward, our will to do right, our will to do no wrong, our will to make sure its done right.

*hugs* best of wishes hope my drunkeness didn't seem a tad excess, but would like to chat with ya at a con sometime? ^^ Cioa!

Now i realize that even having a job in today's economy can simply be a major undertaking in itself. Its a tough battle to be valuable and stand out from the next guy (albeit the next might be lazier than you could ever know, etc etc) fudging of resumes etc is ridiculous. to have personally looked through a stack of some 200 resumes, learning to read between the lines again, to do so with a grain of salt for each and every one, to give them the benefit of the doubt. Makes me believe that we might be living in the era of entrepreneurs as that seems to be the way the country is headed for the foreseeable future. As the markets adjust to the worlds new "global economy" we aren't yet left in the dust. Perhaps even yet far from it, we have to advance and grab opertunities. make ourselves known. Personally i've observed over the many fields that i have encountered and had the pleasantries of bumping in with that most furries are quite suited for advancing themselves in the current economy. however some ahem *correction* many sell themselves short and give up to soon. They are there able to step up to the next level but do not adjust and make changes to do so.

Now please mind you that shade sir drunken self here should've edited this etc whatnot for context, grammar, syntax and general plot and point of contest but simply for now take this as a push for yourself to help YOU yourself. Do right, stand firm, stick to your morals albeit exceedingly hard to do.

Best of wishes! - Shade Ps: any contextual corrections appreciated (ya... sorry drunk)