you may have seen a sneak peak into the next Polyphony race car from these recent pics:

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/62166723/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/62166767/

I was all set to race a Group 4 spec prepped version of the 2018 Ferrari F8 Tributo, but then an unexpected surprise was announced yesterday.
Polyphony Digital as of June 25, 2025 has reached a milestone sales record selling 100 million Gran Turismo copies world wide and to celebrate Polyphony will be releasing a major update to GT7 this December called "Spec III" which will include two new racetracks and eight new cars, among them being the Ferrari 296 GT4 race car, with this announcement it means I'll soon have a car that's correct to what Ferrari is racing real life right now:

https://img-new.cgtrader.com/items/.....bx-c4d-lwo.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FZFLg5g.....name=4096x4096
https://cdn.ferrari.com/cms/network.....esign-focus-2?

so I'll hold off on the unveiling moving ahead from the end of October to December whenever the Spec III update releases, as for my Ferrari F8 Tributo G4 race car I've built in the game?, it'll be sidelined to the garage until I figure out what to do with it, in the meantime I've got the remainder of the 2025 GT season to focus on with a really second place holding in the points standings putting me neck and neck with the current points leader, it's now or never at this point especially with only three races left to go before the season ends in October next month.

wish me luck ^w^

in case Furaffinity is unlawfully shut down by fascist controlled feds, here's where to find me

Twitter (X): https://x.com/ShawnSkunk

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/shawnskunk.bsky.social

DeviantArt: https://www.deviantart.com/shawnskunk

Weasyl: https://www.weasyl.com/~shawnskunk

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnskunk/

my Discord: ShawnSkunk#8489

my Telegram: ShawnSkunk

the reason I'm sharing this I hear talk there's an investigation going on by the beds on FA and I hate to lose all of you in case it does get wrongfully closed down

who will I see there tonight? :3

earlier on 9/11 day or Patriot Day as it's called, I was looking up 9/11 videos when I suddenly came across a recent news clip put out by a tv news station up in Michigan talking about how an archive in Lansing Michigan managed to save and preserve the original blueprints to the World Trade Center along with other architectural works, all that were drafted and designed by one man and that's including the blueprints to the World Trade Center, his name was Minoru Yamasaki, a successful architect who ran his own successful architect business that lasted all the way up to it's permanent closure in 2009.
curious as I've sometimes have an interest architecture, I decided to look him up on youtube while I was still on there and found this documentary video (title of the video is also the title of this journal), it was a pretty good one and a half hour long documentary telling the story about Minoru and his life and career as an architect and what led up to how the world center came to be, and if you guys are interested in seeing this video for yourselves, I have it right here, I think it's totally worth an hour and a half of your time, without a further discussion, this is Minoru Yamasaki: the man behind the World Trade Center

skunktember is finally here, so it's time to celebrate ^w^

starting off this month with a new submission, a map of some of the continents on my fursona's home planet Eden, this was nearly two and a half weeks in the making and still working on it, but I feel it's ready for it's debut today so I'll be posting it a.s.a.p

happy Skunktember everyone, I hope you all have a pawsome day :3

she's in danger of becoming homeless and needs help, please read her journal here and try to help her if you can
please and thank you

https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/11205716/

since I've been mostly focusing drawing practice, it only seemed necessary that I balance things out by practicing the other thing I'm wanting to do, writing, and I felt like I was pretty good at it when I was doing AutoSkunk review series despite sometimes copying from wikipedia on certain reviews and really enjoyed writing, and I want to get into writing and practicing that as well, may even pursue a career in auto journalism if possible, it'll all depend if I can finally get my driver's license, if not then there's the idea of becoming an author writing books.
I'm currently exploring different possibilities at the moment, another two on my list of things to explore before college are also photography and video editing which is at the bottom of my list, while I'll still continue my drawing practice and starting my writing practice, I'm still exploring and seeing where my talent may lie as well as even been praying about it, we'll see what the holds for me until then.

but so far it hasn't been smooth sailing, I bought one in the hope of being able to draw my drawings and then transfer them directly to my computer to post on here, but the results have not been promising
for starters my drawing are turning up rougher and than how they would look on paper, unprecise, slightly off line, and not being able to draw as neat and straight on screen and as I do on paper
another problem is the touchscreen, even when I have finger sleeves on my image will enlarge unexpectedly and sometimes it will move around and I'm chasing it, and my previous line I draw will automatically undo itself because of the sensitive double finger tap undo function
I'm gonna try to make this work, but if I can't?, I'll just go back to old fashion pen and paper, perhaps next time I'll consider buying a scanner to scan my drawings and get them on the computer that way, perhaps should've consider buying that first instead, but like I said, I'm gonna try to make this work and if not?, I'll have another for it in photography.
if anyone out there has some advice or courses on how I can use my drawing tablet effectively and to draw better on it, I'm open to it

had a good birthday this year, I spent it going to the theater to see the F1 movie, it was great to watch, would definitely recommend it and will definitely be adding it to movie collection

and here's your chance to enter, just follow the link bellow:

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/61481196/

I hope you all had a wonderful 4th this year despite all that is happening in our country right now

may 7 2025 was the day of my graduation ceremony for graduation GED class, everyone was loud and cheering, lots of hugs, and my favorite part?, I got a selfie with Nitro the nighthawk, West Georgia Tech's campus mascot, EEEEEEEEEEE! ^w^ <3
it's been an exciting day for me, and with FA back to being fully functional I may post my selfie with that adorable bird ^v^
with graduation done, I'll be throwing full time into my art practice and start preparing for art college, with that I'm already looking at affordable drawing tablets to use for digital art practice, the future looks for me despite the unfortunate future of America under it's current administration

with 2025 just around the corner along with the soon return of a certain evil administration and with it project 2025
I find it only necessary to share where else in social media I dwell just in case FA is wrongfully shut down by the coming tyrant administration, so here they are

DeviantArt: https://www.deviantart.com/shawnskunk

Weasyl: https://www.weasyl.com/~shawnskunk

Twitter: https://x.com/ShawnSkunk

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/shawnskunk.bsky.social

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnskunk/


so feel free to follow me on any or all of these platforms for good measure, happy 2025, good luck and god speed

for those wondering why the news came out so late was my test date delayed until December 11th today, and I'm glad to say I passed, just barely but passed and I've now graduated.
as for my plans of what to do now from here, probably most likely spending a lot less time on video games and focusing more on my artistic pursuit, practicing and refining my drawing skills and learning other art skills as well
I'm so excited about this, will be celebrating trying out a restaurant this weekend
other than that, getting my GED may be the best Xmas gift I could ever receive ^w^

I don't know who was responsible for this, but Quasi Skunk's website, quasiskunk.org is not there anymore, I had to find it on the wayback machine website just so I can see it again as the anniversary of Quasi's passing is coming up next month and wanted to see his website again to remember him by.
the fact the site has been taken by someone makes me both sad and angry at the same time, beside his FA page, his website was the only memory of him left and now it's gone and only accessible from the wayback machine website, the recent activity there was of it's existence was some weird links written in Chinese that I just don't trust at all and I had to access it from the 2018 slot on the timeline.
if an anti furry troll was responsible for this I would tempted to petrify him or her, that's just exactly how I feel about it TnT
that's all I've got to say here, thank you all for reading this and happy thanksgiving.

hello everyone, how many you out there is a long time Gran Turismo player like me?

how many of you play Gran Turismo 7?

than has anyone in GT7 ever drove a car that could outrun a 2020 Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAM tuned to 700PP Group 4 specs in a 30 minute long race at Le Mans worth 550,000 in game credits?

cause let me tell you, that's my go to car and my go to event when I wanna grind for credits to buy cars costing millions of credits, and even though it's tuned to 700PP Group 4 performance specs, it can easily run rings around the competition as if they the ai drivers were running slow mo's

so has anyone, in GT7, ever driven a car that could beat that?

no?...well then guess what?

with fall practically here and winter not too far behind, it's always important for us mammalian animals who hibernate to make the necessary preparations for hibernation.
today we'll talk about the most debate topic in hibernation prep, hibernation prep remedies (both the pre prep and the post prep)
many animals believe that you don't these prep remedies to hibernate, being firm believers in the old fashioned natural approach to hibernation, but there are some animals out there that prefer these remedies as it helps through their winter sleep in regards to not having to store away fat and ruin their feminine figures or their chiseled abs, not having to waste tons of money stocking up on food or having to run about the forest scrounging for food.
but are these hibernation prep remedies and how do they work?

let's start with explaining the stage 1 remedy, the pre hibernation remedy, the pre hibernation remedy is simply just a liquid version of army food rations but on steroids, unlike army food rations, this pre prep remedy is formulated to last an entire winter season and it comes in a four fluid ounce plastic bottle.
just simply drink the bottle and within a few hours the pre hibernation prep thickens up inside your colon forming a solid but comfortable plug running almost the entire of your colon, eliminating those annoying hungers pains for your entire winter long sleep, however this will not help you with sleeping an entire winter without having to urinate and the remedy does help in that area so will still have to use the bathroom for the sake of that.

but once you have slept through the entire winter and you need to empty your colon of that solid but mushy pre winter prep, how do you do that without staining yourself and with ease?
well that's where the post hibernation prep comes in handy, the post hibernation prep remedy is basically a supercharged laxative design to soften up that solid pre prep waste and force it out, effectively cleaning you out and getting you ready for spring fun, however there is a side effect with this remedy and that side effect is, extreme starvation, almost immediately upon using the post prep remedy and cleaning yourself out you will hit with a feeling of extreme hunger pains, almost like a sucker punch to the gut, so do have a good hardy meal ready first before taking it.
another thing to keep in mind is be ready to race to the toilet, for this powerful remedy will work fast and will try to force all that pre prep waste out of you as quickly as possible, if this is your first using the remedy?, then you'll find out quickly just how fast it works and how powerful it is.



so remember furries, the next time you want to consider taking hibernation preps and are uncertain about the safety of these preps and side effects, just remember to turn to this helpful resource guide to learn everything you need to know about this and other hibernation prep tips.

this has been a special psa presentation from the National Health Administration of the United Tribes of Animalia
helping to you to stay healthy, happy, and safe.

https://cdn-0.barnfinds.com/wp-cont.....-svo-front.jpg

San Jose Weekly: United States bans gasoline powered cars: world goes electric

https://www.worldatlas.com/r/w1200-.....1251587656.jpg

*a gentle breeze blows some leaves around*

https://cdn-0.barnfinds.com/wp-cont.....-svo-badge.jpg

(mark my words Alex the fastest driver on Mount Diablo is an SVO that delivers coffee (dah? the coffee shop SVO?))

https://cdn-0.barnfinds.com/wp-cont.....o-interior.jpg

https://cdn-0.barnfinds.com/wp-cont.....svo-gauges.jpg

(thank you for calling Skunk's Coffee Shop how can I help you?)

https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/upload.....v4b5hrj5k0.jpg

*the sound of a car driving off* (thank you for your business)

https://i.redd.it/4rqjdeqyz8031.jpg

my inspiration for this creative journal
https://youtu.be/r6HYpnYbA6k

you guys already heard it's culture, religion, and lifestyle, I guess now after laying this off for over a week due to focusing on recent events that occurred (the violent riots, the murder of George Floyd, and the peaceful protests) it's high I did more journals about my fursona's world.
this time about Animalia's economy and system of government, the U.T.A government system is a unique form of capitalism called "eco capitalism".
eco capitalism is a regulated form of capitalism, meaning that strict rules and regulations are set to ensure that any kind of business practice or product development is not a legitimate threat to the eco system/enviroment as well as making sure that any kind of business practice and marketing is fair and non fraudulent and that any kind of product developed meets the quality standards and no company is trying to cheat and take a shortcut to compromise quality and safety to increase profit gain.
to sum it up in a nutshell, it's basically capitalism on a leash and carefully monitored to ensure that big corporations don't get out of hand and run amok, cheating and ripping off consumers.
a good example of how this system works?, Bethesda Studios, Nissan, Ford, and EA were banned from establishing and conducting business in Animalia because of their shady business practices, poor quality products (some that even compromise safety), and ripping off consumers and ignoring their complaints regarding the quality and reliability of their products.
as of recently?, Nissan is now granted permission to establish manufacturing plants and a network of dealerships in Animalia after the government reviewed their recent records of their practice, Ford is also given permission as well but they are closely monitored to ensure the product quality meets their standards, Bethesda Studios and EA however are still banned from conducting business in the U.T.A to this day.
with such a system unlike regular capitalism like in America for Example where it's run rampant and almost extremely krony (aka krony capitalism), eco capitalism literally allows citizens equal opportunity to a slice of the pie meaning everyone has a chance to making a healthy financial nest eggs and even possibly getting rich as well too if you're really good with money and setting up an investment plan, there's even equal opportunity for citizens with big dreams to able to afford to open their businesses, sometimes if needed, financial backing from the Animalian government, and they won't charge interest for a government loan either, making it easy for small business owners to pay off their loans and yet still have money to run their newly opened businesses and eventually grow.
because of this system, poverty is all but eradicated in Animalia, the country's vast wealth and efficiency is responsible for that.
so for any furry back on earth that may be suffering from the effects of krony capitalism running wild due to shady business practices and sometimes if not often illegal practices making the free market not so free at all?, eco capitalism is an example of what capitalism is really supposed to be and how it's really suppose to work and be managed.

Animalia's culture is quite unique, for they are all about naturalism, a society that's one with nature, and one with nature being eco-friendly and living and embracing a naked lifestyle, they have a clothing industry producing they're clothes but it's only for certain things like fire safety, broadway and movie cinema, and just decorative fashion for example, all in all?, Animalians prefer the natural naked lifestyle, because for them, it's they don't feel the need for clothes when they have fur, they like to live like their wild feral ancestors, and for them, being naked is the best feeling for them and the most relaxing way to live, the feeling of a cool breeze blowing through their fur, feathers, or scales, walking barefoot in the grass, it's the most comfortable and relaxing feeling to have and they enjoy it, plus avians and dragons?, clothes only drag for them making them tired quicker when they're trying to fly, so they always prefer to be naked when they fly.

the natural lifestyle and culture isn't just limited to how they live, it also has root in technology and industry, Animalians strive to embrace technology and technological advances while trying protect the enviroment at the same time through constant and development, as a result?, overtime, they created a sustainable world and society that is not only technologically advanced but also eco friendly and one with nature.

their architecture is also quite unique and breathtaking, blending natural features with modern urban design and can rise just as high as some of our skyscrapers on Earth yet they're designed in a way where winds can blow naturally around them with ease without making the buildings lean putting stress on them, all buildings from skyscrapers to houses feature grass tops for roofs, some with trees or plants including hanging plants to absorb the tiny amounts of co2 produced and I mean tiny as in not enough to even cause a pollution problem.
most of the buildings can even generate their own power thanks to built on solar panels and some even have vertical wind turbines to produce a little extra power whenever the wind blows, in fact, you'll find lots of solar and wind farms in Animalia, 90% of Animalia's energy comes from electricity from solar and wind farms, the other 10% comes from natural gas, bio diesel, hydrogen h20 energy (for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles) all 10% of that energy goes to powering vehicles and public transportation.

as a part of Animalia's naturalist culture laws and regulations call for 100% pure natural organic food and must be made only natural ingredients, herbivores have no problem with eating only natural food for they're vegetarians by nature, as for carnivores they have adapted to this as well, because they require a high amount of protein for nutrition, the menu for carnivores is usually composed of a lot high protein based organic foods such as eggs for example.
physical fitness is also an important of animalian life, so important that is a mandatory part of school curriculum, young Animalian students are treated to daily fitness routines such a gymnastics and martial arts, as well as fitness routines for mental fitness such as meditation and scripture reading, as a result?, Animalians were very physically fit and healthy people who even can still look and feel very young and energetic and active even at old age, Animalian men were very handsome while Animalian women very beautiful even at old age.
Shawn Skunk's family who came from Animalia and settled on earth in the United States were very healthy, physically fit and handsome and beautiful and even the elders still looked like they were in their mid 20's to early to mid 30's including Shawn himself who's going to turn 30 years old in July this year 2020.

as passionate and they are of their naturalist culture and lifestyle, Animalians are also religious people too, not all of them though but almost good majority of them are, the religion they practice is called Creationism, what's Creationism you ask?, well Creationism is the furry take on Christianity, the practice is almost the same as Christianity, Animalians believe in and worship the same god as christians and they too believe he is the one true god and they also too believe in Jesus Christ.
but there is a slight difference between Christianity and Creationism, Creationist honor and worship God, they worship God the same way as Christians, but Creationist Honor through the practice of protecting, conserving, and preserving his creation believing it is a gift to them from God and therefore care for his creation as a way showing appreciation for Him and what He has done for them.
in Creationist practice, God is referred to as the Divine Creator and his son Jesus Christ is referred to as Aslan (sound familiar? https://youtu.be/NEgNDENe3WM), in fact in my fursona's universe lore, it is rumored that C.S. Lewis got his inspiration for his character Aslan in the Chronicles of Narnia from when he went on a galactic trip to the planet Eden to Animalia and got a first glimpse at the practice and lore of Creationism and there he was inspired to create the lion character Aslan for his Chronicles of Narnia book series (and in you're wondering how that's possible?, steampunk technology actually existed on Earth in my fursona's universe so early Jules Vern style space travel was actually possible and real, and in fact that's how the people of Earth discovered Eden and country Animalia, more on that later for another journal).

oh yes one other I forgot to mention, as part of their naturalist lifestyle and being one with nature and living almost like their feral ancestors

okay that's for this journal, and explaining the cultural, religous aspects of Animalia, here are some pictures I looked up here on FA to give you all a visual idea of it all.

example images of a typical normal day in Animalia
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33921327/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/27275469/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/26715913/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/25463341/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/24961739/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/25463341/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/25146554/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/21797070/

https://t.facdn.net/22574534@200-1486777139.jpg

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/23088638/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/22617919/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/20752225/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/21440056/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/19320673/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/18405056/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/17638022/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/16905943/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/17268323/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/16328949/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/16051768/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/10911325/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/9440660/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/11259359/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/34844853/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/30870689/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/27275469/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/11846309/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/23429621/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/22729323/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/19614443/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/18041217/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/18511522/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/17911794/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/16490575/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/16127000/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/16306697/

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https://www.furaffinity.net/view/19355775/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/13024494/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/11392845/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/10675384/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/9952346/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/9676920/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/9271995/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/9125839/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/9279951/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/7005952/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/6169659/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/5313802/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/4359029/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/3616957/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/3771319/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/3366765/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/2064399/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/2012963/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/1780419/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/239526/

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/95170/

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https://www.furaffinity.net/view/35222037/
I know I have may posted too many links in this journal I'm sorry about that, I got carried away XD

for a long time I had a fursona made out but never really given any thought about his world, he was born in the United States in Tennessee but his family isn't from America much from Earth, his family comes from a country on another planet in a star system nearby, the plnet is called Eden but scientist on earth call it Alpha Centauri (Sid Meier's Civilization anyone?), the country on the that planet?, the U.T.A (United Tribes of Animalia).
and here's a some photos reference what it would look like:

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https://i.pinimg.com/originals/61/a.....702a064eb3.jpg

https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3758/.....67e8b8fa_b.jpg

http://terreform.org/images/terrefo.....ity-farm-1.jpg

https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca8.....rain_truck___back_by_w_e_z-d8m03p0.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwic3ViIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl0sIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiIvZi81YmZhN2Q2Yy0zNzExLTRkNTktYWFiNi0wN2YwNzU1ODY4OWMvZDhtMDNwMC1iM2VkNWI5Ny0wZDk2LTQ0ZmMtYTE1MS1iM2U4YmI0NzUxNzUuanBnIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTg5NCIsImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9ODk0In1dXX0.mI3yP4XN0lOjiLrkBk6wOtObD0mjkswEVJbj5j4OQFk

https://nickpedersen.files.wordpres.....=860&h=615

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https://66.media.tumblr.com/10ecab5.....pia2o1_500.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d5/42/8e/.....rpunk-city.jpg

https://static.tagthelove.com/cms/3.....8b_1024box.jpg

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http://madan.org.il/sites/default/f.....est-city-7.jpg

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https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca8.....the_end_of_the_world_by_silberius_ddeys68-250t.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTA2OSIsInBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzQ0MDQ1MzllLWIzYjgtNDM0Yi1hOGM5LWVjM2I5NzhmZDFiYVwvZGRleXM2OC00Mzc0OThiZi0zMGIxLTQ3NDMtYjE4NS0yM2JlNWMzNzdmNjcuanBnIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTE5MjAifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6aW1hZ2Uub3BlcmF0aW9ucyJdfQ.6iaeY_jodxku9v-0fnEEeeSu9ioy4Pd3Tf_tWqvp-fY

https://66.media.tumblr.com/a072873.....g1eto1_500.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/60/0.....d50ec5b160.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6a/3.....9e799f1ec7.jpg

https://i0.wp.com/solarpunkdruid.co.....C358&ssl=1

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RAU85nCfFTA/hqdefault.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d2/7.....bdaf77f1e3.jpg

https://wiki.sunbeam.city/lib/exe/f.....hgnnof7ziw.jpg

https://66.media.tumblr.com/c9e4a17.....u91o3_1280.jpg

and that's just a quick reference and if you're wondering it's solarpunk, I'll probably write more about it tomorrow if I can, but they have some of the same technology as earth yet more advanced, and their culture and lifestyle is mostly centered around naturalism, that's all I have to write for now :3

last night when I found out the news that passed away I was emotionally devastated
I only known him for four years when I joined FA but it felt like to me I've known him for a lifetime
after hearing the news I couldn't stop crying
at the time I was I was winding down getting ready to go to bed early because I was to get up early to be at work by 7:00 AM and I was completely focused on getting up early for work until while checking journals on my FA messages I learned about Quasi passing away from Quincy Raccoon
after that I couldn't focus on work anymore I was torn apart by the news
I said my prayers praying for God to be with Quasi's family and friends and give them comfort and it was emotional I couldn't pray without crying it was too much for me to bare
and just as I was about to go to bed I received a message saying there was a change in plans I had the day off today
I was supposed to go to work today but then a sudden change in the plan and I suddenly been given the day off and I didn't tell anyone off of FA about this and for some reason the decided to postpone the work we were supposed to do today on the 8th of December and take the day off for all of us including me
and it didn't take me long at all to realise that God may behind this sudden change in plan I can't think of any other explanation than that
I don't have to guess that he knew I was going through a lot of pain that night I knew he knew I was going through a lot of pain and decided to give the day off from work to try to get over the emotional pain I was going through and I'm extremely grateful for his compassion and comfort
God really is a compassionate God and that night he had reminded me that He's there for me and just like H'es there for everyone and anyone in need of comfort or help and support which is I will never stop believing and never stop seeking him
if any of you out there especially close friends of Quasi are going through emotional or difficult or spiritual challenges in life and feel like you've hit a dead end ask God to help you He will guide you and help overcome those roadblocks
He loves all of you and wants to be in your life and hew wants to help you
all you have to do is give him a chance to prove it for he is a miracle worker


rest in peace Quasi Skunk I'll always remember you (1963-2016)

this has to be the hardest thing for me to tell all of you in all my years being in the fandom and on here
I received news that Quasi Skunk has died in a car crash
I've known Quasi on here for a long time I've watched his page and commented some of his art and chatted with him since I joined FA back in 2012 he was a good friend and I wanted to meet him one day but now i'm gonna miss him
and possibly regret not talking to him sooner have I known this was going to happen
may he rest in peace QnQ

right now I'm gonna be off FA for a little while to take a break and have some alone time
I will be back soon I just don't know when

I'm sooo excited about this right now
To think Ford does it again and on the their 50th anniversary of their first le mans victory no less
They didn't get a 1-2-3 sweep type of like they did back in 1966 but they came close to one the new Ford GT's finishing 1st and 3rd
So I give my hardy congrats to Ford for an incredible feat and my hardy congrats to Chip Ganassi as well they earned it ^^
Now if you excuse me I got a victory to celebrate *rejoins the Ford drivers in the winner's circle and celebrates with them*

at the time I started racing in Gran Turismo I already knew what drifting was and there were sometimes that I try to drift a car back in Gran Turismo 4 but didn't work out quite well no way matter many times or how many ways I tried it. I looked at Youtube video tuturiols to get an idea on how to drift a car and then tried doing it exactly the same way the other gamers did in the Youtube videos but failed at it completely and that's only because whatever I try to drift keeps whipping it's rear end out too far out and spinning out of control. it wasn't until I saw a Youtube video of a guy drifting a Shiuchi Shigeno version Toyota Sprinter Trueno on Gran Turismo PSP and then saw some drift tunning tips that the user left in the comments that I was able to finally drift a car and learn how to do it right. so I gave it another try but this time on Gran Turismo PSP doing the same tune up as the Youtube user did to his car and this time when I started drifting it was whole drifferent ball game for me now I was finally able to drift and maintain a drift and after a few days of practice I was finally getting the hang of it. when I got Gran Turismo 5 and I joined the Playstation Network and was able to access the community feature I was suprised at how many rooms there were devoted to drifting so I got in a room to watch some drifting then done a little myself and just I was getting started I got t boned by another drifter that was just starting to counterdrift through an S turn and that's just totally threw off my groove and so I decided to just be a spectator and watch them drift after cause I was afraid I start ticking off some people if I keep running into them while the're drifting. later on I was watching one guy in a Tom's Chaser do what drifters call a manji drift I commented on that and then later he was helping me out on my drifting and helping me to perfect my drifting skills. he gave me some drift tunning specs for me to use and then gave me a Black 2007 Ford Mustang GT Premium with custom gold rims that he tuned to his own drift tune specs and then I followed him into a room at the Tsukuba Circuit and he showed me how he drifts. so after all that my skills as a drifter improved a little and I was able to drift almost like a pro I don't do it as much as I used to but there are still some days that I'll do it every now and then but that's it I mostly focused on grip driving because that's what I did best.