I really am back. Finally got my new tablet and am making art again. It's great to see yall after all this time. If you've got suggestions on artists to watch, please let me know! A lot of my watch list is dead now :c

YOU THOUGHT I WAS DEAD

TIS NOT SO.

I'M BACK BETCHES.

My SL is back up. I'm re-adjusting for the time being.

Feel free to hit me up in-world.

Zipperkat Resident

NOT DEAD. JUST A SENIOR IN COLLEGE. TRYING TO HURRY UP AND GRADUATE SO I CAN ENJOY BEIN A FURRY AGAIN. its not fai lol

Okay guys, so yeah. Life has been SO CRAZY!

Im working full time on coming up on TWO YEARS at Sally Beauty Supply! I am studying full time at Southern Crescent Technical College towards my Cosmetology degree and i will be a Master Cosmetologist as well as be certified in Hair installation and color specialty.

Basically, i am Queen Mermaid and i'm boss at making other multicolored hair mermaids! Ill also have a lisence to do acrylic and gel nail application! woot woot!

You would not believe all the skin infections and diseases that exist!

Also, my computer is on its last leg,.i will soon be purchasing an HP quad core laptop that can run all my digital illustration applications as well as Secondlife. I will also be starting my own YouTube channel with hair and makeup tutorials. I am so excited!

Fear not,.im not dead! Im not going anywhere!im just putt-putting around while i wait out this crap period of running around like a chicken with her head cut off lol. Working full time and college full time is like WHOA!

Ill be getting right back into my artwork and Secondlife just as soon as i graduate! Wish me luck! Feel free to hit me up on my instagram: _SugarShock_

I also have a blog on Tumblr about how im restoring my car, its a 1971 Super Beetle. We've already replaced the gas tank, the gas lines, the tail lights, head lights, and a lot of the weather stripping is going to be ripped out. ive still got to replace every last bit of interior so if thats something you like, then tune in! its called JaeAndHerSuperBeetle lol

I really miss everyone on FurAffinity and i wishi could spend more time here with all of you.

My birthday is next month on the 16th. i'll be 27.

i miss you all.

-Chevelle

so much stuff has been going on.

busy busy busy. three jobs and no time to do anything!

my middle brother is getting married Friday..

i now have a zoo at my house.

1 Holland lop bunny
2 ball python babies
1 Asian forest scorpion
1 bearded dragon
1 zebra leg tarantula
246 Madagascar hissing roaches.
and 2 cats.

adding to the list will be /two/ lavender White's tree-frogs and another scorpion and 2 milk-snakes.

oh my little zoo family.

im finally getting my fursuit finished. Might have to skip the next FWA though,.it will just be too tight financially because of the suit payments and then still have time to save for the hotel-room and food allowance.

last year we ran out of food money. it was a nightmare.

The next year we go, we will /not/ be sleeping on the floor and we will have plenty of food money and booze and souvenir money too.

I am excited, and yet,.i am going to plan wisely next time. God it was scary you have no idea.

Im hypoglycemic,.i have not one but TWO emergencies during that con.

A) it was embarrassing and hard to hide it from my friends because i didn't want them to feel guilty or perhaps think i was trying to make them feel guilty for having food when we did not.

B) it was really scary and my boyfriend begged me to let him call an ambulance but i was too ashamed of myself for not budgeting well enough that i refused to have an ambulance or EMTs draw attention to my condition.

I have Reactive Hypoglycemia. Its a rare form of hypoglycemia that effects people who are not diabetic, so most people don't understand or cant tell when i start careening.

a few weeks ago i ended up in the ER again and this time a doctor FINALLY figured out whats been ailing me all these years. She figured out whats been causing all my chronic pain. Its been my hypoglycemia all along affecting my muscles.

I have been ordered a blood sugar monitor and i have to check my blood sugar three times a day now. 2 hours after every meal.

My physician also made me a 'rescue diet' list of foods that will help keep my hypo at bay. Things high in protein like beef jerky that take longer to process.

Its been a roller coaster ride but sloooowly things are getting better. Getting ahead of my bills instead of behind or even caught up.

Its nice to have a check and look to see what bill i need to pay and ive already paid them all lol. Use that money to pay next month's early!

in other news i won a 100$ Victoria's Secret gift card from work. it was awesome, our store made quota and we got scratch off tickets. i won.

I got perfume and a makeup bag, 7 pairs of underwear, a bra. a dress,.and a few t-shirts.

THEN my boyfriend won a trip to the Marlboro Ranch because his mom entered him into the Marlboro Ranch sweepstakes thingy. We leave for Montana September 19th and come back on the 22nd. Its going to be a blast.

ATVs, horseback riding, ziplineing through the mountains. Mountain biking, rock crawling,.rock climbing,.and an open bar. hell yeah.

Best part is, they called and asked if i had any special needs while i was there and i told them about my hypoglycemia and they said they have
had diabetics there before so they would make sure i was comfortable. nice folks.

Im happy. i really am. things are looking up.

our little female just had BABIES!

YAY!

We are going to raise them to young adults and keep a few and sell the rest :>

holy crap,.i held my breath and sent my old fursuit maker a polite email reminding her who i was and what happened.

i told her i wasn't upset anymore, just kind of,..somber about the whole thing,.and asked her if she'd be interested in finally finishing my commission,.. i told her about FWA and seeing HiFi and how depressed it had made me..

She agreed to do it.

I've never been so ecstatic in my entire life.

I was making a new fursuit reference and my hands were shaking so hard i kept having to erase my squiggles because my Wacom pen was rattling and i was coloring outside the lines.

i think im going to explode!

Prepare to see Chevelle at the next FWA.

So i just got back from Furry Weekend Atlanta. Wasn't too much of a trek, i live here in Georgia.

Had a wonderful time, though next time we gotta save up a little bit more money, things were really tight this year.

I had to leave sunday morning really early because i had to attend a mandatory staff meeting at work.

I didn't take as many photos as i would have liked..

And i did happen to see the girl who ripped off my fursuit money a few years ago. The guy who ordered his right before me was there in his wonderful completed fullsuit and it was holding up wonderfully even after years of use.

All i have is a head now because the hand paws and the tail fell apart. and now the head is falling apart...and i never got the rest of my suit..not feet..no body..

I might muster up the courage to talk to her about it...she probably wont want to talk to me..

seeing that other guy enjoying his suit kindof ruined my saterday..

Life isnt fair.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWIADZKU9dw



literally.

i went to the ER because my throat was burning and i couldn't breathe.

Chronic tonsillitis combined with a sinus infection and a little sprinkle of /fucking MONO/.

im on medications so potent they wont even talk to me about them on the phone.

One of my prescriptions is a narcotic so potent what when i asked if they had it, she already knew who'd prescribed it.

Because only a few people in the county have clearance to prescribe it.

im /sick/ man.

Wish this fluffer dragonbun some get well soons xD

i have a con to be at next month but more inportantly..i have WORK SATERDAY.

it was supposed to be us against the world.

You moved on across the bridge to the greener pasture and turned, and you called to me, a smile on your face.

But instead of crossing, i lit the bridge, and i watched it burn.

And i watched you scream and call to me.

And i see you on your knees, begging me to stop, begging me to go with you.

And i see the sorrow in your eyes, and the confusion, and the tears streaming down your face.



We stare at each other across the empty expanse,. the bridge a charred corpse.



I have so many regrets.

I may carry you in my heart forever, but i wont allow myself to poison your world.

I'll stay here because i never deserved you. I never belonged.

And as i watch from afar, as you move on;

I know i was right.

No matter how much i wish i could take it back,

I cant hurt you anymore.

Self Destruction.

Burning bridges so i can remember what life was like when i was me.

Grass isn't always greener on the other side,.sometimes its browner where you used to be
but you cant remember anymore.

I dont know what i am anymore.

An empty shell of a person with nothing inside.

When you care so much about everyone and others,.who's going to care about you? Who is left?

There is no place in this world for compassion, or humility anymore.

i am displaced.

lost.

Six hours.

20 lbs of candy.

100 or some odd kids in my neighborhood.

Happy Halloween.

So as you know, we've been posting ads on here asking for roommates for a while, since our last roommate ditched us to pay rent by ourselves.

My husbands company is sinking.

due to this, we have become very behind on our bills, and have been served our eviction notice 7 days ago.

The police will be here any day to trash our home and throw our things on the street.

We are losing our home.

We have two fancy rats and two wonderful cats we are having to re-home because in a few days we will be completely homeless.

My rats are going to a rescue for fancy rats in North Georgia. My cats are going to my mothers house for now.

There is no room for us at my relatives' houses.

My husband has family in North Carolina.

Please,.if anyone could donate a few dollars so we can get a small u haul,.it would mean the difference between losing everything, and losing just the house.

Our Paypal is Kairo[at]live.com

If anyone has any legal advice, or would be willing to help us move, or just wants to help at all,.or have questions..you can IM me here and ill add you to my skype and we can talk on webcam.

We dont have much time,..please somebody help us.

-Jae & Alex

That moment when a friend you've known FOREVER gets some new friends.

You normally hangout together all the time. But for the past..4 months, hes been
hanging out with them and you haven't seen him at all because of work or whatever.

You ask him to come pick you up so you can hangout too, because you don't have a car.

His friends call you 'clingy' because he told you he'd pick you up 4 hours ago and never called.

Days go by with no response.

He asks you later. "Why are you so clingy?"

Why do i even have friends.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6116430/

get your asses into that stream <3

headshots man,.go watch the wiseman draw <3

Koopa had to go have surgery a few weeks ago due to a tumor and they spayed her while they were in there. Since her surgery she has been like a differint kitten. She gets along better with the other animals,.shes been zooming around like a kitten should.

All the fur has grown back on her bely and now that she will sit still and let me pet her belly, i can see how there are cute little calico swirls in the colors on her belly.

She and our other cat Kurtis, have really hit it off..though koopa still prefers to sleep in bed with us at night while Kurtis likes to sleep in the kitchen window.

Shes doing so much better now. Thankyou everyone for showing your mad support!

yay 25

tomarrow is mine.

august 16th.

yay meeee.

I still have some available!

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12700206/

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12700232/

These are a closed species!

Premade Skullpups are 15$ and custom skullies are 20$

You can find examples of customs in my gallery. Fable is my personal Skully'sona.

Other custom examples include:

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12700692/

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12700597/

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12700260/

The sky is the limit with the customs! Get yours here!

Omgosh, so. I've been working freaking 10-12 hour shifts 6 days a week for like..5 months now..starting to feel really run down..

We are struggling to keep food in the house even tho i literally only eat once a day,.twice at most. Im never home,.My mate is never home. There's only one person at the house and yet ALL the food dissapears. we buy a months worth of groceries and they're all gone in a week and a half..

We try to eat out when we can,.no point in even putting food in the fridge anymore. Its just a waste of money to buy things we never get to enjoy. I have to write my name on food and sodas and sometimes even then it disapears anyway...like last week and my Sunkist.

If you have to ask if you can have it. Chances are it ISNT YOURS. My god,.i have Hypoglycemia,.if i dont eat,.i'll fucking die.

Our other roommate, Nate, is NEVER home. He only eats when we leave food out for him. Otherwise, he eats at his friends house. Hes NEVER here.

It makes me so infuriated. Our power-bill is OUTRAGEOUS because our first roommate keeps turning the air down...its to the point where i have to wear a hoodie. indoors. in JULY. i'm uncomfortable in my own house. there's no food. its so cold its making me bitchy.

Considering just getting a different roommate.

Rent is cheep. Gimme a holla.

On another note,.taking my cat to the vet this week. The kitten we got is sick and needs to go go. Any donations would be awesome my paypal is Kairo@live.com,.She's 15 weeks old,.shes so tiny, but i just cant keep any weight on her. She's swollen around the middle but nowhere else,..my mother thinks its intestinal parasites from living outside for as long as she did..we will see.

The landlord is going to tear up the floor in three rooms because the floor is falling through. I cant wait till our lease is up. We will have time to pick out a new house that is prettier with a yard maybe..some place equal distance between my job and my brothers house.

wish us luck!!

-zippers.

posting an update about her in my gallery! #piiiictureees <3

So its only ben about a month and one of the artists at the shop wanted the owner to touch up one of his older tattoos.
He hadnt taken care of it, and it had faded some.

The owner asked me to set up his station like i normally would, so i did.
Once i was finished, i sat down with my gloves still on, i wanted to watch.

The owner did half of the outline on an old school spider on the other artists forarm, when he looked up at me, i was watching intently and he said,"you wanna try?"

Both me and the artist being tattood shook our heads and laughed. Theowner frowned a little and said,."HAVE SOME CONFIDENCE GIRL!"

and i laughed some more.

He looked to me and said,."ill be here the whole time, im not going to just let you loose on Trevor,.

So i nodded and sat down. He reminded me to constantly dip my needle in the ink, and to make sure the skin was stretched between my fingers and wiped with A&D. He then drew a straight line and said,."can you give me a line like that?"

So i did, and he laughed and was like,."holy damn Trevor, she can do a straight line!" and trevor was like,."what??" and looked it over.

The owner then drew a line over the outside edge of the spider, its round belly, and i did the same on the other side.

They both looked at it in shock.

The owner asked me to finish outlining the spider, so i did.

They both died laughing.

I thought i'd done something stupid.

The owner was like,."oh my god, we are going to the health depo tomorrow".

i was like..'omg did i fuck it up that bad!?"

and he laughed at me and was like,."no no. you just blew trevor out of the water! When he started here, he couldnt draw a straight line to save his life, let alone do a whole outline without squiggles or blowouts. Im taking you to get your body art lisence so we can have you bring in people as guinea pigs and practice shading and packing color."

then he chuckles again, watching trevor rub his arm and walk back to his station. "since you obviously dont need to practice lining"

my day was great.

If my progress continues at this rate, maybe ill have the money to get Molly her shots soon. Its getting hotter every day,.but i cant bring her inside till shes had her shots.

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http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/c.....470798046.html



~Beautiful Gown~

Ugh, guys. Please help me sell my dress. I found a kitten, maybe 8 weeks old. I need to get her her shots before she comes into the house so my baby, Kurtis, (my other cat) dosnt get sick, or get her sick, since he just got over a URI.

Her shots will cost 15$, the test to make sure she dosnt have feline lukemia or feline aids is 30$. Her spay will be 55$. and microchip will be 25$. in all ill need 100$.

I’d like to get some catfood and litter aswell. Ive asked a local church if there is anyone who could donate some catfood or litter i’d be incredibly grateful.

The kitten’s name is Molly, shes an itty bitty Calico baby with that dollface and big doe eyes you just cant resist.

Kurtis is 6 years old now. Hes never had another cat to play with, but since he met her through the glass of our bedroom window,.he’s become obsessed. He now spends 95% of his time in the window talking with her. Calling her with deep bellows and sometimes little kitten like chirps. She sleeps under the window when its sunny out. Last night we had thunder storm warnings and tornado warnings and i couldnt find her anywhere..Kurtis kept meowing at the vents in the floor, i think she hid under the house.

I just cant take her sleeping outside anymore. Its time she came into the house, with us. With our family.

this gal.

yep..he wanted me to draw some stuff for him in pencil. God its been so long since i did any traditional art! ill have to find a scanner and post some of the art he's having me do. Mostly flowers and 'humans' but i told him i don't draw humans much so he's letting me draw fauns and elves and stuff xD humanoids but its still counts!

I had an apprenticeship in California but there was so much horseplay and professionalism that i ended up being harassed into leaving. It was so bad, the newist tattoo artist there actually threw cola at me and ruined one of my good white shirts. not funny, and bordering on sexual harassment because he said i should enter 'wet tshirt contests more often' which angered the hell out of me.

I explained everything to him and he said that my old tattoo shop was full of assholes who didnt know shit. Hes going to 'actually' teach me stuff.

Still need a real job tho. Need to make Corgi money!

Oh, im supposed to be on a piercing apprenticeship but he said it would be boring, so hes going to teach me both! <3

happy happy.
happy happy.

As some as you know, Kairo and i have been trying to purchase a Cardigan Welsh Corgi
from a breeder for several years, and things always seem to go wrong. Well not this year.

Solstice Kennels in Atlanta GA has put us on their waiting list for a litter later this year.

20% OFF ALL COMMISSIONS untill we reach our goal!!!!

Do the voodoo that you do! spread the word for my commissions!

Please if you can help in any way, please do,.pimp me in a journal,.throw
my name infront of people.

Write it on a wiffle bat and beat your buddies with it.

I will have a melt down if we end this year Corgiless for the 3rd year in a row.


-Zippers