Good day to  nullzilla
Marvel Comics used to own the copyright to the word "zombie".

That's it. I'm being quick, because I have something much longer and more important to write.

Th lttr has falln off my kyboard, so this journal may not mak much sns.
(I rally nd a nw laptop...)

Wll, th day that will dcid my futur has com, and lo' was I plasnantly awak to find that my confirmation had bn maild to m, saving all that tdious mucking about with UCAS. My grads wr prtty avrag, gtting thr C's and a D, but it was nough to gt m into univrsity!

I'mma going to Univrsity of th Wst of ngland in Bristol!
I'mma living with soshimojunai!
I'mma gonna at Nandos to clbrat!
I'mma rally gotta gt a nw laptop! :D

Dragonflies and grapes, dragongrapes and flies, grapeflies and dragons.

 Zay
Dragonflies have been around since prehistoric times, some fossils have had wingspans of over 7 inches.

 psywolfy
It takes 2.5 pounds of grapes to make one bottle of wine.

 Hossinfeffa
Flies vomit on food before eating it. Flies are only capable of eating liquid food, and their vomit breaks down the food for them.

 Shadowdi
Dragons are seen to be terrifying and unfriendly beasts in western culture, but beautiful, friendly and wise in eastern cultures.

 Phaaze22
The Royal Bank of Scotland invented the overdraft. The first overdraft given was £65,000 or $93,000 in modern money.

EthanBlack wanted facts on printed circuit boards and minhande wanted something on unusual kinds of bread. Unfortunately I'm a terrible cop-out and am going to put some other facts in instead.

 Awkore
36% of all pizzas made contain pepperoni.

 jmv818
The "Hello Kitty" kitty is called Kitty White - not Hello Kitty (as some people seem to think).

What shall next time's fun facts be about? Try not to make them too hard, or I'll just have to cop out again D:

dondaz asked for facts 'bout bats, so there shall be!

 PsyChuan
Bats are the only mammals capable of controlled flight.

 Glitch50
Bats feet are great for hanging upside down, the muscle and bone structure allows the "toes" to support the bats weight with no effort.

 fji1
Bat wings are actually normal arms and hands, the wing membrane is just the skin between the fingers. Just like a human hand, but with much longer fingers.

 Draconum
Contrary to stereotypes, many species of bat do not use echolocation, and no species of bat is completely blind - some have excellent eyesight.

 rwwriter
Despite often being called "flying rats", bats actually share more DNA in common with humans than with rodents.

Hello there watcher people! :D

What shall next week's welcoming be about? Comment!

Nicked from  gullible and  tombfyre, and because I haven't done an FA journal meme in a while.

Rules:
Go to https://www.urbandictionary.com and type in your answers to the following questions.
Post the top definition it gives you.

1.) What is your name?
Alex: Someone that is of extreme greatness. Often considered as a god in some religions. Also means cool.
Grey: A type of extra terrestrial being (alien). Usually the most common amongst alleged abductees. Also the type most commonly connoted with the Rosswell, New Mexico crash site. Some believe Greys are of the same species of alien as Reptilian. This is debatable.

2.) Your age?
18: The age where an American can: 1. Legally buy pornography 2. Legally buy cigarettes 3. Legally gamble in Indian Casinos 4. Legally be concidered an adult 5. Be tried as an adult in a court of law 6. Be drafted for a war they don't believe in ... but still cannot buy alcohol.

3.) Name one of your friends.
Minh: coolest asian dude with the sickest hair

4.) What should you be doing?
Chores: A word used to disguise the act of masturbation while online.

5.) Favorite color?
Orange (I'm not putting grey on purpose): The colour which vain assholes turn after a session in the tanning salon; Often confused with Hepatitis.

6.) Birthplace?
Burnley: A town in Lancashire, NW England. Unfortunately has had some bad press recently, particularly about the large BNP presence/racial problems and social deprivation in the town. This one just goes on and on...

7.) Month of your birth?
September: THE BEST BIRTHDAY MONTH OF THE YEAR!

8.) Last person you talked to?
Split: butt-ass fucking ugly
Persona: A facade of your collective personality unleashed by shooting yourself in the fucking head.

9.) One of your nicknames?
Fat bat: a fat bat is abnormaly fat wiener. A weiner that ranges from 10-50 pounds.

You can't stop the rock! Well, you can, if the rock dies. Yep, no one really submitted any particular factual theme (Bill Cosby quotes dont' count), so have a bunch of them about DEATH.

 Rourkie
More people are killed by donkeys than plane crashes, and more people are killed by coconuts than by sharks. Mosquitoes kill more people than any animal.

 Geemo
The statistical chance of you being murdered in the United States is 1 in 20,000.

 DarkFurryGv
Robert Hershey, the man behind the Hershey chocolate company, died when he drowned in a vat of chocolate.

And what the hell, have another; when Thomas Edison died, his last breath was captured in a bottle... by the father of the modern automobile, Henry Ford.

What should next week's Watcher Welcome trivialise you upon? Tell me in the comments!

Remember last year when I nearly became a dragon? Well yeah, I still got the 13 month character update cycle, although I doubt it will involve changing species from now on, bats are just too awesome to let go of ;)

This update will be mostly aesthetic and not alter other aspects of the character - he'll still be a grey, black-haired, goggle-wearing cyborg-thing.

One thing he will not be, however, is fat. Pretty much ever since I came into the fandom, my fursona's weight has been increasing, and as of the start of this year it has been pretty steadily over a ton (2209 pounds, to be exact). Well, after some pondering, I'm thinking that I'm going to disconnect such blatant fetish-ism-ness from the base character, so Grey's gonna get relatively-skinny all over again. He'll still get fattened and inflation-ed often, but just not by default, ya dig?

I'll also be putting a lot more thought into character background and things like clothing and hairstyle and whatnot; possibly in conjunction with trying out a different arty style. Go me.

This public service announcement was paid for no one, it was free.

See also
* Previous fursona alterations

PS.
I have no idea what to use for an avatar. Throw me something, a funny GIF or picture, whatever.

EthanBlack asked for facts about pasta, and seeing as they ware the only person who made a request, that is what shall happen.

 WillowWhispers
While pasta is commonly associated with Italy, it was in fact invented in China some 7000 years ago.

 Gamerfur
Thomas Jefferson introduced pasta to the United States - specifically, macaroni.

 tanukisan
The average Canadian eats 15 lbs of pasta a year.

 Rydwe
A piece of dried spaghetti, when bent, will nearly always split into three pieces. There is a reason for this though!

That's all folks! What should the next welcoming be themed upon?

(Hey look, more jibbering about how I'm depressed and lonely and some psychiatric self-analysis and stuff.)

Ahhh, this little thing just keeps coming up with me, doesn't it?

As always, I'm feeling utterly disconnected from the furry fandom, the feeling never goes away. Why would I feel disconnected? Gosh, well if social interaction is necessary for connectivity then I'm way out in space someplace.

People never start conversations with me. I can be on messengers for hours at a time without hearing a peep from anybody (I think the longest I've gone is about 5 hours, during evening peak times). I can start conversations but they won't last longer than 15 minutes, often not even 10.

I haven't had a sustained conversation (which I consider constant talk for over 15 minutes) with any person in any of my top two friend groups (yes, I order people on IMs by preference) in weeks. That's not an exaggeration. It's literally been weeks since anyone who I care the most about has desired to talk to me.

Pretty much every other conversation has been roleplay. That's it. I don't even RP much anymore, I've just lost all motivation to do so over the last few weeks, probably because I'm always the one getting used and abused (in a non-sexual sense) in them. One way roleplays are not fun.

I can ask how people are feeling and how I can help them, but I never get it in return. I see my friends throw money and compassion at others when they have problems, but when I'm in need it's always radio silence.

For a long time I've been excluded from group events. It's saddening to see all the people you consider your friends - my closest allies - toddling off to have fun together or do some great event together, while I just sit around waiting for my invitation that will ultimately never come.

I've never had a "best friend" in the furry fandom, while there has over time been many individuals who I will feel most in-tune with, such affinity has never been reciprocated. While I know that having a designated "best friend" is utterly unnecessary, one must remember that I'm a fundamentally insecure person. I need a support to lean on.

This is probably why I've had so many partners over the last few years, even if we're not the closest or most affectionate, I at least have the knowledge that someone wants me.

This is having an effect on my overall view of the furry fandom. People are here for various reasons; personally I came for the art and stayed for the friends, but my reason for staying is waning, so what's stopping me just dropping out altogether? Even the artwork is losing its affinity.

Believe me. I've considered it on numerous occasions. Yeah yeah, I know no one really leaves the furry fandom for real and all that crap, but a nice long hiatus wouldn't go amiss. After all, you don't know what you've got until you've lost it.

Some more people are watching me all of a sudden! Gosh, wonder where they came from. Have some facts all about speed.

 tylercuddletail
In 1895, the speed limit in New York City was 8 mph (12.87 kmh).

 Rossmallo
The average reading speed is 200 words per minute.

 digitalkid2009
Canadian golfer Jason Zuback hit the fastest golf ball, which reached a speed of 204 mph (328.31 kmh).

 Shez
The world's longest human pregnancy lasted 375 days, well above the average of 280.

 shadom
Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica, is the windiest place on Earth, with winds in excess of 150 mph (241.40 kmh) being a regularity.

What theme should I have for the next watcher welcome?

My old one (cartographer@live.co.uk) has been decommissioned as of 10 minutes ago.

To continue contact with me over this medium, please use alexandergrey@aggag.biz!
Or hit me up on AIM at cartographer
Or Steam at cartografur
Or YIM at tori_belliachi (but no one uses YIM anymore)

After ripping open the bottom of my laptop and fiddling around (with guidance from peeps on Twitter), the laptop is working again - albeit with a gigabyte less RAM.

So the laptop is working, just not as well. It's pretty much disabled, alive but functionally retarded. Urf... still hoping to get a new computer before university mind. This one won't last 'til the end of the year.

And just like on Doctor Who, it was very ominous to open up the laptop and see the crack across the outside of the case extend all the way inside too. Who knew that steel could shear that easily?

Not the adaptor this time, judging from what I'm being told from numerous sources, the motherboard has just up and died. I'm computerless, potentially for several months - kind of bad considering I'm starting a degree in website design in September.

My family doesn't have the kind of disposable income to buy a new computer, or repair the current one. I don't have huge savings, the family don't have huge savings (less than £100, seriously).

Now is not a good time to be me.

Some more facts and junk like that.

 Zoltan
The feminine version of "dude" is "dudine", not "dudette".

 Akkeresu
Female penguins have been found to engage in prostitution in exchange for nest building materials.

 Donovan_The_Dragon_Hero
The metal band that holds erasers to pencils is called a "ferrule".

 logo-man
England initially refused to partake in the World Cup for several years, believing that an international football tournament was childish and unnecessary.

 jumpman92029
Historically, Tuesday is the rainiest day of the week.

I registered to Fur Affinity on June 28th, 2006 and from that point onwards very publicly made myself known as a furry. It's pretty much the date I designated as first joining the furry fandom.

So the anniversary of that was four days ago.

Forgot all about it.

Arse.

1) Who are you?
2) Are we friends?
3) When and how did we meet?
4) Would you kiss me?
5) Give me a nickname and explain why.
6) Describe me in 1 word.
7) What was your first impression of me?
8) Do you still think the same?
9) What reminds you of me?
10) If you could give me anything, what would it be?
11) How well do you know me?
12) Are you gonna put this in your journal and see what I say about you?
13) Would you meet up with me?

Wow, s'almost been a month since the last one. Let's be throwing out some thanks here.

 bluemelon
A group of owls is called a parliament.

 wonghusky2
Children can distinguish good from evil by six months old.

 was00was00
Utah is the only American state that still practices death by firing squad.

 MuscleFan999999
The average man cries only 6-17 times a year, compared to 30-64 times by women.

 RonPrower
Your sense of morality is found in the right temporo-parietal junction of the brain, just behind your right ear.

Well, after a couple of weeks of feeling terrible, I'm finally getting back on my feet and feeling quite a bit better. Now, while I'm really tired and quite delirious as I am now, I think it would be fair to say thanks to the peeps that helped me along a bit.

southchillreptile spent some good time nattering to me and making me feel wanted, even though we haven't much talked for several months. He also bought me Team Fortress 2, which - as I have always predicted - I am terrible at playing.

decker and me had an argument, but one that pretty much forced me into hearing what I didn't want to know about myself. Hey, first stage of recovery is acceptance.

Additional thanks go to chriskitmyth, darakan and tolstoy and a few others, each of whom checked on how I was doing during the weeks.

And last but most definitely not least: minhande, who committed countless hours of his time listening and giving advice and emotional help - at one time being the only person who would talk to me for a period of days. He is an absolutely amazing friend, who I am incredibly happy to know :3

One more time!

There are 20 traits that are common in most psychopaths, 8 are emotionally related, 10 are socially related, and 2 are miscellaneous.

I am often accused of being a hypochondriac, and I probably am, but first allow me to give an assessment before everyone tells me to shut up and actually go to a psychiatrist.




The emotional traits

Grandiose sense of self worth: I frequently enjoy random daydreams about how I shall destroy the rest of humanity and it's horrible little existence. No really, I do.

Manipulative: Ahaha, I can try saying I'm not, but some people would beg to differ. You know, I only became friends with some people because I could get stuff out of them, won't say who thought, teehee~

Lack of remorse: After reading that last one, do you really think I feel guilty about it? Do you ever notice how I never say sorry?

Lack of empathy: Did you ever notice how I don't really give a damn that your grandparent or pet has just died? Because I never do.

Emotionally shallow: The only emotions I have are anger and contempt. And depression, if that's an emotion.

Superficial charm: I'm good at this, hell, I'm pretty much permanently in a state of extreme happiness on the outside, regardless of how much I hate and want to kill you inside.

Pathological lying: I did that a lot when I was younger (I once bit someone on the shoulder and said that I fell over with my mouth open), not so much now, except when I do.

Failure to accept responsibility for actions: I personally think I tend to take responsibility, everyone who knows me would say otherwise, especially my mother when concerning missing food.




The social traits

Impulsiveness: I missed a bus home a few weeks ago, so decided to get on a different bus that took 2-3 hours to go all the way around south and central Manchester in the middle of the evening instead. Luckily, that bus (of which the number I hadn't bothered to check before getting on) stopped a mile or so away from my house anyway.

Irresponsibility: I'd like to think I'm responsible most of the time - then again I have a critical exam in four days that I have done literally no revision for. That's not wholly responsible, I guess.

Proneness to boredom: Just follow me on Twitter, you'll find that I'm bored pretty much 24/7. The fact that I am so stupidly bored/boring is one of the reasons I chose the name "Grey" in the first place.

Parasitic lifestyle: I owe a lot of people a lot of money. Yesterday I got dinner by pointing at someone I knew and saying "Buy me a sandwich" -- which they did. Awesome.

Lack of realistic and long term life goals: My current goals right now consist of getting into university by passing A-level exams. Long term for me seems to last the span of about two months.

Poor behavioural control: Does compulsively kicking people in the face because they're annoying me count as good control? I've done that before... often.

Promiscuous sexual behaviour: Check my chatlogs, that's all you need to know.

Juvenile delinquency: Finally something I can say an outright no to, I'm a law-abiding citizen once you cut out those few cases of truancy.

Regular re-offending of criminal activity: As above.

Behavioural problems in early youth: How the hell should I know?



Miscellaneous traits

Several short-term marital relationships: I've had a few short-term relationships, none were marital in nature however.

Versatility: Typically meant in the criminal sense (ability to commit several varied crimes), I'm again law-abiding, but I am decidedly versatile. I'm a jack-of-all-trades at a whole lot of useless skills.




So, I got 17 or 18 out of 20 there. Can I be taken to the crazy house yet?

Keanu is sad and Krystal can't enjoy her sandwich

A mashup made in heaven :D

Now realised: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3978775/

Because I can't think of a better or more descriptive title.

As of the last few days I've been in a very sombre mood, becoming increasingly depressed, increasingly feeling bored and alone. Until tonight, when I got a sudden burst of anger, a seemingly brief period where every little thing annoyed the hell out of me, I wanted to hurt people (and really, I've done that quite a lot in the past, I could get done for all sorts of domestic abuse...)

For the past several months I've felt like I've been drifting in and out of the fandom, my social circles have been dwindling to the extent that I barely talk to more than a few people a day.

Oh, and rangethebeagle and me just broke up while I was writing this. Great.

Anyway, as I was saying, I've been feeling increasingly alone and isolated. I get the feeling that most people don't want to talk to me, so I don't try and force them to. And when they ask how I am, I'll always say I'm fine, no matter how terrible I feel.

Everyone I know always gets on better with someone else, I'm always that "other" person, the one who's in the background. I don't have a best friend of any sort. I don't even have as many good friends, and I find them aggravating with increasing regularity.

Why's that? Because of inferiority, I'm constantly being bullied and made a fool off by my so called "friends" - I realise it is usually in jest or for some sarcastic humour - but I get the same treatment everywhere I go. It doesn't matter be they family, friend or foe, it seems like everyone is always trying to degrade me or make me feel inferior. It grates horribly. And even if it's for a laugh, it's not funny any more.

It's annoying too when people I know have an issue and they get piles of sympathy and/or money thrown at them by various other people I know, and yet the same treatment would never come if I was in the same or similar trouble. That's not a guess of any sort, I know it won't happen, because it never has when I've needed it.

Someone recently asked me why I do watcher welcomes; the answer is that I do them to throw a little promotion and public thanks at the people who bother clicking that little "+Watch" button up there - and make it a little more interesting with the addition of random facts, of which there are so many billions of building up in my mind.

 thegreywolf
Reading everything on the Internet would take you over 60,000 years non-stop.

 Shyanne
Between 1980 and 2005, only 6% of terrorist attacks were committed by Islamic extremists.

 ZKwolf
The average person farts 14 times a day.

 toraldafatwolfy
So much for it being a waste of time or money, Apple is currently selling 35,000 iPads every day.

 lt2007
90% of all pornographic films are made in San Fernando Valley, Southern California.