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Sorry to have been away... forever
8 years ago
Well I'm still here.
Reason I've been gone a so long? well I finally decided to chase my dream. When I was a kid, my family took me to SeaWorld which, like so many others, inspired me to want to be a trainer. I've been kinda chasing that dream indirectly. studying oceanography. teaching science in schools. But I was getting depressed. felt stuck in a rut. just trying to get by...
So last January I said enough was enough. Let's just go all in. Let's do it. Moved to Florida to pursue a career in the field I truly desired: animal training/zookeeping. Got a job in an education department at a very famous zoo/aquarium. After 6 months, I got a gig training animals and performing in shows. But not for a big, fancy zoo/aquarium. My dream is to work with cetaceans (whales/dolphins) obviously. Kept applying to real training positions at big zoos/aquariums all over the country. Finally got a couple interviews. Didn't work out. But just recently, I got another invite for an interview. Swim test. And I got it. I frikkin got it. I'm now a goddamned dolphin trainer. I never thought it could happen.
Just goes to show that persistence and dedication, you can make you dreams come true!
So that's why I've been gone for over a year. That, and when that big FA hack went through, I was miffed with FA.
Neoz isn't doing commishes at the moment, so you're not likely to see any awesome artwork I had been commissioning from her. Maybe I'll get back into art once I settle into my new [dream] job and move.
Yup. I'm a baddass wingling dragon who gets to get to command an army of dolphins! I had land and air dominated... now I CONTROL THE SEA!!!!
Cheers.
WD
[BTW, if you are one of those anti-SeaWorld people who actually believes BlackFish, I'm saddened for you. Please do some research and discover the amazing work they do. Peta and HSUS don't help animals. You'll never see them campaigning to save the Vaquita. IMATA did. You'll never see them make a documentary on cyanide fishing on the great barrier reef. They don't care about animals. They only care about destroying zoos and aquariums that actually make people care about nature. Zoos that take better care of their animals than 99% of pet owners do. You are entitled to your opinion. But try to form your opinion on some primary literature, and not "because the internet says so".]
Reason I've been gone a so long? well I finally decided to chase my dream. When I was a kid, my family took me to SeaWorld which, like so many others, inspired me to want to be a trainer. I've been kinda chasing that dream indirectly. studying oceanography. teaching science in schools. But I was getting depressed. felt stuck in a rut. just trying to get by...
So last January I said enough was enough. Let's just go all in. Let's do it. Moved to Florida to pursue a career in the field I truly desired: animal training/zookeeping. Got a job in an education department at a very famous zoo/aquarium. After 6 months, I got a gig training animals and performing in shows. But not for a big, fancy zoo/aquarium. My dream is to work with cetaceans (whales/dolphins) obviously. Kept applying to real training positions at big zoos/aquariums all over the country. Finally got a couple interviews. Didn't work out. But just recently, I got another invite for an interview. Swim test. And I got it. I frikkin got it. I'm now a goddamned dolphin trainer. I never thought it could happen.
Just goes to show that persistence and dedication, you can make you dreams come true!
So that's why I've been gone for over a year. That, and when that big FA hack went through, I was miffed with FA.
Neoz isn't doing commishes at the moment, so you're not likely to see any awesome artwork I had been commissioning from her. Maybe I'll get back into art once I settle into my new [dream] job and move.
Yup. I'm a baddass wingling dragon who gets to get to command an army of dolphins! I had land and air dominated... now I CONTROL THE SEA!!!!
Cheers.
WD
[BTW, if you are one of those anti-SeaWorld people who actually believes BlackFish, I'm saddened for you. Please do some research and discover the amazing work they do. Peta and HSUS don't help animals. You'll never see them campaigning to save the Vaquita. IMATA did. You'll never see them make a documentary on cyanide fishing on the great barrier reef. They don't care about animals. They only care about destroying zoos and aquariums that actually make people care about nature. Zoos that take better care of their animals than 99% of pet owners do. You are entitled to your opinion. But try to form your opinion on some primary literature, and not "because the internet says so".]
...I guess I am this way because I form my own opinion instead of letting the Internet tell me what to do. What helps is that Blackfish is not a PETA production to the extent of my knowledge.]
I just humbly observe that Seaworld takes better care of its animals than 99% of, say, dog owners. If you think they are bad, then you need to expand your reasoning to all domesticated animals. And that gives you PEtA's ideology. Which we know is insane.
What?
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I am no stranger to people doing that kind of manipulation to raw footage, but, seeing that Blackfish did that type of manipulation...
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...do you have any evidence of their manipulation?