Please help this very talented artist get out of the shelter. If you can donate that is wonderful, if you can signal boost, that is wonderful too. Come on, signal boosting is like the min. effort to help another human being that does SO much. Copy/pasta.


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http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6034988/

I need to get out of the Rescue Mission NOW.

It's virtually guaranteed that I will not be able to secure a job as long as I'm trapped there. Without a job, I can't get keep my phone turned on. Without both of those things, I can't get an apartment.

I can get into an efficiency apartment, though... but only if I can pay rent to the tune of $115 a week.

If everyone who watched me donated $2, I would have enough money for over 10 weeks' worth of rent. If everyone donated $5, it would be 38 weeks. If everyone donated $10 (hah, not counting on it,) I could afford over a year of rent..

I would have an apartment. I would have guaranteed Internet access. I would be able to draw again. I could get a job. I would finally move up on the housing list and be that much closer to a more affordable, more secure apartment.

I would have my life back.

So please help. Even if you're "just" signal boosting.

Please.

Ok, by request I'm pulling names to protect the innocent and the abysmally stupid, but I really wanted to do a journal about this.

This happened at Condition Fur Con (Please do NOT go and criticize or attack anybody who works that con about this, they have NOTHING to do with it and this will likely be the first they've heard of this too...and I have no doubts whatsoever in thinking that they are going to be as angry as I am if they catch wind of it. So don't make me come and kick your stupid asses if you go complaining about Condition as they have NO fault whatsoever in this situation.)

This was relayed to me this morning by my best friend:

"So ***** one of **** fans had a bizarre conversation with me. For some reason, he did a census of black folks at the con, saying, "You are one of four African-Americans at this con." (names deleted to protect the innocent) I said, well, wait a minute, I am the only American of the four; they are Canadian.

Then he said, "I don't remember who said it, but they say you are the whitest black guy here."

"Kinda not like ****."

"Can't figure out if you are offended or just surprised."

At least he apologized?"

...

What. Whut. WHAT?!

WHAT THE DING DONG DIGGITY FUCK.

I just...my mind is REELING as to what you, random white racist asshole furry, were thinking walking up to somebody and saying this.

WHO the hell cares what the skin color of attendees and artists is?! WHY would you bring this up?

How fucking DARE you. You are SO lucky I was not there because I would have not only verbally if not physically shredded you for BLATANTLY disrespecting somebody I love and care about dearly so egregiously, but immediately gone to con services about it.

As such, I'm not attending, so I can't do that, so I'm exploding my rage onto this journal about it.

I don't think you were trying to be hateful. I think you are just really stupid. Racism does not have to be hateful. A lot of racists don't hate. In fact I think the vast majority of racists are really just clueless morons like you who are oblivious to when they single out others for arbitrary reasons. Sometimes I think that is the most insidious form of racism. People think just because they don't hate, it means they aren't a racist or aren't feeding into the damaging system that keeps people stuck in dystopic circumstances and prevents them from being able to live their lives normally without being hurt for something they can't help and is none of your business anyway.

But it does, and you NEED to be aware of that.

My friend is who he is, and he's allowed to be who he is without being challenged as to why it doesn't fit your idea of what a black person is. Being who he is does not make him "white." What the fuck is "white" anyway, dude? I'm not sure I can even bring my I.Q. down low enough where that statement made any sense. I don't care if some other racist idiot was the one who originally said it...you picked it up and passed it right along without a thought in your head.

How many times do we have to say this? Melanin content of the skin does nothing except help protect you from sunlight. Some people have more because their families lived in places where they needed more physical protection from the sun. Mine happened to live in a place where that was pretty unnecessary because in the far north, there isn't a lot of sunlight. That's IT.

Make no mistake about it, doing shit like this means you ARE a racist. No questions, no doubts, no excuses. You are RACIST, and you need to have a very long sit-down with yourself and be an adult and THINK very long and hard about whether being a clueless asshole is what you really want to be in life.

Ugh. I really hope I never have the misfortune of meeting you at a con.

*ANGRY cougar snarls and screams!*

Just a quick I've never gotten around to explaining what happened to my website. I thought I had, but I frequently gaslight myself into thinking I did things when I never did. My brain is a dick like that.

I had to shut my domain down a year ago due to financial reasons and for reasons that I couldn't really justify having it if I wasn't doing comics anymore. So I let it expire. I've never gotten around to putting up an archive, but a very sweet fan requested it, so I melted.

Thankfully my friend  sethtriggs was gracious enough to donate a bit of space on his website for me.

So if you want to re-read the comics, here you go. :)

http://apollo9.bibp.com/
http://gb.bibp.com
http://coons.bibp.com

Figured this latest situation I find myself wrapped up in could stand to be posted here because it might help others.

Friend who is a self-professed Nice Guy ™ comes to me for advice over a very typical storyline. Apparently he's been secretly in love with a close female friend of his for years. Apparently he's been doing a lot of little services and kindnesses in hopes she'll magically see it as a romantic gesture instead of a friendly gesture (because friends don't help each other out otherwise, don'tcha know).

Surprise surprise, she gets uncomfortable and backs off when he confesses his undying and unrequited love for her.

He then complains to me behind her back that it's a chronic pattern and that his desperation and loneliness is chasing off various love interests he's had over the years. Immediately, he started going into "Nobody will ever love me, I will die alone and martyred in my unrequited love, everyone else is the problem, the world sucks, she's a bitch, women are all bitches, and why doesn't anybody appreciate just how hard this is for me and give me love and sex just because I exist?!" speech.

He also doesn't want to be her friend anymore now because now he's embarrassed and sulky and what's the point of anything if friends won't become romantic partners?

Basically he sounds like an angry 15-year-old who's gotten every bit of love advice from movies freaking out over his first crush -- and he's in his late 40's.

He really, really doesn't see why nobody develops romantic feelings for him.

Here's the thing, Nice Guys and Girls ™: You need to learn how to be alone and not be lonely and desperate before you can think about having a relationship with someone. That's part of growing up.

That may seem totally counter-intuitive, but in spite of popular belief, being in a relationship is NOT a cure for desperation and loneliness. It might well distract you from it for a while, but it's not addressing your actual problem: You lack direction, intent, and self-love, and you have NO clue how to relate to people because of it.

If you have no relationship with yourself, you cannot be fulfilled in relationships with anyone else. Until you can learn how to simply enjoy your own life and enjoy other people just for being themselves, you cannot have a healthy relationship with anyone romantic or not.

A healthy romantic relationship has completely dropped the whole, "Me, my, and I" thing and is simply two people living for the sake of living and loving for the sake of loving, because that is what truly destroys wanting. If their partner died or left, of course they would grieve...but they wouldn't hang their entire lives on the departed partner. They'd grieve and go through healing, but they wouldn't be blaming their partner or thinking that their lives are over and they'll never love again because it ended.

Love isn't 50-50. It's 100-100. You live and love for yourself first as a whole being and bring others into that, not look around outside of yourself for what's missing and expect others to give it to you. Once you get into a relationship, that continues. You live and love for yourself first and give freely out of that while your partner does the same. So long as you both are committed to doing that, you create a harmonious cooperation where you can create love and enjoy a reflection of it. That's something vastly different than what's portrayed in movies and media.

Which means you're going to have to get out there and learn how to relate to yourself while rethinking your perceptions.

People are seriously bitching about a Coke commercial sung in multiple languages?

*takes a long, slow toke*

Schadenfreude.

Because I've had a few people ask: I'm not leaving FA.

Because I shouldn't go around making judgments about people and situations that do not directly involve me.

That is all.

Just letting ya'll know that I'm not dead. :)

My computer is though. I'm borrowing the husband's computer for this. My poor beast literally caught on fire last week while I was working on holiday artz. One minute I'm touching up some tits, then BOOM, smoke is coming out of the chassis.

We're fine. I got it out so fast that the smoke alarm didn't even go off.

Seems the fan on my videocard stopped functioning at some point, and as my computer has about twenty billion fans going in it at any given time (art and gaming computer), I didn't hear the one for the VC stop. Buuut, the motherboard and the videocard suffered some melting.

We've had to delay fixing it because my hubby caught the flu the day after Christmas, and I was infected the day after that. Which meant I wasn't getting out of bed longer than to shuffle my poor swollen and sore body to the bathroom or to the kitchen so sip soup and go back to hiding in the dark. No worries though! I'm MUCH better and pretty much back to functioning beyond taking my normal routine more easily for now.

The parts for the comp are ordered and should be arriving in the next few days. We won't know if anything else that wasn't directly melted suffered circuit surge damage till we get the new VC and MB installed.

I'm pretty certain the HD should be all right, so I'm not too concerned even though the possibility of it not being so is there. Worrying is a misuse of imagination anyway.

Other than that, we have had a fabulous holiday making merry with friends and family that I'll be remembering when I'm a kooky old cat lady, and I'm so excited for this fresh new year!

May everything wonderful happen to you this year, my friends. I'll pop back up here again soon. *hugs to all!*

I'm reposting this from  mavuriku journal as a booster signal. If you can please do the same with your own journals, Facebooks, and whatnot, please do so! Even if you aren't in Michigan, this will help!

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A terrible incident has fallen on my family. I just found out today that my 16 year old cousin Zoe Stehouwer has been missing since Wednesday, June 12th. It's believed that she went missing sometime in the evening, and has been in contact with a man she met online named Andrew (Drew) Williams, age 23. She was last seen at her grandmother's (my aunt's) house in Grand Rapids, Michigan, but could also be near the Detroit area… or anywhere.

I've posted some photos of her on PhotoBucket. If you could share them on Facebook and other social medias to get the word out, it'd be much appreciated. http://s300.photobucket.com/user/Ma.....t=3&page=1

There is also a Facebook page dedicated to her search: https://www.facebook.com/BringZoeHome

Also here is a news blurb about her: http://www.woodtv.com//dpp/news/loc.....g-teenage-girl

Please, please help in any way you can, even if you're not from the Michigan area. Nothing like this has happened to our family before and we're all terrified...

Hey, if you haven't seen my friend  sethtriggs new series "Shir Nice Whisperer" here on FA, GO read it. Especially if you're a Nice Guy ™. It's worth a good read with some deep truths.

I know I've complained in the past about Nice Guys ™, and often I get a defensive "Hey, women can be Nice Girls ™ too!" comment somewhere.

Yes, yes they can. I've had my ear talked off by enough of them.

To be honest, I haven't found a lot of difference between Nice Girls ™ and Nice Guys ™. They tend to sound exactly alike.

"Men only want sluts with big tits and no brains. My best friend is the most awesome guy in the world, and he ALWAYS gets burned! It makes me SO mad he gets treated this way! He just caught his latest gold digging bitch of a girlfriend cheating on him. Again. I told him he should dump her and find someone better for him...Hint hint. Did he take my advice? Noooo. Of course not! She batted her false eyelashes and apologized and now he wants her back. OH MY GOD, how stupid can you get? She does this every time, just like the last one he had. I want to rip her nasty ass extensions out for what she's been doing to him! Get this...he paid her cell phone bill because all the air in her head gets yakked out into the thing constantly. Of course she can't pay it herself 'cause she's a stupid ho who can't keep a job."

"*sigh* It kills me inside to see how women treat him. He's smart, funny, kind and so handsome. If he'd just start looking past the exterior and look for someone who actually cares for him that MAYBE doesn't fit his "ideal" in body, he'd be a lot happier. But what can you expect? He's a man. He leads with his dick and can't see that the REAL woman who would care for and treasure him has been by his side all this time."

Does this woman sound like good date material? Discuss in the comments and tell me what you think!

Yoinked from  mavuriku - Cause she always finds the most interesting memes.

1. What is your natural hair color?:
Technically, ash blonde, but it's just kind of...hair colored hair.

2. Where was your ID pic taken?:
Seattle, WA.

3. What's your middle name?:
Rose.

4. Your current relationship status?:
Married. Not a secret!

5. Honestly, does your crush like you back?:
Yes, he does. Did you know you can still have a crush on your spouse, even after you're married? <3

6. What is your current mood?:
Content and sleepy.

7. What's the color of your underwear?:
Teal

8. What is one thing that makes you happy?:
Laughing and making others laugh!

9. Who was the last person you cuddled with?:
My dog

10. If you could go back in time, and change something what would it be?
I honestly can't answer that. There is so much I would change.

11. If you MUST be an animal for ONE day?:
I'd want to be a domestic dog or cat and explore the human world through their eyes.

12. Ever had a near death experience?:
Nope.

13. Something you do a lot?:
Play World of Warcraft.

14. What's the name of the song stuck in your head right now?:
"Happy Boy" By The Beat Farmers

15. Who did you copy and paste this from?:
 mavuriku

16. Name someone with the same b-day as you?:
Mel Blanc


17. When was the last time you cried?:
A couple of weeks ago

18. Have you ever sang in front of a large audience?:
Many times.

19. If you could have one super power what would it be?:
Invisibility.

20. What's the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?:
Eyes.

21. What's your biggest secret?:
Honestly, I'm not sure I have one. I'm pretty open about things. I don't feel the need to grab a squirrel and strangle it to death because, "Nobody must ever know...my secret."

(Mad props and love to anybody who got that reference)

22. What's your favorite color?:
Purple.

23. When was the last time you lied?:
I don't remember!

24. Do you still watch kiddy movies or TV shows?:
Of course! I have a great collection. <3

25. What are you eating or drinking at the moment?:
Seltzer with orange juice

26. What's your favorite smell?:
Pumpkin spice, baking bread, and the sea.

27. If you could describe life in one word what would it be?:
Boomdeyada!

28. When was the last time you gave/received a hug?:
Half an hour ago

29. Have you ever been kissed in the rain?:
Not on purpose...it's just kind of unavoidable here in the Pacific Northwest! Rain I mean, not kissing.

30. What are you thinking about right now?:
Fresh bread.

31. What should you be doing?:
Going to bed.

32. What was the last thing that made you upset?:
Being on a forum and reading horrible sexist remarks and rape apologetics coming from folks I had previously thought of as being very intelligent.

33. Do you like working in the yard?:
Yes, I love it! It makes me feel alive and free!


34. If you could have any last name in the world, what would you want?:
I have the one I want. Blacksin. :)

35. Name 5 things in your closet:
Hats, clothes, art pens, luggage, jewelry

36. Do you act different around your crush?:
Yeah. He makes me all romantic n' stuff. Nobody else can do that!

37. When was the last time you slept with a stuffed animal?:
I honestly couldn't tell you.

38. How many times do you take a shower a week?:
3-4.

39. Do you brush your teeth everyday?:
I admit it, no I don't. I try, but I forget because of ADD.

40. Have you ever said something stupid in front of your crush?:
I do it every day!

41. Have you ever watched a hockey game?:
Yup!

42. Do you lie about your age?:
Nope. I'm not ashamed that I'm aging. I'm 35 going on 36 in a couple of months.

43. Ever been jealous about something stupid?:
Who hasn't?

44. Do you pick your nose?:
I try not to, but sometimes, the bogies will thwart even double-ply, and you have to pull out the big guns.

45. What's the one food you hate?:
Cottage Cheese.


46. What's the one junk food you cant live without?:
Chocolate!

47. How old were you when you found out Santa was fake?:
I don't remember.

48. Have you ever blown your nose and looked inside the napkin?:
I do that every time!

49. Describe your favorite underwear you have?:
I don't have a favorite underwear? They're just the things that separate my ass from my jeans!

50. Did you lie in any of these questions?:
Nope.

You know, when we say stuff like "She's kind of asking for it" because she was drunk or wearing certain clothing, then pretty much we're just saying that men are inherently stupid, violent, and uncontrollable animals. Men can't be trusted or trained because they have penises, so it's up to women to be wary of them.

That's some massively sexist bullshit towards men that I'm not buying anymore than I buy that a woman is ever "asking" for it.

There is NO justification for rape. None. Whatsoever. A rapist takes every single ounce of the blame and pays the consequences of their crime. There is never an "asking for it" unless she specifically tells you YES. Not if she walks alone, not if she wears skimpy clothing, not if she's passed out drunk at a party, not if she even starts the act and then changes her mind.

She says "No," "Stop," or is unconscious or to inebriated to think straight, then you do not touch her.

And yes, this ABSOLUTELY applies to GBLTA members. There are a lot of men and women I know who suffer because they were raped by others of their same sex. No man ever asks for it because he's gay and male (and I've heard the same damned "he was asking for it" shit in regards to gay rape). HE says NO, you fucking STOP and don't hurt him.

If you cannot stop and think or control your sexual actions, then something is seriously, majorly WRONG with you. You are literally sick in the head and need help or to be locked away from society because you are a danger.

"She's kind of asking for it" needs to be wiped out of our vocabulary and our culture, and we need to start showing rape as the abnormal action it actually is.

I had a few people ask me what Chocolate and Hentai Day is.

TL:DR version: It's a holiday I made up as a massive FUCK YOU to Valentine's Day and focusing instead on the pleasures of the self.

Now for the explanation:

I don't celebrate Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day is the stupidest and most utterly gag-worthy holiday there is. I haven't liked it since I first was forced to sit down and fill out endless ugly and schmaltzy cards to pass out to my class full of yuppy larva that I otherwise loathed, and receiving fake Valentine's day wishes from them in return. All useless crap that goes in the garbage by the end of the day anyway, and we'd STILL be finding those sickening little candy hearts all over the place in June when we were cleaning the classroom before leaving for the summer.

Then of course as you get older and you're single, you gotta deal with the fact that Valentine's Day deals exclusively with romantic love...and if you're an oddball like me, it was just another dildo up the butt reminding you that nobody likes you.

I'm also about as romantic as a rock, so the cutesy wootsy pink, red, and white sappy shit makes me want to tie someone up and beat them.

Did I make myself clear on feelings on this? Lemme know if you need me to rant in clarification for you.

Buuuuut...

Being massive Holiday Whore I am (I love an excuse to kick back and celebrate) I came up with Chocolate and Hentai Day instead of Valentines somewhere back in High School.

Now, the ritual of CHD is very simple.

- Be as hedonistic as possible (indulge in a hot bath with candles, read a good book, go to a club, whatever your "thing" is)
- Buy and eat lots of chocolate
- Make or buy yourself your favorite dinner
- Pull out your favorite hentai or porno and have an orgasm
- Relax

The official colors of CHD are Black, Blue, Green, and Purple. The official symbol is a tentacle.

The best part of CHD is the fact it's all about YOU and taking a day just to enjoy yourself doing whatever makes YOU happy while everyone else is stuck in Candy Pink Commercial Hell.

Of course if you do have friends, family, and partners you want to celebrate with, feel free to do so.

Many happy orgasms and confectionaries to you this Chocolate and Hentai day! *XXXOOOspankspankspank!* :D

I've noticed I draw an awful lot of vagina and not a lot of cawk. I have very few males in my gallery, and I just noticed I have no gay porn. That's a shame.

I must rectify this...Or rectumfy this, rather.

New year ain't going too bad. Could be better, but hey, I have a new house to live in and the holidays are over. No complaints there.

Mostly I've been dealing with something akin to a really severe case of ADD. Nobody knows exactly why I've got this. Lost my previous job 'cause I can't keep the simplest directions straight or concentrate. I'm starting a new job on Monday, and I'm hoping like hell I can kind of sort of absorb some of my training. I didn't have ADD growing up (at least...I don't think I did), but now I understand what PITA it is. I have a new understanding of what you ADHD and ADD sufferers go through now. I feel like a ferret in a room full of shiny objects!

I've also been fretting a good deal about my brother, because they found a mass on his liver. His oncologist isn't saying the "C" word, but she thinks it's something to do with hepatitis he had in the past scarring up. Still not good, but more survivable than liver cancer for certain. *shudders*

I've been arting on and off when I can sit still long enough to do something. The upside to the ferret-brain thing is I'm actually getting inspired to do some stuff. I need to work on uploading pictures, which I should be doing here within the next few days.

I also finished a badge for http://www.biggestlittlefurcon.org/ Several artists contributed their work for these badges for con patrons, so you can choose your reg badge design! Pretty cool, hunh? I won't be able to go to the con myself, but you can wear a little bit of me around with you!

My response to people whining at me about PC holiday greetings is this:

"FIRST. WORLD. PROBLEMS."

The next time you feel like bitching about what seasons greeting somebody gave you, go out and buy and buy a can of food and donate it to a food bank instead.

The key is in our hands and it's recorded with the courts. We are now officially home owners.

For me, this is a moment of great catharsis. After brutally losing my beloved family home to pay off massive debt left by my mother after her suicide, I am finally going to be able to put the past to rest in it's grave and move forward into our new beautiful, sunny little 1926 single-family home.

We're looking at some floor samples today to get hardwood placed in the living room and fresh carpet in the bedroom. Then we can set up a time for the movers to come and get all our boxes!

I can finally say I'm going home. <3

I just landed a job at a doggy daycare/boarding facility and I'm finishing up my first week there. It's SO much fun! I'm a dog wrangler/front office worker. It's an unusual kennel in that the dogs are free on a fenced in acreage that's like a private dog park. They sleep together cage-free in rooms instead of kennels as a pack (we do have some kennels for dogs that require/prefer it).

I'm there to supervise them. I get to play with tons of doggies ALL DAY and get totally filthy and slobbered on.

DREAM JOB! :D

I've learned a couple things this week:

1.) I have a knack for putting dogs to sleep. When I sit down, my pack tends to sit down.

2.) I am a Golden Retriever magnet. I have no idea why, but golden retrievers are automatically obsessed with me. Wherever I am in the yard, they are there with me. I had 7 of them flopped down next to me yesterday.

If I wasn't a cougar, maybe I'd be a golden retriever?!

I really want to recruit someone because we both get in-game perks if I recruit someone (I really want the new mount for recruiting).

I'll be more than happy to help you out in-game too! :)

We had our offer accepted on a truly adorable little house!

It's in suburbia, but the neighborhood is quiet and peaceful, and there is a large backyard for chickens, bees, and a garden.

Wish us luck on the bank reviewing and accepting the offer, then the inspection going well, and then on the closing!

Turns out I can't get the land I want.

The restrictions of our loan are such that it will be unlikely we can buy much land.

But we can still get a home. We put down an offer last week but lost out because the home had too many problems for the loan's restrictions (FHA loan). So we found another adorable little house that we put an offer on last night. We'll see this evening if they accept it.

At the very least, I will still be able to have a couple of chickens, maybe a duck or a turkey, a beehive, and a garden. Still not a bad deal!

WE GOT PRE-APPROVED! WE'RE GETTING A HOOOUSE!

I can start my farm!

*Squeees and runs in circles!*

http://www.youtube.com/embed/YLO7tCdBVrA

I used to love Bob Ross as a kid. Corny as he was and having frightening hair, the guy really was a very talented artist.

I totally blame  Squeaky1 for this.

[01] Do you have the guts to answer these questions and re-post?
Obviously.

[02] Would you do meth if it was legalized?
HELL NO. I've studied that drug, and I know exactly what that stuff does to you. Legalization is the least of a meth-user's problems.

[03] Abortion: for or against it?
Neither. Unwanted pregnancies, no matter what you choose, are NOT fun things. I consider abortion really a non-ethical issue, but I'd really like to see our country come to it's senses and stop harping on abortion and start focusing on the BIG picture: Making sure access to reproductive health, contraception, education, and resources are made widely free and easily obtainable so we can actually have a real impact on reducing the hell of unwanted pregnancies.

[04] Do you think a country would fail with a female president?
Why would it? We have equal opportunity failure in this country.

[05] Do you believe in the death penalty?
Yup. Having worked in the court system, I'm more convinced than ever that some people just need to be removed from this world permanently for the good of all.

[06] Do you wish marijuana would be legalized already?
I don't wish anything about it. I don't find it especially interesting. That said, I don't really see any good reasons why it should continue to be illegal.

[07] Are you for or against premarital sex?
Neither. I don't see it as a moral issue.

[08] Do you believe in God?
Nope.

[09] Do you think same sex marriage should be legalized?
Absolutely. The separation of church and state is a core value. Marriage is very much a legal contract, and our government has no right to deny two consenting adults the rights and benefits that come legally to married couples.

Though if I'm going to pull the "Separation of church and state" card, then I have to support religious rights not to perform marriage ceremonies or recognize gay marriages within their religions. I'll still think you're a useless dickbag for that, but I grudgingly acknowledge that it's not right to shove secular beliefs into their churches any more than it's right for them to shove religion into our government. That's been done before and it didn't work out that great.

[10] Do you think it's wrong that so many Hispanics are illegally moving to the USA?
I wouldn't say "wrong," but I understand the problems that come along with illegal immigration are valid and real concerns that need to be addressed.

What I object very strongly to is the stereotyping and prejudice that inevitably comes along with this issue.

[11] A twelve year old girl has a baby, should she keep it?
Yes. Taking children away forcefully from their mothers, even if the mother is 12, was done in the past with devastating effects. There are other ways of protecting our girls before babies are conceived. Let's focus on that.

[12] Should the alcohol age be lowered to eighteen?
I don't know. I haven't studied this topic enough to make an opinion on it.

[13] Should the war in Iraq be called off?
Well, this meme is kind of out of date. I'll answer very generally about wars: The problem with wars is once you get into them, you can't just quit them and walk out when you get tired of playing. It doesn't work like that. You have to do gradual removals of troops as the war-torn country starts to stabilize. That's the right thing to do. So that's what I support.

[14] Assisted suicide is illegal: do you agree?
No. Absolutely not. I have witnessed death of humans and animals, and I know how horrific the dying process can be. Death is not a bad thing. We should allow mercy to the suffering at the end of their lives, whether human or animal.

[15] Do you believe in spanking your children?
If necessary, yes. Though so far I've never had to spank a kid unless it was an emergency situation, and I needed them to understand NOW that I'm not kidding.

[16] Would you burn an American flag for a million dollars?
Sure. And not because I'm some anti-American hater spitting on the graves of troops, but because somebody is stupid enough to pay me a million dollars to burn a piece of patterned cloth. Burning a flag is, at most, disrespectful. But the way I see it, the good things about our country and the honor of the troops who have died for us remains undeniably intact.

So I'm more than happy to take your money and leave you to wallow in your pathetic impotency over a flag. America! Fuck yeah!

[17] Who do you think would have made a better president? McCain or Obama?
Obama by a long shot.


[18] Are you afraid others will judge you from reading some of your answers?
If I did, do you think I'd be posting this?

It is with extreme sadness that I've learned about the recent death of Henry Bestwick, best known as Waarhorse. http://www.furaffinity.net/user/waarhorse

He was riding his bicycle when he suffered a massive heart attack this week. Which is a complete shock as he was a fit person (being a decorate military man) and still pretty young.

If you ever went to cons, you likely ran into Waarhorse. He often worked security at conventions, and was just the friendliest and most likable guy you could ever meet. He knew everybody and loved to stop and talk with people.

He came up for a wedding once here in Washington and I helped him get around and guide him there. We had a blast together. He loved Apollo 9 and helped me out a lot with information on the military.

Cons are just never going to be the same without him. Hell, the world is just not going to be the same without him.

I'm going to miss you terribly, my friend.

Yoinked from the charming  KV1NN4

1. What did you do in 2011 that you'd never done before?
Got married and graduate college.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I never make New Year's resolutions.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes, my Granddad. :(

5. What countries did you visit?
None.

6. What would you like to have in 2012 that you lacked in 2011?
A job.

7. What date from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Are you kidding? I can't even remember my own birthday! I'd say my wedding date or my graduation date, but I'm going to have to rely on my calender because I won't remember it. *L*

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Graduating college!

9. What was your biggest failure?
Failing to write my Granddad when I could have.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yes. I suffered a rather nasty concussion from January 2011 to March 2011.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
My Wacom Cintiq.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Umm...my own?

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Pretty much most uber-religious fundamentalist activity.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Living expenses, college, and travel.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Getting married!

16. What song will always remind you of 2011?
Don't have one.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you happier?
Yes, I am. :)

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Lay around in the sun. There was hardly any sun up here this year. :(

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Eat. I gained a lot of weight.

20. How will you be spending New Year's Eve?
Eating, sleeping, and comforting the dog at midnight when people start setting off fireworks.