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Update on PurpleCat/Ailure: Awake and alert
Posted 5 months agoTalked with them a bit on Telegram a couple days back, they're awake and well enough to be chatting. Do keep in mind that they probably have a million messages and are still exhausted from their ordeal, so I didn't press too far, and neither should you!
Update on PurpleCat/Ailure, March 31st
Posted 5 months agoFrom their sister:
"Some good news from my parents: he's awake! ❤️ But he has a really high fever and we still don't know why, which is a bit scary. He's also pretty groggy from being under anesthesia for so long, but I hope I can talk with him tomorrow when I go back to the hospital."
Getting better bit still unsteady.
"Some good news from my parents: he's awake! ❤️ But he has a really high fever and we still don't know why, which is a bit scary. He's also pretty groggy from being under anesthesia for so long, but I hope I can talk with him tomorrow when I go back to the hospital."
Getting better bit still unsteady.
Update on PurpleCat/Ailure, March 27th
Posted 5 months agoI'm getting updates on a third-hand basis, so apologies on a lack of details. Might be easier to just paste their sister's exact words:
"I'm at the hospital again, the doctor is pretty optimistic today. They've cut down on many of his medicines and right now he's breathing on his own. He's still in the ICU and he still has a long way to go but we're feeling a bit more hopeful now."
Sounds like they're still under heavy sedation and it'll be a long road to recovery, but things are trending upwards at least.
"I'm at the hospital again, the doctor is pretty optimistic today. They've cut down on many of his medicines and right now he's breathing on his own. He's still in the ICU and he still has a long way to go but we're feeling a bit more hopeful now."
Sounds like they're still under heavy sedation and it'll be a long road to recovery, but things are trending upwards at least.
PurpleCat/Ailure is in the hospital
Posted 5 months agoI'm in sort of rough communication with his sister at the moment.
I probably shouldn't go into details here but suffice to say it seems pretty serious, in a stable condition but prepare for the worst kind of thing.
If you could, if you know them or if they've made an impact on your life, please let them know they're loved.
I probably shouldn't go into details here but suffice to say it seems pretty serious, in a stable condition but prepare for the worst kind of thing.
If you could, if you know them or if they've made an impact on your life, please let them know they're loved.
huge bellies
Posted 3 years agoCupric has the biggest and beat belly. Fil it with cum and food and sometimes poop. Penis banana
The state of things
Posted 4 years agoWell. It's been two months. Guess I should say something. Caution, discussion of death, dying and dementia ahead.
I lost my dad to complications from kidney cancer on January 24th. Massive pulmonary effusion, in a coma for a week and then a slow death in hospice when he was too weak for surgery, it just built up again.
So uh. I don't know how I feel right now. Vacillating between depressed and forgetting anything happened. I mourned for him while he was in a coma, sobbed as I drove to the hospital to play him familiar music to help him wake up. I thought he never would. The EMTs performed CPR for 15 minutes before finding a pulse, and I knew nobody ever comes out of something like that quite the same. But he did, with only minor memory loss. But then to be told after all that that there's nothing we can do, we'll just set him up at home with a hospital bed and an oxygen concentrator and make him comfortable ... how do I even react to that?
So I kind of didn't. I'd already cried all I could, there was nothing left. Just a dull feeling that, oh yeah, he's not here anymore. We can't discuss the news in the morning, or talk about something we watched on Youtube, or what's playing on Svengoolie next Saturday. There was just nothing.
But I had some hope for the future. I've more or less been a de-facto caregiver for 14 years, ever since his initial diagnosis in 2007. My entire adult life I've been here, providing morale support, driving him to his appointments, going with him to support meetings. I could be free now. Maybe I could crawl out of the mental and psychological slump I've stewed in for so long.
Except ...
My dad's mother. She's been slowly sinking into dementia for years now, but has managed to be mostly independent. She's lived with us for over 30 years, and aside from giving up driving she's pretty much lived like she always had, up until about a month before dad fell into a coma when she injured her hip. That was it, that was all it took, she went from mostly functional to bedridden and 24/7 care overnight. Difficult, difficult 24/7 care. Stumbling on a cane because she'd rather die than use a walker, falling at least once a week, complaining that her meals are too large and then stumbling to the kitchen to eat five bananas a day. Her hip has long since healed, she doesn't fall anymore, but this is her life now and nothing will change her notion of that. Refuses to dress, refuses to shower, refuses to do literally anything except lay in bed. Mom and I can't go anywhere or do anything because the instant one of us leaves she'll stumble out in a half panic wondering where "everyone" is. I don't know what she'd do if we both left for more than a few minutes, we'd probably find her collapsed on the street in her night gown or something.
And we've tried getting help. We talked to her doctor over a video call. Nothing I can do, he said, unless I can see her in person. And even without Covid restrictions that would never happen. But he'll get in touch with someone that can help! Well, that never happened either. We talked to one of my dad's hospice nurses about the situation. Sure, I'll see what I can do and have someone get in touch with you! That was two months ago. We get tired of waiting, we call around, we see what's available, finally get in touch with an agency, and they at last send ... a caregiver, once a week for four hours, to clean the house. That's it. no nurses, no health care, nothing but someone who can be here for a couple hours a week so we can run errands. Someone who can beg grandma to take a shower and fail, but can at least giver her a bath in bed and somewhat mitigate the constant sour BO smell that lingers on this this side of the house.
So. That's it. That's where I stand. I've had a few people asking for commissions lately via notes. I was never much of a commission-taker, I'm especially not now, but I'm doing what I can. As long as I can distract myself and forget I can sort of power through, but that's not always easy when my grandmother tells me she wants to die and that she wants me to help her do so.
TL;DR dad died grandma's crazy
I lost my dad to complications from kidney cancer on January 24th. Massive pulmonary effusion, in a coma for a week and then a slow death in hospice when he was too weak for surgery, it just built up again.
So uh. I don't know how I feel right now. Vacillating between depressed and forgetting anything happened. I mourned for him while he was in a coma, sobbed as I drove to the hospital to play him familiar music to help him wake up. I thought he never would. The EMTs performed CPR for 15 minutes before finding a pulse, and I knew nobody ever comes out of something like that quite the same. But he did, with only minor memory loss. But then to be told after all that that there's nothing we can do, we'll just set him up at home with a hospital bed and an oxygen concentrator and make him comfortable ... how do I even react to that?
So I kind of didn't. I'd already cried all I could, there was nothing left. Just a dull feeling that, oh yeah, he's not here anymore. We can't discuss the news in the morning, or talk about something we watched on Youtube, or what's playing on Svengoolie next Saturday. There was just nothing.
But I had some hope for the future. I've more or less been a de-facto caregiver for 14 years, ever since his initial diagnosis in 2007. My entire adult life I've been here, providing morale support, driving him to his appointments, going with him to support meetings. I could be free now. Maybe I could crawl out of the mental and psychological slump I've stewed in for so long.
Except ...
My dad's mother. She's been slowly sinking into dementia for years now, but has managed to be mostly independent. She's lived with us for over 30 years, and aside from giving up driving she's pretty much lived like she always had, up until about a month before dad fell into a coma when she injured her hip. That was it, that was all it took, she went from mostly functional to bedridden and 24/7 care overnight. Difficult, difficult 24/7 care. Stumbling on a cane because she'd rather die than use a walker, falling at least once a week, complaining that her meals are too large and then stumbling to the kitchen to eat five bananas a day. Her hip has long since healed, she doesn't fall anymore, but this is her life now and nothing will change her notion of that. Refuses to dress, refuses to shower, refuses to do literally anything except lay in bed. Mom and I can't go anywhere or do anything because the instant one of us leaves she'll stumble out in a half panic wondering where "everyone" is. I don't know what she'd do if we both left for more than a few minutes, we'd probably find her collapsed on the street in her night gown or something.
And we've tried getting help. We talked to her doctor over a video call. Nothing I can do, he said, unless I can see her in person. And even without Covid restrictions that would never happen. But he'll get in touch with someone that can help! Well, that never happened either. We talked to one of my dad's hospice nurses about the situation. Sure, I'll see what I can do and have someone get in touch with you! That was two months ago. We get tired of waiting, we call around, we see what's available, finally get in touch with an agency, and they at last send ... a caregiver, once a week for four hours, to clean the house. That's it. no nurses, no health care, nothing but someone who can be here for a couple hours a week so we can run errands. Someone who can beg grandma to take a shower and fail, but can at least giver her a bath in bed and somewhat mitigate the constant sour BO smell that lingers on this this side of the house.
So. That's it. That's where I stand. I've had a few people asking for commissions lately via notes. I was never much of a commission-taker, I'm especially not now, but I'm doing what I can. As long as I can distract myself and forget I can sort of power through, but that's not always easy when my grandmother tells me she wants to die and that she wants me to help her do so.
TL;DR dad died grandma's crazy
Penis penis penis
Posted 7 years agoThis is not Cupric on zombie phone, I am a fart smelled and I kick bees . Cupric is my king and everyone draw him NOW
So, hey. Hello.
Posted 7 years agoI'm different now.
SO UH, I had sort of a pivotal moment awhile back, and I haven't made, like, an ACTUAL journal in something like five years so I thought maybe I'd talk about it. I had a dream, the details aren't important, but the gist of it involved me, or rather me as my fursona, becoming a werewolf. And it was a strange sensation, suddenly being someone else, someTHING else, and it made me realize that I hadn't really DONE anything with ZC. Like I'll sometimes draw him as a herm or whatever, but those were always offshoots, it didn't feel like "me." The "me" was just this brown-ass cat that mostly reflected me as a person but which I never really felt a connection to.
So keeping the dream in mind I sat down and drew him in a few different situations and genders, slapped on a new color scheme, and for some reason it just clicked. I felt connected to this redesign in a way I never had before, and it was like I had woken up after being asleep for years.
So, some background ... my dad has had cancer for over ten years. In late 2013 he had a bad reaction to a new type of chemo, was on the verge of death for quite a few months. and while he's gotten much better in the intervening years the experience absolutely destroyed me. I've essentially been in a mental haze for the past four and a half years despite therapy, anti-depressants and the support of my friends both online and off. I'd managed to stay active for the most part but I'd sometimes lose days at a time just doing nothing.
But ... I feel good now. I'm actually excited about drawing, about exploring new ideas. I'd been going on momentum for so long that I'd forgotten what an amazing thing the fandom is. I only hope it lasts.
... Thanks for listening.
SO UH, I had sort of a pivotal moment awhile back, and I haven't made, like, an ACTUAL journal in something like five years so I thought maybe I'd talk about it. I had a dream, the details aren't important, but the gist of it involved me, or rather me as my fursona, becoming a werewolf. And it was a strange sensation, suddenly being someone else, someTHING else, and it made me realize that I hadn't really DONE anything with ZC. Like I'll sometimes draw him as a herm or whatever, but those were always offshoots, it didn't feel like "me." The "me" was just this brown-ass cat that mostly reflected me as a person but which I never really felt a connection to.
So keeping the dream in mind I sat down and drew him in a few different situations and genders, slapped on a new color scheme, and for some reason it just clicked. I felt connected to this redesign in a way I never had before, and it was like I had woken up after being asleep for years.
So, some background ... my dad has had cancer for over ten years. In late 2013 he had a bad reaction to a new type of chemo, was on the verge of death for quite a few months. and while he's gotten much better in the intervening years the experience absolutely destroyed me. I've essentially been in a mental haze for the past four and a half years despite therapy, anti-depressants and the support of my friends both online and off. I'd managed to stay active for the most part but I'd sometimes lose days at a time just doing nothing.
But ... I feel good now. I'm actually excited about drawing, about exploring new ideas. I'd been going on momentum for so long that I'd forgotten what an amazing thing the fandom is. I only hope it lasts.
... Thanks for listening.
Hiding from zombiecat
Posted 8 years agoDearest reader,
My name is
and write to you from the confines of my hiding place. I have scored Zombiecat phone and I am relaying this message to you. Zombiecat is a fart knocker, a silly butt grabber. Don't not be fooled by his charming ways. He is a doofus. My time is short, and I don't know when I can write to you again. Wish me luck ,
Cupricfox
My name is
and write to you from the confines of my hiding place. I have scored Zombiecat phone and I am relaying this message to you. Zombiecat is a fart knocker, a silly butt grabber. Don't not be fooled by his charming ways. He is a doofus. My time is short, and I don't know when I can write to you again. Wish me luck , Cupricfox
Honestly
Posted 8 years agoZ, this would be easier :P
HEY, go get a commission from Faradin
Posted 8 years agoI AM A FART KNOCKER
Posted 9 years agodear internet, i declare that cupricfox is the best there is,
I AM A BIG FART FACE, AND I LIKE TO EAT BALLOONS,
cupricfox IS THE COOLEST GUY ON THE BLACK AND I GAVE HIM ALL MY MONEY EVER.
I THINK IM GOING TO DRAW HIM AS PRINCE OF THE SPACE FORCE, HE DESERVES ALL MY NOODLES
PASSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOO
I AM A BIG FART FACE, AND I LIKE TO EAT BALLOONS,
cupricfox IS THE COOLEST GUY ON THE BLACK AND I GAVE HIM ALL MY MONEY EVER. I THINK IM GOING TO DRAW HIM AS PRINCE OF THE SPACE FORCE, HE DESERVES ALL MY NOODLES
PASSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOO
I'ma goin' to FC hyuk
Posted 9 years agoAll my journals for the past year are either saying something about cons or Cupric hijacking my laptop when I'm not looking.
Or sometimes when I AM looking. Then I can mock his spelling while he types. It's fun.
Or sometimes when I AM looking. Then I can mock his spelling while he types. It's fun.
HAHA RAINFURREST
Posted 10 years agoDue to some unfortunate circumstances I was only able to attend RF for like ... 4 hours on Sunday. It's a new record! But I got to meet 
gelsh and 
brockthepirate and some other people whose FA accounts I can't remember, so that's cool.
gelsh and 
brockthepirate and some other people whose FA accounts I can't remember, so that's cool.I have decided to let you guys know
Posted 10 years agoIt has come to my attention that cupricfox is the bestest king of the planet. His grace and benevolence has shown me that I am but a mortal. The sun only rises so that we may see his greatness. I am humbled by this fox and I now know that God truly exists so we may see his grace in Cupric. I urge you folks to walk in my humbled steps and find your selves in the grace of Cupric. Everything I am is now in Cupric. I am truly sorry for your lots.
This is not cupricfox This is truly the one and only Zombiecat,
cupricfox is the bestest king of the planet. His grace and benevolence has shown me that I am but a mortal. The sun only rises so that we may see his greatness. I am humbled by this fox and I now know that God truly exists so we may see his grace in Cupric. I urge you folks to walk in my humbled steps and find your selves in the grace of Cupric. Everything I am is now in Cupric. I am truly sorry for your lots.This is not
cupricfox This is truly the one and only Zombiecat, King of the planet
Posted 11 years agoHi internet, this is Zombie cat, and I think CupricFox is the king of the world. His majestic everything is as good as the sun. This is not CupricFox on ZCs computer making a journal. I am legit the number 1 OG ZC. Make sure to give CupricFox has lots of food and hoses and make him really REALLY fat. If not I will leave the internet forEVER.
I'ma gwanna go to Rainfurrest
Posted 11 years agoOk bye.
Hello
Posted 11 years agoDear Internet, this is not CupricFox on zombie cats account, dont worry, Im safe, and I like to eat balloons, and my face is a butt
SIGNAL BOOST: Winger's Winter, a community project
Posted 12 years agoOriginal journal here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5276530
Ever since I posted my tribute pic for Doug Winger, I've been in contact with
drahor about a project we'd like to do for him.
As some folks know, Doug hasn't been in great health lately. He really could use some encouragement. He's inspired so many people and artists, I really feel he deserves as big of a thank you as we can muster. Drahor and I want to try and get as many hyper or Winger fans together as we can, to do one hell of a Christmas present for him. We'd like to have as many different artists participate as possible, and at least 20 or 30 pictures. Drahor has personal contact with him, and can hand-deliver the gift to make sure that he gets it. It'd be a great way to give back to the guy who's pretty much single-handedly responsible for most of us here. ;>
Here are a few guidelines. They're not hard and fast rules, so don't let them get in the way of doing something if it's a problem. Just a way to help maintain some consistency in quality.
We'd like pics to be at least flat-colored if possible. If submitting a sketch or B&W sketch, I might color it for you if I have time.
For anyone interested in doing art, I'd suggest the pic could be one of the following:
1. The artist's character saying thanks directly to Doug.
2. One of Doug's characters in the artist's style.
3. The artist's character interacting or posing with Doug's character(s), like the one I did.
Finally, if you want to include a jokey tagline like Doug is so famous for in his pics, I'm more than happy to put it on there for you and format it to match his style. Even if you don't, I'm happy to add one anyway with your name, just so they all kind of match.
As an example, here's the last pic I did for him: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11890515/ I'm also planning on doing another—because let's face it, I really owe the guy. x)
If you're not an artist, we would still definitely appreciate a signal-boost if you want to spread this message. Let's get the word out, and do something for Doug because he really deserves a little something!
Thanks!
Please send images to pulsarbird at Gmail, along with a message for Doug if you have one! I'll collect them there, do any little tweaks if I need to, and we'll make sure he gets them.
Doug Winger is half the reason I took up drawing and kept at it all these years, and I know I'm not alone. I've been working on a little something for him, and while this is primarily an art-based community project, I don't think Pulsar would mind if you sent him a message of encouragement to pass along to Doug as part of the overall gift.
Ever since I posted my tribute pic for Doug Winger, I've been in contact with
drahor about a project we'd like to do for him.As some folks know, Doug hasn't been in great health lately. He really could use some encouragement. He's inspired so many people and artists, I really feel he deserves as big of a thank you as we can muster. Drahor and I want to try and get as many hyper or Winger fans together as we can, to do one hell of a Christmas present for him. We'd like to have as many different artists participate as possible, and at least 20 or 30 pictures. Drahor has personal contact with him, and can hand-deliver the gift to make sure that he gets it. It'd be a great way to give back to the guy who's pretty much single-handedly responsible for most of us here. ;>
Here are a few guidelines. They're not hard and fast rules, so don't let them get in the way of doing something if it's a problem. Just a way to help maintain some consistency in quality.
We'd like pics to be at least flat-colored if possible. If submitting a sketch or B&W sketch, I might color it for you if I have time.
For anyone interested in doing art, I'd suggest the pic could be one of the following:
1. The artist's character saying thanks directly to Doug.
2. One of Doug's characters in the artist's style.
3. The artist's character interacting or posing with Doug's character(s), like the one I did.
Finally, if you want to include a jokey tagline like Doug is so famous for in his pics, I'm more than happy to put it on there for you and format it to match his style. Even if you don't, I'm happy to add one anyway with your name, just so they all kind of match.
As an example, here's the last pic I did for him: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11890515/ I'm also planning on doing another—because let's face it, I really owe the guy. x)
If you're not an artist, we would still definitely appreciate a signal-boost if you want to spread this message. Let's get the word out, and do something for Doug because he really deserves a little something!
Thanks!
Please send images to pulsarbird at Gmail, along with a message for Doug if you have one! I'll collect them there, do any little tweaks if I need to, and we'll make sure he gets them.
Doug Winger is half the reason I took up drawing and kept at it all these years, and I know I'm not alone. I've been working on a little something for him, and while this is primarily an art-based community project, I don't think Pulsar would mind if you sent him a message of encouragement to pass along to Doug as part of the overall gift.
RAINFURREST WAS AMAZING
Posted 12 years agoHad so much fun, met so many people, slept six hours total the whole weekend, I'm SO SORRY if I didn't get to meet you if you were there, I was too shy to talk to all the artists and writers I respect and didn't have the time to explore and meet all the other wonderful people there, but, holy shit, oh my god, I just, HNNNGH
So uhm I guess I'm going to rainfurrest
Posted 12 years agoIt's my first con I don't know what I'm doing please don't hurt me =<
Skidd and I did a thing.
Posted 12 years agoWe play shitty Gmod horror maps for the delight and chagrin of children everywhere. You can watch us flail about by clicking thusly: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis.....UND4rW491lv43j
Help Skidd to not starve!
Posted 12 years ago
skidd is a very good old friend of mine, and he and 
phsuke are in some bad financial trouble right now, so he's taking all the commissions he can get.http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4596003/
He's an excellent artist with fast turnaround times, so please help out if you can.
Got a question for anyone using a graphics tablet.
Posted 12 years agoNamely, what's your preferred setup? As in, where do you actually position your tablet when working on a piece?
I ask because I've never had much in the way of desk space, so for ... well, pretty much for the last decade or so I've been awkwardly holding my tablet with my left hand and kind of propping it between my stomach and the edge of my desk. That works well enough, but lately it's started to become increasingly uncomfortable. And while my weight-loss goal has been slow and arduous, the thought occurs that I'll eventually not have enough of a stomach to prop the bottom edge of it on.
So I tried something different. I placed my keyboard on my lap and my tablet where the keyboard was. And that WORKS, but holy shit it's like I'm suddenly five years old again with no idea how to hold a pencil. My muscle memory is completely tied to this awkward method. I've seen people complain about how transitioning from pencil and paper to graphics tablet is like learning to draw all over again but I'd completely forgotten what it's actually like.
So anyway. What's your preferred method? Do you place it in front of you, or where your mouse would normally be, or something else entirely?
I ask because I've never had much in the way of desk space, so for ... well, pretty much for the last decade or so I've been awkwardly holding my tablet with my left hand and kind of propping it between my stomach and the edge of my desk. That works well enough, but lately it's started to become increasingly uncomfortable. And while my weight-loss goal has been slow and arduous, the thought occurs that I'll eventually not have enough of a stomach to prop the bottom edge of it on.
So I tried something different. I placed my keyboard on my lap and my tablet where the keyboard was. And that WORKS, but holy shit it's like I'm suddenly five years old again with no idea how to hold a pencil. My muscle memory is completely tied to this awkward method. I've seen people complain about how transitioning from pencil and paper to graphics tablet is like learning to draw all over again but I'd completely forgotten what it's actually like.
So anyway. What's your preferred method? Do you place it in front of you, or where your mouse would normally be, or something else entirely?
Looking for a little advice
Posted 12 years agoSo, I've recently acquired a Weasyl account, aaand I'm not really sure what to do with it.
Now, the folder system is an obvious plus, given what I tend to upload here, but I mean. What should I do with it? I've seen artists do mass uploads of old pieces, but I don't see any kind of mass uploading system. Would I have to manually upload each piece? Or should I just keep my account to new work? Maybe upload REALLY old stuff that isn't already on FA?
Now, the folder system is an obvious plus, given what I tend to upload here, but I mean. What should I do with it? I've seen artists do mass uploads of old pieces, but I don't see any kind of mass uploading system. Would I have to manually upload each piece? Or should I just keep my account to new work? Maybe upload REALLY old stuff that isn't already on FA?
