Just dusting off the old journal to give everyone a quick update:

I am now located in Rochester, having moved here at the end of October. So far, so good; kind of exciting getting to experience a new place. I've already drank my own weight in Tim Horton's coffee. I am, however, incredibly homesick, especially with the Holiday season. Now That I'm settling down, though, I'm looking to connect with the furry scene up here. Anyone from the area know of any meets, goings on, etc.? I had wanted to make Soron's End of the World event, but Mia's leg is busted and she needs to take it easy for now.

So sound off, Ra-cha-cha beasties!

...there would be a machine/pill/treatment that temporarily transforms you into an anthro animal of your choice. It would wear off after a certain amount of time, and could immediately be reversed by an "antidote" if you found it not to your liking. Twofers on couples!

It would probably have to be regulated carefully, though; I can imagine a few black market drones whipping up a chimera or wendigo formula in their basement.

...is it wrong that I find "person into inanimate object" sequences ridiculous and stupid?

The answer to last journal's question is: "Don't quit your day job."

You got it, guys.

I've been thinking of taking a shot at commissions; for a good while I was concerned that my writing wasn't good enough for anyone to want to pay for. But hell, I get $10 for a paragraph at work, so it's worth a shot. And the only way to fine tune my skills is to keep writing. If you want a sample to see if my style works for you, feel free to check the beginning of my gallery. I'd hazard to say I've improved since even then.

What I'm thinking is: $5, you tell me the characters and situations you want, I write a story of up to...let's say up to 15 pages. I would do dirty stuff within reason, but would reserve the right to decline if it's something I'm uncomfortable with or otherwise have too little knowledge of to write anything worthwhile.

Do you think this has merit?

...titled "One Good Turn Deserves Another".

I'm just saying.

I feel like doing a Buffalo Bill-esque dance to 80's music in nothing but lipstick and a wolf pelt.

I'm thinking of writing a short story in the next few days set in the 'universe' of the novel I've been at forever, partially as a much-needed writing exercise , partially out of sheer desire to write a Transformation-themed story, and partially to vent my own fetishistic frustrations. It's been a long few months and I'm in need of an outlet.

The gist of it is that a man and a woman are kidnapped by an amoral scientist who uses human subjects in his animal-human hybrid experiments. He's siphoned the "transformation essence" from a captured werewolf and intends to infuse the two subjects with it, mutating them into other types of were-creatures. He'll then trap them both in a room to see just how much of the animal nature was transferred in the process.

That said, I need a predator animal and a prey animal. Any ideas? I was considering turning the tables and making the woman the predator animal. I'm not dead-set on any idea, so what would people like to see?

Put your name/characters name into here (http://blog.esaba.com/projects/facts/index.php) and post the first 10 facts you get.

Stolen from blackiedrakkit

1. MC Hammer learned the hard way that Amadeus can touch this.

2. Amadeus can strangle you with a cordless phone.

3. If you gave Amadeus a typewriter and 0.000000000000000000001th of a second he can write the Complete Works of Shakespeare

4. When Arnold says the line "I'll be back" in the first Terminator movie it is implied that he is going to ask Amadeus for help.

5. Amadeus recently had the idea to sell his urine as a canned beverage. We know this beverage as Red Bull.

6. If you spell Amadeus wrong on Google it doesn't say, "Did you mean Amadeus?" It simply replies, "Run while you still have the chance."

7. The most honorable way of dying is taking a bullet for Amadeus. This amuses Amadeus because he is bulletproof.

8. Amadeus once ordered a steak in a restaurant. The steak did what it was told.

9. Lightning never strikes twice in one place because Amadeus is looking for it.

10. Amadeus has 12 moons. One of those moons is the Earth.

I found out fairly recently that there's another, far more well-known fat fur character named Horrorshow, who shares a name with my alternate (Warthog) character. We each arrived at the name through different sources of inspiration - he from Clockwork Orange and I from....the big Russian guy from the Oktober Guard - and his is a rabbit while mine's a pig. Still, I feel obligated to change my character's name because when most people think "fat" and "Horrorshow" they probably think of the rabbit. Should I change my alternate's name, and if so, any ideas? Something with a kitschy, camp-horror feel to it?

Most of my favorite/most watched furry artists are black.

If you have 00-10 ... write [I'm a goody-goody]
If you have 11-20 ... write [I'm still a goody-goody]
If you have 21-30 ... write [I'm average]
If you have 31-40 ... write [I'm a bad kid]
If you have 41-50 ... write [I'm a very bad influence]
If you have 51-60 ... write [I'm a horrible person]
If you have 61-70 ... write [I should be in jail]
If you have 71-80 ... write [I should be dead]
If you have 81-90 ... write [I got a ticket to Hell]

HAVE YOU...

[x] smoked
[x] consumed alcohol
[x] slept in the same bed with someone of the opposite sex
[x] slept in the same bed with someone of the same sex
[x] kissed someone of the same sex
[x] had sex
[x] had someone in your room other than family
[x] watched porn
[x] bought porn
[x] tried drugs

TOTAL SO FAR: 10

[ ] taken painkillers
[ ] taken someone else's prescription medicine
[x] lied to your parents
[x] lied to a friend
[ ] *Sneaked out of the house (Come on, guys)
[x] done something illegal
[x] felt hurt
[x] hurt someone
[x] wished someone to die
[ ] seen someone die

TOTAL SO FAR: 16

[x] missed curfew
[x] stayed out all night
[ ] eaten a carton of ice cream by yourself (those awesome pint sized cartons from Ben and Jerry's HELL YEA!)
[x] been to a therapist
[ ] received a ticket
[ ] been to rehab
[ ] dyed your hair
[x] been in an accident
[x] been to a club
[x] been to a bar

TOTAL SO FAR: 22

[x] been to a wild party
[ ] been to a Mardi Gras parade
[x] drank more than three alcoholic beverages in a night
[ ] had a spring break in Florida
[x] sniffed anything.
[x] wore black nail polish
[ ] wore arm bands
[ ] wore t-shirts with band names
[x] listened to rap
[ ] owned a 50 Cent CD

TOTAL SO FAR: 27


[ ] dressed gothic (not per se)
[x] dressed girly
[ ] dressed punk
[x] dressed grunge (I regularly wear plaid, it counts)
[x] stole something
[x] been too drunk to remember anything
[x] blacked out
[x] fainted
[ ] had a crush on a neighbour

TOTAL SO FAR: 33

[x] had a crush on a friend
[x] been to a concert
[x] dry-humped someone; been dry humped
[x] been called a slut
[x] called someone a slut
[ ] installed speakers in a car
[ ] broken a mirror
[x] showered at someone of the opposites sex's house
[ ] brushed your teeth with someone else's toothbrush (thats just not cool)

TOTAL SO FAR: 44

[ ] considered Ludacris your favorite rapper
[x] seen an R-rated movie
[x] cruised the mall
[x] skipped school
[x] had surgery (Tonsils and wisdom teeth)
[x] had an injury
[ ] gone to court
[x] walked out of a restaurant without paying/tipping (by mistake)
[ ] caught something on fire
[ ] lied about your age.

TOTAL SO FAR: 50

[ ] owned/rented an apartment/house
[ ] broke the law in the police's presence
[x] made out with someone who had a GF/BF
[ ] got in trouble with the police
[x] talked to a stranger
[x] hugged a stranger
[x] kissed a stranger
[x] rode in the car with a stranger
[x] been harassed
[x] been verbally harassed

TOTAL SO FAR: 57

[x] met face-to-face with someone you met online
[x] stayed online for 5+ hours straight
[ ] talked on the phone for more than 4 hours straight
[x] watched TV for 5 hours straight
[x] been to a fair
[x] been called a bad influence
[ ] drank and drove
[x] prank-called someone
[x] laid on a couch with someone of the opposite sex
[x] cheated on a test.

TOTAL: 65

It seems there's a game on Adult Swim.com called "Cream Wolf".

Looks like I'm going to have to come up with a different porno codename...

I got a new scanner for my b-day, and just used it to scan the commissions my sketchbook for posterity (anyone who's seen said commissions will notice this carries a LOT of extra meaning). I apologize for any variance in quality; the battered condition of my sketchbook and my relative inexperience with the new scanner may be to blame.

Note that I DID NOT DRAW ANY OF THESE, I just commissioned them at cons and in some cases, got them as gift art from friends. The writing in my gallery is mine, but any art was done by someone else. Some of them have an FA account, so if you like what you see here check them out.

I have a bit more left to upload pending permission from their respective artists.

Now, to use FA for something BESIDES art whoring...

I've never really been able to make up my mind, so my character's backstory is always in a state of flux. I decided after uncounted months to sit down and write a concrete story for my character, a major revision of the whimsical little vignette I wrote for him back in 2005. I finished the introductory chapter today and am about to upload it. I'm trying to make it interesting enough that even people who don't give a horse's heinie about me or my fursona would find it worth a read.

I'm also getting a new scanner soon, so I'll be able to upload some of my art hoard as well.