A while back (like in 2014), I purchased the book "Primal: The Furry Language" from the artist Trickster, back when their website was still up. It's been closed for a while, now, not even accessible by Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, and the only real evidence of its existence online is the Primaltype Font that was uploaded to IA, but without the book, at least, to transcribe what is being written, it's just gibberish scratches. So, that got me thinking: if I could do so, without damaging the book, would anyone be up for a PDF scan of the book for upload onto IA, for free? Let me know in the comments if you'd be interested in having such a thing accessible online. I think it's a fascinating bit of furry history that shouldn't be lost to time.

For anyone who wants to get a government-assisted phone, like if you're on SSI or medicaid/food stamps or whatnot, do NOT get Safelink Wireless. I've tried upgrading my phone three times, and all three times they got the address wrong, forcing UPS to return it to sender. The issue: my address is in an apartment complex, and they INSIST on putting the actual name of the apartment complex with the address, so say my apartment complex is "Yiffsburg Apartments" and my address is "420 Yiff Street Apt. 34", they HAVE to put the apartment complex number at the front. In this last case, it got cut off, and what was left is "Apt 420 Yiff Street Apt. 34", which confuses UPS' systems, because it assumes that there's two apartment numbers in the same address. Even worse, they lock the damn system so only they can change the address, but then refuse to change the address, because once it's been shipped, it's out of their hands. I can't do a damn thing to change this issue. Even worse, I'm stuck with them, because without them, I don't have access to a phone.

So yeah, you're better off just getting a prepaid phone and service from Walmart than getting one from Safelink. Don't even bother with them. It's not worth the damn hassle.

UPDATE: Third time's a charm, I guess, and I finally have my phone. Dunno why this time it worked, when the last two times it didn't, but whatever...

So, after months of agonizing over it and missing opportunities, we finally got the dream car for my roommate. It's a slightly newer car to ours, a 2004 Toyota Camry LE instead of a 2000 Saturn LS1, but it drives like a dream, looks almost brand new, and god, that AC! After having no AC in the old car for years, this is a literal breath of fresh air for us. We've already got the title transferred over by the BMV, and hopefully the insurance will transfer over, just as smoothly, but yeah. Dunno what we're going to do with the Saturn; because the brakes are going out and the subframe is rusting through, we couldn't trade it in or anything. May sell it as-is on Facebook or something, dunno. But yeah, new car, and it's the car my roommate dreamed of having, too, and in his favorite color, to boot!

Had my birthday on Mother's Day, so that was awkward. Didn't do much but go cruising around a little in town and have a good meal at Buffalo Wild Wings.

Other than that, nothing much is going on for me. Trying to get back into doing SFM with the KM models, but I keep going back to the Wolvalix models I have, instead, or the ones I salvaged that I made, myself. Not sure why, honestly. If anyone has any ideas for renders of KM models you'd like to see, please let me know.

Speaking of the KM models, not sure if I should release the ones I made for free, myself, or wait for them to get upgraded by HiroshiSan to release them. I know that the eyes for Mammoth Mogul need fixed up, but other than that, the models are all good, so...

Anyone know who I can go for fanfic commissions? I would go to FinalGamer, since he did some wonderful work with my previous ones, but due to a... let's say "incident" involving another commission, he's unwilling to continue working with me on it, and I'm not going to pester him to relent. I've got two stories I'd like to get done:

1. A Sonic-universe story focusing around Rotor's mom Georgette, after the start of the great war forced her back to Iceborough, and finding a shard of Phantom Ruby, which she gets shaped into a dildo. With it, she unknowingly brings a snowman to life in the form of her late husband, Sherman, and has naughty pregnant fun with him and the toy. Other details to come.

2. A Biker Mice from Mars story where the titular trio goes on a camping trip to a mysteriously "forbidden" area of the nearby woods for some sexual bonding time, only to get captured and imprisoned as sex toys for a family of male orcs. Based on a duo of pictures by Borni Borunson, will send you the pics as reference.

If anyone can direct me to someone who can do these, let me know. Thanks.

...having had to mooch off of people and then do commissions for a few years to get myself some spending money, only to now have some steady income to work with? I actually had to do a double-take after I saw some games on my Steam wishlist on sale and thought to myself "I'll have to look into buying them maybe with the next check"... only to realize that that is now a possibility for me, I actually DO have a next check coming in that I can actually spend on these games with. Just... WOW.

https://x.com/EYECYX/status/1768641.....154683568?s=20

So, according to this, starting tomorrow, Gumroad will no longer allow NSFW content to be sold on their platform. That sucks so much ass. It's a good thing I got on SSI when I did, and delisted my models, as a result, because you know this is going to kill a LOT of artists' businesses. Fortunately, my KM models are going to be revamped and made available for free by [iconname]HiroshiSan[/iconname], but for the others that I made personally or have that were available that weren't KM stuff... I dunno what I'm going to do with them, now...

1. Got confirmed disabled by the appeals office for SSI, and just had my interview for the non-medical part of it, so hopefully I'll be getting on in the next week or two. In anticipation, all models on my Gumroad have been de-listed, but don't fret! Once I get confirmation that I'm on SSI, I'll start giving the models over to Hiroshi-San to get updated. He said he wanted to start with my updated Rotor model and Amadeus Prower, so look out for that.

2. Still looking for a new car, but hopefully, once I get on SSI, my backpay would be able to help us get a more expensive used car, hopefully in the 2010s, instead of early 2000s like our old car is.

3. Once i get on SSI, and start paying for my part of the rent, I'll be slowly trying to get a few things I've been wanting to get for a while, since I started the commissions. First up: Runnherd's Castle Acorn scenebuild. I've promised myself I'd get that and port it over to SFM, so i could do some personal projects, and hopefully, once I do get it, I'll be able to share it and the port I made of the Knothole Village hut he made, as well, with all of you.

https://xabindoyarchu.gumroad.com/

Gumroad is still open, for now. Please support me on there, if possible. Thanks.

https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/91zXMOtbAS

Car needs replacement, badly. Raising money for it. If possible, please donate, or at least share this with others who might be able to donate. We'd appreciate it. Thanks.

https://xabindoyarchu.gumroad.com/l/smashing

King Nigel Acorn is now on Gumroad. Have fun with him.

So, I bought the following things for a PC upgrade, using the funds from my fundraisers, donations from others, and other commissions:

Motherboard: ASRock B760 PG Riptide (Refurbished)
CPU: Intel Core i5 12400F (new)
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW (used/good, may be refurbished)
RAM: 32GB DDR5 Corsair Vengeance (new)
Hard Drives: 1 TB SABRENT Rocket Q SSD PCIe NVMe 2280 PCIe M.2 and Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006 4TB (both new)
Wireless Card: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 M.2 2230 Module (used)

This'll go with my IBuyPower CHIMERA 4S CASE GAMING CHASSIS, AIO water cooling unit, 850 watt power supply, and generic blu-ray player. I hope I got the right pieces, otherwise this will be a failed build, and I would've wasted precious money to get the stuff for nothing.

Any computer heads out there able to help me out with whether or not this build will go well? Did I get the right parts for this, or did I goof? Please let me know. Thanks.

Got a few commissions that I'm in the process of finishing, so in light of that, I'm closing commissions and my fundraiser. I should have enough at the end of the week to pay for all of my computer repairs/upgrades. Thanks to everyone who donated to my two Fundraisers, and be assured that I did use the money to get parts for this project. Commissions will likely be closed at least until I know if I get on SSI; if I do, they'll be closed indefinitely. If not, they'll be closed for a few months until my assessment for housing assistance and Medicaid/food stamps.

https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/90ZhO6BXwl

I'm trying my fundraiser again, this time with a lowered ceiling of $550 to cover everything, and with the incentive that I'll be making all of my Gumroad models free FOR LIFE, should I reach my goal. Yup, it's not just for the following month they'll be free, but for eternity, so if you wanted to get my models, but were put off by the price before, here's your chance. Please donate. Thanks.

EDIT: I'm in need of $250, now, so if I can get that much, I'll call the fundraiser good and make good on my promise to make my Gumroad models free.

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46947888/

Opening up for SFM Render commissions. NOT model edits/creations or porting, just the renders. Let me know if interested in my notes. Thanks.

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/55102816/

Opening up for 2 commissions for models based on the above template. If anyone is interested, please send me a note. Thanks.

Decided to close my fundraiser, since it was clear it wasn't getting any action, and won't be in the future. Thanks to those who did donate, though; I appreciate it.

Since I didn't come anywhere near my goal, the KM Biker Mice models and the free month of my Gumroad models are off the table, sorry.

https://xabindoyarchu.gumroad.com
https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/90rPYVEt32

My Gumroad is still open, if you want to support me with my models, but if you want to get them for free, donate to my computer repair/replacement fundraiser, and if I get to my goal of $1000, I'll make all of my Gumroad available for free for a month, AND finish my Biker Mice KM models and make those available for free, as well.

https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/90rPYVEt32

Setting up a fundraiser on Paypal to start raising money to fix my computer and get replacement parts for it. Please donate, if you like my stuff. If I meet my goal at the end, I'll make all of my Gumroad models free for download for the month afterward. Thanks, and happy holidays.

EDIT: Further incentive: if I reach my goal, I'll finish and release the KM Biker Mice models for you guys, and yes, they will be free.

So, you guys know of Drotar, my Wolvalix herm Rotor model. Well, a while back, some guy named SomeDeadFatGuy on DA got a hold of her, and without my permission, turned her into a VRChat model, and started selling it. He's now gone, but I'm pretty sure the avatar he made of her is still out there. Can someone help me find the VRChat avatar of her, please? Thanks.

https://d.furaffinity.net/art/xabin.....sion_sheet.png

Commissions are open, so PM Me if interested.

https://xabindoyarchu.gumroad.com/l/spurpentrigged

Decided to put my Spurpent toy rigged for SFM up on Gumroad. Please support me on there, if possible. Thanks.

Poll is finished for my toy design options. And people want me to keep the models and post them on Gumroad, so I'll be doing that over the next week. Here's the first one: https://xabindoyarchu.gumroad.com/l/spurpent

EDIT: And the dragon orb-coiled version: https://xabindoyarchu.gumroad.com/l.....ingthespurpent

Seems like I've gotten no offers on my remaining designs, which sucks, so I've put up a poll on my Twitter/X asking what I should do with them. https://x.com/XabinOtter/status/172.....192000877?s=20

So, if you haven't been following KabalMystic, he's done quite a few Sonic stuff, before shifting to other games, like Mario. Recently, he's showed off on Tahlian's discord WIP of an Eggman model he's making, to go with the EggMa'am model he made, earlier. Since I also made a Robotnik model, back in the day (the SatAM version, available on my Gumroad), and looking back on it, I've found a new appreciation for it, I decided to make a KM model of his nephew Snively Kintobor. Still testing out the model, and will need to transfer the textures over to make it work, but so far, it looks like it'll work well. Who would be interested in this model, though? Let me know in the comments.

EDIT: Snively is up on Gumroad, here: https://xabindoyarchu.gumroad.com/l/colinkintobor