Little late at night to be holding this, but I'm kinda bored and felt kinda talkative.
Does anybody have any questions to ask? Preferably ones that don't force me to RP as Jenny. I don't mind answering questions about her though.

The reality of graduating is starting to hit me more as I sit here in the hallway waiting on my next class to begin. This marks the last Wednesday that I'll be here waiting. The last Wednesday to play cards with those i've become friends with. The last Wednesday of my time spent at this school. It's scary as I think about how fast the time had flown by, and even scarier not knowing what the near future will bring.

I was going over my calendar and noticed that I'll be graduating (not planning on walking though) from college the Friday of AnthrOhio, and was already thinking about heading up to the area for the Ohio EMS Conference. So I was just wondering if any was planning on attending this year. Or who's been there in previous years.

And if you're curious about the con yourself: http://anthrohio.org/Home.aspx

I think I'm going to actually make this a little running series on the side, with its own folder and all. "Things you really can't do in a straitjacket" makes for a fun idea. This isn't supposed to be anything serious, its supposed to be just dumb and silly ideas of what you can't really do. So far i'm up to three commission from Oli, and I have plans on getting more (eventually). But, since you guys and gals are fairly creative, do you have any ideas for what could be featured next?

Just after talking with another Engineering Student who was studying in the Hallway…..

Friend: Whoah, who was the girl?
Me: That’s Morgan, she’s in engineering with me.
Friend: Nice dude! Is she single?
Me: No, she’s already taken.
Friend: Well that’s not a problem, we can fix that!
Me: No! You can’t just try to split them up!
Friend: Why not?
Me: Ugh……


This was the conversation I had the other day with a friend after coming out of Ethics class. As we were walking down the hall, I seen a young lady from my Engineering class sitting in the corner studying on her tablet; let’s just called her Morgan. I went over to say hi and asked her how her group did with the surveying project. As I walk back to my friend, he gives me that “Dude, Awesome” look, and we have the conversation that is listed above. He is also a single guy, like myself. This was just evidence why single people suck sometimes.

Before I get a comments section full of hate mail from the single furs, please, hear me out on this! I’m not trying to saying every single person out there is a terrible being, I’m saying that when you and another friend are both single, it can be weird or even awkward, especially if it’s with somebody you might really like. You can’t deny that being single can be rough. It can be challenging to maintain a close friendship, or even talk with other fellow singles without trying to flirt or sound like you’re hitting on each other. You’re judging them, they’re judging you, it’s all a mess! But then there are also your single friends who just have crap morals when it comes to relationships. These are the ones who have no problems with going through relationship after relationship, or seeing nothing wrong with spoiling another persons’ relationship for their own gain. Starting to see now what I mean about single people?

But on a different note, this is why it’s easier to be friends and talk with people who are in a relationship. The majority of people I happen to know are in relationships, and it makes life so much easier. Talking to a girl, like Morgan, is so much easier when you know she’s in a relationship. You’re not worrying about her judging you as a possible mate, or flirting with each other, or any of the other crap; you’re just having a friendly conversation. And it’s even better when you’re friends with both people in the relationship.

Now, I know these are all ideals, but that’s not always the case. There are lots of single people who are just wanting to talk simply for social interaction. There are couples who fight and don’t trust each other, and in return, may not trust you. The points I make are by no means perfect. I’m just trying to explain, in my own personal opinion, why I like socializing with people who are in a relationship, over single people. Simply put, the stress is lifted, and I can talk without worrying.

OHHHH!
BACK TO SCHOOL!
BACK TO SCHOOL!
TO PROVE TO DAD I'M NOT A FOOL!
I'VE GOT MY LUNCH PACKED UP.
MY TAIL BRUSHED REAL NICE.
I HOPE I DON'T GET IN A FIGHT!
OOHHHH BACK TO SCHOOL!
BACK TO SCHOOL!
BACK
TO SCHOOOOOOOOLLL!!!!!

.....er it goes something like that I think.

But yeah, back to hitting the books tomorrow. Taking 19 hours this Semester, which isn't too bad at all really.
Going to have some long breaks in between classes so i'll be creeping FA and Twitter from the phone a lot. (but that's nothing new). Excited by very nervous to be back. At least it's a small school so none of the classes are extremely overwhelming.

To everybody else heading back soon, GOOD LUCK! DON'T FAIL!
Everybody else, do whatever you do best! Be glad you don't have to freak out about taking exams...OH THE HORROR OF EXAMS!


That's right, I'm holding a little Character Q&A to be answered throughout the night!

So what is a Character Q&A you may be wondering?

Simple! this is just an open Q&A that focuses on Pow and Jenny. This is supposed to be to answer any question you may have been wondering about either of them. [Question exp: Is Pow based on anybody? How tall is Jenny? etc...]I"m doing this because many time i'll get people sending me pm's asking questions, so i figure why not make this a more public thing?

If you have a question, please specify who you are asking about (Pow or Jenny)

Thank you, and please, ask away!


I'm a sucker for memes like these. I've been enjoying reading about others.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.


Basics

Name: Mark
Nickname: Pow or Powhatan (almost everybody outside the fandom just call me Peth)
Location: Ohio
Age: 21
Height: 6'4"
Zodiac sign: Beats me.
Pets: Cagney, a lab mix
Favorite thing about yourself: I try to be different and known for what i've been able to do
Worst habit: I always put myself down. I lack self confidence when it comes to certain topics
Fun fact: I enjoy helping other people out and making their day better. That's where i get my happiness from.

Identity, Sexuality & Personality

Gender identity: Male
Sexual preference: Straight
Romantic preference: Same as above.
"Kinsey Scale" score: The sum of +10 and -10 (that would be 0)
Relationship status: Single
Myers/Briggs type: ENFP (not sure how accurate that test was though)
Hogwarts house: Hufflepuff


Routine

"Early Bird" or "Night Owl": Though I love getting up early to get my day started and get things done, I'm more of a Night Owl. I love the night life, it fuels me more than anything.
First thought in the morning: What day is it?
Last thought before falling asleep at night: Maybe tomorrow will be the day.....

School/Work

Do you work or are you a student: I am in school for engineering, but I also work as both a FF/EMT and at ODOT as a road maintenance worker
What do you do well: Helping others
Where do you see yourself in 5 years: Working full time, mated, and still in Ohio

Habits (Do you…?)

Drink: Yep!
Smoke: The occasional victory Cigar, but thats all.
Do Drugs: Nope. Though if weed is legalized in Ohio I'd like to try it once.
Exercise: I try to walk about 3 miles per night, though I wish would do more.
Have a go-to comfort food: I'm fat, everything is comfort food to me!
Have a nervous habit: I'll stutter a lot, but i try to keep my composure as to not freak other out.

What is your favorite…?

Physical quality (in yourself): I like being tall. Makes seeing over large crowds easier
In Others: When people are my build. I feel inadequate compared to many people
Mental/emotional quality (in yourself): I'll let certain emotions out to deal with a conflict.
Food: Anything homemade, especially anything baked
Drink: homemade rootbeer
Animal: Canines
Colors: Green
Artist/Band/Group: I have a list of my favorite on my page. Bands; Neal McCoy, Queen, ACDC, (i'm more into songs than bands themselves)
Author/Poet: It's a tie between Jack London and Edgar Allen Poe
Actor/Actress: Tom Hanks, James Stewart, and plenty of others.
Blogger: Don't know how to blog.

It's Tuesday, which means it's time to ask all your questions and I (attempt) to answer them all!

-to shy for a public question? Feel free to pm then.

-at work so replies are likely to be slow.

STOP! STOP! STOP!

Before you start reading any further, please keep in mind that these are just a few personal life goals of mine before I reach the age of 25. I don’t expect any of you to read this journal, and this isn’t really intended to be read by anybody. This journal is here so that over the next few years I can look back and see how successful I am, or how much of a failure I am. The other reason why I’m posting it here is so that IF something would happen to my laptop, it’s on an external server floating around (a backup).
How this works:
If you accomplish something, cross it out and label the date when you accomplished it. Also, keep adding to this list.

\\\\ Goals by 25 ////
1. Be Mated
Did you ever meet a girl you like? Did you talk to her? Did you go fishing alone with her and have a magical night? Did you put yourself down and not ask her out, again? OR did you grow a set from seeing all your other friends finding that special somebody, and ask a girl out? And if you did, is she your mate I hope? (note: not a girlfriend, but a mate. A gf can be any girl you date/in a relationship with. A mate is somebody who truly completes you.)

2. JUST TAKE A DEEP BREATH
Still extremely anxious? Worried? Panicy at times? Just settle down. It’ll all work out. You tell everybody else that, so hopefully you’re taking your own advice by now!

3. Graduate
Did you finally decide on what you want to be when you grow up? Holding that A.A.S in Civil Engineering or are you going back for a B.A.? How about getting your AEMT certification? Or maybe something else?

4. Come out of the “furry” closet
So far only one person outside of the fandom knows you’re a furfag, so did you tell anybody else yet? And if you did, how many friends befriended you?

5. Fursuit
Remember AC2015? Of course you do, that was the highlight of your life (at least as of 7-26-15). All those fursuits and you were speechless. You said how lame they were to cover up how much you enjoyed looking at them. So did you get yourself that partial fursuit? Or at least a tail by now?

6. Home Sweet Home
Up until the time you wrote this, you never wanted to leave the Ohio valley, but then you were becoming very disgusted with this place. So did you move or are you still in Powhatan? Or are you planning on moving, and if so, where to? ( and if you’re building a house, remember you and dad saved all those blueprints from the Sunday paper)

7. ODOT, Oil & Gas, or Other?
You’ve been wondering this for quite some time: where are you working at? And are you happy there?

8. Don’t Die
Since you’ll probably fail miserably at everything else on this list, maybe you can have this one accomplishment.

9. Learn how to play Eucher
This game is impossible, just stick with playing Rummy

10. Explore your fursona more
Jenny has been a love of yours since you first created her, but take some time and explore Pow. It’s nice having a little fetishy fling on the side, but, trying converting your profile over to more Pow oriented. Or created a second account.

11. Lose some weight
Don’t attempt to be a walking skeleton, but maybe try to lose the moobs.

12. Pick up drawing again
You spent your entire childhood drawing animals and scenery, then quit for shamming reasons. Pick it back up again!

13. Open up
Those days and nights when everything seems like life is going to hell and you are tired of everything, find somebody to open up to. Those feelings you get are not good. You think that by crossing off a few of the more major things on this list, you won’t get upset with yourself. Hopefully that theory is right, but in case it’s not, or in case you fail, find somebody to open up to. But finding somebody is a project all in of itself.

14. Add and Accomplish
Just keep adding goals and crossing out goals. By all means, succeed!


Ask me stuff and I shall answer them.
Will be answering most of these after work

Ever since I first heard of Anthrocon , about 4 years ago, I have been wanting to attend just to experience what a fur con was like, as well as possibly meet some other furs. Little did I know that my desire to attend would finally become a reality at Anthrocon 2015. And though I was I half tempted to chicken out at the last minute, I surprised even myself to stick with the plan and attend. Though it was only for a few hours on Saturday, the experience was one to last a lifetime.

My first experience with a fursuiter was as I passed the DLLCC and this gigantic white suit of fur was greeting all those who passed by the center. At that moment, I knew it would be an interesting day. Then, not long after parking the car, we rode the elevator with 3 very friendly suiters who helped get us to the main building. But what really took me by surprise, was the amount of people just sitting on the floor waiting for the fursuit parade. I couldn’t believe there were that many people there; I was without words. So after doing a quick walk around, it was time to register for badges. As I sat on the laptop and pecked away at the keys (pecked because I’m not used to such a tiny keyboard) I was warmly greeted by the ever awesome  Partial (who also happened to by the first fur I’ve ever met in person!). I was thrilled to finally meet you!

Next was the parade, and wow! I didn’t think it would ever end (heck that was longer than our town’s Christmas parade!) Finally after the suiters strutted their stuff, we picked up our badges and into the main convention we headed. Again, still in amazement by the sheer volume of attendees, we made our way through the multitude of tables, and just gazed up what all this fandom had to offer (and trying not to bust out laughing at some of the sites. When the biggest event we’ve ever been to was a car show, this kinda blew our minds.) But after checking out the art show, we once again ran back into  Partial and as well as  Xaviera who was also a pleasure to meet! I feel terrible that I didn’t get to hang out with you guys more that day, but if you’re both their next year, I definitely want to spend more time hanging out with you both.

After that nice little meet up, we continued to walk around, as I then got a message from  Vici who was trying to find me, while also making sure  underclocked didn’t run into anybody with his new suit (which is epic!). We all walked around for probably 5 minutes trying to find each other, until  Vehliayn and  KojiKogel spotted us in the crowd. When we all finally found each other, it felt more like a reunion, rather than the first time meeting these great people.

Well not long after that,  Vehliayn and  KojiKogel were kind enough to let us tag along to go grab a bite to eat (and thank God they knew where they were going in Pittsburgh). And after making a quick pitstop along the way to Bill’s Burgers, I was even able to meet the orneriest artic fox I’ve ever seen,  willowwhitefox ( and boy is she ever a character). Well off to dinner we were, because we had bigger and better plans afterwards; Story Hour with Uncle Kage. So after grabbing some grub, off to stand in line to hear the Wineo , I mean Kage, speak. And while in line, another great surprise, as  BabyDroid joined us for Story Hour!

Well, after story hour, it was finally time to call it a day. Saying our good-bye’s took almost as long as story hour, but only because I was putting off leaving. Leaving was the hardest thing I had to do that day. It wasn’t traffic on the way that made it difficult leaving, it was just the part of having to return home back to where I keep this side of me hidden. I’ve been in this fandom for years (even before I knew what a furry was I like them) and this was the first time I’ve ever been able to open up publicly about this side of me. And going home I had some questions to answer, because I’ve even keep this a secret from my best friend (who I’m sure now thinks I’m more of a freak.) And if I had the opportunity to relive yesterday again, I’d take it in a heart beat.

And from the bottom of my heart, thank you  Partial ,  Xaviera ,  Vici ,  underclocked ,  Vehliayn ,  KojiKogel ,  willowwhitefox , and  BabyDroid for letting me meet you all, and getting to spend some time with you all. I know it was only a brief visit, but I enjoyed every second, and it means so much to me that you’ll never know. The fact that such kind hearted individuals like yourself could take time out of your day to spend it with this awkward dweeb, just proves how friendships can flourish, even if we all are hundreds of miles apart. And Thank you to all those who work to make Anthrocon a reality too! Thank you all so much!

Anthrocon Saturday
Well still as of today (Sunday) I'll still be taking the trip up to Pittsburgh come Saturday to see what all AC has to offer, as well as hopefully meet up with some friends! Still hasn't hit me that this is really going to happen. So to those attending, I'll hopefully see you in the next few days!

To Those On The Road
I assume there's a good deal of you fluffs that are getting ready to leave as we speak! So I just wanted to wish you best of luck and safe travels to the city. Remember that in PA if the speed limit is 55 it really means 85.....just saying

And If You're Traveling Through Ohio!
Yeah, if you'll be driving through Ohio, specifically on I-70 through Belmont county (it's like the last 30 miles of interstate before you get to WV), please feel free to not hit me if you see me sitting along side the road in an ODOT truck or weedeating some signs. Hell, give a honk if you want. I should be out all week! Or even depending on what time you'll be driving through, maybe even meet up for a quick bite to eat.


HAVE FUN ALL!

I tend to get a lot of free time during the day, so I though I'd answer questions that you all had in my free time. So please feel free to ask away!