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Nov. 7th, 2009 @ 08:30 pm Stealing from [info]chickenteeth
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We'd all dissolve.
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Nov. 7th, 2009 @ 03:25 am (no subject)
Current Mood: horny


Best kitten video on Youtube? I think so.
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Nov. 7th, 2009 @ 03:20 am Chronicles of the Moo - The Pandapants' Logs
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Nov. 7th, 2009 @ 02:54 am NaNoWriMo 2009!
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http://www.nanowrimo.org//eng/user/459388

Getting fairly good, here, I'll probably be on perfect track by tomorrow night (10,000 words), I can hope!

It's a very good story, what I've come up with, though I'm not sure I can condense it into only 50,000 words... :P
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 11:47 pm Chime
Tetris was great.

Lumines was great.

Tetris + Lumines... sounds like an epic win.
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 10:43 pm TGIF
Current Location: Windy oak grove
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Good grief, is it over yet?

Boy am I glad I took next week off. I'll need it to catch up the lost time on NaNo. Guild newsletter is done, finally, after a long wrassle with uncooperative graphics. Not ideal, but it's done as it gets for this purpose.

Friday was short-handed, which didn't help. Gary is still working on an assignment that won't die for school, meeting again and again with his professor and then again and again with the group for whom he is supposed to be creating the map. Yet another meeting tomorrow, at our house, which means cleaning and cooking and all that.

I wanna start weaving that new warp, but NaNo has to come first. However, sleep has to come before that, in spite of a howling wind out of the south that has raised our temperatures back into the 60F range today.
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 08:29 pm Arrived alive at apartment
We had to stop another unexpected night on the road, but we're here now. Hooray!

We still don't have a proper internet connection yet, but we'll be setting that up tomorrow. So you probably won't hear from me again until Monday or so, whenever the net's turned on. I just wanted to check in with everyone. So, yeah. We survived!
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 02:21 pm James Randi Lecture @ Caltech - Homeopathy
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 07:18 pm Fail
Current Thought: Gary Numan - Berserker
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 08:46 am Whatever thoughts
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I find it strange...
Thing is I'm not exactly what you would call confident, in a lot of things, at all. I realize this is not outwardly apparent to most people, but that's because I make an effort never to act on those feelings because nothing progressive comes out of it. Better to continue, even when lacking confidence in the matter, than stopping. And yet at the same time, I'm very strong willed. In the sense that I can't really be swayed from what I am, and that I know what I am (if that makes any sense)
Seriously, low self confidence and strong will wtf how does that even work.

Speaking of never acting, a friendly piece of advice.
Never ever make actions based soly on the impulses of emotions. No matter how angry, sad or hurt you feel, acting on that is usually never the best choice, and you will more than likely regret it eventually. Rant about it personally, or to a few people, scream, just do something to get the emotions out, but just do not make any actions on it. Always give yourself time until your mind has cleared and you can think on things as rationally and objectively as possible before responding on a situation, the results will always be much better this way.

And another thought, why are people so afraid of honestly and truth? I will never understand this, especially when people knowingly choose to not to hear the honest response if they have the choice. Sure some truth is not exactly 'nice' and doesn't give you warm fuzzies all the time but isn't better to know things up front and sooner than being dragged on by a lie for several years, or even for shorter lengths of time. But then again, I've always been revolted by the concept of living a lie. (granted that also entails aspects of not being true to yourself, but even so)

Oh yeah I did more of these

So at least this entry isn't totally pointless.
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 07:46 am My favorite Star Wars quote:
"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."

I could say this to a lot of people I meet in life, including some many most furries.
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 08:44 am Ten Things You May Not Know About Midwest FurFest! #7: Shuttles!
As we count down with excitement to Midwest FurFest 2009, a celebration of the tenth anniversary of Midwest FurFest, we wanted to talk about some of the things that might be helpful for you, whether you're an old hand at MFF or if this is your very first convention. We'll call this TEN THINGS THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT MIDWEST FURFEST!

Number Seven: Midwest FurFest has shuttles available!

The Westin Chicago North Shore has a hotel shuttle that operates in a three-mile radius around the hotel. This radius includes TWO Metra (commuter rail) stations: the Lake-Cook Road Station on the MD-North line and the Wheeling Station on the North Central Service line (which does not run on weekends!). The Westin will be happy to pick you up from the Metra station IF: 1. You are a paying guest at the Westin, and 2. If you call the Westin at (847) 777-6500 twenty-four hours in advance to let them know you will need a ride.

The reason they request the latter is because of manpower issues: you don't want to have a driver scheduled for a time when they're going to just be sitting around for hours with nothing to do, y'know? Additionally, if you are coming in late at night, the Westin may or may not be able to give you a ride from the train stations - always call the hotel and confirm in advance if at all possible. And just in case, it's always a good idea to have the number of a local cab company (found on our Travel Page) just in case.

Our overflow hotels, the Hampton Inn Lincolnshire and the Courtyard By Marriott Lincolnshire will be running shuttles to and from the Westin at least every half-hour, operating on the following schedule:
Thursday, November 19th . 5pm until Midnight
Friday, November 20th . 8am until 2am
Saturday, November 21st . 8am until 2am
Sunday, November 22nd . 8am until 2am

If you have any issues or concerns with the Hampton Inn or Courtyard shuttles, please stop by our Information Desk or call the Westin and as to speak to Midwest FurFest Operations.

That's all for this installment of TEN THINGS THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT MIDWEST FURFEST! Tune in on Monday to see what Number Six will be.
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Nov. 5th, 2009 @ 07:21 pm Drama Armada-rama
Apologies up front for the "shameless self-promotion" aspect of this post, but it's FurFright-related as well... so there. :P

For anyone who's interested, the Drama Armada page on FA has been updated to include both "Yiff You", our (award-losing!) Coldplay parody from this year's Masquerade, and "All Furries Go To Hell", our (award-winning!) original song/sketch from last year. That's two songs for the price of one... which, incidentally, is free. :D
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 01:13 pm NaNO progress (emphasis on "no")
I'm getting SO behind on this thing. -_- Hopefully I can catch up over the weekend.

13740 words so far. (1217 words for chapter 4, not yet posted)

13740 / 80000 words. 17% done!
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 03:33 am A Loaded Question
So here's a really obvious question for you all. When a person who makes the assertion that America is a Christian nation, is this person even worthy of being debated with he says that the Bill of Rights is an addendum to the US Constitution? Further, is it an ad hominem to call him a fool after pointing out such a glaring blunder?
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 02:21 am (no subject)
Quickie post, since I might not catch you on AIM. XD


Icon for Donryu, and the first one I've done in full body for anyone.

http://www.theskulldog.com/commissions/braveone.psd - larger, uncropped version.

Now I'm going to bed.
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Nov. 5th, 2009 @ 09:14 pm Why can't I own Canadians?
Referendum 71, which grants gay and lesbian couples "everything but marriage" as far as state laws are concerned, narrowly passed here in Washington. It spells victory over religious nutjobs who have sought to repeal legislation from earlier in the year. And, as you might guess, the hateful zealots are vowing to put it on the ballot again. So much for the "democratic" process. They'll just pull the lever over and over again until they get what they want.

Given how zealots for centuries have partaken in the pasttime of selectively interpreting the Bible to suit their needs, I thought I'd share this amusing Internet meme:

1. Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?

2. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?

3. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness - Lev.15: 19-24. The problem is how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.

4. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The problem is, my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?

5. I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath.Exodus 35:2. clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself, or should I ask the police to do it?

6. A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination - Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this? Are there 'degrees' of abomination?

7. Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle- room here?

8. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die?

9. I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?

10. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev.19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? Lev.24:10-16. Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair, like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)
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Nov. 5th, 2009 @ 10:36 pm Erg
Current Location: Home in the oak grove
Current Mood: exanimate
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I think I'm still not recovered from Wednesday.

In the interest of avoiding writing, or editing a guild newsletter that I need to get done, Argos finished warping his loom this evening. I'm sure he'll have something to say about it tomorrow. There are more photos, for the curious. The entire 32 inch wide warp (320 individual threads, which isn't a lot for something that wide) is now threaded, sleyed, tied, and tensioned. The header has been woven, and the loom is ready for the actual weaving process now.

We got a new garbage disposal installed today. In the eleven years we've had this house, we have replaced nearly every appliance, including the heating and cooling system. I believe only the water softener is still original at this point. Oh, and the well pump. I don't want to replace that one. We already had it pulled so they could replace the gaskets, though. That was expensive enough. We don't actually use the garbage disposal much, but since we do use the dishwasher, and it drains through the disposal, when the old one died it had to be replaced. In general it doesn't make much sense to grind up food waste and dump it into your septic system, so we compost kitchen waste instead.

I'm flattened, though, so I think I'll go be flat (in bed.)
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Nov. 5th, 2009 @ 11:19 pm (no subject)
So today was one of the those days I wake up and just don't want to do any work. At all. I managed to piddle a few things I needed to, mostly cleaning up sketches. It was raining all morning, so the few paintings I actually had motivation for felt damp, and it's hard to work pencil into that.

I'd love it to shift to snow, at least that keeps the room from feeling damp, might be colder, but at least I can crank the heat, feel justified in the action and get work done.

Tonight was my first game of dodgeball in the NH league (We drink and play semi competitive sports, mostly we drink and have fun.) Grey team has some real dicks on it, they get a hit a few times and won't leave the field, but as soon as they think they hit one of us, the whole team starts chanting OUT and arguing with the ref. They also never join us at the bar afterward. :/

And to end, I have Eric Cartman's rendition of 'Poker Face' stuck in my head. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSEST-oQH68&feature=related
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Nov. 5th, 2009 @ 09:58 pm public post
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Current Thought: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain? | Powered by Last.fm
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Take anything you hear about me, no matter who it's from, with a handful of salt. There is a lot of shit flying around. I am not your tabloid. I am not your gossip fodder. Everything you hear is biased. Trust nobody.


I am living in Pittsburgh again and my life is greatly improving. I am more confident and okay with the gender I was born into. I still don't always like being called a girl, but I also don't dry heave when I see myself naked. Every inch of my body is scarred in some way, and I'm not ashamed about it. I am what I am. I don't shudder when I hear my given name anymore. I have very promising things on the horizon. I am working as hard as I can to make back more money and pay off the rest of my outstanding commissions. I am saving money for a car and a new apartment. I am not interacting with the furry fandom at all anymore and it feels amazing. My free time is spent making music with my brother and doing constructive things I love and even watching cartoons sometimes. I spend less than an hour a day on the internet and I wouldn't have it any other way.

I have at least two people in real life who love me and have my back - one blood brother and one soulmate. No names need to be named because it's none of your business: all you need to know is that they both exist entirely in physical form, not digital. If this is all I ever have in real life, I am okay with that. I do not need to validate my existence to anyone. I feel like I can almost face the rest of the world right now. I am learning that the universe is not as terrifying in real life as it is in my head. I do not fight or argue with anyone except my father, which is an acceptable standard. I haven't raised my voice in over a month. I have no intention of leaving PA again any time soon. I feel like I have stepped through a doorway into the real world and am walking towards a truly adult life.


I did not "go crazy and run far far away" or do any of the other things that people are saying. I stepped out of the fantasy world and into the real one. I found a balance.



and you know what? I still like robots and goofy animals and weird science and tim and eric and stupid shit, and I still have all my characters and stories and ideas in my head, too. but nothing rules over me anymore - especially not a subculture or a social group, of ANY sort. They're mine, and I'm mine. This life is mine now.
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