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Do I Look Like A Smoker?
General | Posted 7 years agoNo, seriously.
The annual Toronto (Canada) Pride Parade happened last Sunday and I'm glad to say that our first Furry float, (Kerfluffle 7), was a big success. They didn't start until well back in the parade, but I'm glad I stayed and got lots of video and pictures of them, which I'll post later, after some... erh, post-production. Waiting wasn't bad, though, as there were lots of sexy floats and dancers and marchers and things to watch. I had a lot of fun... until It Started.
It started with a tap on my elbow. I looked around and saw this young guy, a short guy, glaring at me and flicking a curiously bent cigarette which he was holding up. The thing wasn't lit, so I immediately gathered that he wanted a light. Now I didn't much care for his impatient scowl or the way he didn't bother to speak. But the wisdom of his gesture quickly dawned on me; it was a parade, there were a crowd and a noise float nearby, we probably couldn't have heard each other anyway. As for his expression, it could have just been his rest face; my own is a bit off-putting if I don't think to smile. Well, I don't smoke, so I didn't have a light for him. Since he didn't speak to me, I didn't reply, I tried to gesture instead. Then I turned back to the parade, thinking no more of it.
That is until my nose began to hurt. No, I do not mean that something smelled rather unpleasant. I mean that something was making my nose feel very scratchy and uncomfortable. And my eyes. And the back of my throat. And there was also the smell of tobacco smoke; acrid, but tolerable if it wasn't also making every mucous membrane in my face itch, (as it always does.) I looked around for the source of the fumes. Sure enough, there was the same little guy. Somebody had given him a light and he was holding up his cigarette so that the smoke was blowing at me. Nor was he even close to finished being deliberately and actively rude with me... but that's not my point.
My point is that this wasn't the first time. He was by far the most annoying, drunken, little twerp to ever bug me for a cigarette or a light, most smokers are reasonably polite about it. But every so often, out of the blue, somebody will think I have what they need to relieve their nicotine withdrawal symptoms. I'm not a smoker! I don't have cigarettes and I don't have a lighter! Why does anybody think I do?
With this latest drunken twerp, it's gotten to the point that it's really bugging me!
Look, some of you here have met me IRL and some of those must be smokers themselves. Do I look like a smoker? Do I somehow act like a smoker? Am I accidentally doing the smoker's handshake or carrying something around, (other than tobacco), that smokers like to display?
I asked my brother, (an ex-smoker), about this. His best guess is that I carry my cellphone in my breast pocket and it looks like a pack of cigarettes. I keep my cell in a black plastic case. Is there a brand of cigarettes that come in a black pack? (FTM, is there a brand of cigarettes that come in a pack with a 3.5mm headphone jack? I've had smokers try to talk to me while I was listening to podcasts.) Where do you guys keep your cellphones?
Does anybody know of a way to show smokers that I am not one of them before they waste their time and mine asking me for something I ain't got? ...other than reacting adversely to my sinuses itching; apparently, they consider that rude.
The annual Toronto (Canada) Pride Parade happened last Sunday and I'm glad to say that our first Furry float, (Kerfluffle 7), was a big success. They didn't start until well back in the parade, but I'm glad I stayed and got lots of video and pictures of them, which I'll post later, after some... erh, post-production. Waiting wasn't bad, though, as there were lots of sexy floats and dancers and marchers and things to watch. I had a lot of fun... until It Started.
It started with a tap on my elbow. I looked around and saw this young guy, a short guy, glaring at me and flicking a curiously bent cigarette which he was holding up. The thing wasn't lit, so I immediately gathered that he wanted a light. Now I didn't much care for his impatient scowl or the way he didn't bother to speak. But the wisdom of his gesture quickly dawned on me; it was a parade, there were a crowd and a noise float nearby, we probably couldn't have heard each other anyway. As for his expression, it could have just been his rest face; my own is a bit off-putting if I don't think to smile. Well, I don't smoke, so I didn't have a light for him. Since he didn't speak to me, I didn't reply, I tried to gesture instead. Then I turned back to the parade, thinking no more of it.
That is until my nose began to hurt. No, I do not mean that something smelled rather unpleasant. I mean that something was making my nose feel very scratchy and uncomfortable. And my eyes. And the back of my throat. And there was also the smell of tobacco smoke; acrid, but tolerable if it wasn't also making every mucous membrane in my face itch, (as it always does.) I looked around for the source of the fumes. Sure enough, there was the same little guy. Somebody had given him a light and he was holding up his cigarette so that the smoke was blowing at me. Nor was he even close to finished being deliberately and actively rude with me... but that's not my point.
My point is that this wasn't the first time. He was by far the most annoying, drunken, little twerp to ever bug me for a cigarette or a light, most smokers are reasonably polite about it. But every so often, out of the blue, somebody will think I have what they need to relieve their nicotine withdrawal symptoms. I'm not a smoker! I don't have cigarettes and I don't have a lighter! Why does anybody think I do?
With this latest drunken twerp, it's gotten to the point that it's really bugging me!
Look, some of you here have met me IRL and some of those must be smokers themselves. Do I look like a smoker? Do I somehow act like a smoker? Am I accidentally doing the smoker's handshake or carrying something around, (other than tobacco), that smokers like to display?
I asked my brother, (an ex-smoker), about this. His best guess is that I carry my cellphone in my breast pocket and it looks like a pack of cigarettes. I keep my cell in a black plastic case. Is there a brand of cigarettes that come in a black pack? (FTM, is there a brand of cigarettes that come in a pack with a 3.5mm headphone jack? I've had smokers try to talk to me while I was listening to podcasts.) Where do you guys keep your cellphones?
Does anybody know of a way to show smokers that I am not one of them before they waste their time and mine asking me for something I ain't got? ...other than reacting adversely to my sinuses itching; apparently, they consider that rude.
A Little Opinion Piece on Rights
General | Posted 7 years agoI originally sent this as an email to a CBC radio news magazine show called Day 6. They had aired an article about the Supreme Court of Canada handing down a decision about a particularly contentious case, (which I summarize below.) Mainly I just wanted to get rid of the Otter Day post.
Warning: my opinions might be controversial.
I am writing today about the case of Trinity Western University's recently-thwarted attempt to force the law societies of British Columbia and Ontario to grant accreditation to students from their proposed law school equally with other law schools. As you know, Trinity Western wanted to impose a "covenant" on their law students. (I should mention that I am not familiar with the differences between a "covenant" and other forms of agreement.) This "covenant," among other things, would have required their law students, (and does require all of their students), to have no sex of any kind until they are married, to have sex only with the person they marry, and to marry only a person of the opposite physical gender from themselves, (the latter being the point.) This would have discriminated against LGBT persons by restricting them either from enrolling as law students at Trinity Western or from ever having sex. Because of this, the Law Societies of Ontario and BC decided that they would never give accreditation to Trinity Western's law school graduates. Recently, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld those Law Societies' decision. They acknowledged Trinity Western's right to exercise their religious beliefs by discriminating against LGBT persons. But they decided that it is "proportionate and reasonable" to limit that freedom, reasoning that the rights of LGBT persons to not be discriminated against must also be protected.
What I want to comment on is the contention between rights, and between the people who own them, both in this case and in general. This was a case in which the religious rights of one group ran counter to another group's rights not to be discriminated against over something that they can't help or change. It should not be surprising. There are many cases in which one right can contradict another right or one person's, (or group's), rights can contradict another's. This is just one such case.
Now there are two ways to deal with rights that conflict with each other. One is to decide that some rights are important and others are not, that some people's rights matter and other's don't, and then rank them in order of importance. I would not want to live in that world. For instance, I would not want a white, male politician's right to freedom of expression to trump that of a black or aboriginal, female politician's, nor would I want it to trump my right to decide whether I will listen to either of them. (Obviously, this is only a hypothetical example.)
The other way is to decide that all rights, and everybody's rights, are equally valid and important and must be equally protected. Where rights conflict, you acknowledge that every right is limited by every other right; that everybody's rights are limited by everybody else's rights; that there are no absolute rights, (not even freedom of expression or freedom of religion.) Your right to swing your fist ends at my nose. As to where the boundaries between rights should be drawn, and who should draw them, this is why we have courts and why courts must be impartial. Who better to judge than a judge? Laws, after all, are the way in which rights are enforced in the everyday world.
Right at the start, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms says, "The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society." I believe that this is what that means. There are no absolute rights. Every right is limited by every other right. Everybody's rights are limited by everybody else's rights. Where rights conflict, our impartial courts of law are the ones to sort it out. So what happened between the Law Societies and Trinity Western is just what should have happened. The Supreme Court weighed the right to freedom of religion and conscience, (CCRF section 2a), against equality rights, (CCRF section 15), and, in the end, they ruled for the latter.
Anyway, that's what I think. Thank you for your attention...
Warning: my opinions might be controversial.
I am writing today about the case of Trinity Western University's recently-thwarted attempt to force the law societies of British Columbia and Ontario to grant accreditation to students from their proposed law school equally with other law schools. As you know, Trinity Western wanted to impose a "covenant" on their law students. (I should mention that I am not familiar with the differences between a "covenant" and other forms of agreement.) This "covenant," among other things, would have required their law students, (and does require all of their students), to have no sex of any kind until they are married, to have sex only with the person they marry, and to marry only a person of the opposite physical gender from themselves, (the latter being the point.) This would have discriminated against LGBT persons by restricting them either from enrolling as law students at Trinity Western or from ever having sex. Because of this, the Law Societies of Ontario and BC decided that they would never give accreditation to Trinity Western's law school graduates. Recently, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld those Law Societies' decision. They acknowledged Trinity Western's right to exercise their religious beliefs by discriminating against LGBT persons. But they decided that it is "proportionate and reasonable" to limit that freedom, reasoning that the rights of LGBT persons to not be discriminated against must also be protected.
What I want to comment on is the contention between rights, and between the people who own them, both in this case and in general. This was a case in which the religious rights of one group ran counter to another group's rights not to be discriminated against over something that they can't help or change. It should not be surprising. There are many cases in which one right can contradict another right or one person's, (or group's), rights can contradict another's. This is just one such case.
Now there are two ways to deal with rights that conflict with each other. One is to decide that some rights are important and others are not, that some people's rights matter and other's don't, and then rank them in order of importance. I would not want to live in that world. For instance, I would not want a white, male politician's right to freedom of expression to trump that of a black or aboriginal, female politician's, nor would I want it to trump my right to decide whether I will listen to either of them. (Obviously, this is only a hypothetical example.)
The other way is to decide that all rights, and everybody's rights, are equally valid and important and must be equally protected. Where rights conflict, you acknowledge that every right is limited by every other right; that everybody's rights are limited by everybody else's rights; that there are no absolute rights, (not even freedom of expression or freedom of religion.) Your right to swing your fist ends at my nose. As to where the boundaries between rights should be drawn, and who should draw them, this is why we have courts and why courts must be impartial. Who better to judge than a judge? Laws, after all, are the way in which rights are enforced in the everyday world.
Right at the start, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms says, "The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society." I believe that this is what that means. There are no absolute rights. Every right is limited by every other right. Everybody's rights are limited by everybody else's rights. Where rights conflict, our impartial courts of law are the ones to sort it out. So what happened between the Law Societies and Trinity Western is just what should have happened. The Supreme Court weighed the right to freedom of religion and conscience, (CCRF section 2a), against equality rights, (CCRF section 15), and, in the end, they ruled for the latter.
Anyway, that's what I think. Thank you for your attention...
Happy World Otter Day!
General | Posted 7 years agoThis day is set aside by the International Otter Survival Fund to remind the world that all thirteen remaining species of otter are on the IUCN red list of threatened species. If you agree that the world needs more otters, Hug Your Favourite Otter Today! (Or hug us all, every otter needs some love!)
Otters are squeaky toys!
https://youtu.be/sFqeWTfVi3I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFqeWTfVi3I
Otters play rough, especially hungry pups!
https://youtu.be/RtCJYsGaItY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtCJYsGaItY
And here's an otter from a professional point of view.
https://youtu.be/ajd3-C5kVL0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajd3-C5kVL0
Otters are squeaky toys!
https://youtu.be/sFqeWTfVi3I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFqeWTfVi3I
Otters play rough, especially hungry pups!
https://youtu.be/RtCJYsGaItY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtCJYsGaItY
And here's an otter from a professional point of view.
https://youtu.be/ajd3-C5kVL0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajd3-C5kVL0
Please Help This Fennec
General | Posted 7 years ago
nateday has a herniated disk in his neck. He has a slipped disk riding that. It's putting pressure on his spinal cord that is causing him the worst kind of pain in his drawing arm. He can't sleep. He can't sit or tand without pain. He can't work. Drawing is agony. He and Vixie are behind on rent and utilities. There's next-to-no food in the house, either.I'm no doctor, but at a guess, Nate is probably going to need surgery to fix his neck. Beyond that, he and Vixie need money for bills and food. Nate streams when he can, although it's torture for him. Simply put, he needs donations to get out of a very tough spot. Please consider helping this tormented Furry artist.
If you'd like to contribute, Nate's Paypal account is silverdragonruin[at]yahoo.com
Here is Nate's own journal on the subject with further details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8706224/
Here is Nate's gallery for your perusal. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/nateday/
And remember, if you'd like to help, but can't contribute right now, a signal boost is usually helpful, too. You may copy-pasta this journal, the URL links should still work, but you might need to re-make the personal links.
I watch nateday myself.
Otter Man (a song)
General | Posted 7 years agoOtter Man
(Tune: “The Other Man,” Sloan)Maybe you go to eat at a restaurant and order too much fish
Maybe you and a friend go out walking with a little too much swish
Maybe you cuddle too many buddies but it hasn't stopped you yet
We’ve all been in some situation with an otter we regret
[INDENT]
When you're the otter man
Dignity just bores you
When you're the otter man
Everyone abhors you [/INDENT]
Maybe I ought to try understanding what is meant by dignity
Maybe I ought to be more concerned what other people think of me
Maybe, but I'm just too busy having fun for lessons I should learn
We’ve all been in some situation with an otter it's my turn
[INDENT]To be the otter man
I'm so sleek and furry
’Cause I'm the otter man
Others wish they were me
[INDENT]I’m gonna dance like nobody can see
And I'll embarrass nobody but me
I'm gonna hug anybody who’ll dare
If that makes you sick I really don't care
Because I'm busy having too much fun for all the looks I'm sure to get
We’ve all been in some situation with an otter we regret [/INDENT]
And I'm the otter man
I'm so cute and furry
Yeah, I'm the otter man
People wish they were me
Yeah, I'm the otter man
Everyone adores me
Yeah, I'm the otter man
Dignity just bores me [/INDENT]
Yeah!
Yeah! (We’ve all been in some situation with an otter)
Yeah! (We’ve all been in some situation with an otter)
Yeah! (We’ve all been in some situation with an otter we regret)
(LUTRINE GIGGLE)
(Lyrics copyright © 2018 A.D. Burrows,
(Tune copyright © 2001 BMG Canada Inc.)DARN IT! I guess "Indent" works in the forums, but not in journals. Tabs don't work, either. Sorry, you'll just have to imagine where it's offset.
Please Hep This Rat and his Mother
General | Posted 7 years ago
charlestonrat's father (sic) left his mother nine years ago to find somebody new who'll still "bed" him at hm at his age. (His mother is 63, his father is likely older.) His mother spent that time trying to make him take responsibility for his own debts, which quickly built up as he tried to get younger womens' attention. The courts have finally rendered a verdict, leaving her £200,000 in debt. She has had to sell her house to pay off his debts and it wasn't enough.Charleston and his mum need £25,000 for a lawyer who'll actually help them. (They had one before who did boo-all.) Towards this, they have opened a GoFundMe account. Please consider helping this Furry artist and his mother.
Here is Charleston's own journal on the subject with further details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8668230/
If you'd like to contribute, Charleston's mum's GoFundMe account is https://www.gofundme.com/help-court.....de-me-homeless.
And remember, if you'd like to help, but can't contribute right now, a signal boost is usually helpful, too. You may copy-pasta this journal, the URL links should still work, but you might need to re-make the personal links.
I watch charlestonrat myself.
UPDATE -- There's an update, (posted earlier today.) -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8673109/
-- about an hour later
Please Help This Oldphart
General | Posted 8 years agoGreg Bear was a cartoonist who lived in California. He died of natural causes, (according to the police), sometime last September. So far the police have not been able to find his family.
schirm is paying for Mr Bear's storage spaces so that his life's work will not go into a landfill somewhere. Schirm isn't rich, he could use some help with this extra expense. Please consider helping this charitable Furry/Fannish artist.
Here is Marc Schirmeister's most recent journal on the subject with further details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8629367/
Here is Schirm's previous journal on the subject with even more details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8595220/
Here is Schirm's original journal on the subject with still more details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8566488/
If you'd like to contribute, Marc Schirmeister's address is:
1555 Vista Lane, Pasadena, CA 91103-1941 U.S.A.
Any amount will help.
(...but cheques for less than $5 can cost more to cash than they're worth. Sending cash in the mail is illegal; OTOH, cash in envelopes that are lined with aluminium foil usually get through unmolested... just sayin'.)
And remember, if you'd like to help, but can't contribute right now, a signal boost is usually helpful, too. You may copy-pasta this journal, the URL links should still work, but you might need to re-make the personal links.
I watch schirm myself.
PS. I'm talking about Greg Bear the cartoonist, NOT THIS GUY! -- http://www.gregbear.com/ Greg Bear the author is still alive AFAIK. The guy who died is a different Greg Bear.
schirm is paying for Mr Bear's storage spaces so that his life's work will not go into a landfill somewhere. Schirm isn't rich, he could use some help with this extra expense. Please consider helping this charitable Furry/Fannish artist.Here is Marc Schirmeister's most recent journal on the subject with further details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8629367/
Here is Schirm's previous journal on the subject with even more details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8595220/
Here is Schirm's original journal on the subject with still more details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8566488/
If you'd like to contribute, Marc Schirmeister's address is:
1555 Vista Lane, Pasadena, CA 91103-1941 U.S.A.
Any amount will help.
(...but cheques for less than $5 can cost more to cash than they're worth. Sending cash in the mail is illegal; OTOH, cash in envelopes that are lined with aluminium foil usually get through unmolested... just sayin'.)
And remember, if you'd like to help, but can't contribute right now, a signal boost is usually helpful, too. You may copy-pasta this journal, the URL links should still work, but you might need to re-make the personal links.
I watch schirm myself.
PS. I'm talking about Greg Bear the cartoonist, NOT THIS GUY! -- http://www.gregbear.com/ Greg Bear the author is still alive AFAIK. The guy who died is a different Greg Bear.
Telegram
General | Posted 8 years agoI can now be reached at https://t.me/d_otter, in case anybody wants to.
Please Help These Anonymous People
General | Posted 8 years ago
kokuei posted a journal about some friends of his. They are in a very bad situation.They are a "transmasculine guy" and his girlfriend who live with her ex. The ex is a classic abuser; he had her cut off from all of her friends or anybody else but him. Now that she has Mr. Transmasculine... without names, I'm struggling to refer to all three of them properly and not get them confused... the Ex has gotten really bad. He hits and rapes Her and locks up and probably hits her service dog. (The dog no longer alerts her to oncoming migraines or gives her emotional support for PTSD.)
They need cash to get the hell out of dodge. They need $7,000.00 for first and last and a security deposit on an apartment, retraining the dog and supplies for the new place. Please consider helping this desperate couple.
Here is Kokuei's journal on the subject with further details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8607982/
If you'd like to contribute, their You Caring account, (with lots more information), is https://www.youcaring.com/unnamedforsafety-1087615
And remember, if you'd like to help, but can't contribute right now, a signal boost is usually helpful, too. You may copy-pasta this journal, the URL links should still work, but you might need to re-make the personal links.
I have no idea who these people are. They were recommended by kokuei, here.
Please Help These Three Critters
General | Posted 8 years agoRemember, if you'd like to help, but can't contribute right now, a signal boost is usually helpful, too. You may copy-pasta this journal, the URL links should still work, but you might need to re-make the personal links.
sanny broke his foot and couldn't work for some time. He built up several months of bills as he was healing. Now he's close to being evicted.
Sanny needs €2,500. He is reluctantly accepting contributions. Please consider helping this injured Swedish Furry artist.
Here is Sanny's own journal on the subject with further details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8600622/
Or if you'd like to just contribute, Sanny's Patreon account ishttps://www.patreon.com/Sanny or his Ko-Fi account is http://ko-fi.com/sannyf
I watch sanny myself.
nateday et al are moving. Nate needs to clear up some debts first. He has until February 7th to get the cash to pay up and get out.
Nate needs $700. He's offering commissions, anything you want. Please consider helping this time-pressed Furry artist.
Here is Nate's original journal on the subject with further details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8601462/
Here is Nate's most recent journal on the subject with further details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8603370/
Here is Nate's commission price list. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5832202/
Or here. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/26219255/
Here is Nate's gallery for your perusal. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/nateday/
Or if you'd like to just contribute, Nate's Patreon account is https://www.patreon.com/NateDay
I watch nateday myself.
tobeabird is about to get a service dog, Otter, who wil help restore Bird's independence. Bird has most of what's needed to keep Otter and be a team with him. Bird just needs to make a final payment for Otter and pick up a dog crate and some dog food, treats and other perishables. Only the service dog organization sprang this on Bird a little suddenly.
Bird needs $500. Bird is offering PWYW streams and adoptables. Please consider helping this Artist and Fursuit Maker get a canine guardian angel.
Here is Bird's own journal on the subject with further details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8599602/
Here is Bird's gallery for your perusal. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/tobeabird/
Or if you'd like to just contribute, Bird's Ko-Fi account is https://ko-fi.com/tobeabird
I watch tobeabird myself.
sanny broke his foot and couldn't work for some time. He built up several months of bills as he was healing. Now he's close to being evicted.Sanny needs €2,500. He is reluctantly accepting contributions. Please consider helping this injured Swedish Furry artist.
Here is Sanny's own journal on the subject with further details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8600622/
Or if you'd like to just contribute, Sanny's Patreon account ishttps://www.patreon.com/Sanny or his Ko-Fi account is http://ko-fi.com/sannyf
I watch sanny myself.
nateday et al are moving. Nate needs to clear up some debts first. He has until February 7th to get the cash to pay up and get out.Nate needs $700. He's offering commissions, anything you want. Please consider helping this time-pressed Furry artist.
Here is Nate's original journal on the subject with further details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8601462/
Here is Nate's most recent journal on the subject with further details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8603370/
Here is Nate's commission price list. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5832202/
Or here. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/26219255/
Here is Nate's gallery for your perusal. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/nateday/
Or if you'd like to just contribute, Nate's Patreon account is https://www.patreon.com/NateDay
I watch nateday myself.
tobeabird is about to get a service dog, Otter, who wil help restore Bird's independence. Bird has most of what's needed to keep Otter and be a team with him. Bird just needs to make a final payment for Otter and pick up a dog crate and some dog food, treats and other perishables. Only the service dog organization sprang this on Bird a little suddenly.Bird needs $500. Bird is offering PWYW streams and adoptables. Please consider helping this Artist and Fursuit Maker get a canine guardian angel.
Here is Bird's own journal on the subject with further details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8599602/
Here is Bird's gallery for your perusal. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/tobeabird/
Or if you'd like to just contribute, Bird's Ko-Fi account is https://ko-fi.com/tobeabird
I watch tobeabird myself.
Please Help This Synthetic Critter
General | Posted 8 years ago
phsyco2's mother is dying now. (Sorry for the Wall-O-Text ™ it takes two paragraphs just to touch the highlights!)On top of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, she has arthritis, early-stage dementia, and incontinence. For the last ten years, Charles has been taking care of her. His mother seems to have been trying to drink herself to death. And either because of alcoholism or dementia, maybe both, she's been piling up debt and hiding the mail so Charles wouldn't find out. Meanwhile, Charles has been literally* driven mad trying to keep his mother going, while the government agencies that make-up Britain's social safety net have been about as much help as an auxiliary anus.
Now his mother is in hospital, dying from a massive infection and failed organs... all of them, really... he's been getting the mail and finding out just how much debt he's in. He has no income, no art skills, nothing he can sell, no hope. He can't even get to the hospital to visit his mother without help from friends and that's wearing thin. On top of having high functioning Aspergers, Manic Depression, ADHD, OCD, synesthesia, insomnia and possibly a few other problems, he's now suffering clinical depression and has tried once to commit suicide.
TL:DR -- Charles has been reduced to begging. He needs £4,000 to help with his mother's old debts. Towards this, he has opened a GoFundMe campaign. (So far it has raised £427.) Please consider helping this desperate Furry.
Here is Charles's own journal on the subject with further details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8585575/
Here is Charles's GoFundMe campaign with lots more details. -- https://www.gofundme.com/Carer-in-Crisis
Or if you'd like to just contribute, Charles's Paypal account is phsyco2.5[at]googlemail.com
And remember, if you'd like to help, but can't contribute right now, a signal boost is usually helpful, too. You may copy-pasta this journal, the URL links should still work, but you might need to re-make the personal links.
I do not know or watch phsyco2 myself; he was recommended by azureparagon, here, to whom, in turn, he was recommended by blackmist-squamata, here.
* That's literally as in really, actually, for real, not "literally" as in emphatically. Just so you know.
Please Help This Greymuzzle
General | Posted 8 years ago
daq has a doctor appointment coming up. He needs some quick cash to afford it. He's offering commissions. Please consider helping this famous Furry artist.Here is DAQ's own journal on the subject with further details, including his price list for these commissions. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8583565/
And remember, if you'd like to help, but can't contribute right now, a signal boost is usually helpful, too. You may copy-pasta this journal, the URL links should still work, but you might need to re-make the personal links.
I watch daq myself.
Please Help This Sabertooth Tiger
General | Posted 8 years ago
tigress lost a family member. It happened suddenly, a very unpleasant surprise for her family, none of them were ready. The funeral home did not include an urn in the cost of the cremation. They're offering a "velveteen bag" instead.Amanda M. needs money for a proper urn to hold the ashes. She has not said exactly how much she needs, but funerals are typically expensive. She is offering characters for sale. (She cannot take more commissions at this time.) Please consider helping this Furry artist in mourning.
Here is Amanda M.'s own journal on the subject with further details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8582229/
Here is Amanda M.'s sales page, where you can buy her characters-for-sale. -- http://www.furaffinity.net/view/26069257/
Here is Amanda M.'s gallery for your perusal. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/tigress/
Or if you'd like to just contribute, Amanda M.'s Ko.Fi account is http://ko-fi.com/A6341CL
And remember, if you'd like to help, but can't contribute right now, a signal boost is usually helpful, too. You may copy-pasta this journal, the URL links should still work, but you might need to re-make the personal links.
I do not know or watch tigress myself; she was recommended by anbessa, here.
Alan Rickman's "The Boy In The Bubble"
General | Posted 8 years agoIt's been nearly a year since Al Rickman passed o'er.
Here's a work of his you might have not seen before.
No mistaking the voice that's narrating this scene!
Now just click on the link and you'll see what I mean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tEM26sOF2A
https://youtu.be/7tEM26sOF2A
I can just imagine old Severus reading this to first years! ...but not to Harry's class.
Here's a work of his you might have not seen before.
No mistaking the voice that's narrating this scene!
Now just click on the link and you'll see what I mean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tEM26sOF2A
https://youtu.be/7tEM26sOF2A
I can just imagine old Severus reading this to first years! ...but not to Harry's class.
Happy New Year + My Life in 2017
General | Posted 8 years agotl:dr Happy 2018. I didn't get a damn thing done in 2017, in large part because of medical issues.
In November of 2015, I moved from Mississauga, Ontario, (a pretentious, little suburb just west of Toronto), to Hamilton, Ontario, (a former steel town on the west end of Lake Ontario), because rents were cheaper there. My brother had gone into a nursing home because his health had been spoiled by a massive infection, which Mississauga General hadn't treated aggressively enough. (He lost his right leg below the knee to it.) We had to sell the house we’d inherited from mom so that he could afford rent at the nursing home. Luckily, the entire Greater Toronto Area (GTA), has been in a housing bubble for some time. We got an excellent price for the old house, but not until June. And yes, I got my share.
In the meantime, I was on welfare. I moved into a single room in a rooming house with very cheap rent. I generously call it cosy, but it had enough room for nearly everything I want to do. Then I received a bunch of my brother's knife collection and a mass of photographs from home that I had to store permanently. I managed even so but sharing a bathroom and kitchen, while my refrigerator is a little, old bar fridge with no proper freezer, soon got to be worse than an inconvenience.
My project for 2017 was to find a new apartment. I didn't want to have to share anything; I did want a proper kitchen and bathroom and preferably no carpets, (because bare floors are easier to clean.) That didn't happen. Instead, I had health issues to deal with, both my brother's and my own.
My brother had several health issues going on. He had a sore on his good foot that was not healing. The doctor at the nursing home thought he might have circulation problems and sent him for an ultrasound. The test turned up some pretty significant blockage, so he had an operation to unclog the arteries in his leg. A few weeks later he had an appointment with the same doctor to see if the operation had helped. (It had; the sore was finally healing.) And I had to go with him to all three appointments. (I'm not sure why, he's perfectly capable of minding himself, he's not senile.)
Over 2017, my brother had several appointments with two other health care centres. I had to go with him to those, too. After losing his leg, he spent time at a rehabilitation hospital where he was fitted for a prosthetic leg and learned to use it. Now he goes back there regularly to check that it still fits properly. He had four or five of those. He has been having kidney issues as well. He has regular appointments with a renal specialist. At one point his kidney function was weak enough that they were considering him for dialysis. Then they adjusted his meds, and it improved enough that they didn't do that after all. He had six-odd of those appointments. And then there were his new shoes. My brother had extra wide feet, (he just has the one now, but the prosthetic needs to match it), so I had to go with him to a store that sells extra wide shoes. That took two trips because they didn't have the style he wanted in stock in his size. They had to order it from the warehouse.
Oh yes, and I make the trip from Hamilton to Toronto once a week because I seem to be the only one who visits him. Most of his friends were work friends. They abandoned him after he retired.
Then there were my own health issues.
It all started with anaemia. My doctor had me on an antidepressant because I had no energy and my will to keep active was weak. He also had the usual blood tests done, and it turned out that my blood iron levels were very low. So he took me off the antidepressant and put me on an iron supplement instead. Since then, he had me take all the usual tests to try to figure out what was causing it, but to no avail.
I'm also diabetic, and my blood sugar levels have been a bit high. My doctor referred me to a diabetes specialist at the famous McMaster University teaching hospital. Before I could see him, I had to get advice from a nurse practitioner two or three times to try to get my sugars under control. She ran the usual tests. They showed that my blood potassium level was high enough to cause a heart attack. She immediately sent me to get a chelating powder, which I had to take daily. (I found I had more energy after getting my potassium level down a bit.) And of course, there were more blood tests.
The nurse practitioner and the internal medicine specialist to whom my regular doctor referred me to both checked my kidney function, BTW. My creatinine levels are healthy, so it's not kidney failure, (thank goodness!)
So I've been working on diabetes, potassium and anaemia together since about March. There have been appointments after appointments with endocrinologists and haematologists at McMaster, an internal medicine specialist at her clinic in Burlington, (the next city east of Hamilton), and of course my regular doctor. So far:
- diabetes - probably because I'm overeating, I mean to pay better attention to that in the new year, but having my own kitchen would be a big help;
- high potassium - not a clue;
- anaemia - nothing yet.
Last month, the haematologist had me repeat the endoscopy and colonoscopy my regular doctor sent me to have a couple of years ago, this time at McMaster with the clinic he knows. That was an… interesting experience. First I had to clean my guts out with a heavy duty laxative -- just yuck! Then, because I had nobody to escort me home, they decided that I couldn't have a sedative, so I had to have both procedures without any. Had I been a stereotypical fox… no, even for a subby slut of that degree, it would have been a steaming heap of No Fun! And I hadn't cleaned my guts out well enough. The surgeon gave up and sent me home with more heavy duty laxative so I could try again next day.
Next day, I was good to go. Since I'd done so well without a sedative the day before, they talked me into doing without again. It meant I got to go home sooner, but it was still No Fun. The surgeon found just one polyp, which he took as a sample for analysis. They told me to wait for a call to arrange an appointment for a CT scan of my upper intestines.
Last week I got a letter telling me when my CT scan appointment is and how to prepare for it. It's for tomorrow, (January 2nd.) Luckily, they stumbled on a day when I'm not doing anything. I'm not supposed to eat today, or tomorrow until after the scan. And I have a feeling this procedure won't be much fun either, although at least I won't get anything jammed up an orifice. No, I just have to drink a mass of x-ray dye. Yuck… And I bet you a nickel they won't find the cause of the anaemia, either.
And I won't get the results until April. I don't know why it'll take so long.
Happy New Year, my friends. I hope 2018 will be at least a little less stupid than 2017 was; for me, for us, and the world.
In November of 2015, I moved from Mississauga, Ontario, (a pretentious, little suburb just west of Toronto), to Hamilton, Ontario, (a former steel town on the west end of Lake Ontario), because rents were cheaper there. My brother had gone into a nursing home because his health had been spoiled by a massive infection, which Mississauga General hadn't treated aggressively enough. (He lost his right leg below the knee to it.) We had to sell the house we’d inherited from mom so that he could afford rent at the nursing home. Luckily, the entire Greater Toronto Area (GTA), has been in a housing bubble for some time. We got an excellent price for the old house, but not until June. And yes, I got my share.
In the meantime, I was on welfare. I moved into a single room in a rooming house with very cheap rent. I generously call it cosy, but it had enough room for nearly everything I want to do. Then I received a bunch of my brother's knife collection and a mass of photographs from home that I had to store permanently. I managed even so but sharing a bathroom and kitchen, while my refrigerator is a little, old bar fridge with no proper freezer, soon got to be worse than an inconvenience.
My project for 2017 was to find a new apartment. I didn't want to have to share anything; I did want a proper kitchen and bathroom and preferably no carpets, (because bare floors are easier to clean.) That didn't happen. Instead, I had health issues to deal with, both my brother's and my own.
My brother had several health issues going on. He had a sore on his good foot that was not healing. The doctor at the nursing home thought he might have circulation problems and sent him for an ultrasound. The test turned up some pretty significant blockage, so he had an operation to unclog the arteries in his leg. A few weeks later he had an appointment with the same doctor to see if the operation had helped. (It had; the sore was finally healing.) And I had to go with him to all three appointments. (I'm not sure why, he's perfectly capable of minding himself, he's not senile.)
Over 2017, my brother had several appointments with two other health care centres. I had to go with him to those, too. After losing his leg, he spent time at a rehabilitation hospital where he was fitted for a prosthetic leg and learned to use it. Now he goes back there regularly to check that it still fits properly. He had four or five of those. He has been having kidney issues as well. He has regular appointments with a renal specialist. At one point his kidney function was weak enough that they were considering him for dialysis. Then they adjusted his meds, and it improved enough that they didn't do that after all. He had six-odd of those appointments. And then there were his new shoes. My brother had extra wide feet, (he just has the one now, but the prosthetic needs to match it), so I had to go with him to a store that sells extra wide shoes. That took two trips because they didn't have the style he wanted in stock in his size. They had to order it from the warehouse.
Oh yes, and I make the trip from Hamilton to Toronto once a week because I seem to be the only one who visits him. Most of his friends were work friends. They abandoned him after he retired.
Then there were my own health issues.
It all started with anaemia. My doctor had me on an antidepressant because I had no energy and my will to keep active was weak. He also had the usual blood tests done, and it turned out that my blood iron levels were very low. So he took me off the antidepressant and put me on an iron supplement instead. Since then, he had me take all the usual tests to try to figure out what was causing it, but to no avail.
I'm also diabetic, and my blood sugar levels have been a bit high. My doctor referred me to a diabetes specialist at the famous McMaster University teaching hospital. Before I could see him, I had to get advice from a nurse practitioner two or three times to try to get my sugars under control. She ran the usual tests. They showed that my blood potassium level was high enough to cause a heart attack. She immediately sent me to get a chelating powder, which I had to take daily. (I found I had more energy after getting my potassium level down a bit.) And of course, there were more blood tests.
The nurse practitioner and the internal medicine specialist to whom my regular doctor referred me to both checked my kidney function, BTW. My creatinine levels are healthy, so it's not kidney failure, (thank goodness!)
So I've been working on diabetes, potassium and anaemia together since about March. There have been appointments after appointments with endocrinologists and haematologists at McMaster, an internal medicine specialist at her clinic in Burlington, (the next city east of Hamilton), and of course my regular doctor. So far:
- diabetes - probably because I'm overeating, I mean to pay better attention to that in the new year, but having my own kitchen would be a big help;
- high potassium - not a clue;
- anaemia - nothing yet.
Last month, the haematologist had me repeat the endoscopy and colonoscopy my regular doctor sent me to have a couple of years ago, this time at McMaster with the clinic he knows. That was an… interesting experience. First I had to clean my guts out with a heavy duty laxative -- just yuck! Then, because I had nobody to escort me home, they decided that I couldn't have a sedative, so I had to have both procedures without any. Had I been a stereotypical fox… no, even for a subby slut of that degree, it would have been a steaming heap of No Fun! And I hadn't cleaned my guts out well enough. The surgeon gave up and sent me home with more heavy duty laxative so I could try again next day.
Next day, I was good to go. Since I'd done so well without a sedative the day before, they talked me into doing without again. It meant I got to go home sooner, but it was still No Fun. The surgeon found just one polyp, which he took as a sample for analysis. They told me to wait for a call to arrange an appointment for a CT scan of my upper intestines.
Last week I got a letter telling me when my CT scan appointment is and how to prepare for it. It's for tomorrow, (January 2nd.) Luckily, they stumbled on a day when I'm not doing anything. I'm not supposed to eat today, or tomorrow until after the scan. And I have a feeling this procedure won't be much fun either, although at least I won't get anything jammed up an orifice. No, I just have to drink a mass of x-ray dye. Yuck… And I bet you a nickel they won't find the cause of the anaemia, either.
And I won't get the results until April. I don't know why it'll take so long.
Happy New Year, my friends. I hope 2018 will be at least a little less stupid than 2017 was; for me, for us, and the world.
Christmas Cheer
General | Posted 8 years agoBoom-shack-a-lak-a and a siss-boom-bah!
Christmas! Christmas! Rah rah rah!!
YAY CHRISTMAS! *ikermit arms*
...no,, seriously, I just had to.
Christmas! Christmas! Rah rah rah!!
YAY CHRISTMAS! *ikermit arms*
...no,, seriously, I just had to.
Please Help This Otter-Wolverine
General | Posted 8 years ago
otterplop has been having financial problems for a while. She's been trying to get ahead of them, but they keep buiilding up. Now she's come to a point where she needs to pay off her student loans pronto or end up homeless. And she might bottom-out on the street anyway. In short, she needs a hand-up.Alexa is reluctantly asking for donations. She's looking for $1,800. Please consider helping this loan-ridden Furry.
Here is Alexa's own journal on the subject with further details. -- https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8525490/
Here is Alexa's GoFundMe account with still more details. -- https://www.gofundme.com/exffhq-college-debt-fund
Or you can also contribute at Alexa's Paypal account -- predotter[at]gmail.com
And remember, if you'd like to help, but can't contribute right now, a signal boost is usually helpful, too. You may copy-pasta this journal, the URL links should still work but you might need to re-make the personal links.
I watch otterplop myself.
List of “The Holidays” 2017-2018
General | Posted 8 years agoList of Holidays during “The Holidays” 2017-2018Here is this year's list of holy days and civil occasions during the 2017-2018 holiday season. Note: I define “the season” as Advent Sunday, (which varies every year), through Twelfth Night, (the twelfth day after Christmas, which is always January 5th.) The total count is different every year. Also, most “national days” are Canadian.
December 3rd – Advent Sunday (Christian, ends 24th), International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 4th - International Cheetah Day
December 5th – Krampus Fest (trad.), Day of the Ninja
December 6th – Feast of Saint Nicholas (Christian), National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
December 8th - Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Christian), Bodhi Day (Rohatsu, Buddhism)
December 9th - International Anti-Corruption Day
December 10th - Human Rights Day
December 11th - Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster (Canada)
December 12th (sunset) - First Day of Hanukkah (Jewish, ends 20th)
December 12th - Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Catholic)
December 14th - Monkey Day
December 15th - Zamenhof Day (Esperanto), International Tea Day
December 16th - Posadas Navidenas (Hispanic Catholics, ends 25th)
December 18th - International Migrants Day
December 20th - International Human Solidarity Day, World Barking Day
December 21st – Winter (December) Solstice, First Official Day of Winter, Yalda (Zoroastrianism), Yule (Pagan & Christian)
December 23rd – Humanlight (Secular Humanist), Festivus (for the rest of us), Christmas Adam
December 24th – Christmas Eve
December 25th – Christmas Day, Feast of the Nativity (Orthodox Christian), Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti (Sikh), Newtonmas (Secular Humanist)
December 26th – Feast of St Stephen (Christian), Zarathosht Diso (Zoroastrianism), Beginning of Kwanzaa (to January 1st), Boxing Day, National Whiners Day
December 27th (sunset) - Asara B'Tevet (Jewish)
December 28th - Holy Innocents (Christian)
December 29th - Tailang Swami Jayanti (Hindu)
December 31st – New Year’s Eve, Watch Night (Christian), Holy Family (Catholic)
January 1st – New Year’s Day, Mary Mother of God (Catholic), Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (Orthodox Christian), Feast Day of St Basil (Orthodox Christian), Gantan-sai (Shinto)
January 2nd - Day After New Year’s Day (PQ), Mahayana New Year (Buddhist, ends 4th)
January 5th – Guru Gobind Singh birthday (Sikh), Twelfth Night (trad.)
January 6th – Epiphany (Christian)
TOTAL – 54
Christian – 15
Use this link to share my list.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/.....it?usp=sharing
EDIT -- *sigh* It's my own fault for working too late and not editing before posting.
- I included December 1st and 2nd in my list when Advent Sunday isn't until the 3rd.
- That alone made the final count wrong, but it was wrong anyway.
- I missed several typos, too.
- I replaced "Xtn" With "Christian."
- And I added an introduction and a link to a sharable copy of my list.
You see, I do a weekly birthday update for members of the Toronto Furry email list... which is kind of a waste because hardly anybody uses email lists anymore... which includes a list of upcoming holidays and occasions. To get my list of "The Holidays," I take the December list of holidays from TorFur and edit out anything before Advent, (or add anything between Advent and December if it happens to be in November), as well as anything specifically Furry, then add occasions in January up to the 5th. Finally, I count them all. But this year I was up late doing it and I did a bad job. Then I posted it without editing it first. I should have waited and posted it today. Sorry folks, here's a good version. 27NO2017
I Need Some Advice
General | Posted 8 years agoA few days ago, a friend pointed out that there's somebody on Second Life using the name Allan D Burrows, (my RL name, if you missed it from all my stories.) I'm not on Second Life, I've never even visited there. I don't know how to proceed or if it's even a problem.
Here's Something To Think About
General | Posted 8 years agohttps://youtu.be/pOLmD_WVY-E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOLmD_WVY-E
I have nothing to add. ;--)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOLmD_WVY-E
I have nothing to add. ;--)
Thoughts On My 60th Birfday
General | Posted 8 years ago"When we were ten, we were less than men.
"When we were twenty, we had doubts a-plenty.
"When we were thirty, we got down and dirty.
"When we were forty, we made a brief sortie.
"When we were fifty, we had to be thrifty.
"But now we are sixty, we're clever as clever!
"We're going to be sixty forever and ever!"
(apologies to A.A. Milne)
...Happy Birfday to Me, where the hell did the time go...
"When we were twenty, we had doubts a-plenty.
"When we were thirty, we got down and dirty.
"When we were forty, we made a brief sortie.
"When we were fifty, we had to be thrifty.
"But now we are sixty, we're clever as clever!
"We're going to be sixty forever and ever!"
(apologies to A.A. Milne)
...Happy Birfday to Me, where the hell did the time go...
A Letter To The CBC
General | Posted 8 years agoI just sent the following complaint to the CBC. It's about a program from their long-running "Ideas" series called "Sex, Truth and Audio Tape."
Between 37:01 and 37:09 in the program, a female voice said --
"You have Furries? That's a whole 'nuther wide world of people who have some kind of like animal, or anthropomorphic incorporation in their sexuality..."
Although this is technically true in a way and in some cases, it implies that the Furry fandom is about sex. It is not.
To put it briefly, Furries, (as they call themselves), are fans of cartoon animals; Mickey Mouse, Buggs Bunny, etc. Now it's true that most Furry fans have "fursonas," cartoon animal characters that represent them to other fans. Bear in mind also that Furry fans are mostly young men and women dealing with their sexuality. Of course, they are going to prefer porn that reflects their other interests as well. Google "porn" and you will see sexual images that reflect every fandom, hobby, and profession in the world and some that you wish you'd never heard of. But baseball, plumbing, and politics are not fetishes... even if there are fetishes about them... and neither is Furry.
I listened to this program as a podcast. Yes, I am a Furry fan myself.
If you're curious, you can find "Sex, Truth and Audio Tape" at this address. -- http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/sex-t.....cape-1.4369644
The Furry reference notwithstanding, it's actually pretty good.
Should I have done this? What do you think?
Between 37:01 and 37:09 in the program, a female voice said --
"You have Furries? That's a whole 'nuther wide world of people who have some kind of like animal, or anthropomorphic incorporation in their sexuality..."
Although this is technically true in a way and in some cases, it implies that the Furry fandom is about sex. It is not.
To put it briefly, Furries, (as they call themselves), are fans of cartoon animals; Mickey Mouse, Buggs Bunny, etc. Now it's true that most Furry fans have "fursonas," cartoon animal characters that represent them to other fans. Bear in mind also that Furry fans are mostly young men and women dealing with their sexuality. Of course, they are going to prefer porn that reflects their other interests as well. Google "porn" and you will see sexual images that reflect every fandom, hobby, and profession in the world and some that you wish you'd never heard of. But baseball, plumbing, and politics are not fetishes... even if there are fetishes about them... and neither is Furry.
I listened to this program as a podcast. Yes, I am a Furry fan myself.
If you're curious, you can find "Sex, Truth and Audio Tape" at this address. -- http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/sex-t.....cape-1.4369644
The Furry reference notwithstanding, it's actually pretty good.
Should I have done this? What do you think?
Please Help This Wolfess
General | Posted 8 years ago
wolfgrrlie has been living in a toxic household with her two daughters for too long and needs to move in with her sister instead. (For more information, please see her previous journal.) The move was scheduled for November, but she has an opportunity to move on October 15th. The sooner she -- and especially her kids -- get out of her current situation, the better!To do it, Kira needs another $2,000 ASAP. She is reluctantly soliciting donations. Please consider helping this time-limited Fursuit maker.
Here is Kira's own journal on the subject with further details. -- http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8450161/
Here is Kira's previous journal with even more details. -- http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8390159/
Or check out her tumblr. -- http://littlewolfstudios.tumblr.com/
If you'd like to contribute, Kira's GoFundMe campaign is https://www.gofundme.com/moving-mom.....d-2-young-kids
And remember, if you'd like to help, but can't contribute right now, a signal boost is usually helpful, too. You may copy-pasta this journal, the URL links should still work but you might need to re-make the personal links.
I watch wolfgrrlie myself.
Please Help This Lion
General | Posted 8 years ago
kijanilion got tee-boned. His car is a write-off. He didn't see the other car, the other driver must have been distracted not to see him and was certainly speeding, but the attending officer decided that Kijani was at fault. His insurance won't pay out. He has bruised ribs and whiplash. His laptop was also damaged in the crash. He can't afford another car, he's having trouble affording the expenses from the crash.Kijani needs a new (used) car to get to work and his charity events. He needs a new laptop, too. He is reluctantly soliciting donations. Please consider helping this crash-poor Fursuiter.
Kijani didn't post a journal on the subject on FA, but his friend Charleston posted one for him here. -- http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8432593/
For more information, or if you'd like to just contribute, Kijani's YouCaring account is https://www.youcaring.com/kijanilio.....ntent=cf_cp_01
And remember, if you'd like to help, but can't contribute right now, a signal boost is usually helpful, too. You may copy-pasta this journal, the URL links should still work but you might need to re-make the personal links.
I do not know or watch kijanilion myself; he was recommended by charlestonrat, here.
Please Help This Red Wolf
General | Posted 8 years ago
neuromanson and his mother need to move. The best they can do is another apartment in the same complex. It will cost $500 more per month, but Brian thinks he can cover that with art.What they need is cash to make the move. Brian is reluctantly soliciting donations. Please consider helping this impoverished Furry greymuzzle artist.
Here is Brian's own journal on the subject with further details. -- http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8410570/
Here is Brian's art submission on the subject with more details and a bunny pin-up. -- http://www.furaffinity.net/full/24773181/
Here is Brian's gallery for your perusal. -- http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/neuromanson/
Or if you'd like to just contribute, Brian's Paypal account is neuromanson[at]gmail.com or his Patreon is https://www.patreon.com/neuromanson
And remember, if you'd like to help, but can't contribute right now, a signal boost is usually helpful, too. You may copy-pasta this journal, the URL links should still work but you might need to re-make the personal links.
I watch neuromanson myself.
