I wish I could be making a journal with a good update, and I plan to in a couple of weeks, but right now a friend of mine,  LuisTheYamper is in trouble. Please read the journal I'm linking below for more information on the situation and how you can help. Please, help my friend.

The journal: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/11155535/

Time really does fly, doesn't it? Well, guess it's time for me to do the yearly reflection, huh? Well, I'd say this year has had it's ups and downs for me, all and all. I think I can sum it up by saying it was a 'not what I wanted, but what I needed' kind of year. I guess I should explain a bit.

First off, back in January, I realized that I was lonely, not really any people in my personal life I could really talk too all that much, and stuff online had slowed down, and loneliness does hurt. So I put myself out there, and sure I was nervous, but I made some nice IRL friends that I can talk to about stuff, and we hang out from time to time. And things went on like that for awhile. However, I had been lurking in the shadows of the furry community, not really making myself known, and just watching, and I didn't expect to leave it and join the stage. But...something happened...something that everyone here knows about.

 Dragoneer died.

I never knew him, and he didn't know me, but I felt two things when I heard. 1, Scared that this website would no longer exist, a website that I liked visiting too see all the art that the many wonder people made here. but I'm glad everything seemed to work out on that front in the end. and 2, which is most important, I had missed out on meeting a pillar of this community, and from what I've seen, a good guy as well. I didn't want to miss out on meeting anyone else I wanted to talk too, so after mulling it over for awhile, and thinking about my fursona and other stuff, I finally joined the community, and this time, on stage.

And honestly, I have to say, this community has been quite welcoming. I joined a few discord servers I've found of people I liked, and those people and the people have been nice and made me feel welcome. Or I guess I should use 'furs' instead of 'people'? Eh, I'll figure it out as I go. And as for next year, I think I'm going to focus on strengthening bonds I have, as well as making new friends here in this community, as well as work a bit on my artistic skills and story telling skills, by making art and telling stories. And who knows, maybe I'll finally start dating, who knows? So I look forward to meeting and getting to know others here better. And I wish everyone a happy and good new year!

Also, if you're reading this, please comment below any tips or tricks or lingo or etc. on interacting within this community or have any stories about Dragoneer you can tell me so I can know him a bit better, or even just have any questions about me, it would help me find my footing here.