I checked my email this evening and found an email from someone who works for a division of the BBC. I first thought it was complete bullshit but it checks out. I googled some of the names listed and phone numbers. I even called one of the names but got a voice mail, I guess because everyone is sleeping. Turns out someone over there in UK likes my You Tube channel and is interested in having me on a British reality show similar to Big Brother! They are looking for an American to be part of the group and they had "quite a laugh" of my portrayal of a typical New Jersey resident. I think they are looking to chip in on some of Jersey Shore hype with me. There is a catch though, it isn't just like Big Brother. It's similar to Big Brother but each person in the house has a "unique interest". So that has got me kind of worried. The email didn't explain too much exactly about the show other than that. They found out I work in NYC and would like me to stop by one of their offices which is only a few blocks from where I work. I am going to give them a call tomorrow morning and figure this all out. There is some bad news though. They gave me some dates of when they would need me. One of the dates is filming at Elstree Studios in UK starting June 24 through the end of July which means I would totally miss Anthrocon. The other big question is do I actually want my face on public television. I dunno, this is pretty scary and exciting at the same time.

I awoke this Saturday morning to find my upper lip was like twice the size it should be. I could barely move it. This totally scared the shit outta me. This never happened to me before. I then start playing online doctor trying to find out what the heck this crap was and there is like a million billion horrible things it could be. Then I'm like OMG I'm gonna die! So I managed to find a rinky dink walk in clinic in the corner of a CVS that accepted my insurance. Turns out to be an infected hair follicle. Which sounds right because a few days ago when I was shaving, a spot under my nose was getting irritated. I just didn't think that would cause my whole lip to blow up over night two days later. On top of all this I have a fever because of the infection. So now I'm on antibiotics which I really don't like taking. I'm also taking Ibuprofen to keep the fever down. This totally driving me nuts! I hate taking any kind of pills or medication. I'm also going to grow a mustache, its doctors orders. The doctor told me not to shave my mustache area until the area has fully healed. I guess I can rock a stash for a little while. Man, I can't remember the last time I grew a mustache, it has to be at least a decade ago. Yeah, so my weekend is in the toilet thanks to my dumbass lip. I'm gonna sit home popping pills looking like a character from the Simpsons. This is great, just great.

https://youtu.be/CnYZvuzt2LM

Here is another heaping helping of randomness!

Here is another fresh handpicked music video from the wonderful You Tube orchards and when mean fresh, I mean frigging fresh! This bad boy just sprouted today.

https://youtu.be/fNSwNBhdU0M

So now I know what your saying to yourself. "Priests and foxes in the same video?! No way!" Well lo and behold there now is such a music video to fulfill the endless yearning that has plagued you all these wretched years. Now I have no idea where they were going with this video but it has a fox in it, which makes it badass. It also has an old school Mercedes Benz which makes it kick ass and to top it all off is has some epic digging. Yes, I said digging. I don't know how they pulled it off but they did. So sit back, get fired up and get ready to watch some badass, kick ass, epic digging stuff!

BOOMFOX!

https://youtu.be/dnezldGu7JU

I always dreamed of the day when there would be a song about Rolex watches and sexy ladies in fox costumes eating out of the garbage.

https://youtu.be/xZ7mxp6ZU14
If you didn't know, I'm a bit of a car nut and just saw this video that's got just me so exited for this spring. I own an 83 DeLorean which was a childhood dream of mine. She needs a good tune up and some maintenance which unfortunately I never got around to doing last year when I bought her. I was just so into just driving her all the time. In the coming months I'm going to get her purring like a kitten again. I can't wait to do exactly whats in this video. A beautiful day and a nice stretch of road just going through the gears and hugging the turns. Some people just don't get the thrill of driving but to me driving the best thing in the world. It's hard to describe. It's a connection of you and a beautiful machine together on a road of endless freedom. There are times when I hit a nice road or take a graceful turn I actually get goosebumps. It just this incredible rush I get out of it. Goddamn I love driving and this summer with my DeLorean all fixed up its going to be incredible!

https://youtu.be/oRspjd4fiDs

I went to grandma and grandpa's house today. They had all their friends over, we all eating candy and dancing. It sure was a swell time!

Number 2 came out! Ha ha ha! NO! NOT THAT KIND OF NUMBER 2! Well I used http://andrew.hedges.name/experiments/random/ and ta da! It was #2 which is ,drum roll please,  e-wolf woo! You can check out his submittion here ---> http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5301823

Congarts to the winner and thank you all so much for participating in my little contest! It was fun times! :)

Hey there boys and girls! You want to win some cool prizes? All you have to do is draw me and you have a chance of winning this somewhat cool stuff!

A brand new Sony CD Walkman D-EJ011 (yeah I know who uses these things anymore, I dunno maybe you do?)
Retail Price $29.95
Skip Protection : G-Protection™ Technology
Ear clip style headphones
Sound Enhancer : Mega Bass® Sound System
Plays back CD-R/RW discs burned either in a PC or a home recording deck. DOES NOT PLAY MP3 CDs.
LCD Display
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665089310#features

$10 Best Buy gift card

1 Autographed red plastic cup

RULES: Draw Coopertom (Shedz/Rock-it) and note me with a link and SONY in the subject line. You will then be assigned a number which will then be entered into the drawing. Deadline is February 25, 2011 11:59pm. MATURE ARTWORK, PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTO MANIPULATION ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR CONTEST! There will be only one drawing for the prize on Saturday 2/26.
Please note this is NOT a contest based on artistic skill. The winner will be randomly selected.
Winner will be contacted via FA note system. If winner wishes not receive prize another drawing will be made. Winner must provide a shipping address within 3 days. If address is not provided within 3 days another drawing will be made.
By entering this contest you grant Coopertom permission to use your artwork in a collaborative video of all contest entries which will be posted on you tube after the contest has ended.
Free shipping and handling.
Coopertom is not responsible for DOA, lost or damaged items.
1 entry per person
If you are under 18 please have your parent or guardian's permission before entering contest.
Offer only valid for contiguous United States.
Rules are subject to change without notice.

So there you have it! Hope you read all the rules. Just draw me and you could win! It could be anything, as long as Coopertom is in it. As stated in the rules, this is not contest based on artistic skill. The winner is draw at random. It would make me uber happy to see some nice artwork and I will personally thank you all for taking time to draw me but please, please, please don't go nuts! It will make me feel really guilty if someone dumped alot of time and effort into a drawing of me and they don't win anything. Thats why the drawing is so soon. So just have fun and good luck!

https://youtu.be/lU5ou1NEGu0

I just got my Korg Kaossilator last night and I can't put this damn thing down. Its way too much fun! I decided to post a video up because there was a growing number interested on Twitter when I said I was getting one. I'm so glad I bought this thing! It isn't something I wouldn't totally rely on as dedicated instrument cause the pad is highly sensitive and hitting the exact note your looking for is a bit tricky but you have 30 different scales to chose from, pick one and even a wrong note sounds like a right one. I forget who it was but I saw someone playing with one at FWA 2010. I thought it was the coolest thing but then I forgot about it. It popped back in my head about a month ago and after watching a few videos of these magic boxes in action on You Tube, I had to get one! One thing that would have made the Kaossilator kick even more ass, if it had MIDI in and out. I would have loved to have the ability to use a MIDI keyboard controller on this and also if you could use the Kaossilator's x,y pad as a MIDI controller for other devices. Korg probably didn't do this so they could keep cost down, plus they would totally be shooting themselves in the foot cause you would have a decent synth and x,y controller for less than $130 bucks! So don't get fooled by its size and toy like appearance, this little box means business!

• Where are you staying?
At home.

• When are you getting there?
I got here in 1993.

• Who will you be rooming with?
No one. I have my own room.

• How can I find you?
I will mostly likely be in my living room or my bedroom on the computer.

• Can I give you hugs?
Sure why not

• Can I dance with you?
Yup you sure can but I suck at dancing.

• Can I get pics with you?
Yes, but not at my house. It would creep my folks out.

• Can I talk to you?
Yes. I am aloud to talk in my house.

• Can I hang out with you?
Depends who you are. My folks tend to freak out when I bring new people over.

• Can I buy you drinks?
No need. The drinks are on me.

• Art/Music:
Yeah, I do both and I do suck at both. Fun times.

• Do you do trades?
Nope, I don't have much to trade.

• What is your gender?
Male

• Can I give you lots of money?
No! I could never live with myself.

• Can I hug or snuggle with you?
Hugs, OK. Snuggling is off limits. Thats for my lady.

• How tall are you?
5'10

• Are you nice?
I am super nice so don't be afraid to come up to me.

• Are you cliquey?
Pfft! Naw!

• Can I stalk you?
No! Who wants to be stalked anyways.

• Do you like parties?
Sure do. We would have to take it easy at my house. I don't want to break anything.

• If i see you, how should i get your attention?
Ring the doorbell.

• Are you taken?
Yup

• Do you do free art/music?
Nope, I barely do it for myself.

Hey there. I totally forgot about this guy. His name is David OReilly and he made a short film a while ago that I fell in love with called "Please Say Something". I love his style of computer animation. In most cases it looks as if you could have rendered it on a PlayStation 2. Anyways it turns out I stumbled upon him once again and he just turned out a new short film that is now totally one of my favorites called "The External World". It starts out a little slow at first but its such an awesome film. Under no circumstance should you try to find any meaning behind this film. There totally is none. Just watch it!

http://vimeo.com/19723116

Ok, so last weekend I was over Zero and Crays and we were just kicking back watching Mongrels. If you don't know what Mongrels is look here ---> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00swyx1 Anyways this show has an uncanny ability to use really kick ass songs for background music. I'm talking Pendulum, Prodigy, stuff like that. There is this once part where the cat is high on catnip and pop out of the garbage can. There is this really kick ass music playing in the background. So I'm like dammit what the hell is that but thanks to us living the future now, Cray holds up his wonder phone and it some how manages to find out the song but just hearing like 10 seconds of it. That crap just blows my mind. Lo an behold I now had a name to this mystery song. I pop that sucker into you tube to find not only does the song kick ass in its entirety but it has a music video that kicks just as much ass.

You go watch it now. Get it stuck in your head like I did! It really is an awesome video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLrnkK2YEcE

There is a new video and this time its about science! We will question the existence of furries and dive deep into experimentation. No not that kind of experimentation, the kind with test tubes and beakers kind of experimentation. So adorn your smock, slap some goggles on your face and get ready to learn some sciences!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W0IiYuZI8w

So my girl  erisvalgen made this totally awesome fox head. It needs a good home! I would so buy this off her if I could. I'd really like a fox character to mess around in but alas I need to pay for other things. So somebody buy this head before I go insane!
You can check it out here! https://www.furbuy.com/auctions/1021551.html

It is a balaclava foam head base and it can fit anyone 24" or below in head circumference. The head is extremely light weight and has a hidden zipper at the back of the neck. Good for people that wear glasses so they can put the head on easier.

You can see a glorious video of the head here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AURqNjLLukM

So totally check it out, its super nice. You go bid! Do it now!

Well I fell asleep unplanned this evening. I just laid down on my bed for a sec and the next thing I know its 11pm. I was out for 4 hours but in those 4 hours I had a weird awesome dream. What makes it so weird was it had a lot of my friends in the fandom in it. Most of the time if I dream it only has like one or two people I know in it, but this one had like 7 in it and really really clear and vivid too.

So it starts off that I'm waiting at an airport and I thinking that I'm waiting to pickup  ErisValgen but then I realize that shes already there with me. Then she asks me who we are waiting to pick up and I cant tell her cause I don't know. Eris starts getting scared cause she doesn't know who is getting off the plane and I'm panicking cause I don't know who to look for. Then I see  JTigerclaw and  Katalina getting off so it must be them cause they are the only people I recognize. Then we are drive some house in a wooded area. When I pull up to the house everybody in the car is gone and I'm all alone. I get out and  Driabhar comes walking out the front door of the house and says that one of her ferrets is missing. Then I start looking under a bunch of cars parked in the driveway. I find it and grab the ferret. It puts up this massive fight and is trying to get out of my hand. Then it starts biting my hand and I could even feel the pain too. Then it starts biting my thumb but that doesn't hurt for some reason.
I finally get up off the ground to give back the ferret but I'm not in front of the house in the woods anymore. I'm standing in front of this huge abandoned factory. It kinda looked like coal processing plant. It had all these conveyor belts and slides coming out the sides of it. Then  skippyfoxcub appears out of nowhere and wants me to go explore the inside of the factory with him. I begin to freak out and tell skippy I'm not going in there and he need to go find  bios before we go in. Then we hear Bios inside yelling its safe to come in. So we head in and there is just abandoned junk everywhere but when we were walking through the factory the path we were walking on was clear and had railings on both sides like the lines in Disney world. So everything looked really dangerous but felt safe.
So Skippy and I are walking on this path which felt like hours and constantly hearing Bios's voice and only seeing him a few times way up on a catwalk. The path felt like it was going up hill the whole time but we never reach the top of the factory. The path goes deeper and deeper into the factory and keeps getting narrower and darker. I get to the end and Skippy is gone and I squeeze through a tiny door into this granite room littered with old desks and filing cabinets.
Then I see  zerohour3k standing on the other side of the room near another tiny door that is the way out. I begin to freak out even more and start yelling at Zero what the hell he is doing in this creepy place. He tells me to keep quiet cause I will wake the ghost. Its too late and I hear a raspy voice come from the other end of the room. Zero has a flash light and points towards the voice and its that knight that guards the holy grail from Indiana Jones and the last crusade. Hes sitting in a little wooden chair in the corner in the dark.
At this point I'm like uber creeped out and I just wanted to get the hell outta there. But the ghost starts yelling violently that he cant see us. Zero explains to me that he can only see us if he shines the flashlight right at the ghosts face. So for some reason he shines the light in the ghosts face and the ghost calms down all of a sudden. The ghost explains to us that he is very lonely and happy that he can now see us. Then Zero and I are like wow this is really scary lets get the hell outta here so he turns the light off and we run to the tiny door. The ghost gets really pissed and starts chasing us. I didn't look back but I could hear all chairs and desk hitting the walls as he chased us. I squeeze through the tiny door and I find myself walking in some unknown park all of a sudden by myself and its autumn.
It looked like I was up in northern NJ. It was rocky and lots of huge old trees. I then meet back up with JT and Katalina. So we are walking and talking about conventions n things then we come across these really skinny old brick buildings in the park. They were like 10ft by 10ft and like 4 stories tall and only had windows on the ground floor. There were 6 or 7 side by side all identical. We start looking in the windows and there was nothing inside of them just a black and white checkerboard floor. The doors and windows were all locked. So as we work our way down looking in side each building. They start deteriorating right in front of us and getting older and older really fast. By the time we get to the last one there only a foundation left and a door. Then we walk down a trail to a the edge of a big river. I explain to JT and Katalina that it is the Hudson river. The sun starts setting we are just sitting on the edge looking out over the river. Next thing I know we are like teleported and I'm driving again. I panic and slam on the brakes and almost rear end someone. JT, Katalina and myself are all freaking out cause we had no idea how we got in a car. I find out I'm driving my 1985 VW Cabriolet that I used to own. JT tells me we are back in 2001. Which is funny cause I did actually drive the 85 Cabriolet back in 2001. Then I was like ok I'm getting you two home cause there has been a lot weird stuff going on and I don't want anyone getting hurt. So I'm trying to drive them back to airport but people are driving like maniacs. There are car accidents everywhere, trucks are flipping over, cars a flying off overpasses and I'm dodging all of this crap and panicking, then all of a sudden I wake up.

I roll over and discover I have been out for 4 hours! That dream felt like an entire day.
I dream a lot but that was one of those dreams that will stick with you for a while. It was so clear and in depth. I can't get over how many people I know were in it and just from the fandom too. Also there were 6 different scenes in the dream, almost like a movie. Most of the time time I dream of one or two situations, then I will wake up, fall asleep again and dream something else. Not this dream though, to was back to back dreams non stop. Man that was intense! I want more dreams like this! As far as too what all that stuff means, I have no clue.

Also I just discovered as I'm finishing this journal the numbers in are kinda neat too!

7 Friends in the dream
6 different scenes
6 or 7 brick buildings in the park
2001

Hmm 6, 7, 2001. 6+7+2001=2014 or 6+6+7+2001=2020 or 6+7+7+2010=2021 Ahh OMG am I gonna die during one of those years! Ha Ha!

Ahh stop eating my time LBP2! Ok I know a thing or two about time machines. Let me tell you there is a time machine in Little Big Planet somewhere. I pop that sucker in and sends me 5 or 6 hours in the future every time against my will. Really I play that damn game and boom like hours are totally gone in what it feels like a matter of minutes. Yeah so I have been trapped in Little Big Planet these past few days it anyone is wondering why I haven't been on line that much. If you care to get trapped too look me up, names fryincatz.

Hey I caught Fender! Check the video feed! (Broadcasting live at http://ustre.am/dMr0)

Aww he got away! Maybe I'll catch him again some day!

OK, some of you may be saying what the hell is Cooper talking about? Well I live in magical New Jersey land where we have full service gas stations. It's illegal to pump your own gas in the state of New Jersey. I paid a visit to  bios the other day and I had get gas on the way home while I was still in Connecticut. Pumping you own gas sucks. I had to get out of the car freeze my ass off, go into the store, wait for the clerk to stop groping cartons of cigarettes so I can give money, then head back outside, get my hands all dirty opening the gas cap, then stand there waiting for the tank to fill. After thats all done, my hands stink of gas from touching that dirty nozzle and then go back in the store to get my change back. I kept smelling gas on my hands the rest of trip home. I dunno about you guys but I like New Jersey where I can pull up to the pump and just say fill it up and stay all nice and cozy in my car. Oh and the gas stations attendants will occasionally clean your windows for free if they are really dirty. ;)

Wow this is so amazing! I reached 1000 watchers on my birthday today. Thank you all for your time and interest! It really makes me happy to see that you all enjoy what I bring to the fandom. That is what makes the fandom so great. We all get enjoyment out of the fandom because we all put something into it, weather it be art, fursuiting, writing or even a simple hello, we are all a part of it. Its funny how it all boils down to a simple common interest which becomes a catalyst to establishing amazing friendships with people you never knew existed beforehand. Of course the outside view of the famdom is a bit skewed and hard for some people to understand but I wouldn't trade it for anything else.

In a couple of months I will have been active in the fandom for 2 years and boy has it been a crazy two years. There has been plenty of laughs and even tears. I have been to so many interesting cities, awesome conventions and met amazing people. The friendships I have made over these past couple of years are truly wonderful. When I started this in 2009 I really didn't know what to expect. The only plan I had was to be myself, say hi to everyone and have fun. Its now 2011 and I continue meet so many talented and interesting people.

The fandom also has given me the opportunity to actually create something I thought I could never do. Through your feedback and comments, you allow me create and establish actual characters! This never crossed my mind before. I never sat down and planned how Shedz or Rock-it wolf were going to act. I flew by the seat of my pants and though your feedback, helped me build those characters into what they are today. I can't thank you all enough for that!

Now I don't go mentioning this often because I like leaving it a word of mouth kind of thing but I will say this here. It truly truly is a great honor for me to be the Fender fursuiter. This is something I would have never expected in a million years. I can't thank Dragoneer enough for that! To allow me to bring to life an amazing character such as Fender, really is an honor. For FA users to actually meet Fender and for me see the happiness it brings them is priceless.

Weather I am in Fender, Rock-it, Shedz, or that rare occasion when its plain ol' me, you all make me feel like a million bucks out there and I hope I do the same for you! Thank you so much everyone!

Yeah I did the calculations and it turns out the complete opposite of going to FC is barfing your brains out in New Jersey. I have been puking my guts up for the past two days. Its so much fun. Its like I'm practicing to be a super model against my will. I'm gonna look super hot after this is all over lol. Ugh this sucks so much! On the bright side of things I am getting plenty of rest that I have been lacking but in turn laying in bed too long makes me feel groggy and achy. Also, it's like an epic journey to get to the bathroom. It has to be a planned trip. If I leave to early or to late there are detrimental consequences. I have to time it just right. Anyhoo I think you heard enough of my suffering. Hope everyone has a safe trip to FC and has an awesome time while I sit home and hug the toilet.

Yes it is Christmas but I don't think I need to tell you that. I think everyone knows by now that its Christmas. I am 3 hours into Christmas right now and I can tell you I am so full of Christmas cheer I feel like I"m gonna puke or maybe it was too much egg nog. So far Christmas is very dark, cold and everyone is asleep. The sleeping is preventing the opening of presents currently. I believe the sleeping will end followed by the opening of presents. It is also mandatory that I look my absolute worst when it comes to opening presents on Christmas day. Every picture of me from every Christmas I'll look as if I got into a bar fight and passed out in a gutter for two days. I mean who has the time to shave and wash up in the morning when there are presents to be open. As for the presents I really don"t know what I'm getting for Christmas. Most of the time there is one big thing that I want which I end up buying myself because is so obscure or technical my family members would have no frigging idea what I am talking about. This year though, there was like one of two movies and CDs that I wanted and thats about it. On my end I managed to get all my Christmas shopping done Christmas eve. So I am all set for Christmas and I really don't know where I am going with this journal but anyways Merry Christmas everyone and have a safe holiday!

Its funny when your a kid Christmas could not come fast enough. Days felt like months and hours where agonizingly counted down each day at school until Christmas break. Now being the so called adult that I am, Christmas seems to approaching faster than a fat kid on a Pam coated sled. I need more time! I have bought 3 gifts so far. Count em 3! Thats it and one of them is for me! I know some people can't stand gift cards but I think I'm gonna take the easy route and gift card my way out of this predicament. I should write on the cards "Due to my laziness here is a gift card merry Christmas" cause basically thats what it boils down to, sheer laziness. It's not like I don't care but I'm like in hibernate mode this month. I basically go to work and go right home with the intention of going back out and do some christmas shopping but that never happens. Well isn't it the intention that counts? So gift cards it shall be.

Speaking of being lazy I know, I know yeah there are no new videos yet. In my month of playing catch up after getting my glorious internet back I found there are alot people asking if there are any new videos. Well, nope no new videos yet cause you guessed it, I'm being a lazy ass. Rest assured, I will be cooking up some new stuff for your viewing pleasure shortly. I just gotta shake the lazy off but first I need to spray my sled with Pam.

Hey Everybody,

Figures you just get adjusted to it to being 2010 and guess what happens?! It becomes 2011. Yes that is right, we only have a few precious days left of glorious 2010 but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. The New Year's Furry Ball is the perfect way to finish off our old friend 2010 and start anew with 2011. There will be plenty of partying and dancing to be had. Although pre-registration is now closed doesn't mean all hope is lost you can sill register at the door.

I had a blast last year. Its a great event to party with a lot of awesome local furs. I'm all set and ready to go. I can't frigging wait! I'll be there with mah lady too  erisvalgen which is super mega awesome! So come and party! I'll bring the red plastic cups! :)

Oh boy I got up extra early this Easter to see what Santa stuffed in my turkey this year. I really hope its loaded with all of my trick or treat candy! Today is gonna be great! We are going light off fireworks, hang tinsel on the eggs and oh I almost forgot, cutting hearts out of red construction paper! Hope everyone has a safe and happy Thankshallomas!