So lately I've been trying to move forward with my life by bringing some closure to things that have vexxed me in the past. One major thing I've been wrestling with is card games. Back when I was 18, I started getting into Yu-Gi-Oh and even went to the tournaments where I got mixed results. I moved on to games like Magic and always tried to have fun with it. However there are always those elitist pricks that ruin my fun with "honorable control decks" and the like. Some of my most unpleasant experiences came from those whose decks took control away from me. It's an utterly humiliating experience to lose in such a way. Why do they do such things to other people? Is winning all that matters to them? Do they not care that they are hurting the feelings of those they do that too? I've always struggled with self esteem issues and stuff like that just makes it worse. Part of me wants to put them in a compromising situation like they did me and see just how skilled they are, such as telling them that if they want to with the match, they have to lose to me with certain conditions attached. But two wrongs don't make a right and vengeance against them is practically pointless.

Its not losing the match that I'm upset about, it's the fact of being humiliated. I feel like they're using their superior decks and skills to bully the lesser players.

I haven't played those kind of games in years, but it still come up in my mind every now and then and makes me angry when I end up thinking about it too much. I think getting it off my chest is one way to get over it.

That aside, I've been doing rather well as of late. I graduated from college. Though I am currently working in a warehouse, the job pays pretty well, well enough for me to get a car of my own back in August. It sure is a nice feeling being able to drive everywhere.

I've also been working more on my passion projects. I'm currently working on a story that I've had on my mind for a while now. I recently finished the first chapter.

I appreciate all of those who took the time to read my journal and I appreciate any feedback you may have for me.

I know that it's been a really long time since I last left a journal entry and quite a few things have transpired since then.

First I ended up getting laid off from a warehouse job I had for several years and had a bit of a struggle scraping by with day jobs from a crummy temp agency. In one of the jobs I ended up falling off the loading dock and injuring my wrist which ended up with me not getting work for that agency anymore. But where one door closed, another one not only opened but lead to a better and brighter path. After recovering from my injury over several weeks, I signed on with another employment agency where I ended up hooking up with an old friend and co-worker from my last job who was canned from there as well. Knowing that I was a hard working individual, he got me some very steady work at his warehouse and I eventually took over his position when he was fired for making too may mistakes.

During that time, I continued my education through high school upgrading which was a bit slow as I found it hard to work on my studies when work had me tired out. But I stuck to it and got excellent marks in all the courses I needed to apply to the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, or SAIT for short.

When the Coronavirus hit, it turned out to be more of a blessing for me and my family than a curse as my family home was foreclosed upon and we were given the order to vacate by the beginning of May. This order was issued back in February of 2020, before the virus threw everything into lockdown, so it threw a wrench into those plans and my family was able to stay at our home rent free for over half a year longer than we thought. In addition, my laying off of work because of the virus made me eligible for emergency benefit payments to help keep my dream for a better education alive and well.

At the start of this year, I moved out of my family's home and into a downtown apartment while they were forcefully evicted over a month later. After several months, We are all finally settled into our new places and now experience financial stability for the first time in over a decade. I regret that I had to resign from my job so that I can take school, but I'm sure that I'll find some part time work to offset costs, seeing as there is currently a worker shortage.

I start my first day of college tomorrow and I am quite happy to reach this turning point in my life after years of struggling. I hope that you all have managed to find a ray of sunshine in your lives during these hard times as I can now honestly testify that life does get better if you're willing to endure.

I went and saw the new Equestria Girls movie today and I gotta say that once again the wonderful people who bring us the Friendship is Magic series that we know and love did not disappoint.

Awesome songs from Daniel Ingram!

Recurring characters that we know and love (Some great and powerful ^.-.~).

And a good plot make one amazing movie.

It's been a good while since I last posted something here and since it's my birthday, I thought I'd go ahead and give my journal a much needed update. Things have been going better for me the last little while. I got myself a steady job with full time hours and since it's making me earn nearly double what I earned from my last job, it is helping me get out of debtors prison rather quickly.

I'm looking into going back to school now that I can actually afford it. I haven't quite decided what I want to go in for, but I'm currently leaning toward chemical engineering. If all goes well, I should be able to be ready for that next year.

I've also started to get in touch with my creative side, having a couple of cosplay costumes in mind which I will possibly be posting in the near future once they are complete.

After a rough few years, I'm glad that my life is starting to turn around for the better. I still have a ways to go, but I plan on accomplishing a fair chunk of goals before I hit my 30 year milestone.

After a bunch of careful thought, I decided to go up to Edmonton for Fur Eh! My first furry con ever! Typically I don't really seriously think about going to fur cons or any cons outside of town, but seeing as this con is only a 3 hour drive from Calgary, I figured I should at least make this one. And with the help of an extra pay cheque in march, I managed to make this con very affordable to my relatively tight budget.

I'm really excited to go and can't help but wonder what awesome things are gonna go on during the next three days. One I know for certain is that I'm gonna take lots of pictures. ^.-.^

What would happen if...


YOU JUST WOKE UP NAKED IN BED NEXT TO ME..... using only 3 words, what would you say to me??
Note: If you comment, please copy and paste this as your journal, so I may comment on yours as well. Be a good sport.

Taken from  Robby_angel

I've put my new years resolutions to much thought over a week ago and I feel that my best direction to head this year is working on some self improvement. I'm gonna cut back on the things I love and work on the things that really matter, like getting a better education through self study and actual courses. But that will cost money so I've decided to start hoarding my money in order to save up for those money grubbing colleges and universities, of which I have yet to decide to follow. So many options to look through.

I could probably go on for a good while of what I plan to do this year, but I've managed to sum up my goals so well that I've fitted them into an acronym which I may post later once I've got it fine tuned. But I can at least tell you what the acronym is. REHABILITATE. No I'm not a junkie or anything like that, I just find myself to be a bit of a undisciplined wreck at the moment and gotta work hard to get back on track. I've proven to myself and others that I have the potential for greatness before and its not too late for me to become so again.

Anyway, Happy New Year everyone, and good luck with your own personal new years resolutions! ^.-.^

I've recently got a stroke of luck when it comes to employment. I managed to snag myself a job at the Cineplex, which is a movie theater company in Canada. They don't pay too much, but luckily my expenses are few so as long as I can get enough hours, I should be alright. I'll get to save a fair chunk of money as well, seeing as I get free movies and half off at concession.

That's one of the reasons why I called myself a star, because they call all of their employees, members of a cast. I myself have some good acting skills, but I've hardly been able to use them. Oh well, perhaps in the near future I'll get that chance I've been looking for. By the way, once I have a good stable income, I'll be seriously looking into getting some commissions done of my char, so if you're an artist and you're looking for work, I'm your man! Err... dragon... But you get the picture. ^.-.~

A few months ago I've been canned from my old job at Tim Hortons since business got a little too slow there. But I don't really mind that, as quite a few of my coworkers there were a bunch of lazy fags. I always had to pick up after them, do all the hard and disgusting jobs, and make fresh pots of coffee when they consistanly failed to do so.

Anyway, I've also started to upgrade my high school, though its hard for me to find time for it as I am constantly seeking work where I can to help make ends meet during this damn recession. Luckily I got my folks to help me out during these times so I should be able to ride out this economic slump without having to sell my pants. (But you all probably wouldn't mind if I did that , would you?)

Luckily I got a job working down at the local football stadium, helping people park thier cars whenever there is a CFL game. I'm not working there too often but it pays good when I do.

By what I hear on the news, things are starting to pick up for Canada so I might be able to get a job soon. I'll just cross my fingers and hope for the best.

I decided a short while ago to move out of my old FA account Trolbon and set up one just for my Furcadia charrie Talrad Skullheart. I don't have alot of pics of him at the moment, but I am planning on drawing up a couple more soon, and maybe I'll pay for a couple of commisions in the future. Anyway, its glad to see that FA is up and running again after its major hardware failure.