Why hello everyone! With this first journal entry I figured I would explain a little bit of how I ended up here on FA. Many years back I learned I had this weird attraction to balloons that I really couldn't explain which then shifted towards pool toys and such as I went to college as a bio student. I had been rather unsettled out by this for a great number of years until I finally started indulging this weird interest via Youtube videos and such. It was there that I ran into the glory that is many of the amazing customs that are out there right now. From here I started looking up some of the pictures of things like the Puffypaws Zenith, G & G dragon, and the G & G palomino. This led me into both DA and FA in recent times. It was five or six months ago that I brought up the courage to browse around FA in order to read the journals of those that had a similar interest to me. After reading through some of the Journals from the likes of RyuSyro, Baphnedia, Tico the Timberwolf, and a few others, it reassured me that maybe having this interest didn't make me near as a big of a freak as I made myself out to be. It also helped seeing all of the squeaky art scattered about FA and all the pictures of various folks enjoying their toys in a more groupish setting. All of this has reassured me to the point of finally going after my first custom made toy (Barge the Dragon) and even led to me explaining this odd interest to my mother and a few of my closest friends. Now that I'm being more comfortable with this, I've decided it's time to actually start interacting more with the community. This doesn't just include inflatables either as I've also grown quite fond of some of the amazing fur suits and other art that can be found here on FA.

Anywho before I bring this to a close I guess I'll throw in some of my other interests as to not sound so single faceted. I've been into distance running for a good six years (I can talk times if anyone would like), video games, anime, biology, and chemistry. With all this said, I look forward to seeing you guys out there!