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General | Posted 11 years agoHmm. About what I expected, based on the categories. Surprised "Vanilla" isn't lower.
== Results from http://bdsmtest.org/ ==
100% Bondage Giver
100% Switch
96% Non-monogamist
96% Voyeur
93% Brat Tamer
93% Dominant
93% Sadist
90% Primal (Predator)
89% Bondage Receiver
88% Brat
85% Masochist
85% Submissive
80% Experimentalist
79% Exhibitionist
79% Primal (Prey)
76% Pervert
75% Daddy/Mommy
75% Master/Mistress
68% Degradation Giver
63% Slave
58% Girl/Boy
50% All-Rounder
50% Degradation Receiver
13% Vanilla
See my results online at http://bdsmtest.org/result.php?id=56859
== Results from http://bdsmtest.org/ ==
100% Bondage Giver
100% Switch
96% Non-monogamist
96% Voyeur
93% Brat Tamer
93% Dominant
93% Sadist
90% Primal (Predator)
89% Bondage Receiver
88% Brat
85% Masochist
85% Submissive
80% Experimentalist
79% Exhibitionist
79% Primal (Prey)
76% Pervert
75% Daddy/Mommy
75% Master/Mistress
68% Degradation Giver
63% Slave
58% Girl/Boy
50% All-Rounder
50% Degradation Receiver
13% Vanilla
See my results online at http://bdsmtest.org/result.php?id=56859
Buster's gone.
General | Posted 12 years agoToday we lost Beelzebusby ("Buster"), the greatest watch-cat known to man:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5757629/
He'd developed lymphoma, and we saw his decline begin. The steroids helped for a while, but we couldn't bear to let him waste away like Mauser did.
Once more, I quote from Aleister Crowley's Gnostic Mass (Liber XV), Eleventh Collect:
"Unto them from whose eyes the veil of life hath fallen may there be granted the accomplishment of their true Wills; whether they will absorption in the Infinite, or to be united with their chosen and preferred, or to be in contemplation, or to be at peace, or to achieve the labour and heroism of incarnation on this planet or another, or in any Star, or aught else, unto them may there be granted the accomplishment of their wills; yea, the accomplishment of their wills."
I'm sure he's curled up with Norton and Mauser now, warm, happy, and free.
Me, I'm a wreck.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5757629/
He'd developed lymphoma, and we saw his decline begin. The steroids helped for a while, but we couldn't bear to let him waste away like Mauser did.
Once more, I quote from Aleister Crowley's Gnostic Mass (Liber XV), Eleventh Collect:
"Unto them from whose eyes the veil of life hath fallen may there be granted the accomplishment of their true Wills; whether they will absorption in the Infinite, or to be united with their chosen and preferred, or to be in contemplation, or to be at peace, or to achieve the labour and heroism of incarnation on this planet or another, or in any Star, or aught else, unto them may there be granted the accomplishment of their wills; yea, the accomplishment of their wills."
I'm sure he's curled up with Norton and Mauser now, warm, happy, and free.
Me, I'm a wreck.
Another loss.
General | Posted 13 years agoToday we had to say good-bye to One Brown Mauser. He'd been with us a little over sixteen years.
He'd been unwell, was losing weight -- far too rapidly -- and was growing weaker and weaker; sometimes he could barely stand... We tried everything we could... On 05 October he was down to four pounds, three ounces; today (12 October) on his last vet visit he weighed three pounds five.
Damn it, why is this so hard to type?
I quote from Aleister Crowley's Gnostic Mass (Liber XV), Eleventh Collect:
"Unto them from whose eyes the veil of life hath fallen may there be granted the accomplishment of their true Wills; whether they will absorption in the Infinite, or to be united with their chosen and preferred, or to be in contemplation, or to be at peace, or to achieve the labour and heroism of incarnation on this planet or another, or in any Star, or aught else, unto them may there be granted the accomplishment of their wills; yea, the accomplishment of their wills."
I'm sure he's frolicking somewhere with the Emperor Norton now.
He'd been unwell, was losing weight -- far too rapidly -- and was growing weaker and weaker; sometimes he could barely stand... We tried everything we could... On 05 October he was down to four pounds, three ounces; today (12 October) on his last vet visit he weighed three pounds five.
Damn it, why is this so hard to type?
I quote from Aleister Crowley's Gnostic Mass (Liber XV), Eleventh Collect:
"Unto them from whose eyes the veil of life hath fallen may there be granted the accomplishment of their true Wills; whether they will absorption in the Infinite, or to be united with their chosen and preferred, or to be in contemplation, or to be at peace, or to achieve the labour and heroism of incarnation on this planet or another, or in any Star, or aught else, unto them may there be granted the accomplishment of their wills; yea, the accomplishment of their wills."
I'm sure he's frolicking somewhere with the Emperor Norton now.
She's gone.
General | Posted 14 years agoMiss Shadoe has left us.
She'd never been fixed, which we didn't know when we took her in -- and it was driving us mad. We'd taken her to see our vet (she only does cats, and she's excellent) in our role as "other mother/other dad" earlier in her stay; complete bloodwork was done, and she was seen to be a good risk, even at eight years old. Her "real" mom gave us the go-ahead, and we took her in last Friday.
She came through the operation itself fine, but she went into cardiac arrest during recovery and the doctor couldn't save her. Mrs Devilkitty was a wreck. I was too, but the situation didn't allow me to show it. I understand that nothing in medicine is one hundred percent certain, but...
I have another couple of photos of her that I'll post -- when I feel up to it. My ear-tufts are very droopy right now.
She'd never been fixed, which we didn't know when we took her in -- and it was driving us mad. We'd taken her to see our vet (she only does cats, and she's excellent) in our role as "other mother/other dad" earlier in her stay; complete bloodwork was done, and she was seen to be a good risk, even at eight years old. Her "real" mom gave us the go-ahead, and we took her in last Friday.
She came through the operation itself fine, but she went into cardiac arrest during recovery and the doctor couldn't save her. Mrs Devilkitty was a wreck. I was too, but the situation didn't allow me to show it. I understand that nothing in medicine is one hundred percent certain, but...
I have another couple of photos of her that I'll post -- when I feel up to it. My ear-tufts are very droopy right now.
Early impressions on "going digital".
General | Posted 15 years agoWell, after a trip to the Toledo Zoo (see the tiger, basilisk, two-headed mutant cheetah, and snow leopard images to your left), I find that the D2x handles almost like the F4. I'm still having trouble getting used to the finger dials for aperture and shutter speed, and I have an annoying tendency to switch the "AF point" unintentionally. I suppose it will take time, though I can't help but feel something is missing.
Somewhere in my gut I understand how the hippies must have felt when Dylan went electric.
On the plus side, the 180/2.8 on this body is a nearly perfect lens for Toledo's habitats. I'll be going to the Detroit Zoo on Tuesday if the weather is clement, and we'll see how the D2x-180 combination works there; I'll probably sling the 85/180/300 battery that's worked well for me in the past. I'm hoping that the lesser pandas will be cooperative.
Somewhere in my gut I understand how the hippies must have felt when Dylan went electric.
On the plus side, the 180/2.8 on this body is a nearly perfect lens for Toledo's habitats. I'll be going to the Detroit Zoo on Tuesday if the weather is clement, and we'll see how the D2x-180 combination works there; I'll probably sling the 85/180/300 battery that's worked well for me in the past. I'm hoping that the lesser pandas will be cooperative.
Oh, Freyja, what have I done?
General | Posted 15 years agoGuess who's allowed himself to be dragged clawing and hissing with bristled fur into the current century?
Egged on by some who like my photography but really dislike how long it takes me to get things scanned (if I ever do), I finally broke. I bought a used digital body to take all the Nikon glass I've accumulated over the years.
I almost feel like I should wash my fingers after typing that.
I wound up with a Nikon D2x. All my other Nikons are "single-digits", so I didn't see any reason to change from the professional line, and I'll have to admit that the thing has the tank-like build I expected. I don't think it'll ever replace the F, F3, and F4 in my affections -- but we shall see. The little monster has a 12.1 MP crop sensor, but I figured I don't shoot much wide-angle stuff anyhow and full-frame is far, far beyond my means. Most of what I do on film is in the 50-105 range (35mm film, that is; medium format and 4x5 are another matter) and "available dark", which the 35/1.4, 58/1.2, and 85/1.4 will cover nicely -- taking the 1.5x crop factor into account -- and suddenly my 180/2.8 is a 270/2.8. That's going to take some getting used to, but I'm trying to look at the positives: effectively having a fast 270mm will be nice when shooting at zoos; and now the 300/4.5 is a 450. I'll have to see how it all works out.
I'll continue to use the GIMP/Photoshop the same way I do now for scans: cropping, resizing, and the like -- nothing I wouldn't do in a wet darkroom -- and adjusting jpeg compression for posting. That's it. I don't believe in "enhancing" scans or photos; the practice, and it's all too prevalent, is insidiously undermining the trustworthiness of the photograph as a record. I've also got far more "film" now than I know what to do with: something close to 390 "raw" images on an eight-gig card. When I got my start, a 36 exposure roll of ASA 64* Kodachrome and processing cost most of a week's allowance. Each shot had to count, and I don't think I'll ever be changing that.
* Digression: yes, I antedate "ISO"; hell, I used to use a meter calibrated in Weston film speeds, which I had to convert from DIN speeds: Ilford Pan F, pushed one stop and souped in Acufine, was ASA 100, which is 21/10 DIN, which is 80 Weston.
Egged on by some who like my photography but really dislike how long it takes me to get things scanned (if I ever do), I finally broke. I bought a used digital body to take all the Nikon glass I've accumulated over the years.
I almost feel like I should wash my fingers after typing that.
I wound up with a Nikon D2x. All my other Nikons are "single-digits", so I didn't see any reason to change from the professional line, and I'll have to admit that the thing has the tank-like build I expected. I don't think it'll ever replace the F, F3, and F4 in my affections -- but we shall see. The little monster has a 12.1 MP crop sensor, but I figured I don't shoot much wide-angle stuff anyhow and full-frame is far, far beyond my means. Most of what I do on film is in the 50-105 range (35mm film, that is; medium format and 4x5 are another matter) and "available dark", which the 35/1.4, 58/1.2, and 85/1.4 will cover nicely -- taking the 1.5x crop factor into account -- and suddenly my 180/2.8 is a 270/2.8. That's going to take some getting used to, but I'm trying to look at the positives: effectively having a fast 270mm will be nice when shooting at zoos; and now the 300/4.5 is a 450. I'll have to see how it all works out.
I'll continue to use the GIMP/Photoshop the same way I do now for scans: cropping, resizing, and the like -- nothing I wouldn't do in a wet darkroom -- and adjusting jpeg compression for posting. That's it. I don't believe in "enhancing" scans or photos; the practice, and it's all too prevalent, is insidiously undermining the trustworthiness of the photograph as a record. I've also got far more "film" now than I know what to do with: something close to 390 "raw" images on an eight-gig card. When I got my start, a 36 exposure roll of ASA 64* Kodachrome and processing cost most of a week's allowance. Each shot had to count, and I don't think I'll ever be changing that.
* Digression: yes, I antedate "ISO"; hell, I used to use a meter calibrated in Weston film speeds, which I had to convert from DIN speeds: Ilford Pan F, pushed one stop and souped in Acufine, was ASA 100, which is 21/10 DIN, which is 80 Weston.
A long time ago, on a dial-up far, far away
General | Posted 15 years agoI was idly rummaging about on WikiFur this morning and landed on the MILFurs (Military Furs) page.
I noted that Allen "Shockwave" Kitchen's original thread from alt.lifestyle.furry -- that's usenet, young'uns -- asking who among us had served was mentioned. I thought "hey, I remember that; what was it, '95? '96? I remember I posted on it" and scanned the roster; it was a weird feeling to realize that I was one of the "original" MILFurs when that list was created... some names I recall from the newsgroup...
Lo, there I was, with the name of the character I played on FurryMUCK at the time.
Bob Seger was only half right: rock 'n' roll never forgets; neither does the internet.
I noted that Allen "Shockwave" Kitchen's original thread from alt.lifestyle.furry -- that's usenet, young'uns -- asking who among us had served was mentioned. I thought "hey, I remember that; what was it, '95? '96? I remember I posted on it" and scanned the roster; it was a weird feeling to realize that I was one of the "original" MILFurs when that list was created... some names I recall from the newsgroup...
Lo, there I was, with the name of the character I played on FurryMUCK at the time.
Bob Seger was only half right: rock 'n' roll never forgets; neither does the internet.
