That may have grabbed your attention X3

Leafbiting time is upon us again and I'm taking names! :D I have a little extra planned for this year inspired by what I did last year. For this year, if you go through the trouble of typing up (or copy pasting) a recipe to either your journal or make an actual submission with a photo of what it looks like after you made it yourself and then link to it in your application for Leafbiting, there's a chance I'll make it myself and post it in my gallery along with a little chibi of your character like I did last year. To increase your odds of me trying your recipe, make sure it's an actual full nutrient meal or at the very least a good vegetarian dietary supplement to a meal that's been stripped of all the tasty meats.

Hope to see lots of you join me, recurring guests and new ones!

What is Leafbiting? October 4th is World Animal Day, something that doesn't seem to be a very well known fact around the world X3. As my gesture towards all the tasty animals I love to eat so much, including fish and other seafood, I refrain from eating any meat for 2 months (until December 4th, my birthday). It helps me appreciate eating meats even more so, I think anyway.

Can I join? Yes! Please do~ You don't have to do it for the sake of the tasty animals we love to eat, it's simply a challenge you can set yourself along with others.

How do I leafbite then? Starting the 4th of October, we all stop eating meat for any period of time up to 2 months. It sounds simple enough, but if you're not used to a vegetarian diet, you need make sure you properly substitute all the animal foodstuffs you cut out. Think of beans, soy products, eggs, nuts, mushrooms, cheese and other dairy, readily available meat substitutes are usually found in most supermarkets. It's a good idea to think ahead of time and plan the meals for your days/weeks/months of leafbiting, find vegetarian recipes from around the webz and ask your fellow leafbiters or vegetarians you know for suggestions.

It is IMPORTANT to
- make sure you eat properly, get all the nutrition you need. I can't say it enough, just leaving meat off of your plate isn't healthy. Talk to your roommates or parents if they're the ones usually cooking for you to see if they want to help you or even cook for you through this period.
- have fun! Don't suffer through meat withdrawal or malnourishment just for the sake of joining. If you don't know your limits, just go for a few days or maybe a week at the most to be sure you can handle it.

I'm already a vegetarian That's great! I hope you appreciate what we're trying to do here then, even though you can't really join.

I don't want to Leafbite That's fine. The reason I do this is BECAUSE I like eating meat after all, so I see where you're coming from. If you still want to do something for World Animal Day, you could spend the day spoiling your pets rotten, help out at your local animal shelter or give them a donation of pet foods or monies you can afford to give to charity, anything to show your love and support for the animals living with us on this planet :3

I think Leafbiting is stupid because *insert reasons* Honestly I've heard them all by now. Even so, if you really object to any of this or need to say something unproductive, send me a note instead. I want to keep this journal an encouraging environment for those that do want to join. I have had to block people before that didn't seem to understand this.

How do I join? Leave a comment on this journal, stating you want to join. Tell me for how many days you'd like to participate, anywhere from 1 day to 2 months (61 days). If you want, you can link to a vegetarian recipe you like and I'll put it next to your name on this journal :3 If your period overlaps with special holidays (like Thanksgiving or maybe family birthdays) and you don't want to put out your family by having them put out vegetarian meals for you, you can ask for a day of exempt. These days won't count towards your total, but at least you won't have to sit around people eating meat while you chew away on a salad.

 Chittebengo 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||} Tahini Walnut cookies
 DarrickVoreMouse 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Foshu 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Irick 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Sarks 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Vernors_the_Fox 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Reytyd 60/61-1 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 JagKitty 45/45 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Shadow-Anubis 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Wolf-Dragon-Art 14/14 days {||||||||||||||}
 GhostDraggy 10/10 days {||||||||||}
 GreyRifterRellik 7/7 days {|||||||}
 IceBlueEyes 7/7 days {|||||||}
 NinTheFolf 7/7 days {|||||||}
 Raymundo 7/7 days {|||||||}
 YumaOkami 3/3 day {|||}
 Featherbutt 3/3 day {|||}
 Ryusuke_Kurayami 3/3 day {|||}
 YumaOkami 3/3 day {|||}
 Blue_the_Yoshi 2/2 day {||}
 Mouse26 2/2 day {||}
 Aliclan 1/1 {|}
 lajay 1/1 day {|}
 SamanthaWeltzin 1/1 day {|}

I'm off to EF with  SamanthaWeltzin. see/eat/feed you all there <3

And we're done!

Congratulations to all of you biting such a big chunk out of leaves for a good deal of the year <3 I actually get impressed every year and I intend to do more of you leafbiter cameos in my recipes for next year.

I intend to treat myself for my birthday with something that helps me get some art done, will just have to find something I can afford. The drawing tablet PC is still in repairs, so if it finally works properly again that may give me more opportunity to work. It's been a very bleak last few months, but I want to close off the year with something to look back on, push myself through my commissions at the very least.

Thank you all for joining and supporting <3 Treat yourself to something good and I really hope I see you all back again next year <3



LIFEBARS

 Foshu 61/61 days {V} WHEW!!! Now c'mere mousies~
 lajay 46/61 days {15X} FINISH!!! Outdo yourself next year!!!
 Irick 0/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||} FINISH!!! Let me know how it went!
 Oi-Its-Joi 40/61 days {21X} FINISH!!! Outdo yourself next year!!!
 Patch~ 0/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||} FINISH!!! Let me know how it went!
 Reytyd 61/61 days {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 Shadow-Anubis 61/61 days {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 GhostDraggy 10/10 days {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 Brandon--Fox 4/7 days {3X} FINISH!!! Outdo yourself next year!!!
 GTFur 0/7 days {|||||||} FINISH!!! Let me know how it went!
 IceBlueEyes 7/7 days {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 NinTheFolf7/7 days {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 Praexon 7/7 days {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 Taluthus 7/7 days {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 Selomon 4/4 days {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 GreyRifterRellik 3/3 days {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 Aliclan 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 GuyInThePurpleHat 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 iVore 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 Mouse26 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 SamanthaWeltzin 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!!! EZ PZ
 SpottedSqueak 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 Takan_Twins 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3

Good luck everyone!

Post your experiences, recipes and ups and downs here, I would love to hear your thoughts on your challenge for this year~


LIFEBARS

 Foshu 30/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 lajay 30/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Irick 30/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Oi-Its-Joi 30/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Patch~ 30/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Reytyd 30/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Shadow-Anubis 30/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 GhostDraggy 10/10 days {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 Brandon--Fox 4/7 days {XXX} FINISH!!! Outdo yourself next year!!!
 GTFur 0/7 days {|||||||} FINISH!!! Let me know how it went!
 IceBlueEyes 7/7 days {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 NinTheFolf7/7 days {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 Praexon 7/7 days {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 Selomon 4/4 days {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 GreyRifterRellik 3/3 days {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 Aliclan 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 GuyInThePurpleHat 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 iVore 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 Mouse26 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 SamanthaWeltzin 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!!! EZ PZ
 SpottedSqueak 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3
 Takan_Twins 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!!! See you again next year <3

Because we're kicking it off tomorrow :D (October 4th)

If you want to know what the hell this dusty old fennec is on about now, check out the JOURNAL HERE

If you want to get a lifebar of your very own to have me mark your progress and challenge yourself with the biting of the leaf, also GO TO JOURNAL HERE and leave your comment there~

LIFEBARS

 Foshu 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 lajay 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Irick 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Oi-Its-Joi 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Patch~ 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Reytyd 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Shadow-Anubis 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 GhostDraggy 10/10 days {||||||||||}
 Brandon--Fox 7/7 days {|||||||}
 GTFur 7/7 days {|||||||}
 IceBlueEyes 7/7 days {|||||||}
 NinTheFolf 7/7 days {|||||||}
 Praexon 7/7 days {|||||||}
 Taluthus 7/7 days {|||||||}
 Selomon 4/4 days {||||}
 GreyRifterRellik 3/3 days {|||}
 Aliclan 1/1 day {|}
 GuyInThePurpleHat 1/1 day {|}
 iVore 1/1 day {|}
 Mouse26 1/1 day {|}
 SamanthaWeltzin 1/1 day {|}
 SpottedSqueak 1/1 day {|}
 Takan_Twins 1/1 day {|}

I was this close to deciding to go leafbite by myself this year. It may eventually come to it, but it's nothing to worry about. I simply hope I have managed to inspire a few of you and taught you some tasty recipes. I have a few recipes in mind to post this year around so I won't feel like I'm just clamouring for attention at least.

UGH

Sorry to sound so gloomy after vanishing for so long again. I'm picking up after myself and trying to get back into the swing of things. Just the same old problems. Love you guys <3

What is Leafbiting? October 4th is World Animal Day, something that doesn't seem to be a very well known fact around the world X3. As my gesture towards all the tasty animals I love to eat so much, including fish and other seafood, I refrain from eating any meat for 2 months (until December 4th, my birthday). It helps me appreciate eating meats even more so, I think anyway.

Can I join? Yes! Please do~ You don't have to do it for the sake of the tasty animals we love to eat, it's simply a challenge you can set yourself along with others.

How do I leafbite then? Starting the 4th of October, we all stop eating meat for any period of time up to 2 months. It sounds simple enough, but if you're not used to a vegetarian diet, you need make sure you properly substitute all the animal foodstuffs you cut out. Think of beans, soy products, eggs, nuts, mushrooms, cheese and other dairy, readily available meat substitutes are usually found in most supermarkets. It's a good idea to think ahead of time and plan the meals for your days/weeks/months of leafbiting, find vegetarian recipes from around the webz and ask your fellow leafbiters or vegetarians you know for suggestions.

It is IMPORTANT to
- make sure you eat properly, get all the nutrition you need. I can't say it enough, just leaving meat off of your plate isn't healthy. Talk to your roommates or parents if they're the ones usually cooking for you to see if they want to help you or even cook for you through this period.
- have fun! Don't suffer through meat withdrawal or malnourishment just for the sake of joining. If you don't know your limits, just go for a few days or maybe a week at the most to be sure you can handle it.

I'm already a vegetarian That's great! I hope you appreciate what we're trying to do here then, even though you can't really join.

I don't want to Leafbite That's fine. The reason I do this is BECAUSE I like eating meat after all, so I see where you're coming from. If you still want to do something for World Animal Day, you could spend the day spoiling your pets rotten, help out at your local animal shelter or give them a donation of pet foods or monies you can afford to give to charity, anything to show your love and support for the animals living with us on this planet :3

I think Leafbiting is stupid because *insert reasons* Honestly I've heard them all by now. Even so, if you really object to any of this or need to say something unproductive, send me a note instead. I want to keep this journal an encouraging environment for those that do want to join. I have had to block people before that didn't seem to understand this.

How do I join? Leave a comment on this journal, stating you want to join. Tell me for how many days you'd like to participate, anywhere from 1 day to 2 months (61 days). If you want, you can link to a vegetarian recipe you like and I'll put it next to your name on this journal :3 If your period overlaps with special holidays (like Thanksgiving or maybe family birthdays) and you don't want to put out your family by having them put out vegetarian meals for you, you can ask for a day of exempt. These days won't count towards your total, but at least you won't have to sit around people eating meat while you chew away on a salad.

Sign up and tell your friends :D Again I'm going to TRY post a recipe, like I promise and fail to deliver every year :'D

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LIFEBARS

 Foshu 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 lajay 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Irick 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Oi-Its-Joi 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Reytyd 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 Shadow-Anubis 61/61 days {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||}
 GhostDraggy 10/10 days {||||||||||}
 GTFur 7/7 days {|||||||}
 IceBlueEyes 7/7 days {|||||||}
 NinTheFolf 7/7 days {|||||||}
 Taluthus 7/7 days {|||||||}
 Selomon 4/4 days {||||}
 GreyRifterRellik 3/3 days {|||}
 Aliclan 1/1 day {|}
 Mouse26 1/1 day {|}
 SamanthaWeltzin 1/1 day {|}
 SpottedSqueak 1/1 day {|}
 Takan_Twins 1/1 day {|}

I'll be at EF rooming with  umiriko  takantwins  mouse26 and  catslikemeh this year, hope to see you there!

Recently I've broken a fever and it reminded me of the weird dreamlike experiences I used to have as a child when I had a fever. I still get this almost extrasensory experience occasionally, but I forget about it so quickly it always kind of surprises me when it comes back. So here's an attempt to describe it for myself (and maybe to others if it makes any sense at all). I used to call it the 'Hard and soft' for the lack of a better way of describing it.

It's incredibly abstract, so I'm not surprised if there isn't anyone that can wrap their head around this, but I'd love to hear if you have experienced somethign similar or other weird sensory fever dreams.

Imagine a tall rectangular block of clay, balanced atop of your hand on one of its ends. It doesn't sway because of gravity and there's no actual weight on your hand, it's just the feeling of the pressure of weight on your hand; it may be more weight than you could actually carry in one hand, but it doesn't push your hand down. Like clay it's pliant, but there's no cold or wetness, just the pressure and yielding of a mass sitting atop of your hand. It's also not really determined by gravity, you could just swivel your hand around all you want and the pressure would still be there.

Imagine it vibrating with a high frequency, yet low amplitude, like a high pitched buzz running through it. There's no sound and none of the vibrations actually channel through you, you can simply feel a very excited vibration from it.

Now imagine that pliant weight stiffening, gradually becoming more and more firm as if the whole block of clay is contracting into a thin broomhandle shape, poking down into your palm, still vibrating, concentrating the force of pressure into a tiny spot as it hardens fully. It's an undulating, gradual morphing, oscillating from the heavy wide spread soft buzzing, to a concentrated vibrating point, and then back again to softening and spreading out.

Finally, if you've been able to follow this far, imagine that all of these sensations are not actually imposing on your hand. You can feel them as IF they were on you, but there's no spot on your body that actually feels this. You can see it before your eyes oscillating and your brain registers the pressure, vibration and consistency, but it's not located on your body. You simply feel it outside of your body, somewhere before you, over and over, keeping you from sleeping or waking up, just swelling, contracting, spreading, squeezing.

Sometimes I guess my brain would try to make sense of these sensations and I would hallucinate about people rhythmically pushing something into me, but usually I just saw patterns morphing into other patterns over and over.

Pretty much out of nowhere my tablet has returned after having sent it to Wacom for repairs and an incredibly frustrating customer servive process. I expected to be at the very least notified of what was wrong with it and what kind of repairs would be done on it and what costs would be tied to it, but I heard nothing from them again after I sent the machine to them.

The good news is it appears to be working again. I have to reinstall all my programs and move my files back over and I haven't checked if it doesn't shut itself off after an hour of use like it did before, but I should be swinging back into productivity soon enough. Right now I'm dealing with a case of the sicks, but I'm really looking forward to feeling better and getting back to work proper.

So yeah that happened :c It's only 2 and a half years old. I'm currently working with Wacom customer support to find the problem, so I hope I can get it fixed eventually.

In the meantime though, this has severely bitten into my productivity. For all those I owe art to, I can't say for sure yet how long it will take to get my tablet fixed/replaced (especially if I have to buy a new one, I have found out I can't pay with duplicate pokemon cards anywhere), but if you're unwilling to wait or in the worst case scenario, I can still dust off my old drawing tablet and work on your commission from there.

Hey everyone

I've currently worked through the commission list, so for all those in the queue you can go ahead and send me your cards! Hit me up with a note to let me know you're still interested so I ca supply you with my address.

Anyone else reading about this for the first time, I take commissions in exchange for your old pokemon cards. Here's what you can do to get a commish from me.

- Check out my checklist HERE
- Do you have some of those old cards lying around I'm looking for? Great! Compile a list and send me a note of what you have to offer and we can work something out what you can get for it in return.
- Make sure the cards are in a good condition (at most minor scuffs and/or scratching, no bends, tears, stains, obvious scratches etc), English and authentic (I would just print my own collection if I wanted fake ones).

Halp!

Me,  mouse26 and  catslikemeh couldn't get a room at the Estrel this year. If anyone can help us get a room there or knows of another hotel close by, please let us know. Even if you only have room for one that's fine too, we only need 3 of those offers X3

I'll gladly be doing some artwork/bracelet for you if you can help us out.

We did it everyone, thank you all for joining and showing your appreciation for those tasty animals. Our vegetable drawers empty, we can go back to gobbling up mousies.

If you have joined, let me know how it went and if you used any of my recipes at all if you haven't yet. I'm happy I finally got around to posting a few of them this year, I wonder how many of you actually tried them.

Oh another thank you for the birthday cheers, you guys are the best <3 See you all next year again I hope!


LIFEBARS

 Foshu 17/61 days {V} :3
 Chittebengo 0/61 days {-/----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----} FINISH!!! Let me know how it went!
 Reytyd 56/61 days {XXXXX} Complete!! Thank you for joining! Better luck next year?
 Shadow-anubis 61/61 days {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 BaryonBrony 0/61 days {-/----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----} FINISH!!! Let me know how it went!
 Tenka 0/61 days {-/----/----/----X----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----} FINISH!!! Let me know how it went!
 Elecpyro 0/31 days {-/----/----/----/----/----/----} FINISH!!! Let me know how it went!
 Catslikemeh 13/14 days {X} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 PocketJabari 0/7 days {O} 7/7 PENANCE FULFILLED!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 NinTheFolf 7/7 days {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 Raymundo 7/7 days {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 PieMan24601 3/3 days {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 Takan_Twins 3/3 days {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 GreyRifterRellik 2/2 days {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 SamanthaWeltzin 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 Aliclan 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 Leaf-Mithras 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 Mouse26 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 Shentino 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 iVore 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 IceBlueEyes 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3

Good luck everyone participating this year! Drop your experiences, ups and downs and recipes right here :D

LIFEBARS

 Foshu 17/61 days {|||||||||||||||||----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----}
 Chittebengo 17/61 days {|||||||||||||||||----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----}
 Reytyd 17/61 days {|||||||||||||||||----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----}
 Shadow-anubis 17/61 days {|||||||||||||||||----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----}
 BaryonBrony 17/61 days {|||||||||||||||||----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----}
 Tenka 17/61 days {|||||||||||||||||X---/----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----}
 Elecpyro 0/31 days {-/----/----/----/----/----/----} FINISH!!! Let me know how it went!
 Catslikemeh 13/14 days {X} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 PocketJabari 0/7 days {O} 7/7 PENANCE FULFILLED!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 NinTheFolf 7/7 days {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 Raymundo 7/7 days {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 PieMan24601 3/3 days {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 Takan_Twins 3/3 days {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 GreyRifterRellik 2/2 days {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 SamanthaWeltzin 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 Aliclan 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 Leaf-Mithras 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 Mouse26 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 Shentino 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 iVore 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3
 IceBlueEyes 1/1 day {V} SUCCESS!! Thank you for joining and hope to see you again next year! <3

Wednesday next week (Octover 4th) is when we kick off Leafbiting '17. Has everyone planned their meals? This is a good opportunity to scrounge for veggie recipes to make it through your leafbiting period. For those old and new thinking this is a hard challenge, making meal plans is half the work!

If you're still interested in joining or want to know more about it before doing so, you can read the original journal here. I prefer every application is in the same place, so leave me a comment there if you want to Leafbite with us this year.

LIFEBARS

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Oogh that time again?

Yis one month from now, October 4th, we're off biting the leaves again :D

Ding goes the microwave, let me serve you up this reheated bowl of copy pasta


What is Leafbiting? October 4th is World Animal Day, something that doesn't seem to be a very well known fact around the world X3. As my gesture towards all the tasty animals I love to eat so much, including fish and other seafood, I refrain from eating any meat for 2 months (until December 4th, my birthday). It helps me appreciate eating meats even more so, I think anyway.

Can I join? Yes! In fact, I see more and more people taking part in the biting of leaf every year.

How do I leafbite then? Starting the 4th of October, we all stop eating meat for any period of time up to 2 months. It sounds simple enough, but if you're not used to a vegetarian diet, you need make sure you properly substitute all the animal foodstuffs you cut out. Think of beans, soy products, eggs, nuts, mushrooms, cheese and other dairy, readily available meat substitutes are usually found in most supermarkets. It's a good idea to think ahead of time and plan the meals for your days/weeks/months of leafbiting, find vegetarian recipes from around the webz and ask your fellow leafbiters or vegetarians you know for suggestions.

It is IMPORTANT to
- make sure you eat properly, get all the nutrition you need. I can't say it enough, just leaving meat off of your plate isn't healthy. Talk to your roommates or parents if they're the ones usually cooking for you to see if they want to help you or even cook for you through this period.
- have fun! Don't suffer through meat withdrawal or malnourishment just for the sake of joining. If you don't know your limits, just go for a few days or maybe a week at the most to be sure you can handle it.

I'm already a vegetarian That's great! I hope you appreciate what we're trying to do here then, even though you can't really join.

I don't want to Leafbite That's fine. The reason I do this is BECAUSE I like eating meat after all, so I see where you're coming from. If you still want to do something for World Animal Day, you could spend the day spoiling your pets rotten, help out at your local animal shelter or give them a donation of pet foods or monies you can afford to give to charity, anything to show your love and support for the animals living with us on this planet :3

I think Leafbiting is stupid because *insert reasons* Honestly I've heard them all by now. Even so, if you really object to any of this or need to say something unproductive, send me a note instead. I want to keep this journal an encouraging environment for those that do want to join. I have had to block people before that didn't seem to understand this.

How do I join? Leave a comment on this journal, stating you want to join. Tell me for how many days you'd like to participate, anywhere from 1 day to 2 months (61 days). If you want, you can link to a vegetarian recipe you like and I'll put it next to your name on this journal :3 If your period overlaps with special holidays (like Thanksgiving or maybe family birthdays) and you don't want to put out your family by having them put out vegetarian meals for you, you can ask for a day of exempt. These days won't count towards your total, but at least you won't have to sit around people eating meat while you chew away on a salad.

Sign up and tell your friends :D Again I'm going to TRY post a recipe, like I promise and fail to deliver every year :'D Also to keep myself productive, I may nominate honorable leafbiters again, but no promises.

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Hey everyone

With EF over and at least another year away for me, I'd like to sum up some happy moments for myself and shout out to the people I have met, old and new.

My roomies  katojana who managed to survive the Laden incident for us to be able to room together <3
 htfcuddles, who's a cutie, has a newfound fear of ginger and wasabi and made me feel happy he had duch a great time with us on his first con. I'm glad I could contribute to that and hope we can do some art exercises later when we're back home.
 sparkythechu has the cutest voice you'd expect from a pikachu. Your videos are great and say hi to Lamemon for me.
 tyrix, again so happy you enjoyed your first con and helping me from going insane when I'm feeling inadequate or the long travel trips.
 renaayama being one of the first friends I have made in the furry community, I'm always happy to hang out with you, do the arts and rescue your blushy self from hungry moufs. You actually made me feel misty when we said goodbye, I'll see you at the end of the week <3

Others I have met most notably  ipoke and his gf  RyuukiiNek0, you guys were amazing and a blast to hang out with. Hope to stay in touch <3
 otakuwolf putting up with our vorish tendencies, glad you hung out with us and hope to see you again.
:cocofox: didn't get to see much of you this year tiny little french faerie, you wre mostly flitting about busy or being absolutely wasted. Hope you survived <3
And to others hanging out and bumping into us like Qian, 2ndVoice, Final3cho, Ritka, birdmom Renate, Skunkhase and Haroku, Anticarrot and many more, hope to see you all again! <3

Now I'm at  destorarc's place with Tyrix nursing my post con depression. I'll be back home next week to pick up commission work and other artsy activities, look into making more bracelets and ship them and prepare for leafbiting 2017.

Oh and to those who got art from me, I'd love a scan of the images so I can post them in my gallery as memories. I'd be really grateful <3

Oh, right!

Seeing all my roommates post about going to Eurofurence this year, I should announce it as well. I'll be shacking it up with  tyrix renaayama katojana htfcuddles and  sparkythechu.

For those picking up a bracelet from me at EF, send me a note if you want my Telegram just to make sure we run into each other.

Hope to see you there <3

For upcoming Eurofurence I'll be crafting bracelets, check em out if you're interested!

Also, if I can make the costs back for materials and invest in a printer and a laminator, I'll be happy to offer these to ship anywhere after EF. So tell your friends attending EF about these!

Gosh I'm feeling peckish... I could really go for something alive and bitesize~

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/23533326/

So me and  Tyrix will be shacking it up to attend Eurofurence this year :3 Hope to see you there <3

I have been planning our trip to the point it's just become a headache, so I'm going to ask around for help. From Berlin, we want to either head down to Trier to visit  Destorarc if he's available or failing that, head towards the nearest Dutch border. So far, every time I plan any trips outside my own country, things never fall through properly. So

Does anyone know what's the best/easiest/cheapest way of getting from Berlin to Trier/Dutch border/Amsterdam?

Or perhaps does anyone with a car have enough space for two more to travel with to any of those destinations? (with compensation for fuel of course)


On another note, I've also been considering crafting little bracelets with bangle/badges on them. I need to make a few to see how they would turn out and make a picture to show off here, but would anyone also attending EF be interested at all?

Promoting a fellow artist on request :3

 Kashidom is offering traditional oil painted (and various other media) commissions to have your very own smut actually painted and framed on the wall in the living room :D

Go check it out here!

I want to thank all of you participating and all of your birthday wishes this year <3 Also more thanks are in order for those that reminded me to host another biting of the leaf this year, I was under the impression interest for it had faded. We'll be back for Leafbiting 17 as usual <3

I hope all of you celebrate the end of Leafbiting with some good meats as well. Some eyars I would get some gross burgers or simply a pepperoni pizza, so after I had that, it felt like I didn't miss much at all. This year around I made hotchpot with bacon bits and some good fresh sausage <3 Two months of going without really helps appreciate the good meats and that's what this is about anyway.

Well done everyone and I hope to see you all and many more for next year's biting of the Leaf <3

LIFEBARS

 Foshu 61/61 days {V} Awyis
 shadow-anubis 61/61 days {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 chittebengo 58/58 days {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 reytyd 40/40 days {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 dodoman1er 30/30 days {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 trymanx 28/28 days {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 chemicalcrux 21/21 days {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 Nylla 0/14 days {----~----~----} Tell us how it went!
 tenka 14/14 days {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 iceblueeyes 12/12 days {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 takan_twins 11/11 days {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 alexsheepdogiii 0/7 days {--~----} Tell us how it went!
 andres_umbreon 7/7 days KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 fallhope 0/7 days {--~----} Tell us how it went!
 raymundo 7/7 days {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 taluthus 6/7 days {X} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 spenzaroo 5/5 days {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 pocket-mouse 0/3 days {---} Tell us how it went!
 blue_the_yoshi 0/2 days {--} Tell us how it went!
 lonestarwolfoftherange 2/2 days {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 aliclan 1/1 day {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 ivore 0/1 day {X} CONTINUE!? Better luck next year X3
 ninthefolf 1/1 day {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 pieman24601 1/1 day {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 samanthaweltzin 1/1 day {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D

Good luck in the biting of the leaf everyone :D

Please let everyone know about your experiences, ups and downs, still accepting suggestions for tasty leafy meals!




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 chemicalcrux 21/21 days {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
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 tenka 14/14 days {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 iceblueeyes 12/12 days {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
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 alexsheepdogiii 0/7 days {--~----} Tell us how it went!
 andres_umbreon 0/7 days {--~----} Tell us how it went!
 fallhope 0/7 days {--~----} Tell us how it went!
 raymundo 0/7 days {--~----} Tell us how it went!
 taluthus 0/7 days {--~----} Tell us how it went!
 spenzaroo 0/5 days {~----} Tell us how it went!
 pocket-mouse 0/3 days {---} Tell us how it went!
 blue_the_yoshi 0/2 days {--} Tell us how it went!
 lonestarwolfoftherange 2/2 days {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 aliclan 1/1 day {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D
 ivore 0/1 day {X} CONTINUE!? Better luck next year X3
 ninthefolf 0/1 day {-} Tell us how it went!
 pieman24601 0/1 day {-} Tell us how it went!
 samanthaweltzin 1/1 day {V} KO!!! Hope to see you for next round next year :D

October 4th is fast approaching! If you want to join Leafbiting, this is your last chance! Leave a comment here or in the original journal if you want to join <3

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