Not that anyone's interested, but what the hell. I haven't been quite as active on here in terms of submissions as I usually am, and that's for two reasons, mainly. One is easy to explain. I haven't been uploading much fursuit stuff, and probably won't again for a few months, simply because it's way too hot out here. I tried partialing Jak at an Anime convention in San Jose back in May, and I didn't last long at all. I live in California, but I'm built for the cold. I just can't handle wearing a carpet again until it starts to cool down, so I'm predicting I likely won't have any new fursuit photos until Halloween.

Also, I don't think I'll be able to make it to any more cons until FC comes around again in January 2015. I was considering either RMFC or RF, but I think I will have to say no to both, because of my second reason for being less active: my financial situation.

Basically, I'm a loser and still live at home. Lol, it's actually just because I'm too young to have really moved out yet. I literally just graduated high school 2 weeks ago. Sorry if you weren't aware of that, I prefer to keep quiet about my age because I feel older, and people always assume I am older. When people do find out I'm only 18, they tend to have reactions I find distasteful. Ageism, y'know.

Anywho, this cannot be the case for much longer. to keep it simple, I'm being kicked out. I live with my dad, who is now engaged to a woman who lives in China and has two twin daughters. Yes, she lives in China. Let's not get into details. He is hell bent on bringing all three of them to the US to live with him ASAP, and has basically informed me that I need to move out to make room for them. I also have to rehome my snakes, because she is deathly afraid of them... even though she would never be in the same room as them -_-. I've been looking for a place to move for a couple months now... but, again, ageism. Absolutely no one wants to give me a chance because I'm too young, don't have a credit card and therefore have no credit score, and have no experience in renting. I get this, but at the same time, how the fuck am I supposed to get experience in the first place if I'm turned down everywhere due to a lack of it? And I tried getting a credit card so I could build up a credit score, but they basically told me I couldn't get one, also because I was too young. Let me reiterate... I'm 18. I'm a legal fucking adult. Why is this so difficult, I thought I was supposed to be able to do adult things now.

So, for the past few months, I have been trying to save as much as possible and so have been more of a stickler when it comes to commissioning people and just being frivolous with money... although that is very hard for me and I have slipped a few times. More importantly, I've become very depressed. And no, I don't want to open up to you and talk about it, so don't ask. That's what I'm doing now, and this is as close as it'll get. But it's been very overwhelming to be kicked out of my own home because I'm essentially being replaced by a new family, and not being able to find anywhere to go because no one wants to give me a chance. It doesn't help that the rent where I live is some of the most expensive in the country, and my job doesn't have the hours to bump me up to full time... and my boss has also informed me that they likely wouldn't even if they did have the hours, by the sound of it because corporate wants to do what it can to keep people from going full time so they don't have to pay so much for benefits. Typical. I fucking hate capitalism.

Wow, this turned into quite a rant. Oops.



TL;DR:

I'm screwed because I'm being kicked out, can't find anywhere to move because I'm too young and inexperienced, can't get experience because I'm too young and inexperienced, can't work full time because capitalism, and have no money. Basically, life sucks and then you die. But I already knew that, I shouldn't be surprised.