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Pleas, please, PLEASE browse through every free pic they make available. xD It'll be worth your while.

This link is NOT safe for work, however. Make sure nobody sees you looking at it. Unless they're open-minded, in which case they'll find it friggin' hilarious too.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/27477125/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/27477125/ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:13:33 PDT From the outset, consciousness presents itself as something specific--as a faculty of perceiving an object, not of creating or changing it.

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you reach?
Air.

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
Season 2 of Lost, if Hulu counts as TV.

4. Without looking, guess what time it is.
7:13.

5. Now look at a clock. What is the actual time?
8:41

6. With the exception of the computer, what do you hear?
Jach typing at his computer. The fridge humming.

7. When did you last step outside. What were you doing?
Driving Jach to the bank, and then to school.

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
Youtube videos of Savage 2 in-game footage.

9. What are you wearing?
Pajama pants and a red shirt with the Heinz ketchup logo. The logo says "Not new and improved."

10. Did you dream last night?
Yeah, but I can't remember what it was about.

11. When did you last laugh?
Uh, sometime within the last half-hour I think.

12. What are on the walls of the room you're in?
Nothing.

13. Seen anything weird lately?
One of those posters of Obama edited to look like the Joker from the newest batman movie.

14. What do you think of this quiz?
It's amusing. I'd probably be too lazy to do it if Estic hadn't tagged me. xD

15. What is the last film you saw?
The Waterboy.

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?
A house and an Aptera.
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17. Tell me something about you that I don't know about.
I want to learn Parkour some day.

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would it be?
I would make everyone an Objectivist.

19. Do you like to dance?
If the music has feeling to it, I can't resist sometimes. I at least gotta move my body if I'm sitting down.

20. George Bush.
Worst president ever.

21. Imagine your first child is a girl. What do you call her?
Uh, I'm not sure. Maybe Stephanie or something. I'd probably let the mother pick as long as it's not stupid.

22. Imagine your first child is a boy. What do you call him?
Well, when my dad named me, he switched his first and last name. I might switch them back. Or just call him [My name] Jr.

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
Yeah, if America goes to hell and somewhere else has a better standard of living.

24. What do you want God to say when you reach the pearly gates?
"Good job. You really made the most of your life."

25. Tag six people who must also do this in their journal.


]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/27313163/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/27313163/ Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:33:30 PDT one friggin' town away from where it's happening!

I work the whole weekend, but I'm gonna be getting up early today and going there nice and early in the morning. I'll enjoy a few hours of time there before I have to leave for work.

...if I can get any sleep before I'm supposed to 'get up' that is. I've been too excited to sleep.

(It's a furry convention in Seattle that I didn't know about until it was too late...)

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/26369104/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/26369104/ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:46:49 PDT are moved in at last. It's been a few days and we've sorta settled in. I started my job at Wal-Mart today. It's great to be able to transfer from one store to another.

I also picked up a copy of Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand, by Dr. Leonard Peikoff. I'm only on the first chapter and I think it was worth the purchase.

I'm currently stealing someone's wireless internet. We should have real internet soonish.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/26205576/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/26205576/ Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:48:53 PDT
Everything I own (barely) fits in my car without obstructing my rear-view vision too much.

Before I departed, my mom gave me a couple-hundred bucks to help me on my way.

I started in Marengo, IL, stopped in Marengo, IA to eat at subway, and am now in Atlantic Iowa.

I just happened to find a hotel (yes, I know I should've picked a motel instead) with free wireless internet, so I lugged in my desktop and plugged in my wireless USB stick to get online and check a few things. And post this journal.

And now I depart again. Destination: 's house in Utah. I've got a fourteen hour drive ahead of me, but I don't want to delay by sleeping any longer.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/25507569/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/25507569/ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:41:51 PDT featured me, so now it's up to me to do a feature journal as well. Every time I add someone new, I'll submit an edit of this journal.

RULES:
1. Write a comment on this here journal and I'll feature three pieces from your gallery.
2. The only catch is that you then have to do a feature journal, too... Traditionally, featuring me on it to start with, and then the first dozen or so people who write you a comment.

Features

1. She's a really close friend of mine. I admire her art and her intelligence, and I see a lot of potential in her. Her wolves are drawn well, and her humans are drawn really well (though I've only seen non-recent wolves of hers). I liken her humans to the style of animation present in Disney movies such as Pocahontas.

[link] AAAAHH! She just gave me this for my birthday a few minutes ago. AAAAAAH! I love it!

[link] Her Perfect World International character, wearing a sexy dress. ;D

[link] One of her earlier wolf drawings, but one of the cutest. I think the only one of us who wouldn't enjoy that gift is Esty herself, as you can see in the image..

[link] One of her more recent human drawings. I was absolutely amazed when she churned this one out. Look at the detail on the clothes and in the shiny-ness of the hair!

2. He's a friend of mine that I think I met from watching It turns out that he's into computers and coding, much like myself. We haven't talked a lot, but we seem to have things in common either way.

It was tough choosing three out of his gallery. There were four or five that stuck out from the rest, but in the end, I finally chose these:

[link] This is an interesting render of a 3d arwing he made in 3dsmax. I like the realistic background he used.

[link] Apparently, he's working on a flash game with I chose this because it shows that he knows how to code. Yes, you do need to code to use flash effectively to make a game, as far as I know. The language used, actionscript, is very much similar to javascript.

[link] The detail of this one stuck out from the other 2d drawing drawings he made. I think it's a realistic rendition of fox relative to his other drawings.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/24532090/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/24532090/ Fri, 01 May 2009 14:30:54 PDT
For one, I'm going to be moving. Again. This time to either Seattle or Redmond, WA. The move is going to take place in late July.

The reason: Me and a friend of mine are gonna be moving into an apartment there. He got accepted to a college (DigiPen) and I'm gonna have him teach me what he learns there. And we can split the rent.

I've also recently become an Objectivist. Well, almost an objectivist. There's a few views of Objectivism I can't quite take on yet.

What's Objectivism? It's the philosophy of one of the greatest authors of all time, Ayn Rand. After reading her biggest book, Atlas Shrugged, I have a whole new outlook on myself and on life in general. Want a taste? Read Anthem by her first. It's a short story, rather than the thousand-page Atlas Shrugged. (Which you should still read anyway. xP)

I've also lost some weight, put on some muscle, and cut my hair! Check out my 'The New Me' photos in my scraps. I had my mom take them with her digital camera when I visited yesterday.
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Overall, I'd say my life is looking up. Every day, I come closer to my next goal, that being moving out. I have other goals to work towards once I achieve that one. Including, but not limited to: Using my computer skillz to make tons of money.

Once I have enough money to never have to worry about bills again, I'll be free to move about the country as I see fit.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/22025272/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/22025272/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:32:46 PST

1] Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.
2] For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3] YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
4] Tag three people.

All answers are set up like this~
Song - Artist
[ comment ]

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY?" YOU SAY?
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
[Here we go again...]

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Cheshyre Calliope - Sean Hodges
[Holy crap, my playlist could not have picked a more insane song. Like, literally, crazy. Is this a sign?]

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Never Gonna Come Back Down - BT
[Uh... also a crazy one. Not a requirement, but makes things interesting. xD Examining the title a bit more, someone who's up high, as in happy. If they're sad, I'll try and make 'em happy again.]

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Crimson Phoenix - Atlas Plug
[?
Phoenixes do burn brightly. I feel confident in myself.]

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
I Like Small Butts - Weird Al Yankovic
[Haha. I do like slim/feminine/nice girls. I don't know if it's my life's purpose to look for one though. I can't forget about my other dreams and aspirations.]

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
When the Children Cry - White Lion
[Uhh... cheer them up? Comfort them. Etc.]

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Turok 2 Port Of Adia Drummix OC ReMix - JV
[Uhhh... That's complicated. Maybe I'm complicated. Or maybe I'm a video game nerd.]

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
brain_damage
[Hey..!]

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN?
BigBlueFox Mix 51 - BigBlueFox
[Mmm, rave music and furries. I think about both often. Not necessarily at the same time.]

WHAT IS 2 + 2?
Tell Me Why - Supermode
[Why do I have to solve this? I dun like math.]

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND(S)?
Gearbox - William Towns
[Jach is a gearbox? He is good at computers. I dunno who else can be a gearbox. xD]

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Roxanne - The Police
[I don't know of anyone named Roxanne. Maybe it means the lyrics.]

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Illusion - Ashbury Heights
[...I don't think it randomly choosing a radio stream counts. Does it? That's what happened to be playing. It became Resistance - Retractor while I was typing this. o.o]

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Adiemus - Enya
[Umm... Not sure about that one. It is rather expressive and filled with soul and emotion. That doesn't count though I don't think.]

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Beds are Burning - Midnight Oil
[Oh baby...]

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
I Love You (Original Extended) - Ferry Corsten
[How perfect. Interesting that it's a trance song.]

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
The Folk Police - Peatbog Faeries
[Nothing like knowing someone's gonna jam on electric guitar and bagpipes over your grave. Haha!]

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
An Ending (Ascent) - Brian Eno/Daniel Lanois/Roger Eno
[Didn't we already do this one? No wait, that was best friends. I hope none of my good friendships end..]

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Where'd You Go? - Fort Minor
[That's what I'll be asking the people I tag when none of them respond. xD Just kidding.]

I tag...




]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/21532208/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/21532208/ Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:25:04 PST Day [Blah] Update format.]

It's that time of year again. In the interest of clearing that really long journal off my front page, it's time for me to talk about MFF!

Yes, I am going again this year. However, I'm having a little difficulty with rooming this time around. I've got plans to room with a friend of a friend of mine, which I'll have to pick up (and a friend of his) at the greyhound in chicago. (Ew, chicago traffic...)

The room is his and we're gonna be splitting cost. Unfortunately, it isn't even in the main hotel, so I won't get to wake up every morning already in the con. xP

Either way, I've been waiting all year for these three days, and I'll be damned if I'm going to let a few setbacks kill my fun.

Day 1 Update:
So I got to the con at about 5am friday morning. When I got there, there was just a couple of guys and a husky fursuiter sitting in the lounge. Me and the husky threw a plush soccer ball of his back and forth for about an hour. Then I blew up one of his balloons at his request, and signed my name on it. A few others, including the husky, signed their names, and it became an autograph balloon. I went to the bathroom, and when I came back, there were half-a-dozen names on it. He tied it to his tail with a rubber band (in addition to a helium filled one he had tied to his tail with string) and walked around with it, though the autograph balloon eventually disappeared. Maybe I'll see it again, but probably not. I wonder how many sigs it had before it was lost...

Once things started picking up (more people woke up), I started wandering around and doing what I do best around furries: chasing after, and hugging, the fursuiters. Oftentimes we'll scratch eachothers' stomachs or backs too, and a lot of them that I've done with this have kicked their legs against the ground. I love that, haha.


"What was that noise!?"
There's a sneaky person around here... moving stealthily from shadow to shadow. Solid Snake! There is a guy here dressed up as a pretty convincing Snake. He crouches down a little and stalks around. It's fun to watch. Whenever I see him, I quote Crab Battle, which only serves to infuriate and embarrass him. We had fun pressing our backs against corners and peeking around at each other, pretending to shoot at each other and take cover. There's no competing against the legendary Solid Snake, however. So it is I who fell to my knees and sprawled out on my stomach before his skill. Twice.

During my fursuiter hugging quest, I've met a few notable ones as far as hugging goes. This Raccoon who didn't just hug me, but stood there with me, us hugging and scratching each other for like, 20 minutes. It was really nice. I don't care if it was a male raccoon. Affection is affection, and I loved it. I've found that most of the other fursuiters will be willing to stand around and do that too for a minute or two if you initiate it. They must just be used to people giving them a quick hug and going on their way.
There's also this... uh, I think it's a husky named Razz. Probably the most adorable fursuiter I've seen yet. He has this semi-high-pitched voice that he'll yap, etc, in. I'll have to record it on my watch. But just because of that, and how adorable he looks, he's probably the one I've hugged most times in passing.
In the con suite (room on the 16th floor that serves free food for convention-goers), I saw this fursuiter and a girl enter. Both girls actually. So I do my usual hug and scritch thing, and she just stands there kicking her leg non stop while I scratch her for two or three minutes straight. I decided to tag along with them, taking advantage of how much she seems to like being scratched to immobilize her with leg kicking whenever I feel like it. xD It's fun.

So while tagging along with the fursuiter and girl (who are sisters actually), we wind up meeting up with Swiftkill () and some of her friends. Long story short, the two girls were gonna be rooming with Swiftkill, but couldn't. She invited them to tag along, so since I was tagging along with them, I got to tag along too. Oh, and one Swiftkill's friends (why is that the only one whose name I can remember? Gah!) recognized my name, and turned out to be a former mate of... either Harpe or Konstance, I forget which. So basically I got to meet one of my former pack members at this convention. And Swiftkill recognized me as someone who used to RP in her dream. (She was delighted that I recognized her name.)

While we were stopping off at Swiftkill's room, the fire alarm went off on the first floor. We di... ]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/20930494/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/20930494/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:09:50 PDT
I don't really know how to tell you this, but I dislike you. I think I realized it when you put cuffs on me in your apartment and I saw you sit on my John F. Kennedy statue. I'm sure you're frostbitten enough to understand that your Honda sucks. I'm returning your ring to you, but I'll keep your collection of butterflies as a memory. You should also know that I told in my confession today about to hate the Boston Celtics.

Greetings to your freaky family,
Amaroq.

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Updated to include the following.

Tagged by
I might think of five people to tag at some other time. But here's how it goes.

RULES:
Do the "Letter MEME". Tag no less than 5 other people, and leave them a comment, informing them that they have been tagged. Then copy the "How-to" Letter Meme, and finish your Journal entry.

-> How you do the Letter Meme:

Dear (the last person who left a comment on your journal):

I don't really know how to tell you this, but ___1___. I think I realized it ___2___ ___3___ and I saw you ___4___ ___5___. I'm sure you're ___6___ enough to understand ___7___. I'm returning ___8___ to you, but I'll keep ___9___ as a memory. You should also know that I ___10___ ___11___ .

___12___,
-Your name-

1. What's the color of your shirt?
Blue - Our romance is over
Red - Our affair is over
White - I'll join the monastery
Black - I dislike you
Green - Our horoscope doesn't match
Grey - You're a pervert
Yellow - I'm selling myself
Pink - Your nostrils are insulting
Brown - The mafia wants you
No shirt - You're a loser
Other - I'm in love with your sister


2. Which is your birth month?
January - That night
February - Last year
March - When your dwarf bit me
April - When I tripped on sesame seeds
May - First of May
June - When you put cuffs on me
July - When I threw up
August - When I saw the shrunken head
September - When we skinny dipped
October - When I quoted Santa
November - When your dog ran amok
December - When I changed tennis shoes


3. Which food do you prefer?
Tacos - In your apartment
Pizza - In your camping car
Pasta - Outside of Chicago
Hamburgers - Under the bus
Salad - As you ate enchilada
Chicken - In your closet
Kabob - With Paris Hilton
Fish - In women's clothing
Sandwiches - At the Hare Krishna graduation
Lasagna - At the mental hospital
Hot dog - Under a state of trance
None of the above - With George Bush and his wife


4. What's the color of your socks?
Yellow - Hit on
Red - Insult
Black - Ignore
Blue - Knock out
Purple - Pour syrup on
White - Carve your initials into
Grey - Pull the clothes off
Brown - Put leeches on
Orange - Castrate
Pink - Pull the toupee off
Barefoot - Sit on
Other - Drive out


5. What's the color of your underwear?
Black - My best friend
White - My father
Grey - Bill Clinton
Brown - My fart balloon
Purple - My mustard soufflé
Red - Donald Duck
Blue - My avocado plant
Yellow - My penpal in Ghana
Orange - My Kid Rock-collection
Pink - Manchester United's goalkeeper
None - My John F. Kennedy-statue
Other - The crazy monk


6. What do you prefer to watch on TV?
Scrubs - Man
O.C. - Emotional
One Tree Hill - Open
Heroes - Frostbitten
Lost - High
House - Scarred
Simpsons - Cowardly
The news - Mongolic
Idol - Masochistic
Family Guy - Senile
Top Model - Middle-class
None of the above - Ashamed


7. Your mood right now?
Happy - How awful I've felt
Sad - How boring you are
Bored - That Santa doesn't exist
Angry - That your pimples are at the last stage
Depressed - That we're cousins
Excited - That there is no solution to this.
Nervous - The middle-east
Worried - That your Honda sucks
Apathetic - That I did a sex-change
Ashamed - That I'm allergic to your hamster
Cuddly - That I get turned on by garbage men
Overjoyous - That I'm open
Other - That Extreme Home Makeover sucks


8. What's the color of your walls in your bedroom?
White - Your ring
Yellow - Your love letters
Red - Your Darth Vader-poster
Black - Your tame stone
Blue - The couch cushions
Green - The pictures from LA
Orange - Your false teeth
Brown - Your contact book
Grey - Our matching snoopy-bibs
Purple - Your old lottery coupons
Pink - The cut to... ]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/19806165/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/19806165/ Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:03:52 PDT
A: I'm single. Me and Anulo didn't work out, for reasons beyond our control. We broke up on friendly terms and are still friends.

B: I live on my own now, but with a room mate. (I've already mentioned this, I think, in a previous journal entry.)

C: I have a job interview today at Six Flags! My roommate used to work there, and has told me that If I can get an interview with them, I'm guaranteed to be hired.

D: I'm a freelance PHP programmer for Heritage Web Solutions! I'll be doing that on the side, at least until I become more financially stable.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/19432940/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/19432940/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:59:59 PDT
Steven needs A Permanent Home
Steven looks like a GQ model on Flickr
Steven says Can someone squeegee that bubble pleas?
Steven wants to Rock the Schools
Steven does Welcome to Linux-Watch
Steven hates Chicken!
Steven asks his dad if he can buy Gmod
Steven likes on College Humor
Steven eats chickenburger
Steven wears thongs and g strings he loves cock
Steven Page was arrested for Drug Posession in New York
Steven loves to sing
Uncle Jimmy and Steven... Waiting for the Bus

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/19150141/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/19150141/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:56:37 PDT
This one's pretty awesome. He's kinda cute in a really weird way. Even with a peg leg and a cigar and machine guns.
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And yes, this one does have a cross, and you are seeing the people on it you think you are seeing. And he has a bucket of fried chicken and bacon covering his genitals and nipples.
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I hope he doesn't go through with it...
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That would leave a lot of blood.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18992818/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18992818/ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:02:05 PDT
Chances are, if you belong to this website, your trade is art. I'm amongst a minority whose trade is coding. Well, I can write too, but coding and art is what I'm here to talk about.

I would like to make myself a website, but I lack any Amaroq art to put on it.

Sooo, what I'm offering is this: A code/art trade. I code you a web page for your character (or whatever you want it to be about), and you draw a picture of mine. One page for one picture. I can make that page do anything you want it to, and look any way you want it to (So don't be afraid to get creative in your request). But if you want art on it, you'll probably have to do that yourself. After-all, the reason I'm doing this is because I can't make the art myself.

As for the content of the page: You know what you want written on it better than I do. You provide graphics and words, I provide a nifty, snazzy layout for them to fit on with all the bells and whistles.

I look forward to doin' bizz'ness with you, yo.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18989707/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18989707/ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:50:19 PDT just showed me this. It's a long read, but it is amazing. The lesson it holds is breathtaking.

I want you all to read it and think of yourself the way I'm thinking of myself right now. *grins*

[link]

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18989655/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18989655/ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:47:17 PDT
Things are feeling more cozy now that I have a little desk-like thing for my computer and a chair to sit in. I also have various wolf resin carvings and other miscellaneous wolf things on the floor, neatly organized around the walls of my room. My best one, a round mirror set next to two semi-large wolf heads, is on the windowsill.

Don't worry, my birthday is on the 24th. If you want to wish me a happy one, it won't be belated yet. *chuckles*

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18932026/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18932026/ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:28:58 PDT
Let the job hunt begin...

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18829341/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18829341/ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:11:37 PDT
a) Tell you why I friended you
b) Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, et cetera
c) Tell you something I like about you
d) Tell you a memory I have of you
e) Ask something I've always wanted to know about you


In return, you must post this in your journal.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18699407/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18699407/ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:51:59 PDT
I also don't really use Furcadia anymore. I might get on if friends pester me to, but I don't even have it installed anymore.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18512731/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18512731/ Mon, 26 May 2008 14:47:54 PDT
The reason:
It's a security thing. In programming languages, text is usually stored between single quotes or double quotes. To prevent people from being able to type in quotes of their own followed by code, a slash is automatically placed before every quote. Basically the slash says "The next character is nothing special. Treat it just like text."

The cause: When someone types something with single or double quotes in it, the slash-infused text is stored in a database. If you don't remove the slashes when you retrieve the text, it gets printed with the slashes still in it.

The cure:
Retrieve all of your data just like you're doing already. But run it through a stripslashes() function before you print it out.

Not very difficult. One single line of code, depending on how DA is set up. This should have been fixed within minutes of its discovery.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18373133/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18373133/ Sat, 17 May 2008 20:34:17 PDT
She lives about an hour away, and I look forward to eventually meeting her sometime. She has a great personality, which is like, 80% of what I look for in a girl.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18370059/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18370059/ Sat, 17 May 2008 16:29:35 PDT
Okay, I've had a WoW retail account for about a month now. I must say, it's a really addicting game, even if I could only get like, one frame per second in the busier / more graphic intensive places.

Tax returns and economic stimulus packages to the rescue! My tax return was about $500-something and I got the full $600 for my economic stimulus package. And what better thing to use it for than to stimulate the tech industry!

So I bought $1,200 in computer parts and built my own PC. All from Newegg.
They're here on my public wishlist: [link]

I absolutely love this system. 15-30 frames per second in Second Life (which I only played for the first time last night because my previous computer wouldn't even start it). 60 Frames per second on World of Warcraft. On Maximum graphical settings! In the middle of friggin' Orgrimmar!

You have no idea what it feels like to go from 1 frame per second to 60. It's amazing.

I'll probably take a picture of it and upload it soon. I got a nice looking case.

Moon Guard server, by the way~
Troll Mage, Frost/Arcane.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18313790/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18313790/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:35:36 PDT
[ ] the dark
[ ] staying single forever
[ ] being a parent
[ ] giving birth
[X] being myself in front of others
[ ] open spaces
[ ] closed spaces
[ ] heights
[ ] dogs
[ ] birds
[ ] fish
[ ] spiders
[ ] flowers or other plants

Total so far: 1

[ ] being touched
[ ] fire
[ ] deep water
[ ] snakes
[ ] silk
[ ] the ocean
[ ] failure
[ ] success
[ ] thunder/lightning
[ ] frogs/toads
[X] my boyfriends/girlfriends dad (He sounds like a stricter, meaner version of my own dad. Who is already pretty strict.)
[ ] boyfriends/girlfriends mom
[ ] rats
[X] jumping from high places
[ ] snow

Total so far: 3

[ ] rain
[ ] wind
[ ] crossing hanging bridges
[X] death (Or at least ceasing to exist if there is no heaven.)
[X] heaven (Hell actually. I dun wanna go there.)
[ ] being robbed
[ ] falling
[ ] clowns
[ ] dolls
[ ] large crowds of people
[X] men (Almost all of them are intimidating and/or don't treat girls right. So it's a fear/dislike hybrid.)
[ ] women
[X] having great responsibilities (I don't think I have the attention span / willpower to handle those.)
[ ] doctors, including dentists
[ ] tornadoes

Total so far: 7

[ ] hurricanes
[ ] incurable diseases
[ ] sharks
[ ] Friday the 13th
[ ] ghosts
[ ] poverty
[ ] Halloween
[ ] school
[ ] trains
[ ] odd numbers
[ ] even numbers
[ ] being alone
[X] becoming blind (How can I ever program or chat with people if I can't see the screen. I also fear losing my hands for the same reason.)
[ ] becoming deaf
[ ] growing up

Total so far: 8

[ ] creepy noises in the night
[X] bee stings (The bees themselves scare the hell out of me.)
[X] not accomplishing my dreams/goals (This is probably my worst fear. I can't stand the thought of my concepts and ideas dying with me. I also can't stand the thought of fading away without leaving something behind so I'm not forgotten after I'm gone.)
[X] needles (Shots used to scare me. Now they just make me nervous.
[ ] blood
[ ] dinosaurs
[ ] the welcome mat
[ ] high speed
[ ] throwing up
[ ] falling in love
[ ] super secrets

Final Total: 11



... if you wish to post this in your journal, it's been requested that you title it I'm afraid of _ out of 72 common fears...

If you get more than 30, I strongly recommend some counseling
If you get more than 20, you’re paranoid.
If you get 10-20, you are normal.
If you get 10 or less, you’re fearless.
People who don’t have any are liars.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18251736/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/18251736/ Sat, 10 May 2008 23:54:42 PDT Here's a list of free webhosts with PHP support. Dunno if any of them have GD.
http://www.free-webhosts.com/free-php-webhosting.php
[/Update]

So I've been working, on and off, on a PHP image gallery that features automatic thumbnail generation and caching.

Basically, every time you view the gallery, it searches through a folder that you are to put your images in. It goes through every image and generates a thumbnail. Then it saves the thumbnail to a thumbnails folder, then displays the thumbnails in the gallery. It can figure out if it's already saved a thumbnail and will re-use the thumb(s) if it is already there. You'd be surprised at how quickly it loads the second time you view your gallery.

I've still got a few bugs to work out and a few features to implement. But I figured I'd post this anyway, since artists should get a kick out of it.

Interested in trying it out? You gotta have your own website, and your server has to support PHP 5.0 or higher. And your PHP has to have the GD library.

Not sure if you have PHP? Not sure if you have PHP 5? Not sure if you have GD?

Open notepad and type in the following:
phpinfo();
?>

Save that as something like phpinfo.php
(only the .php matters. Make sure you don't accidentally save as .php.txt)
Then upload it and view it in your browser. Believe me, you'll know if you have PHP. You can look through the results to see if you have PHP 5 and GD.
(You should delete it afterwards so nobody else can see.)

Probably two of the biggest things I still need to add to this, features-wise, are as follows:
Pages - Display only a certain number of thumbnails per page.
Description - Type up a description to associate with your image.

If you want to try it still, and if you have a server with PHP 5 and GD, I can give you the source code and guide you through setting it up. It's pretty easy. But it looks pretty plain, so you'll have to do the CSS yourself. (It comes with a couple of very basic CSS files.)

Maybe when I work all the kinks out, I can charge a small fee to implement custom setups of my gallery for people. It'll always be free for people who can set it up themselves. The fee will be for the assistance.
*grin grin*

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/17661654/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/17661654/ Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:55:49 PDT - Steven Robert Swenson

2 . YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of real name plus izzle)
- Steizzle

3 . YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (fav color and fav animal)
- Teal Dog

4. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)
- Swest

5. YOUR SUPERHERO NAME: (Your 2nd favorite color, and favorite drink)
- Blue Root Beer

6. YOUR IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, first two letters of your middle name, last two letters of your first name then last three letters of your last name)
- Teroonson

7.YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (both parents middle name)
- Steven Anne
(My dad swapped his first and middle names when he named me.

8. YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one of your pets)
- Black Daisy

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/17122230/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/17122230/ Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:29:29 PST
[link]

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/17064408/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/17064408/ Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:51:48 PST this journal.

"Simple Methods for bettering yourself as a person, other people, and your mental health.

I've recently been trying to talk to people about being more polite on WoW and taking things that would regularly be frustrating with a grain of salt and use the experience to grow, because if you're going to get anything out of playing a video game for hours why not let it be bettering yourself. This is something I've taught to my hard-core Acwellan members and Furcadia followers. It's gained me a lot of respect, and self-respect. Understanding who and what you're frustrated with will help you handle the situation in a more productive manner. On Furcadia theft of my game patches happens regularly, and the thieves are usually guilty as charged but do not fully grasp the concept of Copyright or the consequences of art theft and/or alteration.

I recently had two cases approach me. The first was someone who downloaded my patches from someone who had stolen them and found out after being prosecuted by my friends and/or followers that they were not public. She approached me full ready and expecting for me to be harsh and uncivil. When she discovered that I was calm and understanding she was relieved. I let her keep the patch as a reward for her courage and she often returns to me to purchase patches. The second case was someone I had on my Hall of Shame page for stealing and altering my patches without permission. This player had/has a large reputation of doing such. She recently approached me riddled with guilt and offering me money in exchange for my forgiveness and to remove her name from the list. I told her that I generally don't like to hold bitterness towards the past and that I would not accept her money but in exchange for forgiveness I asked her to hang out in my Dream and be my friend. The merciful are honored.

Even things from trying to write more eloquently or structuring a sentence more helpfully for those you speak to rather than defensive and offensive, or detached neutrality which could be taken the wrong way are good ideas. Even typing with proper English rather than Netspeak. It's simple exercise for your mind that will make you brighter and get a sense of satisfaction from it, and probably gain you a more healthy version of respect from peers. You get the same gratification from being a mentor or helping hand that you get from giving a gift rather than receiving one.

1. Remember, this is like any other art/talent/skill. Dealing with burdensome situations takes a bit of effort, patience, time, and self-control. It may not seem like it pays off all the time either--but the truth is that it does every time and it isn't always apparent immediately. It's healthy for you, and everyone around you who is watching and/or dealing with you. Taking good care of your mind and mental health is just as important as taking care of your body. All-in-all this practice will make you feel better about yourself, as your peers will follow your example and be better people for it. Also remember that there is always going to be people younger than you and/or less experienced in life and/or wisdom who will, even unintentionally, look to you as a role-model for some situations--even people you wouldn't expect to. There will always be someone who can learn something from you.

2. Learn as much about the person and/or situation you're dealing with before acting to earn a sense of understanding and perhaps sympathy. Remember, sympathy doesn't have to mean acceptance, or even tolerance. Try to understand where they're coming from, stand in their shoes, and/or try to think as they do and/or analyze their way of thinking. Everybody thinks differently, and because our thoughts can be deep and complex you have to remember that nobody's thought process can match yours exactly. Failing to remind yourself that not everyone thinks as you do can generate a lot of anger and frustration towards the person/situation because you expect the person/situation to react as you do. Failing to remind yourself is also a subtle form of disrespect because you are unintentionally (or perhaps intentionally) degrading the person/situation with your lack of understanding of said persons and you're probably thinking along the lines of "Those guys are stupid." So--prevent yourself from generating said anger/frustration by taking a moment to understand. It's better for your mental health.

3. Take the time to think about the most positive way to handle the person/situation. Keep in mind that quality is better than speediness. Reacting prematurely or bluntly, or with detached neutrality is a bad idea. There are going to be several obvious wrong ways, some vague wrong ways, some okay-good ways that you'll probably produce first, and some excellent ways. If you... ]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/16720652/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/16720652/ Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:42:21 PST
Just a forewarning for you. I'm most likely going to get long winded on this, and very nerdy later on. Bear with me.

Inspiration
A friend of mine was talking to me on MSN one day and mentioned how she liked to create characters. (I think I'm thinking the right friend.) I felt disappointed that I was unable to even make a backstory for my fursona, Amaroq, much less make a convincing character from scratch.

So one day I'm listening to Eiffel 65 - Blue while I'm thinking about how she said she loves to develop characters. There was one part that sounded like "Blue is the color, I fog up my window", although I'm sure the actual lyrics are something different than that.

So anyway I'm thinking along those lines when I hear that, and suddenly I get the mental image of a dog in a glass tube in some lab, and his breath is fogging up the window. The world looks blue to him because the glass is tinted blue.

Blue
Blue was the first character I envisioned. He's in this glass tube. In my mind, he's been there his entire life. He was grown in the lab and knows nothing else but loneliness and solitude within that tube. He's never had anybody to comfort him when the lights went out at night. He's had to grow up with nobody and he's had to cope with the lonely, scary darkness at night all by himself. He's a passive character, not the type to rock the boat at all. He goes along with things because he sees no reason not to.

As far as looks go, he's a white dalmatian-esque dog, with the exception that he has no black spots or markings of any kind. The tube he's in is filled with a blue liquid, so whenever anyone looks at him, they see him with a blue tint. He was called Blue because of this, and the naming convention stuck. He also sees the rest of the world with a blue tint as well.

The longer I thought about Blue, the more I began to try to figure out why he was in that tube, the more a story idea started to take shape. One of my early ideas was that of a female scientist forming a bond with him and helping him escape. I gave up on that idea in favor of Red.

Red
Red is a breed of dog that... well... I'm not sure of the name of the breed. Imagine something akin to an anthropomorphic Lady from Lady and the Tramp, but with a dark shade of red, and you've got Red. This red is the same all over her body.

A tragedy befell Red's family and the pain was much to great for her to bear. Once a loyal soldier for the army, she has opted to give up her painful memories and donate herself to the service of her country. Red now finds herself in the same situation Blue is in. She is now imprisoned in a tube with no memory of her past life. Like Blue, she finds it to be a very lonely existence. Red is quite the opposite of Blue, personality wise. She is very bold and faces every challenge head on. While she finds life within the tube to be very lonely, she feels no fear during the nights alone in the dark.

The scientists redid the formula for the tube fluids so that Red's would be more clear, so she appears as her natural red color. She was named Red by the scientists, following the naming convention that they had already established of naming their subjects by what color they looked like.

Red and Blue are the two main characters of this story. They've both suffered a lot from loneliness and/or fear. One day, Red's tube is moved so that it sits in the same room as Blue's. Finally, after all this time, the two find that they are no longer so alone as before. They've finally both met someone like themselves. Even though they cannot speak to each other through the glass (or through the fluids they are suspended in), they quickly form a loving bond that keeps them both happy during these dark times. They no longer spend the nights alone, but rather staring into each others' eyes and sympathizing with each others' plight. They would fight for each other given the chance. Little do they know, they will have to do just that. More on that later.

The General
I don't have a name for this guy yet. He's a semi-old hound dog who happens to be, yes, an army general. He oversees the project (haven't thought of a name for the project yet) that Red and Blue are subjects of. He doesn't agree with the project though, and the only reason he agreed to take charge of it was that... ]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/16576215/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/16576215/ Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:46:41 PST

1. Easy one. What's your character's name?
Amaroq

2. Now what's his/her 's damage? There must be something wrong with the (wo)man.
He's physically weak. He makes up for this with magic, but he isn't an extremely powerful magic user either.

3. Anything good about your character?
He has magic! He's intelligent and resourceful. He knows how to use his magic creatively and tactically in combat. Due to knowing how to use his energy in creative and efficient ways, he can beat magic-users who have more raw power than him by outsmarting them and outmaneuvering them.

4. What's your character's world like?
Never made a world for him. I've imagined a world and then imagined him in it though. It's... not mideivil per se. People wear leather tunics, battle with swords and hunt with bow and arrow. But everybody also knows magic to varying degrees. Many even use it as their primary form of combat as well as casually for everyday use. No guns. Technology isn't quite that advanced yet.

5. Does he/she have any significant others? Would he/she make an ideal partner for anyone?
He has no significant other. He isn't developed enough to even really know anybody. (Not in anthro anyway.) He likes to keep to himself and practice his magic. However, he would be attracted to girls who are smart and/or smaller than him and/or younger than him, although intelligence would be most important to him. He likes to know that someone else depends on him and needs him. If he ever took on a female apprentice, he would quickly settle into the role of teacher, protector, guide, and maybe even lover too.

6. What does your character do when he/she is upset?
He would probably keep it to himself to brood about for a while when nobody's around. If someone makes him angry though, he's more likely to step up and confront them in a witty and/or challenging manner. Amaroq usually has to have a happy, heartwarming feeling inside of him in order to use his magic. The feeling is his spirit producing excess spiritual energy that he can convert into other forms, such as fireballs or kinetic to push things or make shields. If he's upset or depressed when he uses his magic, he gets a negative variation of these energies. Cold instead of heat. Stopping motion instead of pushing or blocking things. Etc.

7. What kind of occupation does your character have?
He's sort of well known in the village he lives in. He's considered a pioneer in the field of Magic, as he is constantly inventing new things to do with his magic that other people would've never thought of. As a result, people sometimes ask him for advice or lessons. He is often the first person people look to when the town needs to be defended from enemy forces.

8. What is your character afraid of?
He may have courage, but he isn't stupid. He fears things that can easily kill him. He also fears the possibility that anybody he cares about could be hurt by anything. His first reaction is to use his magic to defend, in either occasion. He also fears the idea of not realizing his full potential before he dies, as well as the idea of fading from memory when he dies. One of the reasons for his magical pioneering is to make sure he is remembered after he dies.

9. Is your character satisfied with who he/she is?
While he is completely confident and happy with himself, he is always striving to push his limits and become better skilled in his use of magic.

10. What's your character's idea of a good time?
He's quite reclusive, usually keeping alone to himself and practicing his magic. Though he really enjoys the chance to find another magic-user to test himself against. He loves competition, and thoroughly enjoys the chance to prove himself more skilled than someone else.

11. Your character is alone in a restaurant, staving to death, and someone's left a delicious juicy burger behind. He/she knows it's somebody else's because the person wrote a note asking your character NOT to eat the burger. What do they do?
Amaroq is respectful. If the burger is clearly designated as someone else's, he'll leave it. For a while. If a long time passes (maybe a half hour or an hour, just to be on the safe side) and nobody has claimed the burger, he will eat it. He'll feel guilty while he does it, and afterwards he'll try not to make it seem obvious that he'd eaten it.

12. Actually, your character wasn't alone in the last question. He/she just notices a police officer is watching the burger rather intently. In fact, it's probably the police officer's burger. What would your character do now?
If he hadn't eaten the burger yet,... ]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/16456997/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/16456997/ Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:21:49 PST

1. Post all the rules.
2. When tagged, you must write eight things about yourself.
3. You must post these eight things in your journal.
4. You must then tag eight other friends/people.
5. Finally, leave a message on each of their pages letting them know they've been tagged.

(She didn't post a message on my page. She fails at tagging!)

1. I program. Well, I code in web languages anyway. Tryin' to break into the web design industry. (I'm getting paid to help some guy add some functionality to this PHP project he has. Woot!)

2. I aspire to be a video game designer some day so I can bring some of my concepts to life.

3. I'm a furry. Damn, I love being with furries. And especially hugging fursuiters!
*Spots a random fursuiter.* Hey, c'mere you! *Grabs it and hugs it.*

4. I roleplay as a wolf. Yeah, like 75% of the furcadia population. In feral, I used to be an alpha male. In anthro, I have some magic that I made up for myself. It's awesome magic. (Amaroq is my persona. Or fursona if you're a furry.)

5. I still have only read part of the 6th Harry Potter book, and haven't started the 7th yet. (I swear I'll read them. When I find some free time. Really.)

6. I was diagnosed with A.D.D. when I was in like, 5th grade. They put me on Ritalin for a while, but it made me stutter badly so my dad took me off of it.

7. For the life of me, I can't focus on anything that doesn't capture my interest. It doesn't matter if I can muster any focus or not anyway, because if I don't see an interesting way to use it, my brain won't wrap around it. This may or may not have to do with #6. I don't want any meds for it though. I personally believe that if I can learn to focus 100% on something, that I can do it well. I can already do the things well that capture my interest, and if I find something to be fun, I pick it up very quickly. This only serves to reinforce said belief.

8. I started to write a Star Fox fanfiction a few years ago. Like, last year, I restarted it so I could write the chapters I have more descriptively. I still haven't finished it though.
Oh shit, I hope having accidentally wiped my files from the computer and having to reinstall linux didn't make me lose it! I think I have a backup of it on my flash drive.
(Seriously, if you ever get linux, don't delete the chroots folder if you ever wind up with one. If you don't do it just right, you wipe your entire home folder.)

I tag the following people.



]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/16369091/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/16369091/ Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:35:24 PST Click random article again; that is your album name.
Click random article 15 more times; those are the tracks on your album.

Band: Marc J. Susser

Album: Angband

Tracks:

1. Meret
2. Szamosújlak
3. Podolany, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
4. Quistclose trust
5. Joseph Hopper Nicholson
6. John Nee
7. Sir Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth
8. Approximant consonant
9. Rary
10. Agetec
11. I Wanna Touch You
12. University College, University of Toronto
13. Khannea Suntzu
14. Italian folk music
15. Matairesinol

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/16235487/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/16235487/ Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:22:21 PST
http://www.jobforums.org

This is still a fledgling site, so there isn't much activity on it yet. But the goal of the site is to provide a place where people can post their resumes and/or jobs that they need to hire someone for.

If you decide to sign up, you can put me as your referrer if you want. Just type in Amaroq.
Not that it really matters. I'm not sure if they give any benefits for referring yet, though I think there might be.

So yeah, spread the word. Let's help get this site populated.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/15732820/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/15732820/ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:56:33 PST
So now I gotta do this journal thingy.

1. 10 random facts about the person who tagged you
2. Tags should be in a journal/ blog
3. At the end of the post, state 4 people who you would like to tag and name them
4. Go to their page and leave a comment telling them they're tagged.

1. She seriously made me think she was either interested in MFF or had been there when she tagged me in that journal entry.

2. She seems to have gotten nerdier than when I last talked to her, judging by her journals. (Nerd Power and proud of it, biatches!)

3. She's probably one of the most random people I've ever met.

4. She can speak quite eloquently when she needs to.

5. She likes glowsticks.

6. She carries around a portable abyss.

7. She sometimes hides in the portable abyss.

8. Although randomness usually makes people look unintelligent and/or immature, she is quite an intelligent person and can be mature when she needs to be.

9. Me and her once had a completely logical debate on where a tree's ass is.

10. I still think that the tree's ass is underground, which is why nobody ever finds the poop.

I tag...
Gehehe, your turn.
He probably knows more about me than anybody else alive.
Haven't heard from her for a while. x3
He may not know much about me, but I comment most of his stuff because his story concepts and characters rock so much.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/15660724/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/15660724/ Sun, 25 Nov 2007 07:34:15 PST
On Thursday, a day before the con, I picked up the one girl (Auora) a half hour late at the bus station because of traffic. Dear lord, Chicago traffic is nuts. Your safest option is to ride the ass of the car in front of you to make sure no other cars try to dart in front of you.

Once we got to the con though, we picked up our badges (that we pre-registered for) and got to walk around in this party room and eat some stuff. There was two variations of mashed potatoes (one of them of the sweet potato variety) and cheese, sour cream, and nuts to put on it.

Let's see... I walked around basically with Auora. She had a camera and I'd kept mine in the suitcase. The guy who founded wikifur said Hi to us and we all walked around together for a while. I'm, of course, hugging fursuiters randomly, since that's what I do. I got grabbed behind by a bat fursuiter and covered with its wings while I mock-screamed. That was recorded on video by some other guy.

Hmm, let's see. I couldn't even begin to describe all the fursuiters I've hugged at this year's MFF. Later that night though, we were talking to this guy who was carrying a black spray-painted oar with the word NEKO taped on it in white tape when we saw Pepper across the lobby. Pepper was the other room-mate for the con. She's hardcore in that she wears the fursuit constantly at cons with the exception of sleeping or taking a shower. She will even eat and drink through the muzzle of her suit's head.

Let's see, what else. The theme of the con this year was "Critters on the High Seas," so I should not have been too surprised when I saw Jack Sparrow and his father walking around. They weren't fursuiters, mind you, but they were still very VERY convincing. They talked identically to their movie counterparts, looked just like them (including costume subtleties), and even carried a bottle of rum.

I have been thinking that some day, someone at a con would recognize me, perhaps from Furcadia. Well, two con-goers did recognize me, but they were from Ogame instead (universe 20), and both were members of the same Alliance I'm in. Me and one of them discussed some things regarding Ogame before I eventually wandered off to wander around some more.

Hmm, Friday.

I wandered around and interacted with fursuiters a lot, of course. But there was also checking out the artist's alley (where artists do commisions) which I hadn't done the day before. At the artist's alley, I saw a friend of mine, Grant the GM, sitting at a booth selling some stickers and coffee mugs with some of his art on them. He told me of an event called the Iron Artist that he was running, and so I decided I'd check that out. I basically wandered around until then.

I missed half of it unfortunately, but what I did see was hilarious. About 12 artists, I think, were all lined up side-by-side at a table drawing something on their own sheets of paper that they had been told to do. The catch? Well, the catch is that they don't know what the catch is, in Grant's words when he told me about it. I guess they're constantly given distractions to try to reduce the quality of the art, not that it matters since its just for fun. When I walked in, the audience was singing The Song That Never Ends. Grant blew an airhorn and said "I don't like that song. Sing me another!" And the audience began singing "Row, Row, Row your boat." After a while he blew the airhorn again. Then all of the artists had to run to the back of the room, grab a bunch of markers and colored pencils from the back and then run back to the front. It seemed like so much fun to watch from what little I'd seen so far, that I went to get my roommates, or Pepper anyway (Culdn't find the Auora). Though by the time we got back, the action was already pretty much over and they were judging the pictures. I guess you had to draw something based on three words: Chef, Muffin, Zombie. Needless to say, the results were mixed and almost all were completely random.

I don't think I did much Saturday except hang out with my roommates and interact with furries and hug fursuiters.

Later Saturday though, there was the fursuit dance.

Now, I've been to dances before in high school. But I never danced. I just sat to the side and watched. I think I went voluntarily once because I thought there would be free food and there wasn't.

At the fursuit dance, however, I enjoyed being there. I was determined not to let my shyness block me from having fun. So I started dancing, following the "let the music move you" way of thinking, basically listening to the music and moving my body however I felt like doing. I don't think I... ]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/15389485/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/15389485/ Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:57:08 PST
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For those not in the know, it's a Furry convention held every year in Schaumburg, IL on the third weekend of November. At least I think it's always the third weekend. It has been so far. I think.

Well anyway, I should be much more prepared this time than I was last time. No sleeping in the lobby or bumming sleeping space with newly met friends this time. I've reserved my own room.

I know, I know, I live only an hour away. But hey! There's no way I'm going to be leaving once I get there. I made the mistake of thinking that way last year and never did leave once I got there.

Last year was my first time at a Furry convention, and this will be my second time. I hope to not miss some of the things I missed last year this time, such as the fursuit dance. I'm not too into dances or dancing, but I definitely have to be there this time.

Like last year, I'll bring my mom's camera again with plenty of batteries. Since I love fursuiters so much, those'll probably be what I mostly take pictures of. Since I still have the pictures from last year, I'll have to code myself a proper photo album to display the pictures from both years of the convention.

I can't wait. Last year, it felt like I was amongst my "own kind" for the first time ever. Another person put it nicely. "It was like coming home." That's what it'll probably feel like.

I'll get to be amongst furries, and more importantly, hug fursuiters! It'll be an awesome time to be had.

Oh, and a friend from Wisconsin is going to be sharing the room with me. Can't wait 'till she gets here. And potentially another, more local friend as well. This local one has already got plans to share space with a few others, but my room space is always open to her too.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/15146765/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/15146765/ Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:46:43 PDT [link]

Gahaha! That's too awesome.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/15041527/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/15041527/ Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:40:53 PDT [link]

Yeah, Kohls stole this guy's art and put it on a line of girl's jeans. So like, boycott them or whatever. I think he's already got a lawyer and is considering legal action.

Spread the word.

EDIT:
Yay, I wrote a news article about it!
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]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/14515568/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/14515568/ Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:44:18 PDT
We got in with a special deal: Normally we'd have to pay $300 something to get the lease, and the first month's rent ($745) upon moving in. We were already paying $250 a week at the motel (well, I was), so we get to just do that for the first month here. This monday is the last payment for this move-in thingy we got, and then I'll still owe like, fifty-something. After that, it's $745 a month, and electricity is the only utility not included.

Once we start the normal monthly payment, my mom'll begin to contribute half. Heck, my sister Jennifer is living here too now (longish story involving her car getting wrecked) so me, my mom, and Jennifer will actually split it three ways when she gets a job.

Let's see, I'm making about $460-something a week. That's $1,840 a month. Let's say the electric will be about $100. Knock off about, oh... $200 for my other bills. And $50 for gas. And another $100 for various snacks I'll probably buy myself. Minus $745 rent. That leaves me about... $645 a month to spend however I please. And that's the high estimates, and not counting the fact that rent will be split.

Every month, I should get to keep about $1,017.50 paying only half rent, and about $1,141.67 if I'm only paying a third, taking my estimated figures into account.

Adjust for unexpected bills and money spending-ness of course. But that's still pretty sweet!

I know I'm gonna be building myself a computer soon.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/13632598/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/13632598/ Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:07:46 PDT
I've noticed something here on DA, and on any other artist-based site similar to this one. When people who have at least semi-good art (and even some who don't) post an image, a strange thing happens. A bunch of people comment, and 90% of the comments are as something rabid fan-boys or fan-girls might post.

"Oh I just love this piece. It's so cute!"

"OMG THIS IS AWESOME!!"

"Aww, so adoreable. I really love your work."

etc.

Recently, a friend of mine ( ) showed me an article about how praise affects children in school.

Two groups of sixth-graders were taken into seperate rooms and given the same test. After this test was given, one group of children were praised for their hard work, while the other group was praised for their intelligence.

Another test was given, and this time, there was a noticeable difference. The students praised for their hard work did much better on this second test than the ones who were praised for their intelligence.

A third test was given, this one above their grade level. The hard-work-praised kids did pretty good on it, while the intelligence-praised kids did terribly.

What's going on here is that the kids who got praised for their hard work could always work harder for more praise. The kids praised for their intelligence could just shrug and figured they didn't have to do anything because they were smart and there wasn't any other way they could affect the outcome of their tests.

It isn't just knowing what to praise someone about. It's how specific your praise is as well. Praising someone for specifics, such as how hard they studied, how well they showed their work on paper in math, how well they remembered that E=MC^2 in science, or how smoothly they drew a line in Art Class.

Praise for general things, such as "You're so smart!" "Congratulations!" "You do so well!" are not a very good praise. And even worse is praising them when they didn't even do anything to be praised for. Both of these ways of praise will not only cause them to automatically ignore your praise, dismissing it as false, but even genuine praise will seem like bullshit to them.

Speaking of praise in Art, it's time to get back to why I made this journal entry.

When you comment on someone's art, you should try to actually find things to praise them for. That's what critique is. Find specifics that you like most about the picture and praise them for those, so they know what they did right. And if they did something wrong, let them know so they know what needs to be fixed.

When someone posts a Deviation, and all of their friends instantly jump onto the picture to shower it with general praise, it won't really mean much to them. Sure, it'll make them feel good and satisfy a need for attention, if they have such a need, but in the long run, your praise will just be one more fanboy/girl post instantly saying everything of theirs is great, whether or not it is. As far as they're concerned, they could post an artistically rendured picture of a piece of poop and instantly recieve comments from fans saying "Oh my god that's the most beautiful piece of poop I've ever seen!"

So yeah, try to be specific when you comment on someone's art, and try to not to worry about hurting their feelings. My sister calling my cell while I was typing this kinda made me lost my train of thought. Kev, I'm sure you'll remember more about this than I can, even the link. Though I doubt anybody will read it in it's entirety. I'm not even sure if I did.

P.S.
If I was on a web-design or programming website, and I posted bad code, people would probably eat my ass out, or at least give me complete feedback as to what I did wrong. I don't think an art site should be any different.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/13551163/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/13551163/ Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:37:10 PDT [link]

The shadow complex. The animal part of yourself. The mysterious part that contains everything you forget or supress. I came across the wikipedia article about it one day, and I was immediately hooked. I not only read and re-read the article, but I read the other articles having to do with Jungian Psychology.

The above-linked article mentions appearences of the Shadow Complex in one's dreams, often as a feared of despised person or being. Sometimes it is an adversary, sometimes a servant.

Based on this information, I have made a pretty good guess as to what my shadow complex is: A Xenomorph!

That's right. In my dreams, my shadow complex takes the form of a Xenomorph. Those black aliens with acid blood from the Aliens movies.

Just like the article suggests, the Xenomorph(s) in my dreams are sometimes my enemy, sometimes on my side. I don't always have dreams containing it/them, but if I could categorize my dreams, they would be the most prevailant.

What kinds of interactions have I had with the Xenomorphs in my dreams?

I've dreadfully and fearfully escaped one or more, in at least semi-complex places that allowed for temporary escape by hiding in rooms, etc, but never giving permanent protection. I'd always just know that they would find me, so I had to keep running.

I've been in dreams where I accompanied human soldiers, staying with them as they attempted to help me escape. One dream had me and three soldiers in a room, having locked ourselves in to escape. There were pipes in the floor leading down to a room on a lower level. The pipes were only big enough for a softball to fit through, so nothing could move through them. But I had a casual conversation with one of the Aliens through the pipe. He was down in the lower room. He asked me why we were attacking them, and I told him that they were the ones attacking us, if I remember right.

I've been in large installations, just knowing that a swarm of the aliens were at that very moment overcoming the installation, taking everybody as they went. I'd run through the complex, trying to find ways to escape, staying just one step ahead of the invasion. Once even finding my way out just as the final door locked, leaving the other people locked inside to be taken. Another time, I saw what I believe to be an Alien Queen, but it's look resembled the dragon character of someone I used to be mates with on Furcadia.

I once -was- a Xenomorph, taking on a first person view for the first and only time in my dreams. I crawled on walls, hissed from above and scared soldiers shitless, and scuttled over and sliced them and diced them with my claws. That's the only first person dream I've ever had. All others have 3rd person view. I even had a glowing blue bar at the bottom of my vision at all times, like in the HUD in the Aliens vs Predator game when you're an Alien.

I had a Queen and one of her drones as pets in one dream. The feel of the dream was that of a 'boy and his dog' type of a feel. Me and my Xenomorphs played hide-and-seek in a complex three-dimensional maze (and I could climb the walls too, so navigating it was no trouble for me), and I even petted and snuggled with them and they curled up next to me and/or in my lap. Then when Aliens from another hive attacked some innocent people, the feds came after my pet Aliens due to the misunderstanding and I had to smuggle them into another building and hide out with them.

I've had other dreams with a wave of aliens in an installation, but rather than me running away in fear and dread, I wasn't in the dream at all. I was mentally directing the swarm of Xenomorphs. At first, I usually had them doing things discreetly, silently taking unsuspecting stragglers to be used to hatch more, having drones plant eggs in shadowy and/or hidden locations so unsuspecting passersby become victems for hatching, and then eventually just going all out and overtaking the whole place. It was sorta like a real-time strategy. It felt rather good to be on the controlling side of the overwhelming invasion. Kinda creepy, in a satisfying way, to watch from above, knowing that they were overpowering and taking away everybody there, and that I was directing it all.

So yeah, my shadow is an Alien. That's a pretty kickass form for a shadow complex, don't you think? I rather like my shadow. I adore those aliens, and adore the ones in my dream as well, when they're on my side of course. Thinking back, the interactions I've had with my shadow, even the scary ones where it (or them, when it took the form of more than one) was after me, have been pretty danged cool!

What do you think your Shadow Complex is, and in what ways has it interacted with you?

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/13498020/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/13498020/ Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:46:48 PDT
I turned 21. I had to work that night though, so I saw Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (which was awesome), and then came back to the motel me and my mom are currently staying at and went to sleep. I did get the day before my birthday off though.

About that. Me and my mom moved out of Buzz's, because, to make a long story short, he's a dick and we got tired of him being such, especially when drunk.

The motel is $250 a week. Normally, we would not be able to support ourselves for that, but I'm no longer working only 2 days a week.

A co-worker of mine quit, another got fired, and another was sorta both at the same time. (Told the boss to f*** off, and that she quits.)

So, the boss gave me the fired/quit girl's shift, which is five days a week! Unfortunately, being short staffed now means that there's no weekend worker, so I'm covering my new shift and my old shift. Yup, you heard me right. I'm working seven days a week!

Though with paychecks around $430 a week, that's not such a bad thing. A couple weeks ago, I worked 67 hours and got a $480 paycheck!

And my mom's between jobs as well, so I alone am supporting us. Go me! I feel so responsible.

Don't worry, the seven day a week thing isn't so bad, as long as I get enough sleep before I come in. It's slow at nights anyway.

But yeah, happy birthday to me, this journal of my own belation.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/13143259/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/13143259/ Tue, 29 May 2007 19:49:48 PDT
I've known for the greater part of my life that I had a half brother. But I've never met him. Last week, my mom got his myspace address from a relative, and she gave it to me so I could attempt to contact him. When he didn't respond, I figured he didn't want any ties to my mom, and that's that.

He did respond now though, the reason for the delay being that he's serving in Iraq.

I look forward to getting to know him, and hope he makes it home okay.

He's currently 30 years old. His birthday was just recently.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/12839809/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/12839809/ Fri, 04 May 2007 12:45:23 PDT
One of the members of this list organizes a monthly bowling outing, on the third Saturday of every month. Since it's only an hour away from me, I take the day off every month and go to it.

The first month was awesome. I got to hang out with real life furries! But the next three months were so-so. I mean, it was awesome hanging with furries. But I was shy and didn't really talk much, so while I went home satisfied that I got to be with furries, I also went home disappointed, because I feel I should have gotten more out of it.

This last month though, my fourth month, was the best bowling ever. When I walked into Buona's Beef (the restraunt they meet at before bowling), my eyes almost immediately caught sight of a fursuiter sitting at a far table.

Fursuiters aren't an unusual thing at the furry bowling. Usually there's two or three every month. But this particular fursuiter was one that I had briefly seen (and hugged, and taken a picture of) at Midwest FurFest.

So I go over and sit down, say hi, I saw you and hugged you at midwest furfest, etc. I tell her I'm Amaroq, and she picks up a pepper shaker. Her name's Pepper.

So we're talking at Buona Beef, and then everybody goes to bowling. So we go to bowling and talk some more there. It's not like I ever bowl at the furry bowling outing anyway.

Before long, she kinda pulls me into a snuggle, right at one of the tables in the bowling place. xD So yeah, we pretty much spend the rest of bowling night snuggled and talking.

Such a happy night. I think I got more snuggles that night than the rest of my life put together. And with a fursuiter too!

Don't believe me? I got a picture!
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That picture is of me and Pepper, and was taken at SliderCon, the trip to white castle some of the furries traditionally take after bowling every month.

EDIT:
On another note, I've got two websites lined up to make. One for a good friend I made there the first month, Grant the GM, and one for a fursuiter I had just met this last month, Lucky Coyote.

Grant is an artist, and the site I'm making for him will be a place for him, and other artists, to keep their art and advertise commissions. Lucky's site is going to advertise for fursuit commissions, as she makes fursuits of good quality at much cheaper prices than other fursuit makers.

Special Thanks to for offering to do the news section of Grant's site for me. My knowledge of database manipulation still leaves much to be desired.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/12598384/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/12598384/ Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:43:22 PDT
I have two sisters. A 19 year old one named Jennifer, and a 17 year old one named Heather.

I just found out that last night, Jennifer, her boyfriend Ross, Heather, and a friend of hers named Josh got drunk at a hotel last night. And had sex. Well, I dunno about Jennifer and Ross, but Heather wound up having sex with her friend Josh.

I feel sad in my heart. I live in Illinois with my mom. My sisters live in Ohio with my dad, who takes care of them very well. He would have never let this happen I'm sure, but I'm also sure he didn't know about it.

I feel that Heather got taken advantage of because the alcohol impaired her judgment. Jennifer, as her older sister, should have been looking out for her. But not only did she fail to do so, she actually wanted Heather to get laid.

If that' Jennifer's sense of values, then let that be hers. But she's Heather's older sister and she should have protected her from being taken advantage of.

If I was there I would not have let that happen. If heather was level headed, I would have offered her my advise, and let her make her own decision. But she was drunk, therefore I would have stopped any such thing and made her wait until she was sober to make a decision like that.

Heather, I'm sad. If I was there, I'd have made sure that didn't happen. But hey, at least you guys used protection. It's a learning experience, and I'm sure you'll know better from now on. *hugs* I love you Heather.

Jennifer, I'm disappointed in you. Angry actually. You got your sister drunk and let her get fucked. Wanted her to get fucked. If you want to be a slut like that, then do so. But you at least have the responsibility to protect Heather from being taken advantage of. You instead set her up to be taken advantage of, and you should be ashamed of yourself.

(Jennifer and Heather don't have DA's, but I'm going to be copying this journal onto my Myspace.)
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]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/10996666/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/10996666/ Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:41:05 PST
Scaumburg happens to be within driving distance of my house, and I've never been to a furry convention before, so I just had to go.

As if reading my mind, my mom allowed me to use her digital camera while I was there. Since it ended on the 19th, I had planned to drive back and forth, but once I got there I loved it so much that I didn't leave the whole time. I slept the first night in the lobby, and the second and third nights my two new friends let me crash with them in their hotel room.

When I first got there, I was so shy. I wandered around taking pictures of fursuiters, some of which hugged me after posing for me to do so. In fact, I got a hug within the first half hour of the con. I liked it, so I continued wandering around, taking photos and hoping the fursuiters I photographed would hug me.

At a Super Smash Brothers Melee tournament, I met a new friend, and his friend. The two became my brand new friends at the con, and I hung with them throughout most of the con. They're even the ones that let me stay in their room. They're awesome.

My shyness remained for the first day and most of the second. By the end of the second, I had opened up, shed myself of most of my shyness, and was talking my ass off to my two new friends. I even interrupted them a little bit a few times so I could talk some more. xD I apologised of course.

Also, by that time, I was getting very attached to fursuit hugs. By the end of the second day, not only was I more talkative, but I was actively searching for fursuiters and hugging them randomly. I have become the fursuit hug junkie.

I also got to meet some neat people who happen to be well known amongst the furry fandom. 2 The Ranting Gryffon, Uncle Kage, and Stalking Tiger. 2 and Kage are both commedians, friends with eachother, and often do comedy together. Stalking Tiger is a man who has undergone surgury to alter himself to look more like his totem, a tiger. He's been featured on shows like Ripley's Believe it or Not, etc. It was really neat to meet all three of them, though I didn't really know who Kage was before I met him. They're all nice, down to earth people. Not stuck up in the least. Even had a chance meeting with 2 in the lobby with a few other friends I had made there, and we even had a conversation for a while.

On monday, the day after the con had closed, I kinda just wandered around the Hyatt all depressed like. My new fellow furries were leaving, many gone already. There were only two fursuiters left, and one of them left after I got a hug or two from him so there was just one left. SantaFox, the one left, was skipping around merrily with whatever he was wearing with his suit jingling like sleigh bells. I got several hugs from him over the next several minutes before I left. I even got a picture of him standing on his head.

But alas, all good things must come to an end, so I drove home. It was so awesome. I was so happy there. I felt like I was amongst a group of people who accepted me and who I felt I belonged with. I'm sure now that the furries are my people, and ever since the con I've been depressed and looking forward to the next time I get to be with them. I miss them so bad.

Anyway, here's the pictures I took. Special thanks to for writing the php photo album for me so I didn't have to. I made a minor edit to the code to display the alternate text for the thumbnails correctly.

Here's the pictures for your viewing pleasure. I'm the guy with the gray shirt and the dorky smile standing next to the blue tiger-ish fursuiter.

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If you hit me with the bat of motivation enough times, I might find the will to expand on that to give the images titles and descriptions.

I'm currently hoping I'll be able to save up enough money for Further Confusion. It's going to be taking place in California in January. Wish me luck. I'm going to need it with my current finances.

]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/10174529/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/10174529/ Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:27:50 PDT
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]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/9715172/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/9715172/ Sun, 13 Aug 2006 16:01:45 PDT
Well, there ya have it. Keep in mind I'm not the best drawer out there, so your doodle most likely will suck.

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5. ]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/8724856/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/8724856/ Tue, 09 May 2006 20:16:05 PDT [link]

MY THEORY IS CORRECT!!

The Ark is on Earth!!

YOU MUST WATCH THE TRAILOR!

I wonder how many of my other theories are true as well... ]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/8495362/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/8495362/ Mon, 17 Apr 2006 01:31:44 PDT
Oh well. I made one anyway.

It was made a while back so that I could view a friend's private profile. Just today, I decided to actually do something to it.

Behold! [link] ]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/8438995/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/8438995/ Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:22:32 PDT
I'm signed up, and I just need to sign up for some stuff for financial aid.

I'm gonna be getting my Bachelor's Degree in GSP (Game and Simulation Programming).

It'll take me about 2½ years.

I'm so excited. I must tell everyone I know! ]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/7973767/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/7973767/ Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:00:18 PST
I see all these names. I have such a crappy memory that I don't even remember who three fourths of you guys are.

So I kinda don't really comment on things.

For those of you I do remember, I just don't comment because I'm too lazy/unmotivated.

Thanks for being so understanding. ]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/7942137/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/7942137/ Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:32:27 PST
What does that mean?

Well, my home computer can now host stuff and people can access said stuff online!!

It doesn't work for some people though... I'll try to figure out why... ]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/7942119/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/7942119/ Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:30:37 PST
The reason: in the next journal I post. xD

For now, I want to show people this neat video someone gave me.

[link] ]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/7928489/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/7928489/ Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:56:01 PST ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/7909700/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/7909700/ Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:33:52 PST ---

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You have been cut by the Bragger Dagger. Its not a fatal injury, but now you have to make a journal where you brag about yourself in 5 ways. After that, feel free to cut as many of your friends with the bragger dagger as you want.

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This is something that encourages people to look at the good things about themselfes. ^^ Try it out. lol. Put it in comments on people's DA's.


....asdj;sags WTF It won't show up right... stupid fulcking thing... ]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/7857874/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/7857874/ Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:35:58 PST
First of all, don't tell them how you feel. If you tell them, and they aren't ready to hear it, you'll cause them to become wary of you and they'll start driving you away.

Second of all, be yourself. No matter how much you desire to please them, or make them happy, you musn't let yourself become a person who's mission in life is nothing but assuring their happiness. It kinda freaks them out. Just be yourself. Relax. It's nothing special. They're not some godess or something. They are a friend. They just happen to be a closer friend than any of your other friends, that's all.

See, I didn't have somebody to tell me those two things... I screwed up royally with the one girl, hell, the one human being that made me feel truly happy. I told her 'how I feel' on multiple occasions, I constantly tried to make her happy, I constantly seeked her approval for things I did, I tried to please her. Hell, I even bought Furcadia Digos for her. I spent $180 dollars on her in buying her things from the Furcadia Digo Market during the time I've known her. I became pretty damned obsessed with her.

Now she's scared shitless of me, hates my guts, and wants me to just leave her alone.

No matter how normal you think you are, don't ever think that you don't have the capacity to become like I have become. There's no way you can possibly know of this untill you have felt it. And it is very easy for feelings like that to cause you to get all crazy for one person.

If she sees this, I'm sure she won't like it. I don'g give a crap about that though. If typing this means that I can save at least one person the pain, misery, heartbreak, and tears that I experianced, then I'll have done at least one thing right when it comes to love.

That will be all. ]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/7552562/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/7552562/ Mon, 09 Jan 2006 09:44:29 PST
You all must go and buy Breakdown. If you don't own an Xbox, you might as well buy one of those too while you're at it because you can only get Breakdown on Xbox.

It's a frickin amazing game. It starts out really cool from the beginning. And it just keeps getting wierder and wierder. It twists your mind every which way, and every so often something amazing happens that just blows you away.

I'm way far into the game (I think). I have like, 9 hours accumilated on my save game.

I was kinda getting used to the wierdness... I mean, when you get used to the idea of fighting T'lan warriors, in hand to hand combat, it takes alot to amaze you. They continuously pull it off though as I progress through the game. I thought I was at the end of the game... I thought I was gonna be able to defeat Solus this time... but the entire game just took a huge-ass twist that just blew me away. Alex just told me that my part has only just begun... I still can't believe what just happened...

I don't want to ruin anything for anyone. So I'm not gonna say anything really. I will show you the website though. [link]

Solus is that guy with the white hair in that screenshot where you are punching him and he catches your fist.

You must check out the Enhacned Site.

Sign up for the Exclusives section. The screenies in there actually do the game a little bit of justice. If you don't feel like signing up, just use my email address coolsteve64@yahoo.com and the password they assigned me, namco2003 to log into it. ]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/7517089/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/7517089/ Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:06:55 PST
I moved from Minnesota to Ohio in like, june of 2005. I stayed there for like, a few months and then moved to Illinois to live with my mom on Labor Day.

I am quite unhappy there, mostly because I'm tired of dealing with my mom's boyfriend and how he always has something to yell about. Last night they got into yet another yelling match, and it got all physical this time and Buzz is in Jail now for domestic battery. I'm tired of that shit so I'm going back to Ohio with my family this saturday.

I'm gonna look into going to a college and try to get an education in Video Game Design or something. I remembered that link Flamey put on Starwing about Maya, and I decided to check that out. I wound up downloading the installers for trial versions of Maya and Motionbuilder to my brand spankin new 1GB USB thumb drive. I'll prolly screw with that a bit.

Oh, and I'm trying to save up for a laptop and a wireless internet card. This card will be true wireless internet through a cell phone service. No home network required, no need to be near a wireless hotspot or wifi. You can truly go anywhere you wish. Best buy has one such card, and it costs a hundred bucks. ]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/6773223/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/6773223/ Sat, 15 Oct 2005 08:52:50 PDT
Leave a comment here and...
1. I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.
3. I'll pick a flavor of jello to wrestle with you in.
4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me.
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll ask you something that I've always wondered about you.
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on your journal. You MUST. It is written. ]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/6635979/ http://Amaroq-Wolf.deviantart.com/journal/6635979/ Thu, 29 Sep 2005 16:47:09 PDT
I beat them, not on the easiest difficulty, but the next one up. ]]> ~Amaroq-Wolf