So yep I'm back online again, and I hope you've been good while I was away.

So yeah, I'm going to be offline again after I go to bed for the night. I know I've been going offline a lot lately, but each one of these times have been necessary. Though I will say that this will be the last time I'll go offline for quite sometime.

So I'll see you all soon, so take care crinklebutts.

This journal is a little bit late but that's only because I had essays to write. (excuses, excuses and excuses) XD

But anyway, thank you all so much for the birthday wishes I had received the other day. My Skype was literally bombarded with so many B-Day wishes that I struggling to reply to them all! Hehe, but it was a great problem to have and it made my day just a lot more special. Thanks to each and everyone of you who sent me their best wishes, it really does mean a lot to me and to receive that much love is just awesome. Hopefully I can repay back that love throughout my next year in this community and beyond.

So yep, I'm back. XD

In the next 24 hours I'll be offline for a little while. Sorry for any inconvenience it may cause.

So like an idiot, I have burned my right hand while cooking. Two smalls burn, one first degree burn on the side of my hand and a first. maybe second degree burn on the tip of my middle finger. I've had it under cool water for about 30 minutes and have now bandage it up, I'm hoping it doesn't develop into anything serious.

So a few days ago I received an email from my university about how they were going to change my degree course. They've change not one, not two, not three but FIVE term papers!!! Which is essentially nearly 25% of my overall degree study. WHAT THE FUCK!!! I'm nearly entering my final year of Uni and had my degree planned for months, some parts even planned out for years!

Have you already used up most of your elective term papers that these new compulsory term papers will replace? Well TOO BAD!!! They won't count towards your degree and you now must do these term papers instead, flushing the thousands of dollars and months you spend slaving away on those previous term papers that I told I was allowed to do.

You want to complete your degree in 2016 which you originally planned with the university for? Well FUCK YOU, you must do these term papers now because we said so! Because with this new degree structure, it would take an extra year of study to complete because (get this), the new compulsory term papers have not even been created yet and will not be available until 2017.

Was I given notice that a change to my degree was going to happen? Yes, but it was only two weeks ago and it pretty much summed up as "Some things may change to your degree."
What student can act upon this?!


They justified this by stating that "students desire more structure in their study and these changes will provide to those needs" Grade A bullshit! Just an excuse to streamline your degree so they don't have to provide as many papers and can save some cash on resources.

Fine, even if the changes are justified. DO IT TO THE NEW STUDENTS!!! New students haven't invested tens of thousands of dollars into a degree that took students like me months to plan out, I signed that contract to complete a degree that I planned out when I first joined this University, they shouldn't get a right to backtrack on that and force me to do essentially a minor's worth of university work that I didn't agree to.

So to complete my degree at this university I'd need to pay much more money for a room to spend at this university for an extra year to spend my precious time to ultimately finish a degree now filled with term papers that I have no interest in and don't want to do.

So fuck that shit. Seriously!

I've now begin to transfer over to a different university in a different province so not only can I keep during a similar degree but I will be able to finish this degree by the end of 2016 (as originally planned). And with this change, I know that I'm not going to have a dick shoved up my ass and have the degree plan that I spend months trying to work out pulled out from under me and shit on by some half billion dollar university!!!


*Sighs* Sorry about the rant and excessive swearing, it's just so frustrating and incredibly stressful. I've literally spend the last few days contacting the new university to work out how I was going to transfer all my current credits/points over to them and how I was going to complete the remainder of my degree with them to ensure that I will all their requirements (Not an quick thing to do, let me tell you that).


Though perhaps I'll take my parents advice and look at it as a blessing in disguise. This new university does seem to be better than my current one, and it offers more interesting courses. Plus I can technically transfer all my credits/points over, so they are not wasted. And I'll be spending up in a city that is closer to my family, so I'll get to see them more often.

So yeah, if anyone was curious about my recent stress, there you go.

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So just a little quick update on what's going on in my life,

I got to meet up with a couple of people during this afternoon, one of whom is a babyfur while the other was just a regular DL, so basically this was actually my first ever meeting someone IRL who was a part of the whole AB/DL/BF fandom, so that was new and interesting experience to say the least. XD

And also it's the start of the semester break for my university, so I get to go back to my family whom I haven't seen since the beginning of July and escape this boring city (for a couple weeks at least).




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So this weekend I'm moving away from my family temporarily to another province so I can continue on with my university studies, so I may not be on FA that often if at all during that time (of moving that is).

So I'm back! Barely in one piece but hey, I survived!

Because of upcoming exams, and also a couple of... Issues I've been dealing with, I will be logging out of my FA in about 24 hours time for a hiatus.

So all RPs and conversations I have going at the moment on FA will be discontinued and come to a close by tomorrow night. Also if anyone wants to talk or ask me about something, I'd recommend to do it now or else I won't be responding. I'll keep my Skype open for some of the time during the hiatus, however this will only be for important conversations and not for RPing.

I do apologize for any inconvenience this brings.

I'm going over to a neighbouring city to attend my sister's graduation so I will be gone from FA for tomorrow and won't likely return until the night of the next day. I may get access to Wi-Fi during that time but I can't be certain and it will only be for a short period of time if so.

So yeah, I will be bringing my little sketch notebook I just purchased since I will probably not have much to do during my time over there, so if you want me to doodle you (or at least try XD) then comment below with a ref.

Remember, there is no guarantee that I will draw you and that these will most likely be just some very quick, cartoony doodles as I just want something to keep me entertained while traveling. XD

They will be General-rated images as well, though I might draw some in more 'unique' situations if I know for a fact that person enjoys them.



I'll be up in the morning to check my messages for a little bit before taking off.

It's  poochyena birthday today! Go wish the lil'stinker a happy birthday and hope that he can have many stinky days to come!

Thank you.

And I really mean it, for everything.

The conversations, the roleplaying and even the simple hellos that I have received from everyone has just been awesome.

Especially since the past few months haven't exactly been the nicest to me, and that had really gotten me down at times, so it really has been It's nice to be able to turn to this wonderful community. And honestly, there have been times where I had really been not feeling good at all, and just getting something as small as simple message from someone on here really did brighten up some of those days.

And a special thanks to my fur family. You mean a lot to me and I always look forward to any time we can get to spend together. (though I'm still not sure why you want this silly o'collie to be part of your family in the first place but I'm thankful that you do.)

And even though I'm pretty much a nobody on the another side of the world to most of you guys, I still just wanted to say how much you all mean to me. It honesty does and I'm not sure what I'd do without you. Thank you again and I hope that one day I can repay all your kindness that you have given me.

Love you all, *Hugs from this little border collie*

Any questions you wanna ask this border collie?

Happy Easter everyone! Hope you enjoy this wonderful holiday whether it be by visiting family, hanging out with friends or just indulging in an array of Easter chocolate.

I thought that since I've been here for just over a year that perhaps I should share a little bit of information about myself so we can know each other better.


So to do this.... I'm gonna interview myself!



Q1. Where are you from?

A. Umm... I'm from a little o'country called New Zealand, that place that often gets cropped out of world maps. XD


Q2. How old are you?

A. 20 years old,



Q3. How tall are you?

A. 6'1"



Q4. How much do you weigh?

I weigh 70kg (or 154lbs for you Americans XD)



Q5. What is your current job/study?

I'm currently in my second-to-last year studying economics and geography at university.



Q6. What job are you hoping to achieve in the future?

I bet ya no one has heard of this, I wanna be a GIS Specialist. XD



Q7. A what?

Well, basically it's a job where you take boring, hard-to-read geographic data from surveyors/researchers/etc and then turn them into pretty pictures, diagrams and animations (like the weather maps on TV for example) so that anyone who sees them can understand what it means much more easily (it's easier to tell if it's going to rain if there is a picture of a Mr. Grumpy cloud rather than reading someone's convoluted spreadsheet). XD



Q8. Zzz... Wha? Well anyway, moving on. How would you describe your personally?

I'm actually perky most of the time and despite my occasional negative journals, I do bounce back rather quickly. I wouldn't call myself shy and have a rather dominant personally, I enjoy having conversations with people and being able to hang out with them. Though I do try to care and make other people happy.



Q9. Any flaws you could state about yourself?

I can be a little too dominant at times which can result in me getting a little too carried away with things and accidentally offending people.

And getting rid of my habit of procrastinating would be a miracle. XD




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RANDOM Babyfur facts related to me:



1. I do enjoy wearing diapers (duh. :-P)

2. The longest I've worn one is about 7 hours.

3. I have not been caught wearing diapers

4. But I have been caught putting diapers on my plushies.

5. I've been in the woods wearing a diaper.

6. I used to sneak diapers back home when I was at high school by buying a pack of diapers at a nearby grocery store during the lunch-break and stuff them into my backpack to take home.

7. I have never worn an actual adult diaper, only modified regular diapers. (only because I don't have a reliable method of obtaining them.)

8. I have once poured half of bottle of powder into my diaper

9. It wasn't my finest idea. XD

10. My first babyfur fursona was a Toller back in 2012,

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Q10. What are your future plans?

Well, I'm going over to North America in 2017. Which that will be a fun new adventure (plus New Zealand is getting quite boring).



Q11. Anything you really want to do in life?

Just to be able to meet another babyfur, and perhaps to treat them like a little cub in a big brother kind-of-way. (kinda like what I did to my younger siblings growing up.)




So that's eleven quick questions about me, if you have any you'd like to ask then go right ahead. Or perhaps you'd like to describe a bit about yourself so I'm always interested to hear.

 Fuzzymcfuzz Yep, it's my bro's birthday so give his little guy lots of attention for his special day.

It's been officially one year since I rejoined this wonderful community and posted up my first picture. Thank you all for being awesome and here's hoping for many more great years to come.

Yeah, if you happen to read it then disregard it and forget that it ever existed please.

I want to know who is still in my family as I've just noticed that quite a few family members of mine don't really talk to me anymore so I'm just trying to determine who still wants to be in my family and who doesn't want to. And also, if you don't want to be in my family anymore because of whatever reason, then tell me. I won't be offend by it, and I do need to know because it's no good if only one or neither of us don't want to be in each others family anymore.

Got any questions you want to ask this collie? Well ask them below and I'll do my best to answer them.

Hey all! Just want to wish you all a Merry Christmas or any other holiday you may be celebrating at this wonderful time of year. I hope you have a great time spending and enjoying being with your loved ones.

Also it's Tuesday, so feel free to ask me anything you might want to know about me if you want. XD

Otherwise, happy holidays to you all! And despite the many gifts that lay under the Christmas Tree, the best one to me has been the gift of your friendship. Thank you all! *Hugs* :)

So it's only 9 days to go until Christmas, very exciting indeed! So I've only got one assignment left to finish off for my summer semester before the university closes down for the end of the year so that's good. The 200 watcher picture and the remainder of the icons (I know, they're taking forever) should be all done before Christmas at which I will be able to post them for all you to see.

I'll also be posting up a 2014 meme of my art at the end of the year which will show my progress from January to December so if you want some laughs about some embarrassingly bad pictures, then you will have a fun time, lol. (And I may be willing to redo some of those pictures if I can be bothered) :P


It's also TMI Tuesday again so feel free to ask me whatever you feel like (regardless of how personal) and I'll try give an answer to it. :D

So I have been starting to feel a bit better over these last few days, and hopefully that trend will continue and I'll be able to be back to my perky self soon (despite my recent exam results). So yeah, thank you to everyone who has shown me some support lately, you guys are just absolutely awesome. :)

Anyway, I'd figure it's time for me to do a TMI Tuesday so if you have any questions or anything you want to know about me, then you can ask me. :D

(FYI, feel free to go as weird or personal as you like. It doesn't worry me. ;) )