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Posted 12 years agoHad a conversation online with some random guy who started hitting on me. I made it very clear I was with someone already and he goes "I'm hotter, get with me" and then starts asking what sex with a man is like.
If I ever meet this kid in person I'm going to wreck his face with my fist...the same goes for anyone else who tries to get up in my territory. Not. Cool.
If I ever meet this kid in person I'm going to wreck his face with my fist...the same goes for anyone else who tries to get up in my territory. Not. Cool.
AC Room
Posted 12 years agoLooking for a fifth person for a room in the Omni at AC. Anyone interested?
Engaged!
Posted 12 years agoAs most of you know, I proposed to Casey ( 
) at our St. Patrick's Day party. To those of you who were there, I want to thank you again for showing up and keeping your cool despite the insane amount of alcohol. I usually try to make rounds to everyone at the party and thank them for coming, and I promise that when I say it I sincerely mean it.
Back to the point, Casey and I passed our two-year anniversary a little over a week ago. He and I had been discussing marriage openly with each other for a while and I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that I was the one holding us back. I sometimes worry about all the hatred and anger that people hold about a label that stems from a religion in which I don't participate. But it's the ceremony and the raw meaning behind marriage that carries weight with me and my commitment to Casey is more important than my fear of others. I consider myself incredibly lucky to have had so many very close friends with us when I popped the question.
Thank you again, everyone.
) at our St. Patrick's Day party. To those of you who were there, I want to thank you again for showing up and keeping your cool despite the insane amount of alcohol. I usually try to make rounds to everyone at the party and thank them for coming, and I promise that when I say it I sincerely mean it.Back to the point, Casey and I passed our two-year anniversary a little over a week ago. He and I had been discussing marriage openly with each other for a while and I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that I was the one holding us back. I sometimes worry about all the hatred and anger that people hold about a label that stems from a religion in which I don't participate. But it's the ceremony and the raw meaning behind marriage that carries weight with me and my commitment to Casey is more important than my fear of others. I consider myself incredibly lucky to have had so many very close friends with us when I popped the question.
Thank you again, everyone.
The stupid things I do that almost get me arrested
Posted 12 years agoI spent Sunday afternoon switching tires around on my cars before finally deciding to take the rally car out for a spin so that things can warm up and fluids and circulate. Now I usually make an effort to not drive this car (even though it is ridiculously fun/fast) because it is a death trap and very very very street-ILLEGAL; but I decided to take it for a spin anyway because I'm stupid. Here's a quick list of reasons why this car is illegal:
1. It has NO seatbelts
2. The windshield has many long cracks in it
3. It has no rearview mirror
4. The inspection is expired
5. It has a rollcage with no padding on it yet
6. The brakes need replacing
7. It has absolutely no interior whatsoever, including airbags
8. One of the front turn signals is out
So I decided to take it for a spin anyway, I make it a couple miles down the road and decide to turn around. As I'm pulling out of the parking lot, the road seems empty enough so I floor it and before I know it, I'm doing 55 mph in the blink of an eye in a 25 mph zone. That's when I see a familiar carface up the road, a Charger with red plates. I mash the brakes anyway as he comes up and passes by, but luckily, he either didn't notice my multi-colored expired-inspection POS, or just didn't care.
Regardless, I just about shat myself. I decided to take a route through the neighborhoods back home just to avoid any other possible encounters.
1. It has NO seatbelts
2. The windshield has many long cracks in it
3. It has no rearview mirror
4. The inspection is expired
5. It has a rollcage with no padding on it yet
6. The brakes need replacing
7. It has absolutely no interior whatsoever, including airbags
8. One of the front turn signals is out
So I decided to take it for a spin anyway, I make it a couple miles down the road and decide to turn around. As I'm pulling out of the parking lot, the road seems empty enough so I floor it and before I know it, I'm doing 55 mph in the blink of an eye in a 25 mph zone. That's when I see a familiar carface up the road, a Charger with red plates. I mash the brakes anyway as he comes up and passes by, but luckily, he either didn't notice my multi-colored expired-inspection POS, or just didn't care.
Regardless, I just about shat myself. I decided to take a route through the neighborhoods back home just to avoid any other possible encounters.
Free commission up to $50
Posted 12 years agoI'm offering to pay up to $50 to any artist on FA on behalf of the winner; details here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4262400/
Moments that make my day
Posted 12 years agoCo-worker staring out the window: "Those bushes right outside the window are full of chickadees"
Me: "Is that what you do here? Stand by the window and stare at chicks all day?"
Both of us: "OHHHHH!!"
Best part of my day.
Me: "Is that what you do here? Stand by the window and stare at chicks all day?"
Both of us: "OHHHHH!!"
Best part of my day.
Want to ride along in a racecar?
Posted 13 years agoIn case anyone on here is interested, once the rally car is ready in a few weeks, I'll be getting back into races. If anyone is interested in riding along in rallycross or autocross events, please get in touch with me. Depending on the amount of interest I get, I may charge $5 or $10 per run, but probably not more than that. In any given rallycross event, one "run" is usually a couple minutes through a cone course in a field and even though the car doesn't ever get going that fast, I promise you it is intense when you're inside the vehicle. An event usually takes up an entire day and consists of six to eight runs.
Rallycross and autocross courses are usually designed to keep cars well under highway speeds. My car is also equipped with a roll cage and safety harnesses, and you will be provided with a helmet. The chance of you getting injured in one of these events is very very small.
I may open up for hillclimbs in the future, but for now I will not take passengers on those races due to a significant risk of injury or in some cases death from flying into the woods at 70+ mph.
[Cross-posted on my Subaroo account as well
subaroo]
Rallycross and autocross courses are usually designed to keep cars well under highway speeds. My car is also equipped with a roll cage and safety harnesses, and you will be provided with a helmet. The chance of you getting injured in one of these events is very very small.
I may open up for hillclimbs in the future, but for now I will not take passengers on those races due to a significant risk of injury or in some cases death from flying into the woods at 70+ mph.
[Cross-posted on my Subaroo account as well
subaroo]Party Switch (this is partially for you, Camo)
Posted 13 years agoAs most of you probably know, I've been rewiring my house for the last month; it's probably all you've heard from me and you're probably sick of hearing me bitch about it. But now that I'm comfortable wiring up my own house, to the extent that I have dreams about it now, it has given me some interesting ideas.
For those of you who frequent our notoriously wild parties, you'll appreciate my latest scheme. In my basement there's an extra "family room" which has a dry bar. My plan for this room is to expand it a bit, expand the dry bar, get some decent DJ speakers, and turn it into a party room/hangout. I also have (3) four-foot black lights and a strobe light that I plan to hook up, which brings me to the meat and potatoes of my latest idea:
First, I'm going to wire up normal outlets near the floor, as well as a normal light in the ceiling. Then, I'm going to add outlets up near the ceiling where the blacklights and strobe will be placed. I'd also like to add some fun stuff to the bar like rope lights, colored bulbs, etc. So now to the best part: Behind the bar there will be a switch; not just any switch, a switch labeled "Party" with an On and an Off position. This will be a 20-amp three-way switch that will toggle power between two circuits, one powering the normal lights in the room, the other powering all of the fun lights and accessories. The end result? It's all normal light until you flip the party switch, then the normal light is cut at the same time the power is diverted to the blacklights and the accessories.
Evil mastermind? No, part of me just hasn't grown up. There's still a lot to do on the rest of the house, but I think I am going to eventually implement this plan.
For those of you who frequent our notoriously wild parties, you'll appreciate my latest scheme. In my basement there's an extra "family room" which has a dry bar. My plan for this room is to expand it a bit, expand the dry bar, get some decent DJ speakers, and turn it into a party room/hangout. I also have (3) four-foot black lights and a strobe light that I plan to hook up, which brings me to the meat and potatoes of my latest idea:
First, I'm going to wire up normal outlets near the floor, as well as a normal light in the ceiling. Then, I'm going to add outlets up near the ceiling where the blacklights and strobe will be placed. I'd also like to add some fun stuff to the bar like rope lights, colored bulbs, etc. So now to the best part: Behind the bar there will be a switch; not just any switch, a switch labeled "Party" with an On and an Off position. This will be a 20-amp three-way switch that will toggle power between two circuits, one powering the normal lights in the room, the other powering all of the fun lights and accessories. The end result? It's all normal light until you flip the party switch, then the normal light is cut at the same time the power is diverted to the blacklights and the accessories.
Evil mastermind? No, part of me just hasn't grown up. There's still a lot to do on the rest of the house, but I think I am going to eventually implement this plan.
How I almost owed my brother-in-law a new engine (long)
Posted 13 years agoI decided to be nice and offer to replace my brother-in-law's timing belt for the cost of parts; for reference, he has a 1996 Subaru Legacy Outback, 2.5L DOHC. So basically that means that when replacing the timing belt, there are five different "things" that need to line up just so, to ensure that the engine runs properly and everything is timed correctly. It is generally believed/known that the Subaru 2.5L engines are "interference" engines which means that if the timing isn't right, the pistons get acquainted with the valves in all the worst ways; like a drunk/high sorority chick at a frat party with the entire football team. Terrible things happen.
I started at 10 AM, pulled his car into my garage, removed the radiator, timing cover, belt, rollers, and water pump; this took about 2.5 hours. At that point, I installed the new water pump/thermostat, lined up the cams and crank, put the belt on, put the new idler pulleys on, then timing cover, then reinstalled the radiator. This last part brought me up to about 5 PM. So, yes this job took me about seven hours. I put the key in the ignition and started it up...except it didn't start up. It just kept turning over but there was absolutely no pulse; the engine was not going to actually start.
Now I'm starting to fear the worst, thinking that I didn't line things up correctly. You should understand that when the timing is off and the pistons say "sup?" to the valves, things bend and crack and the engine is pretty much DESTROYED. Most Subaru owners would say that one has "grenaded" the engine because the damage is catastrophic. Fearing this, I had to pull the radiator and timing covers (another hour of work) just to get to the belt. At this point,
Ahzlon came over to assist and pointed out something that confirmed my fears: I had aligned the crank to the wrong notch and it was a 1/4 rotation back.
I couldn't deal with it then, it was already getting close to 7 PM and the daunting task of doing the entire build over again just to find out that I probably owed my bro-in-law a new engine...was just not in the cards that night. The next day at work I did some research and found that I was not the only person to make this mistake. In fact, there were a lot of these threads online. Then I came to an absolute gem: apparently the engines from this year were designed so that the pistons could never come in contact with the valves! Hoping and praying that the internet was right, I made it home with a faint glimmer of hope.
I immediately started lining things up (properly, this time) and had Ahzlon come verify it for me. Then we figured we'd at least see if it would start, even if only for a couple seconds (it had no radiator or coolant at that point). So we put the key in and it started turning over....but no sign of the engine actually starting. My heart sank. Now I was frustrated and confused because everything was right and it still wasn't working. After about a half hour of pulling my hair out, just before I was about to pull the belt off again and jump into another two hours of work, I asked my dad to turn it over once more. He ran the starter for almost a full minute before there was finally a brief sputter of life, then a couple more...then finally the engine, having blown out all of the unburnt fuel from the day before, finally started taking over and at last, a stable idle. It was only running for three seconds but that was all we needed. The sound of that car starting can only be likened to a choir of angels singing out in immaculate chorus.
We buttoned everything back up (another hour and a half of work) and turned it over again to let it idle for a while; everything was fine and I can not describe how relieved I was. But that didn't last long because shortly after things got up to temperature, it kept rising. We couldn't drive the car for more than 100 feet before the temperature became alarmingly hot. So now I'm worried that I installed the thermostat incorrectly, or I messed up the water pump. I was looking at another full teardown and another six hours of work. I literally could not believe it, and I refused to believe it. So I started adding more coolant even though the radiator seemed full. After about a half hour of idling and adding coolant, finally things started to stabilize and we were able to take the car for a proper test drive.
After two days of work, I finally finished the job. But at least I was able to save my brother-in-law $800 in labor. I think he was still grateful even if I did almost destroy his engine. I'm not working on anyone else' car from now on.
I started at 10 AM, pulled his car into my garage, removed the radiator, timing cover, belt, rollers, and water pump; this took about 2.5 hours. At that point, I installed the new water pump/thermostat, lined up the cams and crank, put the belt on, put the new idler pulleys on, then timing cover, then reinstalled the radiator. This last part brought me up to about 5 PM. So, yes this job took me about seven hours. I put the key in the ignition and started it up...except it didn't start up. It just kept turning over but there was absolutely no pulse; the engine was not going to actually start.
Now I'm starting to fear the worst, thinking that I didn't line things up correctly. You should understand that when the timing is off and the pistons say "sup?" to the valves, things bend and crack and the engine is pretty much DESTROYED. Most Subaru owners would say that one has "grenaded" the engine because the damage is catastrophic. Fearing this, I had to pull the radiator and timing covers (another hour of work) just to get to the belt. At this point,
Ahzlon came over to assist and pointed out something that confirmed my fears: I had aligned the crank to the wrong notch and it was a 1/4 rotation back.I couldn't deal with it then, it was already getting close to 7 PM and the daunting task of doing the entire build over again just to find out that I probably owed my bro-in-law a new engine...was just not in the cards that night. The next day at work I did some research and found that I was not the only person to make this mistake. In fact, there were a lot of these threads online. Then I came to an absolute gem: apparently the engines from this year were designed so that the pistons could never come in contact with the valves! Hoping and praying that the internet was right, I made it home with a faint glimmer of hope.
I immediately started lining things up (properly, this time) and had Ahzlon come verify it for me. Then we figured we'd at least see if it would start, even if only for a couple seconds (it had no radiator or coolant at that point). So we put the key in and it started turning over....but no sign of the engine actually starting. My heart sank. Now I was frustrated and confused because everything was right and it still wasn't working. After about a half hour of pulling my hair out, just before I was about to pull the belt off again and jump into another two hours of work, I asked my dad to turn it over once more. He ran the starter for almost a full minute before there was finally a brief sputter of life, then a couple more...then finally the engine, having blown out all of the unburnt fuel from the day before, finally started taking over and at last, a stable idle. It was only running for three seconds but that was all we needed. The sound of that car starting can only be likened to a choir of angels singing out in immaculate chorus.
We buttoned everything back up (another hour and a half of work) and turned it over again to let it idle for a while; everything was fine and I can not describe how relieved I was. But that didn't last long because shortly after things got up to temperature, it kept rising. We couldn't drive the car for more than 100 feet before the temperature became alarmingly hot. So now I'm worried that I installed the thermostat incorrectly, or I messed up the water pump. I was looking at another full teardown and another six hours of work. I literally could not believe it, and I refused to believe it. So I started adding more coolant even though the radiator seemed full. After about a half hour of idling and adding coolant, finally things started to stabilize and we were able to take the car for a proper test drive.
After two days of work, I finally finished the job. But at least I was able to save my brother-in-law $800 in labor. I think he was still grateful even if I did almost destroy his engine. I'm not working on anyone else' car from now on.
It was meant to be....
Posted 13 years agoSo I stumbled across this post on 9gag to "find your ninja name" and apparently mine is: Zumorito Zukachichikatakitoku
It was totally fate that I wore Tweeko's Zuka suit at AC, this proves the existence of a higher power without a doubt; yep.
Here's the link to find your own ninja name: http://9gag.com/gag/4559655
It was totally fate that I wore Tweeko's Zuka suit at AC, this proves the existence of a higher power without a doubt; yep.
Here's the link to find your own ninja name: http://9gag.com/gag/4559655
Furfright 2012 CAR SHOW!
Posted 13 years agohttp://furrycarshow2012-fa01.eventbrite.com
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Pre-reg by donation opens April 1
Free pre-reg opens May 1
We're having another car show this year! Registration is required to enter a vehicle into the car show, so please make sure you register before the show.
We have 50 slots open to us this year on top of the garage and we're opening up 40 for pre-registration. If we sell out of the first 40, we will have the last 10 for on-site registration.
Registration by donation will open a month before the free registration become available. The money will be given directly to the 2012 FurFright charity.
Pre-registration closes Oct 1 @ 1 AM
There will be prizes for both participants & spectators.
2012 Categories:
Best In Show
Best Classic
Most Furry
Most Unique
Peer Voted
Schedule
2:00 PM Show Begins (participating cars must be checked in, parked by this time, and will be considered ready for judging)
3:00 PM Official Judging Begins
4:15 PM Awards Presentation
You MUST register for the FurFright 2012 convention and be registered for the car show in order to participate. Spectators do NOT need a ticket, however must still be registered for FurFright 2012.
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http://furrycarshow2012-fa01.eventbrite.com
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Pre-reg by donation opens April 1
Free pre-reg opens May 1
We're having another car show this year! Registration is required to enter a vehicle into the car show, so please make sure you register before the show.
We have 50 slots open to us this year on top of the garage and we're opening up 40 for pre-registration. If we sell out of the first 40, we will have the last 10 for on-site registration.
Registration by donation will open a month before the free registration become available. The money will be given directly to the 2012 FurFright charity.
Pre-registration closes Oct 1 @ 1 AM
There will be prizes for both participants & spectators.
2012 Categories:
Best In Show
Best Classic
Most Furry
Most Unique
Peer Voted
Schedule
2:00 PM Show Begins (participating cars must be checked in, parked by this time, and will be considered ready for judging)
3:00 PM Official Judging Begins
4:15 PM Awards Presentation
You MUST register for the FurFright 2012 convention and be registered for the car show in order to participate. Spectators do NOT need a ticket, however must still be registered for FurFright 2012.
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http://furrycarshow2012-fa01.eventbrite.com
I need your opinions!!
Posted 13 years agoI need to choose a color for my rally car and I need suggestions here. It's a 1998 Subaru Impreza, for those who don't know, and I'm leaning towards the classic Subaru "World Rally Blue" color so it will eventually match a fursuit that I will most likely be getting. However, that color is so goddamn common; I almost want black. Does anyone else have any suggestions? Other colors? Don't you dare say "pink" or something outrageous like that.
Bought a mo'fuckin HOUSE
Posted 13 years agoFinally got my own place and apothacer will be moving in with me later this week. Perhaps in the summer we'll have a couple of grilling parties with a bunch o' you fuzzbutts. For all of you who are in the area, come over for the housewarming party! Get in touch with me to get the address.
apothacer will be moving in with me later this week. Perhaps in the summer we'll have a couple of grilling parties with a bunch o' you fuzzbutts. For all of you who are in the area, come over for the housewarming party! Get in touch with me to get the address.Furfright Summed Up
Posted 14 years agoSpent a ton of money, got too drunk to remember Saturday night, yelled at some schmuck from Jersey the entire weekend, had cold pizza for breakfast.
Anthrocon 2012, here we come.
Anthrocon 2012, here we come.
Definition of "badass"
Posted 14 years agoFox orders pizza
Posted 14 years ago orders pizza...luckily the delivery guy had a sense of humor. Hopefully it made his night a little better.I lolled pretty hard
Posted 14 years agoYes, it's flash. Chris, you'll hate me for posting flash, I know.
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs23/f/2....._eddsworld.swf
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs23/f/2....._eddsworld.swf
Random Thought #3
Posted 15 years agoI had a dream last night that I was watching a Discovery Channel documentary involving nuclear power plants. Basically, retired power plants that were too radioactive to be useful got up on giant spider legs and walked around the planet a couple times until they weren't radioactive anymore. So you'd be driving along and you might see a nuclear power plant slowly making its way off in the distance because it was too radioactive and it needed to "walk it off".
I don't need drugs to think of trippy shit, I just need to be stressed out.
I don't need drugs to think of trippy shit, I just need to be stressed out.
Random Thought #2
Posted 15 years agoI walked into the bathroom to find a pair of my boxers hanging on the towel rack from earlier and I had a moment of "Holy shit...what boxers am I wearing?"
A mark of true loss of sanity.
A mark of true loss of sanity.
Random Thought #1
Posted 15 years agoI find it funny that here I am performing an evaluative analysis on the backgrounds of the members of the board of directors for Hershey company AND having gay furry cyber-sex. I'mma run a company someday lulz.
Lurking
Posted 15 years agoWow, I just realized I've been a member on here for a few months now and haven't uploaded ANYTHING. I would upload a scrap, but I don't think scraps of music really show off that well...I gotta get some final recordings up here.
