I'm starting to get really scared of myself. Ever since leaving home, and leaving the abuse I experienced there I have been taking care of myself. My life did not fall apart, and more so, everyone I meet is telling me that I blow away their expectations. They tell me that I am far wiser than usual and beyond my age. I didn't believe this was true, and didn't want it to go to my head so I didn't listen. But then things started to happen. Or rather I started making things happen. Life things. I started Furry Club, and have guided people into the local Furry community. I have people who run furmeets come to me with advice, and everyone comes to me with their problems. The scary thing is that I am solving them. Mine, and some of theirs. I've gotten myself out of situations most people don't get out of, and that I am thriving. I am comprehending things, and understanding things most people never understand such as what Freedom really is, and the importance of knowing when you are being taken advantage of. I have a negative sum drama zone around me and I have most everyone's respect, something that is rare among Furries. I can take more trouble and scorn than most other 20 year olds, and have a higher comprehension of the world, so I am told. I am fighting personal wars and winning. Things that would destroy or drive another 20 year old mad are not even able to discourage me in the slightest. I'm coming to realize that there is a reason my heroes are people like T.E. Lawrence and Kennedy and Gandhi. I realize I have been modeling myself on them, and having my own dreams. And they are succeeding. Currently I am guiding a Furry out of the same situation I was in at home, And that is working. The only trouble is...these people all led very tragic lives. I realize that might just be the price of realizing your dreams when they involve making the world a better place for everyone. I'm starting to realize I'm not ordinary. No, I'm extraordinary. That comes with an incredible responsibility, and it terrifies me to the bone because I feel like there is no limit to what I can accomplish...and potentially who I could ruin.

I'm gonna break the silence and say it. As much as Furry Fandom is a celebration of art, family, and unity, it is also a celebration of sexual honesty. A lot of the mundane world's barriers and walls were long since torn down in the Furry Fandom. To ignore and outright deny this facet of our culture is not only dishonest, but deceiving to the rest of the world, and will hurt us in the long run in terms of those who wish to fully understand us. There were a short few years where Furries bore the brunt of the impervious "Media" and back then the conservative actions we took made sense. But when the rest of the world has moved on, it is time to be honest with the world, and be honest with ourselves. We do not need to hide a natural part of ourselves if we refuse to play on the rest of the worlds insistence that that part is unnatural.

Gave a short seminar on Furries in Human Sexuality today. Didn't mention sex. Nobody asked about Furry Sex. I think that means progress. But it did leave everyone wondering what it had to do with the class. It was pretty botched because I didn't know that I was going to do it. I walked into class to tell the professor that I wasn't going to be there that day because I was running the Furry Club booth at Club Rush. She asked me to do a little 5 minute lesson and I had no preparation. I hope I can have a better opportunity in the future.

It went off so well! <3 I could not have asked for a better club. Everyone is so committed to the club. We had an art board with examples, a sign up sheet on an Ipad, and two suiters. I even gave a short 5 minute seminar on Furries in my Human Sexuality class. No one asked about Yiff. So different from last year where I just sat at a table alone like an idiot for 4 hours. But that's how things start. You can't be afraid to look stupid, because taking the risk is what gets people to respect you.

~Katie B for Class President!~

~BLOOP~

And a million more moments and memes.

FC Was the single most amazing furcon I have ever been too. My club loved it. It inspired them to be better Furries, and produce things for this Fandom. It will be something I will never forget. Yupyupyupyup. It's inspired me to carry through on my word, and I have the ability to do it with the interest in my passion shown by Greenreaper and Makyo. I had a wonderful dinner with Mark Merlino and one of his mates, and talked about Furry past, present, and future.

I also met Dabbles, and will be trying to track him down till I find him. He is elusive. He showed me the most wonderful time, and just how generous and loving a man can be. He made me feel really really special just for a brief moment. I really came out of my shell, but still I have a hard time flirting. I know how to start it but not how to go from there.

The most important thing happened Sunday. A few choice words were said that brought Fandom full circle for me. That reminded me, and the entire audience of FC: Unleahsed, exactly why we are here, and the power of what we do. There were words to be said back, but we have yet to have an Anthem. This is the closest we have gotten. Never have I heard words so moving, and so powerful come from a Furry, as these: [to come when FC: Unleashed is uploaded]