As everybody knows, today's the last day FAP will be functional. I just went to cbee's FAP page out of curiosity, and found this system message:

At the user's request, this account will be completely removed from FAP in 29 days. The removal process can be canceled if cbee logs into FAP in the next 29 days. Otherwise, their works, comments, favourites and all activity on FAP will be erased. Forever.

Hey! Why does cbee's account get to stick around longer?!
Love how the site contradicts itself there.

FAP watch list is now backed up. YOU DO IT TOO!
Will be searching for a few folks on FA.

For historical preservation, here's a transcript of the official FAP announcement, seeing as it won't exist after the death:
<i>FAP started two years ago to satisfy an itch, to be a better art website. For furries.
In this time, FAP grew into a very fun project. I developed solutions to very difficult technical problems, created new user interfaces, and learned a lot about maintaining a social website.
Two years later, this isn't fun for me anymore. I spend too much time everyday developing new features and optimizing the code to perfection; I never have time for my other projects. (Trust me, they're awesome projects).
So, I'm closing FAP.
Thank you for using FAP,
Dylan

PS:
FAP will continue to host files until the end of the month (when the donations run out).</i>
(document then links to tools to back up your art and others' art)

Furry Art Pile has suddenly quit?!?!??!
Beware the wrath of  sonderjen!
Dylan says that developing the site isn't fun for him anymore. Too bad, it had some really useful features. I still preferred FurAffinity, but I kept an exact mirror of my stuff on FAP. Both sites have great communities.
I wish Dylan had given a little bit of warning, though. I'm trying to remember who all was on my watch list. Can't check that anymore. I think there was only one person on my watch list that I'm not already either watching on FA or very much aware of on FA.

Stitch is neutered! Lilo picked him up at an animal shelter, and at animal shelters they neuter them!
Now, you might say that Stitch wouldn't let anybody near him, but he got hit by the truck, and the next thing he saw when he woke up was the dog pen.
Oh, wait, they thought he was dead. But then why did they throw him into the dog pen with live dogs?
Now I'm not so sure about the neutering thing.

Actually got up early enough to watch Saturday morning cartoons, and was reminded of how little they show Tails in the Sonic X cartoon.

It may not be cold in here, but I'm a'gonna wear my hoodie because I can! At least for a little bit. Love my hoodie.

That banner is very distracting. I happen to be into young foxes(and ferrets), and his bulge is showing. Thank you for pulling his shorts tight against his crotch, Thorn!
I'm tempted to draw fanart of KidFender with shorts completely off...

Fellow like-minded cartoonist Dan Piraro recently rescued a baby raccoon from an animal shelter, nursed it, and returned it back to its mother with the help of his crazy half-naked wife.
Clicky!

My name in 1337 translates to 177/|/|1! Or, 1++/|/|1! Or maybe Ĩ77^^Ĩ! So many dialects!

3[)17: Well, I found a few symbols FA doesn't accept, like the slash(although it accepts a backslash), and a W with a hat on it(best description I can think of). I hope my 1337 skillz found decent replacements.

xtr@ 3d17: I might create a new logo that includes the ^^ marks just because it looks so happy :)

ACK! I never bothered getting drunk on St. Patrick's Day! Actually, I've never managed to get drunk. I always drink it too slowly to get much from it, probably because of the bad taste. Rum's good, but my tongue incinerates after a good swig. Usually, I'll just have a wine cooler or hard lemonade. It's been so long, though, that I forgot which brand of hard lemonade I liked, and I ALWAYS forgot which wine cooler was better, I just remembered it was the one that cost more. I do remember that Smirnoff's lightweight stuff tastes good.

Also, I physically cannot chug ANYTHING. Not even water. Just gulps. I don't know why.

Valentine Times Meme:

Are you single or taken?
Single, but taken by myself

Chocolate or flowers?
Chocolate tastes better

Will you do anything special for Valentines Day?
Job-hunt

Do you like anyone ?
I don't like people in general

Were you dating anyone last Valentines?
No, and not a single Valentines Day before that either

What would be your dream Valentines date?
Disneyland! (I had to agree with Foxer421, whom I stole this from)

Do you make a big deal about Valentines?
Only from a commercial aspect at times I'm working in retail.

Have you ever had a secret admirer?
Yes, two. Both were just joking.

Would you ever write someone a love letter?
Started to, in second grade. Generally, I don't think I could ever focus enough love into one of those.

Do you believe in Cupid?
Cupid's a fictional character. Why should I believe in Cupid?

Do your parents give you presents on Valentines?
Yes, and I always forget to buy gifts for them. My sister also gives me chocolates. Maybe with this meme I'll remember to buy some chocolates for them.

Do you still send out Valentines cards?
Stopped doing that after elementary school.

Do you like candy hearts?
They're okay for decoration and projectiles.

Is Valentines depressing?
It passes by without me noticing.

How do you feel about PDA? (Public Display of Affection)
Damnit, you eliminated any chance of making a handheld computer joke with that note. Well, generally I feel PDA are sickening to watch in public. Simple kisses are okay, hand-holding is okay to a point, but people often take it too far. Baby-talk and reaching under clothing is too far.

How is your love life?
It's still in gestation(I'm 26)

Have you ever been dumped on Valentines?
Never had a girlfriend anytime near V-day. In fact, I've only had one girlfriend, but I hardly even consider that one-week relationship even a relationship.

How many roses would you want?
See "Chocolate or flowers" question or get me rose-shaped truffles. *YUM*

Will you have a boyfriend/girlfriend next Valentines?
The one in a few days: definitely not
The one a year and a few days from now: likely not, if I stay this anti-social.

Just sending out my love to all my peeps(or cats or dawgs or whatever ya be) on FA! Love ya!

2 weeks ago, I did a picture of my fursona having trouble blending in at church. I actually found a video today with some good tips on how to fit in at almost any church. It's funny. Click here to see it. And don't worry, this video is Christian-friendly, unlike my picture.

your boy side

[x] you love hoodies. (in an unhealthy way)
[] you love jeans.
[] dogs are better than cats
[] it's hilarious when people get hurt.
[x] you've played with/against boys on a team.
[x] shopping is torture. (when with somebody else)
[x] sad movies suck.
[] you own an x-box.
[x] played with hotwheels cars as a kid.
[x] at some point in time you wanted to be a firefighter
[] you own a DS, PS2 or sega
[] you used to be obsessed with power rangers
[] you watch sports on TV
[x] gory movies are cool.
[] you go to your dad for advice. (I see him maybe one weekend a year.)
[] you own like a trillion baseball caps.(are those still in style?)
[] you like going to football games.
[x] you used to/do collect baseball cards.(mainly because they were going to be valuable someday, but that turned out to be a lie)
[x] baggy pants are cool to wear (sexay, and cargo pants carry stuff!)
[x] it's kinda weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people
[x] green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favorite colors. (broad net there)
[] you love to go crazy and not care what people think.(kinda, but I get too self-concious)
[] sports are fun. (FEH!)
[x] talk with food in your mouth. (If I wait to talk, I don't)
[x] wear boxers. (Ooooo yeh)

total = 13 points.

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your girl side

[] you wear lip gloss.
[x] you love to shop. (alone, usually for electronics)
[] you wear eyeliner. (not goth, although it might be fun)
[x] you have some of the same shirts in different colors.(Do generic plain t-shirts in different colors count?)
[] you wear the color pink.
[x] go to your mom for advice.(Dad's not around)
[] you consider cheerleading a sport (It's an art)
[] you hate wearing the color black.
[] you like hanging out at the mall. (I get dizzy at the mall)
[] you like getting manicures and/or pedicures. (trimming nails is fun, but I don't think that counts)
[x] you like wearing jewelry. (I wish I had a shiny, geeky necklace)
[] skirts are a big part of your wardrobe.
[] shopping is one of your favorite hobbies.
[/] you don't like the movie star wars. (They're okay, I watched them mainly because I have to, as an American)
[] you are/were in cheerleading, gymnastics or dance.
[] it takes you around 1 hour to shower, get dressed, and put on make-up and accessories.
[] you smile a lot more than you should.
[] you have more than 10 pairs of shoes. (4)
[x] you care about what you look like. (well, YEAH, I don't want to look like a bum)
[] you like wearing dresses when you can.
[] you like wearing body spray/perfume/cologne. (My nose is too sensative for that stuff)
[] you wear girl underwear.
[] used to play with dolls as little kid. (I don't suppose the "boy" versions of dolls count, i.e. Legos, action figures, plushies... I still play with plushies)
[] like putting make-up on someone else for the joy of it.
[x] like taking pictures of yourself with your cell phone/camera when you're bored. (*RANDOM PICTURE!*)

total= 6.5 points

I expected something close to a tie, but apparently my male side is twice as prominent as my female side. Really, in real life, my voice is the only thing that could get me mistaken for a female. Well, except those times I let my hair grow long.
I tried to make it a tie(I could get 13 to 10.5 if I stretched some meanings), but when you get questions like, "Do you wear ladies underwear?", even the really effeminate guys will leave that one blank. Hell, normal women would leave several of those blank, because so many women wear men's clothing, including boxer shorts(albeit sewn up). I wonder how many women got accurate results(one I got this from rated as manly).
I'm neutral on which sex I associate myself with, therefore I have no overcompensating to hide my true gender.

Looking at my gallery, I can't help noticing that I don't look the same in any of the pictures. I'm still working on my design and am not sure how my fursona looks yet. As far as markings go, which change mainly because I forget, the pic "Look! It me!" is the definitive picture for that so far. I'm still working on the shape and color, I need to look at raccoon photos more.
I finally did a colored pic a day ago(warning: p33n0r), but the brown I used makes him look like a bear. I might desaturate the browns a little later if I find the time, maybe painting some gray in. Also, his paws should be black.
So yeah, they're all the same character, except when it's my mom or a random horse, which in that case I'm the short coon with them.

 hida looks so tasty for some reason.

I have the overwhelming urge to poke Ozy's belly right now...

I've been considering watching The Golden Compass, mostly because that ferret in the previews was so cute. However, upon reading more about the book and movie.... I don't think it stays a ferret very long. It's a shape-shifting dæmon, and judging by the age of its owner, it likely hasn't assumed a permanent form yet. However, I may still like all the fuzzy animals. Also... FIGHTING POLOR BEARS IN SOUL-STORING ARMOR!!!!! I've heard the polar bear fight scenes are cool.
And yes, I've heard about the religious feelings in this movie, and I'm an atheist so I don't care. I'm not sure how I'd feel about the book. Seems like it has anti-religious preaching, and I'm not down for any kind of preaching. Cute ferrets and ferocious bears in armor I'm down with.

OH NOEZ! No, not noelz, "noez". My tree house been without power for a full week(along with my regular house) and am finally returning to FAAAAA. I've managed to get online for a few things thanks to McWifi, but who dares visit a porn-artist-filled fav list in MCDONALDS? I'm afraid to look at my Submissions count. It's... it's... 147 new submissions, 2 comments and 33 new journals!!wtf1(&^Y! I still have 100 webcomics to catch up on... Oh gods I'm so sleepy right now. Maybe I'll put it off for another night?

It's so nice being able to fap in my own bed after staying the nights in my sister's living room(I've gone a full week without masturbation now). No electricity over here makes teh nights cold and the electronics dead.

Y'know, lately I've developed a fetish for hoodies. I think I've figured out a few of the reasons they're so ogle-inspiring:

1- They give some people the shape of a plushie, and I happen to have a fetish for plushies, too.
2- Those pockets just beg to be explored. They're also right over the belly and sometimes crotch. They're sorta paunch-ish, and a little paunch is cute. I've seen some girls with really cute tiny pockets on their hoodies. Those pockets are a very cute accent.
3- Loose, baggy clothing begs to be removed. There's always a much smaller body underneath baggy clothes. Big clothing, especially oversized clothing, automatically triples a person's/creature's cuteness(quadruple if it conceals one eye). As for the small hoodies on some girls, those are designed to be tight, and tight clothes are also sexy. There's one girl at work whose tiny hoodie makes her belly look so much sexier.
4- The hoods. They're like another pocket. I feel like putting a little fuzzy animal or plush in a hoodie. And if you put the hood up(rare), you either look shy, mysterious, or like a punk(hey!). All three looks are cool and can be sexy.
5- I love playing with dangly pullstrings. Especially if they have shiny things hanging from them.
6- So sofffft...

Therefore, I'd like to suggest that people incorporate hoodies into their porn. Maybe one person's wearing a cute hoodie while having sex, maybe somebody's playing with someone's hoodie(pockets, pullstrings, hood, whatever), maybe a hoodie-wearing creature just wants to be snuggled. Either sex is cool, I'm bi.
If you make one, or already have made some porn involving a hoodie(or simply know where some is), please post a link in this journal! I want to see it. I'm not giving away any prizes or anything, but I'll definitely fav the ones I REALLY like(I'm still picky, though). Hell, I might even WATCH you!
May the force be with FA.

I saw this picture of a raccoon sticking its tongue out and immediately thought of Albert Einstein. It's so cute that I'd actually be willing to buy a poster of it! However, a 5" x 7" print costs $15, with an 8" x 12" costing $30! For the price of the small one, I could buy the Einstein poster.... OR DRAW MY OWN PICTURE AND SELL THE ORIGINAL FOR THAT PRICE(granted, not very detailed). Seriously, either this person has too expensive a printer, or they think too highly of their photos. Granted, this picture is a rare, hard to capture shot, but post cards normally sell for $2, I think. That small print is the size of a post card.

On a related note, I was doing a search for reference photos of raccoons for my next comic, coming up soon. I'm still tweaking my character design, and I want to keep a raccoony look.

Spits and rice
and some things nice

That's wut androgynous alien raccoons are made of!

If you're wondering why you're suddenly seeing these similar icons...
 nekonekoneko
 lolk
and
 Inuryan

.....
THIS man is to blame!
 -rainbowgasm-

All I gotta say is, well, actually, he already made an icon saying it.
To quote him in another posting, "Dear god, I've started a meme. >.<"

Please don't be harsh. Memes can be fun in moderation.

 pizzacat  shalonesk  cute_fox_cat  nic712  redguardian

This is obviously a meme, but I can't find out the WHY!
Plz explain?

EDIT: Okay, I think  eclipsewolf did it, inspired by this music video. It's a nice, happy icon... but it got out of hand. Not a meme, I suppose, just an icon type that got too popular. Somebody said he stopped makiing them for people, so hopefully it doesn't grow into too much of an epidemic.

Grabbed from  flinters.

Crazy Characater Creations Meme!
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1. What is your character's name?

ITTMI(all caps, all the time, because it's an acronym for "Is This Too Much Information?" )

2. What is your character's name in another language?

ITTMI-san? C'mon, names aren't normally translated, because it's your NAME. In Greek I suppose it would be the letter "pi" 3 times, because according to Babelfish, "Too much Information" translates to three words all starting with pi. Alternatively, I can just convert the letters "ITTMI" into Greek and have my name be... "ITTMI"? Okay, I guess it's the same.

3. How old is he/she?

25, just like me.

4. What is your character's race/species?

An alien raccoon.

5. Do they have a crush?
Several! Tails, Peter Puppy, Wakko Warner, Timon, my own fursona...

6. Do they have many friends?

My fursona? Just a few people that I know online. Nobody close enough to mention, though. My real-life self has a few real-life friends that are close.

7. What planet is your character from?

ITTLI. My dad still lives there, and I visit him from time to time.

8. Does your character like to eat?

NO! I HATE TO EAT! I... what kind of question is this? Well, actually, I don't particularly gain much satisfaction from food. Stopping what I'm doing because I HAVE TO EAT? It's just an inconvenience. Chocolate is the only exception to this feeling. I do enjoy chocolate.

9. What's his/her favorite food?

Chocolate is good.

10. What's his/her favorite drink?

Mountain Dew Code Red is my favorite soda, but I think water trumps anything.

11. Is your character annoying?

Not yet.

11. Is your character annoying?

Not yet.

11. Is your character annoying?

You tell me. (btw, I'm the one that copied this question twice, feel free to remove the extras)

13. Is your character loved?

Mostly by myself

14. Is your character hated?

If I am, nobody has had the indecency to tell me.

15. Is he/she emo/goth?

I've considered goth clothing, it's interesting, but no.

16. Is he/she straight, bisexual, or gay?

Bisexual.

17. Is he/she a virgin?

Don't send the Deflowering Assault Team on me! My fursona isn't a virgin, no. Myself, I'm a little too afraid of STD's to have sex before marriage.

18. Name 3 hobbies

Drawr-ing
Going for walks(especially in a warm rain)
Inventing

19. Is your character normal?

Lessee, I'm a 25 year-old atheist who lives with his preacher mother, and I love furry porn. Technically, is ANYBODY "normal"?

20. Is your character attractive?

Check out these snuggly brown tufts of fur.

21. How does your character handle emotions?

I know the ancient art of Tai-Kwan-Spock. Nobody can tell what my emotions are, unless I get REALLY stressed. Sometimes I do show extreme happiness, but rarely.

22. Does your character have other forms?

Right now, I think I'll be shifting between anthro and feral forms, because I really like both. I don't know if I'll find a happy medium. I sometimes do nude studies of myself to strengthen my art skillz, so those pictures can't be raccooned all that much. Usually, I portray myself as a mostly-feral raccoon.

23. Does your character overreact?

I feel like killing customers sometimes.

24. Is your character a criminal?

My character has had sex with Tails, Wakko Warner, and Peter Puppy. I'm sure they're all underage.

25. Does your character go to school?

Not anymore. Couldn't stand the place.

26. What's his/sher IQ?

I'd imagine rather high. Hard to tell. However, neither I nor my fursona get enough sleep, so we aren't able to use our IQ's to the fullest.

27. Does your character have a disease/curse?

Poverty.

28. Is your character dead?

I seriously wonder if anybody has ever put "yes" on this. Zombies aren't that active on FurAffinity.

29. Does your character have a family?

I live with my mom, my dad lives on my old planet, and my sister owns a farm. My grandparents on my mother's side are still alive, but just barely. As for a wife and children, I have no interest.

30. Has he/she encountered any tragic times in life?

High school. All of it.

31. What's the best time in your character's life?

That's confidential.

32. If you could name 1 friend, which would you relate to your character?

What? Like, make my brother/sister? Marry? What do you mean by "relate"? All my characters are the relations I want them to be.

33. Is your character single?

Single and unavailable.

34. Has he/she developed any relationships?

Only friend relationships.

35. Does she/sshe have an element?

I'll have to agree with Flinters that the car is ugly. As for water/earth/wind/fire, I don't study those things. I figure I'm all, but people who are actually into that stuff would probably say I can only be one.

36. Do you role-play your character?

I haven't gotten much into actually speaking as my character. My character is basically me anyway.

37. Do you write about your character?

What's this right here?

38. Does your character have a bad temper at times?

SHUT THE FUCKUP!

39. Does your character get depressed?

I get pressed, and depressed like a button. As for the emotion, yeah, I think I've actually had depression ever since I started high school in 1996.

40. What's your characters favorite animal?

Anything skinny and/or with a very big tail. Foxes, meerkats and kangaroos all fit that description. Raccoons attract me for the tail, and ferrets attract me for the skinny body.

41. Does your character have any fears?

Telepaths

42. Does your character have any weaknesses?

Muscles. As for character flaws, it depends on what you consider a flaw. I suppose apathy is my biggest flaw.

43. Does your character look up to anyone?

First off, I'm short. So yeah. As for in a non-literal way, there are various artists I look up to, such as Blotch, Tom Richmond, and Leonardo Da Vinci. That's only a select few. I admire everybody on my FA watch list.

44. Does your character like music?

Gives ambience, at least.

45. What's your character's favorite type of music?

Anything lively and not about sex. I like Putumayo CDs. Techno and industrial are good. Foreign stuff is great. (Sees "69in Gay Raccoons" song in my favorites) Oh yeah, and funny music. Most of all, I loooooove funny music.

46. Is he/she impatient?

I have a high tolerance for waiting sometimes, if I can rationalize the reason.

47. What's something funny about your character?

I'm a raccooooooon! YAY! A cute one at that. Raccoons are kinda funny. I think my name is funny.

48. Name 5 nicknames

Shorty, Fatty, Stretch, Goliath, and Stinky. Oh wait, do you mean MY nicknames? I don't have any yet.

49. Does your character curse?

AVADA KEDAVRA, FUCKER!!!

50. This test is over, what does your character have to say?

I think my hamburger is getting cold now.