I picked a bad week to be off from work. I realize I'm not the only one dealing with these temperatures and high humidity, but it ruined my plans for the week. I had planned on going up to the Akron Zoo and then doing some ridding out and digging out an item for someone here, but that is not happening. I don't even feel like writing or watching anything.

A few nights ago, I found myself thinking about Cetas and of course it goes without saying that Ceyla was on my mind too. I still feel honored to have been allowed to have her star in one of my stories and miss her as much as her creator as I have not felt like doing another balloon mare story since Cetas' passing. A lady did pop into my mind in the wee hours of the morning, a sort of 'sister' to Ceyla in the form of another black balloon nightmare. Her name was going to be Twilight and she would have had blue flames instead of the regular flames of Ceyla and possible cutie marks. Still, she would just be another Ceyla, wouldn't she? So, I started pondering reindeer of all things. Cetas and I did ponder an inflatable reindeer doe, but I never got that done because of the whole 'seasonal' thing. That will get broken if I try the reindoe idea.
While looking through pictures here for inspiration and spotted a reindeer doe with red eyes that I thought was just a rule 63 Rudolph. Turned out she was an OC, but the artist did her with red eyes and she is supposed to have brown eyes. Still, that got me thinking: Balloonie Nightmare Doe? The only sign being that her pupils are red with her small antlers working as her unicorn 'horns'? My way of thinking is that Ceyla, before going to eternity with Cetas, somehow created or caused the creation of this lady and she is now active, only needing a certain..ahem...ritual to fully unlock her powers. Basic vital stats right now are seven foot tall at normal pressure (not counting the antlers!), typical chestnut in color with a lighter cream or white color down her front along with similar colored 'doe' spots on her back. A cute, lovely face with a cute, black deer nose and a body that is a nice blend of athletic with female curves and of course at least an ample chest and that nice doe butt. I am already thinking of naming her Elsa and she will be a handful, especially once unlocked. She won't be destructive like Ceyla, but she will be dominant and manipulative. Oh, and she will have long, brunette hair.
One final idea I have is a bouncy alligator balloon gal, but haven't worked that out yet. Perhaps that could be a transformation story closer to summer.

I have decided to go on, what I hope, will be a brief writing hiatus until I get my mind and ideas sorted out. Divorcing myself from the Kimba/Emperor Leo world has been a bit messy to say the least as my Jayce Gordon character is so intertwined with that white lion. I pondered something with Leona, but didn't get any real input on that when I asked so that's dead in the water now as well. What I DO hope is that when I start doing more TLK style characters for my naughty and cleaner stories is that I will get more views and feedback than I do for the Kimba ones. Heck, I do have a TaleSpin bear lady I need to bring back as well. Kimba is a dead end as his star rose and set in the 60's and unfortunately Tezuka's works have aged horribly over the years. He was just too heavy handed and I sometimes think the messages he wanted to get across get drowned out in the despair. Of course, I am not fond of Disney or modern Hollywood right now either and with the way the world is going, it's hard to come up with stuff.

I ended up reading the plot for the 1997 Jungle Emperor Leo movie again a few nights ago to see if I feel different all this time later and was still in bitter tears at the end. Note, I can't even bring myself to watch the movie and once again just reading the plot sent me into a spiral. So, no more tinkering at all with any more Kimba or Leo stuff. I have a new character and story in mind that will make an honorable mention, but that will be pretty much it. I love the message and respect the story, but for someone that loves lions it feels like I am being held down and repeatedly gut punched towards the end. Sorry, with my emotional issues, that is bad. Back to Lion King full time for me and the next lions or lionesses either balloon or toon will be Lion King based from now on. I know some of you will find this silly, but not all stories are for everyone. All I can say is thank goodness for the songs of Petula Clark! She brought me back!

Note: I still love the Seibu Lions version of Leo, so there is that. Fun to watch that guy.

If you were lucky enough to have The Disney Channel, today marks the first preview run of TaleSpin in 1990. The rest of us had to wait for September for the series to premier in syndication on The Disney Afternoon. So, Happy 30th Anniversary, TaleSpin! :)

After seeing this model my mrWarfaremachine http://www.furaffinity.net/view/34372301/ and related pictures using it, I've found myself thinking about this sexy vixen again as I like that design of her. What I am really thinking about is possibly doing a reboot of my 'Curse of the Carmelita Balloon' story. For one thing, she will start out at a much more normal size if I do! Oh, and don't worry about Miss. Katie Dodd. If I do these stories, a balloon version of her might very well be meeting up with Miss. Carmelita!

Sadly I missed the prime time final episode/movie, but I thought it only right to say goodbye to this series myself. I have some catching up to do though, as I fizzled out early in the 7th season due to work schedule and I guess my own odd fickleness. I will probably be finally ordering season 7 on DVD this evening and hopefully 8 and 9 will be out soon. In any case, thank you for the fun and fond memories, MLP FiM!

I've finally come to the conclusion that all the magic is gone from Disney and Hollywood. We seem to be in a dark ages of lack of imagination, cheap money grabs, and viewers all too happy to feast on the slop they serve up. It seems like we are going backwards as a society at large and yes, I feel like ranting about it! Maybe it's this horrible heat and humidity, but after seeing the horrible pictures of the upcoming TaleSpin reboot, something in me snapped!

I knew he had been sick for a while, but I had really hoped Cetas would pull through with his bone marrow surgery. Just started seeing a couple tribute pictures of him today and now know that he has passed away. I used to chat with Cetas when I could and loved his balloon nightmare, Ceyla. He even lent me her to use in a couple stories and he liked the balloon mares I came up with as well. With him and Ceyla gone, it will be quite a while before I get into squeaky mares again. :( I even came up with a balloonie demon mare form partially inspired by Ceyla on Taps and FA I had hoped to share with him. Was going to spin her off into her own character for the MUCKs and stories and her name would be, Wildfire. Now, I don't know....

Ok, it appears there is a prepaid Master or Visa card one can use for Paypal that is straight through them. Now I found the Mastercard ones at Dollar General, but I wonder if they are reloadable or not? Also, it appears they charge a fee every month off those cards, so if it is a one time shot, one could end up short! Anyways, trying to research my options as I am tired of getting ideas I can't draw!

Looking through the search on here shows a disappointing number of hits for Katie Dodd. A grand total of 108 results pop up and four of those are from my own stories!
Now I am wondering if the hot archeologist doesn't deserve an appreciation day or month of her own? I must admit, I might be able to afford some pictures of her now, though I don't do paypal, so that cancels things out on my end. I mean, Krystal Fox has her month, Carmelita Fox has one or two champions for her now. (Thank goodness as Carmelita has hooked me too!), so why not poor Katie? If it wasn't for her, I probably wouldn't have taken notice of Krystal or Carmelita. My first vixen crush was Maid Marian, but Katie got my blood pumping as well as my imagination years back and she still gets me going. Only 108 results? Gotta try and do something about that....

It appears that the FA search is down. Anyone else having issues?

I am going to try and do a little management of my page. The first thing I did was move two recent stories to scraps as they are dead ends. A Plush Lily and The Curse Of the Carmelita Balloon are both there now. I had started a sequel to the Carmelita story, but my computer fouled up while I was writing and I lost a large chunk that I am not in the mood to rewrite right now. Luckily, all that was wrong with the computer was it was way overdue for a defrag. Oh, Carmelita Montoya Fox has won herself a new fan, just I seem to get cold feet trying a balloon version of her. Might be best to let her be and perhaps just look to her for inspiration for my own Latina vixen of the balloon variety.

After checking to see if my old PS2 was still alive, I decided to see if I could find the first three Sly Cooper games and actually scored all three this evening! I also need to find and dig out the spare PS2 I got from my late friend's estate just in case my first one dies now. I blame Carmelita Fox on this! Actually, someone commented on a picture of her that one should play the games to get a handle on her personality. Well, since a character of mine is dealing with a certain curse and might get stuck that way, I'd better get to learning! :)

Here I am again, with the desire for an anthro plush on the brain again. I blame a friend who passed in 2007 for this desire as he lived with a guy who made beautiful anthro plush ladies. I wish I still had the picture of the red vixen as she was quite lovely. Actually, a red vixen would be about perfect as she could be Maid Marian one day, Katie Dodd another, Lotta Lamour yet another time. I think the one I saw pictured over 10 years ago was 6ft tall and she looked so curvy and cuddly. *Sigh* It's ironic that we finally get some cash ahead in this life to at least think about these things, but the opportunities were gone long before.

I want to give a big thanks to all who have faved my current rash of stories! It's hard to keep thanking everyone separately with the way I've been posting. Ugh, I have to get my brain to shut back down and somehow get onto the more family friendly Katy Jones story I want to write. I'm not sure what is wrong with me...

Ok, I hinted at it in my last submission, but this time I am leaving it up to my fans to decide whether or not I should expand my current little inflatable series one more time. I have a basic idea on how I might do this, but should I bring an inflatable Rebecca Cunningham into this world or not?

Actually, I'm surprised it took her so long to arrive! Katie Dodd was one of my first two vixen loves from when I was younger (the other being Maid Marian). From the first time I saw Katie Dodd through somewhat snowy TV reception on Talespin in 1992, she sort of stuck in my mind and I almost wore out the VHS tape that had her two episodes on it. She actually got me into Talespin, though by that time it was already considered past prime and episodes on TV were limited here. I often fantasized about her, even in inflatable from back then, but as time went by I moved on from the sexy, sassy, and feisty vixen Archeologist. Oh yes, I would look pictures of her here from time to time and on DA, but that was it. I was fine leaving her in my past until she came roaring back into my mind a few night ago while I was trying to sleep. Now she's trying to make a grab for becoming my main inflatable lady character while Katy Jones will eventually be my main girl for more general audience stuff.

I've decided to probably scrap 'The Ravenwood Files' and try out a Talespin OC of my own. Her name will be Katy Jones (Considered Katy Hawke, but I don't know) and she will be a brown bear girl about the same height and similar build to Katie Dodd (minus those high heels!). Her age could almost make her either a younger lost sister of Rebecca Cunningham or older unknown sister of Kit Cloudkicker. Probably not, but you get the idea. Her coloration will definitely be inspired by Rebecca, though her hair will be in a ponytail. Katy will be a pilot flying her own modified Conwing L-16 named the Gray Ghost and might possibly appear in a new Jayce story as the barriers between our world and the cartoon world become a bit blurred.

It appears my being "Disney-ed out" hasn't worked at all. Of course, my recently posted story proves that much! It isn't helping that, after all these years, I seem to be into true furry babes again rather than them just being inspirations for balloonie babes. That and the fact I have found some good pictures on here of the Talespin ladies I like!
In my imagination, things are going like this:
I had things all locked down, but Lillian Ravenwood kicked down the door and wandered her way back into my life. Right now she's sitting in my lap and putting me into quite a little crisis and she knows it! Lotta Lamour arrived last night and is lounged beside me, reading a book and acting like a proper princess, but her glances and knowing winks between her and Lily let me know I'm pretty much doomed. As the little daydream goes on, Katie Dodd has now arrived from an expedition and just popped her shirt off, complaining she was hot and trying to cool down. (Her smirk says otherwise!) Becky is waiting outside with Baloo, enjoying the pay from hauling the others to my place and standing by to help drag me back to Cape Suzette!
(Katie Dodd was the one responsible for finally getting me into Talespin years ago. I almost wore out the VHS copy with her two episodes on it! Lotta Lamour is a bit more of a mystery to me as I have never seen her complete episode, but what I did see of her back in the day also made my heart flutter.) :) Sorry for the bit of silliness...

Yes, I should have definitely left Talespin be, but of course I couldn't. Even after claiming I was 'Disney-ed' out I couldn't, oh no! While looking at pictures of her, I stumbled back across two pictures by op80918 that featured the one-off ladies from Tailspin and a cross-dressed Baloo with Rebecca Cunningham. But, it wasn't all those that caught my eye, it was a certain gray bear girl with blue hair and a red swimsuit that caught my eye, an obscure character I hadn't thought about in a while. Lillian Ravenwood from the two part Sky-Raker comic and combined single comic that I still own. One picture is a close-up of three of the girls with Lily in it and I do like how op80918 made her more realized in design. In fact, their version is really the reference used for her in my recent story. *Sigh* Try to get away and another Talespin girl locks her hooks into me...

A bit if a dual post here to say goodbye to someone I liked on FurryMUCK and to also help soothe this depression I have sunk into.
First off: A goodbye to Mavra the centaur, also known as Mavraster on here. Although we definitely crossed paths several times on FM, I really didn't get to know her until a few or so years ago when I decided to go with my plush character. (Might have known her a bit earlier, but my memory is crap.) I know there are others who knew her longer and way better than I did, but something about her loss has really impacted me the past few days. I guess I was so busy when I first found out she had died, that I was sad, but had plenty of distraction. But, a few days ago the feelings really hit me when I found out I had missed her memorial on FM and, unfortunately, after fighting a bit of depression for a while it really sunk me. It's a three way thing right now. Sadness from her death, empathy for her friends, and regret that I will never get to know her even better and that I should have talked with her more.
Now, that said, her death has sort of put some things into perspective for me. Working retail has caused me to become rather introverted, which is what often caused me to not join in on discussions with her and others, even though the subject was of interest to me as well. I've decided that I HAVE to break out of this loop somehow. I wish I could just drop my job at the store like a ton of bricks, but I can't do that. One thing I can do is stop running around trying to collect stuff and start going places to meet people and socialize a bit more. One thing I am really thinking about doing is going to either a furcon or furmeet within reasonable distance from where I live here in Ohio. It's time I finally tried to do that stuff again. Who knows? Maybe I will meet and make some new friends along the way. As long as they don't mind a person who is a bit of a fixer-upper. First off I need to shake this depression and get some work done on the van!

Or at least come fairly close! When I tinkered around with the first versions of the Jayce stories, I put the living plush/Seibu Lions mascot at roughly 6ft tall. I thought I was probably off considering the average height of a Japanese man, but after looking at the vital statistics on the Seibu Lions site about Leo (well what I could read), I am almost dead on. The site gives the current version Leo's height as 185 centimeters. Well, if the conversion site I used is right, he's just shy of 6ft-1in tall. The exact size I got was 6ft 53/64inches. Sometimes I can guess something!

We just got an email today that as of the 30th of this month, our ISP is dropping all dial-up customers. There are over 1 million people in our state still stuck on dial-up and now it looks like all of them will be scrambling to find an alternative. The only other option we have is going to expensive satellite internet. I have a feeling this has a lot to do with the end of Net Neutrality. All of our local internet providers have been bought up by the big companies, so we are pretty well screwed.

Might 'Da Plush' and his friends get into a little ghost busting? Time will tell! I'll see how I feel after work tonight. :)