Across the internet

Well, haven't posted here in a long time. Almost all of my current online energy has been directed toward posting my art online and schmoozing with a bit of a new crowd. Recently I have become involved with the online "furry" community. I've been drawing art that fits into the furry category for much longer than I had realized, and I now have an outlet for much of that creativity and weirdness. There is definitely some stigma attached to the whole thing, which I myself have had to get over. Though there is a sexual side to it, I believe more than anything, being a furry is about being a creative person who sees the world just a little differently than others. Some furries may disagree with me on that, but that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it!

The furry community seems to be a really neat group of people, very supportive and caring. I think this stems from the fact that there was not a community at all before they gathered online. I have an account on one of the fandom's biggest sites, FurAffinity. I'll post a link to my account in the links section of this site. I will try from now on cross post some stuff so that everything I have online isn't quite so scattered.

From the depths...

It occurred to me that I had not posted anything on my quit forgotten little patch of the internet, so here I am. Things have changed quite a bit since I last posted. Stew is now without a job, while I have taken on a second. Butte Creek closed mid-January and Stew, like much of the rest of the country has been struggling to find new employment. I on the other hand am now doing something somewhat related to my education; working at the Museum of Anthropology here at the university. I actually get a chance to do some school tours and work on stuff for my thesis project. The Depot still snatches most of the rest of my time, but with only one of us working I have little other choice. I suppose I ought to be happy that I still have work while the rest of the country continues it's plummet into the depths of recession, if not at this point a full blown "depression" (however that happens to be defined). Things sure as heck seem difficult at this point, but I guess we need all trudge on and find a glimmer of hope or consolation amidst this mess.

Despite my melancholy words I do have things to look forward to. I am hoping the wedding this September will turn out well if we can scrounge up the funds. Also it would seem that there is real hope for me finishing both my practical experience class and implementing my thesis project this summer. Hopefully my work will be smiled upon and everything will go according to our currently tentative plans.

On a totally different note I thought I might record the two phases of pet interest I have been going through. We don't have the money to get another pet, but I have been avidly dreaming over the last month or two in order to mentally escape. At least by doing the research and planning I have an easily achievable goal to work towards, even if it doesn't ever happen. In the end I think I'm going to eventually get both of these animals, but first I was interested in leopard geckos, and more recently I have been interested in cockatiels. Stew and I even went to Paradise yesterday and held some cockatiels at Skyway Feed and Pet Supply. I loved seeing the big smile on his face when he had the little bird sit happily on his hand. Made me want one even more. Definitely an attainable goal to work towards. I know we will eventually be able to afford it, but for now, I can only just sit and over-think it.