I'll be heading down to Portland, Or, for Furlandia starting tomorrow and will be staying at the Hampton Inn. Going with my 3 housemates, and I plan mostly just to hang and enjoy the local restaurants. Especially that Mediterranean grill at the nearby shopping center. Hope to see others there and help see this con grow each year. :)

Well, apparently my character's sex is banned from FA now.

Yeah, good going FA. Changing my submissions to remove my char's gender/sex.

Hey all, realized I've been rather lax in updating my journal; last one was from three years ago.

So, essentially, I've moved up to the Bellevue, WA, area with my mate , , and another fur named Shoal. Still sortof getting settled in since I had to buy new furniture as I couldn't move my old stuff with me. Hoping to save more money and get my credit score up to a good spot where I can buy (or help someone else buy) a more permanent home instead of renting in a year or so.

This was after the housing situation in Colorado fell apart due to one housemate who reported us to the city for having more than 3 related adults in the same 5-bedroom house. Broomfield, CO, has some very archaic laws, and the housing one still has verbiage regarding allowance of adult "servants" (AKA slaves) being permitted to live in a household. But after a few months, my ex-housemates got into a good position and bought a home (with me helping them with closing costs) and are now supporting something like 7 people (all furs) in a nice 5-bedroom house.

I may plan to go to the DenFur Con in August 2019 and visit, especially since Rainfurrest is no longer a thing in WA and the AnthroNW was very strictly PG only. But I'm open to other cons.

Where are you staying?
At friends' place near convention.

What day are you getting there?
Thursday (actually Tuesday, but con doesn't start till later)

How are you traveling?
Flying, then bussing or driving with friends.

Who will you be staying with?
, , and .

How is the best way to find you?
Message me on FA or Steam.

Are there any panels you might be attending?
Nothing specific yet, but might do another fursuit crafting panel.

Con Plans?
Mostly get a few sketches and hang out with friends.

What do you look like?
Dirty blond hair, white male.

What is your gender?
Male

How tall are you?
5'7"

Can I talk to you?
Certainly, but don't be surprised if I don't recognize you right offhand.

Are you nice?
I like to think so.

Will you be going to parties?
Might attend a room party or two, but more likely attending panels and enjoying time with friends.

If I see you, how should I get your attention?
Tap on the shoulder or otherwise just let me know who you are and where I most likely last spoke with you.

Where will you be most of the time during the day/s?
Game room often between panels and food.

What/where will you be eating?
The 7-eleven is a common place, but might do more resturaunt places this year.

Can I come with you for food/fun/etc?
If you are invited; but generally the car gets stuffed with as many people as I travel with already.

Can I look in your sketchbook?
Sure. I'm sure I'll have my sketchboook around with sketches from previous years.

Can I draw in your sketchbook?
If you ask, sure.

Can I take your picture?
Sure; though asking is always polite.

Will you get anything commissioned?
Very likely a sketch or two.

What's your goal(s) for the con this year?
Relax and spend time with friends. Maybe play around more with 3D modeling on the laptop and showing what I do for SecondLife.

Staying at: at 's place.

Arrival and Departure? Taking it leisurely.

Mode of transportation: Bus or friends.

Rooming with: , Persie, and

Who Will I likely see you with?: , Persie and

Con Plans: Mostly get a few sketches and hang out with friends.

How can I find you?: Most likely will jsut have to bump into me, but leave me a note here and I can try to meet up sometime.

Do you do free art?: Nope.

Do you do trades?: Nope.

Do you do commissions?: Nope.

Do you have prints / CDs ?: Nope.

Do you do badges?: Nope

Will you have Art in the Art Show?: Nope.

Will you be going to parties?: Nope.

Will you be performing?: Nope.

Smoke?: Nope.

Drink?: Maybe, but unlikely.

Gender: Male in RL.

Can I hug you?: Only if asked. No random hugging.

Can I talk to you?: Sure, but understand if I'm already heading someplace and can't stay forever.

Will you be at any panels?: Didn't plan on anything in particular, but likely to be attending them as they come and catch my interest.

Can I touch you?: No thanks.

Can I buy you drinks?: No.

How old are you?: Adult.

Can I snuggle with you?: No thanks.

If you're pissed off, should I approach you?: I wouldn't. Takes a lot to piss me off.

Are you nice?: People say I am, but I think they're just scared of my wrath.

Single or Taken?: Not interested at a con.

What suits will you have?: None.

Cliquey?: A bit, I'm going up to meet friends, but happy to break off once in awhile to chat with others.

How tall?: 5' 7"

Can I Take pictures of you?: Sure, though I doubt I'd be anything special.

Will you get anything commissioned?: Very likely a sketch or two.

How can I get your attention?: Say hi, and introduce yourself. I may not immediately recognize you, especially if I only know you from Secondlife and your badge doesn't match the common name I know you by.

Can I ask you to dance at the raves?: Nah, I'm not a raver really.

So I just came home from seeing Guardians of the Galaxy. As many others have already said, the movie is good and enjoyable although not perfect. I think Marvel did an excellent job bringing this group of comic heroes to the movie screen. Their choice of making the movie comedic instead of a serious space drama was a great choice and helped allow everyone to suspend disbelief for the duration of the movie.

I've heard others say it already, but the romance between Quill and Gamora was forced and probably only thrown in so there was something more than just friendship holding the group together. The movie also sort of suffered from the Planetville trope, as the "good" planet was depicted only by a single city and a reference to 12 billion people (has to be more than Earth so it shows it's "Galactic").

I definitely think it's a movie people should go out and watch.

Hey all,

Been over a year since my last journal, and decided I ought to go ahead and post something about what I've been doing.

The first thing to know is that I was laid off from my job just before Halloween. The owner of the company said he had to file for bankruptcy after issues in the management of the company. Only lately I've found out that the guy never filed for bankruptcy and when confronted said "You'll have to sue if you want your money"... Yeah, so the owner I was working for is basically running off and not paying his employees their last paychecks. Luckily, I just got hired for another job that pays 60% more than my last one and is for a much better established company, so I am doing well.

My Secondlife work has mostly hit a standstill since I've not found the patience or time to learn how to navigate Blender. I'm slowly learning things, but I find the camera controls to be entirely non-intuitive. I like having total control over the exact placing of vertices, but it's difficult to be precise with Blender unless you know all the shortcuts to bring up the appropriate options. Either way, I am slowly making progress with various meshes and may start selling a few on the SL Marketplace.

So, while browsing Google+ I came across the following "Did You Know?" posting...

Did You Know? from Google+ wrote:Another reason why Fast, Processed food is NOT the way to go

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-.....47162999_n.jpg

The watermelon is easily digestible, and will be excavated much faster than the burger and fries below. If the burger and fries remain in tact for 180 days, imagine how it must look inside your intestines! That stuff clogs you up, prevents the villi in the intestine from functioning properly, and results in malabsorption issues and GI tract problems. Not to mention a variety of other bodily effects that I could list for days on end.

Suggestion : Eat clean. Eat Fruits. Eat Greens. Eat nuts, seeds and avocados minimally. See the changes. Exercise, get enough sleep, reduce daily stress.

My response was the following:

Wow, so many logical fallacies in this comparison... This argument relies mostly on the fallacy that natural is better (http://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/appeal-to-nature). The second fallacy is suggesting that food that doesn't easily decompose in an open environment (providing that the pictures are from open environment and not just a sealed container, but the point stands) doesn't decompose within one's stomach/instestines. These are two very different environments. Both are normally digestable by the human stomach and intestines without much trouble.

The burger and fries provide more proteins, fats, and carbohydrates than the entire watermelon likely would have. The reason people get "fat" on burgers and fries is because they are obtaining too much in the way of nutrients that their body has to store the extra as fat.

One thing I will grant is that having a diet of nothing but burgers and fries is unhealthy. But so is having a diet of nothing but watermelons.

Hey, seems the FA admins have updated the AUP and made it clearer that SecondLife works *are* permitted with some reasonable restrictions. Let's see if the other admins try to remove my works as "screenshots" now.

I'm gone due to the admins finally deciding that art I've created doesn't count as art.