When I grow up, I want to be like this guy:
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On the list of things I have to do within 44 days, I added two, a new Narnian vest for costuming as Peter at the movie, and a mother's day gift. I managed to complete the gift, it was a gold and silver elf-weave bracelet.
That is all.

So now that school's over, you'd expect I'd have a lot of free time on my hands now. WRONG! I just realized that I have only 48 days to prepare for AC, and that I have a mess of projects to do. So many, in fact, that I hadn't realized how many I have until now. Lets see what I gots to do:
Otter Fursuit:
Lorica Musculata backplate
Undertunic for lorica
New jumpsuit for flightsuit
Cowboy chaps
Belt buckle
Hitatari
And, if I'm lucky, a suit of samurai armor.
Oh yeah, and conbadges. (only six slots left)
Lets see how much I can get done in 48 days! I'll keep you posted.

So today was my first day interning at the local nature center. This is going to be sweet. I get to spend a month working at a nature center instead of school! I also only have to go for 6 hours a day, which is one hour less than for school, *and* I don't get homework. Therefor, I should get off the computer, and start working on my otter fursuit and lorica. Speaking of the lorica, I think I've finally figured how to make the back plate. I just hope I have enough brass to gild it.

Today, I had my Calc final. I though it would be death on a stick, but because the whole class (all four of us) we were able to combine superpowers to concur it. This means that I am done with high school! OVER! ENDED! FINISHED! KAPUT! All next month I'll be interning at a local nature center for credit, and then at the start of June I graduate. WOOOOOOOHOOOO!!!

Tonight is also my school art show. Remember all that ranting earlier in the year? Well, this is the fruits of all those trials and tribulations, and I have to say it's impressive. I got a lot of art done this year, and made a lot of progress. I am glad I did it, and glad that I will hopefully never have to do it again.

Hey, Anthrocon is only two months away! So much to do and so little time to do it in! I've been working on my submission to the conbook, and I realized how long it's been since I did any anthro art. I figure part of the reason is no one's commissioned me for a conbadge this year. I haven't got one since FurFright.
So, does anyone want a conbadge for AC? They are 10$ each, and can come in colored pencil, watercolor, or acrylic or a mix of those three. Normal lanyards are are free, but for $5 you can get one made of hemp, and for $10 a lanyard made of galvanized steel.
However, because there are only two months left, I'm only going to be able to take about 10 commissions, maybe more if I have the time, but it's unlikely.

Here's an example from last year.

The end is nigh! The world is truly doomed!
It started with Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson together on a couch agreeing about preventing climate change. Then today I saw Pelosi and Gingrich also agreeing about preventing climate change. It is truly the end of days if these people can agree on *anything,* let alone on climate change.

REPENT! REPENT!

Today was the last day of school school. I've got a field trip tomorrow, exams after that, and then a month of senior projects after that. So high school is over... Holy Frak...
And now that schools slowing down, more fursuit stuff! It looks more like an otter in real life.

Last night's episode was... no... why?! It's not true! They cant all be dead...
Sometimes I don't want to have to watch it, but I need to know what happens. Why cant it be a happy sci-fi where all the good guys survive to the end like Star Wars or Lord of the Rings? Why cant good by on one side and bad be on another? Why do I constantly have to keep switching my support from one character to another. A few days ago, cylons were bad, now half of them are good and they may have all just been killed...

Today is the day of the year when yesterday everything outside was grey and light brown, and now is all green.

It's hard to believe, but my computer is just about FIVE years old now. I got it back in the spring of 03, a fine piece of technology it was. 40 gb hard drive, 512 mb ram, a whole ghz processor, running the top of the line OS X.3. It's becoming a bit of a problem to keep using this computer. Because I'm still using the version of the Safari web browser that came with it, websites are actually stopping me from viewing them because of outdated software. When I go to college in a year (scary thought, I know) I'll be getting a brand new computer. All I've got to do is last another year on this baby!
Speaking of college, it is settled. I signed the forms and I am going to Earlham. I still am not sure as to what I'll be doing in between.
And finally, an update on my suit. I *think* I fixed the muzzle so the nose fits on better. The nose on there now is just a temporary place holder. I'm still worried that I messed it up somewhere and I won't be happy until it's covered in nice green foam.

Each year when I started a new suit, I always felt that I had made so many mistakes on the last suit that this one will be all smooth sailing. Yeah right. For at least the past month, my fursuit project had stalled. It all started when I realized I had been doing the noses wrong. I had always made the wireframe at an angle on the top of the muzzle, and just stuck the nose on the forward part of it. When I was constructing the otter, I realized that that idea was dead wrong, and that to keep the muzzle short, the nose had to be inset, not outset. This made me cut one of the wires and curve it in, but it still didn't look right. So I've spent the past month or so in total despair trying to figure out exactly how to bend and shape stuff to get it right. Well, I finally got the drive to fix it. I owe part to I-Con (report coming soon) and part to Blotch. At I-con, I saw another suiter who was a bright blue big cat of somesort. If you are a bright blue big cat that was attending I-Con, feel free to say hi! Anyway, that fursuit had a very similar nasal structure to what I wanted. I only got a brief look, but it was enough. The other thing was when I checked out my FA inbox and saw the first two pages of the new comic book coming out at ac, and I saw an otter! The style and multiple angles were perfect reference, and in a fit of motivated creativity, I basically tore up the front part of the nose (just like I did with my last suit) and even though it's not looking better, it's looking like it now can be fixed!

After the Galapagos, we arrived in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where most of the group left to go back home. Possibly the most memorable part of that city was the iguana park. It's exactly what the name says. It's a public park filled with thousands of iguanas.


More pictures of Peru and Machu Picchu under the cut!
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My grandmother is already back home and is doing so well it's near impossible to imagine that she was in surgery for cancer a few days ago.

Finally I got around to posting the epic adventure that was my trip to the Galapagos, Ecuador, Peru and Machu Picchu.

More under the cut
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No one tells me anything.
My grandmother came to visit these past few days, and I knew it was for some health issue, but I didn't know what for.
It turns out she had cancer of the uterus. Luckily, it was caught extremely early and thanks to the advanced medical facilities in this area (as opposed to Moscow, Idaho) it was removed without any complications. For an 86 year old woman she is doing very well.

I-Con was a blast, but more on that later.

All the colleges have sent their letters, and here are the results:
Ursinus: Accepted.
Earlham: Accepted W/ 9,000 $/year scholarship.
UArts: Accepted W/14,000 $/year scholarship.
Skidmore: Waitlisted.
Carleton: Rejected.
Pratt: Accepted.

I was going to post a giant thing about my epic trip to the galapagos, but I ran out of time. I'm going to I-Con, a sci fi/anime/furry/ren fair. 3/4 interests in one con is pretty good. I should have a great time.
No rest for the weary.

Today at the bookstore I found more evidence that us furs are taking over. I saw "Secondlife for Dummies" and on the cover with some human avatars were a fox and raccoon. In the book there were a few furry type things I saw, but nothing out of the ordinary.
My otter suit is slowly coming about, but not as fast as I'd like.
I won't get to work on it spring brake because I'll be traveling. I'll be away in the Galapagos.

The first part of today has been ouch.
Don't you hate it when
The polishing wheel grabs the metal object you're polishing, spins it around, and pitches it back at 90 mph into your chest, then have it ricochet under your face mask and slam into your chin?
the super-small saw blade your using breaks and lodges into your thumb with the barbs going the wrong way?
When it's raining buckets out and some asshole decides "Hey, ya know what would be fun? fire drill!" Yay, standing in the rain for five minutes... real epic lulz.
at least it will be hard to get worse.

Today I got a letter from UArts in Philadelphia. I felt it was too early to get an acceptance letter, as I had only sent in the completion to my portfolio last saturday. However, once I opened it (and got a papercut) I found that yes, after less than a week I had been accepted to the University of the Arts! Not only that, but they too gave me a scholarship, for $14,000 a year.
I feel luffed.

Must bow to... memepressure!
A. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
B. Tag seven people to do the same.
C. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it."

1. I made my first fursuit at age 15.
2. I can name pi past the fifteenth decimal.
3. I memorize strange songs, like Tom Lehrer's Elements and Yakko's World.
4. I can put both my feet behind my head.
5. I have lived in Finland for a year. I was one at the time.
6. I dyslexia had.
7. I don't drink caffeine, when I need a buzz I listen to dance music.


I now tag:
lonefoxx
farraptor
luckydawolf
wolfnevets
aceswild
fragilecraft
durangodingo