Hello everyone!

The last several months have been pretty action-packed with lots of stuff going on. I was very busy, and I did not have much time to get on FA and things of that nature. But now things are starting to wind down a bit, and I wanted to give a little update on how things are going for me. The most important accomplishment I wanted to share was that I graduated university at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign! I graduated with two degrees: a Bachelors of Science in Statistics & Computer Science and a Bachelors of Arts in Music Technology. I am so glad that it is finally over.

Gosh it feels like a lifetime since I started my college career as a freshman, and it is crazy how much I have changed too. I remember freshman year, I was still super new to the furry fandom, I was timid and shy, and I did not know many furries or dragons either. Over the last four years though, I've definitely grown a lot through all the triumphs and hardships. I feel like nowadays I am a much more open person, and I am excited to go out and participate in the fandom and meet other furries and dragons. I am planning on getting myself a fursuit as soon as I can, so definitely keep an eye out on that hehe~

I also feel a lot smarter too! I remember my freshman year, I wanted to program a software synthesizer, but I no idea how to do it. I had hardly any experience with programming, not to mention the audio computing concepts necessary to actually program it in the first place. Fast forward several years and for my senior music technology project, I coded a wavetable software synthesizer VST plugin. It works pretty well and can make some really cool sounds. If anyone is interested, I can share a copy for you to use in your favorite DAW.

When it comes to music, I have definitely changed a lot too. Four years ago, I was really into producing electronic music; however, I sorta started losing interest in that once I began doing commissions. I found doing music for video games and such more exciting! After all, it was the movie soundtrack for HTTYD that got me into making music in the first place, so it makes sense why I gravitated towards that instead. I've also become very interested in jazz music. I love the rich harmonies and expression. As a result of this, I've found myself improvising and playing lots of jazz music on the piano! It's definitely a lot of fun. I plan to start writing some more music this summer. I cannot wait because it's been a while since I've had time to focus on music making.

One of the biggest things I wanted to mention though is that this summer, I am going to be living with my boyfriend, Czero, in Germany! We are going to have a wonderful time together I am sure. I am so happy I got to meet him and become so close. He's such a sweetheart for taking me in, and soon enough, I hope to move to Germany so we can live together permanently. While there I will be focusing on music projects, programming projects, and looking for possible jobs! However, in August, I have a job lined up in Chicago. I will be doing software development of course, and I will have a nice view of Millennium Park from a big skyscraper. Should be interesting!

Anyways, I think that should wrap things up for now. It's kinda fun to just type away at all this stuff, but rather not rant too long! Feel free to leave some comments or questions if you want to know more. Also I am available on Telegram and Discord, so don't be afraid to message me. Thanks a bunch for reading <3

~Seledrex