The girl who more or less implied i enjoy bestiality is an acquaintance. She was attempting to make a joke, but it failed horribly. I accept that, but I do not forgive her for her horrible poor choice in words or the fact that she doesn't see what she did wrong.

Jus clarifying. On another note, more stuff has been moved into apartment and all set financial wise to make it home and hang outwith everyone until i get my massive check the 23rd.

I'm fucking pissed. Normally this wouldn't get me as much as it did, but something about it just... pissed me off. Yes, I am a furry. Yes, I enjoy people of dog-people fucking. Yes You know this. This does NOT mean I like to Fuck animals! Saying you'll need to hide your puppy from venturing in my apartment because I am a furry, even if joking, is no joke, especially not with the way you joke. Maybe some can joke like that, but not you cunt.

I'm just pissed about this and have no words >:[

-Border Da Cougah

So, prior to the lovely event I detailed in a previous journal, I had been doing some small scale budgeting. Mostly it was looking at the money in my Debit card, seeing how much I would need for long term emergencies + Future purchase requirements, and then subtracting the extra by either buying some nice little fun things (CD, movies, Games, etc) or throwing it into my savings. It served me fine, but it's too small. There's so many variables now that can take money that come up from nowhere. Starting next semester, I'll be in apartment. I'll need money for more than I normally have. And on top of the living expenses, I want to actually know I have money in case of a meet that crops up without knowledge prior. Also should keep a special savings just for FurFright honestly >_>

Which is why part of my resolutions for 2012, which I will be starting this Friday, Is to budget my money better. I can have as many savings account as I want with my bank, and I can nickname them for specific purposes, so I can quite easily creating Savings accounts for special occasions. As it stands, I have a CD on a 9 months span (Ends July), A single Savings account, and my Hybrid Debit/Savings account. Once I get my paycheck and see what it actually is (I know I make something between $90-$100 Bi-weekly from Work-study) I will then divide it up three ways. One to pay payment to my credit card. One to pay to my gas card, and the rest, depending how much, into one or two savings accounts, one of which will be a new "FurFright" Savings account, to ensure I can make it each year, pending no emergency financial crisis.

I've always tried to be responsible with my money, but I am pretty frugal. This might prove to be very difficult to me, but I know in the end it'll probably help. I've cut off nearly all financial ties to my mother now, but am not cutting off ties with her completely. I'm hoping this might help the relationship, since now she won't necessarily just take money without telling me, just in case I have plans for said money. That, and I've heard from the majority of people I've talked to in length who have had experience of parents having access to money that Cutting them off financially did help fix a strained relationship in the end.

On top of this, I still want to point out again that I am open for commissions. Details are Here, so just Note me with details, or if you don't feel comfortable noting, IM me on one of my IM services or email me at borderwalker1 [at] gmail [dot] com.

All for now.
-Border Da Cougah

2 weeks and Counting until I am officially back home in Massachusetts. Chances are I will have absolutely NO money then, which is part of the reason for this journal, but I'll be making note of that later. What I'm mostly getting out is that, as said, in two weeks time, I'll be back in Mass, which means getting to see all my awesome peeps from back home! You know who you are.

It's official. I've signed my life away to a lease for an apartment off campus next semester. The guy who owns it is gonna be generous and let us transport some furniture from the dorms into there before we officially move in, and the place is a good price. Moving in with my friend Melissa and Skye, and we've more or less agreed who's helping do what. Only thing that will be tough is transporting furniture from my end. Yay money troubles.

Anywho, Starting to art again, and with this I'm once more going to try doing what I've tried before: Commissions! Seeing as I'll need money and the chances of me finding Holiday work is slim, I'll need to do something, and artwork is the only legal thing I can do to raise money >_> So yes! I may not have arted in a while, but I still can, and doing artwork for people who have paid money to me is surely how to get me motivated!

Technically I've always been open for commissions, but never had a pricing chart or announced it much. I will need the money for mostly one big reason, being the rental of a UHAUL trailer to take from Mass to Maine, but any other money would be helpful for other things, like food!

So here's a Pricing chart:

Traditional Paper Sketch: $2 (Done in pencil on paper, cleaned, scanned, cleaned again)
Traditional Inked Sketch: $5 (Done in pencil on paper, cleaned, traced in Pigma Micron pens or Nib pens, scanned, and cleaned again)
*Traditional Colored Sketch: $7 (Done in Pencil on Paper, Cleaned, Traced in Pigma Micron pens or Nib pens, colored with Colored Pencils, scanned, Cleaned)
*Digital Ink: (Done in pencil on paper, Cleaned, Scanned, Inked in SAI with Tablet)
Digital Colored Sketch: $7 (Done in Pencil on paper, Cleaned, Scanned, and color slapped on in SAI)
*Digital Flat Color: $10 (Done in Pencil on paper, Cleaned, Scanned, Inked in SAI, Colored with flat colors in SAI)
*Full Digital Piece: $15 (Done in Pencil on Paper or Digitally sketched with Tablet, Cleaned, Scanned if Traditional, Inked with SAI, colored with SAI, Shaded with SAI, Highlights in SAI)
Add Simple Background: $2
Add Complex Background: $5
3+ Characters: $2 for each extra character
Adult picture: Add $5
*Reference Sheet: $20-$30 (Done completely digitally. Pricing worked out based on details for Sheet)

Anything with an * means I can't finish or do it until after the 17th when I am home and have access to the supplies needed (Tablet mostly. Also colored pencils).

As many slots as I feel I can take really, so yeah. Also, if you guys could help spread the word. Some of you know my financial straights right now, and renting a UHAUL is a LOT of money I need to get together (Up to $300!), but any little extra money is helpful.

That's all for now!
-Border Da Cougah

Most of you might have already seen me go RAWR on Twitter with this in Shorter form. This is probably one of only two or three things that push my buttons quickly, but here it is in long form:

If an individual is being safe about sex and can prove they are clean, then there is no reason they should not be able to donate blood. I understand that the workings of the body and Medicine is much more complex, and that various factors come into play such as virus incubation and such, but all one ever hears when they are denied the ability to give blood despite being clean is "You've had sex with men", which is then associated with the idea of STIs being the reason. The Red Cross constantly crys out because of Blood shortage, yet deny hundreds because they have slept with someone of the same gender. Is it ONLY STIs?

If Yes, then explain why a gay male cannot donate blood, despite having had sex, if they can prove themselves a clean bill of health? Yes, virus have incubation periods. It's why you when you go in anyway they give you the slip that tells you the number to call in case you later discover or develop the virus because of sex, no matter who with!

If No, then explain what other factors come into play! Do not keep us in the dark.


Mind you, I donate every time I can. I HAVE HAD GAY BUTTSEX. I know I also have a clean bill of health. Tell me why I shouldn't donate. Give me Scientific medical proof why I should not donate. More likely to develop STDs is NOT enough, because safe, protected sex, no matter what they type, is practiced.

-Border Da Cougah

Partly this journal exists to get the other one off my front page. Partly it's also just to give some updates. Went ahead and cheanged the bank my direct deposit forms go to. This will make things interesting, as my my next check will be in physical form instead, making payments fun since the bank I use is kind of online only :/ Eh. This should hopefully fix a major wedge being driven between me and my mom.

Been balancing five things at once. Given up playing Skyrim and Deus Ex for now to focus on schoolwork (And until Skyrim fixes their hilarious bugged bug fix) and the Tabletop campaign I plan to run next semester at my college. I can only wonder what anyone high up in the government would say when they see in my history links to American laws and then Arabian policies and culture :p

I get out of all my finals (Hopefully) the 15th, and should be home at the very least the 16th.

Not much else. Working on some artwork, as I'm going to need money from commissions, so need examples of what I can do.

-Border Da Cougah

Disclaimer: From this point forward, any journals I deem to be my ranting about family woes, or just generally me being emo, I will not post here but instead in my Livejournal and link to it here. You can comment there or here.

http://border-walker.livejournal.com/3220.html

First off, Happy Thanksgiving guys. Not a holiday I really care about too much, but the message is there. Just don't care for ingesting 23lbs of Turkey when I'm trying to eat less so I can trim my figure. Not that I enjoyed eating a lot of turkey when I didn't care about weight though. But yeah, Thanksgiving... it's a day to give thanks, and yeah, I have alot tobe thankful for, but really? I take the same stance of Thanksgiving as I do with a lot of other Holidays. Why be thankful one day of the year when you can be thankful every day of the year? Eh, dunno. Maybe it's me. Don't get the wrong impression or anything.

Anyway, had lots of fun last night hanging out with Blarion, Lonewolf666, and Blooferret alongside two of my normal friends (As in non-furry :p) seeing the Muppets and then hitting up TGI Fridays. Heart pounding event for me because oh god, regular friends meeting non furry friends oh god. But eh, I set out long ago when I started making friends in the fandom that I wouldn't isolate myself from friends I already had. Shit, My friend Rissa has told me before she's wanted to go with me to FruFright because she just likes going to conventions XD Thankfully things seemed to go off good and no rough spots.

Probably the weirdest thing though? Learning the real names of furs I've known for a much longer time by the internet names. I mean, I know the real names of a lot of furs, and I'll introduce myself by both my internet tag and my Real name, telling people to call me by whatever name they think is more comfortable, but still? When you've known and met and talked with someone using only an alias for a while, and then learn their real names? Dunno, just feels weird. Natural compulsion is to start using their real names, but I hold myself back.

And really? It's only weird with Blarion, Lone, and Bloo, cause I've known them for the longest time by internet handle only. I can literally go through a list:

Kiniel I learned the name of by chance thanks to Twitter and his roommate Jitka
Nexus I learned at FurFright when Evo told me to get her by using her real name, confusing me for half a second
Kavi I learned the real name of by chance when he invited me to G+ soon after talking with him
Pherric I learned the real name of in passing conversation with Nexus
Kelix I learned the real name of when we were dating for a while, and more often refer to by real name anyway O.o
Guil I learned the real name of by accident when he texted me the first time and his name came up just out of the blue. Real name, instead of a number O.o

And others have some sort of hint to their real name in their names. None of the ones above weirded me out, but for some reason, it did hearing the real names of Blarion, Lone, and Bloo. Though, as I type this, I think I know why...

Bloo's name I learned when my friend Rissa commented in the car about him, saying his real name and then quickly his internet tag after. It wasn't as weird in that case, because it felt natural...

But in the case of Blarion and Lone, it was weird because it was like a second introduction. Trying to introduce my friends to them, I was completely unsure what to say, so I just used their internet tags. Afterwards they introduced themselves by real name. Maybe it's just cause it was a second introduction of sorts that makes it feel weird.

I dunno. I really don't care that much personally. I respect people's privacy of names, but i could care less what people call me by. Border, Aaron, either work.

Dunno, I think I'm rambling at this point. Gonna wrap this journal up.

-Border "Aaron" Da Cougah

So I have officially been home for the week since Friday night at around 9 o'clock. Currently at a friend's house in Milton as she plays Rock Band, and boy have things been crazy. God I missed some of you guys a lot, and I've really pieced it. What I don't get in Maine that I miss is the physical interactions I get from my friends at home, even if it's just a simple hug, I miss that a lot, and can't get it in Maine. Granted, I still hate my house situation right now, but gonna at least try to fix that over this week before thanksgiving.

Anyway, shit ton of fun at the FurBowl Saturday night. Great to see and meat a bunch of furs I never met and see some old friends as well. Blarion, if you read this, we do need to hang out more! :<

Saw Puss in boots Sunday night with my non-fur friends. Good movie. More than makes up for the later Shrek movies.

Nothing much else to say. Wanna hang? Let me know. I do need to clean my house, but if I'm feeling up to it I can hang. I go back to Maine Sunday.

-Border Da Cougah

Yes, I have Skyrim. My roommate does too. We both have played them on out prospective systems (PC for me, 360 for him), and we both love it more or less. Tis totally more gorgeous on my Sexy beast of a computer, but I'm now currently noticing lag issues outside Whiterun. It might be related to Steam being slow because EVERYONE is playing Skyrim, or it might mean I need even MORE memory or Graphics handling. Roommate has a Breton, while I went as a Khajit modeled after a Snow Mew.

Liking Skyrim A LOT better than oblivion. Mostly in the Level up system, but also for a few other reasons. Lack of mouse usage is sad, but eh, I'm dealing.

Anyway, Thanksgiving break starts in a week, and goes from 19th to the 27th. I'll be home pretty much all these days, though I have promised two friends who are not furries I'd be hanging out with them, but they known of furries and wouldn't care. Want to hang out or set something up to hang out then? Lemme know. If I've met you IRL I feel comfortable giving you my Cell number for stuff this like. just ask.

Not much to say otherwise.

-Border Da Cougah

So there's a Furmeet in Mass happening, and I did some budget number crunching. It's VERY possible, financially, for me to make it, and I do not mind the driving time, but I do prefer not to drive back home and back up to Maine in a single day, and would prefer to find a place to spend the night of Saturday into Sunday if possible.

Now, as you know, I am by technicality a Boston fur in where my home is. I, however, do not like my home. I love my mom and my dogs, but my home has a heavy fog within it's bowels, and that fog is depression. I am able to spend a week or more at this place, but any less, and I just can't. The level of depression one feels inside that house can instantly sour a mood for weeks if one does not spend a week to adjust. Since I would only be spending the night there, I'd prefer to suffer depression for weeks because of one night.

If anyone along the route to Mass (I-95, I-295 in Maine, In New Hampshire close to I-95, or Really anywhere in Mass from Waltham to Braintree) is feeling generous and willing to offer a space for the night, I am willing to offer transport (If you can't normally transport yourself) to the place and back, hanging out time with me, and maybe other things that can be worked out. Just please get back to me soon so I know. It would be Saturday night to Sunday. Couches are fine and Dandy.

My only requirement is for me to have met you in RL and be in that range. I'll get back to you in Note form if you are willing and can. If no one does get back to me I'll keep debating on same day travel and sucking it up.

Masshole Stuck in Nowhere
-Border Da Cougah

It's sad that this works almost perfectly, and many of you may not get it, but my friends and I have found the theme song that sums up the Major and everyone in it (Even I am in it, if only for the "hair" part.

What song is it?

Why, none other than "Gaston" from Beauty and the Beast

Yes. Every aspect of that song belongs to everything and everyone in my Major, Conservation Law Enforcement.

Sad? Maybe. But also awesome. I'm also adament that I am La'Flue (or however his name is spelled)

So I talked with Financial aid today alongside one of the two roommates for the apartment off campus we're looking at. Financially we're golden (Little less than half of the cost for room and board is subtracted by living off campus) and split between the three of us, it should work out great. Money saved, obviously, so yay!

Anyway, yeah. Will be in my own apartment. Buying food. And living with two other people who I can stand living with. Good preliminary for when I move into an apartment when I graduate in Dorcheter (Yes I already have a place lined up >_>). W00t.

Anywho, That Ice skating meet I mentioned a while back? Yeah, still plan to do it. Pretty much set on doing it on the Frog Pond in Boston. Big, easy access, and cheap for what I've found for most places, and not many people had an issue with a location in Boston so I saw. Dates are still up in the air, but would be in either December or January.

So yeah, not much this time around. Keep in touch!

-Border Da Cougah

So I was supposed to look at the apartment this morning, but the guy in charge had apparently called me before I woke up (I don't wake up earlier than 9 on weekends unless I have to) to see if I was still willing to look at the apartment today and that he'd be available until 9:30... but possibly in the afternoon as well. Left a message saying I'd be available better in the afternoon if possible, since I only need to look at the place to get a feel of what it might look like and have maybe three or so question to ask him.

Anyway, as for my Roommate, when our friends left that night and we were getting ready for bed, I pretty much voiced my concerns and laid them all out on the table, using the specific words "Raging Homophobe", "Ignorant", "Dangerous" and many others to describe how my perception of him changed in that one event. We talked and talked and talked. Almost every other word he said was an apology too for scaring me so much to make me not want to go back to the room that night (I almost considered driving down to Silvermane's or Guil's because I was that afraid) and he explained where he was coming from. I told him specifically that he needed to:

*Work on his anger (Any time he feels uncomfortable it comes to him as anger)
*Try to be more tolerant (I gave him the advice to think of it as such: It does not affect me, therefore I don't give a shit.)
*Think before he acts (Has a habit of acting before thinking, but his is more catastrophic).

Again, he was apologizing profusely not only to me but to EVERYONE who had witnessed and seen that event, and he was at least very sincere with me about it. Because I'm such a bleeding heart I'm still giving him a chance, and if the apartment looks like a situation that could work as still having him as a roommate for it, then I'll bring it up to him (But also lay down some major ground rules in paper). But this is his final chance. If this happens before the end of December, I'm talking to some friends I have who live in an apartment and will need a roommate, because I will not tolerate intolerance. Stupid I can handle. Anger and intolerance, no.

So my College has this annual thing known as a drag dance that happens a week after Halloween generally. The event is what you might guess, and is put on by the Diversity and Equality club on campus as a means of raising awareness and promoting tolerance. Most of the time it goes off without a hitch or anything, despite some occasional derogatory comments from raging homophobic rednecks.

As it turns out, my roommate is one of those said rednecks. I knew he was a bit of a homophobe originally due to his background (Highly christian family that denounces gays). While he does not approve of his family values, they were still instilled within him for all his life, and he has a hard time breaking them. I started realizing he was a bit of a homophobe when he asked me after I returned from FurFright "If we were both drunk, would you?" In response to the fact that I mentioned I got buzzed and was really horny while buzzed. I know my limits and still hold much respect, even when buzzed, so it kinda insulted me when he asked this, and I told him this, to which he apologized.

As it turns out, he has voiced the worry of me possibly raping him when he's sleeping to others, who have told me this. Tonight, thanks to the drag dance, my roommate has been quite pissy and angry due to the Drag dance and guys dressing as women, going as far as to try to put one of both our friends in a headlock because of some comment he made that was a joke comment. Needless to say because of this I've kinda been feeling unsafe now.

As of right now He's back in the room (With some friends) and calmer and laughing, but after all the events... eh. Just not sure what to think anymore, especially cause he's the best chance I have at getting an off-campus apartment roommate :/ Oh, and yes, he does know I am pretty much gay.

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Thanks for the help guys. Really the price wasn't an issue. I was only talking about maybe talking lower if I could persuade him to turn a 2 bedroom into a single, but alot of you guys are bringing up good points. Roommate finding is difficult though. Granted, mostly it's because I like my man caves, but I guess if there are multiple bedrooms, alot of the issues I have with my current roommate wouldn't be as much of an issue? I'm just not sure. I'm trying to think of what would and wouldn't be anymore because of seperate bedrooms (a lot probably the more I think about it), but there's not many on campus I can get along with. I do imagine it's different living in an apartment than it is a dorm building though. Can you guys speak of this from experience?

I guess mostly it's just the fact that my roommate is always talking to me and asking me things that I know nothing about, and maybe with an apartment, he might not do that as much...? I dunno. I need to think more on it.

So new Desktop is up and running and is beautiful. Specs and pictures later. Right now more important business.

ANYONE WHO HAS EVER RENTED BEFORE! I need advice. I am looking to move off campus, and have a possible place. Here's the details:

$800/mo with Utilities included (Heating, electric, cable, internet, mowed lawn, plowed driveway)
$400 deposit
Two bedroom available
~10 min from campus
Furnished

Going to look at the apartment sunday and see how it is. Only a two and three bedroom is available, but I need advice! My mother is useless and gives me no advice when I ask, so I am asking here. I want to maybe persuade the guy to go for less per month and convert a two bedroom into a single somehow, but no next to noting about negotiating. Any advice and or other things you can think of tell tell me would be helpful, PLEASE!

So last night I attended Silvermane's Halloween party with Guil, having dropped by his house the night before (Mother Nature can suck my left testicle for that drive I had to make) and stayed over to make traveling 'Easier' (Again, suck my left testicle mother nature. Suck it.). Had tons of fun, talked alot with Silver, Spaz, and Runt before others showed up and the party became more of a party. Watched some gory and creepy movies, made jokes, carved pumpkins... yeah, fun times.

But now I'm not feeling so hot. The party was awesome mind you, but the aftereffects of driving back to my college a full two hours north of Silver's... Well, I realized something during it. About somewhere shy of the Bath region exit on I-295, I started feeling... well, strangely enough, Homesick. But not really Homesick either. I wasn't sick for Home per se (Anyone who has heard me multiple times in IM complain about my home situation will know why I was not Homesick for my Home) but more I was... I guess Friendsick. I wanted to have been able to spend more time with friends like that party, but couldn't Out of everyone who had arrived for it, I was the first to leave (Granted I was one of the first to arrive as well, the other bieng Guil who came with me), but I still wanted to stay longer.

I chose Unity College back when I had very little friends, and what friends I had I could talk with over the phone and just visit during my vacations, and I was satisfied. But now... Now I want more. I have more friends than I've ever truly had before, and Unity is causing me to have very little contact. Oh sure, there's IMs, and for those lucky few there's phone too, but I need the physical, in person, face to face contact. In Unity I have two friends, and they're nothing like the friends I have back home.

I want to graduate, I want a job, and I want to return to Boston. I want to live and work. I want to make money. I don't want to bring my work home with me. I don't CARE if it's hours that suck, so long as I'm not bringing much work home with me. I want a normal schedule I can follow with times I know that I can spend time with friends that I miss. I hate being so far from... well, civilization!

According to Kelix, one of my oldest and most dearest of Online friends, this is the point where most college students drop out. I don't plan to. I'm sticking with my college because I know that the degree I get will help me get the career I want, versus just a simple job. I just wish the rest of this semester and the following three semesters would go by quicker, so I might be... well, happier.

-Border Da Cougah

So this idea occurred to me while in Work today, or more precisely while leaving it for the day. It's been a good few years since I decided to try my hand at learning to Ice skate and learning that it was quite fun! I've been itching to get to do it again (Alongside skiing, but that's a different matter and one I believe Camohusky is planning to do still), but haven't found a means to go out and do it.

Well, I figured after the success of the meet I helped plan with Kiniel for Minigolfing, it was about time a new Mass meet got planned that included more than just ingesting food. Since I want to go Ice Skating, but want to share the fun of it, why not make it a possible meet? Granted, I'm still new to this and would like lots of input for ideas of where and what dates work, but for now this is simply to gauge interest. There was some shown on Twitter, but I wanted to get a full idea of who would attend.

Perspective dates: Somewhere between Saturday, Decempter 17th and Sunday January 15th (This is the time of my Winter beak from college and the best possible dates for when the ice would probably be good)
Perspective Location: OPEN FOR SUGGESTIONS! The only place I know of is the Boston Common, and I would prefer it be at an outdoor place if the weather is good. Indoors if it's not so good. Price would obviously be a factor in many things too.
Fursuiting: To be Honest, I know next to little about fursuits except for the etiquette of a lot. I imagine unless one is practically an olympic skater, it'd be very difficult to skate on ice in Fursuit. Sidelining, however, would be possible.
For Those who don't know how to Ice Skate: While I am only an amateur myself, it is not hard to learn to skate at all, and I'm sure others would be willing to help teach! Very simple motions as long as you go slow. And if you don't know how to skate, maybe some other option can be arised as a possible sideline event.

So, yeah. Tell me if your curious! I want to gauge interest and figure out what works best for everyone. Will be sending this to the Mass FA group as well, and will eventually post to LJ once more info is solidified. But yeah! Post your interest, post your ideas! I'll be doing research into places but if you have suggestions for places let me know!

Waiting for input!
-Border Da Cougah

Awesome People I met and Hung out with at the Con!

The Epic Roomies


All you other fuzzbutts!
:Blarionicon:

And Special Awesome guest

And a Whole Shit ton of other people who's names I didn't catch or just can't remember right now! You're all Awesome!

Anyway, Con was awesome. Left my college at about 3 to pick up Liko, Nican, and his other friend in Worcester, then arrived at the con by 8. Got in line for Pre-reg, where I talked with Gel quickly after Nexus texted me to find her so she could know the status on the suit. Once out of Pre-reg drove Liko and pals to the Super 8 so we could all check in, Nexus and myself then getting quickly settled in and then heading back to the Crowne in her car (DAT BEETLE) and she suited up and down Thursday night while I kept with her to help with handling alongside Evo, who we had picked up in the Super 8.

Around Midnight we went back to the Super 8 and caught some shut eye, then woke up at 9 to greet Kavi and Pherric when they finally arrived. Got them in the room, went back to the hotel and did stuff, then went to opening ceremonies. After that attended a few panels here and there, hung out with people at random, and then headed back to the hotel around midnight after getting bored at Karaoke and not getting any bites on room parties. Eventually fell asleep by 2 AM. Not much really happened Friday though over all aside from meeting people and being the the Rockband Tournament. (3rd Place where 1st and 2nd was a tie).

Saturday! Woke up, got breakfast at Dunkies with the entirety of a Long Island High School Girl's Soccer Team, and went over to the convention dressed as my dapper professor. Wandered around, talked with people, met people, went to panels, went to events. Specifically of note was getting to hang out with Brauner and some of his pals while playing Zombiefluxx. Saw West Of Here and Loved them. Best panel of the day though was probably Duskysam's panel on SFX transformations, where I turned a girl into a bunny (Pictures were taken. If I ever find them I will link to them.) After that panel wandered around, then eventually went up to Ikaru's room after he invited me up for some drinks on Twitter. Discovered the lovely concoction known as Diet coke and Chocolate Vodka, stayed up late with Ikaru and DarkCougarKat (And for a while another fur who I WISH I had caught the name of. Nawlens XD), then went back down to the hotel at about 5 after being buzzed for a few hours and thinking I should head back to the room where, surprise, I realized I had lent my key to Mykul and had no way of getting in. So, instead, I hung with Hush, Azban, and a few others in the lobby from 5 to 9, when I finally went back to the room and caught an hour and a half nap.

Right, on to Sunday. After nap was complete I grabbed everything and headed bac over to the con space. Watched most of the Fursuit games before heading with Ikaru and his crowd to Friendly's for Lunch. Side note: That proposal during Fursuit games? So sweet. Anyway, came back and then hung with Ikaru and DarkCougarKat during the Carshow. Lawl'd at the Free Candy van, and then headed back to Ikaru's room and drank some more.

Finally left at 7/7:30ish, made a pit stop to get gas and food to stay awaken, and arrived at Guil's place around 10:15ish, where we talked a lot, laughed as he failed to get me Placebo drunk, watched the newest MLP episode, and eventually went to bed. Woke up at 9, hugged the sleepy ott who was out like a light, and then headed back to arrive to college at 11:45ish.

Tons of fun. Definitely going next year come Hell or high water, and DEFINITELY staying in the Crowne or at least the Holiday Inn. Fuck the Super 8. Also going to have to come up with a new costume idea, as my Top hat and goggles suffered a casualty over the weekend and the magnifies fell to pieces D: But yeah, awesome fun. I miss all of you already, and to those I didn't get to meet, YOU ALL SUCK! Next year! Make it Happen! Also! Next year I am actually 21. More Drinks need to happen.

Won't be available anymore though until my Thanksgiving break (Novermber 19th-27th) and then December (December 16th - January 17th). It's gonna be so boring without you guys, so when I come home for both those vacation dates I want to make sure you guys make me feel at home! :D

Anyway, yeah. Cougah out.
-Border Da Cougah

It's 10:30 PM on Monday night and I'm just now making this journal. Quite obviously I did not make any journal about the con During, but that's because I was never really in the super 8 and the internet there sucked anyway.

Anyway, had an AWESOME time. Better than last year by far. The convention was amazing and I miss all of you. As said, no PCD yet, but it might actually happen. Still, I miss all of you and want to see you again! WHY AM I STUCK IN MAINE?! V_V Ugh. Anyway, this is really a short journal. Perhaps tomorrow I'll make a much more extensive journal about it and exactly what happen, but for a bulleted list:

*Arrived Thursday and was temp handler for Nexus alongside Evo
*Woke up at 9 to greet Kavi and Pherric when they arrived
*Attended panels and events on Friday
*Met cool people
*Re-met awesome people from meets
*Attended panels on Thursday
*Went to Ikarufox's room and got supplied drinks
*Experienced a buzz for the first time
*Hugged people while buzzed at random
*Stayed up ridiculously late in the hotel lobby with Hush and Azban
*Left sometime after closing ceremonies while hanging with Ikaru most of Sunday
*Spent the night at Guil's place
*Got back around 11:30ish

So yeah, Border out.

PS, anyone finds pictures of me, LINK THEM!

Or should I say Night one? Fun. Got here, stood in prereg line with Liko and friends, then went back to room, dropped shit off, then headed back to Crowne plaza and was temp handler for Nexus in gale suit.

More to come. Tis late. GAH. Room 231 in Super 8 peeps, but will probably always be in Crowne.

Aka, a quick informational sheet on how to handle your local Boston based but Maine Confined Cougarcat during the Convention of FurFright.

Hotel: Super 8 (Room 231)
Arrival date: Thursday, Oct. 13th
Estimated arrival time: 8-8:30ish (Leaving college around 3)

Attire for Weekend:
Badges: Acrylic Cooner FIB badge & White Wolf badge
Thursday: Rise against T with a Wolf in suit holding out a hand, Jeans, and a Cadet Cap
Friday: Black Button Down long sleeve shirt, Jeans, and Cadet cap.
Saturday: Formal Suit (Yes, I am wearing a 'Suit' to FurFright) Possibly with cane and a Top hat with goggles.
Sunday: Black Alice Cooper tour shirt from the Theatre of Death 2010-2011 with Jeans & Cadet Cap

Means of reaching:
Twitter: BorderDaCougah
FA (Will check it each night generally and right in the morning. MAAAAYBE during con on phone)
Phone: Note me here or DM me on twitter for phone #. (Note: I need to have met you at least once and consider you a friend before I will part with this. I consider almost everyone "Friendly" and "An Acquaintance", but very few friends)
Yelling "BORDER!" or "AARON!" in the middle of Crowne Plaza.

What can and can't be done:
Hugs: I am very huggable. Just hold out your arms. If your small enough or I feel strong enough, i might even give a bear hug and lift you up.
Food: I will be your friend forever.
Drinks: If non-alcoholic. I'm underage technically.
Murry Purry: Maybe. Ask in person.

Anything else?: Ask and ye shall receive info!

It has just been pointed out to me that my IM information on here has been, well, wrong. It has been listed under my AIM as "boderwalker4", when it is actually "Borderwalker4". If you have been trying to reach me under Boderwalker... Yeah, sorry.

Had tons of fun at the meet and seeing everyone at the meet Sunday! I recal seeing...

Guil
Blarion
Lone Wolf
Mykul
Kiniel
Azban
Ruffe
Dani
O-Kemono
Traysandor
FleaTheMagician (Or at least recall being stalked by but not quite seeing)
CyanTPC
And a few others. Specifically had fun talking with the top four at a booth, but everyone else it was good to see you too!

Also had great fun staying at Guil's place. Saw three movies at his place I hadn't seen before, and enjoyed all. Easy A, Green Hornet, and Cloverfield.

Much thanks to Guil and Skip for letting me stay over, and greater thanks to Skip for offering space on his bed for sleeping. My back thanks you.

FurFright in a few days. Should be awesome. Heading down Thursday. Possibly transporting people. Will update later. Plan to update each night if I can on FurFright escapades.

All for now.
-Border Da Cougah