It has been a hard year for me, I have done my best not to air these troubles out to the general public but now that I have no more options, I must come forward. I'm not a pity seeker, a drama monger or anything of that nature, I try to keep my personal life as separate from FA, from my business as possible but I can no longer do that.

I'm going to be homeless soon if I don't act now, my Ex room mates and former friends of many years left the house when they found out I was getting married and they left me on a 2 year lease by myself. My father co-signed the lease to let us stay since they both had terrible credit while I had none yet and I could not let him down, I would not ruin my father. I worked hard and got room mates, some left and some stayed. I worked to pay for this house as best I could while I also payed for my husband paperwork. Things were going so well for a short time but as of late, there have been many set backs that have kept work from being completed and I am paying for this place more or less on my own now. My Husband was refused his pension through a technicality and the federal government will not allow him to work until he has obtained a work permit. He still works hard around the house and does anything he can to help me, he is a good man and I am glad to have him.

We have done all of the paperwork to get things moving and in fact just finished one of the last steps. We are now just waiting but it could be several months. My fursuit work usually paid well enough to support myself but I have never had to fend for 2, never had to support my family like this. Even if the family is just 2. I have not been able to buy my medication for months now making my mind a dismaying mess to sort out.

I'm getting another job, something that I can do alongside my fursuit work. Production will be a bit slower as I will have to work normal days but I will do my best to meet all of my deadlines.

I have also considered moving back to my parents but no one has a place for me. My father, who I know would help me if he could, does not have a place of his own anymore through his own life choices. I have borrowed, begged and even tried to take out loans but I just don't have time anymore. I don't have many options. My landlord called this mooring threatening to throw me out, my rent is months late as I have been using what I get to pay for paperwork or keeping the house heated.

I am not posting this to beg, I do not want charity, I want my customers and those who would be interested in my work to know what is going on.

As of right now, I am not going to reopen for commissions for quite some time. I need to keep a roof over my head and I can not accept any more commissions until I can clear my backlog. Commissions will still be worked on, progress will still be made.

I will likely be moving into a small apartment as soon as I can afford the deposit. It's horrible to be defeated by time, all I needed was a little more time and I could have kept my home.

But I will not let this hold me down, I have never given up or given in. I'm going to triumph. When those cowards left me here alone, I was able to manage! When people tore at my fursuit business I just made a better product! This will not hold me down. I will not be defeated in the end, I will have to step back and give up much of what I worked hard for but that is life, things can just be taken or lost, you have to be willing to earn those things back! I have never had an easy life and every trial make me a stronger person.

I'm going to keep on the hunt for new room mates. If I can get people in the house I might be able to keep it, the landlord has been patient with me. More patient then I think I deserve. So if you know anyone in MT looking for a place, I have 2 bedrooms open and a nice calm house. Sadly not pet friendly but it's a lovely house with great people.

Thank you for all of the support, I hope I can come out of this stronger.

So yeah looks like everyone is bailing from FA, I'm not but I do already have a Weasel account. I have one of the oldest in fact because I was an alpha tester when it was still called ... furgal *shudders* lol

https://www.weasyl.com/~mushimagicsuits

About what is going on, I don't want to talk about it, keep your complaints, concerns or anything else to yourself. The subject makes me very uncomfortable and I have no interest in discussing it. Please respect that.

Get a job you love and you will never work another day in your life. That is what my father always told me and you know what, it's true. I love my job, I love what I do and I love what I get to make but, you know what I love the most? My customers, because they make it all happen, they are the reason I can do what I do.

This has not been a good year for my customers, the people who trust me and believe in me enough to ask me to make their characters into a tangible creation. I'm sorry you have all not received the customer service that you all deserve. Every time I sit down to work, something comes up, I have to run around, get the land lord, get something for the car, go do paperwork, SOMETHING always comes up when I am trying desperately to work on commissions. When did life become so complicated? I can't wait till we finish this last bit of paperwork and then I will never have to deal with immigration ever again! I will not have to sell my belongings and even my fursuits to make rent, I will not have to panic every time a new bit of paperwork shows up. I have a week to get this last bit of paperwork into the local immigration office or else my husband gets deported and we have to start all over again.

I hope you guys will forgive me, I made a mistake and in my overworked state I took on more work then I could ever do with all of this years events. Before all of this started I would have banged out that queue like no other and been ready for more but not this year, no, it's been a constant state of juggling. But I will not feed you excuses, I will just promise to be better. I will not be re-opening for commissions until my queue is taken care of and I'm stable and ready to give my customers everything that they deserve.

When we make mistakes, the best thing to do is stand up and say sorry. So I'm sorry to all of my customers who have been so patient and amazing to me.

And now I'm off to the local gov building to be done with this paperwork for good yaaaay!

I'm sick and fussy and I want my hot chocolate and my stuffies...

On more professional note, I'm not feeling too well. I have been busting my butt to manage the holidays as well as my commissions and it looks like I have pushed myself a little to hard. I'm still waiting on materials to come in so I have a little bit of time to heal up and get feeling better.

Hope everyone had a great holiday, I know I did.

Looks like FA is back, for now, and I wanted to update everyone on things going on. I have had to move things around quite a bit and I apologize to my customers for all of these delays. Life has not given me the time I need to work on projects as smoothly as you all deserve. I am currently working on, hands down, the largest project I have ever taken on. It's a full muscle suit and it's quite a ways along. I will not be posting WIPS until it's a bit more complete but I have to say, I'm ending the year with a bang!

To everyone who has supported me and my new husband, I want to thank you for all of your well wishes and your encouraging words. It's not often I say this but you guys have made this difficult year a little easier for me and knowing that you care helped me not feel so alone when those I thought were my friends abandoned me. You guys are the best and I hope that some day I can repay you all, for now I will make a promise to use this time that has been given to me to improve and make sure that my work only gets better. I want to be the builder that so many seem to think I can be, I'm still kind of shy about this and I hope I can rise to the occasion.

I have amazing news, at last Sicarius and I are wed. We were married on the 13th (no that wasn't intentional). We will be having the ceremony next year but for now, I can say that our families have new children in law. It's been a long and hard road and I have had to work harder than I have ever known. I have had to grow up so fast and be in charge of my life without any fall back plans, without a safety net, but with the help of you all and my amazing customers I managed to keep the house that I was left to pay for only on my own, I got my husband here and now we can start our new lives. We will even have Christmas together with our first Christmas tree.

If ever someone was blessed, I think I am, because I have you all, my best friends and my husband. I think 2014 will be the best year yet!

yup, for the first time in a long time commissions are finally closed for a bit. I have a queue waiting for my attention and until I get these commissions sorted out I don't feel I can give accurate due dates or slots.

This has been a very hectic year for me and I have not been able to pump out suits like I have been able to for the past few years. Don't worry I will be back on my normal time frame very soon. Life just got a little hectic for a year or so here while I tried to stay afloat and keep my house after my former room mates bailed on me after finding out I was getting married. Some friends haha.

Anyway, I'm about to move into my new home that actually has functioning appliances and is a suitable budget for me and my husband. Commissions will re-open later in 2014.

Hello all I'm Reshay, AKA Mushimagic and I wanted to say here openly that I do not have or belong to any cliques.

You do not have to be a fursuit builder, fursuiter or even a furry for me to want to hang out with you. Odds are you are an awesome person and there is no special social order that is going to make you more noticeable in my eyes.

I am a furry to make friends and have fun, I'm not about to sit around and declare (With my voice muffled by the depths of my back side) that I only hang out with people that meet some imaginary standard of quality that I have made up unwritten rules for. No my only requirement is that you be a decent human being. So if you are going to a con, new to cons or just want to hang out, say hi, tag along or chat me up, you are welcome, I'm actually a pretty nice gal and I like new people.

Sure there are things we have in common with others that creates a bond. Dancers hang out with dancers, fursuiters hang out with suiters and artists tend to hang with artists but that does not mean they shall not meet in the middle! I have friends that do all these things and what we have in common ultimately is being furries!

Anyone and Everyone can be in my party crew. I announce any con I'm going to and if you want to hang out, note me we will have a ball!

Yup, as much as I love my little bumble bunny I need the money for my new life with my husband more than I need a fursuit so I'm selling my bunny bee :c

She is used, very lightly since I have only worn her for a few events but she has been cleaned and prepared for her new owner.

This suit is for experienced fursuiters, her vision is complicated and requires a lot of movement to be sure you can perform and see.

Auction Link:
http://www.furbuy.com/auctions/1050292.html

I hope to see you at MFF if you will be attending. I will be hosting a panel about how to commission a fursuit. I will be going over important details such as picking a builder, reading and understanding the TOS, preparing all of your info for the commission and of course what to expect from your builder. I will also be bringing a large swatch book and explaining what colors are going to be the best to chose for your character due to availability and what features might work best for your performing style.

My panel will be on Friday at 4:00 PM

I will be bringing a suit or two of mine to help give examples of styles and options if I have any MM fursuiters there I would more than appreciate your attendance to help with the panel!


Any who are going and who might be interested in a photoshoot please contact me or comment, if there is enough interest I might set one up

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Whelp, I'm flying out to hang out with my bestie  fayv out of state tomorrow and I will not be back until the 26th. I'm going to be going to MFF as well which is very exciting for me as it is my first time there! I will be going to meet her and hang out a week early though because I miss her and she is awesome enough to bring me out there.

However Fay needs to work a lot of the time so I will have quite a bit of time to sit about and draw or do what ever pleases me and since I will not be able to work on fursuits, I would like to be able to still bring in some money to help me and my fiance, I am accepting commissions for just the week. They will be done quickly and I'm not accepting anything more than simple flat colored pieces. I can also do badges for pick up at MFF.

If you would like to get some art or a badge please feel free to note me with your reference and what you are looking for.


For examples of my art see my account (NSFW art is included)
Prices are as follows.
badges: $30 (laminated and ready)
Sketch: $15
Flat color: $30
Adult nudes +$10 (Meaning anything showing genitalia)

I will be live streaming these commissions


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I read something today that made me very sad. Someone was telling another person what the "rules" are to some special kind of fashion for their costume and how they would need to research (and spend a lot of money) so as not to be made fun of and accepted. This boiled my blood because in my opinion, costumes of any kind should be a form of self expression and should never have so many rules. My only rule is that my freedom ends where yours begins and so long as I do not cross that boundary, we can all express ourselves.

Never let yourself self be limited by what other people think is ok. You have every right to be who or what ever makes you happy and if someone wants to restrict you because it's not to their tastes or what they find acceptable well then it sounds like it's THEIR problem.

Your character, your costume, your fursuit is up to YOU. Don't let other people ruin your image of what you want to create. Accept that not everyone will like what you come up with, accept that things that are popular are always the same kinds of things and if you are not following that trend you will not be instantly popular, be you because it's worth so much more than the fickle favoritism that is shown in the world.

Be you, be proud, be awesome!

Found out what was wrong with the forms on my site. Apparently I can't ask for the submitters "Date of birth" so I needed to alter that section of the form. That is all it was and the hosting company did not even bother to update me.

So yes the forms will be working in a few minutes as I change the wording of a single question...

I'm away of the issues with the site forms. I'm working to fix the issue but it will require me to make entirely new forms as the code for the editor has been changed and no longer supports previous forms.

I will have this taken care of very shortly.

I am back from my trip. I have more than a few things to get done as soon as possible but I wanted to say that my fiance got here safe and sound, we went on our little vacation and it's so good to have him home.

Back to work with me!

I'm not dead, I have actually been steadily working and completing projects but I have been so busy preparing for my fiance's arrival in 2 days that I have not been updating as much as I should. I am going out of town shortly but when I get back I will be uploading all of the work I have gotten done.

My queue needs to be updated as well. As soon as I get back I will be sure to reorganize it to show everyone's current place in the queue.


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About due dates:
When you fill out a quote form it requires that you put a due date on the form, if I can meet that deadline I will agree to it and then that date will be set in stone for your commission. Chances are the suit will be done before that date as I tend to work very quickly but that due date is the only due date that we have agreed upon.

A commissioner can not impose new deadlines after we have agreed upon the finishing date especially if they are earlier. This is not fair to me or the other people waiting in the queue.

If you put "No due date" I will trust that you mean that and put people ahead of you who require that their suit be finished as soon as possible. If you put no due date and agree to it, you may not impose deadlines on me afterwords as I have set up my queue based on the dates I have been given.

So please, if you have a specific due date you would like for your suit please be sure you put it on the form, because if you don't and then decide you want your suit at a different time I may not be able to shift my queue to meet your needs and unfortunately you will just have to make due with the deadline that you gave me. I'm not a mind reader, you have to be upfront with me and be sure that you give me every detail about your commission that is required because I will take you at your word that what you send to me on your form and in your emails is exactly what you want to get out of this transaction.

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Auctions.

I will be auctioning a couple of suits very soon. I have a partial and one full suit that will be placed up for auction to help raise funds for my fiance and I to get a sure footing. This entire process has been very expensive and difficult and I look forward to finally having him home with me.

Thanks for all of the support guys, we are almost there!

I have been on the fandom for a long time and I have to say that I love it. I love being a furry, I love sharing my ideas and work with you guys and I love that you share them with the rest of us. We have a pretty special group here of folks brought together by a simple common interest and I wanted to celebrate that wonderful connection! So I created a blog called "Positively Fursuits"

This blog is 100% for sharing the wonderful stories, moments and photos from our fandom. If you have a great story then feel free to submit it and share it with the rest of the world.

http://positivelyfursuits.tumblr.com/

It has come to my attention that there have been some rumors going around about a standing commission of mine.

It was said that my commissioner had been denied a refund, was waiting for their suit despite missed deadlines and that they had been "scammed." These rumors came back to me late last night and I was very upset to hear that. The truth of the matter is that we have been and still are at an agreement, there were delays due to the customer being unable to provide a DTD but I held her slot and now we are waiting for my queue to have a clear spot to fit her in. No refund has ever been requested and I will be completing her suit.

I wanted to say that I contacted the commissioner right away upon hearing these rumors and confirmed that she is indeed still wanting to go forward with the commission. She had been talking about our transaction in a room and somehow through Chinese whispers that conversation morphed into a very destructive rumor.

The last thing I wanted was for either of us to have such a negative rumor about our transaction going around when between us there is no complication. I do my best to provide a good product with good customer service and most of all I try to be understanding about how life can get in the way of commissioners being able to supply materials. She in no way deserves this negative rumor being attached to her, she has been a reasonable customer and I don't want these rumors coming back and making her look like a bad commissioner or me a bad builder. Neither of us deserve that.

So please, in the future when you hear a rumor, take it with a grain of salt because something like that can be far more destructive than you might think.

My fiance will finally be coming home on October 10th. It has been a long wait and a lot of work. Unfortunately it has been very expensive as well. Due to some unfortunate real life issues I have found myself having to pay off a lot of things all at once that I had not anticipated.

I have used up my supplies, everything that was not for a customer has been used and I have been unable to restock. I have a suit here I intend to finish and sell to help raise funds for my immediate needs such as my medication and medical bills from earlier this year. The only problem is I don't have any of the fur left.

If you have any red, white or caramel DF and you are willing to part ways with it. I would be willing to offer a trade of services, artwork or anything else like that. I know it is a lot to ask and I can appreciate the value of these materials but unfortunately due to what has gone on, I'm not in a position to just buy more.

So if you are feeling generous and have some left over stock I would sure appreciate it if we could make a deal. I'm so close to being debt free and ready for my new responsibilities that will come in only a month's time.

Quote requests:
I'm doing my best to answer them all but I thought that perhaps you guys might not know what the process is like so I want to tell you how it works.

When you send a quote request it goes to a special email set up for only quote requests. I use your full legal name in the title "Jane Doe Quote request 2013" and then send you back a copy of your form along with any notes and a quote.

This seems easy enough right? Well there are slow downs for some very specific reasons. I'm my only employee, meaning that I do all of the customer service. I have a PR person to help me with difficult situations and to write policy, but other than that I do all the customer service.

Why is this an issue? Because just this week I received over 30 quote requests and for various reasons, usually lack of reference material, the commissioner being a minor or just outright poorly written explanations, I was only able to give quote to 5.


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I'm sorry to those of you who have had to experience this loss in quality customer service, I am usually so proud of my PR and often have customers raving about the quality of the communication they received. I have a lot on my plate right now and I am doing my best to manage my responsibilities, thank you all for bearing with me during this hard time in my life. My health has gotten much better and we now know that my car is not out forever, it wasn't the head gasket.

In better news:
The long wait is finally over, My fiance will be here by the end of the month! He is picking up his marriage Visa today! The last thing we have to do is afford flights for him to come home and then we can be married! I can't wait to see him.

I want to thank all of you for being so patient with me. I am ashamed to admit that I missed my first self appointed deadline (meaning I make the deadline for myself, not the customer, I have yet to miss a customer's deadline) in 3 years... nothing hurt me more than knowing that fact and watching the month turn to September. I pray that once the last of my personal life issues are taken care of that I can get back on track and pump out suits the way I used to. Your patience with me means the world to me and you guys support has been one of the only things that has gotten me through this rough patch in my life. With my room mates leaving me as soon as they found out I am engaged and me trying to keep the house, car trouble all year and working for my wedding and fiance.

So thanks again for being there, I'm sorry for being so beat down right now. You guys mean the world to me.

I want to make it up to you all, I will take the patience and time you all have given me and climb to new heights!

I will be attending This year's MFF.

I am floored by the generosity of my friend who has given me the trip as an early Christmas present. I never imagined someone would be willing to pay for my trip to a convention. I am truly blessed to have such a wonderful friend.

It's funny because I often have people saying "You should go to____ con!" and when I say I can't afford it they simply say "Oh, pity." Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine someone would go, "Ok I'm flying you out here!"

So yes, will be attending this year. I will be hosting a panel with any luck on how to commission a fursuit. Other than that I will be treating the convention like a vacation, one a really need after the hard work i have put in so far.

So I hope to see you there, I will probably just bring Rio but if I can manage it I might bring mumble.

Back to work with me! I have customers waiting!

Sadly my car is in the shop again. Unfortunately I live outside of town so this will make getting supplies, going to my P.O BOX and other things like that very difficult. Please bear with me while I try to sort out the delays.

I must ask that no one mail me anything until the car is repaired and I can get into town again.

I have to admit, since my best friend left last week, my fiance's departure being delayed for another month and over all life boiling over, I have been in a rather sorry state.

I have worked harder than I ever have this year, pumping out suits, taking side jobs and doing anything I can to be sure that my wedding plans are secured. Sadly we will not be having the wedding this year, by the time he comes home it will be snowing so we might as well wait till spring and save our money. I can't help but feel a little defeated. All of my hard work seems to have secured very little. The summer is almost gone and soon the crippling Montana winter will be back.

Due to all of this I have caught myself in a bit of a depression, a few months ago I would have told anyone who said this all to me that you are a professional and it's time for you to get back to work. Being a business person means that you put your business before yourself. But after this year I understand, I understand what it is like to just feel burned out.

There will be no resignation here, it's time i stop wallowing around in my own self pity. It's time I get back to work and start producing those beautiful costumes that always made me so proud. I can not let my work be tainted by cruel people or a harsh world.

Do you know why I called my business Mushi Magic? Aside from the fact like I like alliteration, it's because I felt that life sucks, I mean it really sucks, the every day droll to the beat of the same drum weakens the heart. I want to fill the world with a little magic, something that doesn't have to conform to anyone's rules or ideas, something all it's own, free and truly magical.

Thank you to my wonderful customers who send me such good vibes, you all make it magical for me. I make the characters but i think you guys make the magic and I have to remember all of you and that will get me through. You all mean more to me than I think you know. You are all part of a little Mushi Magic family, when you tell me about your life struggles I want to encourage you, when you are honest about yourself I do not judge you.

My fiance, was one of my first customers, he and I were friends for several years after he commissioned his suit from me. After so long of pretending to just be friends and that we couldn't want more from each other, going to the fur cons and holding hands in the back of the shuttle or while we run around in fursuit. Too afraid to admit how we felt. Now we are going to start a life together. I would say that is pretty magical and it all started with a fun little costume and a friendship. My business brought me the man of my dreams, without a little Mushi Magic, we never would have met that year at AC and started what would become the greatest adventure in our lives.

So Mushi Magic Fursuits will not die here, no matter how hard life gets. Lets make some magic guys!

Mushi Magic Fursuits has been operating since 2008, in that time I have completed and refined my work with every finished project. I feel that with my current standards of quality, a price increase is in order. I work very hard to provide not only a good product but a good experience and customer service. Prices are going to be increased to what I feel is suitable for the products I create.

See profile or website for price changes.

Before the end of this year I will be getting married. My fiance, while a valued family member and addition to my life, will not be working for my company. Mushi Magic Fursuits will still be operated solely by myself. Please do not contact my fiance regarding professional matters that involve Mushi Magic Fursuits. He is not at liberty to give quotes, commission information or perform any public relations on behalf of Mushi Magic Fursuits.

There are going to be some minor changes in policy.

I will not longer be accepting payments sent in full, I will require a 30% as per usual and once the commission is completed, I will accept the final payment + shipping and handling. As always, deposits are non refundable once paid.

I will no longer be accepting commissions with specified due dates. Commissions will be accepted in batches and completed based on payment. A queue will be posted publicly that shows the batches and available slots, each batch will likely be set based on the larger conventions. If you are looking for a specific due date you will need to be sure you have your deposit ready by the allotted time for that batch. I will not be accepting any rush orders or last minute commissions as I feel that quality should come first.

I will no longer be accepting commissions from anyone under the age of 18. Minors are not legally able to enter into a commission contract and due to past issues I fear I will have to no longer allow minors to commission fursuit items. This is not a decision I come to easily, I have a number of fantastic commissioners who are under the age of 18, but with the risks of fraud I can no longer take that chance.

Discounts will now be limited. I receive a lot of quote requests for artistic liberty characters, primarily canines. While I thank everyone for trusting me to help create your character, I realize that this is starting to impact me negatively. All materials and construction costs are still the same but I am giving a discount based on my enjoyment of making a design, this in the end costs me money. Since I receive so many quote requests for discounted canines I will be limiting the number of artistic liberty discounted common canines to 3 a year. This includes foxes, wolves, huskies, german shepherds, generic wolf hound characters and any hybrid there of. Other animals will still be accepted.

I want to thank my customers for allowing me to bring their characters to life. With your support i have been able to grow and further my progress as an artist. Thank you for the years of support from my followers and I look forward to the new year.

We were finally able to pin point what went wrong with my back. I was starting to get worried as the muscle stiffness and pain made it's way up into my neck. It was like someone was choking me from the inside out. It started to be almost impossible to move and the already short tendons in my legs were starting to act up more than ever. It was getting to the point that every day I was in a lot of pain but now I know why.

I spent so long over the past few months working, at my computer or at my work table, in bad chairs, that it wrecked my back. I'm going to get some new chairs, nicer ones. This is much relief to me as I was having to take pain killers for the muscle tightness and I hate that.

So now I can get back to work without concern, as soon as I am able to pick up one of those chairs I can work as long as I like without any complications. Car is currently out of commission so I will need to take care of that first but in the mean time there is no reason why I can't keep working with some pillows and other things in place to help my back unwind.

All quote requests have been answered. If you did not receive a quote it is either because the email you provided was invalid or no email was given.

Please bear in mind all quotes are only good for up to 3 months or so depending on the details.

Slots fill up quickly and due dates become unavailable very quickly. If you want a slot by a specific due date I highly recommend you be ready to pay the deposit and reserve your slot for up to 3 months ahead of the hate you would like. In some cases 4-5 months will be required. My turn out rate tends to be 2 suits a month, that can change depend on the complexity of the project.

I'm contemplating cons I might want to go to next year since the wedding will more than drain my funds for the rest of this year and well into next. I need to set my goals and start saving money responsibly for the cons I do chose.

Anthrocon is my favorite and I will be attending it as per usual but I am always looking for new cons to attend and share a new experience at. I'm a fursuiter, I like active cons, not really into room parties. I like dances and to have a good reason to always be in suit. Not much for panels and I don't really go for small conventions in their first few years. With that in mind what cons do you like?

I will not be attending the following cons in the foreseeable future:
Further Confusion
RMFC
Fur Idaho
Conventions outside the US
Anime Conventions
MLP conventions

I'm open to suggestions, please suggest conventions based on experiences and over all enjoyment as apposed to your impending attendance. While I would love to meet all of my watchers I have limited funds and would prefer to find conventions based on my own personal likes.