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Premise: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5257019

What is a Caleb? http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5257023

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I really needed to update this line, Starting Round 3, Support Cast will not be required in the RP sessions. They can be there to watch the scenes, but do to the awkward bulkiness of the last session, As it stands, support cast will be called in as needed.

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***Primary Cast***
Wulfram -  mcwerewolf
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5257030 -  Kitsukyo - Humo-Caleb
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5257175 -  wrathofautumn - Caleb
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5257263 -  Dragonicism - Humo-Caleb

***Support Cast***

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5259029 - Lance Corporal Edwards - Human
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5263723 -  Chrontius - Humo-Caleb
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5257658 -  Hiishougeki - Human (Caleb Shift in RP)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5268607 -  Kenku - Caleb
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5292751 -  lycan282 - Human
Character in Development -  jo_otter - TBD

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Premise: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5257019

What is a Caleb? http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5257023

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Current Prospects have the first round Next Saturday.

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The are a maximum count of 10 Slots for characters.

1. Wulfram and NPC's -  mcwerewolf
2. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5259029 - Lance Corporal Edwards - Human
3. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5257030 -  Kitsukyo - Humo-Caleb
4. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5257175 -  wrathofautumn - Caleb
5. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5257263 -  Dragonicism - Humo-Caleb
6. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5263723 -  Chrontius - Humo-Caleb
7. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5257658 -  Hiishougeki - Human (Caleb Shift in RP)
8. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5268607 -  Kenku - Caleb
9. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5292751 -  lycan282 - Human
10. Character in Development -  jo_otter - TBD

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Premise: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5257019

What is a Caleb? http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5257023

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Current Prospects have the first round Next Saturday.

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The are a maximum count of 10 Slots for characters.

1. Wulfram and NPC's -  mcwerewolf
2. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5259029 - Lance Corporal Edwards - Human
3. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5257030 -  Kitsukyo - Humo-Caleb
4. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5257175 -  wrathofautumn - Caleb
5. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5257263 -  Dragonicism - Humo-Caleb
6. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5263723 -  Chrontius - Humo-Caleb
7. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5257658 -  Hiishougeki - Human (Caleb Shift in RP)
8. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5268607 -  Kenku - Caleb
9. Character in Development -  lycan282 - Human
10. Character in Development -  jo_otter - TBD

I am looking for a couple more people to play roles in a really big RP I want to run. The story centers around Wulfram, a Man just into his 30's who's life has been going rather poorly. He undergoes a strange treatment and ends up in a variable living hell. The Story follows his decent into madness, and the later rise that brings him back.

The RP would require several players in the roles of the Secondary Cast, A minimum of 2 humans and 2 Animal Hybrids (Calebs).

Current Prospects have the first round Next Saturday.

Players by order of interest

Interested Players~

 wrathofautumn
 lycan282

Definite Players~

Lance Corporal Edwards - Not on FA. - Human
 Kitsukyo - Caleb in development
 Dragonicism - Character in developement

The introduction:

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Wulfram lay on his bed, work had been hell today, It started when his vision started to blur a bit, everything had gotten so dull.
He couldn't read the code he was working on anymore and asked to go, his boss sent him on his way.
Before he got home he was pulled over, a cop thought he was just another Hybrid driving illegally,
but without a collar on it became apparent Wulfram was human, just really changed by his treatment.
The door opened and his Mother stepped in, He had lost his home when his land lord kicked him out
because his appearance scared the neighbors.

"Wulfram, there's..." Tears streamed down her face. "An officer here to see you."

Wulfram got up, his legs had become digitigrade long ago, and he was used to walking now.

"Mr. Canum, I'm Lt. Nesbit from the Hybrid Control division, we have been alerted by
your doctor that there may be complications with your treatments."

"This isn't an apology for that ass pulling me over earlier?" Wulfram's head tilted,
he'd been picking up some strange habits lately.

"I am here to do an emergency DNA test."

Wulfram sighed, he offered the cop his arm, still shaven from his last blood-work, that had been 3 days ago.

A sudden stabbing pain hit his arm but left quickly, blood work was normal for a Caleb Treatment recipient.

The device checked the blood sample with a whirl, a sharp beep announced it had results.

"Mrs. Canum, I am sorry."

Wulfram's ears perked up, another effect of his treatment, The last 6 months had him looking exactly like a Full Caleb.

What does he mean I'm sorry Mrs. Canum?"

"No. Please, no." Wulfram's mother fainted. Two other officers carried her from the room while Lt. Nesbit grabbed Wulfram's shoulder.

"What's going on?"

"Wulfram Canum, You are an Illegal hybrid. You are currently in violation of the Hybrid Creation Act of 2016-2017.
Lay down on your stomach NOW!"

"Like hell I..." The officer slammed Wulfram to the floor. He felt another needle, this time pushed through
his pants into his rear. His vision blurred.

"Why are you doing this?" Wulfram slurred as he spoke.

Nesbit activated a communicator, "Dispatch. This is Lt. Nesbit, I have an illegal Caleb in custody,
Name: Wulfram Canum, Breed: White Golden, No collar, no license."

"Keep him sedated, Animal control is in route."

"Rodger that, dispatch."

Wulfram passed out, it was nearly an hour before Animal Control arrived. Wulfram woke muzzled and naked,
he could see two officers with HCD patches. He tried to talk but the muzzle held his mouth shut.
He couldn't stand either, he looked down and saw his hands and feet in a familiar device.
Hybrid Cuffs, What the hell is going on! Wulfram screamed in his head. He heard the two men approaching.

"Calm down boy, your going to be fine, we're just going to attach your tracking collar."

Wulfram growled through the muzzle "Tracking collar! Boy! What the hell is wrong with you people?! I'm human!"

It dawned on him, he really had just growled at the men. His teeth had even been bared, not that he could do anything.

"It's okay, your owners aren't going to be fined, There are some mitigating circumstances, so you won't be taken away either."

Wulfram's mind was screaming, Owners! What was going on?! No one was saying anything.

The collar clasped firmly around Wulfram's neck, it was a tight fit, but not choking, though he expected it could be made to choke him.

"Lt. Nesbit, we're about to sync the data to the collar, We need his age and tracking number."

"He's 4 years old, probably a few months too, Mark it for March of that year. Tracking Code: 48626-364"

"Thanks." The Officer rubbed Wulfram's head as he synced the collar to the network. "Now you be a good Caleb and I'll take that muzzle off."

Wulfram whimpered, the vocalizer on his collar responded "Ok."

"Good Boy."

Lt. Nesbit explained what the situation had been, Dr. Fawkes sent the family nearly 500 million dollars to stay quiet about the incident,
even the government listed Wulfram as dead. He had been stripped of his human rights; now he was an animal in the eyes of the government,
no one would or could ever believe he was human, after all, he looked exactly like a Caleb, he had even had his spine shift for quadrupedal
walking or bipedal.

When his DNA stabilized, it was 35-65. He was genetically identical to any other caleb. His senses were Caleb even.
Wulfram wasn't allowed clothes anymore, that was illegal, Hybrids could only were a scarf or Bandanna to keep them separate from humans.
His mom wouldn't even look at him since the incident.

Months of life passed, Wulfram was trained to act like a normal Caleb, occasionally he had lapses of human behavior,
fortunately never in public. One day he woke to the news he had been granted an CKC Pedigree, His parents were listed as the original Caleb
and the White Golden he had been given the DNA of for his treatment. He even received an award as the only Caleb ever known who could read.

Wulfram couldn't stand it anymore. His family, except his distraught mother, treated him like a human, but society treated him like a worthless
beast. It was enough, Wulfram snuck into the Kitchen. He leaned his neck up to the microwave. A few seconds passed and the collar sparked;
ozone spread from the burned out tracker. He made a dash for the front door.

If he couldn't be a human, he was going to end it, He knew that the tracker didn't work inside anyway, as far as the cops knew
he was still in his kennel. He was outside, down the street, almost to the Bridge on the Lake. His fur should keep him down when he drowned,
no one would ever...

Sirens blared.

"Shit."

"Caleb Lay Down on the Sidewalk NOW!"

Wulfram dropped to the ground. Great, they were going to haul him home now. No wait, they wouldn't know where his home was, and Calebs weren't
supposed to be able to do a lot of things he could do. Like remember his address. With the collar fried he was screwed.

"His tags broken?"

"Caleb! Name and Tracking Number!"

"Wulfram Canum. I don't remember my Number."

"Put him in the back, we'll have to take him to the kennels for the night, booking can fix this in the morning."

"Hey I have a home!"

"And your owners are going to get a fine for letting you get out, and for a broken collar."

Wulfram was tossed into the car and taken to the Kennels. He had heard from other Calebs, on some of his walks, that it was a scary place.
He figured that was an exaggeration, but it was an understatement. A new collar was placed on him, his name was the only input, then he was
put into a pen.

A farmer walked in with the manager, "I'm looking for a good hunting dog, and two others for the farm as well."

"We have a few good one here. Look there's a new one."

The two approached Wulfram's Cage. "Wulfram Canum, Hmmm No breed, weird."

"Excuse me, the officers who brought me in forgot to put the rest of my information on that."

"Clearly mutt, don't speak unless spoken too."

"I'm a White Golden and I have a family."

"Calebs that are in here have been given up. Understand, they left you here intentionally."

"No, I ran away."

"Then you'd be home already and they would have been fined."

"My collar was broken."

"Your a Cheeky little blighter. No broken collars have been reported to me."

Wulfram sat down. This isn't good, they didn't fill out the papers. He was unlisted now.

"I kinda like this fellow. I bet he'd make a great pet for the family. Just needs a bit of training. How old are ya boy."

"I'm not a boy, I'm 33. I mean 4."

"This is a smart one. He knows his human age. I'll take him."

"We'll fill out the paperwork once you pick the others you need."

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The are a maximum count of 10 Slots for characters.

1. Wulfram and NPC's -  mcwerewolf
2. Character in Development - Lance Corporal Edwards - Human
3. Character in Development -  Kitsukyo - Caleb
4. Character in Development -  Dragonicism - TBD
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Hello all, and may I say what a glorious day. I may have randomly gained a commission for a tail today. Then the strangest thing happened, I have gotten a dozen messages asking about my tails and their prices. Monday I am putting in an order for lots of Faux-fur with money I made this weekend.

Meanwhile my commission for Wrathofautumn is going well. I hope to have it ready soon.

...will find better friends than the greater part of the human race.

In all seriousness though, My Financial Aid was resolved, I was able to keep it, so that was good. This past week the campus has been buried in 4 inches of snow, and thanks to the shade, it won't melt.

I have classes from 8am-2pm on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. and from 9am-6pm Tuesday and Thursday.

Next semester I will be looking at getting a work study unless I can find a programmer who can do AI and GUI in Java. I have a storyline for a game written, and a java programmer I met can do the underlying systems, but I still need the AI and GUI for the rest. I also found an artist who is going to do the game art.

Now for what the title was about. As some of you know, I wear a tail on campus. I was told the other day that people at the University of Georgia, who have no connection to the fur community, have heard about my exploits.

I am a semi-religious guy. I know my religion and those branches of it that are more prevalent in this area. I'm Roman Catholic after all, so Christianity is my way of life. After this discussion however I am very tired of this fucked up idea that these "Bible Belt Baptists" and other Bible Belt Christians have gotten in their heads.

Christianity is about loving your fellow man, (No man loving man jokes please as this is serious.) and helping them. Christianity is NOT about scorning that which you fear, don't understand, think is weird or freaky.

If I want to wear a tail around campus, what harm does it do to you. I haven't gone out of my way to call for a parade. I'm not requiring you to do it too. I haven't even done any of those things that the LGBT community does so often.

I am not gay, I am very much straight. This however has been disregarded in the light of certain TV ideas placed in the heads of these worthlessly vain, "Christians" who are not following the word of God or else they would stay out of my business.

I think I would speak for the community at large when I say this, "IF YOUR NOT MAINSTREAM STAY OFF THE FUCKING AIR WAVES! Your doing nothing to help the image of furs as a whole!"

I have never heard the term "Furfag" except in stories on FA and I wondered what that was all about until I went to the movies the other day. There I met one more "Bible Belter" who, in front of a rather large crowd, and a nice girl I've been making friends with started a fuss.

I'll stop now before I spend months yelling, I'm just furious. My furriness is none of their Fraking business.

Finally I am at 37.50$ toward my 2000.00$ by March. Still Offering Commissions. My queue is on my website.

BUY MY ART or DONATE.

Well my Financial aid may be lost after all, I need 700$ by Tuesday to keep a float.

PLEASE SPREAD the word by an means, journals, IM's, anything. I have to get this covered else I'll lose everything, and I mean everything. I hate begging but I have exhausted all my options. I know I have been bad about asking these past months but with only 13.66 having come in period, I don't know what to do.

This is my last stand situation. I have to recover ASAP so please people, BUY MY ART or DONATE.

This is my last post of 2010. Financially shot to hell, sick as a dog, and depressed. Here's hoping the year 2011 brings brighter days, as for 2010 I hope that no person should ever endure another year like I spent this one.

I didn't lose my financial aid, thank god for small favours, so my classes are covered, but I am still in serious trouble money-wise. At least that's a good deal off my mind for January. I still need another 3000$ by March.

Religious Commentary to Follow. If you don't believe in Christ or God, take no offence because I do believe.

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It's almost Christmas folks, just 12 days until that day where families gets together to celebrate their good fortunes, give out gifts, and remember the birth of their lord Jesus Christ.

Now I know that it's not really Jesus' birthday, and so do most Christians, Christmas was the arbitrary day given to celebrate his birth. Does that make it any less of a Religious day? No it does not.

Christmas is short for "Christ Mass", which was the original name of the Christian Holiday, it is the Holy Day of Obligation specifically designed to celebrate Jesus' birth.

I don't mind the consumerism that has latched onto the holiday. I think it is a great idea for giving gifts like the one that God sent to humanity in the form of his son. I do not however have any patience for the secularisation of this Holy Day.

I as a Catholic do not celebrate Hanukkah because I don't believe the same things the Judaism teaches. That's not to say I have a problem with Non-Christians celebrating Christmas, but if they are going to do so, God Damn It LEARN MORE ABOUT CHRISTIANITY.

The reason I am fine with Non-Christians celebrating Christmas is the spirit of giving that the holiday is built on. I think it is grand that so many people can come together on this holiday.

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My family has been having a terrible past two years. While last year we saw a Christmas with my Grandfather, Dad, Mom, brothers, aunts and uncles, and their kids, this year looks the bleakest of any I have ever seen. It is in all likelihood that the dinner which normally was spread across two 12 seat tables will see only 6 people this year, and that assumes my Elder Brother Bill comes in.

I am deeply saddened by this all. I am more saddened by the lack of a tree this year. Mom decided we wouldn't put one up since their will be no presents to put under it.

I know it must be tiring hearing about how bad things are for me, and to my readers in my watchers, I am sorry I bring it up so often. I am posting this journal, as likely the last request for donations and commissions I will do this year. I will update it with any progress toward my goals.

Below are 2 links, one to my Donations page, the other to my Commissions page. Under those is a counter of how much money I have been given in Donations and paid for Commissions. I will update that counter every day until January 1st, at which point I will set it back to 0.


I hate having to ask you all for help, but I have no other options any longer. There is simply nothing left.

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Donations: http://mcfawkscustoms.art.officeliv.....Donations.aspx

Commissions: http://mcfawkscustoms.art.officeliv...../Products.aspx

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Donation Total after PayPal fees: $13.66

Commission Total after PayPal fees : $0.00

December Total: $13.66

Overall Total: $13.66

Overall Goal: $5000 by March

Since I still want people to know where I stand, I am leaving the body of the last journal in this one. I got 2 donations totaling around 15$ so far and I thank those people again. I also want to add, Starting January I will be doing a Monthly Gift Art to donation givers, all those who submitted donations in the month will receive an email with the file, I only ask that they not post it anywhere. Also I will add this months donation givers to the January list.

Now to the bulk of this journal, I may be running a table top Role playing game over the net soon. I want to run a DnD 3.5E game and a more free form game on the side.

What i mean by free form is using very basic RP rules, I.E. maps are 5' grid based like in DnD, simple die rolls to determine if an action succeeds, that sort of thing. I want to build a Steampunk Sherlock Holmes-esque game with the results.

Anyone interested in the second game please email me and I will send you a rough rulebook. The game won't have any real lvl system or classes, but it should still be quite fun.


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Some of you know my laptop hard drive died, I got a new one in today, but it won't load my recovery discs. Trying to find my copy of Ubuntu or my spare (Yuck!) Vista copy that disappeared right after we got it.


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I failed English and Chemistry and have likely lost my financial aid for the next semester. What does that mean? Well coupled with the year and a half without income, the fact I won't be able to pay for classes, and all my other continuous FUCKING problems. I am done. I am at my wits end and can't take a single thing more.

I need 650$ to get just a single class to keep my enrollment status. If I can get that then I'll be able to hold out.

Aside from that I also need a steady income, which I cannot get.

If anyone is paying any attention, please GOD help me get some commissions. I haven't got a single one that is paying at the moment.

I don't know how much more disappointment I can take, not any significant amount, and I have been begging for help for months now.

If I hear one thing about being mellow dramatic from anyone, here is a note, I live on 400$ a month with my mother, father, grandmother, and brother. We wouldn't even have a roof over our heads if it weren't for the fact my grandmother owned her house before our finances fell to ruin.

Dad can't even get a job now because his and mom's credit is so destroyed he has been told he can't work for anyone.

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Donation Total after PayPal fees: $13.66

Milestones:

1. $650 - 1 Class worth of tuition.
2. $1000 - 1 Class worth of tuition + funds for prototype Thought controlled Animatronic Tail.
3. $1300 - 2 Classes worth of tuition.
4. $1650 - 2 Classes worth of tuition + funds for prototype Thought controlled Animatronic Tail.
5. $1950 - 3 Classes worth of tuition.
6. $2300 - 3 Classes worth of tuition + funds for prototype Thought controlled Animatronic Tail.

I failed English and Chemistry and have likely lost my financial aid for the next semester. What does that mean? Well coupled with the year and a half without income, the fact I won't be able to pay for classes, and all my other continuous FUCKING problems. I am done. I am at my wits end and can't take a single thing more.

I need 650$ to get just a single class to keep my enrollment status. If I can get that then I'll be able to hold out.

Aside from that I also need a steady income, which I cannot get.

If anyone is paying any attention, please GOD help me get some commissions. I haven't got a single one that is paying at the moment.

I don't know how much more disappointment I can take, not any significant amount, and I have been begging for help for months now.

If I hear one thing about being mellow dramatic from anyone, here is a note, I live on 400$ a month with my mother, father, grandmother, and brother. We wouldn't even have a roof over our heads if it weren't for the fact my grandmother owned her house before our finances fell to ruin.

Dad can't even get a job now because his and mom's credit is so destroyed he has been told he can't work for anyone.

ON THE FIRST NOTE:

For Christs sake. I have just had to mark my AIM account so that only my buddies can IM me. For the past 2 months I have been getting a repeated IM which is a link to "Pictures". I never open the link, but it is annoying, I have blocked the user every time, but they just change names.

I have locked it so I cannot receive IM's from people not on my list, which means that now if you want to get me on AIM, you have to private message me first.

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This is a list of Furs I know that need help with finances.

 tyroheartnote - http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1906517/

 Dipper - http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1908743/

 mcwerewolf - Unemployed, as well as my parents for more than a year now.

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LVC Will soon begin work on a game that will be sold on Steam, Stardock, Android, and other game download stores.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1906517/ Please help out this poor fellow. He could really use it.  tyroheartnote

You all already know where I am so I don't need to ask.

Hello again all. Nothing big here, just an update for my journal. College is sapping away my time like an evil sponge.

To Dr. Timewolf: Your picture is almost ready, there are a few touches left to work on, but I am sure you will love it. I just need to finish my course load before I can continue and for that I apologize on the time it is taking.

I am putting up a list of things I need to get in order to fix a few issues I have and finish a few prototypes.

1. A Welder
2. Light Chain (the loop width, not the thickness) 1/2 inch
3. People to commission me.
4. Faux-fur White, Black, Grey, and Orange, 30yds each
5. Cash

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ALSO IN LVC NEWS!!!

LVC is offering a rare opportunity.

For investments of time and work by Programmers, Graphic Artists, and Composers: LVC offers a guarantied position in the company, 15$/hour salary (For a 40 hour week), and a Student Loan Bonus, in which the company will give an addition 500$ a month to help pay off student loan debt.

The above offer will only begin paying when the company has a yearly turnover of $200,000, in the meantime the company will pay 5% LVC income/unit (Meaning if LVC gets 1$ from a unit sale, the 5% pay is 5 cents, 10$ is 50 cents, and 60$ would be 3$)

LVC does NOT offer Stock, nor is it publicly traded.

If you are interested PM me.


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McFawks's Custom Creations is my personal Art Commission Website. I have many products for sale, and soon many others will join the list of products. Please check it out, commissions start at 5$ for Black and White, 10$ for Color, and a bulk purchase of 8 pictures comes with a 50$ discount. You can also email me with requests for prototype designs, donate to keep the site funded, and use our on site chat room. Many of the Coming Soon products will be available before December 1st.

McFawks's Customs was started to help me in this time of need. As many of you know my parents are in very poor health, my living arrangements are less than unwanted, and my cars are both toast. Right now I am living on 400$ a month, and no sign of a job in sight. All commissions and donations are greatly appreciated.

If you would like to help out send the link to all your friends and have them check out this journal and my site. Thanks in advance to you all.

I have also setup an FA Art Page for the sites works.  McFawks_Custom_Creations

Your Wolfy Friend,
McWereWolf.

I am thinking of creating a new FA Account for my Commission Site. It would have pictures that are done for my commissioners, photo's of items for sale, like pre-made tails, gloves, shoes, shirts, bags, etc. etc., and other things.

I would post my art here too, just not the sale items. Mostly here I would post the digital commissions, tails and other items that aren't prefabed, etc.

So what do you all think?

McFawks's Custom Creations is my personal Art Commission Website. I have many products for sale, and soon many others will join the list of products. Please check it out, commissions start at 5$ for Black and White, 10$ for Color, and a bulk purchase of 8 pictures comes with a 50$ discount. You can also email me with requests for prototype designs, donate to keep the site funded, and use our on site chat room. Many of the Coming Soon products will be available before December 1st.

McFawks's Customs was started to help me in this time of need. As many of you know my parents are in very poor health, my living arrangements are less than unwanted, and my cars are both toast. Right now I am living on 400$ a month, and no sign of a job in sight. All commissions and donations are greatly appreciated.

If you would like to help out send the link to all your friends and have them check out this journal and my site. Thanks in advance to you all.

Your Wolfy Friend,
McWereWolf.

For those of you who care enough to watch me, I am in fact alive. A mindless Game addicted zombie ATM, but such is half life. No I do not mean the game, granted I would love to own that.

I have been being buried alive by my rather liberal (though this is redundant) English professor. How so you say? Well let me say this, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I have a report due in some form or another.

Mean while, I love my Comp Sci Professor, thanks to him and Dr. Thornton we will soon have the inaugural meeting of The Gamers Guild, a Table Top Gamers Society.

The meetings will be the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month. I am the Acting Guild Master, my Acting Sergeant at Arms is a Fellow CS Major, and the Scribe is an EH major.

Now to current events. My fathers Birthday was this past Wednesday, I made a delivery that allowed me to buy Empire Total War and Napoleon Total War for both of us, and now we are hopelessly addicted. I have taken over most of Europe with the aid of Lord Nelson and the Duke of Wellington.

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Soon we shall bury Austria! The last nation to oppose the Might of English Power!!! Mwahahahaha! Old Bonny Died fairly early in the game actually, France was destroyed by 1809. Russia, The Ottomans, Spain, Sweden, and just about everyone except Prussia, Austria, and my Irish Allies (I freed My Grand Mothers home unlike a certain real world government of the time) were destroyed by 1812. Prussia didn't see 1815, and had it not been for the assassination of General Abercromby and the near fatal wounding of Arthur Wellesley they would not have seen 1814.

The Remaining players are: England, Ireland, Portugal, Austria, The Kingdom of Naples, The Kingdom of Sicily, and The Papal States.

Ireland and England are the last nations with Naval Power, but Ireland has no Army to speak of. The Italian nations are isolated and unable to pay their soldiers, and Austria only is granted a reprieve by the fact I am recovering from that oh so costly war with Prussia. But soon they will find that an alliance with the last military nation in the world means nearly nothing when warriors need a war to fight. As for the Italians, A little time to pray is all they will have. Unless Austria proves to be a challenge like Prussia, they will have no time to build up arms.

Portugal is no threat, they have only their capitol, still burning from a war with Spain that nearly destroyed them. Their one port is defended by the grandest fleet of Iron Clads and 122 gun First-rates that the Royal Navy has to offer. I shall leave them to their own devices until all others are gone.

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Also I have found a slight modification to my style that recovered me from a very long art block, so I may post new art soon. As for now it is 01:16 and I need to get a couple of hours sleep before My English class.

Something has got to give. I mean it, this is now the start of the second year since my entire family lost it's income. May was a year since mom's stroke, and this is the month Dad had his almost heart attack and was fired for health. One year my entire family has been struggling to recover from. I had a small break in the middle in which I tried to get funds to go to AC, but as you know that fell through and everything I did have went to helping the family.

I know there are a lot of similar journals out there, and I am not the only person in dire straits, but I have sat here trying to bring an income out of nothing, watching my mother wither away in self pity because she can't see properly or go back to work, and watch my dad become very friendly with a pistol because no one will hire hm while he is on Medical Light Duty.

Meanwhile and as much as I hate the idea, the state will not give my parents disability because they could work if their doctors would sign off on papers. The Doctors won't sign off till Mom has heart surgery to correct the condition that led to her stroke, which she can't pay for without a job, and they won't sign off for my father because they are afraid he would over work himself. (They won't beleive he is being kept from working because of their orders)

I have put up several requests for people to check out my website and buy a commission. No one has yet done so. Nor has anyone taken the chance to use the donations page to help in that way, this doesn't bother me as much as the no commissions. (Mostly because other artists have requested on my behalf as well.)

I don't know if anyone reads my journals, but I hope some one does. I really hope that they can help in some way. Meanwhile I am going back to my little corner of hell I live in.

After helm controls on Shuttle craft 735i failed, we resorted to using alternate transport; however, the chief engineer has informed me that the shuttle is operational again. The ships counselor has told me to take the upcoming weekend on shore leave or holo-deck recreation. I think I will visit the Planet Auburn in the Alabama System, they have a festival of sorts on star date 11009.04. It should fulfill the counselors orders. I will also be helping them test a new holo-deck program that was mentioned in the session. I hope it is better than that rigged pool hall Voyager brought back after the Delta Quadrant incident.

Our ship has been encountering heavy Sleep Radiation and Work Particles are constantly putting holes in our hull. I wish we had never been assigned to examine the College Nebula. I hope we will make it out of here.

Not one of my year based Kiribans, or my 2k got caught so no art for you. I may do a 2k thank you, but I have to figure something out.

Right now I am in an art block.

OMG! it finally started working on my laptop again. It's a great program heres a link to get it. It is freeware. http://sites.google.com/site/wistin.....attredirects=0

English v 1.1 was the last freeware version.