Why are people so obsessed and praising "Sonic Frontiers" so much? And what's the deal with this "Final Horizon" thing? Why do people love this game so much? Sorry, but I just don't get it.

Ten years ago, a cartoon premiered on Nickelodeon. August of 2013 gave us the show "PAW Patrol" created by Keith Chapman (famous for creating "Bob the Builder") starring six puppies and their ten-year-old tech-savy boy named Ryder.

Where was I at the time? At the time I was unemployed (five months away from employment actually) and my mom was running an in-home daycare. In addition, at the time I also had a 33-month-old nephew named Nick. Before he was born, I was excited but also nervous about becoming an uncle, with my biggest fear being "Will he like me? I know he will love me, but will he like my company?" Despite being nervous around babies, I tried to bond with him so I needed a trigger. That trigger came in August of 2013.

That month premiered the show "PAW Patrol" on Nickelodeon. It turns out to have all the traits I love in a show. Unlike shows made for adults and mature audiences, kids shows don't have too much (or in some cases, overdo) emotional drama and tensions between characters or many real-world situations. It was a nice break to get away from such drama in shows like "S.W.A.T." and "SEAL Team" both of which are good shows, but are starting to become too dramatic, unlike "PAW Patrol" which makes the show more enjoyable. Other reasons I love "PAW Patrol" is that it stars dogs (because I love dogs) the animals can talk, the dogs represent real-world first-responders (Police, Fire/EMT, underwater, aviation, construction, waste management, etc.) so the situations can be relatable and teaches kids what to do in such situations, and it focuses on a TEAM instead of a solo hero which is what I personally prefer (I prefer teams as opposed to one hero).

Around the time of the premiere, I sat down and watched the show with my nephew Nick, who was still wearing diapers at the time. Despite being 33-months-old that show brought us together. I finally found my trigger. Since then, he and I became very close. Of course over the years he grew into other things, such as Marvel super heroes, Harry Potter, Sonic the Hedgehog (thanks to me) and I did my best to catch up. Still, the "damage" was done and he and I managed to find our bond and stay together.

As for me, I kept going with my own love of "PAW Patrol" as the years went by. The show gained many new settings and characters. The first one being Everest the Siberian Husky doing snow rescues, then we got Tracker the first bilingual pup, Rex the first pup with a physical disability, the twins Tuck and Ella, and even a group of cats (despite me being a dog-person, I have a soft-spot for our feline friends too). Not only that, we also got many different kinds of mini-series episodes, such as the Mighty Pups, Mission PAW, Sea Patrol, Ultimate Rescues, Dino-Rescues, Moto-Pups, Rescue Knights, Big Truck Pups, Aqua Pups, and more. I have purchased and watched every episode on Amazon Prime. In addition, I also attended the "PAW Patrol Live!" shows "The Great Pirate Adventure" and "Heroes Unite" both of which are good. And, of course, we got the movie, with another one coming next month.

As you can see, "PAW Patrol" means a lot to me. It helped me bond with my nephew, it was a show that combined many of my interests together, and it relaxed my mind from the harshness of the world. I was also surprised to learn that there are many other people in the world, people my age, who are also fans of the show like me, so I shouldn't be afraid to express it. Thank you Keith Chapman, Spin Master, and Nickelodeon for creating a wonderful franchise for all of us. Here's to the past ten years and to another ten more in the future!

Oh, and in case anyone is wondering... my favorite pup is Zuma.

UPDATE: Last night took a load off my shoulders. I had a chat with the guy I mentioned last night, said what was needed, apologies were made, and now I feel comfortable to play Sonic Frontiers without feeling anger or resentment.

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Believe it or not, I am actually NOT... NOT... repeat, NOT excited for "Sonic Frontiers" coming soon!!!

Why? My reason is personal and I'm angry about it! Get ready for a rant coming.

Before the title was called Frontiers, the previous title for the game was called "Sonic Rangers" and I personally liked that title. Mainly because anybody who knows me knows how very pro-military I am. I instantly thought of the 75th Rangers as a funny inside joke on my part. But that's just me. I have NOTHING against the Frontiers title, I was a little upset they got rid of Rangers, but I just shrugged my shoulders and let it be.

There's no shame in my belief saying "My heroes don't wear capes, they wear dog tags!"

What does this have to do with Sonic Frontiers?

It all started when I was chatting with someone (I wont mention his name) and I mentioned that I liked the previous title Rangers... and my exact words were "because, well, it's me."

And then... he went FULL-BLOWN RAGE ON ME! I mean, we're talking BALLISTIC!!! He yelled at me for liking Rangers over Frontiers among other things. And then he went into "rage-mode" and angrily started ranting about my personality and flaws! I mean, this guy really TORE ME APART!

And it really hurt!

This guy really hurt me badly. All within several minutes.

And it all started when I said I liked Rangers.

Now, whenever I think of Frontiers, I think of him and the nasty rant he yelled at me. Of course, this happened after I per-ordered my copy and I'll still get it since I paid for it, but I wont be able to enjoy it.

Now you all know.

To those who know, we lost the wonderful MTH001 back in 2020. He was born 19/1/1984 and passed 12/8/2020 (that military dating format) He lived for exactly 17,474 days.

My birthday is 29/10/1985, so that means today I've been alive for 17,475 days. I just surpassed Marcus.

I miss you so much, buddy.

After three weeks, I've decided to return online. I needed that break to overcome huge issues in my life. Some are resolved... but not ALL.

The issues I've been having at home mostly resolved themselves. My pickup truck's door was repaired easily. However, recently one of my tires was leaking air due to a screw, so I got that repaired. My truck is working fine and in good condition, I was just annoyed by the fact that I needed a tire repair.

So far at Krav Maga... no change, I still suck at sparring despite my instructor saying I'm getting better.

Work... is getting worse. I was training a new hire to hopefully be my new jumper. However, he was recently fired (for a simple no call no show) just as soon as he was ready to go live and I was about to get my many days off again. Now I'm back to fucking square one!

However, I realize that getting all this out of me was what I needed and I can't hide much longer. I'm coming back, but I won't be at 100% yet. I still got many problems to resolve.

I need to take a break for a while. The past several weeks to few months have had a plethora of stressful events in my life. These events range from home life, work life, and social Internet life. Some such events are good and others extremely bad. I have hit my breaking point and decided that I need to take a breather for a while from the Internet.

My home life has been rife with good and bad things. Last year, I bought a house! As of late, I finally had a gas fireplace installed, but the problem was I trusted my dad to call his plumber and electrician to get it prepared, but it took him half a year to do that! I wanted it to be done BEFORE winter! To this day I’m still angry at him for that. As of late, I have also been preparing the living room for a remodel, including painting the walls and getting carpet installed as well as furniture. All sounds good, but it’s a hefty price on my bank account.

Work came with a series of problems too. I have been without a jumper (a driver who fills in on other driver’s days off) for nearly eight months now. I have been working overtime for eight months and it has been taking a physical and mental toll on me. To make matters worse, our company has been hit with a cyber-attack, thus we had to make deliveries the hard old-fashioned way with paper. My days have been longer due to that and most of my customers have been yelling at me. I’m almost ready to snap!

Another thing I want to point out is that I have been taking Krav Maga for almost two years. Not bad, even got my Yellow Belt, but the second level involves a lot of sparring and boxing, which I have quickly learned I suck BADLY at! After almost a year of boxing, I believe I still haven’t got any better. Just recently, we started having a special seminar called Escape and Evasion. One part of the seminar involve gun disarms. It’s a high-level advanced technique and I did very poor on it. Boxing and gun disarming combined makes me feel like a failure, despite my instructor saying I’m doing well, but I don’t believe him.

My pickup truck is having issues as well. Last week, my driver’s side suicide door got jammed for some reason. I made an appointment at an auto-body shop to get it repaired, but they said they needed to hold it all day to fix it. After realizing that was impossible, I just simply drove away. I will eventually get it fixed, but it’s more money and time down the drain.

I have also been having difficulty with my social life on the Internet as well. Even though I don’t want to get into it, something has happened which has put me down and made me feel very low. It doesn’t help when I feel like nobody seems to care. I won’t go into details, but I’m having mixed emotions that’s driving me crazy and not in a good way.

So, there you have it. Home-related issue combined with money issues, a cyber-attack at work making it difficult with almost-endless overtime, feeling like a failure at Krav Maga, and social problems on the Internet all created a combination of extreme stress and anxiety that my mind can’t take. Therefore, I have decided to take a long-winded break from the Internet and keep to myself for the next few weeks. I’m sorry to all those who like to talk to me, but I need to do this. I’ll respond if it’s an emergency, but other than that, I need to keep to myself and be alone for the next few weeks. Hopefully, when I come back, I’ll be fully refreshed and renewed, and most of my problems will probably be going away.

Thank you all for your understanding.

TL; DR: I’ll be taking a long break from the Internet and social interactions for a while.

I think I found out why I'm skeptical and pessimistic about the upcoming Sonic movie.

Marcus.

Let me explain. Under normal circumstances like this, Marcus would not only be talking about the upcoming movie, but he would draw medium with his friends. I used to do that a lot, I would draw my friends and I in media (and more often than not I'd get backlashed for that).

Example, if Marcus were alive today, he would have drawn a picture of him as a hedgehog and me in my old echidna look, snowboarding, and calling me "the winter soldier" like in the movie. I would love it every time he would do that.

But now I won't be getting that. And this movie will be the very first upcoming Sonic medium WITHOUT Marcus! I still miss him badly!

Now, I'm surrounded by people who treat me like garbage. Normally, Marcus would defend me and come to my aid, but he can't anymore.

I honestly can't say I'm happy. That's why I've been a Debbie Downer lately.

I'm going to be upfront and honest here. I'm actually getting kind of sick and tired of "new trailers" and "news" regarding the upcoming Sonic 2 movie!

Really! I am! Instead of being excited for the movie, I'm dreading it, and I'm scared it's going to be bad! Rant over!

You heard it right, I'm going back to DisneyWorld on October 18th!

You would've been 37 years old today.

I will never forget you. I shouldn't be crying because you're gone, I should be happy because I had the chance to know you. The last 17 years of my life were great years and I owe a giant chunk of it to you. I went through so much in the past decade and a half and you were there for it all.

While others thought I was weird with my interests, you were by my side.

I wish I could say more about our history together, but I would choke up typing it. I promise I'll write a full history one of these days, soon.

But for now... happy birthday, buddy.

No, he didn't pass away.

I've met Matt back in roughly 1991 or 1992, can't remember which. We were in the same classes in school together all the way up to high school.

After high school, we went in different directions. He didn't go to college, he started a career in sports photography and journalism. I myself chose college. I went to a community college, and then I went to the Art Institutes. I graduated in 2011 and Matt came to my party.

That was the LAST time I saw him!

I was recently browsing Facebook and I found Matt's page. I sent him a Friend Request, but all I got back was "Please leave me alone."

His next message was telling me that he doesn't want to be friends with me anymore. I understand why. My situation was in flux at the time.

I didn't reply to Matt though. Doing so would probably just cause problems, arguments, and heartbreaks, for both of us.

So, there you have it. Almost 30 years of friendship is gone.

The only plus side is that we haven't talked to or seen each other since 2011, mainly because we both became adults and went on to doing different things. He followed his own path, I followed mine. It's best to just leave it at that.

If Matt doesn't want to be friends with me anymore, then the best thing I can do is just move on. I'll still miss those days and I'll miss him.

I still have all of you though. No matter what happens, I know I won't be alone.

To all my friends who probably already know, I got my Class A CDL and got hired for a truck company. I quit my last job (my last night was last Thursday) and I start my new job on Monday the 20th. I'm moving on up in my life. I just hope I'm making a smart move here.

Lately, I have been experiencing extreme bouts of depression. Let me start from the beginning.

Last July I got a new job working for a warehouse that's owned by a Teamsters Union. The place is 23 miles from my home. At first, everybody there was busting my balls and whatnot, but I personally took it as abuse. Not to mention a lot of them prefer to stay there for as long as possible, as long as 12 to 14 hours a night for five nights! Because of their decision, I suffer staying in a place where I'm far away from home and I feel like I'm being abused. The abuse has softened down quickly though, but still. I work nights between Sundays and Thursdays. I tried to ask for a day-shift but they said that shift is earned, and most have to wait over 15 years to earn a day-shift position.

The job is high-paying with great benefits including a pension and free insurance. Because of that, I was able to purchase a used truck, but I totaled it within a few months. I eventually got a new one months later and I'm paying it off. I also got a credit card and it's been saving me a bit. However, I'm paying way over the minimum balance on my bills, sometimes three times as much. Is that a bad thing?

Also, I'm spending too much time away from my home. I spend at leased between 60 to 70 hours outside my house a week, which is actually a bad thing considering I have a minor case of Agoraphobia. Not extremely major but enough to drive me crazy. I really do not want to quit my job because I'm getting used to the layout of the work and it's a great money-making opportunity. On the other hand, I have very little time to go to the movies, work on my projects, see my family, etc.

I'm not asking for a pity-party, I'm asking for advice on what I should do to calm myself out of my deep depression. I've never been this upset about my life this much. Any advice would be appreciated. I could really use help. Thank you.

Hey guys, it's me.

I'm here to letchya know that, heads up, I'll be posting images here on my lonely and dust-collecting FA page. The reason I didn't in the past was because I was paranoid and worried that my furry works would appear in Google image searches. Most of my "mature" works from my deviantArt page appeared in Google and it made me look bad (and it was kind of the reason why I had a difficult time landing a job for years).

As soon as I was slightly convinced that FA is safe from "outside eyes" I'll be uploading my images here. As soon as I realize it's not, I'll be taking them all down lickedy-split. So, let's hope all goes well for me here. Hope you guys enjoy my works here on FA. Any comments, leave them below, I'd love to hear all of your inputs.