Andrés y su VIDA!!!!11one

well, I'm starting to get in shape finally, but I mean more along the lines of activism. Signing petitions and whatnot. here's one ya'll should sign.

Hey folks!

So if you are wondering why I haven't been doing any furry art still, its cuz I've been writing a lot more.

You may have noticed my LJ picking up. Don't worry! I am not offended if you don't read all of it. I just hope you keep me on your friends list ;3

so here is a fake article I wrote instead of drew. It's about cats.

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Oh my goodness, have you heard?

Muppets is now available on the web! Yes, they have been for a while, and many of Muppets Studios videos are available on Youtube! They even have a Facebook page you can become a fan of.

They made an utterly awesome rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody (though they changed a lot).

I was disappointed and mildly disgusted to find that muppets.com relocates to disney.com. My mate was looking at the site and all I heard was ... noise. It reminded me of those children toys that just make more and more noise. I presumed that the site was intended for children, but a lot of the messages I heard it sending I didn't like... at all. I wondered "Why do we still give these people money?"

I considered making a post on the youtube muppets channel about it, but became overly paranoid and fearful of "what if they take my comment off?" I looked at the other comments on the page. There was an avatar of someone's breasts saying "WOW AWESOME! I LOVE MUPPETS!" I figured my comment would not be taken off, but wondered if anyone would even pay attention to it on there.

I sighed to myself and decided not to post my anti-disney flaming. I still feel like Muppets.com is not for adults, but I don't REALLY mind if kids look at it. I just hope they don't become as racist as Walt Disney was. If my mate had used headphones, the site would not have agitated me at all. I'm sorta glad now that he didn't ^_^

I say "documented" only because of this post. No third party recordings were made.

So I was sitting at an annoyingly long light and noticed my left turn signal wasn't on. I quickly clicked it to the left and proceeded to notice that the yellow convertible in front of me did not have its signal on either. I looked up again at the red light and back at the car, imagining that the light was taking longer because his signal wasn't on.

Eventually, the light changed, and the car proceeded to turn left into a non-lane just right of the lane we were supposed to turn into. Expecting the car to swerve back into the lane, I slammed my brakes. The absent-minded driver broke several more laws and crossed over some solid white lines to make it to an on-ramp. I revved my engine loudly as I accelerated past him.

"Hear that?" I said to him after I passed, "My car is growling at yours!"

Leave it to me to put Road Rage into a furry context. Once I realized this, I laughed at the situation and felt sorry for the poor bugger who was probably very lost or very late.

well, I've been trying to say a LOT to a lot of different people lately. Some of the messages were very mixed up.

but I found out that someone else already said what I was trying to.

so if you pay attention to lyrics in songs, this post is for you.

How I used to feel
Song: Bohemian Rhapsody.
Video, Best Video, ( Lyrics )

How I felt the few days before my hospital visit
Song: Rocketman.
Video, Best Video ( Lyrics )

How I feel now
Song: Tank!
Music, Video, ( Lyrics )

If you dunno what the meaning behind these songs is in the context of my recent and past history, just ask me ;P

Have I mentioned Fnord to you yet? oh I have? oh sorry misunderstood. You have no idea wtf it is.

well, you could always look it up on wikipedia to know where it came from. I mentioned it to a friend and tried to explain what it was. He said "Sounds like mumbo jumbo to me." Being the clever foxy I am, I looked up mumbo jumbo on wikipedia, and this is what it said:

Mumbo Jumbo, or mumbojumbo, is an English phrase or expression that denotes a confusing or meaningless subject. It is often used as humorous expression of criticism of middle-management and civil service non-speak, and of belief in something considered non-existent by the speaker (ghosts, supernatural phenomena, superstitious beliefs, etc.).

this is actually one of the best definitions of "Fnord" I have ever seen. It sorta got me by surprise. It was a pleasant surprise though. so now let me use this "coincidence" to help explain what I am all about. I am all about fnord. sometimes. anyways, I gotta go. take care, ya'll

"The message, if you hear it, is make it last all year" ~Muppet Christmas Carol.

well, I just wrote in my book of revelations about what "the message" is. The message is ANY message that makes its way to you. It can be sent by anyone or anything. and no matter what the message is, it often is open to personal interpretation.

Language is funny like that and sometimes when Addy says something like "we laid pipe in the trenches" (talking about the labor he and his father did installing pluming) I can't help but think of something sexual.

so chances are if you are not happy, you are misinterpreting the message. alternatively, it could be meant for someone else. like that commercial is really meant for someone else. People have the right idea. thrifty = better), but commercials, through their very reason for existence, cater to those stupid enough to pay more money for something that they could get for less if they just went with generic brand. Welcome to Capitalism, we hope you enjoy your stay.

You however don't have to listen to those messages. tuning OUT is more important than tuning in. Alec was a kid in my High School who could not tune out when multiple people were talking. He was manic, and more than a little unpleasant. I tried to be sympathetic, but he scorned me, and I gave up on him. I now have a feeling he misinterpreted a lot of that he could not help but hear. Hopefully you do not have the same condition and can more effectively tune out bad messages.

Tune em out too much though (like lots of people in this country do) and you don't notice that there are people dying of starvation as you have your feast. becoming a "zombie" (that is letting the media guide your personal feelings and thoughts) is not very healthy. the media is littered with fear. and just remember what Yoda taught us all in Empire strikes back: "Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hatred, and hatred leads to suffering." I've been on a TV fast for going on 4 years now.

anyways, this post is longer than I wanted it to be. so in conclusion, just remember that turning on, tuning in, and dropping out may cause unintended consequences. but listening to every message you hear makes you unpleasant to be around.

and if you can't spot the Acid reference in this post yet, you need to read Wikipedia more.

have a good one, folks!

Well hopefully you are very full, but if not, I hope you enjoyed your turkey day regardless of how much you consumed.

I had what I felt to be THE most UNtraditional turkey day I have ever had :O
I'll leave at that unless you message me about it or something.

and now, welcome to another much darker sibling to the holiday about "giving thanks"

*drumroll*
Black Friday.

mere hours after the country finishes feeling grateful and thankful, we (in our consumerist lifestyles) turn around and wrestle our fellow man over that [insert material goods here].

I heard a rumor that someone was trampled to death at a walmart on this day not many years ago. if you instantly decided that was believable, I hope you can then realize how sick our society is sometimes.

( On Holiday )

I know the joke has been made so many times it isn't funny anymore, but I will never read it as the "Large Hadron Collider," and will always read "hardon." So the supercollider will forever be associated with gay frottage in my mind XD.

What is "Consciousness?"

Where does it stem from?

What causes the "Placebo effect?"

If religion were simply metaphors and not to be taken literally, would you find it to be more "true?"

How would you classify something that obviously exists but cannot be explained?

Would you call such things supernatural?

How would you describe "supernatural?"

Can those things that obviously exist but cannot be explained fit under your definition of supernatural?

do you believe in those unexplainable things?

Do you hate questions that start with the words "What if?" (eg: what if our understanding of reality is just as wrong as Christianities?")

Is math your religion?

religion (plural: religions)*

1. A collection of practices, based on beliefs and teachings that are highly valued or sacred.
   • Rather than being diligent and mindful of the way he practiced religion, he chose to stir up quarels by ridiculing the manner in which others do.
2. Any practice that someone or some group is seriously devoted to.
   • At this point, Star Trek has really become a religion.
3. Any ongoing practice one engages in, in order to shape their character or improve traits of their personality.
4. Our ideological and traditional heritage.
   • If you examine various churches throughout the world, you will find religion expressed in diverse ways.

Ideally, you may start to think about your view of reality a little differently. the existence of a driving force does not have enough evidence for me to prove it exists, alternately, you are invited to start to view your way of seeing reality as a "religion." Not all religions have gods. My god is Chaos. I have simply personified her. I understand it is a symbol/metaphor. I still chose to believe in her knowing full well the probabilities involved (or at least having a general idea bout how slim they are).

*from wiktionary.com

As as aside: a small part of me wants to graduate from business school, and practice globalization and live a global lifestyle just so that I can call myself a Cosmocrat

What's said in small group, stays in small group. It does not make it to the large group, or the outside world. There are several noted exceptions that Facilitators are legally obligated to report.

If you have intent to harm yourself or someone else. This does not mean like "blah I wish she was dead" but more "I am going to kill her and this is how."

If you are in violation of the local Statutory Rape laws. [these have changed since I went to OASOS I think...] Having sex with someone too much older than you (if you are still a youth) is technically rape, even if the sex is 100% consensual. this also is true if the person is in a position of power or authority, such as a teacher.

If you speak of any unreported abuse. This can be abuse to yourself or anyone else.

These rules are not intended to stifle what you have to say. They are intended to create a safe place for you to say what you need to say, while at the same time taking measure to protect you. Small group is peer based support. While a Facilitator is present, they will try to say little and let other youth try and help you with your problems (if you have any).

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I think these rules are generally pretty universal for support in any kind of fashion. My father attends a "mens group" that is pretty much the same thing. I think such a group is a healthy way to express your problems and find solutions to them. OASOS is for "queer youth between the ages of 13 and 21." It is offshoot of Boulder County Public Health. My father's men's group, however, has no affiliation with any organization.

This article was rather interesting. I'm glad I went to the school that I did.

My dear [furries]!
My dear Bagginses and Boffets, and my dear Tooks and Brandybucks, And Grubbs, and Chubbs, and Borrowses, and Hornblowers, and Bolgers, Bracegirdles, Goodbodies, Brockhouses and Proudfoots (and my dear dragons, and wolves, and foxes, and folfs, and all manner of creature both real and fantasy), also my Sackville-Bagginses that I welcome (into my home.)

Today is my one hundred and eleventh birthday: I am eleventy-one today!

I hope you are all enjoying yourselves as much as I am.

I shall not keep you long. I have called you here for a PURPOSE.

Indeed for Three Purposes! FIRST of all, to tell you that I am immensely fond of you all, and that eleventy-one years is far too short a time to live among such excellent and admirable [furries]

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like half of you half as well as you deserve.

SECONDLY, to celebrate my birthday. I should say: OUR birthday. For it is of course, also the birthday of my heir and nephew. He comes of age into his inheritance today.

Together, we score one hundred and forty-four. Your numbers were chosen to fit this remarkable total: One GROSS, if I may use the expression.

It is also, if I may be allowed to refer to ancient history, the anniversary of [The apple of discord] (google it).

I was only fifty one then, and birthdays did not seem so important. I had a bad cold at the time, I remember, and could only say "thag you very buch'. I now repeat it more correctly: Thank you [all] very much for coming to my little party.

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THIRDLY AND FINALLY, I WISH TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!11one
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I regret to announce that--though, as I said, eleventy-one years is far too short a time to spend among you--this is the END. I am going. I am leaving NOW.

GOODBYE *poofs*



--- In ColoFurs@yahoogroups.com, Dacks Adiron <dacksadiron@...> wrote:
> I have 14 ways to contacting me, not including the cell. I use all of them regularly.
> However, I'm always looking for more sites to spread my ever growing popularity.  
> =Dacks=Re: A Very Fond Farewell by Bilbo Baggins, Annotated by Andres Treeshadow. (posted by vulpinepilot@gmail.com several minutes later using his OWN email address this time)

FFFFFFF- crap.

I apologize, everyone.

That Very Fond Farewell was NOT posted by Dacks as many of you you may have believed. That was me, Andres.

I am leaving colofurs[sic], but not colorado[sic]. If you need to get a hold of me, you should know how to by now.' TTYL![sic]

(PS: I hope you liked the last post despite the accidental confusion ;3[sic] copy it and show it to people)
ciao!
~Andres Treeshadow


--- In ColoFurs@yahoogroups.com, "Dacks" <dacksadiron@...> wrote:
>
> My dear [furries]! . . .

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this appeared after I clicked on an image on a web page that I found while writing. (if links don't work just google "dontpanic")

I feel like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a Real book. And it isn't (only) by Douglas Adams. The internet is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Welcome to the Future :3

well kinkos was being a jackoff and would not take me down to one night a week. I could either work dayshift or stay at 30 hours. and there is no way in hell I'd work days at that location. I'd fuck up sooo many orders from dealing with the stress.

HOWEVER!!! Phobic, in light of this, offered me a full time job, so I could quit kinkos right out. I put in my two weeks this morning. so I came in tonight, and one of the managers pulls me aside before I could even clock in (which is always the first thing I do when I walk into the store). He tells me that I should not have to work my two weeks, and he will make sure I get paid for it anyways (he apparently recognized that kinkos was being a jackoff). In addition, he promised that I would be paid any vacation time I had accrued. So I cleaned out my locker, and headed out the door. later, I took off my kinkos uniform for the last time.

This means that I have just fulfilled my New Years Resolution after all! I resolved to not work at kinkos anymore by the end of the year :3

more developments!
apparently lashing out against me for having a Macbook Pro, my PC has died. I have no idea what is wrong with it and am not computer savvy enough to find out. everything that is important is on my external drive (music art etc). it just sucks.

in addition to my PC being broken, my phone seems to be too. however it is only one button that doesnt work. and it just so happens to be the one that unlocks the keypad. I have another keypad on the inside of the phone, while it is in text mode. I have to dial/select contact on that inner screen/keypad and then once I hit "send" flip the phone shut and continue normally. on the positive side, since it is now impossible to unlock my keypad, it is also impossible for me to pocket dial anyone. woot!

lastly I am gonna hang out wif a couple cool people who just so happen to be talented furry artists. :3 this makes me happy XD cuz you know the entire furry fandom is just a popularity contest XD
I probably should clean house a little bit before they come over though XD. the bedroom is still a mess from my mask construction because I are lazy. The kitchen is littered with dishes that aren't mine, but I will clean them up anyways. Im looking forward to it. additionally, this is one of the few friends I've made on my own in the fandom who are female. heh.

Fox out, laters

I can honestly say that my car was running on vapors this morning. My last check has been going towards groceries and rent and bills, and I had nothing left for gas!

I somehow managed to get the car all the way to my dad's work, where I borrowed money from him for gas. it stalled 3 times (4 if you count when I could hear it getting ready to stall and turned the engine off while stopped in the turn lane). most of the way I was driving anywhere between 10 and 25 mph under the speed limit, with hazard lights on when I considered myself a hazard. but YES! I have enough gas to make it to Phobic for work today, and then I get paid tomorrow and can drive to Denver for NAN DESU KAN!!!!! ^_^

in related news: ( prophetic dreams )

I am a Fox.
I am a Buddha.
I am a pirate.
I am a psychonaut.
I am the Space Oddity.

I live a rock and roll lifestyle.
I feel like I am perpetually broke, but I have lots of fun.
I have a feeling I will always be a starving artist.

I want to enjoy life to the fullest.
I want to further augment how much I enjoy life.
I do not want to escape life, I want to live it.

I am becoming something very unique, and I like that.
I am going to be the gay uncle.

I am me, and that's all I gotta be!

I am a child of Eris.

How to get (even more) furries to play W.o.W.: (link)

I dreamt last night that I died.

it was pretty fun actually. I still hung out with all my friends all the time as a ghost, I just didnt need to work or anything to survive (since I was already dead and all).

then I realized there was a lot of art that I wanted to make and never did, and a lot of stories I wanted to tell through art that I never got to. and then I got sad...

but then I went and played poker with my friends and I was having fun again.

XD

I love my tummy, because it is cuddly. I love how fast my facial hair grows which lets me shape it to my fancy, or just go all scruffy lookin. I love how fuzzy my tummy is, and I love my tummy fuzz being rubbed, especially by a romantic interest ;D