(I'm sorry, but I'm not), I have always tried to be careful of posting anything inflammatory or possibly offending, triggering, etc so this journal should have a warning on it like that for this very reason...
But I'm done beating around the bush on such things.

Happy Independence Day!

I have also never said this before and I would appreciate if you didn't...but if you fully 100% disagree with that statement feel free to (if you were, not that I have many ) unwatch or unfollow me, or block me.
Despite all the changes and political backlash mostly from people not understanding recently made decisions a lot of current people living in this country are having an anti-american or anti patriotic sentiment I'm not one of them.
I'm more than happy to talk about/discuss or debate politics in another place/form, just this is not the journal for it. This one is about the holiday. I still believe in this country and what it stands for. There are bad people, as there are good people everywhere.
There are bad ideals, motivations, issues to be resolved, a lot of things both better and far worse than they used to be. But I was born as, and am still proud to be, a citizen of the United States of America.

One country under a God that I (even if most don't) still believe in.

I'll be wearing my flag shirt as I constantly do, I'll greet people with such and carry a flag if I want to because despite what some say right now, this is still a free country and my right.

Cin, out.

So I've been pretty inactive as of late (as I'm sure anyone who follows me has noticed) and I do intend to remedy that/become more active again here soon after changing my work schedule.

First and off topic however - I just wanted to apologize to all those that I either started an RP with or made a commitment to and have been unable to follow through with as well as many friends on discord that I've seemingly ignored/not been an actual 'good' friend to... I will be trying to be more active/message more often on there as well though if anyone doesn't respond or doesn't wish to keep up I understand.
Also I want to thank everyone for any comments on the art I've posted that I haven't responded to or any shouts. It's been a long time since I've been able to respond but I will try to get better at that as well.

Now onto the better/ good news and the point of this journal -
How do you prefer I upload? I've had quite a few adopts I've still managed to get in the middle and eventually will be getting more of my own character designs as well...

Option 1 - An art 'dump' (I term I don't care for as it signifies that the art is worth any less just because there's more of it...each piece was purchased or created for a reason so calling it that is a misnomer and I feel unfair to the artists, just a personal opinion that doesn't really matter of course lol)
Or option 2 - one or two at a time over the course of a few days? that way is sometimes harder for me to keep up with right now due to my busy schedule but it can give more time to appreciate each piece.

Will take and count all answers in the comments (if there are any/that many) and would especially like to hear from the artists and/or people I purchased adopts from if they have a preference.

All that said, hope everyone continues to stay safe during these times

I've never had a patreon before/haven't really been interested in a continuing payment plan (even if you can cancel at any point) but have lately reconsidered due to a few exceptional ones that I really wanted to follow...

So my question is this - What payments do they take (is it only credit/debit card, paypal, etc)?

And how would it show up on your account? Just as a payment to 'patreon' in general or does it say who/what cause it was to? Because it's a bit too public for me to have a M-rated sexual explicit furry/scalie patreon payment show up on my paypal or bank statement where it might get noticed...

I'm surprised given what how things have been here here that no one is really talking about the movie "The Fandom"

It just came out not long ago and is one of the first few I've seen that doesn't paint furries in the usual bad light but with the sense of community it was supposed to be.

While yes, I may be one of the 'degenerate' types (and not 'fur' per se, being a/ having a dragon 'fursona'... but still I think it's important that outside of these parts/off this site that those message continue to spread especially recently there's too many things that people are using to separate each other, even here and now be it the 'bronies', the 'furries', the 'scalies', then you have those that like one kind of art or oppose another, that judge someone based on ideas, opinions, or politics (of which very little should be mentioned unless one is open enough to have a calm and normal cool-headed discussion) etc.

Anyway, it's a pretty good movie/probably one of the best/most realistic about what this entire fandom was supposed to be...and if anyone is partnered with, married to, has friends from, has had a positive experience from, makes money from, etc... this fandom then you owe it to your partner and friends to spread that message around on all the positive things that this once was and can be again.

As I don't particularly know of the rules for posting links/etc here if anyone is interested in where you might see it, feel free to note me.

A bit of self-important gloating here, I sure am good at finding these for everyone/eventually I'll get a ton of watches just so people can get free dragons from artists... yay! (just kidding of course lol)

Though, I wasn't joking about the title of course, raffle offered here - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/37765023/ By the very talented - MyDrawnWorld of which I've had the pleasure of getting an adopt or two from before.

ChaiChai2017 / https://www.furaffinity.net/user/chaichai2017/ has a free dragon raffle going on right now for all those interested!

Come check it out - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/37046910/

Vixiak is hosting free raffle here - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/36751717/ for some great dragon designs...and the best part is, there's more than one winner...

I have bought a recent adopt from them as well myself (so far sadly unposted... as I have a pretty big backlog/many things I still need to post as well), so check out their other artwork while there :)

Planning on uploading just about all the adopts I've gotten recently that I planned to upload sooner and do much more with, yet as I said in my last journal I work at a hospital so it's been pretty busy for the last three months...
Only a possible art dump however as it's getting late so I may not post all of them tonight...depends on how tired I get first

The first part of this journal is similar to my last one, thanking for favs, watches, comments, etc that I may not get a chance to respond to due to being busy right now...

The second part is why.

So my apologies if you've either recently sent me discord requests or messages, as well as any notes here etc... however I just wanted to pass along that right now since I work at a hospital (somewhere in the state of New York) things are a little bit busier right now so even my 15 hour days tend to get extended without notice and I barely get any time at home to even throw in a few comments or 'faves' on the artwork I'd normally take the time to comment/show my appreciation thereof.

While my first and main job here doesn't put me at too much risk (anymore than anyone else anyway) working in the kitchen/cafeteria, and nor do my current side activities that also keep me busy (I am also active as a Union Representative and 'Safety advocate/on the safety council for the hospital in general, so with all changes there this also keeps me busy)… during this time I'm also looking to pick up 'Patient sitter' to help out nursing staff at night and perhaps even environmental services/housekeeping to help clean rooms on my 'off' time/at nights...

While I would like to end this journal with advice on how to stay safe (while also) to take this seriously without panicking/causing unnecessary panic and/or creating hardship on those trying to help right now, my time is limited so I'll just end with stay safe and hope all is well...will update when able.

To all my new watchers and for all the favorites!
I'll try to stay on a roll here and keep up with the posting/not make people wait so long in between...
The same thanks also goes for all my profile comments as well...
I would prefer to personally thank everyone (and will still try to in the future if they come at a slower rate).

Also I also just wanted to say that I had to weigh my options on whether to post all my adopts at one point (that one night) or have waited until I had more time...Because I wasn't able to give as much of a description or write out the appropriate 'thank you' to each artist of them as I usually do... It came down to whether keeping such art (and the artists that did it of course) to myself for so long or posting with less descriptions was better...and I decided that it was more of a disservice to not post them and show off their fantastic works while at least giving them some credit.

So to the artists of all my recent adopts, I really do appreciate them and look forward to getting more art with each and everyone of them

(And as a final side note - First journal, so a new milestone reached...)