I'm going to actually be there this year. And what's more, this is going to be the first con I (and the soda floatzel) have ever attended! Here's hoping I have fun, and can actually meet some of you wonderful people too, also for the first time.

Just... all of you, those who know me and/or the soda floatzel. I wake up every day and come on to see all of you because, hell, I don't think I could get through my day otherwise. I try my best to treat others the way I'd like to be treated... and though there's sometimes a bit of disconnect, and I sometimes feel like I don't deserve it, I always end up feeling warm and content by the end of the day. So really, thanks for everything you do.

My only request for you is to consider making one that's not pretty.

Make it more like the 'realistic' sirens. Make that mane unkempt, make him/her bruised and battered, the singer of a haunting melody that really does urge ships to their doom...

...yeah, I dunno where this idea came from, but for some reason I really like it.

I'm going to leave a journal link below, because a very close friend of mine needs help. People who've known me for a long time surely recognize just how caring I am towards others, while people who don't... might ask around to hear much of the same things? Hopefully. Considering how short on money I constantly am, fault of social anxiety among other things, I'm still going to see if I can help buy at least one commish from [USER=Braxia]said friend[/USER] in order to help out. And maybe you guys will too?

https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7885214/

The sodazel's birthday is in two weeks from today! For those of you too lazy to math, that means 9/15. He's been around since 2009, which means the bubbly soda floatzel (who was once a sonic recolor) is almost seven whole years old.

It's been one hell of a ride, and I have all of you guys to thank for making it so enjoyable. Through it's ups and downs, twists and turns... just... thank you.

In honor of this, I'm going to go out of my way to do a bulk upload on SoFurry of all of Phenos' arts. The link to that is conveniently on the description of my page here, if you want to go check out what I have up there early. Here's to another two years, at least~

From hedgehog to trainer to riolu, I've skipped a step and completely avoided art yet still ended up here. For those of you who are wondering why I've made the migration unannounced, well, I have a feeling a good portion of you wouldn't have kept track anyway. It's just that things have happened IRL that warrant a change of pace. New job, my dad very recently passed away, and... I'm hoping this will help me focus on what really matters. 'Trimming the fat,' and all that.