My body aches, my mind is frazzled, and my spirit feels drained, but DANG do I wish I could do it all again this weekend!

I made it back safely and might do a better report later.

Woo hooo! I splurged on a new camera for FWA this year! My trusty one no longer has a Flash, so I can't really rely on it to get the pictures of suiters that I've come to love and I think my watchers all love, too.

It doesn't have the sound memo feature that I love, but hopefully I'll get better at reading and reemmbering badge names.

I've got a non-fur going to FWA for some boardgaming fun. Now, what do I do about a character badge? Do I have someone draw his face on a badge with his name next to it? I'm kinda partial to making a giant question mark badge and then putting his name under it.

What do you think?

What's the point of it if no one is around to give you birthday spankings? *Pouts*

Wooo hooo! I'm all set to go as far as sleeping arrangements go.

I"ll be spending Thursday night with  sesamebun and  hotot and hopefully  rourkie but I'm not sure.

Friday and Saturday I'll be spending with my non-fur but boardgame loving buddy Doug and I'll be heading out Sunday night and sleeping in a wal-mart parking lot somewhere along the way back. It'll be okay, my car is really comfy.

Bell ringers are not amused by the phrase, "I can't support the Salvation Army, because I'm a pacifist."

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday!

Happy Hanukkah to my Jewish friends, as well.

Merry Festivus and Agnostica to my atheist and unsure buddies!

I'll see you all in January.

1.)What's your name?

Masked Llama. That's it. Nothing fancy. Don't really need a name if you're the only one of you. Look at Tigger.

2.)Do you know why you were named that?

It seemed like a good idea at the time?


3.) Are you single or taken?

This is FA. Idon't think those are mutually exclusive terms. Who's conducting this interview anyway? *looks around*

4.)Have any abilities or powers?

A really good fort and relax save, don't ask about the will save, though. Also, a head hard enough to open coconuts.


5.) Stop being a Gary-Stu >.>

Seriously, who are you? Is this Sesame?


6.) Uh...if you were to get in a fight with a strong wrestler, do you think you'd win?

Rey Llamasterio is a former world champion! The 619 hundred pound splash is devastating.


7.) Riiiight... Have any family members?

Not officially, but again, this IS FA, so its easy to get bro's and sis's. However, Christmas is right around the corner, so I think I'm better off with less people to shop for.

8.) Oh? How about pets?

Why? Curious? I know I've got that collar and leash somewhere around here. *rummages through a box in the closet*

9.) Cool, I guess. Tell me something what you don't like.

Laptops! The keyboard is the bane of my hoof-like typing. Ooooh found the gag!

10.) Something that you do like?

collaring, then gagging noisy eathereal interviewers.

11) Do you have any activities/hobbies that you like to do?

Gagging annoying interviewers!!

12.)Have you ever hurt anyone in any way before?

I have. it was....RIGHT NOW *Tackles and gags annoying ethereal interviewer*

13.)MMMMMPHPPHHH

That's an odd question, but since you asked my favorite palindrome is "no Sir, Away! A papaya war is on"

14. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRMMMMMMMMM

Whats that? I didn't quite catch that.

15.) *Struggles with the gag*

Sigh.... Sesame says that I need to finish the quiz and can't cheat like this.



16.)*Angry look*

I'll let you out after question 20

17.) MMpphhh Nrrrrffff

Well, that's just rude. Honestly, I'm the one doing you the favor by answering these questions. You insulted me by calling ME a Gary-Sue.


18.) MMpphhhh! MMMMMMFFF!

You're right, I did portray myself as submissive earlier. I suppose I did contradict myself by gagging you. No its not "out of character." I'm a dynamic character. I'm allowed different emotions depending on my mood.


19.) *waits impatiently*

Fine. I'll take the dang gag off, so this can go back to being a normal meme.

20.)Do you have any fangirls/fanboys?

Well, I have had a few people draw me free arts. That's kinda cool.

21.)What are you most afraid of? I promise I won't laugh.

Pink elephants. I....I watched Dumbo as a kid. *nervous twitch*

22.)O_OUUU Ok, ok. What color is your hair?

White usually with some brown near my flank.

23.) Eyes?

two blue ones, highlighted by the black mask

24.) What do you usually wear?

A black mask. Its my trademark fashion attire. They are really quite comfortable. I imagine everyone will be wearing them in the future.

25.) Ok. What's your religion?

I don't see any fishing poles, and neither of us are larva eaters, so why don't you put lid back on the can of worms you just opened?

26.) Do you wish this quiz is over?

Not really. Now that we've established the alpha in this relationship, its kinda fun.

27.) Well, it's still not over. xD

Awww, I know an interviewer who's desperate for attention.

28.) Anyways, where do you live?

In the angles of time. AAWWWOOOOOOO.

29.) What class are you? (Low class, middle class, high class)

Bard, definitely bard!

30.) How many friends do you have?

Lots of casual ones. A few close ones.
31.) Wow. If you could change anything about you, what would you change?

Telekinesis. hooves can be a pain.

2.) If you had a million dollars, what would you do with it?

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5254578/ THIS

33.) What is your thoughts on pie?

Apple. So Frigging much, apple

34.) Alright. What's your favourite food?

Carrots!

35.) Favourite drink?

LLamanade, that cool refreshing drink for Quadrupeds.

36.) What is your favourite place?

Well, there was that one adventure in Dionysus' Realm that was A LOT of fun!

37.) Least favourite?

The zoo that Dumbo lived in.

38.) What will make you really mad?

If this compy froze and I lost all this hard work

39.) Are you still wanting the quiz to end?

Actually, now I'm really getting into it.

40.)Yeah. Well, it's over. D:

BUGGER!
41.) One more thing.

I think so, Brain, but me and Pippi Longstocking, what would the children look like?

I write this as a Christian who is simply pondering the aspects of his faith and teachings. I'm not losing my faith or questioning the spiritual belief in God, just trying to figure out how I best fit into it, I imagine.

Hmmmm, sometimes I wonder if the church hasn't almost done itself a disservice by the way they promote Jesus. I mean, when I was growing up the phrase "What Would Jesus Do?" was pushed on us to be our motto. WWJD became a HUGE thing in the Church. (I'm sure we can all get sidetracked here on a discussion about mass commercialization of the church, however, that's not really my focus. Lets assume that their was a genuine message behind the mass commercialization and a hope that those guidelines would truly help the struggling Christian.)

(Okay, are we back? Awesome!) The problem that I find is that I have a hard time relating to Jesus. I mean, He's portrayed as the Superman of the Bible. He never sins, he can see a person's sins and life story just by looking at them, he can feed 5,000 people with 2 loaves of bread and 5 fish (or was it 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish...anyway). I've got....a good gift for puns and I'm decent with slapstick comedy. Those are my "Super-Powers." I can't see into people's souls; I'm not even a good judge of character. I'm way too trusting and always assume the best of people.


This comes into play usually whenever I'm confronted with a needy homeless guy on the street asking for money. The mental conversation goes like this.

Me, thinking: Hmmmm....this nomad is asking me for money, what should I do?
Other voice in my head, conscience, maybe?: Ah, so its the classic morale dilemma. Do you save your hard-earned money for yourself or do you give some to this gentleman in need?
Me: I'm not sure. Hmmmm...what's the right thing to do here?
Other voice Well, you have always been told to ask yourself "What Would Jesus Do in this situation?" Well, what do you think Jesus would do?
Me: He would be able to see this man's soul and know if he was truly in need of money for food or if he was goign to spend it on drugs or alcohol, or even if he wasn't truly needy at all. He would then know just the right thing to say in order to turn this man's life around and renew his spirit.
Other voice Ummmm...yeah, you can't do that.
Me nope.
other voice: Hmmmm...drive him to McDonald's and buy him a filet-o-fish! That'll get him food and you know exactly where your money went. Pick yourself up one, too. You're hungry.
(See what I mean about being too trusting. In any case, I did drive him to McDonald's and get him a Filet-O-Fish and also a 5 dollar gift card so he could have breakfast tomorrow. He did not kill me, steal my car, or anything in my car, so I guess being too trusting isn't always a bad thing. Also, my Filet-O-Fish was delicious. )

However, you can see where "WWJD" didn't really apply to my situation. I had the same trouble in High School. I was always taught that masturbation was a sin and lusting in general is a very bad thing. (Again, take the time, if you need to, to rant about "oppressing sexuality" or other gripes against the way the church handles such issues. Take your time, I'll wait. Got it out of your system? Okay cool.) So since I was in my teens and beset with a great desire for all things "rutting," I was struggling with vast temptation.

Me: GAH! I'm so shocking horny! Gotta be strong, what would Jesus do in this situation? How did He handle it?
Other voice: Jesus wouldn't give in to temptation. He never sinned. He simply resisted the urges.
Me; What...really? How'd He do that? What's His secret? I'm getting turned on reading Archie and Veronica over here! Its killing me.
Other voice: He's Jesus. He's pure. He is without sin.
Me: ummmm..but I'm not. I'm the masked llama!
Other voice: Yeah. I know.
Me: So what do I do?
Other voice: no idea....ummmm....stop reading Archie and read Sonic the Hedgehog instead? Its not like you're gonna pick up a fetish for Princess Sally or anything, right?

So, again, asking "WWJD" didn't really help me at all. I couldn't "be Jesus" and just say "bad temptation, go away." Jesus went 40 days and 40 nights in the desert with no food and when Satan shows up with food Jesus says "no thanks." Even when I tell myself that I'm gonna eat at Subway instead of McDonald's because its healthier for me, if I'm an hour late for supper, I'm getting the Big-Mac meal cuz I am flipping starving!

They say that Jesus is 100% human and 100% God at once. Sure, the Bible does a good job of showing Jesus' humanity when he's grieving, it doesn't show him struggling with sin or "what should I do?" He always knows the answer. I don't always know the answer. I can't relate to someone who does.

I'm not sure what the solution is. "What would Peter do?" isn't really a good role model suggestion, either. He's the perfect example of "Act in Haste, Repent in Leisure."

Just my thoughts on the matter, thanks for reading. Comment if you like.

I'm really glad that I'm finally back to sharing my photos from cons. I didn't realize how much I missed it until I started posting photos again.

Also, I can't believe that HHH is still trying to force his career as an actor.

Given the rise of Thomas the Tank Engine and Pixar's Cars, do you think we'll have a shift toward anthropomorphic automobiles in the future of the fandom?

Given the rise of Thomas the Tank Engine and Pixar's Cars, do you think we'll have a shift toward anthropomorphic automobiles in the future of the fandom?

Its been an expensive past couple of months for me. For that reason, I've decided not to attend MFM and to only attend one day of Dragon-Con. I'm thinking that I'll drive down on Sunday and see everyone I want to see when its not so packed at D.C.

I would like to attend MFM again as it is a very friendly con with awesome people there, so we'll see how 2012 looks.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2635371/

 sesamebun is holding a contest. I'll let him explain it in his own words.


"This is an idea that I've been throwing around for awhile and since it's going to take a considerable amount of time to implement, I figured I'd go ahead and start advertising. I want to make a 12 Cubs of Christmas art book! Basically, this is how it goes down. 12 cubs will be chosen via random selection to appear. Each one will receive a spot (determined also at random) on the days and be in a full colored digital piece representing the appropriate gift(s) of that day (1st = partridge in a pear tree, 2nd = two turtle doves, 3rd = three french hens, etc., etc..) Once the project is done, all twelve drawings will be digitally printed and bound into a collectible book that will be sold throughout the months of November and December to support a charity. Which charity? I definitely want it to be a children's charity but that decision has not been reached yet. I am open to suggestions/ideas."

If you're interested in being a part of it, please visit the above journal and give the whole thing a read.

Sesame is a good guy, so I know the money will go to a good cause.

I've been very quiet lately and on the off chance anyone was concerned, I'm doing okay. I took a week long trip to New York City with my mom, then I started moving to a new apt. Now I'm at the new apt, but still haven't gotten things unpacked and that will take up much of my time.

I hope you all are doing well and I shall return to more active posting when I can.

Heading to Illinois for the weekend. I put up a few pictures to tide everyone over.

Have a good weekend, everybody!

RCFM was a good con! I may do a report later, but I doubt it. However if anyone has any questions about it, let me know. I'll be posting some pictures from it over the next few weeks. Sadly, I didn't get as many as I wanted.

Hi everybody,

I'm trying to find out if RCFM has a board game room and if they do, if its any good or if its lame.

I know that FWA has an excellent room with approximately 100 games and awesome people to play them, but I"ve never been to RCFM before and I've got a mundane friend that's never been to a furcon, but loves board games!

If its a nice room with fun people then he might go and that would be fun, but if its just a creepy dude sitting at a table with Scrabble, Monopoly, and Dirty Minds, then I'd rather he didn't go. Does anyone have any experience with the RCFM board game room or know anyone who might?

DANG IT! I don't think my "goggles" avatar is allowed under the new rules. Sigh....ah well, I met a lot of nice people because of that avatar.

Last year at MFM I took a video of many of the suiters goofing off after the parade and it slowly became my top watched video, overtaking a video I shot of some Bad Horse Singers Cos-Players. However, this video seems to be on the path of overtaking that one. Its also the first video I've posted that got trolled.

Here it is, because, well, I felt like posting it.

Just a quick update that I have a new hard drive. However, all the pictures were saved on my work computer so I can't get to them until tomorrow.

I'll resume normal picture postings soon.

Thanks for all the support and advice. It meant a lot.

Well, my computer has been acting up lately with strange clicking noises and only finishing its start up routines "occassionally" and I fear that it may be about to pass on. If I stop posting for a while, you'll know why.

You know, that movie will probably produce the cutest scat art ever.

You know, that movie will probably produce the cutest scat art ever.

What a great con!

I started calling myself the fursuit paparazzi because I did go a little overboard trying to get pictures of sooo many suiters. However, after each con there are always so many asking for pictures, that I like to help out when I can. Also, it gives me some content to place on my FA.

The boardgame room keeps getting better and better. Its cool to see lots of people enjoying the games, but I had a really awesome moment where someone came in looking for a game he hadn't played in 5 years and couldn't find anywhere. When he saw that we had a copy he was overjoyed. That was just a really spectacular occasion.

Oh man, FWA is so special because its the only time I get to see so many awesome awesome people. I truly enjoy every moment I get to spend with all the people on this list that I'm happy to call friend. Hugs and scritches and long conversations rule!